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From: Kirk Lougheed <lougheed at pobox dot com> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 21:09:40 -0700 Subject: Latin Activities: Update for April 1st, 2021 This email is from the LatinStudy mailing list. A new Wheelock beginning Latin group is launching in mid-April thanks to Diana Poskrop. See below for 'Argus' for more information. ========================================================================= 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: Vergil's Aeneid (Vergil) Text: posted Coordinator: Meredith Dixon <dixonm at pobox dot com> Assignments: April 6 -- Easter Apr. 13: XII, 676-696, from "Iam, iam fata ..., to "... spatiumque dedere," in which Turnus answers Juturna. Apr. 20: XII, 697-714, from "At pater ..," to "... miscentur in unum," in which Aeneas and Turnus finally meet in battle. Apr. 27: XII, 715-734, from "Ac velut ingenti...," to "... aspexit inermem," in which Turnus' sword breaks. May 4: XII, 735-757, from "Fama est praecipitem...," to ".. omne tumultu," in which we have a metaphor. May 11: XII, 758-783, from "Ille simul...," to "... roboris Aeneas," in which Aeneas runs afoul of a sacred tree. May 18: XII, 783-806, from "Dum nititur...," to "... temptare veto," in which the gods intervene. May 25: XII, 806-828, from "Sic Iuppiter orsus" to "... cum nomine Troia," in which Juno asks a boon. June 1 -- Memorial Day June 8: XII, 829-844, from "Olli subridens...," to "... dimittere ab armis," in which Jupiter replies. Group: Medieval Latin (MedLat) Text: Beeson's Primer of Medieval Latin Coordinator: Meredith Dixon <dixonm at pobox dot com> Assignments: Apr. 13: "Walter and Hiltgunde," pp. 337-338, from "Osperin...." to "...deduxit alumnam." Apr. 20: "De Diebus et Nocte," p. 140, from "Hodie..." to the end. Apr. 27: "Walter and Hiltgunde," p. 338, from "Iam princeps..." to end. May 4: "The Founding of Bobbio," p. 141, to "... virtus panditur." May 11: "A Watch-Song," pp. 338-339, to "... haec castra vigilia." May 18: "The Founding of Bobbio," pp. 141-142, from "Nam cum per praerupta...." to the end. May 25: "A Watch-Song," p. 339, from "Tu murus tuis...." to the end. June 1 --Memorial Day June 8: "How Christianity Came to Britain," pp. 142-143, to "...oportet cantari." 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 3 scene 1: lines 861-881: 1st. April Act 3 scene 2: lines 882-900: 8th. April 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 XVIII: Leander Heroni: Lines 161-180: 2nd. April Poem XVIII: Leander Heroni: Lines 181- 200: 9th. April 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 30[B] lines 1-24 1st. April Book II Elegy 30-32 lines 1-16 8th. April Group: St. Augustine's De Haeresibus (De Haeresibus) Coordinator: Donald Wright <wrightdonald6 at gmail dot com> Text: posted Liber: paragraph 57 [part]: 6th. April [First 7.5 lines to 'postulabat...'] 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 II: 5 April ll. 231-246 12 April ll. 247-258 19 April ll. 259-272 26 April ll. 273-286 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 III: 5 April: Epigrams 34-36 12 April: Epigrams 37&38 19 April: Epigrams 39-41 26 April: Epigrams 42 & 43 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 Section XL: Proelium Pharsalicum: 5 April: paragraphs 1 & 2 12 April: paragraph 3 Section XLI: Exitus Pompeii Cationique: 19 April: ll. 1-18 26 April: ll. 19-end 