Latin Study Groups

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:16:14 -0700
From: Kirk Lougheed <lougheed at pobox dot com>
To: LatinStudy <latinstudy at nxport dot com>
Subject: Latin Activities:  Week of August 30th

Diana Poskrop will be coordinating an intermediate Latin group.  You
should be familiar with all declensions and conjugations, including the
passive voice and the subjunctive.  The first assignment will be sent on
Tuesday, September 14 and is due on September 21.  See below for 'Roma'
for further information.

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Coordinators should send updates to Kirk Lougheed <lougheed at pobox dot com>.
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Group Listings:

Group: Caesar's Gallic Wars (CaesarBG)
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/caes.html and posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     no assignment (Labor day): 4 September
     sentences  17.1-17.4: 11 September

Group: Cicero's Oratio In Catalinam I (Catalina)
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/cicero/cat1.shtml and posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     no assignment (Labor Day): 4 September
     29.1-29.6: 11 September

Group: Vergil's Aeneid (Vergil)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Meredith Dixon <dixonm at pobox dot com>
Assignments:
     Aug. 31: II, 438-468, from "Hic vero ingentem..." to "... cessat genus."
     Sept. 7 -- Labor Day
     Sept. 14: II, 468-505, from "Vestibulum ante..." to "... deficit ignis.
     Sept. 21: II, 506-525, from "Forsitan et..." to "... in sede locavit."
     Sept. 28: II, 526-558, from "Ecce autem elapsus..." to "...nomine corpus."
     Oct. 5: II, 559-587, from "At me tum..." to "...satiasse meorum."
     Oct. 12: II, 588-623, from "Talia iactabam..." to ... "magna deum."
     Oct. 19: II, 624-649, from "Tum vero omne..." to "... "contigit igni."
     Oct. 26: II, 650-678, from "Talia perstabat..." to "... dicta relinquor?"
     Nov. 2: II, 679-704, from "Talia vociferans..." to "... ire recuso."
     Nov. 9: II, 705-729, from "Dixerat ille..." to "... onerique timentem."
     Nov. 16 -- Winter Break
     Nov. 23 -- Thanksgiving
     Nov. 30: II, 730-767, from "Iamque propinquabam..." to "... stant circum."
     Dec. 7 -- Winter Break
     Dec. 14: II, 768-794, from "Ausus quin..." to "... simillima somno."
     Dec. 21 -- Christmas
     Dec. 28 -- New Year's
     Jan. 4 -- Winter Break
     Jan. 11: II 795-804, from "Sic demum..." to the END of Book II.

Group: Wheelock's Latin Reader (WLR)
Comment: Selections from Cicero, Livy, Ovid, Pliny, & Medieval Latin
Text: "Wheelock's Latin Reader, 2nd ed" by Wheelock, ISBN 0060935065
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Cicero:
         no assignment (Labor Day): 4 September
         ll.  1.1-1.19, pg. 17: 11 September

Group: Livy's Ab Urbe Condita (Livy)
Coordinator: John Isles <jisles at hughes dot net>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Text: http://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/125/author_id/54/  (for Libri I & II)
Assignments:
     II.17.4-18.3 -- due August 30
     II.18.4-8 -- due September 6

Group: Curtius Rufus' Life of Alexander (Curtius)
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/curtius.html
Comment: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Curtius/home.html
Assignments:
     no assignment (Labor Day): 4 September
     4.14.35-4.14.43:  11 September

Group: Petronius' Satyricon (Satyr)
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/petronius1.html
Assignments:
     no assignment (Labor Day): 4 September
     sentences 108.10-108.16: 11 September

Group: Tacitus' Annals (Tacitus)
Coordinator: John Isles <jisles at hughes dot net>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted
Assignments:
     IV.62.3-63.2 for September 1
     IV.64-65 for September 8
     (no assignment for September 15)
     IV.66-67.1 for September 22
     IV.67.2-4 for September 29

Group: Juvenal Satires (Juvenal)
Coordinator: Martin Petersen <mpetersenm at googlemail dot com>
Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/juvenal.html
Assignments:
     05 Sep, Satire 11 Lines 76-100
     12 Sep  Satire 11 Lines 101-125
     19 Sep, Satire 11 Lines 126-150
     26 Sep, Satire 11 Lines 151-180
     03 Oct, Satire 11 Lines 181-END
     10 Oct, Satire 12 Lines 1-25
     17 Oct, Satire 12 Lines 26-50
     24 Oct, Satire 12 Lines 51-75
     31 Oct, Satire 12 Lines 76-100
     07 Nov, Satire 12 Lines 101-125
     14 Nov, Satire 12 Lines 126-150
     21 Nov, Satire 12 Lines 151-175
     28 Nov, Satire 12 Lines 176-200

Group: Apulieus' Metamorphoses - The Golden Ass (GoldenAss)
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Text: posted, http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/apuleius.html
Assignments:
     no assignment (Labor Day) 4 September
     Liber IV, sentences  4.6.1-4.6.5: 11 September

Group: Vulgate (Vulgate)
Text: posted, see also http://quasillum.com/latin/vulgate.html
Coordinator: Gary Bisaga <gbisaga at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     September 1: Hebrews 1:1-14

Group: Augustine / Confessions (Augustine)
Text: posted, see also: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/august.html
Coordinator: Kathy Smith <ksmith828 at pobox dot com>
Assignments:
     September 2: 9.3.6
     September 9: no assignment (Labor Day holiday)
     September 16: 9.4.7
     September 23: 9.4.8
     September 30: 9.4.9

