Links for June 12

Lots of Links!

Medieval bilingual picture book with animals and their sounds.

Prevalent chord structure turns up in many different ways.

Fascinating discovery of writing on palimpsest.

Comedian Eddie Izzard on how Latin is spoken. (Caution: Strong language at times)

Great interactive tool to visualize word origins.

Modern tools being used for innovative research.

Great TED-Talk about the evolution of languages.

Another TED-Talk about global travel in the ancient world.

Super Bowl will not use “L” for 50.

Gamer uses Roman military tactics to conquer.

What the pigs think of us.

More from the CANE blog

Aeneas and AI

A friend gave me an article from the Wall Street Journal about a computer program, Aeneas, which is being used to figure out damaged inscriptions

Squirrelly weather

Squirrelly weather. One of the disadvantages of teaching Latin in New England in the winter is that, when you try to go over weather terms

Latin Reading Challenge

As we undertake a new school year, consider honing your Latin reading discipline. Many of us tend not to read Latin “for pleasure,” instead focusing

Why Did Vergil Write the Aeneid?

Why did Virgil write the Aeneid?  Why did he want it destroyed at his death?  What do scholars have to say about this? Was it