Latin Study Groups

From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 20:37:17 -0700
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for October 8, 2024

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Group Listings:

Group: Plautus (Plautus)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: A Plautus Reader: Selections from Eleven Plays" by John Henderson
Assignments:
     Oct 14 4C Asinaria 746-767
     Oct 21, 28 no assignment
     Nov 4 4C Asinaria 768-789
     Nov 11 4C Asinaria 790-809
     Nov 18 no assignment
     Nov 25 4D Rudens 938-960
     Dec 1 4D Rudens 961-985

Group: Medieval Latin (MedLat)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: Beeson's Primer of Medieval Latin
Assignments:
     Oct 15 "The Founding of Conca ..." p. 325, lines 1-20.
     Oct 22 No assignment.
     Oct 29 "A Liturgical Play," p. 206, to the end.
     Nov 5 "The Founding of Conca ..." p. 326, lines 21-42.

Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Oct 14 7.24.1-6
     Oct 21, 28 no assignment
     Nov 4 7.24.7-22
     Nov 11 7.25.1-6
     Nov 18 no assignment
     Nov 25 7.25.7-11
     Dec 1 7.25.12-26.3

Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Oct 14 22.41.4-42.1
     Oct 21, 28 no assignment
     Nov 4 22.42.2-6
     Nov 11 22.42.7-12
     Nov 18 no assignment
     Nov 25 22.43.1-6
     Dec 2 22.43.7-44.1

Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted
Assignments:
     Oct 14 4.36
     Oct 21, 28 no assignment
     Nov 4 4.37
     Nov 11 4.38-39(part)
     Nov 18 no assignment
     Nov 25 4.39(contd.)

Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     Oct 14 7.58-9, 61, 63
     Oct 21, 28 no assignment
     Nov 4 7.66-7, 69
     Nov 11 7.70-1
     Nov 18 no assignment
     Nov 25 7.72-4
     Dec 1 7.75-6

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 II
         To Atticus:
             ll. 1-14: 14 October
             ll. 15-30: 21 October
             ll. 31-42: 28 October

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:
     Book III:
         p. 57, ll. 175-188: 14 October
         pp. 57-59, ll. 189-197: 21 October
         p. 59, ll. 197-211: 28 October

Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
      Liber XV:
          VI Silvanus' friends:
              Sections 1-2: 14 October
              Sections 3-4: 21 October
          VII Rebellion in the City:
              Sections 1-2: 28 October

Group: Seneca's Medea (Seneca Medea)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/sen/octavia.shtml
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Act 3:
         ll. 972-989: 14 October
         ll. 990-1001: 21 October
         ll. 1002-1013: 28 October

Group: Georgics (Vergil)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
      Georgics III:
          ll. 352-366: 14 October
          ll. 367-378: 21 October
          ll. 379-393: 28 October

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 XXXVII: To Mediolanum:
         pp. 213-214, ll. 111-119: 14 October
         p. 214, ll.120-end: 21 October
     Caput XXXVIII; At Mediolanum:
         p. 215, ll. 1-16: 28 October

Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber IX:
         Story 12: Words Used with Two Opposite Meanings:
             sections 1-4: 14 October
             sections 5-10: 21 October
             sections 11-end: 28 October

Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     SHA (Pescennius Niger):
         section 11: 14 October
         section 12: 21 October
     SHA (Clodius Albinus):
         section 1: 28 October

Group: Claudian’s Carmina minora (Claudian)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 10/13/2024: Epithalamium 60-83
     Assignment due 10/20/2024: Epithalamium 84-106a
     Assignment due 10/27/2024: Epithalamium 106b-126
     Assignment due 11/3/2024: Epithalamium 127-148
     Assignment due 11/10/2024: Epithalamium 149-170a
     Assignment due 11/17/2024: Epithalamium 170b-189
     Assignment due 11/24/2024: Epithalamium 190-212
     Assignment due 12/1/2024: Epithalamium 213-227
     Assignment due 12/8/2024: Epithalamium 228-250
     Assignment due 12/15/2024: Epithalamium 251-271a
     Assignment due 12/22/2024: Epithalamium 271b-294
     BREAK UNTIL 1/19/2024: Epithalamium 295-305a

