Latin Study Groups

From: Kirk Lougheed <lougheed at pobox dot com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 22:05:02 -0700
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for October 19, 2020

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Group Listings:

Group: Vergil's Aeneid (Vergil)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Meredith Dixon <dixonm at pobox dot com>
Assignments:
     Oct. 20 -- Fall Break
     Oct. 27: XII, 318-340, from "Has inter voces,..," to "... calcatur harena,"
         in which Turnus rides again to war.
     Nov. 3: XII, 341-361, from "Iamque neci...," to "... moenia condunt,"
         in which Turnus kills someone.
     Nov. 10: XII, 362-382, from "Huic comitem...," to "... reliquit harenae,"
         in which Turnus keeps on killing people.
     Nov. 17 -- Winter Break
     Nov. 24 -- Thanksgiving
     Dec. 1: XII, 383-404, from "Atque ea dum...," to "... forcipe ferrum,"
         in which Aeneas' wound is tended.
     Dec. 8 -- Winter Break
     Dec. 15: XII, 405-424, from "Nulla viam..." to "... in pristina vires,"
         in which Venus heals Aeneas.
     Dec. 22 -- Christmas
     Dec. 29 -- New Year's

Group: Medieval Latin (MedLat)
Text: Beeson's Primer of Medieval Latin
Coordinator: Meredith Dixon <dixonm at pobox dot com>
Assignments:
     Oct. 20 -- Fall Break
     Oct. 27: "Gregorius Candido Presbytero...," p. 135
     Nov. 3: "Walter and Hiltgunde," pp. 332-333, to "...vibrata micabat."
     Nov. 10: "Gregorius Desiderio Episcopo Galliae," pp. 135-136,
          to ... ipse considera."
     Nov. 17 -- Winter Break
     Nov. 24 -- Thanksgiving
     Dec. 1: "Walter and Hiltgunde," p. 333,
         from "Ac veluti..." to "...agmina cornu."
     Dec. 8 -- Winter Break
     Dec. 15: "Gregorius Desiderio Episcopo Galliae," p. 136,
          from "Et quamvis...." to the end.
     Dec. 22 -- Christmas
     Dec. 29 -- New Year's

Group: Plautus (Plautus Amphitruo)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: https://latin.packhum.org/loc/119/1/0#0  and posted
Assignments:
     Act 1 scene 3: lines 518-536 [part] :  22nd. October
     Act 1 scene 3: lines 536 [part]-550 :  29th. October

Group: Ovid's Heroides (Ovid Heroides)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: http://latin.packhum.org/loc/959/2/0#0 and posted
Assignments:
     Poem XVII:  Helene Paridi: lines: 81-100: 23rd. October
     Poem XVII:  Helene Paridi: lines:101-118: 30th. October

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 II Elegy 24A  lines 1-6:  Oct 22
     Book II Elegy 24B  lines 7-16:  Oct 22
     Book II Elegy 24B  lines 17-30:  Oct 29

Group: St. Augustine's De Haeresibus (De Haeresibus)
Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com>
Text: posted
     Liber: paragraph 24-26: 20th. October
     Liber: paragraph 27-30:  27th. October

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 I:
         19 October: ll. 659-670
         26 October: ll. 671-688

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 II:
         19 October: Epigrams 84&85
         26 October: Epigrams 86&87

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
     XXX: Pompey's power, all: 19 October
     XXXI: Cicero on a story from his quaestorship: ll. 1-16
         [ends with 'ex Sicilia', inquam]: 26 October

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 XV:
          At Venusia:
              19 October: p.88, ll. 66-76 [Apage te ... tibi caves]
              26 October: p. 89, ll. 77-94 [Amice polliceris .. nugator discede]

Group: Stratagems (Frontinus):
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Text: posted and http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/frontinus.html
Assignments:
     Liber II:
         On Retreating:
             sections 1-4: 19 October
             sections 5-8: 26 October

Group: Caesar's De Bello Civile (CaesarCW)
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Text: posted and http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/caes.html
Assignments:
     Liber III:
         47: 19 October
         48: 26 October

Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber II:
         19 October: Story 29, sections 7-13
         26 October: Story 29, sections 14-end

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 9:
         letter 33 sections 9-11: 19 October
         letter 34 all: 26 October

