Why Greek and Latin?
People are turning more and more to the wisdom of the ancients. You can't go very far in a discussion of health before someone quotes Hippocrates, never mind that most medical terminology is based on Greek and Latin. In discussions of politics, Aristotle and Demosthenes and Seneca get bandied about, and Latin pervades the legal language of the western world. Trouble is, much of this quoting and bandying about is horribly mistranslated or taken out of context.
Find out what it really said!
- academic translations
- understand medical, herbal, even culinary terminology more deeply and accurately
- research into family history (coats of arms, mottos)