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Announcing Kevilex Ebooks on the Ekho App
Jul 27, 2026 · original
The Ancient Language Institute is excited to announce that Ekho , the ancient language streaming app, is now partnered with Kevilex , a digital ancient language reading and study tool. Users can now listen to Ekho audiobooks while simultaneously reading along in the app, using the tools developed by Kevilex. Ekho was born when we asked ourselves where we could go to find tons of high-quality Ancient Greek and Old English audio, accessible in a user-friendly format. We couldn’t find exactly what we were looking for, so we built it: Ekho was born. Listening to literature written in an ancient language without seeing the words can be pretty hard, though. It’s fine to crack open your OCT or Loeb and read along while you listen on the app, but what if you’re on the go without a book? What if you don’t want to drop a bunch of money on a hardback? It makes sense that lots of our users have aske
Announcing Ekho
Jan 16, 2026 · original
A language, before anything else, is made of sound. It can be easy to forget this when dealing with ancient, or historical, or dead languages. For those of us studying a language that was spoken a millennia (or two) ago, often enough a language is above all a question of squiggles on a page, charts of morphology and vocabulary lists, of accent marks and contested readings of the fragmentary manuscript tradition. But a language is not a writing system. Writing was invented in order to reproduce sounds, so that the sounds from a lover’s lips could travel in letters across open country, so that the sounds of a scribe’s mumblings could live in the permanent records of the king, so that the sounds from a poet’s mouth might be made on a page immortal, immortal as a hero’s glory. So even if, in your own ancient language study, you don’t plan on using the language to write letters or record the
Does Ancient Greek Have to Be Hard?
Apr 26, 2025 · original
“It’s all Greek to me.” “Latin is a language, dead as dead can be, first it killed the Romans, now it’s killing me.” Ancient languages have a reputation for difficulty. As ancient language teachers, we are pretty familiar with the complaints uttered by generation after generation of students. Even in late antiquity, the grandson of the poet and rhetorician Ausonius of Bordeaux complained about the difficulty of studying Latin and Greek at the same time: “To have to learn two languages at once is alright for the clever ones and gives excellent results, but for an average mind like mine such dispersion of effort soon becomes very tiring.” Because they’re often paired in curricula, it’s natural to compare the relative difficulty of Latin and Greek. Antigone Journal shared a hand-drawn graph on X comparing the difficulty of learning each language over time. Wherever you come down on the Lati
Can Classical Education Level Up? A Q&A with Dr. Robert L. Jackson
Mar 24, 2025 · original
Dr. Robert L. Jackson is the Founding Partner of Classical Commons , a senior fellow for both Flagler College and the Chesterton Schools Network, and associate editor for Principia journal. But to the Ancient Language Institute, he is “Dr. J,” a friend of the Institute, a past guest on our New Humanists podcast , and ALI President Jonathan Roberts’s former college professor, where Dr. J first introduced Jonathan to Richard M. Gamble’s The Great Tradition , an anthology of texts about liberal education. That book has provided a majority of the readings discussed on the New Humanists podcast. Dr. J joined ALI to discuss the classical education renewal movement in America and to introduce Classical Commons , his new effort to help schools hire and train better teachers, to give guidance to administrators, and to connect more people to this growing movement. ALI: What is Classical Commons, a
Announcing Vergil Press
Nov 8, 2024 · original
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, we’ve produced tons of materials for use in our classes. But we want to begin sharing these tools with the world. It’s time to build. Thus we are thrilled to announce the launch of Vergil Press , our new publishing imprint which will produce beautiful editions of literature written in ancient languages – from new releases to old treasures. Upcoming Titles From Vergil Press And our very first title is, as you may have heard, a groundbreaking new release: Colin’s Gorrie’s Ōsweald Bera: An Introduction to Old English . This natural method reader, inspired by Hans Ørberg’s justly famous Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata , tells the delightful story of a bear, Ōsweald, who wanders through Anglo-Saxon England and has a series of adventures.
