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From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:22:58 -0700
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for April 1, 2023


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Group: Medieval Latin (MedLat)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: Beeson's Primer of Medieval Latin
Assignments:
     Apr 4 "A Dialogue," pp. 171-2,
         from "Magister, timeo..." to "Faciam ut vis."
     Apr 11 "Dies Irae," pp. 362-3, lines 1-30.
     Apr 18 "A Dialogue," pp. 172-3, from "Quidam ignotus mecum..." to end.
     Apr 25 "Dies Irae," p. 363, lines 31-58.



Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Apr 3 6.33.9-12
     Apr 10 6.34.1-5
     Apr 17 6.34.6-10
     Apr 24 6.34.11-35.5



Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Apr 3 22.4.4-7
     Apr 10 22.5.1-5
     Apr 17 22.5.6-6.1
     Apr 24 22.6.2-6(part)



Group: Suetonius (Suetonius)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/suet.html and posted
Assignments:
     Apr 3 Domitian 9.2-3
     Apr 10 Domitian 10.1-2
     Apr 17 Domitian 10.3-4
     Apr 24 Domitian 10.5-11.1



Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted
Assignments:
     Apr 3 3.57
     Apr 10 3.58(part)
     Apr 17 3.58(contd.)-59(part)
     Apr 24 3.59(contd.)-60(part)



Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     Apr 3 4.11, 23
     Apr 10 4.66-7
     Apr 17 4.75-6
     Apr 24 4.77, 88



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 I:
         To Maximus:
             ll. 95-112: 3 April
             ll. 113-128: 10 April
             ll. 129-end: 17 April
         To Rufinus:
             ll. 1-16: 24 April



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 I:
         p. 11, ll. 122-136: 3 April
         pp. 11-13, ll. 137-150: 10 April
         p. 13, ll. 151-175: 17 April
         pp. 13-15, ll. 176-190: 24 April



Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber XIV;
         VII. Gallus' Savagery:
             sections 13-15: 3 April
             sections 16-17: 10 April
             sections 18-19: 17 April
             sections 20-21: 24 April



Group: Seneca's Octavia (Seneca Octavia)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/sen/octavia.shtml
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     ll. 846-860: 3 April
     ll. 861-876: 10 April
     ll. 877-898: 17 April
     ll. 899-916: 24 April



Group: Georgics (Vergil)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber I:
         ll. 328-343: 3 April
         ll. 344-359: 10 April
         ll. 360-377: 17 April
         ll. 378-392: 24 April



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:
         epigram 13: 3 April
         epigrams 14&15: 10 April
         epigram 16: 17 April
         epigrams 17&18: 24 April



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 XXX To a Certain Villa:
         pp. 169-170, ll. 16-33: 3 April
         p. 170, ll. 34-46: 10 April
         pp. 170-171, ll. 47-62: 17 April
         pp. 171-173, ll. 63-78: 24 April



Group: Caesar's De Bello Alexandrino (CaesarAW)
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Text: posted and http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/caes.html
Assignments:
     section 55: 3 April
     section 56: 10 April
     section 57: 17 April
     section 58: 24 April



Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber VII:
         Story 6 Aristotle on the innate lack of certain senses: 3 April
         Story 7 How to pronounce a certain word:
             sections 1-5: 10 April
             sections 6-end: 17 April
         Story 8 A boy and his dolphin: 24



Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     SHA (Commodus)
         section 8: 3 April
         section 9: 10 April
         section 10: 17 April
         section 11: 24 April



Group: Campio's Gunpowder Plot (Campion Gunpowder)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 4/2/2023: I.210-223
     Assignment due 4/9/2023: I.224-239
     Assignment due 4/16/2023: I.240-251
     Assignment due 4/23/2023: I.252-269
     Assignment due 4/30/2023: I.270-291



Group: Dobson's Paradise Lost (Dobson Paradisus Amissus)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 4/2/2023: I.277 (Nos arma)-278 (feretur)
     Assignment due 4/9/2023: I.278 (consedit)-278 (acuta)
     Assignment due 4/16/2023: I.278 (ingruit hinc)-279 (artificemque salutis)
     Assignment due 4/23/2023: I.279 (Cui Satanas)-280 (spectacula luci?)
     Assignment due 4/30/2023: I.280
         (scilicet obscuris)-281 (nil vincere non est)




