Comments on: Why Ancient Languages Are Alive and Well. Bowdoin’s Boyd Advocates for Classical Studies http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2018/04/why-study-a-dead-language-bowdoins-boyd-advocates-for-classical-studies/ A repository for Bowdoin news archives Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.11 By: Cy Allen '66 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2018/04/why-study-a-dead-language-bowdoins-boyd-advocates-for-classical-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-122678 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 22:52:22 +0000 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/?p=148222#comment-122678 I took Latin in Junior High School for 3 years in Connecticut. Best thing I ever did! Should be a requirement for all secondary school students.

]]> By: Eric v.d. Luft http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2018/04/why-study-a-dead-language-bowdoins-boyd-advocates-for-classical-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-122675 Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:21:32 +0000 http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/?p=148222#comment-122675 I studied six languages besides my native English: French, Latin, and Spanish in high school; French, German, Greek, and Hebrew at Bowdoin; and German in grad school. Latin is the only one I use every day. It’s the basis of English orthography, semantics, and diction.

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