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From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com> Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2024 19:52:49 -0700 Subject: Latin Activities: Update for July 8, 2024 This email is from the LatinStudy mailing list. ========================================================================= The LatinStudy list is an open mailing list dedicated to the study of the Latin language. The URL http://www.quasillum.com/study/latinstudy.php describes the list in more detail. This activities update is published periodically, roughly monthly. A copy is at http://www.quasillum.com/latin/latin-activities.php Coordinators should send updates to Kirk Lougheed <lougheed at pobox dot com>. ========================================================================= 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: Jul 8 4A Truculentus 482–506 Jul 15 4A Truculentus 507–529 Jul 22 4A Truculentus 530–548 Jul 29 4B Casina 780–820 Group: Medieval Latin (MedLat) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: Beeson's Primer of Medieval Latin Assignments: Jul 9 "A Liturgical Play," pp. 202-3, to "Myrrha mortalem." Jul 16 "A Subscription" and "Inscription for a Scriptorium," pp. 322-3. Jul 23 "A Liturgical Play," pp. 203-4, to "adorare venimus." Jul 30 "The Library at York," pp. 323-4. Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted Assignments: Jul 8 7.20.5(contd.)-8 Jul 15 7.20.9-21.3 Jul 22 7.21.4-8 Jul 29 7.21.9-5 Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted Assignments: Jul 8 22.38.5-11 Jul 15 22.38.12-39.5 Jul 22 22.39.6-10 Jul 29 22.39.11-17 Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted Assignments: Jul 8 4.30 Jul 15 4.31 Jul 22 4.32 Jul 29 4.33 Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: posted Assignments: Jul 8 7.39, 42 Jul 15 43-4 Jul 22 45-6 Jul 29 48-9 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 Maximus: ll. 91-end: 8 July To Atticus: ll. 1-14: 15 July ll. 15-25: 22 July ll. 26-34: 29 July 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 III: p. 49, ll. 23-33: 8 July pp. 49-51. ll. 33-42: 15 July p. 51, ll. 43-54: 22 July p. 50, ll. 54-64: 29 July Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus) Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Liber XV: V. Silvanus named Augustus and Murdered: Section 13&14: 8 July Section 15&16: 15 July Section 17&18: 22 July Section 19&20: 29 July 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. 761-774: 8 July ll. 775-792: 15 July ll. 793-803: 22 July ll. 804-816: 29 July Group: Georgics (Vergil) Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Georgics III: ll. 162-173: 8 July ll, 174-189: 15 July ll. 190-204: 22 July ll. 205-223: 29 July 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 XXXVI: At Placentia p. 206, ll. 82-97: 8 July pp. 206-207, ll. 98-113: 15 July p. 207, ll. 114-128: 22 July pp. 207-208, ll. 129-149: 29 July Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights) Text: posted Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Liber IX: Story 4: Barbarians, especially their women: sections: 1-5: 8 July sections: 6-10: 15 July sections: 11-end: 22 July Story 5: Philosophical thoughts on pleasure; sections: all, 29 July Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA) Text: posted Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: SHA (Severus): Section 22: 8 July Section 23: 15 July Section 24: 22 July SHA (Pescennius Niger): Section 1: 29 July Group: Claudian’s Carmina minora (Claudian) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 7/14/2024: Fescennine Verses I.1-25 Assignment due 7/21/2024: Fescennine Verses I.26-45 Assignment due 7/28/2024: Fescennine Verses II.1-26 Assignment due 8/4/2024: Fescennine Verses II.27-47 Assignment due 8/11/2024: Fescennine Verses III Assignment due 8/18/2024: Fescennine Verses IV.1-17 Assignment due 8/25/2024: Fescennine Verses IV.18-37 Assignment due 9/1/2024: Epithalamium Praefatio Assignment due 9/8/2024: Epithalamium 1-19 Assignment due 9/15/2024: Epithalamium 20-39a Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 7/14/2024: 74 (discipulus) Assignment due 7/21/2024: 74 (cinis) Assignment due 7/28/2024: 75 Assignment due 8/4/2024: 76 (sacerdotio) Assignment due 8/11/2024: 76 (trahunt?) Assignment due 8/18/2024: 77 Assignment due 8/25/2024: 78 Assignment due 9/1/2024: 79 (cogitatio) Assignment due 9/8/2024: 79 (delectata est) Assignment due 9/15/2024: 80 (dominus) Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 7/14/2024: 1.44/15-29 Assignment due 7/21/2024: 1.44/30-45/11 Assignment due 7/28/2024: 1.45/12-21 Assignment due 8/4/2024: 1.45/21-46/7 Assignment due 8/11/2024: 1.46/7-20 Assignment due 8/18/2024: 1.46/21-47/10 Assignment due 8/25/2024: 1.47/10-31 Assignment due 9/1/2024: 1.47/31-48/11 Assignment due 9/8/2024: 1.48/12-30 Assignment due 9/15/2024: 1.49/1-11 Assignment due 6/30/2024: 1.43/12-32 Group: Cicero's second Verrine oration (Cicero In Verrem) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 7/14/2024: II.1.99 Assignment due 7/21/2024: II.1.100 Assignment due 7/28/2024: II.1.101 Assignment due 8/4/2024: II.1.102 Assignment due 8/11/2024: II.1.103 Assignment due 8/18/2024: II.1.104 Assignment due 8/25/2024: II.1.105 Assignment due 9/1/2024: II.1.106 Assignment due 9/8/2024: II.1.107 Assignment due 9/15/2024: II.1.108 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: Assignment due 7/14/2024: 6.62 Assignment due 7/21/2024: 7.63.1-3 Assignment due 7/28/2024: 7.63.4-6 Assignment due 8/4/2024: 7.63.7-9 Assignment due 8/11/2024: 7.63.10-12 Assignment due 8/18/2024: 7.63.13-16 Assignment due 8/25/2024: 7.64.1-3 Assignment due 9/1/2024: 7.64.4-6 Assignment due 9/8/2024: 7.64.7-10 Assignment due 9/15/2024: 7.65.1-3 Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid) Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 7/14/2024: XII.106b-127 Assignment due 7/21/2024: XII.128-145 Assignment due 7/28/2024: XII.146-167 Assignment due 8/4/2024: XII.168-188 Assignment due 8/11/2024: XII.189-209 Assignment due 8/18/2024: XII.210-229 Assignment due 8/25/2024: XII.230-244 Assignment due 9/1/2024: XII.245-265 Assignment due 9/8/2024: XII.266-284 Assignment due 9/15/2024:285-309 Group: Vulgate (Vulgate) Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com> Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm Assignments: Jul 10 Matthew 21:1-11 Jul 17 Matthew 21:12-24 Jul 24 Matthew 21:25-35 Jul 31 Matthew 21:36-46 Aug 7 Matthew 22:1-12 Aug 14 Matthew 