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From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com> Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2023 19:03:47 -0700 Subject: Latin Activities: Update for October 2, 2023 This email is from the LatinStudy mailing list. A new Wheelock Beginner Group has begun. There's still lots of time to catch up. See below for "Wheelock Red". ========================================================================= 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: Medieval Latin (MedLat) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: Beeson's Primer of Medieval Latin Assignments: Oct 3 "The Three Friends," pp. 184-5, from "Ille vero" to the end. Oct 10 "Praise of Wine," p. 375. Oct 17 "The Young Alfred," pp. 185-6, to "saepissime vidimus." Oct 24 "Miraculum Sancti Nicholai," pp. 375-6, to line 34. Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted Assignments: Oct 2 7.1.8 - 7.1.9 Oct 9 7.2.1-7 Oct 16 7.2.8-12 Oct 23 no assignment Oct 30 7.2.13-3.5 Nov 6 7.3.6-4.1 Nov 13 7.4.2-7 Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted Assignments: Oct 2 22.17.5-18.3 Oct 9 22.18.4-10 Oct 16 22.19.1-6 Oct 23 no assignment Oct 30 22.19.7-10 Nov 6 22.19.11-20.3 Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted Assignments: Oct 2 3.81-82(part) Oct 9 3.82(contd.)-83(part) Oct 16 3.83(contd.)-84(part) Oct 23 no assignment Oct 30 3.84(contd.) Nov 6 3.84(contd.)-85 Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: posted Assignments: Oct 2 3.81-82(part) Oct 9 3.82(contd.)-83(part) Oct 16 3.83(contd.)-84(part) Oct 23 no assignment Oct 30 3.84(contd.) Nov 6 3.84(contd.)-85 Group: Valerius Maximus (MosMaiorum) Text: posted, and www.thelatinlibrary.com Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: to start in mid-October 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 Messalinus: ll. 15-30: 2 October ll. 31-44: 9 October ll. 45-58: 16 October ll. 59-end: 23 October To Severus: ll. 1-14: 30 October 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. 29, ll. 460-472: 2 October p. 29, ll. 472-484: 9 October pp. 29-31, ll. 484-498: 16 October p. 29, ll. 498-end of Book I: 23 October Book II: p. 29, ll. 1-15: 30 October Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus) Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Liber XIV; XI Constantius summons Gallus and Executes him: sections 19-20: 2 October sections 21-22: 9 October sections 23-24: 16 October sections 25-26: 23 October sections 27-29: 30 October 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 I: ll. 171-191: 2 October ll. 192-206: 9 October ll. 207-219: 16 October ll. 220-235: 23 October ll. 236-251: 30 October Group: Georgics (Vergil) Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Liber II: ll. 190-206: 2 October ll. 207-225: 9 October ll. 226-237: 16 October ll. 238-250: 23 October ll. 251-264: 30 October 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 44: 2 October Epigrams 45-46: 9 October Epigrams 47-48: 16 October Epigram 49: 23 October Epigram 50: 30 October 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 XXXIII To Bononia: p. 185, ll. 1-14: 2 October p. 185, ll. 15-23: 9 October p. 187, ll. 24-39: 16 October p. 187-188, ll. 40-53: 23 October p. 188, ll. 54-67: 30 October Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights) Text: posted Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Liber VII: Story 1, sections 5-8: 2 October sections 9-end: 9 October Story 2 (On Fate): sections 1-5: 16 October sections 6-11: 23 October Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA) Text: