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From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 20:44:27 -0700
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for April 5, 2025

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Group Listings:

Group: Medieval Latin (MedLat)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: Beeson's Primer of Medieval Latin
Assignments:
     Apr 8 "Henry on the way to Canossa," p. 214, to the end.
     Apr 15 "The Founding of Conca ... ," p. 330-1, lines 191-210.
     Apr 22 "The Conversion of Lanfranc," pp. 215-6, to "et sequatur me."

Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Apr 7 7.32.1-7
     Apr 14 7.32.8-14
     Apr 21 7.32.15-33.5

Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Apr 7 22.52.4-7
     Apr 14 22.53.1-8
     Apr 21 22.53.9-54.3

Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted
Assignments:
     Apr 7 4.52
     Apr 14 4.53
     Apr 21 4.54

Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     Apr 7 7.123-5
     Apr 14 7.130-2
     Apr 21 7.134, 147-9

Group: Ovid's Epistulae Ex Ponto (Exile)
Text: posted, and www.thelatinlibrary.com
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Ex Ponto Liber II
         To Rufus:
             ll.1-16: 14 April
             ll.17- end: 21 April
     Ex Ponto Liber III:
         To his wife:
             ll. 1-24:28 April

Group: Geoffrey of Monmouth (BritishKings)
Text: "The History of the Kings of Britain" by Michael Reeve & Neil Wright
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber IV:
         pp. 71, ll. 51-64: 14 April
         p. 71, ll. 65-75: 21 April
         pp. 71-73, ll. 76-85: 28 April

Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
     Liber XVI:
         Part 2: Julian puts down the Alamanni:
             sections 7-9: 14 April
             sections 10-11: 21 April
             sections 12-13: 28 April

Group: Seneca's Agamemnon (Seneca Agamemnon)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/sen/sen.agamemnon.shtml
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Act II Clytemnestra
         ll. 253-267: 14 April
         ll. 268-283: 21 April
         ll. 284-294: 28 Apr

Group: Georgics (Vergil)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Georgics IV:
         ll. 91-102: 14 April
         ll. 103-115: 21 April
         ll. 116-129: 28 April

Group: Ad Alpes (AdAlpes)
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Text: Ad Alpes — A Tale of Roman Life by H.C. Nutting
Text: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b60534;view=1up;seq=19
Comment: easy Latin
Assignments:
     Caput XL: Placentia to Eporedia:
         p. 228, ll. 32-47: 14 April
         pp. 228-229, ll. 48-62: 21 April
         p. 229, ll. 63-76: 28 April

Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber X
         Story IV & Story V: Publius Nigidius ... Latin grammar, all: 14 April
         Story VI: The daughter of Appius Caecus: 21 April
         Story VII: The Rivers of the Empire: 28 April

Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     SHA (Caracalla):
         section 6: 14 April
         section 7: 21 April
         section 8: 28 April

Group: Claudian (Claudian)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     4/6/2025: In Eutropium I:157-180
     4/13/2025: In Eutropium I:181-198
     4/20/2025: In Eutropium I:199-214
     4/27/2025: In Eutropium I:215-231
     5/4/2025: In Eutropium I:232-251
     5/11/2025: In Eutropium I:252-271a
     5/18/2025: In Eutropium I:271b-286
     5/25/2025: In Eutropium I:287-307

Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     4/6/2025: 91 (suam liberavit)
     4/13/2025: 91 (tuam eripuisti)
     4/20/2025: 92 (sermo est)
     4/27/2025: 92 (quosque hominibus)
     5/4/2025: 93 (constituta habetur)
     5/11/2025: 93 (sensu interpretari)
     5/18/2025: 94 (de vobis)
     5/25/2025: 94 (eventit)

Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     4/6/2025: 1.61/11-30 (vilia)
     4/13/2025: 1.61/30-62/17
     4/20/2025: 1.62/18-63/1 (septimum)
     4/27/2025: 1.63/1-17
     5/4/2025: 2.64/1-18
     5/11/2025: 2.64/19-65/13
     5/18/2025: 2.65/14-66/3 (scire)
     5/25/2025: 2.66/3-2.66/18

Group: Cicero's second Verrine oration (Cicero In Verrem)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     4/6/2025: II.1.131
     4/13/2025: II.1.132
     4/20/2025: II.1.133
     4/27/2025: II.1.134
     5/4/2025: II.1.135
     5/11/2025: II.1.136
     5/18/2025: II.1.137
     5/25/2025: II.1.138

Group: Seneca’s Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (Seneca Epistulae)
Text: posted, and http://thelatinlibrary.com/sen.html
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     4/6/2025: 7.66.46-48
     4/13/2025: 7.66.49-51
     4/20/2025: 7.66.52-53
     4/27/2025: 7.67.1-3
     5/4/2025: 7.67.4-6
     5/11/2025: 7.67.7-9
     5/18/2025: 7.67.10-12
     5/25/2025: 7.67.13-15

Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     4/6/2025: XIII. 140-161
     4/13/2025: XIII. 162-180
     4/20/2025: XIII. 181-204
     4/27/2025: XIII. 205-227
     5/4/2025: XIII. 228-246
     5/11/2025: XIII. 247-267
     5/18/2025: XIII. 268-279
     5/25/2025: XIII. 280-295

Group: Vulgate (Vulgate)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm
Assignments:
     Apr 9 Matthew 28:11-20 The End!
     Apr 16 No Assignment - Easter
     Apr 23 Baruch 1:1-11
     Apr 30 Baruch 1:12-22
     May 7 Baruch 2:1-12
     May 14 Baruch 2:13-25
     May 21 Baruch 2:26-35
     May 28 No Assignment - Memorial Day (US)

Group: Augustine / The City of God (Augustine)
Text: posted, see also: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/august.html
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Assignments:
     Apr 9 De Civitate Dei 6.1f, from "Nunc uero cum…" to the end.
     Apr 16 No Assignment - Easter
     Apr 23 De Civitate Dei 6.2a, through "...fuisset oblitus."
     Apr 30 De Civitate Dei 6.2b,
          from "In primo autem..." through "...detestanda conscriberet."
     May 7 De Civitate Dei 6.2c, from "Cum uero deos..." to the end.
     May 14 De Civitate Dei 6.3a, through "...distinctione commendans."
     May 21 De Civitate Dei 6.3b, from "Sed quia oportebat..." to the end.
     May 28 No Assignment - Memorial Day (US)

Group: Augustine / De Doctrina Christiana (Christiana)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, see also https://www.augustinus.it/latino/dottrina_cristiana/index.htm
Assignments
     Apr 9 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.21
     Apr 16 No Assignment - Easter
     Apr 23 De Doctrina Christiana 4.8.22
     Apr 30 De Doctrina Christiana 4.9.23
     May 7 De Doctrina Christiana 4.10.24a, through "...indoctis dici solet."
     May 14 De Doctrina Christiana 4.10.24b,
         from "Si enim non piguit..." to end.
     May 21 De Doctrina Christiana 4.10.25a,
         through "...panduntur difficultate pendebat."
     May 28 No Assignment - Memorial Day (US)

Group: Latin to GCSE, Part 2 (Cullen2)
Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com>
Text: Latin Beyond GCSE Second Edition by John Taylor
Comment: Intermediate Latin
Assignments:
     April 10 Assignment 191 Ex 5.21
     April 17 Break for Easter

Group: Wheelock Beginners (Wheelock Red)
Text: Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed. rev., ISBN 978-0061997228
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Comment: A chapter of Wheelock every two or three weeks
Assignments:
     Apr 10 - cap. 25, EX
     Apr 17 - no assignment
     Apr 24 - cap. 25. SA
     May 1 - cap. 25, TR
     May 8 - cap. 26, EX
     May 15 - cap. 26, SA
     May 22 - no assignment
     May 29 - cap. 26, TR
     June 5 - cap. 27, EX
     June 12 - cap. 27, SA
     June 19 - cap. 27, TR
     June 26 - cap. 28, EX
     July 2 - no assignment
     July 9 - cap. 28, SA
     July 16 - cap. 28, TR
     July 23 - cap. 29, EX
     July 30 - cap. 29, SA

Group: Loci (Loci Immutati from Wheelock's Latin)
Text: Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed. rev., ISBN 978-0061997228
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Apr 8 - 37. More country....
     Apr 15 - 38. Happy married life
     Apr 22 - no assignment
     Apr 29 - 39. Faithful
     May 6 - 40. Sweet, brave girl (lines 1-9)
     May 13 - 40. Sweet, brave girl (lines 10-end)
     May 20 - 41. Sick freedman (lines 1-7)
     May 27 - no assignment
     Jun 3 - 41. Sick freedman (lines 8-end)
     Jun 10 - 42. Penitent freedman
     Jun 17 - 43. Thanks for...
     Jun 24 - 44. Selection of a teacher
     Jul 1 - 45, 46, 47 (Martial)
     Jul 8 - no assignment
     Jul 15 48. Pro-CRAS-tination
     Jul 22 - 49. Issa
         * FINIS *

