Vergil's use of "cano" also establishes him as a literary poet, one who doesn't rely on the mnemonic function of the muses (daughters of Mnemosyne, Memory) of the oral tradition. Vergil is fully conscious that he is WRITING in a tradition, and he will exploit intertextual connections with earlier poets (especially Homer) throughout his epic.
I know it's a daunting challenge, but please try give us an analysis of the entire epic. Your videos are great and also encourage me to read the ancient texts.
Maybe there's a way you can "crowd-source" some of the more mundane aspects of your production to us enthusiasts, and amp-up your content production throughput??
+Art Traynor That's an interesting thought. I don't know if my perfectionism would allow me to give this up a bit, and I'd miss going through the process, which is interesting if not time consuming. Let me keep thinking about it...
Oh great Latin tutorial lord. May thou tell me why 90% of said Latin words that must relate to military need to be of feminine order? Is there a reason present, I lack to understand why they're almost all feminine when females were not able to possibly join such group.
+Crazy Boy Well, unless you're talking about actual people, gender is more a function of the word formation than anything else. Words of quality ending in -tus (3rd declension) are feminine, so that's why virtus is feminine, even though it essentially means "manliness". hasta, spear, is feminine because it's first declension, but gladius is masculine and pilum is neuter. Gender at this point isn't a natural thing (i.e., inherent in the being described by the noun) doesn't really matter, and this didn't really bother the Romans, or any modern speakers of languages with gender.
Because that's how it's pronounced? In classical Latin, the v wasn't pronounced like "V"endetta at all! It was only in the later empire and into the middle ages that v took on its modern "V"endetta pronunciation.
Vergil's use of "cano" also establishes him as a literary poet, one who doesn't rely on the mnemonic function of the muses (daughters of Mnemosyne, Memory) of the oral tradition. Vergil is fully conscious that he is WRITING in a tradition, and he will exploit intertextual connections with earlier poets (especially Homer) throughout his epic.
I recommend listening to these videos at least twice.
LT, I don't mean to inundate you with brevity but your site just keeps getting better and better, going from strength to strength. optimus esse.
+MaxLatham Thanks. A lot of hard work has been put into this, and I just hope I can keep it up!
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I know it's a daunting challenge, but please try give us an analysis of the entire epic. Your videos are great and also encourage me to read the ancient texts.
+IMfromNYCity Now we're talking hundreds of Latin videos! I'll do my best, biting off chunks at a time, but this would be years in the making.
I've been looking at too much DMC content if I'm getting this recommended to me.
Ahh thank you! I was looking for an explanation of this not to learn latin but for my study of the Aeneid!
Thank you for this!
dude you are actually a life saver im not gonna fail latin this year!!!
Great video! I am trying to learn Greek, can you explain accent marks in a video or do you know of any good books to use for Greek?
I know this is an old comment but I would like to know if you know of any Greek equivalent to lingua Latina per se illustrata
@@wyattrox03 Yes, it's called "Athenaze".
Maybe there's a way you can "crowd-source" some of the more mundane aspects of your production to us enthusiasts, and amp-up your content production throughput??
+Art Traynor That's an interesting thought. I don't know if my perfectionism would allow me to give this up a bit, and I'd miss going through the process, which is interesting if not time consuming. Let me keep thinking about it...
Oh great Latin tutorial lord. May thou tell me why 90% of said Latin words that must relate to military need to be of feminine order? Is there a reason present, I lack to understand why they're almost all feminine when females were not able to possibly join such group.
+Crazy Boy Well, unless you're talking about actual people, gender is more a function of the word formation than anything else. Words of quality ending in -tus (3rd declension) are feminine, so that's why virtus is feminine, even though it essentially means "manliness". hasta, spear, is feminine because it's first declension, but gladius is masculine and pilum is neuter. Gender at this point isn't a natural thing (i.e., inherent in the being described by the noun) doesn't really matter, and this didn't really bother the Romans, or any modern speakers of languages with gender.
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Why on earth would you pronounce "arma wirumque" instead of "virumque"? Say it after me: V. It`s V as in Vendetts.
Because that's how it's pronounced? In classical Latin, the v wasn't pronounced like "V"endetta at all! It was only in the later empire and into the middle ages that v took on its modern "V"endetta pronunciation.