Latin Study Groups

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

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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)

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