Cal State Long Beach students got a crash course in classical Latin poetry on Monday when former teacher Mark Miner came to perform classic Latin tales to Latin students.
Miner, who left his job as a Latin studies teacher in 2005, has dedicated the past three years of his life to making sure young people have the opportunity to hear classic poetry in its original language.
Miner made it his mission to travel through all 50 states to recite classic tales such as Apollo and Daphne, Orpheus and Eurydice, Pygmalion and many others. He does most of his performances in the restored classical pronunciation of Latin, but he's also recited stories in Old English, Norse, Medieval Welsh and Japanese.
The performance took place at 3 p.m. in CBA Room 112. Students were provided with a manuscript of the stories with Latin on one side and the English translation on the other.
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