Beginners II - Latin Hymns

Salvete!

Here are the documents used last class as well as additional exercises which you should try doing before next class if you can.

A good tool to help you learn the rhythm of the hexameter could be these two chants (one from Virgil and another from Ovid) performed by a choir of a classical academy in Italy:

https://youtu.be/BuY4kuBHzog?feature=shared (Virgil)

https://youtu.be/dXGmXCV0WwQ?feature=shared (Ovid)

When you listen, pay a particular attention to how the first long syllable of each foot is emphasized and how it creates the rhythm.