Latin Study Groups

From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 20:38:24 -0700
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for July 5, 2024

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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:
     July 8 "De Humilitate," p. 220, to "accepisse non contigerit."
     July 15 "Walter and Hiltgunde," pp. 334-5, lines 65-86.
     July 22 "De Humilitate," pp. 220-1, to "omnibus libenter discas."

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 7 7.37.3-9
     Jul 14 7.37.10-17
     Jul 21 7.38.1-6
     Jul 28 7.38.7-39.2

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 7 22.59.9-14
     Jul 14 22.59.15-19
     Jul 21 22.60.1-7
     Jul 28 22.60.8-12

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 7 4.63-64(part)
     Jul 14 4.64(contd.)
     Jul 21 4.65
     Jul 28 4.66

Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     Jul 7 7.186-7
     Jul 14 7.188-9
     Jul 21 7.190-1
     Jul 28 7.192-3

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:
         To his wife:
             ll. 119-130: 7 July
             ll. 131-142: 14 July
             ll. 143-154: 21 July
             ll. 155-end: 28 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:
     Liber IV:
         p. 75-77, ll. 157-166: 7 July
         p. 77, ll. 167-180: 14 July
         p. 77, ll. 180-192: 21 July
         p. 77, ll. 193-205: 28 July

Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
     Liber XVI:
         Section 5: Julian's Virtues:
             sections 6-7: 7 July
             sections 8-9: 14 July
             sections 10-12: 21 July
             sections 13-14: 28 July

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. 380-391: 7 July
         ll. 392-405: 14 July
         ll. 406-420: 21 July
         ll. 421-434: 28 July

Group: Georgics (Vergil)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Georgics IV:
         ll. 206-218: 7 July
         ll. 219-230: 14 July
         ll. 231-242: 21 July
         ll. 242-259: 28 July

Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber X
         Story XII: Pliny on Democritus:
             sections 6-end: 7 July
         Story XIII: How the ancient said something: 14 July
         Story XIV: Cato on injuries done: 21 July
         Story XV: Ceremonies for priests
             sections 1-10: 28 July

Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     SHA (Geta):
         section 4: 7 July
         section 5: 14 July
         section 6: 21 July
         section 7: 28 July

Group: Claudian (Claudian)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     6/8/2025: In Eutropium I:287-307
     6/15/2025: In Eutropium I: 308-330
     6/22/2025: In Eutropium I: 331-349
     6/29/2025: In Eutropium I: 350-370
     7/6/2025: In Eutropium I: 371-390
     7/13/2025: In Eutropium I: 391-411
     7/20/2025: In Eutropium I: 412-433
     7/27/2025: In Eutropium I: 434-454
     8/3/2025: In Eutropium I: 455-474a
     8/10/2025: In Eutropium I: 474b-496
     8/17/2025: In Eutropium I: 497-513
     8/24/2025: In Eutropium II Praefatio: 1-20
     8/31/2025: In Eutropium II Praefatio: 21-40

Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     BREAK until 8/3/2025

Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     BREAK until 8/3/2025

Group: Cicero's second Verrine oration (Cicero In Verrem)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     7/6/2025: II.1.145
     7/13/2025: II.1.146
     7/20/2025: II.1.147
     7/27/2025: II.1.148
     8/3/2025: II.1.149
     8/10/2025: II.1.150
     8/17/2025: II.1.151
     8/24/2025: II.1.152
     8/31/2025: II.1.153

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:
     7/6/2025: 7.70.1-3
     7/13/2025: 7.70.4-6
     7/20/2025: 7.70.7-9
     7/27/2025: 7.70.10-12
     8/3/2025: 7.70.13-15
     8/10/2025: 7.70.16-18
     8/17/2025: 7.70.19-21
     8/24/2025: 7.70.22-24
     8/31/2025: 7.70.25-28

Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     7/6/2025: XIII. 418-438
     7/13/2025: XIII. 439-459
     7/20/2025: XIII. 460-480
     7/27/2025: XIII. 481-507
     8/3/2025: XIII.508-532
     8/10/2025: XIII. 533-553
     8/17/2025: XIII. 554-575
     8/24/2025: XIII. 576-597
     8/31/2025: 598-622

Group: Vulgate (Vulgate)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm
Assignments:
     Jul 9 Baruch 4:13-25
     Jul 16 Baruch 4:26-37
     Jul 23 Baruch 5
     Jul 30 Baruch 6:1-10
     Aug 6 Baruch 6:11-20
     Aug 13 Baruch 6:21-30
     Aug 20 Baruch 6:31-40
     Aug 27 Baruch 6:41-50

Sep 3 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 9 De Civitate Dei 6.5a, through "...putauit esse culpandam."
     Jul 16 De Civitate Dei 6.5b,
         from "Videamus quid..." through "...esse decernunt."
     Jul 23 De Civitate Dei 6.5c,
         from "Dixerit aliquis:" through "...administrare debent."
     Jul 30 De Civitate Dei 6.5d, from "In quo est," to the end.
     Aug 6 De Civitate Dei 6.6a, through "... quibus uictimas immolatis."
     Aug 13 De Civitate Dei 6.6b,
         from "Quanto liberius..." through, "...oblectatur et falsis."
     Aug 20 De Civitate Dei 6.6c,
         from "Ambae turpes..." through. "...intellegi uoluit.
     Aug 27 De Civitate Dei 6.6d, from " Ait enim ea," to the end.
     Sep 3 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 9 De Doctrina Christiana 4.12.28
     Jul 16 De Doctrina Christiana 4.13.29
     Jul 23 De Doctrina Christiana 4.14.30
     Jul 30 De Doctrina Christiana 4.14.31
     Aug 6 De Doctrina Christiana 4.15.32a, through "...corda omnium videt?"
     Aug 13 De Doctrina Christiana 4.15.32b, from "Et quis facit…" to the end.
     Aug 20 De Doctrina Christiana 4.16.33a, through "...quae a me audisti?"
     Aug 27 De Doctrina Christiana 4.16.33b,
         from "Nonne ibi ei..." through "...Quid ergo putamus?"
     Sep 3 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:
     on break until:
         July 24 Assignment 200 Ex 5.30

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. 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:
     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:
     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:
     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.)
      Aug 5 - p. 305, 21 - 306, 2
          (non procul .... calidaque erat.)

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
     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)
     Aug 5 - cap. 33, re-read 48-104, ex. 5

Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
     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)
     Aug 5 - cap. 48, 835-865, ex. 16 (13-15)
     Aug 12 - cap. 48, re-read 746-865, ex. 15

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