Latin (was: Bella)

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...>
wrote:

> Jen, remembering a semester devoted entirely to translating the 
> Aeneid. Why?

To brainwash you into being a loyal and useful subject of the Roman
Empire. Dulce et decore est pro patria mori (IIRC that was Seneca
rather than Virgil, but the sentiment applies). Even if your
Fatherland is a 'rogue nation'?