posted Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: SHA (Pertinax): section 12: 2 October section 13: 9 October section 14: 16 October section 15: 23 October SHA (Didius Julianus): section 1: 30 October Group: Campio's Gunpowder Plot (Campion Gunpowder) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignment<s: Assignment due 10/8/2023: I.486-505 Assignment due 10/15/2023: I.506-530 Assignment due 10/22/2023: I.531-552 Assignment due 10/29/2023: I.553-578 Group: Dobson's Paradise Lost (Dobson Paradisus Amissus) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 10/8/2023: II.18 (Pars vitreos)-19 (ripas) Assignment due 10/15/2023: II.19 (Pulveremque)-20 (arundo) Assignment due 10/22/2023: II.20 (Parte alia)-21 (recessus) Assignment due 10/29/2023: II.21 (Sed pluviis)-22 (tenebras) Group: Petrarch's Africa (Petrarch Africa) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 8/27/2023: I.517-536 Group: Poetry of Claudian (Claudian) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 10/8/2023: L, LI Assignment due 10/15/2023: LII:1-24 Assignment due 10/22/2023: LII:25-41 Assignment due 10/29/2023: LII:42-59 Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 10/8/2023: 53: Sed et…abominati sunt Assignment due 10/15/2023: 53: Qui Amos…nos mala Assignment due 10/22/2023: 54 Assignment due 10/29/2023: 55 Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 10/8/2023: 1.18.27/5-22 (voveant) Assignment due 10/15/2023: 1.18.27/22-28/8 (reditu) Assignment due 10/22/2023: 1.18.28/8-22 (pollicita) Assignment due 10/29/2023: 1.18.28/22-31 (dimisit) Group: Cicero's second Verrine oration (Cicero In Verrem) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 10/8/2023: II.1.65 Assignment due 10/15/2023: II.1.66 Assignment due 10/22/2023: II.1.67 Assignment due 10/29/2023: II.1.68 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 10/8/2023: 6.54.1-3 Assignment due 10/15/2023: 6.54.4-7 Assignment due 10/22/2023: 6.55.1-3 Assignment due 10/29/2023: 6.55.4-6 Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid) Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 10/8/2023: XI.221-237 Assignment due 10/15/2023: XI.238-256 Assignment due 10/22/2023: XI.257-273 Assignment due 10/29/2023: XI.274-290 Group: Vulgate (Vulgate) Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com> Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm Assignments Oct 4 Matthew 11:1-10 Oct 11 Matthew 11:11-20 Oct 18 Matthew 11:21-30 Oct 25 Matthew 12:1-10 Nov 1 Matthew 12:11-21 Nov 8 Matthew 12:22-30 Nov 15 Matthew 12:31-40 Nov 22 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US) Nov 29 Matthew 12:41-50 Dec 6 Matthew 13:1-10 Dec 13 Matthew 13:11-20 Dec 20 Matthew 13:21-30 Dec 27 No Assignment - Christmas 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: Oct 4 De Civitate Dei 5.8a, through, "...nolentem trahunt." Oct 11 De Civitate Dei 5.8b, from "Nempe euidentissime..." to the end. Oct 18 De Civitate Dei 5.9a, through "...ex sua persona." Oct 25 De Civitate Dei 5.9b, from "Vidit enim quam…" through "...fieri contenderent." Nov 1 De Civitate Dei 5.9c, from "Quid est ergo…" through "...praescientiam futurorum." Nov 8 De Civitate Dei 5.9d, from "Ipse itaque…" through "...omnium futurorum." Nov 15 De Civitate Dei 5.9e, from "Nos aduersus…" through "...nolumus inclinari." Nov 22 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US) Nov 29 De Civitate Dei 5.9f, from "Non est autem…" through "...conditorque naturae." Dec 6 De Civitate Dei 5.9g, from "Iam uero causae…" through "...quibusdam non tribuit." Dec 13 De Civitate Dei 5.9h, from "Sicut enim…" through "...nostrae uolutnates?" Dec 20 De Civitate