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 19 5.39.6-11
     Oct 26 5.39.12-40.3
     Nov 2 5.40.4-8
     Nov 9 5.40.9-41.3
     Nov 16 5.41.4-8
     Nov 23 5.41.9-42.3
     Nov 30 5.42.4-8

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 19 21.9.4-10.5
     Oct 26 21.10.6-10
     Nov 2 21.10.11-11.1
     Nov 9 21.11.2-6
     Nov 16 21.11.7-12
     Nov 23 21.11.13-12.4

Group: Suetonius (Suetonius)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/suet.html and posted
Assignments:
     Oct 19 Nero 41.2-42.1
     Oct 26 Nero 42.2-43.1
     Nov 2 Nero 43.2-44.1
     Nov 9 Nero 44.2-45.2
     Nov 16 Nero 46
     Nov 23 Nero 47.1-2
     Nov 30 Nero 47.3-48.1

Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted
Assignments:
     Oct 19 2.30.2-31.2
     Oct 26 2.32
     Nov 2 2.33-34.1
     Nov 9 2.34.2-36.1
     Nov 16 2.36.2-37.2
     Nov 23 2.38-39.1
     Nov 30 2.39.2-41.1

Group: Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     Oct 19 Chapter XIII (From Pliny Book IX)
     Oct 26 Chapter XIV (From Pliny Book XIII)
     Nov 2 Chapter XV (from Pliny Book XIII)
     Nov 9 Chapter XVI (from Pliny Book XIX)
     Nov 16 Chapter XVII, first part (from Pliny Book XXV)
     Nov 23 Chapter XVII, continued (from Pliny Book XXV)
     Nov 30 Chapter XVII, concluded (from Pliny Book XXV)

Group: Lactantius’ De mortibus persecutorum (Lactantius Persecutors)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     10/25: 9.7-12
     11/1: 10.1-3
     11/8: 10.4-6
     11/15: 11.1-4
     11/22: 11.5-8
     11/29: 12
     12/6: 13
     12/13: 14.1-4
     12/20: 14.5-7

Group: The Satires of Persius (Persius)
Text: posted, and http://thelatinlibrary.com/persius.html
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     10/25: VI: 37-49
     11/1: VI: 50-60
     11/8: VI: 61-80   (Finis!)

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:
     10/25: 2.15.1-3
     11/1: 2.15.4-6
     11/8: 2.15.7-9
     11/15: 2.15.10-11
     11/22: 2.16.1-3
     11/29: 2.16.4-6
     12/6: 2.16.7-9
     12/13: 2.17.1-3
     12/20: 2.17.4-6
     break until next assignment due Jan 10, 2021

Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     10/25: VIII: 64-80
     11/1: VIII: 81-100
     11/8: VIII: 101-118
     11/15: VIII: 119-137
     11/22: VIII: 138-151
     11/29: VIII: 152-168
     12/6: VIII: 169-182
     12/13: VIII: 183-206a
     12/20: VIII: 206b-219a
      break until assignment due 1/10/2021: VIII: 219b-235

Group: Vulgate (Vulgate)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm
Assignments
     Oct 21 First Letter of Peter 4:1-10
     Oct 28 First Letter of Peter 4:11-19
     Nov 4 First Letter of Peter 5:1-7
     Nov 11 First Letter of Peter 5:8-14
     Nov 18 Second Letter of Peter 1:1-10
     Nov 25 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US)
     Dec 2 Second Letter of Peter 1:11-21
     Dec 9 Second Letter of Peter 2:1-11
     Dec 16 Second Letter of Peter 2:12-22
     Dec 23 No Assignment - Christmas
     Dec 30 No Assignment - New Year's

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 21 De Civitate Dei 3.14f, from, "Displicuerat enim et Alba," to end
     Oct 28 De Civitate Dei 3.15a,  through, "...non nisi lunae fine contingit."
     Nov 4 De Civitate Dei 3.15b, from, "Satis et Cicero…"
         through, "...iactatum diffamatumque monstraret."
     Nov 11 De Civitate Dei 3.15c, from, "In Hortensio uero dialogo..."
         through, "...Tarquinius ipse sucessit."
     Nov 18 De Civitate Dei 3.15d, from, "Hunc illi dii nefarium..."
         through, "...siuit intrare redeuntem."
     Nov 25 - No Assignment-Thanksgiving
     Dec 2 De Civitate Dei 3.15e, from, "At ille post bella grauissima," to end
     Dec 9 De Civitate Dei 3.16a, through, "...ferent ea facta minores."
     Dec 16 De Civitate Dei 3.16b, from, "Quomodo libet,"
         through, "...ciuis carere iuberetur."
     Dec 23 - No Assignment-Christmas
     Dec 30 - No Assignment-New Year's