22:13-24 Aug 21 Matthew 22:25-35 Aug 28 Matthew 22:36-46 Sep 4 No Assignment - Labor 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: Jul 10 De Civitate Dei 5.17c, from "Sed utamur etiam..." to the end. Jul 17 De Civitate Dei 5.18a, through, "...inmensa cupido." Jul 24 De Civitate Dei 5.18b, from "Haec sunt duo…" through, "...bona terrena contemnunt?" Jul 31 De Civitate Dei 5.18c, from "Si Furius Camillus…" through, "...corpus inpenderit?" Aug 7 De Civitate Dei 5.18d, from "Si Curtius armatus…" through, "...caritate certarunt?" Aug 14 De Civitate Dei 5.18e, from "Si Marcus Puluillus…" through, "...fides ipsa perducit?" Aug 21 De Civitate Dei 5.18f, from "Aut quid retribuetur…" through, "...priuatum manere maluisse?" Aug 28 De Civitate Dei 5.18g, from "Nam illud quod..." through, "...successibus augeretur?" Sep 4 No Assignment - Labor 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 Jul 10 De Doctrina Christiana 3.37.55b, from "Quod enim scriptum est..." to the end. Jul 17 De Doctrina Christiana 3.37.56a, through "...vel adiutoria tribuuntur." Jul 24 De Doctrina Christiana 3.37.56b, from "Proinde sicut..." to the end. End of Book III! Jul 31 De Doctrina Christiana 4.1.1 Aug 7 De Doctrina Christiana 4.1.2 Aug 14 De Doctrina Christiana 4.2.3 Aug 21 De Doctrina Christiana 4.3.4a, thri "...aetates velimus impendi." Aug 28 De Doctrina Christiana 4.3.4b, from "Satis est ut..." through, "...aliquid prosunt." Sep 4 No Assignment - Labor 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: July 11 Assignment 160 Ex 4.10 Murder of Caesar 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: Jul 11 - cap. 13 SA Jul 18 - cap. 13 TR Jul 25 - cap. 14 EX Aug 1 - cap. 14 SA Aug 8 - cap. 14 TR Aug 15 - cap. 15 EX Aug 22 - cap. 15 SA Aug 29 - no assignment Sep 5 - cap. 15 TR Sep 12 - cap. 16 EX Sep 19 - cap. 16 SA Sep 26 - cap. 16 TR Oct 3 - cap. 17 EX Oct 10 - cap. 17 SA Oct 17 - cap. 17 TR Oct 24 - cap. 18 EX Oct 31 - cap. 18 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: July 9 - #15. Themistocles: Fame... July 16 - #16. Get the Tusculan... July 23 - #17. Livy... (lines 1-9) July 30 - #17. Livy... (lines 10-end) Aug 6 - #18. Miltiades (lines 1-9) Aug 13 - #18. Miltiades (lines 10-19) Aug 20 - #18. Miltiades (lines 20-28) Aug 27 - #18. Miltiades (lines 29-35) Sep 3 - no assignment Sep 10 - #18. Miltiades (lines 36-45) Sep 17 - #18. Miltiades (lines 45-end) Sep 24 - #19. Themistocles...Salamis (lines 1-12) Oct 1 - #19. Themistocles...Salamis (lines 13-22) Oct 8 - #19. Themistocles...Salamis (lines 23-34) Oct 15 - #19. Themistocles...Salamis (lines 35-41) Oct 22 - #19. Themistocles...Salamis (lines 42-end) Oct 29 - #20. Aristides (lines 1-10) Group: Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles (RFF) Text: https://archive.org/details/ritchiesfabulae00kirtgoog Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com> Assignments: Jul 11 - #13. Hercules...serpents Jul 18 - #14. Music lesson Jul 25 - #15. Hercules escapes... Aug 1 - #16. Cruel deed 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: July 9 - p. 282, 21 - 283, 2 ("quid de auro ..... senserunt.) July 16 - p. 283, 3-15 ("ualete!" ..... iuberent.) July 23 - p. 283, 16 - 284, 3 (ille dies ..... fuerunt toruae.) July 30 - p. 284, 4-19 (tubae ..... non uisa est.) Aug 6 - p. 284, 20 to bottom (Vates, sane ..... parum habuerunt.) Aug 13 - p. 285, 1-15 (re uera ..... requieuerunt!") Aug 20 - p. 285, 16-27 (Rex-dryadum ..... committebatur.) Aug 27 - p. 285, 28 - 186, 11 (magis repente ..... sequuntur!") Sep 3 - no assignment Sep 10 - p. 286, 12-24 (omnes omnino ..... nunc statuerunt.) Sep 17 - p. 286, 25 - 287, 8 (a uiis arcanis ..... impetum subitum.) Sep 24 - p. 287, 9-24 (hoc est ..... se ordinemus!") Oct 1 - p. 287, 25 - 288, 8 (in iugo ..... aestus pergebant.) Oct 8 - p. 288, 9-19 (atrociter ..... eligat.) Oct 15 - p. 288, 20 to bottom (dryades ..... uenerunt.) Oct 22 - p. 289, 1-13 (terror in ..... obstiterunt.) Oct 29 - p. 289, 14-23 (die crescente ..... se opponebant.) 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 July 9 - cap. 29, 1-35, ex. 3 (1-9) July 16 - cap. 29, 36-59, ex. 2 ; 3 (10-12) July 23 - cap. 29, 60-91, ex. 1 ; 6 (1-6) July 30 - cap. 29, 91-126, ex. 5 ; 6 (7-14) Aug 6 - cap. 29, 127-148, ex. 4 ; 10 (1-6) Aug 13 - cap. 29, 149-181, ex. 8 ; 10 (7-10) Aug 20 - cap. 29, 182-202, ex. 9 ; 10 (11-14) Aug 27 - cap. 29, grammatica, ex. 7 ; 11 Sep 3 - no assignment Sep 10 - cap. 30, 1-24, ex. 3 (1-10) Sep 17 - cap. 30, 25-38, ex. 2 ; 3 (11-15) Sep 24 - cap. 30, 39-65, ex. 1 ; 7 (1-3) Oct 1 - cap. 30, 66-85, ex. 6 ; 7 (4-11) Oct 8 - cap. 30, 86-107, ex. 4 ; 11 (1-5) Oct 15 - cap. 30, 108-134, ex. 5 ; 11 (6-11) Oct 22 - cap. 30, 135-158, ex. 9 ; 10 ; 11 (12-15) Oct 29 - cap. 30, grammatica, ex. 12 (4-10, 13-15) ; 13 Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Delos Fast) Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com> Assignments: July 11 - cap. 55, 59-106, ex. 2 (6-11) July 18 - cap. 55, 107-156, ex. 4 (1-8) July 25 - cap. 55, 157-214, ex. 4 (9-11) Aug 1 - cap. 55, 215-272, ex. 6 (1-5) Aug 8 - cap. 55, 273-344, ex. 6 (6-11) Aug 15 - cap. 55, 345-400, ex. 8 (1-7) Aug 22 - cap. 55, 401-471, ex. 8 (8-12) Aug 29 - no assignment Sep 5 - cap. 56, 1-60, ex. 2 Sep 12 - cap. 56, 61-139, ex. 4 Sep 19 - cap. 56, 140-186, ex. 6 (1-7) Sep 26 - cap. 56, 187-231, ex. 6 (8-13) Oct 3 - cap. 56, 232-298, ex. 8 (1-4) Oct 10 - cap. 56, 299-325, ex. 8 (5-12) - FINIS - Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2) Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com> July 9 - cap. 46, 124-162; ex. 5 (1-4) July 16 - cap. 46, 163-193; ex. 5 (5-8) July 23 - cap. 46, 194-214; ex. 4 ; 5 (9-13) July 30 - cap. 46, 215-250; ex. 8 (1-8) Aug 6 - cap. 46, 251-278; ex. 6 (1-5) ; 8 (9-12) Aug 13 - cap. 46, 279-305; ex. 7 ; 8 (13-16) Aug 20 - cap. 46, 306-331; ex. 11 (1-3) Aug 27 - cap. 46, 332-361; ex. 11 (4-8) Sep 3 - no assignment Sep 10 - cap. 46, 361-391; ex. 11 (9-14) Sep 17 - cap. 46, 391-421; ex. 11 (15-19) Sep 24 - cap. 46, 422-448; ex. 11 (20-23) Oct 1 - cap. 46, 449-477; ex. 10 ; 11 (24-26) Oct 8 - cap. 47, 1-32; ex. 2 (1-3) Oct 15 - cap. 47, 33-63; ex. 2 (4-8) Oct 22 - cap. 47, 64-103; ex. 1 ; 2 (9-12) Oct 29 - cap. 47, 104-138; ex. 5 (1-7) ======================================== You are subscribed to the LatinStudy mailing list as lougheed at pobox dot com Post messages to LatinStudy at quasillum dot com Manage your subscription at http://lists.quasillum.com/mailman/options/latinstudy Report spam to latinstudy-owner at quasillum dot com