Latin Study Groups

From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 16:41:05 -0700
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for June 8, 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:
     June 10 "The Vision of Anselm," pp. 217-8.
     June 17 "Walter and Hiltgunde," p. 333, to line 42.
     June 24 "Anselm on Discipline," pp. 218-9.
     July 1 "Walter and Hiltgunde," p. 333-4, to line 64.

Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Jun 9 7.35.5-10
     Jun 16 7.35.11-36.4
     Jun 23 7.36.5-10
     Jun 30 7.36.11-37.2

Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Jun 9 22.57.7-12
     Jun 16 22.58.1-6
     Jun 23 22.58.7-59.2
     Jun 30 22.59.3-8

Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted
Assignments:
     Jun 9 4.59
     Jun 16 4.60
     Jun 23 4.61
     Jun 30 4.62

Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     Jun 9 7.177-8
     Jun 16 7.179-80
     Jun 23 7.182-3
     Jun 30 7.184-5
     Jul 7 7.186-7

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 his wife:
             ll. 59-72: 9 June
             ll. 73-86: 16 June
             ll. 87-100: 23 June
             ll. 101-118: 30 June

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. 73, ll. 111-121: 9 June
         pp. 73-75, ll. 121-133: 16 June
         p. 75, ll. 134-144: 23 June
         p. 75, ll. 144-157: 30 June

Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
     Liber XVI:
         Part 4: Julian and the Sennones:
             sections 1-3: 9 June
             sections 4-5: 16 June
         Section 5: Julian's Virtues:
             sections 1-3: 23 June
             sections 4-5: 30 June

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. 323-339: 9 June
         ll. 340-355: 16 June
         ll. 356-366: 23 June
         ll. 367-379: 30 June

Group: Georgics (Vergil)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Georgics IV:
         ll. 158-168: 9 June
         ll. 169-179: 16 June
         ll. 180-190: 23 June
         ll. 191-205: 30 June

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. 230-231, ll. 110-117: 9 June
         p. 231, ll. 118-end: 16 June (Finis)

Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber X
         Story X: Ring wearing among the ancient Greeks and Romans: 9 June
         Story XI: What 'mature' means:
             sections: 1-5: 16 June
             sections 6-end: 23 June
         Story XII: Pliny on Democritus:
             sections 1-5: 30 June

Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     SHA (Caracalla):
         sectsion 11: 9 June
     SHA (Geta):
         Section 1: 16 June
         Section 2: 23 June
         Section 3: 30 June

Group: Claudian (Claudian)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     6/8/2025: In Eutropium I:287-307
     6/15/2025: In Eutropium I: 308-330
     6/22/2025: In Eutropium I: 331-349
     6/29/2025: In Eutropium I: 350-370
     7/6/2025: In Eutropium I: 371-390
     7/13/2025: In Eutropium I: 391-411
     7/20/2025: In Eutropium I: 412-433
     7/27/2025: In Eutropium I: 434-454
     8/3/2025: In Eutropium I: 455-474a
     8/10/2025: In Eutropium I: 474b-496
     8/17/2025: In Eutropium I: 497-513
     8/24/2025: In Eutropium II Praefatio: 1-20
     8/31/2025: In Eutropium II Praefatio: 21-40

Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     BREAK until 8/3/2025

Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     BREAK until 8/3/2025

Group: Cicero's second Verrine oration (Cicero In Verrem)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     6/8/2025: II.1.141
     6/15/2025: II.1.142
     6/22/2025: II.1.143
     6/29/2025: II.1.144
     7/6/2025: II.1.145
     7/13/2025: II.1.146
     7/20/2025: II.1.147
     7/27/2025: II.1.148
     8/3/2025: II.1.149
     8/10/2025: II.1.150
     8/17/2025: II.1.151
     8/24/2025: II.1.152
     8/31/2025: II.1.153

