HONORS & AWARDS

honor or honos (the latter form almost exclusively in Cicero), oris (archaic gen. honorus), m., honor, repute, esteem in which a person or thing is held... Any thing given as a mark of honor, an honorary gift, a reward, acknowledgment, recompense, fee; a sacrifice; funeral rites; a legacy, etc.

--modified from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary

Welcome to our online archive of awards--a virtual Tabularium, if you will. Harker students strive for academic excellence. Here in the Honores section you'll find a record of their accomplishments in a variety of JCL activities. Awards from regional, state, and national conventions are included, as are other events such as certamen, the National Latin Exam and Medusa Mythology Exam. In ancient Rome, crowns (coronae) of metal, leaves, flowers or even grass were given as a reward of talent, bravery, military might or civil worth. This figure depicts a corona navalis, which was awarded to victorious Roman admirals.

Image source:
LacusCurtius • Roman Wreaths and Crowns (Smith's Dictionary, 1875)

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