Last year, I met with the archaeologist Flint Dibble to talk about Et Cetera. The video came out this week!
Video description:
A conversation with author Maia Lee Chin about her fantastic new book Et Cetera. We cover all kinds of topics from public scholarship, Latin, and the state of Classical Studies. Buy Et Cetera here: https://maialeechin.com/book/et-cetera/ It is a phenomenal book with great Latin phrases, beautiful illustrations, and essays in English about Latin, mythology, and history in the ancient Mediterranean world. Chapters 0:00
Introduction 1:58
Thank you to my trolls 4:31
The book Et Cetera. Content, illustrations, and organization 16:40 Updating Classics for today’s world 23:44
Memory, mortality, and information in the past and today 30:00
How to make Classics more accessible and interesting? 41:11
How Maia made this book accessible and interesting!
Thanks to Chip Dibble for the video editing. Keywords: Roman Empire, Rome, Greece, Isthmia, Julius Caesar, Ovid, Latin authors, Latin phrases, mythology