Title of the resource
Title of the resource in english
Original language
Target and Age Group
Beginners’ Latin, teachers, children, homeschoolers, general public, youth movements
Link to resource
Accessed on 25 August, 2020
Author of the Entry:
Elizabeth Hale, University of New England, ehale@une.edu.au
Peer-reviewer of the Entry:
Ayelet Peer, Bar- Ilan University, ayelet.peer@biu.ac.il
Second Peer-reviewer of the Entry:
Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, lisa.maurice@biu.ac.il
Anthony Gibbins
Anthony Gibbins is Latin Master at Sydney Grammar, a private boys’ school in Sydney.
Questionnaire
Contents & Purpose
Simple stories about a town named Legonium (made of lego) in which the inhabitants of the town try to track down a mysterious jewel thief. At one point they visit Pompeii, using the Sydney University Lego reconstruction of Pompeii, housed in the Nicholson Museum.
The stories use conversational Latin to introduce beginning Latin students to the language. While mythological stories do not feature much, employs popular culture references, jokes, puns, to myths in storylines, and in twitter and facebook.