Group: Gesta Tancredi (Tancredi)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, see also http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/raoul.html
Assignments
     Oct 21 Gesta Tancredi 129.6-129.14
     Oct 28 Gesta Tancredi 129.15-130.6
     Nov 4 Gesta Tancredi 131.1-131.6
     Nov 11 Gesta Tancredi 132.1-132.7
     Nov 18 Gesta Tancredi 132.8-133.4
     Nov 25 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US)
     Dec 2 Gesta Tancredi 133.5-133.12
     Dec 9 Gesta Tancredi 134.1-134.7
     Dec 16 Gesta Tancredi 134.8-135.8
     Dec 23 No Assignment - Christmas
     Dec 30 No Assignment - New Year's Day

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 21 De Doctrina Christiana 2.3.4a,
         through, "...sed etiam significantem sonum."
     Oct 28 De Doctrina Christiana 2.3.4b,
         from, "Sed haec omnia signa..." to the end.
     Nov 4 De Doctrina Christiana 2.4.5
     Nov 11 De Doctrina Christiana 2.5.6
     Nov 18 De Doctrina Christiana 2.6.7a,
         through, "...investigata plerumque vilescunt."
     Nov 25 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US)
     Dec 2 De Doctrina Christiana 2.6.7b,  "Quid enim est,"
         to "...et sterilis non est in illis?
     Dec 9 De Doctrina Christiana 2.6.7c, from "Num aliud homo..." to end.
     Dec 16 De Doctrina Christiana 2.6.8
     Dec 23 No Assignment - Christmas
     Dec 30 No Assignment - New Year's Day

Group: Wheelock Beginners (Davenport)
Text: Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed. rev, ISBN 978-0061997228
Coordinator: Meredith Dixon <dixonm at pobox dot com>
Comment: A chapter of Wheelock every two weeks.
Assignments:
     Nov. 3: Caput 11 EX
     Nov. 10: Caput 11 SA
     Nov. 17 -- Winter Break
     Nov. 24 -- Thanksgiving
     Dec. 1: Caput 11 TR
     Dec. 8 -- Winter Break
     Dec. 15: Caput 12 EX
     Dec. 22 -- Christmas Eve
     Dec. 29 -- New Year's Eve

Group: Wheelock Beginners (Solida)
Text: Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed. rev, ISBN 978-0061997228
Coordinator: Meredith Dixon <dixonm at pobox dot com>
Comment: A chapter of Wheelock every two weeks.
Assignments:
     Oct. 20: Caput 28 TR (Isidore)
     Oct. 27: Caput 29 EX, TR (Cicero)
     Nov. 3: Caput 29 SA, TR (Catullus, Martial)
     Nov. 10: Caput 30 EX, TR (Martial)
     Nov. 17 -- Winter Break
     Nov. 24 -- Thanksgiving
     Dec. 1: Caput 30 SA
     Dec. 8 -- Winter Break
     Dec. 15: Caput 30 TR
     Dec. 22 -- Christmas
     Dec. 29 -- New Year's

Group: Latin to GCSE (Cullen2)
Coordinator: Jennifer Margrison <jmargrison at gmail dot com>
Text: Latin to GCSE Part 2 by H. Cullen and J. Taylor
Comment: Introductory Latin at a quicker pace
Assignments:
     Oct 20 Assignment 1 Ex 7.1 and 7.2
     Oct 27 Assignment 2 Ex 7.3-7.4
     Nov 3  Assignment 3 Ex 7.5 translate "Horatius" 15 lines

Group: Latin to GCSE (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 20 11.5 Augustus and Pollio 11.6 Lost Legions
     Oct 27 11.7 Tiberius 11.8 Caligula
     Nov 3 11.9 Claudius 11.10 Nero and Agrippina
     Nov 11 11.11 Matricide Planned 11.12 Matricide Averted

