We are excited to announce Alexandra Wang’s “Sappho” as the First Place winner of the Summer 2020 Calder Classics Art Competition.
Scroll down to see more of Alexandra’s work! Alexandra attended both our “Reading Latin: Constructing Memory” program and “Intro to Greek Level 2”. All images created by our first, second, and third place winners will be featured on our blog and Instagram throughout the week.
“Μνάσεσθαί τινα φαῖμι καὶ ἕτερον ἀμμέων”
Someone will remember us
I say
even in another time
“Although we didn’t read any Sappho in Constructing Memory, this quote of hers was constantly on my mind as we moved through the course. Kudos if anyone spots what book the girl is reading” - Alexandra Wang
“Vivam, parsque mei multa superstes erit.”
I will live, and a great part of me will survive.
“Plus uno maneat perenne saeclo.”
May it remain everlasting for more than one generation.
“Catullus was right. His little book lives on, transmitted from generations to generations — on different media. The first panel is meant to show ‘plus uno’ written in Roman cursive on a wax tablet. The second panel immitates how ‘maneat’ was written in a 14th century manuscript. The last shows ‘perenne saeclo’ on a computer screen.” - Alexandra Wang
“Exegi monumentum aere pereennius.”
I built a monument more lasting than bronze.