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From: Kirk Lougheed <lougheed at pobox dot com> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:08:51 -0700 Subject: Latin Activities: Update for May 1, 2022 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 3 "The Last of the Merovingians" pp. 153-4 May 10 "Glory to God" pp. 348-9 stanzas 1-11 May 17 "The Battle of Roncesvalles" pp. 154-5 May 24 "Glory to God" p. 349 stanzas 11-21 May 31 "Portrait of Charlemagne" pp 155-6 to "adsuescere suadebant." 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 2, 9, 16 no assignment May 23 6.17.5-8 May 30 6.18.1-4 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 2, 9, 16 no assignment May 23 21.48.10-49.5 May 30 21.49.6-11 Group: Suetonius (Suetonius) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/suet.html and posted Assignments: May 2, 9, 16 no assignment May 23 Vespasian 5.5-7 May 30 Vespasian 6.1-3 Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted Assignments: May 2, 9, 16 no assignment May 23 3.19 May 30 3.20(part) Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: posted Assignments: May 2, 9, 16 no assignment May 23 2.164, 167 May 30 2.168-9 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. 34-56: 2 May ll. 57-76: 9 May ll. 77-85: 16 May ll. 86-99: 23 May ll. 100-117: 30 May Group: Eclogues (Vergil) Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Ecloga VI: ll. 1-20: 2 May ll. 21-40: 9 May ll. 41-60: 16 May ll. 61-73: 23 May ll. 74- end: 30 May Group: Ovid's Ars Amatoria (ArsAmatoria) Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ovid/ovid.artis1.shtml Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Liber III: 2 May: ll. 323-338 9 May: ll. 339-356 16 May: ll. 367-370 23 May: ll. 371-386 30 May: ll. 387-402 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 IV: epigrams 31&32: 2 May epigrams 33, 34,35: 9 May epigrams 36&37: 16 May epigrams 38&39: 23 May epigrams 40&41: 30 May Group: Aeneas to Augustus (RomaAUC) Text: Aeneas to Augustus by Hammond & Amory Comment: Selections from Latin authors Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments Part II: LXXI Cicero's Oration against Catalina, ll. 18-end: 2 May LXXII Cataline's Character, ll. 1-13: 9 May LXXII Cataline's Character, ll. 14-end: 16 May LXXIII Catullus' poems, Section A: 23 May LXXIII Catullus' poems, Section B: 30 May Group: Ad Alpes (AdAlps) 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 XXIV In the Country: p.141, ll. 112-end: 2 May Caput XXV Return to Rome: p. 142, ll. 1-18: 9 May pp. 142-143, ll. 19-33: 16 May p. 143, ll. 34-51: 23 May pp. 143-144, ll. 52-63: 30 May Group: Caesar's De Bello Alexandrino (CaesarAW) Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthil (l at us dot net> Text: posted and http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/caes.html Assignments: section 11: 2 May section 12: 9 May section 13: 16 May section 14: 23 May section 15: 30 May Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights) Text: posted Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Liber V: Story 5: Hannibal plays a joke on King Antiochus: 2 May Story 6: On military crowns, sections 1-10: 9 May Story 6: Military crowns again, sections 11-19: 16 May Story 6: The same, sections 20-end: 23 May Story 7: Explanation of the word 'persona': 30 May Group: Letters of Pliny the Younger (PlinyJR) Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/pliny.html Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Book 10 Ad Traianum Imperatorem cum Eiusdem Responsis: letter 96, sections 8-end: 2 May letter 97: 9 May letter 98: 16 May letter 99: 23 May letters 100&101: 30 May Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA) (Hadrian) Text: posted Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Marcus Antoninus by Julius Capitolinus: Section XIX, sections 1-6: 2 May Section XIX, sections 7-end: 9 May Section XX: 16 May Section XXI: 23 May Section XXII: parts 1-7: 30 May Group: Poetry of Claudian (Claudian) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 5/1/2022: START of the Carminum minorum opusculum: I. Ad Stilichonem, II. Descriptio portus Smyrnesis, III. Ad Aeternalem Assignment due 5/8/2022: IV. Descriptio armenti Assignment due 5/15/2022: V. Est in conspectu longe locus, VI. Rimanti telum ira facit, VII. De quadriga marmorea Assignment due 