Salve, parentes et al.! Mihi nomen est Rachel, and this is my first collaborative blog entry with Kyra, my fellow aedile. As most of the entries will be written/posted during rehearsals for the play in which I have a sizable role, I have been unable to contribute much aside from quotes of the day to the previous entries. In the upcoming weeks, however, that is subject to change! As to recent Academy news:
Yesterday after breakfast students attended their second day of poetry, Greek, and Iliad classes. Lunch was followed by an hour and a half of rehearsal for those students involved in the play and free time for the rest. The cast of Rudens bonded through dramatic exercises and read through the first several acts of the play in Latin. Afterwards students had their first opportunity to utilize some of the college's athletic facilities. 24 students participated in a game of capture-the-flag organized by the praetors. Other students could be found swimming at the pool or playing squash in the courts.
At dinner, students spent time with their ordines (family groups). This second cena ordinalis was followed by an explanatory presentation on today's macellum (Roman marketplace). Afterwards the students played games at the 2014 Academy's first nugae (social event). The tribunes staged a successful game night which featured card games and a 45-person game of Mafia.
Today in class students spoke colloquial Latin, discussed differences in adaptations of "Pyramus and Thisbe" by Ovid and Golding, and analyzed depictions of Io in Renaissance art. After lunch they began researching their assigned social classes as part of the Academy's first-ever macellum, which attempts to educate students about the idea of Roman identity in the era of the Antonine emperors. Following free time and dinner at the cafeteria tonight students will view the classic mock-Roman comedy, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
Quote of the Day:
"Who wouldn't want to be a Roman?" -Sarah L.
