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.