5/22/2022: VIII. De Polycaste et Perdicca, IX. De hystrice 1-16 Assignment due 5/29/2022: IX. De hystrice 17-48 Assignment due 6/5/2022: X. De birro castoreo, XI. In sepulchrum speciosae, XII. De balneis Quintianis quae in via posita errant, XIII. In podagrum qui carmina sua non stare dicebat, XIV. Ad Maximum qui ei mel misit, XV. De paupere amante, XVI. De eodem Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 5/1/2022: 13 itemque tandem ... deiecerat Assignment due 5/8/2022: 14 exin Britannia ... annos Assignment due 5/15/2022: 15 ob quarum ... liberavit Assignment due 5/22/2022: 15 quos... 16 ... transeunt Assignment due 5/29/2022: 17 itemque mittuntur ... moles Group: Bede’s Commentary on Tobit (Bede Tobit) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 5/1/2022: Ligavit eum ... desiderat Assignment due 5/8/2022: Interea circa ... cognoverunt Assignment due 5/15/2022: Laetatus Raguel ... anima mea Assignment due 5/22/2022: Sunt autem ... accipunt Assignment due 5/29/2022: Et adiuravit ... tenebant Group: Lactantius’ De mortibus persecutorum (Lactantius Persecutors) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 5/1/2022: 155-170 [end] 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 5/1/2022: 4.32.1-3 Assignment due 5/8/2022: 4.32.4-5 Assignment due 5/15/2022: 4.33.1-3 Assignment due 5/22/2022: 4.33.4-6 Assignment due 5/29/2022: 4.33.7-11 Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid) Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: Assignment due 5/1/2022: IX:505-520 Assignment due 5/8/2022: IX:521-547 Assignment due 5/15/2022: IX:548-563 Assignment due 5/22/2022: IX:564-579 Assignment due 5/29/2022: IX:580-602 Group: Vulgate (Vulgate) Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com> Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm Assignments May 4 1 Kings 12:22-33 May 11 1 Kings 13:1-11 May 18 1 Kings 13:12-22 May 25 1 Kings 13:23-34 Jun 1 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 4 De Civitate Dei 4.11d, from "Si non pudet," through, "...alia concitari." May 11 De Civitate Dei 4.11e, from "Si autem dicitur omnes…" to end. May 18 De Civitate Dei 4.12 May 25 De Civitate Dei 4.13 Jun 1 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 4 De Doctrina Christiana 2.31.49 May 11 De Doctrina Christiana 2.32.50 May 18 De Doctrina Christiana 2.33.51 May 25 De Doctrina Christiana 2.34.52 Jun 1 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: May 7: lines 131-157 Group: Valentius Flaccus Argonautica (Argonautica) Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com> Text: https://latin.packhum.org/loc/1035/1/0#0 and posted Assignments: May 5:Argonautica Book 1 lines: 380-382: plus insert: lines: 403 -410, and then lines: 383- 386: [ fifteen lines in all.] 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: Book III Elegy 15 lines 17-32: 5th. May Group: Terence (Terence) Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com> Text: posted Act IV: lines 657-673: 5th. May Group: Terence (Cicero Philippics) Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com> Text: posted Cicero Philippic I chapter 30: 5th. May Group: Wheelock Beginners (Argus) Text: Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed. rev., ISBN 978-0061997228 Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com> Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/argus Comment: A chapter of Wheelock every two or three weeks Assignments: May 5 - caput 17, SA May 12 - caput 17, TR May 19 - cap. 18, EX May 26 - no assignment June 2 - cap. 18, SA June 9 - cap. 18, TR June 16 - cap. 19, EX June 23 - cap. 19, SA June 30 - no assignment Group: Wheelock Beginners (Davenport) Text: Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed. rev, ISBN 978-0061997228 Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com> Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/davenport Comment: A chapter of Wheelock every two weeks. Assignments: May 3: Caput 33 EX May 10: Caput 33 SA May 17: Caput 33 TR (Catullus) May 24: Caput 33 TR (Martial, Quintilian, Cicero) May 31 : no assignment 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: May 3 Assignment 67 Ex 9.37-9.38 May 10 Assignment 68 Ex 9.39 Enter Scipio 13 lines May 17 Assignment 69 Ex 9.40 Hannibal and Scipio two paragraphs to line 14 "victum esse" May 24 Assignment 70 Ex 9.40 to end ; Ex 10.1 May 31 