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:
     6/8/2025: 7.68.10-12
     6/15/2025: 7.68.13-14
     6/22/2025: 7.69.1-3
     6/29/2025: 7.69.4-6
     7/6/2025: 7.70.1-3
     7/13/2025: 7.70.4-6
     7/20/2025: 7.70.7-9
     7/27/2025: 7.70.10-12
     8/3/2025: 7.70.13-15
     8/10/2025: 7.70.16-18
     8/17/2025: 7.70.19-21
     8/24/2025: 7.70.22-24
     8/31/2025: 7.70.25-28

Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     6/8/2025:  XIII. 324-349
     6/15/2025: XIII. 350-369
     6/22/2025: XIII. 370-398
     6/29/2025: XIII. 399-417
     7/6/2025: XIII. 418-438
     7/13/2025: XIII. 439-459
     7/20/2025: XIII. 460-480
     7/27/2025: XIII. 481-507
     8/3/2025: XIII.508-532
     8/10/2025: XIII. 533-553
     8/17/2025: XIII. 554-575
     8/24/2025: XIII. 576-597
     8/31/2025: 598-622

Group: Vulgate (Vulgate)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm
Assignments:
     Jun 11 Baruch 3:12-25
     Jun 18 Baruch 3:26-38
     Jun 25 Baruch 4:1-12
     Jul 2 No Assignment - Independence Day (US)
     Jul 9 Baruch 4:13-25
     Jul 16 Baruch 4:26-37
     Jul 23 Baruch 5
     Jul 30 Baruch 6:1-10
     Aug 6 Baruch 6:11-20
     Aug 13 Baruch 6:21-30
     Aug 20 Baruch 6:31-40
     Aug 27 Baruch 6:41-50

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:
     Jun 11 De Civitate Dei 6.4b,
         from "Varronis igitur..." through "...praecedat humanas?"
     Jun 18 De Civitate Dei 6.4c,
          from "An indigna est..." through "...ergo nulla est."
     Jun 25 De Civitate Dei 6.4d, from "Non itaque rebus..." to the end.
     Jul 2 No Assignment - Independence Day (US)
     Jul 9 De Civitate Dei 6.5a, through "...putauit esse culpandam."
     Jul 16 De Civitate Dei 6.5b,
         from "Videamus quid..." through "...esse decernunt."
     Jul 23 De Civitate Dei 6.5c,
         from "Dixerit aliquis:" through "...administrare debent."
     Jul 30 De Civitate Dei 6.5d, from "In quo est," to the end.
     Aug 6 De Civitate Dei 6.6a, through "... quibus uictimas immolatis."
     Aug 13 De Civitate Dei 6.6b,
         from "Quanto liberius..." through, "...oblectatur et falsis."
     Aug 20 De Civitate Dei 6.6c,
         from "Ambae turpes..." through. "...intellegi uoluit.
     Aug 27 De Civitate Dei 6.6d, from " Ait enim ea," to the end.
     Sep 3 No Assignment - Labor 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
     Jun 11 De Doctrina Christiana 4.11.26
     Jun 18 De Doctrina Christiana 4.12.27a, through "...modo dixerit, dixit."
     Jun 25 De Doctrina Christiana 4.12.27b,
         from "Quod si etiam delectare…" to end
     Jul 2 No Assignment - Independence Day (US)
     Jul 9 De Doctrina Christiana 4.12.28
     Jul 16 De Doctrina Christiana 4.13.29
     Jul 23 De Doctrina Christiana 4.14.30
     Jul 30 De Doctrina Christiana 4.14.31
     Aug 6 De Doctrina Christiana 4.15.32a, through "...corda omnium videt?"
     Aug 13 De Doctrina Christiana 4.15.32b, from "Et quis facit…" to the end.
     Aug 20 De Doctrina Christiana 4.16.33a, through "...quae a me audisti?"
     Aug 27 De Doctrina Christiana 4.16.33b,
         from "Nonne ibi ei..." through "...Quid ergo putamus?"
     Sep 3 No Assignment - Labor 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:
     June 5  Assignment 198 Ex 5.28
     June 12 Assignment 199 Ex 5.29
     break
     July 24 Assignment 200 Ex 5.30

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:
     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:
     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:
     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:
     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
     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>
     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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