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, Symposium 189d5 (δεῖ δε ...) to 190a4 (... ἐικάσειεν) OR Euripides, Medea 230-43

Latin: Sallust, Bellum Catilinae 52.2 (l onge alia ...) to12 (... perditum eant ) OR Horace, Odes 1.9

Registration Deadline is 18 April, 2026. Please email Prof. Katharina Volk to register.