Group: De Excidio et conquestu Britanniae (Gildas)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 10/13/2024: 80 (facie mea)
     Assignment due 10/20/2024: 81 (fruteta eius)
     Assignment due 10/27/2024: 81 (sepeliat)
     Assignment due 11/3/2024: 82 (meum Israel)
     Assignment due 11/10/2024: 82 (ore Domini)
     Assignment due 11/17/2024: 82 (consilium eius)
     Assignment due 11/24/2024: 83 (filii hominum)
     Assignment due 12/1/2024: 83 (inardescat admittitis)
     Assignment due 12/8/2024: 84
     Assignment due 12/15/2024: 85 (non audiam)
     Assignment due 12/22/2024: 85 (non invenient)
     BREAK UNTIL 1/19/2024: 86 (in olla)

Group: Walter Map’s De nugis curialium (Map Trifles)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 10/13/2024: 1.49/32-1.50/8
     Assignment due 10/20/2024: 1.50/9-22
     Assignment due 10/27/2024: 1.50/22-51/6
     Assignment due 11/3/2024: 1.51/7-22
     Assignment due 11/10/2024: 1.51/23-52/8
     Assignment due 11/17/2024: 1.52/9-24
     Assignment due 11/24/2024: 1.52/24-53/8
     Assignment due 12/1/2024: 1.53/9-24
     Assignment due 12/8/2024: 1.53/24-54/8
     Assignment due 12/15/2024: 1.54/9-27
     Assignment due 12/22/2024: 1.54/27-55/18
     BREAK UNTIL 1/19/2024: 1.55/19-30

Group: Cicero's second Verrine oration (Cicero In Verrem)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 10/13/2024: II.1.110
     Assignment due 10/20/2024: II.1.111
     Assignment due 10/27/2024: II.1.112
     Assignment due 11/3/2024: II.1.113
     Assignment due 11/10/2024: II.1.114
     Assignment due 11/17/2024: II.1.115
     Assignment due 11/24/2024: II.1.116
     Assignment due 12/1/2024: II.1.117
     Assignment due 12/8/2024: II.1.118
     Assignment due 12/15/2024: II.1.119
     Assignment due 12/22/2024: II.1.120
     BREAK UNTIL 1/19/2024: II.1.121

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:
     Assignment due 10/13/2024: 7.65.7-9
     Assignment due 10/20/2024: 7.65.10-12
     Assignment due 10/27/2024: 7.65.13-15
     Assignment due 11/3/2024: 7.65.16-18
     Assignment due 11/10/2024: 7.65.19-21
     Assignment due 11/17/2024: 7.65.22-24
     Assignment due 11/24/2024: 7.66.1-3
     Assignment due 12/1/2024: 7.66.4-6
     Assignment due 12/8/2024: 7.66.7-9
     Assignment due 12/15/2024: 7.66.10-12
     Assignment due 12/22/2024: 7.66.13-15
     BREAK UNTIL 1/19/2024: 7.66.16-18

Group: Ovid's Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Text: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     Assignment due 10/13/2024: XII.327-349
     Assignment due 10/20/2024: XII.350-372
     Assignment due 10/27/2024: XII.373-392
     Assignment due 11/3/2024: XII.393-418
     Assignment due 11/10/2024: XII.419-438
     Assignment due 11/17/2024: XII.439-458
     Assignment due 11/24/2024: XII.459-481
     Assignment due 12/1/2024: XII.482-503
     Assignment due 12/8/2024: XII.504-526
     Assignment due 12/15/2024: XII.527-548
     Assignment due 12/22/2024: XII.549-568
     BREAK UNTIL 1/19/2024: XII.569-591

Group: Vulgate (Vulgate)
Coordinator: Ann Boulais <periwinkle456 at email dot com>
Text: posted, http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/vul/gen.htm
Assignments:
     Oct 9 Matthew 24:11-21
     Oct 16 Matthew 24:22-30
     Oct 23 Matthew 24:31-40
     Oct 30 Matthew 24:41-51
     Nov 6 Matthew 25:1-12
     Nov 13 Matthew 25:13-24
     Nov 20 Matthew 25:25-36
     Nov 27 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US)
     Dec 4 Matthew 25:37-46
     Dec 11 Matthew 26:1-11
     Dec 18 Matthew 26:12-22
     Dec 25 No Assignment - Christmas

