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"How to Read Ancient Poetry" is a new video series from the Ancient Language Institute (ALI), which introduces people to Latin and Ancient Greek poetry. ALI's mission is to aid students in their path to proficiency in ancient languages, to improve the way ancient languages are taught, and to foster a rebirth of the humanistic tradition. The "How to Read Ancient Poetry" videos train students in the meters used in Greek and Latin verse, illustrate historical reconstructions of ancient language pronunciation, and introduce the wide array of poets and poems from Classical antiquity. Joanna Thornhill is an Ancient Greek & Latin Fellow at the Ancient Language Institute. In this video, she walks students through a single line from Virgil's Aeneid: "Hīs ego nec mētās rērum nec tempora pōnō" (1.278).