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Latin & Greek Recitation Contest 2025

  • Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) 15 East 84th Street New York, NY, 10028 United States (map)

Latin & Greek Recitation Contest 2025

Can you rhapsodize like Homer or orate like Cicero? Come and compete against other Greek and Latin enthusiasts and win these prizes:

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.

Any college or university student is eligible to compete. 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.

Choose one of the following passages:

Greek: Plato, Apology 41c7 (Ἀλλὰ κα]ὶ ...) to d9 (... μέμφεσθαι) OR Homer, Iliad 406-420

Latin: Cicero, First Catilinarian 32-33 OR Catullus 3.

Registration Deadline is 29 March, 2025. Please email Prof. Katharina Volk to register.

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Earlier Event: February 7
Student Conference