Latin Study Groups

From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 20:49:47 -0700
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for July 2, 2026

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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:
     Jul 6 A letter of Peter of Blois, p. 252, to “exigunt intellectus."
     Jul 13 A letter of Peter of Blois, pp. 252-3, to “Crantore dicit."
     Jul 20, 27 no assignment
     Aug 3 A letter of Peter of Blois, pp. 253-4, to the end.
     Aug 10 “Item de Apparitionibus”, pp. 254-5, to “animosus efficitur."

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 6 8.13.8-14
     Jul 13 8.13.15-14.1
     Jul 20, 27 no assignment
     Aug 3 8.14.2-8
     Aug 10 8.14.9-15.2

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 6 23.16.12-17.1
     Jul 13 23.17.2-8
     Jul 20, 27 no assignment
     Aug 3 23.17.9-12
     Aug 10 23.18.1-5

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 6 5.9
     Jul 13 5.10-11(part)
     Jul 20, 27 no assignment
     Aug 3 5.11(contd.)
     Aug 10 5.12

Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     Jul 6 9.1-4, 6-7 (in parts)
     Jul 13 9.8-10
     Jul 20, 27 no assignment
     Aug 3 9.11-12, 14
     Aug 10 9.15-17

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 III:
         Letter VIII: To Fabius Maximus:
              ll. 1-14: 25 May
     On hiatus until further notice.

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 V:
         p. 99: ll. 194-206: 25 May
     On hiatus until further notice.

Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
     Liber XVI:
         Section 12: Julian attacks the Alamanni:
             16-17: 25 May
     On hiatus until further notice.

Group: Seneca (Phaedra)
Text: posted, https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/sen/sen.phaedra.shtml
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     starting in June
     On hiatus until further notice.

Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber XI
         Story X: Gaius Gracchus: 25 May
     On hiatus until further notice.

Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     SHA (Heliogabalus)
         section 12: 25 May
     On hiatus until further notice.

Group: Ovid's Fasti (Fasti)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber I:
         Agonal ll. 325-342: 25 May
     On hiatus until further notice.

Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     7/6/2026: 2.21.90/3-90/18
     7/13/2026: 2.21.90/19-91/5
     7/20/2026: 2.22.91/6-20 (differunt)
     7/27/2026: 2.22.91/20 (Multi)-92/10
     8/3/2026: 2.23.92/11-93/4 (euentus)
     8/10/2026: 2.23.93/4 (Nunc)-93/25
     8/17/2026: 2.23.93/26-94/17
     8/24/2026: 2.23.94/18-95/10
     8/31/2026: 2.23.95/11-22 (rex)
     9/7/2026: 2.23.95/22 (At)-96/10
     9/14/2026: 2.24.96/11-27 (militis)
     9/21/2026: 2.24.96/27 (Insurgunt)-97/14
     9/28/2026: 2.25.97/15-98/2 (obprobrium)
     10/5/2026: 2.25.98/2 (Enuclea)-17 (aduertit)
     10/12/2026: 2.25.98/17 (Prima)-31
     10/19/2026: 2.26.99/1-23
     10/26/2026: 2.27.99/24-100/5 (supersint)
     11/2/2026: 2.27.100/5 (episcopus)-17
     11/9/2026: 2.28.100/18-28
     11/16/2026: 2.29.101/1-19
     11/23/2026: 2.30.101/20-102/7
     11/30/2026: 2.31.102/8-16 (ignobili)
     12/7/2026: 2.31.102/17 (Filius)-26
     12/14/2026: 2.32.103/1-7 [End of the Second Distinction]
     BREAK until 2/1/2027

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:
     7/6/2026: 9.75.7-9
     7/13/2026: 9.75.10-12
     7/20/2026: 9.75.13-15
     7/27/2026: 9.75.16-18
     8/3/2026: 9.76.1-3
     8/10/2026: 9.76.4-6
     8/17/2026: 9.76.7-9
     8/24/2026: 9.76.10-12
     8/31/2026: 9.76.13-15
     9/7/2026: 9.76.16-18
     9/14/2026: 9.76.19-21
     9/21/2026: 9.76.22-24
     9/28/2026: 9.76.25-27
     10/5/2026: 9.76.28-30
     10/12/2026: 9.76.31-33
     10/19/2026: 9.76.32-35
     10/26/2026: 9.77.1-3
     11/2/2026: 9.77.4-6
     11/9/2026: 9.77.7-9
     11/16/2026: 9.77.10-12
     11/23/2026: 9.77.13-15
     11/30/2026: 9.77.16-18
     12/7/2026: 9.77.19-20
     12/14/2026: 9.78.1-3
     12/21/2026: 9.78.4-6
     BREAK until 2/1/2027 9.78.7-9

Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     7/6/2026: XIV.271-290
     7/13/2026: XIV.291-307
     7/20/2026: XIV.308-319
     7/27/2026: XIV.320-340
     8/3/2026: XIV.341-354
     8/10/2026: XIV.355-371
     8/17/2026: XIV.372-385
     8/24/2026: XIV.386-396
     8/31/2026: XIV.397-415
     9/7/2026: XIV.416-434
     9/14/2026: XIV.435-453
     9/21/2026: XIV.454-474
     9/28/2026: XIV.475-495
     10/5/2026: XIV.496-511
     10/12/2026: XIV.512-526
     10/19/2026: XIV.527-548
     10/26/2026: XIV.549-565
     11/2/2026: XIV.566-580
     11/9/2026: XIV.581-595
     11/16/2026: XIV.596-608
     11/23/2026: XIV.609-621
     11/30/2026: XIV.622-639
     12/7/2026: XIV.640-653
     12/14/2026: XIV.654-671
     12/21/2026: XIV.672-697
     BREAK until 2/1/2027 XIV.698-717

Group: Vulgate (Vulgate)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm
Assignments:
     Jul 8 Jeremiah 15:1-11
     Jul 15 Jeremiah 15:12-21
     Jul 22 Jeremiah 16:1-10
     Jul 29 Jeremiah 16:11-21
     Aug 5 Jeremiah 17:1-13
     Aug 12 Jeremiah 17:14-27
     Aug 19 Jeremiah 18:1-11
     Aug 26 Jeremiah 18:12-23
     Sep 2 Jeremiah 19
     Sep 9 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 8 De Civitate Dei 7.5b,
         from "Sed, o homo..." through "...potuit peruenire."
     Jul 15 De Civitate Dei 7.5c, from "Verum ista mysteria..." to end.
     Jul 22 De Civitate Dei 7.6
     Jul 29 De Civitate Dei 7.7a, through "... faciem duplam?"
     Aug 5 De Civitate Dei 7.7b, from "Nonne istum bifrontem..." to end.
     Aug 12 De Civitate Dei 7.8a, through "...Ianus non habet?"
     Aug 19 De Civitate Dei 7.8b, from "Cum uero eum..." to the end.
     Aug 26 De Civitate Dei 7.9a, through "...factis initiisue factorum."
     Sep 2 De Civitate Dei 7.9b,
         from "Semper enim..." through, "...non habentem.
     Sep 9 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 8 De Doctrina Christiana 4.21.50b,
         from "Male magistra" to the end.
     Jul 15 De Doctrina Christiana 4.22.51
     Jul 22 De Doctrina Christiana 4.23.52
     Jul 29 De Doctrina Christiana 4.24.53a,
         through "...pelleremque dicendo."
     Aug 5 De Doctrina Christiana 4.24.53b,
         from "Non tamen egisse..." to the end.
     Aug 12 De Doctrina Christiana 4.24.54
     Aug 19 De Doctrina Christiana 4.25.55a,
         through "...ornateque se dicere.
     Aug 26 De Doctrina Christiana 4.25.55b,
         from "Quo fine..." to the end.
     Sep 2 De Doctrina Christiana 4.26.56a,
         through "...oboedienter audiri?"
     Sep 9 No Assignment - Labor Day (US)

Group: Wheelock Beginners (Wheelock Blue)
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 7 - cap. 11 SA
     Jul 14 - cap. 11 TR
     Jul 21 - cap. 12 EX
     Jul 28 - no assignment
     Aug 4 - cap. 12 SA
     Aug 11 - cap. 12 TR
     Aug 18 - cap. 13 EX
     Aug 25 - cap. 13 SA

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:
     July 9 - cap. 39, SA
     July 16 - cap. 39, TR ('Promises...' ; 'Paete')
     July 23 - cap. 39, TR ('Hannibal...')
     July 30 - cap. 40, EX
     Aug 6 - cap. 40, SA
     Aug 13 - cap. 40, TR ('Jupiter...' only)
     Aug 20 - cap. 40, TR ('The Value' ; 'A Monument')  FINIS!

Group: Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles (RFF)
Text: https://archive.org/details/ritchiesfabulae00kirtgoog
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     July 9 - #97. Countercharm
     July 16 - #98. Enchantress Foiled
     July 23 - #99. Men Once More
     July 30 - #100. Afloat Again    FINIS!

Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Jul 7 - cap. 50, 646-680, ex. 12 (6-12)
     Jul 14 - cap. 50, re-read 602-680, ex. 11
     Jul 21 - cap. 51, 1-29, ex. 2 (1-6)
     Jul 28 - cap. 51, 30-59, ex. 2 (7-9)
     Aug 4 - cap. 51, 59-91, ex. 2 (10-13)
     Aug 11 - cap. 51, 92-118, ex. 1, 2 (14-16)
     Aug 18 - cap. 51, 119-149, ex. 4 (1-3)
     Aug 25 - cap. 51, 150-185, ex. 4 (4-8)

Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Romana Aeterna)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Exercitia Latina II
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Jul 7 - cap. 37, 125-149: ex. 7 (6-11)
     Jul 14 - cap. 37, 150-180: ex. 7 (12-15)
     Jul 21 - cap. 37, re-read 89-180: ex. 4
     Jul 28 - cap. 37, 181-217: ex. 11 (1-4)
     Aug 4 - cap. 37, 218-240: ex. 10; 11 (5-6)
     Aug 11 - cap. 37, 241-262: ex 11 (7-11)
     Aug 18 - cap. 37, 262-288: ex. 11 (12-16)
     Aug 25 - cap. 37, re-read 181-285: ex. 9

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