Dei 5.9i, from "Contendat ergo..." to the end. Dec 27 No Assignment - Christmas 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 Oct 4 De Doctrina Christiana 3.24.34, 3.25.34, 3.25.35 Oct 11 De Doctrina Christiana 3.25.36a, through "Sic et alia plurima." Oct 18 De Doctrina Christiana 3.25.36b, from "Et haec quidem…" to end. Oct 25 De Doctrina Christiana 3.25.37, 3.26.37 Nov 1 De Doctrina Christiana 3.27.38 Nov 8 De Doctrina Christiana 3.28.39 and 3.29.40a, through "...cognitione disserui." Nov 15 De Doctrina Christiana 3.28.40b, from "Nam litterae," to end. Nov 22 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US) Nov 29 De Doctrina Christiana 3.29.41 Dec 6 De Doctrina Christiana 3.30.42a, through "...divinorum eloquiorum." Dec 13 De Doctrina Christiana 3.30.42b, from "Nec tamen omnia…" to end. Dec 20 De Doctrina Christiana 3.30.43a, through "...ab errore defendatur." Dec 27 No Assignment - Christmas 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: 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: Oct 3 Assignment 127 Ex 2.8-2.9; Ritchie 17 Oct 10 Assignment 128 Ex 2.10-2.12 "Romulus" 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: Oct 5 Assignment B24 Ex 6.5 31-40 Oct 12 Assignment B25 Ex 6.5 41-end and the end of the book 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: Oct 5 - cap. 1, sententiae 16-20 ; translation Oct 12 - cap. 2, SA 1-15 Oct 19 - cap. 2, SA 16-20; translation Oct 26 - cap. 3, EX Nov 2 - cap. 3, SA ; TR 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 Assignmnents: Oct 5 - cap. 36 TR ('The quality'; 'I don't'; 'Oh,'; 'I love') Oct 12 - cap. 36 TR ('Who is'; 'Testimony') 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: Oct 3 - #1. A Dedication Oct 10 - #2. How many kisses? Oct 17 - #3. Death of a pet sparrow Oct 24 - #4. Frater ave, atque vale Oct 31 - #5. Vitriolic ... (lines 1-8) Nov 7 - #5. Vitriolic ... (lines 9-17) 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: Oct 3 - p. 265, 3rd line fr bott to 266, 12 (ut iam ..... reliquas reliquerant.) Oct 10 - p. 266, 13-24 (itaque, dum ..... sed ingressus nullus.) Oct 17 - p. 266, 24 - 267, 2 (a scalis ingressi ..... remiserunt.) Oct 24 - p. 267, 3-15 (uenit nox ..... uiderent.) Oct 31 - p. 267, 16 to 4th line fr bott (dum digitis ..... capiebant.) 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 Oct 3 - cap. 25, 1-27, ex. 2 (1-9) Oct 10 - cap. 25, 28-41, ex. 1 ; 2 (10-14) Oct 17 - cap. 25, 42-62, ex. 5 (1-9) Oct 10 - cap. 25, 28-41, ex. 1 ; 2 (10-14) Oct 17 - cap. 25, 42-62, ex. 5 (1-9) Oct 24 - cap. 25, 63-88, ex. 3 ; 4 ; 5 (10-13) Oct 31 - cap. 25, 89-115, ex. 9 (1-6) Nov 7 - cap. 25, 116-131, ex. 6 ; 8 ; 10 (3-6) Nov 14 - cap. 25, 132-144, ex. 7 ; 9 (7-14); 11 Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Delos Fast) Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com> Assignments: Oct 5 - cap. 51, 280-326, ex. 8 Oct 12 - cap. 52, 1-59, ex. 2 (1-9) Oct 19 - cap. 52, 60-123, ex. 2 (10-16) Oct 26 - cap. 52, 124-185, ex. 4 (1-11) Nov 2 - cap. 52, 186-241, ex. 4 (12-17) Nov 9 - cap. 52, 242-294, ex. 6 (1-8) Nov 16 - cap. 52, 295-354, ex. 6 (9-17) Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2) Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com> Oct 3 - cap. 44, 159-191; ex. 8 (1-6) Oct 10 - cap. 44, 192-223; ex. 6 ; 8 (7-12) Oct 17 - cap. 44, 224-246; ex. 7 ; 8 (13-16) Oct 24 - cap. 44, 247-277; ex. 11 (1-6) Oct 31 - cap. 44, 278-306; ex. 9 ; 11 (7-11) Nov 7 - cap. 44, 307-333; ex. 10 ; 11 (12-15) Nov 14 - cap. 44, 334-357; ex. 14 ; 15 (1-8) ======================================== 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