Lectiones Antiquae
Do you want to speak Latin?
Even though Latin is considered a dead language, many people are able to speak it fluently.
This is possible thanks to a method that makes the student speak it from the very first class.
Knowing Latin gives us access to an immense cultural heritage, of which much is lost in tanslations and much hasn't even been translated.
Who am I?
My name is Giovani Marchi Frizarin, I'm 26 years old, and I am from Brazil.
Inspired the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and encouraged by my Godfather, I started learning Latin at 15, driven by the desire to read the works of the ancient Romans and the Fathers of the Roman Church in their original language.
At 23 years old, after learning Modern Greek, I started studying Ancient Greek, to enjoy our Greek cultural heritage in the same way!
In this video, I present myself in Latin!
Started at:
(updated weekly)
Jan. 2023
Lessons given:
(updated weekly)
2319
Active students:
(updated weekly)
9
Values and Disponibility
The trial lesson is free.
It lasts 30 minutes. In it, we get to know each other (feel free to ask any question you want). Also, I give a demonstration of my method and get to know your needs and expectations! At last, I furnish the details about payment
N. B.: Please cancel the lesson previously in case you cannot attend it. After waiting for 10 minutes, I shall leave the lesson and shall consider the lesson as given.
If the student wishes to proceed, here are the options:
1. one lesson for $20.
2. Four lessons: $75.
3. Eight lessons: $128.
Schedule a free trial lesson selecting one of the slots available on my Google Agenda.
Please, present yourself in one of the languages I understand (English, Latin, Portuguese, Italian, French, Modern Greek) and tell me what language you would like to learn (Latin or Ancient Greek).
When our meeting is scheduled, I will send an email to you confirming it.
Lessons and Method
Lessons for beginners
The lessons for beginners are based in the first volume of the series Lingua Latīna Per Sē Illūstrāta, the Familia Rōmāna. In it, we follow along the daily life of Julius, a Roman master, and his family.
In each chapter, new words and more complex structrues are presented to the student, while the teacher stimulates a conversation in Latin.
As the student progresses, we can put the book aside for a while sometimes to read easy passages taken from real authors.
Intermediate lessons
The lessons for intermediate students are bases on the second volume of the same series, the Rōma Aeterna.
In it, we read about Rome's history from its origin until the days of Julius Caesar.
The book, structured in the same way, has passages taken from authors as Eutropius, Livius, Aulus Gellius, amog onthers, and poets such as Ovid, Virgil and Horace.
Lessons for advanced students
The lessons for advanced students are based on passages drawn from authors who are of special interest to the student.
We can read Roman authors, such as Cicero, Julius Caesar and Seneca; christians, such as St. Augustin, St. Ambrose, and Boethius; medieval philosophers, such as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure; authors such as Erasmus, Martin Luther, Descars, Calvin, Galileo, Isaac Newton, among so many others who composed their works in Latin!
Ancient Greek for beginners
Greek lessons for beginners base themselves on the first volume of the Athenaze series.
In it, we follow along the daily life of Diceopolis, a farmer, and his family.
Its structure doesn't differ so much from the LLPSI, so that each chapter brings new vocabulary and new grammatical elements. It also brings comments about the Greek culture of that time!
In the lessons, I preserve the use of Modern Greek pronunciation, in accordance to the way the great majority of Greeks teach Ancient Greek in Greece and the Greek Orthodox Church has been reading the Septuagint, the New Testament and the writings of their scholars for centuries now.
Lectiones Antiquae
My belief is that a language is essentially sounds, and that writing and reading is nothing more than speaking through and listening to sound symbols. Indeed, when we read, we hear what we call letters in our minds, which by their turn understand their meaning immediately.
That is why I've been putting all my effort into teaching Latin and Ancient Greek in a way that my students may speak it.
Also, in order to make audible Latin and Ancient Greek contents, I've been recording AUDIOBOOKS. Listening to them is a good way of practicing immediate comprehension and vocabulary, and also of enjoying the wisdom of the ancients continuously.
