In Praise of Necrophilia

by Stephanus Berard

This satirical essay ridicules the belief that Latin is too difficult a language actually to be spoken.

Latin's a dead language,


as dead as dead can be.


It killed off all the Romans,


and now it's killing me!


An English translation of this essay is not available. Click on the Latin title below to view the essay in Latin.

Laus Necrophiliae



Published in Latin in The American Classical League Newsletter, April 2003.

© 2013-22 Stephanus Berard  | "Vae dinosauris!"