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From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2025 18:37:13 -0700
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for September 2, 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:
     Aug 26 "The Capture of Jerusalem," pp. 224-5, to "nomina non tenemus."
     on hiatus as of September 1

Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Aug 25 7.39.15-40.3
     on hiatus as of September 1

Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Aug 25 22.60.24-61.2
     on hiatus as of September 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:
     Aug 25 4.68(contd.)
     on hiatus as of September 1

Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     Aug 25 7.213-53
     on hiatus as of September 1

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 III:
         To Cotta:
             ll. 51-64: 8 September
             ll. 65-78: 15 September
             ll. 79-96: 22 September
             ll. 97-end: 29 September

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. 81, ll. 260-271: 8 September
         p. 81, ll. 271-280: 15 September
         pp. 81-83, ll. 280-292: 22 September
         p. 83, ll. 292-301: 29 September

Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
     Liber XVI:
          Section 7: Julian defended against Marcellus:
              sections: 6-7: 8 September
              sections 8-9: 15 September
              sections 10: 22 September
          Section 8: Problems in Constantius' camp:
              sections: 1-3:29 September

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. 517-534: 8 September
         ll. 535-551: 15 September
         ll. 552-561: 22 September
         ll. 562-678: 29 September

Group: Georgics (Vergil)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Georgics IV:
         ll. 308-325: 8 September
         ll. 326-344: 15 September
         ll. 345-356: 22 September
         ll. 357-373: 29 September

Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber X
         Story XVI: Hyginus finds Errors in Vergil:
             sections: 14-end: 8 September
         Story XVII: Democritus deprives himself of his sight:
             All: 15 September
         Story XVIII: Artemisia and a contest at her husband's tomb:
             All: 22 September
         Story XIX:  Wrong-doings not excused by others doing them also:
             All: 29 September

Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     SHA (Opilius Macrinus):
         Section 5: 8 September
         Section 6: 15 September
         Section 7: 22 September
         Section 8: 29 September

Group: Claudian (Claudian)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     9/7/2025: In Eutropium II Praefatio: 41-61
     9/14/2025: In Eutropium II Praefatio: 62-76
     BREAK
     10/19/2025: In Eutropium II: 1-19
     10/26/2025: In Eutropium II: 20-39
     11/2/2025: In Eutropium II: 40-58a
     11/9/2025: In Eutropium II: 58b-78
     11/16/2025: In Eutropium II: 79-102
     11/23/2025: In Eutropium II: 103-118
     11/30/2025: In Eutropium II: 119-132
     12/7/2025: In Eutropium II: 133-150
     12/14/2025: In Eutropium II: 151-173
     12/21/2025: In Eutropium II: 174-194a
     BREAK

Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     BREAK
     10/19/2025: 98
     10/26/2025: 99
     11/2/2025: 100 (Et iterum ad…habitat in vobis)
     11/9/2025: 100 (Si quis autem…sui sceleris consortem)
     11/16/2025: 101
     11/23/2025: 102
     11/30/2025: 103 (Sed et quod…quae ignorant Deum)
     12/7/2025: 103 (Et ne quis…dei potissimum consurgat)
     12/14/2025: 104 (Audite itaque quid…impiis non sedebo)
     12/21/2025: 104 (Et post aliquanta…et illorum fuit)
     BREAK

Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     BREAK
     10/19/2025: 2.9.71/19-2.9.72/5
     10/26/2025: 2.10.72/6-22
     11/2/2025: 2.11.72/23-2.11.73/13 (exiit)
     11/9/2025: 2.11.73/13-29 (inveniatur)
     11/16/2025: 2.11.73/29-2.11.74/14 (praesumpserit)
     11/23/2025: 2.11.74/14-29 (habuit)
     11/30/2025: 2.11.74/29-2.11.75/7
     12/7/2025: 2.12.75/8-26 (efficitur)
     12/14/2025: 2.12.75/26-2.12.76/12
     12/21/2025: 2.12.76/13-29 (propria)

Group: Cicero's second Verrine oration (Cicero In Verrem)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     BREAK
     10/19/2025: II.1.156
     10/26/2025: II.1.157
     11/2/2025: II.1.158 [END]

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:
     BREAK
     10/19/2025: 8.71.7-9
     10/26/2025: 8.71.10-12
     11/2/2025: 8.71.13-15
     11/9/2025: 8.71.16-18
     11/16/2025: 8.71.19-21
     11/23/2025: 8.71.22-24
     11/30/2025: 8.71.25-27
     12/7/2025: 8.71.28-30
     12/14/2025: 8.71.31-33
     12/21/2025: 8.71.34-37

Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     9/7/2025: XIII. 623-642
     9/14/2025: XIII. 643-659
     BREAK
     10/19/2025: XIII. 660-674
     10/26/2025: XIII. 675-696
     11/2/2025: XIII. 697-709
     11/9/2025: XIII. 710-721
     11/16/2025: XIII. 722-739
     11/23/2025: XIII. 740-763
     11/30/2025: XIII. 764-777
     12/7/2025: XIII. 778-788
     12/14/2025: XIII. 789-807
     12/21/2025: XIII. 808-824a
     BREAK