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:
     Oct 9 De Civitate Dei 5.19d, from "potest tamen et alia causa..." to end
     Oct 16 De Civitate Dei 5.20a, through, "...seruient uoiuptati."
     Oct 23 De Civitate Dei 5.20b, from "Nihil hac pictura..." to the end.
     Oct 30 De Civitate Dei 5.21a, through, "...et quando regnauit."
     Nov 6 De Civitate Dei 5.21b, from "Qui ergo Persis..." to the end.
     Nov 13 De Civitate Dei 5.22a, through "...Romanorum milia ceciderunt."
     Nov 20 De Civitate Dei 5.22b, from "Bellum Punicum primum..." to end
     Nov 27 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US)
     Dec 4 De Civitate Dei 5.23a, through "...religio non sinebat?"
     Dec 11 De Civitate Dei 5.23b, from "Nam propinquante... to the end.
     Dec 18 De Civitate Dei 5.24
     Dec 25 No Assignment - Christmas

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
     Oct 9 De Doctrina Christiana 4.5.7b, from "Si hoc ergo illi," to end
     Oct 16 De Doctrina Christiana 4.5.8a,
         through "...veraci praedicatione laudantur. "
     Oct 23 De Doctrina Christiana 4.5.8b,
         from "Qui enim eloquenter..." to end
     Oct 30 De Doctrina Christiana 4.6.9
     Nov 6 De Doctrina Christiana 4.6.10
     Nov 13 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.11a, thru  "...spem connexam videmus."
     Nov 20 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.11b,
         from "Agnoscitur et aliud decus," to the end.
     Nov 27 No Assignment - Thanksgiving (US)
     Dec 4 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.12a, through, "...cum sitis sapientes."
     Dec 11 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.12b,
         from "Toleratis enim si..." through "...una minus accepi."
     Dec 18 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.12c, from "Ter virgis…" to the end.
     Dec 25 No Assignment - Christmas

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:
     BREAK
     Oct 24 Assignment 171 Ex 5.1
     Oct 31 Assignment 172 Ex 5.2

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:
     Oct 10 - cap. 17 SA
     Oct 17 - cap. 17 TR
     Oct 24 - cap. 18 EX
     Oct 31 - cap. 18 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:
     Oct 8 - #19. Themistocles...Salamis (lines 23-34)
     Oct 15 - #19. Themistocles...Salamis (lines 35-41)
     Oct 22 - #19. Themistocles...Salamis (lines 42-end)
     Oct 29 - #20. Aristides (lines 1-10)

Group: Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles (RFF)
Text: https://archive.org/details/ritchiesfabulae00kirtgoog
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Oct 10 - #25. Centaur's cave
     Oct 17 - #26. Fight...Centaurs
     Oct 24 - #27. Fate of Pholus
     Oct 31 - #28. 5th labor: Augean stables
     Nov 7 - #29. 6th labor: Stymphalian birds

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:
     Oct 8 - p. 288, 9-19
         (atrociter ..... eligat.)
     Oct 15 - p. 288, 20 to bottom
         (dryades ..... uenerunt.)
     Oct 22 - p. 289, 1-13
         (terror in ..... obstiterunt.)
     Oct 29 - p. 289, 14-23
         (die crescente ..... se opponebant.)
     Nov 5 - p. 289, 24 - 290, 3
         (repente fuit ..... in ualle.)
     Nov 12 - p. 290, 4-15
         (omnes nani ..... incustodita fuerunt.)

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
     Sep 24 through Oct 15 - BREAK
     Oct 22 - cap. 30, 39-65, ex. 1 ; 7 (1-3)
     Oct 29 - cap. 30, 66-85, ex. 6 ; 7 (4-11)
     Nov 5 - cap. 30, 86-107, ex. 4 ; 11 (1-5)

Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Delos Fast)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Oct 10 - cap. 56, 299-325, ex. 8 (5-12)  - FINIS -

Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
     Oct 8 - cap. 46, 422-448; ex. 11 (20-23)
     Oct 15 - cap. 46, 449-477; ex. 10 ; 11 (24-26)
     Oct 22 - cap. 47, 1-32; ex. 2 (1-3)
     Oct 29 - cap. 47, 33-63; ex. 2 (4-8)
     Nov 5 - cap. 47, 64-103; ex. 1 ; 2 (9-12)

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