The ALI Blog

Announcing Vergil Press
From the beginning, the Ancient Language Institute’s mission has been to teach students the languages and to develop new materials to help students. So far,

The Old English LLPSI
This post originally appeared in Colin Gorrie’s Substack The Winged Schwa on October 4, 2024 with the title “How is a story about a talking

Meet Osweald Bera
This post originally appeared in Colin Gorrie’s Substack The Winged Schwa on September 20, 2024 with the title “The Winged Schwa is Back: Pursued by

Ancient Greek Workshop (5/10/24): Theophrastus’ “Characters” (Session IV)
Theophrastus Workshop Details: Although this workshop is fourth in a series, there is no requirement to have attended prior sessions. The moment you begin learning

Latin Workshop (5/11/24): Introduction to Reciting Latin Poetry and Meter
Recitation & Meter Workshop Details: N.B. This is a repeat of a previous, sold-out April 27th Workshop. The jewel of Latin literature, and one of

Latin Workshop (5/4/24): Introduction to Reciting Latin Poetry and Meter [Latine Tantum]
Latin-Only Recitation & Meter Workshop Details: N.B. A beginner-friendly version of this Workshop taught in English will run on April 27th. The jewel of Latin

Latin Workshop (4/27/24): Introduction to Reciting Latin Poetry and Meter
Recitation & Meter Workshop Details: N.B. A Latin-only version of this workshop will run on May 4th. The jewel of Latin literature, and one of

Ancient Greek Workshop (4/5/24): Using Scholia and Reading Euripides
Scholia & Euripides Workshop Details: Reading Greek Tragedy has always been a challenging task. It is thus no wonder that the manuscripts that carried those

Ancient Greek Workshop (3/29/24): Theophrastus’ “Characters” (Session III)
Theophrastus Workshop Details: Although this workshop is third in a series, there is no requirement to have attended prior sessions. The moment you begin learning

Ancient Greek Workshop (11/30/23): Theophrastus’ “Characters” (Session II)
Theophrastus Workshop Details: Although this workshop is second in a series, there is no requirement to have attended the first one. The moment you begin