Assignment 71 Ex 10.2-10.3 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: May 5 Ex 4.10 "Caesar's murder" May 12 Ex 4.11 Group: Hobbitus Ille (Hobbit) Text: Hobbitus Ille by JRR Tolkein; trans, by Mark Walker; ISBN:978-0007445219 Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com> Assignments: May 3 - p. 233, 6-23 ("semper intellexi," ..... concha remota!") May 10 - p. 233, 24 - 234, 7 (postquam id ..... meliorem quassauit.) May 17 - p. 234, 8-19 ("numquam dracones ..... scire cupiuerunt.) May 24 - p. 234, 20 - 235, 6 (sed hobbitus ..... locos uolarent!") May 31 - no assignment (Memorial Day, U.S.) June 7 - p. 235, 7-19 ("itaque, nuntium ..... cogitaret.") June 14 - p. 235, 20 - 236, 4 ("esto, esto! ..... audacter faciant.) June 21 - p. 236, 4-20 (dum loquebantur ..... audiuerimus.") June 28 - p. 236, 21 - 237, 2 ("nescio, nescio ..... sedentes loquebantur.) Group: Lingua Latina Pars I (Tern) Text: Lingua Latina: Pars I: Familia Romana Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com> Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/tern Comment: One chapter every 3 weeks Assignments: May 3 - cap. 17, 73-87, ex. 4, 6, 7 (6-11) May 10 - cap. 17, 88-104, ex. 5, 11 (1-3) May 17 - cap. 17, 105-130, ex. 8, 11 (4-8) May 24 - cap. 17, 131-152, ex. 10, 11 (9-13) May 31 - no assignment (Memorial Day, U.S.) June 7 - cap. 17, grammatica, ex. 9, 12 (5-10; 14-19) June 14 - cap. 18, 1-28, ex. 3 (1-9) June 21 - cap. 18, 29-47, ex. 1, 3 (10-12) June 28 - cap. 18, 48-61, ex. 2, 3 (13-14), 4 July 5 - no assignment (Independence Day, U.S.) July 12 - cap. 18, 62-89, ex. 5, 11 (1-6) July 19 - cap. 18, 90-103, ex. 6, 7, 11 (7-9) July 26 - cap. 18, 104-118, ex. 8, 10, 11 (10-15) Aug 2 - cap. 18, 119-143, ex. 9, 14 (1-4) Aug 9 - cap. 18, 144-169, ex. 12, 14 (5-10) Aug 16 - cap. 18, 170-192, ex. 13, 14 (11-14) Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Delos Slow) Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com> Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/delos_slow Assignments: May 5 - cap. 42, 56-84, ex. 2, 3 (13-18) May 12 - cap. 42, 85-113, ex. 6 (1-4) May 19 - cap. 42, 114-150, ex. 4, 6 (5-9) May 26 - no assignment Jun 2 - cap. 42, 151-173, ex. 5, 6 (10-14) Jun 9 - cap. 42, 174-206, ex. 10 (1-4) Jun 16 - cap. 42, 207-228, ex. 7, 10 (5-9) Jun 23 - cap. 42, 229-253, ex. 8, 9, 10 (10-16) Jun 30 - no assignment Jul 7 - cap. 42, 254-280, ex. 13 (1-5) Jul 14 - cap. 42, 281-302, ex. 11 (1-7), 13 (6-8) Jul 21 - cap. 42, 303-324, ex. 11 (8-14), 13 (9-12) Jul 28 - cap. 42, 325-353, ex. 12, 13 (13-16) Aug 4 - cap. 42, 354-377, ex. 15, 16 (1-7) Aug 11 - cap. 42, 378-393, ex. 14, 16 (7-11) Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Delos Fast) Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com> Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/delos_fast Assignments: May 5 - cap. 44, 159-201, ex. 8 (1-9) May 12 - cap. 44, 202-246, ex. 8 (10-16) May 19 - cap. 44, 247-286, ex. 11 (1-7) May 26 - no assignment June 2 - cap. 44, 287-333, ex. 11 (8-15) June 9 - cap. 44, 334-406, ex. 15 June 16 - cap. 44, 407-473, ex. 18 Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2) Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com> May 3 - cap. 38, 181-213, ex. 8 , 9 , 10 (9-14) May 10 - cap. 39, 1-37, ex. 2 ; 3 (1-7) May 17 - cap. 39, 37-65, ex. 1 ; 3 (8-14) May 24 - cap. 39, 66-108, ex. 7 (1-7) May 31 - no assignment (Memorial Day, U.S.) June 7 - cap. 39, 108-132, ex. 4 ; 7 (8-12) June 14 - cap. 39, 133-156, ex. 5 ; 6 ; 7 (13-17) June 21 - cap. 39, 157-191, ex. 8 (1-10) ; 10 (1-4) June 28 - cap. 39, 192-217, ex. 10 (5-9) July 5 - no assignment (Independence Day, U.S.) July 12 - cap. 39, 217-234, ex. 9 ; 10 (10-12) July 19 - cap. 39, 235-285, ex. 13 (1-11) July 26 - cap. 39, 286-316, ex. 11 ; 12 ; 13 (12-17) Aug 2 - cap. 40, 1-38; ex. 2, 3 (1-6) Aug 9 - cap. 40, 39-69; ex. 1, 3 (7-15) Aug 16 - cap. 40, 70-101; ex. 6 (1-5) Aug 23 - cap. 40, 101-135; ex. 4 (1-8), 6 (6-11) Aug 30 - cap. 40, 136-150; ex. 5, 6 (12-15) Sep 6 - no assignment (Labor Day, U.S.) ======================================== You are subscribed to the LatinStudy mailing list as lougheed at pobox dot com Post message to LatinStudy at quasillum dot com Manage your subscription at http://lists.quasillum.com/mailman/options/latinstudy/lougheed%40pobox.com Report spam to latinstudy-owner at quasillum dot com