Group: Petrarch's Africa (Petrarch Africa)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 4/2/2023: I.221b-240
     Assignment due 4/9/2023: I.241-261
     Assignment due 4/16/2023: I.262-284
     Assignment due 4/23/2023: I.285-305a
     Assignment due 4/30/2023: I.305b-325a



Group: Poetry of Claudian (Claudian)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 4/2/2023: XXX. 140-159a
     Assignment due 4/9/2023: XXX. 159b-176
     Assignment due 4/16/2023: XXX. 177-196a
     Assignment due 4/23/2023: XXX. 196b-216
     Assignment due 4/30/2023: XXX. 217-236



Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 4/2/2023: 41 Sic dicit...derelinquet vos
     Assignment due 4/9/2023: 42 Quid de auctore...est mihi
     Assignment due 4/16/2023: 42 Itemque denunciat...devorabit vos
     Assignment due 4/23/2023: 43 Accipite veracem...aestuatis
     Assignment due 4/30/2023: 43 Cithara...extenta



Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 4/2/2023: 1.12.17/29-18/11 (modernitas)
     Assignment due 4/9/2023: 1.12.18/11-19/2
     Assignment due 4/16/2023: The story of Guiscard, a monk of Cluny:
         1.13.19/4-16
     Assignment due 4/23/2023: On another monk of Cluny: 1.14.19/17-20/5 (fuga)
     Assignment due 4/30/2023: 1.14.20/5-16 (refugit)




Group: Cicero's second Verrine oration (Cicero In Verrem)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 4/2/2023: II.1.45
     Assignment due 4/9/2023: II.1.46
     Assignment due 4/16/2023: II.1.47
     Assignment due 4/23/2023: II.1.48
     Assignment due 4/30/2023: II.1.49



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 4/2/2023: 5.49.1-3
     Assignment due 4/9/2023: 5.49.4-6
     Assignment due 4/16/2023: 5.49.7-10
     Assignment due 4/23/2023: 5.49.11-12
     Assignment due 4/30/2023: 5.50.1-3



Group: Seneca’s Apocolocntosis (Seneca Pumpkin)
Text: posted, and http://thelatinlibrary.com/sen.html
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 4/2/2023: 12 (to end)
     Assignment due 4/9/2023: 13 (to veniet)
     Assignment due 4/16/2023: 13 (to end)
     Assignment due 4/23/2023: 14 (to factum est)
     Assignment due 4/30/2023: (to end)
     Assignment due 5/7/2023: 15 (END of the Apocolocyntosis)



Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 4/2/2023: X.567-587
     Assignment due 4/9/2023: X.588-608
     Assignment due 4/16/2023: X.609-622
     Assignment due 4/23/2023: X.623-635
     Assignment due 4/30/2023: X.636-655



Group: Vulgate (Vulgate)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm
Assignments
     Apr 5 No Assignment - Easter
     Apr 12 Matthew 5:1-10
     Apr 19 Matthew 5:11-20
     Apr 26 Matthew 5:21-30
     May 3 Matthew 5:31-40
     May 10 Matthew 5:41-48
     May 17 Matthew 6:1-13
     May 24 Matthew 6:14-22
     May 31 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:
     Apr 5 No Assignment - Easter
     Apr 12 De Civitate Dei 4.32
     Apr 19 De Civitate Dei 4.33
     Apr 26 De Civitate Dei 4.34a, through "...Nymphas Lymphasque coluerunt."
     May 3 De Civitate Dei 4.34b
         from "Sine insanis sacris Martis…" to the end.   End of Book IV!
     May 10 De Civitate Dei 5.0
     May 17 De Civitate Dei 5.1a, through, "...uolunt esse cultores."
     May 24 De Civitate Dei 5.1b,
         from "Haec enim opinio…" through, "...uoluntate sentire?"
     May 31 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
     Apr 5 No Assignment - Easter
     Apr 12 De Doctrina Christiana 3.10.15
     Apr 19 De Doctrina Christiana 3.10.16
     Apr 26 De Doctrina Christiana 3.11.17a, through, "...primum et Graeci. "
     May 3 De Doctrina Christiana 3.11.17b, from "Sed hoc ad eos..." to end.
     May 10 De Doctrina Christiana 3.12.18a,  through, "... in culpa est."
     May 17 De Doctrina Christiana 3.12.18b, from "Neque ullo modo..." to end.
     May 24 De Doctrina Christiana 3.12.19
     May 31 No Assignment - Memorial Day (US)



