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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 This email is from the LatinStudy mailing list. ========================================================================= 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: 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 ======================================== 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