mercoledì 29 febbraio 2012, 18.00
Conferenza: Harry Mount
In our speaker's view, 'For half a century, Latin has been placed on a dusty, imposing, ancient pedestal. This is quite wrong - Latin has an immediate, vivid, vital existence today. Even a passing knowledge of the language is a key to the modern world. It reveals not just the roots of English and Italian, but also provides the underpinning of Western art, architecture, history and philosophy. Best of all, though, it unlocks the beauties of Roman literature in the original language.' Harry Mount is the author of the best-selling Amo, amas, amat...and all that, published in 2006.