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 XVIII To Caudium: 5 April: pp. 104-105, ll. 76-91 12 April: p. 105, ll. 92-108 19 April: p. 106, ll. 109-125 26 April: p. 106 ll. 126-135 Group: Stratagems (Frontinus): Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Text: posted and http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/frontinus.html Assignments: Liber III: Part XIII: Introducing Re-enforcements: all, 5 April Part XV: Giving the impression of abundance: sections 1-3: 12 April sections 5-end: 19 April Part XVI: Meeting the Menace of Treason: sections 1-3: 26 April 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: section 70: 5 April section 71: 12 April section 72: 19 April section 73: 26 April Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights) Text: posted Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: Liber III: Story 10, sections 14-end : 5 April Story ll, Hesiod was earlier than Homer: 12 April Story 12, A new name for heavy drinkers: 19 April Story 13, About Demosthenes: 26 April 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: letters 19&20: 5 April letters 21&22: 12 April letters 23&24: 19 April letters 25&26: 26 April Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA) (Hadrian) Text: posted Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net> Assignments: section 13: 5 April section 14: 12 April section 15: 19 April section 16: 26 April Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted Assignments: Apr 5 5.52.5-9 Apr 12 5.52.10-14 Apr 19 5.52.15-53.3 Apr 26 5.53.4-7 Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted Assignments: Apr 5 21.25.1-5 Apr 12 21.25.6-12 Apr 19 21.25.13-26.4 Apr 26 21.26.5-9 Group: Suetonius (Suetonius) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/suet.html and posted Assignments: Apr 5 Galba 14 Apr 12 Galba 15-16.1 Apr 19 Galba 16.2-18.1 Apr 26 Galba 18.2-19.1 Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted Assignments: Apr 5 2.68 Apr 12 2.69-70.2 Apr 19 2.70.3-71.2 Apr 26 2.72-74.1 Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr) Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com> Text: posted Assignments: Apr 5 Book II, 8-10, 12 Apr 12 Book II, 13-14 Apr 19 Book II, 15-17 Apr 26 Book II, 18-21 Group: Poetry of Claudian (Claudian) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: 4/03: Easter break 4/11: II:Praefatio:37-52 4/18: II:1-17 4/25: II:18-35 5/2: II:36-54 5/9: II:55-70 5/16: II:71-87 5/23: II:88-100 5/30: II:101-118 Group: Bede’s Vitae sanctorum abbatum (Bede Abbots) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: 4/03: Easter break 4/11: Vita Benedicti 11 (Et vere to ducere solent) 4/18: Vita Benedicti 12 4/25: Vita Benedicti 13 (At ibi to compleverunt officio) 5/2: Vita Benedicti 13 (inito Benedictus to desolabitur) 5/9: Libellus Secundus (Igitur post haec to et lucis) 5/16: Libellus Secundus (Conveniunt fratres to erit tibi) 5/23: Libellus Secundus (Cuius totus to posset inimicus) 5/30: Libellus Secundus (Sextodecimo postquam to tertio unum) Group: Lactantius’ De mortibus persecutorum (Lactantius Persecutors) Text: posted Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: 4/03: Easter break 4/11: 22 4/18: 23.1-5 4/25: 23.6-9 5/2: 24.1-5 5/9: 24.6-9 5/16: 25 5/23: 26.1-5 5/30: 26.6-11 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: 4/03: Easter break 4/11: 2.20.4-5 4/18: 2.20.7-9 4/25: 2.20.10-13 5/2: 2.21.1-3 5/9: 2.21.4-6 5/16: 2.21.7-9 5/23: 2.21.10-11 