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From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:48:01 -0700
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for March 19, 2024


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Group Listings:



Group: Plautus (Plautus)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: A Plautus Reader: Selections from Eleven Plays" by John Henderson
Assignments:
     As of 3/17/24, coming soon!



Group: Medieval Latin (MedLat)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: Beeson's Primer of Medieval Latin
Assignments:
     Mar 19 "De Origine Gentis Saxonicae," pp. 195-6 from "Ut autem" to the end.
     Mar 26 "Versus Isidori," p. 317, parts E-G.
     Apr 2 "Gerbertus ad Ottonem" and
         "Gerdbertus Quondam Scholasticus Ayrardo Suo Salutem," p. 197.
     Apr 9 "Prayer of Eugenius," p.318.



Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Mar 25 7.14.7-15.2
     Apr 1 7.15.3-9
     Apr 8 7.15.10-16.2
     Apr 15 7.16.3-7(part)
     Apr 22 7.16.7(contd.)-17.4
     Apr 29 7.17.5-10



Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Mar 25 22.31.1-7
     Apr 1 22.31.8-32.3
     Apr 8 22.32.4-33.2
     Apr 15 22.33.3-10
     Apr 22 22.33.11-34.4
     Apr 29 22.34.5-11



Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted
Assignments:
     Mar 25 4.19
     Apr 1 4.20
     Apr 8 4.21-22(part)
     Apr 15 4.22(contd.)-23(part)
     Apr 22 4.23(contd.)
     Apr 29 4.24



Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     Mar 25 7.2, 4
     Apr 1 7.5-7
     Apr 8 7.8-10
     Apr 15 7.11-13
     Apr 22 7.14-16
     Apr 29 7.19, 21-2



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 Messalinus:
             ll. 15-29: 25 March



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:
     Book II:
         p. 41, ll. 205-217: 25 March



Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
     Liber XV:
         IV. On the Lentienes:
             Section: 1: 25 March



Group: Seneca's Medea (Seneca Medea)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/sen/octavia.shtml
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Act 3:
         ll. 510-524: 25 March



Group: Georgics (Vergil)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Georgics II:
         ll. 503-518: 25 March



Group: Martial's Epigrams (Martial)
Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/martial/mart.spec.shtml
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber V:  on hold pending Don's return



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 XXXIV: To Parma
         p. 197-199, ll. 37-49: 25 March



Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber VII:
         Story 13: Table Talk, sections 7-end: 25 March




Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     SHA (Severus):
         section 9: 25 March




Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 3/24/2024: 67 (perditionem)
     Assignment due 3/31/2024: 67 (comparetur)
     Assignment due 4/7/2024: 67 (extensuri)



Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 3/24/2024: 1.36/29-37/20 (maxime)
     Assignment due 3/31/2024: 1.37/21-38/2 (vallis)
     Assignment due 4/7/2024: 1.38/3-20 (plurima)



Group: Cicero's second Verrine oration (Cicero In Verrem)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 3/24/2024: II.1.83
     Assignment due 3/31/2024: II.1.84
     Assignment due 4/7/2024: II.1.85



Group: Seneca’s Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (Seneca)
Text: posted, and http://thelatinlibrary.com/sen.html
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 3/24/2024: 6.58.13-15
     Assignment due 3/31/2024: 6.58.16-18
     Assignment due 4/7/2024: 6.58.19-21



Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 3/24/2024: XI.573-591
     Assignment due 3/31/2024: XI.592-612
     Assignment due 4/7/2024: XI.613-632