Group: Medieval Latin (MedLat)
Text: A Primer of Medieval Latin by Charles Beeson, ISBN 0813206359
åCoordinator: Meredith Dixon <dixonm at pobox dot com>
Assignments:
     Sept. 7 -- Labor Day
     Sept. 14 -- Angelica de Christi Resurrectione
     Sept. 28 -- Officium Stellae, to "Myrrha mortalem"
     Oct. 12 -- Officium Stellae, from "Huc, symistae mei"
         to "veniens adorem eum."
     Oct. 26 -- Officium Stellae, from "Pastores, dicite..." to end
     Nov. 9 -- Officium Sepulchri
     Nov. 23 -- Thanksgiving
     Nov. 30 --  Officium Peregrinorum, to ... "magistri nostri, alleluia!"
     Dec. 14 -- Officium Peregrinorum, from "Chorus: Et intravit...." to end
     Dec. 28 -- Christmas
     Jan. 4 -- New Year's
     Jan. 11 -- A Burial Service, pp. 207-208,
         to the first "sed tantum cum Oremus." (line 4).
     Jan. 25 -- A Burial Service, p. 208, from "Oratio:  Deus, cui omnia..."
         to "Per Christum Dominum nostrum."
     Feb. 8 -- A Burial Service, p. 209,
         from "Deinde incipiat..." to "Et clamor meus ad te veniat."
     Feb. 22 -- A Burial Service, pp. 209-210,
         from "Dominus vobiscum." to "...in fontes aquarum."
     Mar. 8 -- A Burial Service, pp. 210-211, from "Non nobis, Domine..." to end.
     Mar. 22 -- Miracles and Frauds

Group: The Venerable Bede (Bede)
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/bede.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     no assignment (Labor Day): 4 September
     1.29.6-1.29.9: 11 September

Group: Seven Kings of Rome (Reges)
Text: Via Latina by William Collar
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at yahoo dot com>
Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/reges
Comment: text at http://www.archive.org/details/vialatinaeasylat00collrich
Assignments:
     See website for current and upcoming assignments

Group: Pons - Bellum Catilinae (Pons)
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <pons.legendo at yahoo dot com>
Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/sallust
Assignments:
     See website for current and upcoming assignments

Group: Limen - Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles (Limen)
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com>
Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/limen
Assignments:
     See website for current and upcoming assignments

Group: Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes (Scribblers)
Text: Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes by Richard LaFleur
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Chapter 8: 13 September

Group: Wheelock Beginners (Atrium Latin Pollux)
Text: Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed. rev, ISBN 0060783710
Coordinator: David Meadows <atriumlatin at gmail dot com>
Comment: announcement at http://www.quasillum.com/latin/twins.html
Comment: http://www.atrium-media.com/latin/atriumlatin.htm
Comment: A chapter of Wheelock every two weeks.
Assignments:
     September 4...Sat....23.2
     September 11..Sat....24.1
     September 18..Sat....24.2
     September 25..Sat....25.1
     October 2.....Sat....25.2
     October 9.....Sat....26.1
     October 16....Sat....26.2
     October 23....Sat....27.1
     October 30....Sat....27.2

Group: Wheelock Beginners (Senatores)
Text: Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed. rev, ISBN 0060783710
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Comment: A chapter of Wheelock every two weeks.
Assignments:
      No assignment (Labor Day) 4 September
      Ch. 16, PR, SA (31 sentences)

Group: Latin Via Ovid (Ovid)
Text: Latin Via Ovid: A First Course, ISBN 978-0814317327
Coordinator: Dean Denis <dddenis at telus dot net>
Assignments:
     Assignment 31: September 4, Exercises in Ch.16
         Submit Exercises 1, 2A, 2B, 3, 5
         On your own Exercises 4
     Assignment 32: September 11, Translate Pyramus et Thisbe (pars secunda)
     Assignment 33: September 18, Exercises in Ch.17
         Submit Exercises 1, 2B, 2C, 2D, 3, 4, 5
         On your own Exercises  2A
     Assignment 34: September 25, Translate Atalanta et Hippomenes (pars prima)

Group: Collins' Ecclesiastical Latin Beginners (Collins2010)
Text: A Primer of Ecclesiastic Latin by John F. Collins, ISBN 0813206677
Coordinator: Joe Riegsecker <joepye at pobox dot com>
Comment: http://mysite.verizon.net/joepye1/collins2010.htm
Assignments:
     September 1, Unit 21, Readings: The Gloria; Jesus cures a leper
     September 8, Labor Day holiday. No assignment due.
     September 15, Unit 22, Exercise I; Exercise II
     September 22, Unit 22, Readings: The Confiteor;
         Excerpt from the Gospel of John

Group: Noctua - Lingua Latina (NocFR)
Text: Lingua Latina: Familia Romana
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com>
Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/nocfr
Assignments:
     See website for current and upcoming assignments

Group: Lucerna  - Lingua Latina (Lucerna)
Text: Lingua Latina: Familia Romana
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com>
Comment: http://www.hortuslegendo.com/lucerna
Assignments:
     See website for current and upcoming assignments

Group: Roma (Roma)
Text: Roma Aeterna: Lingua Latina II (book or CD-ROM; any edition) - required
Text: Exercitia Latina II (book or CD-ROM; any edition) - required
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Roma Aeterna: Instructions - suggested
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <hariscruff at gmail dot com>
Comment:  http://www.hortuslegendo.com/roma
Assignments:
     See website for current and upcoming assignments

Group: Beginning Latin Composition (Scriptores)
Text: Bradley, W.W. "Lessons in Latin Prose" (London 1872)
Coordinator: Rob McConeghy<robmcc1 at cox dot net>
Comment: discussion group on Yahoo with details about the group
Comment: and copies of previous assignments.
Comment: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Scriptores
Assignments:
     The Scriptores group is taking a summer break.
     We will continue in September with Bradley Lesson 22.

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