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From http://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2015/01/classics-in-pop-culture-part-ii.html

This is the second part of the article on Classics in Pop Culture. Part 1 ran in the previous InterCom issue on January 19th. In Classics in Pop Culture the author explores how to combine contemporary music with Latin and Greek by using a classroom project. In Part II, as the author states, "Instead of driving students to go out and find songs with Latin or Greek, have them choose popular songs they like and translate them into Latin or Greek! This is a task that some professional musicians have undertaken in recent years—and have met with success in their attempts." He also suggests "To make the project most useful for learning Latin, students should be able to account for the decisions they made in word choice and arrangement. Students could, and perhaps should, also aim to include some poetic devices, like alliteration or chiasmus, in their translations. An ambitious student may choose to emulate the style of his or her favorite ancient author, or an author relevant to the course."

More information here: http://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2015/01/classics-in-pop-culture-part-ii.html