5/30: 3.22.1-3 Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid) Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com> Assignments: 4/03: Easter break 4/11: VIII: 425-444 4/18: VIII: 445-464 4/25: VIII: 465-485 5/2: VIII: 485-505 5/9: VIII: 506-525 5/16: VIII: 526-546 5/23: VIII: 547-570 5/30: VIII: 571-587a Group: Vulgate (Vulgate) Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com> Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm Assignments Apr 7 First Letter of John 5:11-21 Apr 14 Second Letter of John 1-13 Apr 21 Third Letter of John 1-14 Apr 28 Letter of Jude 1-13 May 5 Letter of Jude 14-25 May 12 1 Kings 1:1-11 May 19 1 Kings 1:12-22 May 26 No Assignment - Memorial Day 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: Apr 7 De Civitate Dei 3.19b, from, "Denique tanta militum... " to end Apr 14 De Civitate Dei 3.20a, through, "...se suosque miserunt." Apr 21 De Civitate Dei 3.20b, from, "Hic aliquid" through, "...periret amicitia, subuenire!" Apr 28 De Civitate Dei 3.20c, from, "Si Saguntinorum Christianus..." to end May 5 De Civitate Dei 3.21a, through, "...discordiis mores fuerunt." May 12 De Civitate Dei 3.21b, from, "Nam tunc, id est..." to end May 19 De Civitate Dei 3.22 May 26 De Civitate Dei 3.23 Jun 2 No Assignment - Memorial Day (US) Group: Gesta Tancredi (Tancredi) Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com> Text: posted, see also http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/raoul.html Assignments Apr 7 Gesta Tancredi 137.5-138.4 Apr 14 Gesta Tancredi 138.5-138.10 Apr 21 Gesta Tancredi 139.1-139.7 Apr 28 Gesta Tancredi 139.8-140.5 May 5 Gesta Tancredi 140.6-141.2 May 12 Gesta Tancredi 141.3-141.8 May 19 Gesta Tancredi 141.9-142.5 May 26 Gesta Tancredi 142.6-142.11 Jun 2 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 Apr 7 De Doctrina Christiana 2.11.16a through, "...duo quae posuimus." Apr 14 De Doctrina Christiana 2.11.16b, from, "Sunt enim quaedam…" to end Apr 21 De Doctrina Christiana 2.12.17a, through, "...et ipsi crederent." Apr 28 De Doctrina Christiana 2.12.17b, from, "Carnem enim suam..." to end May 5 De Doctrina Christiana 2.12.18 May 12 De Doctrina Christiana 2.13.19a, through, "...servatur integritas." May 19 De Doctrina Christiana 2.13.19b, from, "Nam soloecismus..." to end May 26 De Doctrina Christiana 2.13.20a, through, "...nihil detrahunt." Jun 2 No Assignment - Memorial Day (US) Group: Wheelock Beginners (Argus) Text: Wheelock's Latin, 7th ed. rev., ISBN 978-0061997228 Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com> Comment: A chapter of Wheelock every two or three weeks Assignments: Apr. 22: caput 1, SA 1-15 Apr. 29: caput 1, SA 16-20, TR May. 6: caput 2, SA 1-15 May 13: caput 2, SA 16-20, TR May 20: caput 3, EX May 27: no assignment June 3: caput 3, SA, TR 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: Apr. 6 -- Easter Apr. 13: Caput 17 SA Apr. 20: Caput 17 TR Apr. 27: Caput 18 EX May 4: Caput 18 SA, TR May 11: Caput 19 EX May 18: Caput 19 SA, TR May 25: Caput 20 EX June 1 -- Memorial Day June 8: Caput 20 SA June 15: Caput 20 TR June 22: Caput 21 EX June 29: Caput 21 SA July 6 -- Fourth of July June 13: Caput 21 TR July 20 Caput 22 EX July 27: Caput 22 SA Aug. 3: Caput 22 TR Aug. 10: Caput 23 EX Aug. 17: Caput 23 SA Aug. 24: Caput 23 TR Aug. 31: Caput 24 EX 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: Mar. 30 -- Easter Apr. 13: Caput 35 EX, TR (Cicero) Apr. 20: Caput 35 SA