The Old English LLPSI
Oct 10, 2024 · original
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 bear supposed to teach me Old English? ” Reposted here with permission. People have often asked me – and it’s a fair question – “Why did you write a story about a talking bear?” Another fair question: “How is a story about a talking bear supposed to teach me Old English?” (I’ve omitted a few other common questions in this sequence, such as “Why not pick up a more normal hobby, like badminton?”) Perhaps some of the same questions have arisen in your minds as well. This issue is my attempt to answer them, and to explain: How Ōsweald Bera came about in the first place, Why it takes the form of a story, and Why it is organized so differently from most textbooks – even from the book that inspired it? (e.g. Lingua Latina per Se Illustrata ) Coming as I do
Meet Osweald Bera
Oct 4, 2024 · original
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 a Bear “. Reposted here with permission. Goodness, has it been a year and a half already? As you may have gleaned from the lack of Winged Schwa fluttering into your inbox (even on a sporadic basis), I’ve been away for a while, working on things out of the public view. The most exciting of these things is something I’ve not shared much about here: I’ve written a book! And its name is Ōsweald Bera . And I’m writing to you now because you’ll soon be able to read it. But first: what is Ōsweald Bera ? In short, it’s a textbook for learning Old English – the language of Beowulf, The Wanderer , and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle . But if I put it in those terms, it deceives you about the nature of the book. Because Ōsweald Bera is not really a language
Ancient Greek Workshop (5/10/24): Theophrastus’ “Characters” (Session IV)
Apr 9, 2024 · original
Theophrastus Workshop Details: Date: Friday, May 10th, 2024 Time: 8:00am – 10:00am PDT (11:00am – 1:00pm EDT) Location: Online via Zoom Cost: $20 Difficulty: This workshop will be conducted in Ancient Greek. Upper-intermediate Greek knowledge is a minimum requirement. Cancellation policy: Full refund available before April 30th. No refunds afterwards. Although this workshop is fourth in a series, there is no requirement to have attended prior sessions. The moment you begin learning Ancient Greek, Athens looms as an inevitable stop along the road, regardless of your final destination. However, usually, when we think of Athens, we think of the flourishing Athens of Pericles, of Socrates’ small circle of students engaged in philosophical discussions, or of the great orators delivering their crafty speeches in the midst of the Agora. But where is everyone else? Weren’t there also ordinary pe
Latin Workshop (5/11/24): Introduction to Reciting Latin Poetry and Meter
Apr 9, 2024 · original
Recitation & Meter Workshop Details: Date: Saturday, May 11th, 2024 Time: 10am – 12pm PDT (1pm – 3pm EDT) Location: Online via Zoom Cost: $20 Difficulty: This seminar will be conducted in English, and will be useful for students even if they are not yet at the level to comprehend Latin poetry. Nevertheless, students should have at least some familiarity with the Latin language so as to get the most out of the Workshop (L101 or above). Cancellation policy: Full refund available before May 1st. No refunds afterwards. N.B. This is a repeat of a previous, sold-out April 27th Workshop. The jewel of Latin literature, and one of the greatest rewards for learning the language, is its poetry: Classical Latin poetry dazzles and amazes, not merely due to the wide range of subjects one can find therein, from epic adventure to tender love, from absurdist comedy to personal tragedy, and not only becau
Latin Workshop (5/4/24): Introduction to Reciting Latin Poetry and Meter [Latine Tantum]
Mar 25, 2024 · original
Latin-Only Recitation & Meter Workshop Details: Date: Saturday, May 4th, 2024 Time: 10am – 12pm PDT (1pm – 3pm EDT) Location: Online via Zoom Cost: $20 Difficulty: This seminar will be conducted Latine tantum , so students should already be comfortable asking and answering questions in Latin, though they do not need to be advanced readers of Latin poetry. Prerequisite: L201 or above (or equivalent). Cancellation policy: Full refund available before April 27th. No refunds afterwards. N.B. A beginner-friendly version of this Workshop taught in English will run on April 27th. The jewel of Latin literature, and one of the greatest rewards for learning the language, is its poetry: Classical Latin poetry dazzles and amazes, not merely due to the wide range of subjects one can find therein, from epic adventure to tender love, from absurdist comedy to personal tragedy, and not only because of th

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