Group: Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles (RFF)
Text: https://archive.org/details/ritchiesfabulae00kirtgoog
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Apr 10 - #47. Hercules bears up...
     Apr 17 - no assignment
     Apr 24 - #48. Return of Atlas
     May 1 - #49. 12th labor: Cerberus
     May 8 - #50. Charon's ferry (Part 1)
     May 15 - #50. Charon's ferry (Part 2)
     May 22 - no assignment
     May 29 - #51. Realm of Pluto
     June 5 - #52. Hercules...Styx
     June 12 - #53. The last labor
     June 19 - #54. Centaur Nessus
     June 26 - #55. Poisoned robe
     July 3 - no assignment
     July 19 - #56. Death of Hercules
     July 17 - #57. Wicked Uncle
     July 24 - #58. Fateful Accident
     July 31 - #59. Golden Fleece

Group: Hobbitus Ille (Hobbit)
Text: Hobbitus Ille by JRR Tolkein; trans, by Mark Walker; ISBN:978-0007445219
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Apr 8 - p. 298, 8-19 (mid-line)
         (copia .... aliquamdiu manere iussit.)
     Apr 15 - p. 298, 19 (mid-line) to bottom
         (in animo habuerunt .... gratus ero!")
     Apr 22 - no assignment
     Apr 29 - p. 299, 1-13
         ("te obsecro," .... domum incepit.)
     May 6 - p. 299, 14-26 (mid-line)
         (antequam .... ubique uagarentur.)
     May 13 - p. 299, 26 (mid-line) to 300, 8
         (Beorn quidem .... media aestate.)
     May 20 - p. 300, 9 to bottom
         (demum uiam .... sim!" inquit.)
     May 27 - no assignment
     Jun 3 - p. 301, "0"-9
         (CAPVT .... ei simile:)
     Jun 10 - p. 301-302, song
         (dracone .... fa-la!)
     Jun 17 - p. 303, 1-13
         (tum dryades .... Mirksiluae expulerant.)
     Jun 24 - p. 303, 14 to line above song
         ("mox," .... cantabant.)
     Jul 1 - p. 303-304, song
         (gaudeamus .... mane moretur!)
     Jul 8 - no assignment
     Jul 15 - p. 304, 13-23
         ("itaque, Gens Iucunda!" .... mane dormiuit.)
     Jul 22 - p. 304, 24 - 305, 7
         (in illa domu .... Bilbo inquit.)
     Jul 29 - p. 305, 8-20
         (ad flumen .... animaduerteret.)

Group: Lingua Latina Pars I (Tern)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars I: Familia Romana
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Comment: One chapter every week
     Apr 8 - cap. 32, 111-129, ex. 5 ; 6 (9-10)
     Apr 15 - cap. 32, no new reading, ex. 3 ; 4
     Apr 22 - no assignment
     Apr 29 - cap. 32, 130-161, ex. 7 ; 11 (1-3)
     May 6 - cap. 32, 162-185, ex. 11 (4-7)
     May 13 - cap. 32, 186-208, ex. 9 ; 11 (8-10)
     May 20 - cap. 32, 209-224, ex. 10 ; 11 (11-14)
     May 27 - no assignment
     Jun 3 - cap. 32, grammatica, ex. 12 (4-9, 13-15)
     Jun 10 - cap. 32, re-read 130-224, ex. 8 ; 13
     Jun 17 - cap. 33, 1-21, ex. 3 (1-8)
     Jun 24 - cap. 33, 21-37, ex. 1 ; 3 (9-13)
     Jul 1 - cap. 33, 38-47, ex. 2 ; 3 (14-15)
     Jul 8 - no assignment
     Jul 15 - cap. 33, 48-71, ex. 6 (1-4)
     Jul 22 - cap. 33, 72-88, ex. 6 (5-7)
     Jul 29 - cap. 33, 89-104, ex. 4 ; 6 (8-11)

Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
     Apr 8 - cap. 48, 482-508; ex. 9, 10 (12-14)
     Apr 15 - cap. 48, 509-526, ex. 12 (1-3)
     Apr 22 - no assignment
     Apr 29 - cap. 48, 527-549, ex. 12 (4-7)
     May 6 - cap. 48, 550-578, ex. 12 (8-9)
     May 13 - cap. 48, 579-600, ex. 12 (10-11)
     May 20 - cap. 48, 601-614, ex. 11 ; 12 (12-14)
     May 27 - no assignment
     Jun 3 - cap. 48, 615-640, ex. 14 (1-4)
     Jun 10 - cap. 48, 641-677, ex. 14 (5-6)
     Jun 17 - cap. 48, 678-699, ex. 14 (7-10)
     Jun 24 - cap. 48, 700-725, ex. 14 (11-12)
     Jul 1 - cap. 48, 726-745, ex. 13 ; 14 (13-15)
     Jul 8 - no assignment
     Jul 15 - cap. 48, 746-777, ex. 16 (1-6)
     Jul 22 - cap. 48, 778-806, ex. 16 (7-9)
     Jul 29 - cap. 48, 807-834, ex. 16 (10-12)

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