UNDERGRADUATE TRANSLATION EXAMINATIONS

The New York Classical Club undergraduate Greek and Latin translation examinations will be held Friday April 19, 2024, between 1:30 and 5:00 p.m., in the classics department of New York University, 100 Washington Square East, room 503 (enter from either Waverly Place or Washington Place).  The Greek exam will be given from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.; the Latin from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. 

Each examination will consist of one prose and one poetry passage appropriate for undergraduates.  Cicero and Virgil are typical authors for the Latin exam;  tragedy and Attic prose are often given in the Greek exam.

REQUIREMENTS: A minimum of 2 years of college Greek and/or Latin (including the current semester) or the equivalent.  The awards are not restricted to Classics majors and are open to all current undergraduates whether or not they are members of the New York Classical Club.  Students may compete in one or both languages, and those who have participated in the past are welcome to do so again.

APPLICATIONS:  Instructors should write a brief letter or email message nominating students and send it to me at the address below. The letter should state that the applicant  is a bona-fide student this term and indicate which of the exams the student wishes to take.  Students should also send a letter directly to David Sider.

DEADLINE:  All faculty nominations and student applications should be received by Wednesday April 17th.

PRIZES:  Cash prizes of $300, $200, and $100 will be awarded to the winners in each exam.  Winners and their instructors will be notified very soon after the exam. The prizes will be awarded at the Club's spring meeting on Friday, April 28th. The Club at its discretion reserves the right to award fewer than three prizes for each examination.

NYU  is easily reached by subway.  100 Washington Square East (entrances on Washington and Waverly Places) is opposite the NE corner of Washington Square Park. Closest subway stops are W. 4th St. (A/B/D/E/F lines), 8th St. (N/R), and Astor Place (6). The Christopher St. stop (1) is also convenient.

                  For more information contact: David Sider (david.sider@nyu.edu)