Latin Study Groups

From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 12:02:40 -0700
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for May 3, 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:
     May 4 “The Coronation of Arthur,” pp. 244-5, to the end
     May 11 “Arthur Slays a Giant,” p. 245, to “rogum quem prospexerat"
     May 18 “Arthur Slays a Giant,” pp. 245-6, to “viriliter adgrederuntur”
     May 25 “Arthur Slays a Giant,” pp. 245-6, to “viriliter adgrederuntur”

Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     May 4 8.9.5-12
     May 11 8.9.13-10.6
     May 18 8.10.7-14
     May 25 8.11.1-9

Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     May 4 23.12.11-17
     May 11 23.13.1-6
     May 18 23.13.7-14.4
     May 25 23.14.5-11

Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted
Assignments:
     May 4 5.1
     May 11 5.2
     May 18 5.3
     May 25 5.4

Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     May 4 8.154-6
     May 11 8.157-60
     May 18 8.162, 181-2
     May 25 8.183-5

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 VII: To friends
             ll. 1-14: 4 May
             ll.15-28: 11 May
             ll. 29-end: 18 May
         Letter VIII: To Fabius Maximus:
              ll. 1-14: 25 May

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.163-176: 4 May
         p. 99: ll. 176-184: 11 May
         p. 99: ll. 184-193: 18 May
         p. 99: ll. 194-206: 25 May

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:
             10-11: 4 May
             12-13: 11 May
             14-15: 18 May
             16-17: 25 May

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:
     ll. 991-1000: 4 May
     ll. 1001-end: 11 May
         finis (on to Phaedra)

Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liver XI
         Story VII: Very,very old words:
             Sections 5-end: 4 May
         Story VIII: Roman orators: 11 May
         Story IX: Miletes Story : 18 May
         Story X: Gaius Gracchus: 25 May

Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     SHA (Heliogabalus)
         section 9: 4 May
         section 10: 11 May
         section 11: 18 May
         section 12: 25 May

Group: Ovid's Fasti (Fasti)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber I:
             ll. 281-294: 4 May
     Nones:  ll. 295-310: 11 May
     Agonal  ll. 311-324: 18 May
             ll. 325-342: 25 May

Group: Claudian (Claudian)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:

     5/4/2026: In Eutropium II: 440-459
     5/11/2026: In Eutropium II: 460-484
     5/18/2026: In Eutropium II: 485-501a
     5/25/2026: In Eutropium II: 501b-515
     6/1/2026: In Eutropium II: 516-533
     6/8/2026: In Eutropium II: 534-552
     6/15/2026: In Eutropium II: 553-571
     6/22/2026: In Eutropium II: 572-590
     6/29/2026: In Eutropium II: 591-602 (END — Next text De Bello Gothico)

Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     5/4/2026: 109 (Vero sacerdoti…eius magna)
     5/11/2026: 109 (Petro eiusque…decidatis?)
     5/18/2026: 110 (Nec sibi…mysterium dei)
     5/25/2026: 110 (Multumque…Amen) END

Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     5/4/2026: 2.17.84/14-29 (ceciderant)
     5/11/2026: 2.17.84/29-85/19
     5/18/2026: 2.18.85/20-86/14 (Andronem)
     5/25/2026: 2.18.86/14-31 (similitudinem)
     6/1/2026: 2.18.86/31-87/22
     6/8/2026: 2.19.87/23-88/16 (uidet)
     6/15/2026: 2.19.88/16-30
     6/22/2026: 2.19.88/31-89/16
     6/29/2026: 2.20.89/17-90/2

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:
     5/4/2026: 8.74.13-15
     5/11/2026: 8.74.16-18
     5/18/2026: 8.74.19-21
     5/25/2026: 8.74.22-24
     6/1/2026: 8.74.25-27
     6/8/2026: 8.74.28-30
     6/15/2026: 8.74.31-34
     6/22/2026: 9.75.1-3
     6/29/2026: 9.75.4-6

Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     5/4/2026: XIV.101-115
     5/11/2026: XIV.116-128
     5/18/2026: XIV.129-153
     5/25/2026: XIV.154-176
     6/1/2026: XIV.177-197
     6/8/2026: XIV.198-222
     6/15/2026: XIV.223-232
     6/22/2026: XIV.233-253
     6/29/2026: XIV.254-270

Group: Vulgate (Vulgate)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm
Assignments:
     May 6 Jeremiah 11:12-23
     May 13 Jeremiah 12:1-8
     May 20 Jeremiah 12:9-17
     May 27 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:
     May 6 De Civitate Dei 7.3c, from "Si autem dicunt..."
          through "...minime posuerunt."
     May 13 De Civitate Dei 7.3d, from "Quae profecto..."
         through "...praecipuos nuncupatos."
     May 20 De Civitate Dei 7.3e, from "Vnde dicit..."
         through "...sint merita."
     May 27 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
     May 6 De Doctrina Christiana 4.21.47a, through "...qui de caelo est."
     May 13 De Doctrina Christiana 4.21.47b, from "Hanc imaginem virginitas..."
         to the end.
     May 20 De Doctrina Christiana 4.21.48a, through "...et figura probitatis. "
     May 27 No Assignment - Memorial 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:
     May 5 - cap. 10 EX
     May 12 - cap. 10 SA
     May 19 - cap. 10 TR
     May 26 - no assignment

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:
     May 7 - cap. 38, SA
     May 14 - cap. 38, TR ('Note on'; 'More examples'; 'Ask me' )
     May 21 - cap. 38, TR  ('Two letters to Cicero')
     May 28 - no assignment

Group: Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles (RFF)
Text: https://archive.org/details/ritchiesfabulae00kirtgoog
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     May 7 - #93. Wind-Bag
     May 14 - #94. Drawing of Lots
     May 21 - #95. House of Enchantress
     May 28 - no assignment

Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     May 5 - cap. 50, 539-569, ex. 10 (7-12)
     May 12 - cap. 50, 570-601, ex. 10 (13-15)
     May 19 - cap. 50, re-read 507-601, ex. 9
     May 26 - no assignment

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:
     May 5 - cap. 37, 20-49: ex. 3 (6-9)
     May 12 - cap. 37, 50-77: ex. 3 (10-11)
     May 19 - cap. 37, 78-88: ex. 1 ; 3 (12-15)
     May 26 - no assignment

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