Lectiones Antiquae
Ἐν γράμμασι καλόν
Who am I?
My name is Giovani Marchi Frizarin, and I am from São Paulo, Brazil.
My first contact with Latin and Ancient Greek was when, at 15 years old, I read Schopenhauer's book The Art of Writing. As soon as I read those strange sentences which reminded me of my mother tongue (the Latin ones) but were incomprehensible, and saw what Schopenhauer said about them, I said to myself: "I have to learn them."
I am convinced that this was the best decision I ever took in my life. At 15 I didn't have the imagination nor the maturity to understand how beautiful, fulfilling and rewarding the pursuit of knowledge could be.
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I read grammars and had multiple tutors who guided my way through the complexities of these ancient languages.
At first, I did not intend to teach them. I studied Law at university, even though I seriously considered joining a monastic order at that time. One day, a friend who was trying to learn Latin asked my help, and I said that I could help him with a method that was much better than memorizing grammar rules written in Portuguese. We gathered other friends, and I started teaching them. Unfortunately, it did not last long: they had too many preoccupations regarding university and starting their professional life to keep a consistent schedule.
The more time passed, however, the more in love I was with it, and I was 24 when I decided to teach Latin as my full-time job. I started publishing audibooks, and soon God blessed me with my first student (and he is up to this day).
What's next
This is the list of upcoming recordings. The list is subject to modifications due to Patreons' suggestions.
Evangelium Lucae + Sententiae Publilii Syri + Saturae Horatii.
Dialogus (Pippinus Regalis) + Ad Romanos + Vita S. Ignatii Loiolensis.
Παραινέσεις + Bucolicon elegia X + Monarchia.
D. Augustus + Germania + Canticum Canticorum.
De Brevitate Vitae + Ars Poetica + Ad Hebraeos.
Aeneidos II–XIII + Evangelium Ioannis + Fontanus Latinus.
Pro Caelio + Ἔτη τὰ Χρυσᾶ + Περὶ τοῦ Καλοῦ.
Artis Bene Scribendi I–IV + Epigrammata Rainerii Carsughii.
De Imitatione Christi I–IV + Odae Horatii + De Magia
Historiarum I–V + Tiberius + Phaedri Fabulae.
De Officiis I–III + (Cancioneiro do Amor) + Epistulae Pauli.
Acta Apostolorum + Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους + Epistulae Petri Apostoli.
De Natura Deorum I–III + Georgicon I–IV.
Confessionum I–XIII + Senecae Epistulae + (Καβάφης).
