James Milliken
This package provides brief descriptions of all the main uses of the subjunctive in Latin, along with helpful explanations of how context clues in the sentence can help you understand what a particular subjunctive form is trying to tell you.
With Caesar as teacher, we can be his co-teachers.  We can help our students see and feel the drama in his narrative.
Julius Caesar as Storyteller? Well, yes. We remember Caesar as many things: general, tyrant, reformer of the calendar and, yes, author.  But how often do we give him credit for his virtuosity in spinning yarns?
Now, I can’t deny that “seize the day” sounds a lot more inspiring than “pluck the day.”  How does one pluck a day, anyway? Here’s where it pays to go to the source. What exactly is Horace getting at in the eleventh poem in his first book of odes?
The bottom line is that Latin for the New Millennium does at least reasonably well in all five categories, and better than reasonably well in most.  It’s a five tool player.Â
Podcasts allow you to listen to the written word even when your eyes aren’t free to look at the parchment, and even when the narrator isn’t present.  Just imagine what Cicero or Vergil could have done with podcasts.
And if holding a century-old book in your hand can give a sense of a tangible connection to its readers over the past hundred years, what about reading the same words that have fired the imaginations of countless readers over the past hundred generations?
We can’t understand what we don’t even know.  We can’t draw valid conclusions if we don’t have the facts. Memorization gives us the matter to feed our cogitations.
A Free Guide A free guide . . . who can pass up a deal like that? Especially when it comes to uses of the Latin subjunctive mood. We don’t see much of the subjunctive anymore in English, which makes it a little mystifying. There are also so many different things the subjunctive can mean in Latin. And … Read more
Ilium in Italiam Ilium in Italiam portans, that is, bringing Troy into Italy. This is one of Juno’s many complaints against Aeneas in the opening scene of Vergil’s Aeneid (I.68). Juno, however, is the villain of the story. Bringing Troy into Italy is, in fact, the theme of the epic. The blending of the valiant remnant of Ilium with … Read more