Group: Vulgate (Vulgate)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm
Assignments
     Mar 20 Matthew 16:1-14
     Mar 27 No Assignment - Easter
     Apr 3 Matthew 16:15-28
     Apr 10 Matthew 17:1-13
     Apr 17 Matthew 17:14-26
     Apr 24 Matthew 18:1-11
     May 1 Matthew 18:12-23
     May 8 Matthew 18:24-35
     May 15 Matthew 19:1-10
     May 22 Matthew 19:11-20
     May 29 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:
     Mar 20 De Civitate Dei 5.12f,
         from "Hoc insitum..." through, "...ipsa uirtutem."
     Mar 27 No Assignment - Easter
     Apr 3 De Civitate Dei 5.12g,
         from "Neque enim est..." through, "...ambitio possidet."
     Apr 10 De Civitate Dei 5.12h,
         from "Neque mirum:" through "...reuocare ciuilem."
     Apr 17 De Civitate Dei 5.12i, from "Sed per quosdam paucos," to end.
     Apr 24 De Civitate Dei 5.13a, through, "...sed minus turpes sunt."
     May 1 De Civitate Dei 5.13b, from "Etiam Tullius hinc…" to the end.
     May 8 De Civitate Dei 5.14a, through "...magis quam Dei."
     May 15 De Civitate Dei 5.14b,
         from "Quod sancti apostoli..." through, "...qui in caelis est."
     May 22 De Civitate Dei 5.14c, from "Sed rursus ne..." to the end.
     May 29 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
     Mar 20 De Doctrina Christiana 3.34 48b,
         from "Alia etiam quae…" through, "...omnibus immunditiis vestris."
     Mar 27 No Assignment - Easter
     Apr 3 De Doctrina Christiana 3.34.48c,
         from "Hoc de Novo Testamento..." to end.
     Apr 10 De Doctrina Christiana 3.34.49a, through "...terra viventium."
     Apr 17 De Doctrina Christiana 3.34.49b,
         from "Ipsa intellegenda est..." to end.
     Apr 24 De Doctrina Christiana 3.35.50a, thru "...vestimenta eius ut nix."
     May 1 De Doctrina Christiana 3.35.50b,
         from "Utrumque enim verum..." to end.
     May 8 De Doctrina Christiana 3.35.51
     May 15 De Doctrina Christiana 3.36.52a, through "...bonum in escam."
     May 22 De Doctrina Christiana 3.36.52b, from "Denique secutus…" to end.
     May 29 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:
     Mar 21 Assignment 147 Ex 3.20-3.22
     Mar 28 no assignment (Easter)
     Apr 4 Assignment 148 Ex 3.23-3.25




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:
     Mar 21 - cap. 9, EX
     Mar 28 - no assignment

     Apr 4 - cap. 9, SA
     Apr 11 - cap. 9, TR
     Apr 18 - cap. 10, EX
     Apr 25 - cap. 10, SA

     May 2 - cap. 10, TR
     May 9 - cap. 11 EX
     May 16 - cap. 11 SA
     May 23 - cap. 11 TR
     May 30 - no assignment

     Jun 6 - cap. 12 EX
     Jun 13 - cap. 12 SA
     Jun 20 - cap. 12 TR
     Jun 27 - cap. 13 EX



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:
     Mar 19 - #7. Socrates'... (lines 9-end)
     Mar 26 - #8. A More Positive... (lines 1-12)

     Apr 2 - no assignment
     Apr 9 - #8. A More Positive... (lines 13-20)
     Apr 16 - #8. A More Positive... (lines 20-end)
     Apr 23 - #9. On Contempt... (lines 1-8)
     Apr 30 - #9. On Contempt... (lines 9-end)

     May 7 - #10. Literature... (lines 1-10)
     May 14 - #10. Literature... (lines 11-18)
     May 21 - #10. Literature... (lines 18-end)
     May 28 - no assignment

     June 4 - #11 and #12 (Death...; Too conscientious)
     June 11 - #13. Quam multa...
     June 18 - #14. What makes... (lines 1-7)
     June 25 - #14. What mkes... (lines 8-end)



Group: Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles (RFF)
Text: https://archive.org/details/ritchiesfabulae00kirtgoog
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     First assignment to be sent on March 21, due on April 4




