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From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com> Date: Sat, 3 May 2025 09:54:07 -0700 Subject: Latin Activities: Update for May 3, 2025 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: May 6 "The Founding of Conca and the siege ...," p. 331, lines 211-228. May 13 "The Conversion of Lanfranc," p. 216, to "ostendentes viam discesserunt." May 17 "The Lily," p. 332. May 24 "The Conversion of Lanfranc," pp. 216-7, to the end. 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 5 7.33.6-11 May 12 7.33.12-18 May 19 7.34.1-7 May 26 7.34.8-13 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 5 22.54.4-10(part) May 12 22.54.10(contd.)-55.5 May 19 22.55.6-56.3 May 26 22.56.4-57.1 Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted Assignments: May 5 4.55 May 12 4.56 May 19 4.57 May 26 4.58 (part) Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: posted Assignments: May 6 7.150, 7.165-6 May 12 7.167-9 May 19 7.171-3 May 26 7.174-6 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 II To Rufus: ll.17- end: 5 May Ex Ponto Liber III: To his wife: ll. 1-24: 12 May ll. 25-38: 19 May ll. 39-58: 26 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 IV: p. 71, ll. 65-75: 5 May pp. 71-73, ll. 76-85: 12 May p. 73, ll. 86-98: 19 May p. 73, ll. 99-110: 26 May Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus) Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Liber XVI: Part 2: Julian puts down the Alamanni: sections 10-11: 5 May sections 12-13: 12 May Part 3: Julian retakes Cologne: sections 1-2: 19 May section 3: 26 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: Act II Clytemnestra ll. 268-283: 5 May ll. 284-294: 12 May ll. 295-305: 19 May ll. 306-322: 26 May Ovid(Exile): Group: Georgics (Vergil) Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Georgics IV: ll. 103-115: 5 May ll. 116-129: 12 May ll. 130-146: 19 May ll. 147- 157: 26 May 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 XL: Placentia to Eporedia: pp. 228-229, ll. 48-62: 5 May p. 229, ll. 63-76: 12 May pp. 229-230, ll. 77-92: 19 May p. 230, ll. 93-109: 26 May (almost done!) Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights) Text: posted Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Liber X Story VI: The daughter of Appius Caecus: 5 May Story VII: The Rivers of the Empire: 12 May Story VIII: A Military Punishment: 19 May Story IX: Formations of the Roman Army: 26 May Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA) Text: posted Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: SHA (Caracalla): section 7: 5 May section 8: 12 May section 9: 19 May section 10: 26 May Group: Claudian (Claudian) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: 5/4/2025: In Eutropium I:232-251 5/11/2025: In Eutropium I:252-271a 5/18/2025: In Eutropium I:271b-286 5/25/2025: In Eutropium I:287-307 Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: 5/4/2025: 93 (constituta habetur) 5/11/2025: 93 (sensu interpretari) 5/18/2025: 94 (de vobis) 5/25/2025: 94 (eventit) Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: 5/4/2025: 2.64/1-18 5/11/2025: 2.64/19-65/13 5/18/2025: 2.65/14-66/3 (scire) 5/25/2025: 2.66/3-2.66/18 Group: Cicero's second Verrine oration (Cicero In Verrem) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: 5/4/2025: II.1.135 5/11/2025: II.1.136 5/18/2025: II.1.137 5/25/2025: II.1.138 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: 5/4/2025: 7.67.4-6 5/11/2025: 7.67.7-9 5/18/2025: 7.67.10-12 5/25/2025: 7.67.13-15 Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid) Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: 5/4/2025: XIII. 228-246 5/11/2025: XIII. 247-267 5/18/2025: XIII. 268-279 5/25/2025: XIII. 280-295 Group: Vulgate (Vulgate) Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com> Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm Assignments: May 7 Baruch 2:1-12 May 14 Baruch 2:13-25 May 21 Baruch 2:26-35 May 28 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 7 De Civitate Dei 6.2c, from "Cum uero deos..." to the end. May 14 De Civitate Dei 6.3a, through "...distinctione commendans." May 21 De Civitate Dei 6.3b, from "Sed quia oportebat..." to the end. May 28 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 7 De Doctrina Christiana 4.10.24a, through "...indoctis dici solet." May 14 De Doctrina Christiana 4.10.24b, from "Si enim non piguit..." to end. May 21 De Doctrina Christiana 4.10.25a, through "...panduntur difficultate pendebat." May 28 No Assignment - Memorial 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: May 8 Assignment 194 Ex 5.24 May 15 Assignment 195 Ex 5.25 May 22 Assignment 196 Ex 5.26 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 8 - cap. 26, EX May 15 - cap. 26, SA May 22 - no assignment May 29 - cap. 26, TR June 5 - cap. 27, EX June 12 - cap. 27, SA June 19 - cap. 27, TR June 26 - cap. 28, EX July 2 - no assignment 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: May 6 - 40. Sweet, brave girl (lines 1-9) May 13 - 40. Sweet, brave girl (lines 10-end) May 20 - 41. Sick freedman (lines 1-7) May 27 - no assignment Jun 3 - 41. Sick freedman (lines 8-end) Jun 10 - 42. Penitent freedman Jun 17 - 43. Thanks for... Jun 24 - 44. Selection of a teacher Jul 1 - 45, 46, 47 (Martial) 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: May 8 - #50. Charon's ferry (Part 1) May 15 - #50. Charon's ferry (Part 2) May 22 - no assignment May 29 - #51. Realm of Pluto June 5 - #52. Hercules...Styx June 12 - #53. The last labor June 19 - #54. Centaur Nessus June 26 - #55. Poisoned robe July 3 - no assignment 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: May 6 - p. 299, 14-26 (mid-line) (antequam .... ubique uagarentur.) May 13 - p. 299, 26 (mid-line) to 300, 8 (Beorn quidem .... media aestate.) May 20 - p. 300, 9 to bottom (demum uiam .... sim!" inquit.) May 27 - no assignment Jun 3 - p. 301, "0"-9 (CAPVT .... ei simile:) Jun 10 - p. 301-302, song (dracone .... fa-la!) Jun 17 - p. 303, 1-13 (tum dryades .... Mirksiluae expulerant.) Jun 24 - p. 303, 14 to line above song ("mox," .... cantabant.) Jul 1 - p. 303-304, song (gaudeamus .... mane moretur!) 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.) 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 May 6 - cap. 32, 162-185, ex. 11 (4-7) May 13 - cap. 32, 186-208, ex. 9 ; 11 (8-10) May 20 - cap. 32, 209-224, ex. 10 ; 11 (11-14) May 27 - no assignment Jun 3 - cap. 32, grammatica, ex. 12 (4-9, 13-15) Jun 10 - cap. 32, re-read 130-224, ex. 8 ; 13 Jun 17 - cap. 33, 1-21, ex. 3 (1-8) Jun 24 - cap. 33, 21-37, ex. 1 ; 3 (9-13) Jul 1 - cap. 33, 38-47, ex. 2 ; 3 (14-15) 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) Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2) Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com> May 6 - cap. 48, 550-578, ex. 12 (8-9) May 13 - cap. 48, 579-600, ex. 12 (10-11) May 20 - cap. 48, 601-614, ex. 11 ; 12 (12-14) May 27 - no assignment Jun 3 - cap. 48, 615-640, ex. 14 (1-4) Jun 10 - cap. 48, 641-677, ex. 14 (5-6) Jun 17 - cap. 48, 678-699, ex. 14 (7-10) Jun 24 - cap. 48, 700-725, ex. 14 (11-12) Jul 1 - cap. 48, 726-745, ex. 13 ; 14 (13-15) 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) ======================================== 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