NHEHS_Classics

It's always #Weekoflanguages in Linguistics Club! This week we've been working on Norwedish. @UKLingOlympiad #NHEHSLanguagesWeek2021 #lovinglanguages

A massive thank you to @DrArleneHH for joining us at the inaugural Classics Dinner this evening. Much fun was had by all! Remember, don’t step on the threshold!

Coloured pens and a cup of tea at the ready - it must be time for the @UKLingOlympiad #type2fun

Year 12, here’s one for you

What a fantastic and thought provoking talk from @helenlmorales! Also, a massive ‘thank you’ to @ClassicsTrinity for inviting us along. Let’s do it again some time! #antigonerising

Some great tips here

*UK CLASSICS COMPETITION* Free to enter and open to all students years 7-13 Which day in the ancient past would YOU travel back to? 4 finalists will give presentations at our virtual final on Thurs 4th March 2021 judged by @profmcscott lsaclassics.com/classics-compe… #ClassicsTwitter

Think of the joy Junior Classics Club would get from this!

This says it all

Born today 15D Agrippina the Younger. She was the mother of Emperor Nero and had great influence over him in the early part of his reign She is also the daughter of Germanicus Caesar and Vipsania Agrippina, sister of the emperor Caligula and married to Emperor Claudius

When you get to the very end of Virgil’s Aeneid.

The Latin noun ‘suffragium’ means ‘a vote’, and is at the root of English ‘suffrage’, ‘the right to vote’. In 1906, The Daily Mail coined the term ‘suffragette’ to belittle women fighting for that right, but they wore it with pride. ‘Vote’ comes from Latin ‘votum’, a solemn vow.

@nhehs #AthenasOwls have a new competition for anyone aged 5-14. Check this out if you're looking to practise your creative writing. athenasowls.wordpress.com/2020/05/26/ath…

portas portas : you are carrying gates. A simple enough sentence, yet which is the noun and which is the verb? Nobody knows..... 😱😱

An excellent talk on ancient obstetrics & gynaecology from Emaan at today's #ClassicsMasterclass. That wandering womb theory always makes us chuckle😁

Greek students, thought you’d like this

Latin word of the day: curro, currere, cucurri, cursus - hurry, hasten, travel, proceed #LatinWordOfTheDay #ViaFacilis

Latin word of the day: torqueo, torquere, torsi, tortus - spin, whirl, turn, twist #LatinWordOfTheDay #ViaFacilis

Year 12, saw this and thought of you trin.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/…