Apr. 27: Caput 35 TR (Ovid, Martial) May 4: Caput 36 EX, TR (Horace) May 11: Caput 36 SA May 18: Caput 36 TR (Martial, Catullus, Cicero) May 25: Caput 37 EX June 1 --Memorial Day June 8: Caput 37 SA June 15: Caput 37 TR June 22: Caput 38 EX, TR (Cicero) June 29: Caput 38 SA July 6 -- Fourth of July July 13: Caput 38 TR (Martial, Cicero, Catullus) July 20: Caput 39 EX, TR (Catullus) July 27: Caput 39 SA, TR (Martial) Aug. 3: Caput 39 TR (Nepos) Aug. 10: Caput 40 EX Aug. 17: Caput 40 SA Aug. 24: Caput 40 TR 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: April 6 break April 13 break April 20 Ex. 8.03-8.04 April 27 Ex. 8.05 translate "Cincinnatus". 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: April 6 break April 13 break April 20 Ex. 1.27-1.28; Ritchie 7 April 27 Ex. 1.29 conclusion of the wolf story May 4 Ex 1.30-1.31; Ritchie 8 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: Apr 6 - no assignment Apr 13 - p. 208, 3-14 (hebdomadibus ..... audeat atque agat.) Apr 20 - p. 208, 15 to end (sed Dominum ..... miserrimus.) Apr 27 - p. 209, "0"-17 (CAPVT ..... senescebat.) May 4 - p. 209, 18 - 210, 13 (noctem ..... uentum est.) May 11 - p. 210, 14-26 [mp] (nihilominus ..... pedes Coruicollis fecerunt.) May 18 - p. 210, 26 [mp] - 211, 7 (ibi flumen, ..... draco uenit.) May 25 - p. 211, 8 - end of section (sequi ..... implendae sunt.") June 1 - no assignment June 8 - p. 211, 4 lines fr. bott. - 213, 11 [mp] (talibus ..... Montis munitam.) June 15 - p. 213, 12 [mp] - 24 [mp] (duo quorum ..... saxa lapsa errauerunt.) June 22 - p. 213, 24 [mp] - 214, 6 [mp] (circa meridie, ..... uideri potuit.) June 29 - p. 214, 6-17 (non fuit antrum ..... descendere coeperunt.) July 6 - no assignment 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: Apr 6 - no assignment Apr 13 - cap. 34, 1-58, ex. 1, 4 Apr 20 - cap. 34, 1-58, ex. 2, 3 Apr 27 - cap. 34, 59-154, ex. 4, 6 (1-6) May 4 - cap. 34, 59-154, ex. 5, 6 (7-13) May 11 - cap. 34, 155-217, ex. 7, 9 (1-6) May 18 - cap. 34, 155-217, ex. 8, 9 (7-12) May 25 - cap. 34, 'grammatica,' ex. 11 June 1 - no assignment June 8 - cap. 35, 1-56, ex. 1 June 15 - cap. 35, 57-221, ex. 2 June 22 - cap. 35, 'grammatica,' ex. 3 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: Apr 6 - no assignment Apr 13 - cap. 11, 42-91, ex. 6, 7 (8-15) Apr 20 - cap. 11, 92-131, ex. 8, 11 (1-10) Apr 27 - cap. 11, 92-131, ex. 10, 11 (11-15) May 4 - cap. 11, 92-131, ex. 9, 12 (1-5) May 11 - cap. 11, grammatica, ex. 13 May 18 - cap. 12, 1-35, ex. 1, 4 (1-12) May 25 - cap. 12, 1-35, ex. 2, 4 (13-18) June 1 - no assignment June 8 - cap. 12, 36-50, ex. 5, 6, 12 (1-6) June 15 - cap. 12, 51-71, ex. 7, 8, 12 (7-12) June 22 - cap. 12, 72-91, ex. 9, 10, 12 (13-15) June 29 - cap. 12, 36-91, ex. 11 July 6 - no assignment July 13 - cap. 12, 92-105, ex. 13, 16 (1-7) July 20 - cap. 12, 106-121, ex. 14, 16 (8-11) July 27 - cap. 12, 122-142, ex. 15, 16 (12-14) Aug 3 - cap. 12, grammatica, ex. 17 (1-5) ; 18 (2-7) ; 19 (2-6) ; 20 (2-6) Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Delos) Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com> Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/delos Assignments: Apr 1 - no assignment Apr 8 - cap. 36, 338-370; ex. 12 ; 15 (10-14) Apr 15 - cap. 37, 1-19; ex. 3 (1-5) Apr 22 - cap. 37, 20-52; ex. 2 ; 3 (6-9) Apr 29 - cap. 37, 53-88; ex. 1 ; 3 (10-15) ======================================== 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