Group: Vulgate (Vulgate)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm
Assignments:
     Sep 10 Baruch 6:51-60
     Sep 17 Baruch 6:61-72
     Sep 24 Jeremiah 1:1-10
     Oct 1 Jeremiah 1:11-19
     Oct 8 Jeremiah 2:1-13
     Oct 15 Jeremiah 2:14-23
     Oct 22 Jeremiah 2:24-37
     Oct 29 Jeremiah 3:1-8
     Nov 5 Jeremiah 3:9-17
     Nov 12 Jeremiah 3:18-25
     Nov 19 Jeremiah 4:1-10
     Nov 26 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US)
     Dec 3 Jeremiah 4:11-20
     Dec 10 Jeremiah 4:21-31
     Dec 17 Jeremiah 5:1-10
     Dec 24 No Assignment - Christmas
     Dec 31 No Assignment - New Year's Eve

Sep 3 No Assignment - Labor 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:
     Sep 10 De Civitate Dei 6.7a, through "...simpliciter uirgo est?"
     Sep 17 De Civitate Dei 6.7b,
         from "Numquid scaenicus..." thru "...ludificatione firmarent."
     Sep 24 De Civitate Dei 6.7c,
         from "Vnde etiam illud..." through "...meruisse diuinos."
     Oct 1 De Civitate Dei 6.7d,
         from "Haec si poetae..." through, "...et turpia?"
     Oct 8 De Civitate Dei 6.7e, from "Itaque potius est..." to the end.
     Oct 15 De Civitate Dei 6.8a, through "...tormenta confessionem."
     Oct 22 De Civitate Dei 6.8b,
         from "Deinde si.." through "...inueniret locum."
     Oct 29 De Civitate Dei 6.8c, from "Nam et ciuilis..." to the end.
     Nov 5 De Civitate Dei 6.9a, through "...ea iussit auferri."
     Nov 12 De Civitate Dei 6.9b,
         from "Saltem hic..." through "...feta conseruaretur."
     Nov 19 De Civitate Dei 6.9c,
         from "Ita contra..." through "... aliqua una?"
     Nov 26 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US)
     Dec 3 De Civitate Dei 6.9d,
         from "Numquid Venus..." through "...religiosissimo matronarum?"
     Dec 10 De Civitate Dei 6.9e,
         from "Eant adhuc..." through "...opinor, ostendi."
     Dec 17 De Civitate Dei 6.9f, from "Vnde, quia sunt..." to the end.
     Dec 24 No Assignment - Christmas
     Dec 31 No Assignment - New Year's Eve

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
     Sep 10 De Doctrina Christiana 4.16.33c,
         from "Numquid contra..." through "...es Deus meus."
     Sep 17 De Doctrina Christiana 4.16.33d, from "Unde et ipsi..." to end.
     Sep 24 De Doctrina Christiana 4.17.34
     Oct 1 De Doctrina Christiana 4.18.35a, through "...non proprie dicimus."
     Oct 8 De Doctrina Christiana 4.18.35b,
         from "In istis autem nostris," to end.
     Oct 15 De Doctrina Christiana 4.18.36a, through "...hoc apud infideles."
     Oct 22 De Doctrina Christiana 4.18.36b, from "Iam quidem omnino..." to end.
     Oct 29 De Doctrina Christiana 4.18.37a, thru "...brevissimis, magna sunt."
     Nov 5 De Doctrina Christiana 4.18.37b, from "Nisi forte quoniam..." to end.
     Nov 12 De Doctrina Christiana 4.19.38a, thru "Numquid ideo non discitur ?"
     Nov 19 De Doctrina Christiana 4.19.38b, from "Aut qui docet…" to the end.
     Nov 26 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US)
     Dec 3 De Doctrina Christiana 4.20.39a, through "...est mater nostra."
     Dec 10 De Doctrina Christiana 4.20.39b,
         from "Itemque ubi ratiocinatur.." through "...non est haereditas?"
     Dec 17 De Doctrina Christiana 4.20.39c,
         from "Ipse sibi hoc..." through "...quid eiusmodi est."
     Dec 24 No Assignment - Christmas
     Dec 31 No Assignment - New Year's Eve

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:
     Sep  4 Assignment 206 Ex 6.2 1-14
     Sep 11 Assignment 207 Ex 6.2 15-29
     Sep 18 Assignment 208 Ex 6.2 30-41