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:
     Oct 20 - 198, 11-26
         (paludes ..... nesciuit Bilbo.)
     Oct 27 - p. 198, 27 - 199, 10 [mid. par.]
         (qui solum ..... nequaquam uideri posset.)
     Nov 3 - p. 199, 10 - 23 [mid. par.]
         (Bilbo solum a ..... tranquillum formauit.)
     Nov 10 - p. 199, 23 - 200, 3
         (pons magnus ..... aspici potuerunt.)
     Nov 17 - no assignment (Thanksgiving, US)
     Nov 24 - p. 200, 4 - 201, 7
         (sed homines ..... Oppido-Lacu discesserunt.)
     Dec 1 - p. 201, 8-19
         (qui mirati ..... esse potuit.)
     Dec 8 - p. 201, 20 - 202, 4
         ("dic, esne ..... gratum haberent.)
     Dec 15 - p. 202, 5-16
         (Dwalinus ..... non malum!")
     Dec 22, Dec 29, Jan 5 - no assignments
     Jan 12 - p. 202, 17-28
         (Filio Kilioque ..... "quid aliud est?")
     Jan 19 - p. 202, 29 - 203, 10
         (nihil aliud ..... ingressus est.)
     Jan 26 - p. 203, 11-27
         ("quis es tu ..... dux inquit.)

Group: Lingua Latina Pars I (Castor)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars I: Familia Romana; Exercitia Latina I
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com>
Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/castor
Comment: One chapter every 2-3 weeks
Assignments:
     Oct 20 - cap. 31, 1-58, ex. 2 ; 3 (7-13)
     Oct 27 - cap. 31, 59-131, ex. 4 ; 6 (1-5)
     Nov 3 - cap. 31, 59-131, ex. 5 ; 6 (6-11)
     Nov 10 - cap. 31, 132-204, ex. 7 ; 10 (1-5)
     Nov 17 - no assignment (Thanksgiving, US)
     Nov 24 - cap. 31, 132-204, ex. 8 ; 10 (6-12)
     Dec 1 - cap. 31, 132-204, ex. 9 ; 11 ; 12
     Dec 8 - cap. 32, 1-59, ex. 1
     Dec 15 - cap. 32, 1-59, ex. 2
     Dec 22, 29, Jan 5 - no assignments

Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Argo)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna; Exercitia Latina II
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com>
Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/argo
Assignments:
     Oct 22 - cap. 50, 168-205; ex. 4 (6-11)
     Oct 29 - cap. 50, 206-246; ex. 4 (12-20)
     Nov 5 - cap. 50, 247-275; ex. 3 ; 4 (21-23)
     Nov 12 - cap. 50, 276-313; ex. 6 (1-7)
     Nov. 19 - cap. 50, 314-353; ex. 6 (8-10)
     Nov. 26 - no assignment (Thanksgiving U.S.)
     Dec. 3 - cap. 50, 354-383; ex. 5 ; 6 (11-14)
     Dec. 10  - no assignment
     Dec. 17 - cap. 50, 384-420; ex. 8 (1-8)
     Dec. 24 - no assignment
     Dec. 31 - no assignment

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:
     Oct 20 - cap. 8, 36-82, ex. 6, 7 (7-10)
     Oct 27 - cap. 8, 83-133, ex. 8, 10, 12
     Nov 3 - cap. 8, 83-133, ex. 9, 11, 13
     Nov 10 - cap. 8, grammatica, ex. 14, 15
     Nov 17 - no assignment
     Nov 24 - cap. 9, 1-38, ex. 1, 3 (1-6)
     Dec 1 - cap. 9, 1-38, ex. 2, 3 (7-14)
     Dec 8 - cap. 9, 1-38, ex. 4, 5
     Dec 15 - cap. 9, 39-86, ex. 6, 8 (1-7)
     Dec 22, 29, Jan 5 - no assignment
     Jan 12 - cap. 9, 39-86, ex. 7, 8 (8-12)
     Jan 19 - cap. 9, 'grammatica,' ex. 9 (1-5), 10 (1-6), 11
     Jan 26 - cap. 10, 1-34, ex. 2 (1-8), 3

Group: Lingua Latina Pars I (Falcon)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars I: Familia Romana; Exercitia Latina I
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com>
Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/falcon
Comment: One chapter every week
Assignments:
     Oct 22 - cap. 32, Pensum C
     Oct 29 - cap. 33, Pensum C
     Nov 5 - cap. 34, Pensum C
     Nov 12 - cap. 35, Pensum C

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