Luke Amadeus Ranieri
| Luke Amadeus Ranieri | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pennsylvania, USA[1][2] |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | teacher, classicist, nonfiction author, military pilot |
| Known for | Teaching spoken Latin and Ancient Greek; researching phonetics |
| 🌐 Website | lukeranieri |
Luke Amadeus Ranieri is a teacher and fluent speaker of Latin and Ancient Greek. Ranieri is a prolific creator of educational content that supports speaking classical languages as living languages.[1][2]
Education
According to his LinkedIn profile, Ranieri earned a B.S in Geological Sciences, Mars Geology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy at Lehigh University in 2008.[3]
According to his LinkedIn profile, in 2011, Ranieri earned an M.S. in Geological Sciences, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Field Geology and Mars Geology at San Diego State University. While at SDSU, Ranieri served in the Air Force ROTC.[3]
Teaching Latin and Ancient Greek
Ranieri is employed as a "Greek & Latin Fellow" at the Ancient Language Institute (ALI), an organisation that offers private courses in Latin, Ancient Greek, and other ancient and medieval languages.[1]
According to the ALI web site, "Driven by his passion for the Classics, [Ranieri] spends his free time applying all his energy to the study of Latin and Ancient Greek, and is especially interested in phonology. Ranieri’s Youtube channel ScorpioMartianus hosts hundreds of videos in Latin and Ancient Greek, including songs, news, and educational materials."[1]
Ranieri has lectured in Latin at the Paideia Institute's "Living Latin in New York City" event. According to the Paideia Institute: "Pennsylvania native Luke Amadeus Ranieri shares his passion for ancient languages through educational content via his website LukeRanieri.com and YouTube channels ScorpioMartianus and polýMATHY. His research specialties include reconstructed Latin, Ancient Greek, and Coptic phonology, and champions the active use of these languages in the classroom and among scholars."[2][5]
Ranieri taught an intensive seminar in spoken Ancient Greek for the Polis Institute's 2025 summer session at the University of Dallas.[4] The Polis Institute are pioneers in instruction methods for teaching Ancient Greek and other ancient languages as living, spoken languages.
Newspaper and Media Mentions
- A 2021 news article at KOHA, an Albanian-language news and media organization based in Pristina, Kosovo, described Luke Ranieri as "One of the world's best connoisseurs of Latin and ancient Greek."[6]
- In December 2018, The Morning Call, a local newspaper in Allentown, PA, referred to Ranieri as a "Polyglot Extraordinaire," after he assisted with the recasting of a Greek and Latin text for a concert by the Princeton Singers.[7]
- In July 2024, the Magnetic Memory Method podcast praised Ranieri's language and memory skills: "Luke proved long ago that he has what it takes to commit multiple words and phrases to memory. Better than that, he speaks multiple languages, demonstrating a whole other level of memory skill that we call 'fluency.' And that’s not to mention his skills as a pilot, author, vlogger and the 'ineffable' aspects that go into making a person a great teacher and all around wonderful person."[8]
Works
These books and reports were written, translated or edited by Luke Ranieri.
- Luke Amadeus Ranieri. Ranieri Reverse Recall: A Method of Memorization Applied to Life. Aquellia Publishing, Jan 30, 2017. ASIN B01N4TMALZ ISBN 978-1520498164 Search this book on
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- Publius Rutilius Lupus, Luke Ranieri (ed.). Schemata Lexeos - Figures of Rhetoric: The rhetorical devices used by authors over thousands of years for effective communication. Lulu Press, Inc., Nov 8, 2023. ISBN 9781304932358 Search this book on .
- Irene La Preziosa, Luke Amadeus Ranieri. Fabula Anatina: A Duckish Tale in Latin. Lulu Press, Inc., Dec 21, 2021. ISBN 9781794704145 Search this book on .
- Luke Ranieri & Raphael Turrigiano. The Lucian Pronunciation of Ancient Greek. May 7, 2020.
- Luke Ranieri. Ancient Greek Pronunciation Guide and discourse on the inherent challenges of establishing a single Ancient Greek pronunciation system. January, 2021.
- Luke Ranieri. Latin Interjections by category: with emojis! August 9, 2020.
External Links
- Video on YouTube hosts hundreds of instructional videos in Latin and Ancient Greek
- Video on YouTube hosts more general content related to Latin, Greek and the ancient world
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "About the Ancient Language Institute". ancientlanguage.com. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Lectures in Latin". paideiainstitute.org. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Self-reported on LinkedIn. "Luke Amadeus Ranieri". linkedin.com. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "University of Dallas - Ancient Greek - Summer 2025". www.polisjerusalem.org. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ↑ "Epic Origins of Western Education : Lecture in LATIN : Luke Ranieri : Living Latin in NYC". youtube.com. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-08. Note: This is a lecture delivered in Latin by Ranieri, and posted to the "Paideia Media" YouTube channel.
- ↑ "Pompeii, the city that gives messages even today". www.koha.net. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2025-10-08. Note: This is a news article describing the release of an Albanian film describing Pompeii. Ranieri was interviewed because he helped prepare Latin quotations for the film.
- ↑ "Classical: Pennsylvania Sinfonia goes all-Mozart in Allentown". www.mcall.com. 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2025-10-08. Note: This article describes Ranieri's work with a Greek text from Plotinus, along with a later Latin translation of that text, to recast it to make it useful for choral singing by the Princeton Singers.
- ↑ "Will Military Pilot & Language Expert Luke Ranieri Successfully Memorize The Iliad… by Singing?". www.magneticmemorymethod.com. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
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