Group: Milton's Samson Agonistes (Samson Agonistes)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: 
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.1002253399&view=1up&seq=190&skin=2021
Assignments:
     see the mailing list or contact Don



Group: The Elegies of Propertius (Propertius)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: http://latin.packhum.org/loc/620/1/0#0 and posted
Assignments:
     see the mailing list or contact Don



Group: Cicero's Philippics (Cicero Philippics)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     see the mailing list or contact Don



Group: Punica (Punica)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     see the mailing list or contact Don



Group: Pharsalia Selections (Pharsalia)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     see the mailing list or contact Don



Group: Lucan's Civil War (Lucan)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     see the mailing list or contact Don



Group: Wheelock Beginners (Argus)
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:
     Apr 6 - no assignment
     Apr 13 - cap. 31 EX 1-12
     Apr 20 - cap. 31 EX 13-16 ; SA
     Apr 27 - cap. 31 TR
     May 4 - cap. 32 EX
     May 11 - cap. 32 SA
     May 18 - cap. 32 TR
     May 25 - no assignment



Group: Loci (Loci Antiqui from Wheelock's Latin)
Text: Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed. rev., ISBN 978-0061997228
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Apr 4 - #7. Cicero on war (lines 1-9)
     Apr 18 - no assignment
     Apr 25 - #7. Cicero on war (lines 9-16)
     May 2 - #8. Hannibal... (lines 10-18)



Group: Latin to GCSE, Part 2 (Cullen2)
Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com>
Text: Latin to GCSE Part 2 by H. Cullen and J. Taylor
Comment: Introductory Latin
Assignments:
     April 4 & 11: no assignments
     Apr 18 Assignment 108 11.12 Matricide Averted ; Beyond 1.15-1.16
     Apr 25 Assignment 109 11.13 Nero thinks again ; Beyond 1.17-1.18
     May 2 Assignment 110 11.14  Murder of Agrippina ; Beyond 1.19-1.20



Group: Latin to GCSE, Part 1 (Cullen Fast)
Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com>
Text: Latin to GCSE Part 1 by H. Cullen and J. Taylor
Comment: Introductory Latin at a quicker pace
Assignments:
     Apr 6 & 13: no assignments
     Apr 20 Assignment B3 Ex 6.1 34-54 ending "Thrasybulo et Theramene."
     Apr 27 Assignment B4 Ex 6.1 55-62 to "Athenas venerunt."
     May 4  Assignment B5 Ex 6.1 63-end
     May 11 Assignment B6 Ex 6.2 1-14



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:
     Apr 4 - p. 253, 25 - 254, 11
         (qui inter ..... iuberet.)
     Apr 11 - no assignment
     Apr 18 - p. 254, 12 to end of section
         (ignis e ..... ei nocuit.)
     Apr 25 - p. 254, 4th line fr bott. - 255, 11
         (iam homines ..... gauisus est.)
     May 2 - p. 255, 12-25
         (sed adhuc ..... Conuallis fuit.)




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 3 weeks
Assignments:
     Apr 4 - cap. 22, 40-55, ex. 2 ; 3 (13-16)
     Apr 11 - no assignment
     Apr 18 - cap. 22, 56-77, ex. 4 ; 7 (1-7)
     Apr 25 - cap. 22, 78-102, ex. 7 (8-10)
     May 2 - cap. 22, 103-121, ex. 6 ; 7 (11-12)



Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Delos Slow)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Apr 6 - no assignment
     Apr 13 - cap. 44, 382-406; ex. 12 ; 15 (13-15)
     Apr 20 - cap. 44, 407-426; ex. 18 (1-5)
     Apr 27 - cap. 44, 427-451; ex. 16 ; 18 (6-12)
     May 4 - cap. 44, 452-473; ex. 17 ; 18 (13)



Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Delos Fast)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Apr 6 - no assignment
     Apr 13 - cap. 49, 1-54, ex. 2 (1-6)
     Apr 20 - cap. 49, 55-101, ex. 2 (7-14)
     Apr 27 - cap. 49, 102-162, ex. 4 (1-13)
     May 4 - cap. 49, 163-226, ex. 4 (14-17) ; 6 (1-8)



Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
     Apr 4 - cap. 42, 325-353, ex. 12, 13 (13-16)
     Apr 11 - no assignment
     Apr 18 - cap. 42, 354-377, ex. 15, 16 (1-7)
     Apr 25 - cap. 42, 378-393, ex. 14, 16 (7-11)
     May 2 - cap 43, 1-28, ex. 3 (1-7)

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