Day 6: Greek and Coins!

     χαιριτε! 

     Today was a Greek day, where we brushed up on our Lucian and his True History, in which he adventured into space and met some really weird alien-people, the Five Good Emperors in Mercatus (as well as a humorous tirade from Princeps about the inaccurate atrocities of Troy and Gladiator II), and Διδασκαλος Cogan's class on Greek, in which we covered family names and even got to translate parts of Iphigenia in Aulis. In sum, all of the classes today felt really fun and engaging, and productive! 

     At breakfast, we had French toast, a delightful change in the menu which satisfied all of us, and I (Emily) had a croissant with strawberry cream cheese. At lunch, we talked up a storm!

     After lunch, we had a guest lecture by Dr. Houghtalin, who teaches at the University of Mary Washington, on Numismatics (the study of coins :) ). The lecture itself was fascinating, and we even got to handle real coins from Ancient Rome and identify writing and symbols on them, based on information we got from the wondrous lecture. It was a really great experience, and we thank Dr. Houghtalin for coming to our wonderful academy and making Numismatists out of us! 

     After that experience, we had Latin Loquenda, which was very fun, and we learned how to say what we like (mihi placet!).  Then, we had Otium, which was delightful! I (Emily) washed my laundry and I (Jackson) went to the pool with lots of people, and we had a blast! In both scenarios, Otium served as a great time to spend with our friends! We are grateful for Otium! 

     Next, we had a lecture from Princeps on our theme "Est Locus" and how it appears in literature, and how it affects our lives. The discussion prompted us to reflect on the places where we belong, which academy is for all of us. Then, we played a trivia game (wholly in Latin) which our team (Table II) dominated, and probably won (although Διδασκαλος Cogan has not released the final scores quite yet). It was very fun, and we got some great questions, such as a  Star Wars themed question on Cassian Andor, some on mythology and literature, and the titles of Percy Jackson chapters. But the game was undoubtably exhilarating for all involved! 

P.s. Jesse wants to tell their parents that they have sent mail but it seems to be moving slowly. 

Quotes from today: 
"Like why, why are you like this?" - Princeps
"Cats me amore" - Esme
"[The Harpies] were just doing their job!" -Ryan K. 

Valete, 
Emily and Jackson