Can you rhapsodize like Homer or orate like Cicero?

Submit a video of yourself and win these prizes offered by the New York Classical Club:

Prizes for the Oral Reading of Greek: 1st: $300; 2nd: $200; 3rd: $100.
Prizes for the Oral Reading of Latin: 1st: $300; 2nd: $200; 3rd: $100.

Choose one of the following passages:
Greek: Plato,Symposium 215a4-c7 OR Euripides, Bacchae 1202-1215
Latin: Cicero,First Catilinarian 1-2 OR Catullus 39

Contestants may compete for both the Greek and Latin prizes, or for either one. Memorization is not required; feel free to read from a script.

Any student of Greek or Latin (elementary or secondary school, college or graduate level) whose primary residence OR school/university is in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut is eligible to compete.

Judges: Sulochana Asirvatham (Montclair State University), Elizabeth Scharffenberger (Columbia University),Katharina Volk (Columbia University).

To enter, e-mail Katharina Volk (kv2018@columbia.edu) by April 3rd. Send either a video file or provide a link to your posted video.