Dies Sextus - Mercatus, Varietas, and In Culina!

Happy Friday! Today we had classes in the morning, Varietas in the afternoon, and finished the day off with some cooking!

​This morning we had our second classes of Quae Nunc Est Romae with Cavellus, Mercatus with Princips Wilkins, and Greek with Didaskalos Cogen. In Quae Nunc Est Romae, we discussed a few anecdotes written by Pliny about various Greek painters and got to look at some ancient paintings. Didaskalos Cogen ensured that we had perfected the iconic Greek alphabet song during his class, as well as teaching us some new vocabulary that will help us as we read selections from Iphigenia. Mercatus was particularly exciting today because we got to finalize our plans for Thermopolium, which will be tomorrow night. Each province will do different activities depending on their culture.

In the afternoon, we worked in our Varietas groups, where we continued planning our presentations for our final Varietas performance! We’re examining numerous ancient works, including Petronius’s Satyricon and Lucretius’s De Rerum Natura. Each group is brainstorming a unique presentation with a member of the Academy staff guiding them.

After dinner, we walked across the street to participate in In Culina (In the kitchen), where we cooked up various ancient Roman recipes with Coquus (cook) Griffin! While we weren’t cooking, we translated ancient recipes, brushed up on our Greek vocabulary, and learned how to write our names in ancient Greek. Tomorrow, the middle-class provinces (Asia, Africa, and Hispania) will sell the food in Thermopolium so that we can all enjoy our own cooking!

Province Cup Update: 

1. Asia
2. Germania
3. Brittania
4. Italia
5. Achaea 
6. Aegyptus 
7. Gallea
8. Africa
9. Hispania

All of the provinces are working very hard to earn as many points as possible by doing extra translations outside of class, contributing to classroom discussions, and playing competitive games. The leaderboard was updated tonight, but the tables may turn tomorrow night when we have the opportunity to earn additional points in Thermopolium!

GLA Out of Context: 
For all the strange things that we say while we’re translating, discussing, or just hanging out.
“I’m looking forward to all old men.”
“Nobody cares about my Aediles!”
“Would you sell your soul for an underripe banana?”
“I could beat a rhino in a calculus test.”

Valete, 
Ciara and Philip (Your True Aediles)