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:
     Mar 19 - 275, 28 - 276, 8
         (statim eum ..... habeo.")
     Mar 26 - p. 276, 9-21
         (itaque, ..... deposita erat!)
     Apr 2 - no assignment
     Apr 9 - p. 276, 22 - 277, 5
         ("ut pars ..... rogauit.)
     Apr 16 - p. 277, 6-19
         ("ita putaui. ..... inuolucrum eiecit.)
     Apr 23 - p. 277, 20 - 3rd line fr. bott.
         (Rex-dryadym ..... tandem rogauit.)
     Apr 30 - p. 277, 2nd line fr. bott. - 278, 12
         ("o sane!" ..... excipiemus.")
     May 7 - p. 278, 13-28
         ("tibi gratias ..... rogare uoluit.)
     May 14 - p. 278, 29 - 279
         ("omnia in tempore!" ..... somniabat.)
     May 21 - p. 280, "0"-15
         (CAPVT 17 ..... alligatam.)
     May 28 - no assignment
     June 4 - p. 280, 16 - 281, 12
         ("salue Thorine!" ..... dabimus.")
     June 11 - p. 281, 13-27
         ("quomodo eum ..... eius audi!")
     June 18 - p. 281, 28 - 282, 8
         ("uos omnes ..... relinque!")
     June 25 - p. 282, 9-20
         ("rem relinquam" ..... deiciam.")



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
     Mar 19 - cap. 27, 92-114, ex. 5 ; 6 (11-14)
     Mar 26 - cap. 27, 115-137, ex. 10 (1-5)
     Apr 2 - no assignment
     Apr 9 - cap. 27, 138-159, ex. 7 ; 10 (6-11)
     Apr 16 - cap. 27, 160-180, ex. 9 ; 10 (12-15)
     Apr 23 - cap. 27, 'grammatica,' ex. 8 ; 11 (5-10, 15-20) ; 12
     Apr 30 - cap. 28, 1-19, ex. 1 (1-8) ; 3 (1-7)
     May 7 - cap. 28, 20-55, ex. 2 ; 3 (8-12)
     May 14 - cap. 28, 56-89, ex. 6 (1-8) ; 11 ( 1-10)
     May 21 - cap. 28, 90-108, ex. 5 ; 6 (9-13)
     May 28 - no assignment
     June 4 - cap. 28, 109-146, ex. 10 (1-4) ; 11 (14-19)
     June 11 - cap. 28, 147-189, ex. 9 ; 10 (5-12)
     June 18 - cap. 28, grammatica, ex. 4 ; 12
     June 25 - cap. 28, grammatica, ex. 7 ; 8



Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Delos Fast)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Mar 21 - cap. 54, 1-53, ex. 2 (1-6)
     Mar 28 - no assignment
     Apr 4 - cap. 54, 54-93, ex 2 (7-10)
     Apr 11 - cap. 54, 94-135, ex. 4 (1-8)
     Apr 18 - cap. 54, 135-178, ex. 4 (9-12)
     Apr 25 - cap. 54, 179-225, ex. 6 (1-6)
     May 2 - cap. 54, 226-272, ex. 6 (7-14)
     May 9 - cap. 54, 273-316, ex. 8 (1-7)
     May 16 - cap. 54, 317-373, ex. 8 (8-14)
     May 23 - no assignment
     May 30 - cap. 54, 374-439, ex. 10 (1-7)
     June 6 - cap. 54, 440-492, ex. 10 (8-11)
     June 13 - cap. 54, 493-555, ex. 12 (1-9)
     June 20 - cap. 54, 556-617, ex. 12 (10-18)
     June 27 - cap. 55, 1-58, ex. 2 (1-5)





Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
     Mar 19 - cap. 45, 217-228; ex. 8 ; 9 (15-17)
     Mar 26 - cap. 45, 229-252; ex. 12 (1-5)
     Apr 2 - no assignment
     Apr 9 - cap. 45, 252-273; ex. 10 (1-8) ; 12 (6-9)
     Apr 16 - cap. 45, 274-287; ex. 11 ; 12 (10)
     Apr 23 - cap. 45, 288-305; ex. 15 (1-5)
     Apr 30 - cap. 45, 306-326; ex. 13 (1-6) ; 15 (6-12)
     May 7 - cap. 45, 327-343; ex. 14 ; 15 (13-19)
     May 14 - cap. 45, 344-370; ex. 17 (1-10)
     May 21 - cap. 45, 371-391; ex. 17 (11-16)
     May 28 - no assignment
     June 4 - cap. 45, 392-413; ex. 16 ; 17 (17-19)
     June 11 - cap. 46, 1-40; ex. 3 (1-6)
     June 18 - cap. 46, 41-84; ex. 2 ; 3 (7-11)
     June 25 - cap. 46, 85-123; ex. 1 ; 3 (12-15)


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