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From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2025 20:32:31 -0700
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for August 10, 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 12 "The Changing World," p. 223, to "finem imponamus."
     Aug 19 "The Changing World," p. 224, to the end.
     Aug 26 "The Capture of Jerusalem," pp. 224-5, to "nomina non tenemus."

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 11 7.39.3-8
     Aug 18 7.39.9-14
     Aug 25 7.39.15-40.3

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 11 22.60.13-17
     Aug 18 22.60.18-23
     Aug 25 22.60.24-61.2

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 11 4.67
     Aug 18 4.68(part)
     Aug 25 4.68(contd.)

Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     Aug 11 7.195-7
     Aug 18 7.198-200
     Aug 25 7.213-53

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. 15-26: 11 August
             ll. 27-38: 18 August
             ll. 39-48: 25 August

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. 79, ll. 217-229: 11 August
         p. 79, ll. 230-242: 18 August
         pp. 79-81, ll. 242-259: 25 August

Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
     Liber XVI:
         Section 6: A consular man accused and acquitted:
             All: 11 August
          Section 7: Julian defended against Marcellus:
             sections: 1-3: 18 August
             section 4-5: 25 August

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. 456-484: 11 August
         ll. 485-498: 18 August
         ll. 499-516: 25 August

Group: Georgics (Vergil)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Georgics IV:
         ll. 271-280: 11 August
         ll. 281-294: 18 August
         ll. 295-307: 25 August

Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber X
         Story XV: Ceremonies for priests
             sections 23-end: 11 August
         Story XVI: Hyginus finds Errors in Vergil:
             sections: 1-8: 18 August
             sections: 9-13: 25 August

Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     SHA (Opilius Macrinus):
         Section 2: 11 August
         Section 3: 18 August
         Section 4: 25 August

Group: Claudian (Claudian)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     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:
     8/17/2025: 95 (Sed videamus et…in foveam cadent)
     8/24/2025: 96 (Egent sane populi…vestris manibus requiretur)
     8/31/2025: 96 (Sed quid mali…desideria regni caelorum)
     9/7/2025: 97 (Sed videamus quid…in passiones ignominiae)
     9/14/2025: 97 (Et iterum…digni sunt morte)
     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:
     8/17/2025: 2.6.68/11-2.6.69/5
     8/24/2025: 2.7.69/6-25
     8/31/2025: 2.7.69/26-2.7.70/14
     9/7/2025: 2.7.70/15-2.7.71/2
     9/14/2025: 2.8.71/3-18
     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:
     8/17/2025: II.1.151
     8/24/2025: II.1.152
     8/31/2025: II.1.153
     9/7/2025: II.1.154
     9/14/2025: II.1.155
     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:
     9/7/2025: 8.71.1-3
     9/14/2025: 8.71.4-6
     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:
     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:
     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:
     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
     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:
     Aug 14  Assignment 203 Ex 6.1 lines  34-54

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:
     Aug 14 - cap. 30, EX
     Aug 21 - cap. 30, SA
     Aug 28 - no assignment
     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:
     Aug 14 - #61. Anchors Aweigh!
     Aug 21 - #62. Fatal Mistake
     Aug 28 - no assignment
     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:
     Aug 12 - p. 306, 3 to end of song
         (sicut omnia .... uidere volunt.)
     Aug 19 - p. 306, line after song to bottom
         (Gandalphus .... Sub-Colle, Hobbitoni.)
     Aug 26 - no assignment
     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:
     Aug 12 - cap. 33, 105-134, ex. 11 (1-6)
     Aug 19 - cap. 33, 135-151, ex. 7 (1-6) ; 11 (7-8)
     Aug 26 - no assignment
     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:
     Aug 12 - cap. 48, re-read 746-865, ex. 15
     Aug 19 - cap. 49, 1-25, ex. 2 (1-4)
     Aug 26 - no assignment
     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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