During this course, we'll be going through the new graded poetry reader Erictho: Tartarorum Terror, authored by Victor Kaplun and Jessica McCormack. The course is designed for those who wish to tackle hexameter poetry and includes a deep dive into the various aspects of Latin phonology and metrics, which we will discuss primarily in Latin.
About the book:
Erictho is perhaps the most fearsome witch of antiquity. She’s so unholy that she cannot enter into places of human habitation but must dwell in defiled and emptied tombs in remote cemeteries. Her breath itself is poisonous and magical. She can create zombies that can see the future. She can open fissures in the Earth to yell down into the Underworld.
Erictho is featured in book VI of Lucan’s De Bello Civili, an epic poem about the conflict between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. Our reader consists of selected lines from this poem that are rephrased in two different levels of Latin prose, furnished with illustrations and a detailed Latin-to-Latin glossary.
Type: Speaking and Reading | Level: Intermediate
Language of instruction: Latin
Class size cap: 8 | Platform: Zoom
Dates: September 27, 2025 - November 29, 2025
Meets (EST*): Saturdays, 10:00 AM | 10 sessions (1 hour 30 minutes each)
Materials: Special materials are required: Erictho, Tartarorum Terror: A Witchy Latin Reader
Sessions will be recorded and made available to enrolled participants for review or in case they missed a session.
Zoom
Decent internet connection
Earphones
Microphone
Webcam (preferred but optional)
A quiet space for classes
*The course will observe US time and thus will change according to daylight saving time.
Major US federal holidays are observed. If a participant misses a session due to their observance of a religious holiday, they can arrange a separate session with the instructor.
Education should be accessible. Choose the tier that fits your situation — no proof required, no shame included.
Supported — USD 300 total ($20/hour)
for students, caretakers, or anyone stretched right now.
Standard — USD 450 total ($30/hour)
full-value rate; covers the cost of small-group instruction.
Sustainer — USD 600 total ($40/hour)
covers your seat and includes a contribution to our scholarship fund. Thank you!
During this course, we'll be going through the new graded poetry reader Erictho: Tartarorum Terror, authored by Victor Kaplun and Jessica McCormack. The course is designed for those who wish to tackle hexameter poetry and includes a deep dive into the various aspects of Latin phonology and metrics, which we will discuss primarily in Latin.
About the book:
Erictho is perhaps the most fearsome witch of antiquity. She’s so unholy that she cannot enter into places of human habitation but must dwell in defiled and emptied tombs in remote cemeteries. Her breath itself is poisonous and magical. She can create zombies that can see the future. She can open fissures in the Earth to yell down into the Underworld.
Erictho is featured in book VI of Lucan’s De Bello Civili, an epic poem about the conflict between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. Our reader consists of selected lines from this poem that are rephrased in two different levels of Latin prose, furnished with illustrations and a detailed Latin-to-Latin glossary.
Type: Speaking and Reading | Level: Intermediate
Language of instruction: Latin
Class size cap: 8 | Platform: Zoom
Dates: September 27, 2025 - November 29, 2025
Meets (EST*): Saturdays, 10:00 AM | 10 sessions (1 hour 30 minutes each)
Materials: Special materials are required: Erictho, Tartarorum Terror: A Witchy Latin Reader
Sessions will be recorded and made available to enrolled participants for review or in case they missed a session.
Zoom
Decent internet connection
Earphones
Microphone
Webcam (preferred but optional)
A quiet space for classes
*The course will observe US time and thus will change according to daylight saving time.
Major US federal holidays are observed. If a participant misses a session due to their observance of a religious holiday, they can arrange a separate session with the instructor.
Education should be accessible. Choose the tier that fits your situation — no proof required, no shame included.
Supported — USD 300 total ($20/hour)
for students, caretakers, or anyone stretched right now.
Standard — USD 450 total ($30/hour)
full-value rate; covers the cost of small-group instruction.
Sustainer — USD 600 total ($40/hour)
covers your seat and includes a contribution to our scholarship fund. Thank you!
NOTA BENE: Classes require a minimum number of participants to run although they may run with fewer participants, at the instructor’s discretion.
More than a week before the start of the course: 100% refund or credit
Less than a week before the first class up until the second class: credit
