There will be one single bee for all students. Students in any level of Latin are free to compete, but no school may have more than two delegates enter this competition. Contestants are not required to sign up in advance; they should just show up for the event at the scheduled time. All spellings of Greek and Roman mythological characters will be based on the index of Morford’s Classical Mythology. The moderator will pronounce the character’s name and give a brief description of the character. The speller may request for this information to be repeated, but word etymology and contextual examples will NOT be provided. The speller must complete the word within 30 seconds. If a speller stops, he/she may start over from the beginning, but verbal blunders may NOT be corrected. (For example, “Aphrodite. A-P-R – I mean, A-P-H-R . . .” would NOT be acceptable.) Spellers may not use pencil, paper, or electronic devices. Spellers will be lined up in random order, and words will be called out according to a predetermined random sequence. If a student spells the word correctly, he/she advances to the next round. If a student spells the word incorrectly, he/she is eliminated from the competition. In general, words will be arranged according to both familiarity and difficulty. As the competition goes along, words will become progressively more obscure and/or difficult. If need be, the moderator will go to a list of provincial names, Roman historical figures, and Roman authors for tiebreakers.