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:
     Sep 4 - cap. 30, TR
     Sep 11 - cap. 31, EX
     Sep 18 - cap. 31, SA
     Sep 25 - cap. 31, TR ('Give me...')
     Oct 2 - cap. 31, TR ('Ringo'; 'Facetia')
     Oct 9 - cap. 32, EX
     Oct 16 - cap. 32, SA
     Oct 23 - cap. 32, TR ('The character...')
     Oct 30 - cap. 32, TR ('A vacation'; 'Please...don't')
     Nov 6 - cap. 33, EX
     Nov 13 - cap. 33, SA
     Nov 20 - cap. 33, TR ('B.Y.O.B.')
     Nov 27 - no assignment
     Dec 4 - cap. 33, TR ('The rich...'; 'Aristotle...'; 'Your loss')
     Dec 11 - cap. 34, EX
     Dec 18 through Jan 1 - no assignments

Group: Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles (RFF)
Text: https://archive.org/details/ritchiesfabulae00kirtgoog
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Sep 4 - #63. Loss of Hylas
     Sep 11 - #64. Difficult Dining
     Sep 18 - #65. Deliverance of Phineus
     Sep 25 - #66. The Symplegades
     Oct 2 - #67. Heavy Task
     Oct 9 - #68. Magic Ointment
     Oct 16 - #69. Sowing Dragon’s Teeth
     Oct 23 - #70. Strange Crop
     Oct 31 - #71. Flight of Medea
     Nov 6 - #72. Seizure of the Fleece
     Nov 13 - #73. Return to the Argo
     Nov 20 - #74. Pursuit!
     Nov 27 - no assignment
     Dec 4 - #75. A Fearful Expedient
     Dec 11 - #76. Bargain With Pelias
     Dec 18 through Jan 1 - no assignments

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:
     Sep 2 - p. 306, last word to 307, 11 (mid-line)
         (uenditionem .... quos permanebat.)
     Sep 9 - p. 307, 11 (mid-line) to 21 (mid-line)
         (diu post Bilbo .... suum amiserat.)
     Sep 16 - p. 307, 21 (mid-line) to 2nd line from bott.
         (postea vero dryadibus .... focum pendebat.)
     Sep 23 - p. 307, 2nd line from bott. to 308, 9
         (lorica in atrio .... manebat.)
     Sep 30 - p. 308, 10-20
         (uesperi .... esse.)
     Oct 7 - p. 308, 21 to bottom
         (de temporibus .... fuit amicitia.)
     Oct 14 - p. 309 to 310
         (Dominus .... tradidit.)
     -- FINIS --

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
Assignments:
     Sep 2 - cap. 33, 152-178, ex. 11 (9-10) ; 12 (4-9, 13-15) ; 14
     Sep 9 - cap. 33, 179-192, ex. 8 ; 11 (11-12)
     Sep 16 - cap. 33, re-read 105-192, ex. 9 ; 10 ; 13
     Sep 23 - cap. 34, 1-21, ex. 3 (1-6)
     Sep 30 - cap. 34, 22-43, ex. 1 ; 3 (7-10)
     Oct 7 - cap. 34, 44-58, ex. 2 ; 3 (11-12)
     Oct 14 - cap. 34, 59-81, ex. 6 (1-4)
     Oct 21 - cap. 34, 82-124, ex. 6 (5-7)
     Oct 28 - cap. 34, 125-154, ex. 4 ; 6 (8-13)
     Nov 4 - cap. 34, re-read 59-154, ex. 5
     Nov 11 - cap. 34, 155-185, ex. 9 (1-5)
     Nov 18 - cap. 34, 186-217, ex.  9 (6-12) ; 11
     Nov 25 - cap. 34, re-read 155-217, ex. 7 ; 8
     Dec 2 - cap. 35, 1-56, ex. 1
     Dec 9 - cap. 35, 46-221, ex. 2
     Dec 16 - cap. 35, 222-237, ex. 3
     -- FINIS --

Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Sep 2 - cap. 49, 25-54, ex. 2 (5-6)
     Sep 9 - cap. 49, 55-83, ex. 2 (7-12)
     Sep 16 - cap. 49, 84-101, ex. 1 ; 2 (13-14)
     Sep 23 - cap. 49, 102-136, ex. 4 (1-9)
     Sep 30 - cap. 49, 137-162, ex. 4 (10-13)
     Oct 7 - cap. 49, 163-178, ex. 3 ; 4 (14-17)
     Oct 14 - cap. 49, 17??-215, ex. 6 (1-6)
     Oct 21 - cap. 49, 215-241, ex. 6 (7-11)
     Oct 28 - cap. 49, 242-275, ex. 6 (12-13)
     Nov 4 - cap. 49, relegite 172-275, ex. 5
     Nov 11 - cap. 50, 1-34, ex. 2 (1-4)
     Nov 18 - cap. 50, 35-63, ex. 2 (5-7)
     Nov 25 - no assignment
     Dec 2 - cap. 50, 64-97, ex. 2 (8-10)
     Dec 9 - cap. 50, 98-128, ex. 2 (11-14)
     Dec 16-30 - no assignments

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