Latin Study Groups

From: Kirk Lougheed via LatinStudy <latinstudy at quasillum dot com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 20:23:24 -0800
Subject: Latin Activities: Update for January 2, 2025

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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:
     Jan 6 4E Amphitruo 416-440
     Jan 13 4E Amphitruo 441-462
     Jan 20 5A Captivi 1029-36, 5B Casina 1012-8

Group: Medieval Latin (MedLat)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: Beeson's Primer of Medieval Latin
Assignments:
     Jan 7, A Burial Service, pp. 209-10, to "opera manuum hominum."
     Jan 14 "The Founding of Conca and the siege of Barcelona,"
         pp. 327-8, lines 111-130.
     Jan 21, A Burial Service, pp. 210-11, to the end.
     Jan 28, "The Founding of Conca and the siege of Barcelona,"
         p. 329, lines 131-150.

Group: Livy Early Rome (LivyER)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Jan 6 7.28.4-9
     Jan 13 7.28.10-29.6
     Jan 20 7.29.7-4
     Jan 27 7.29.5-11

Group: Livy Hannibalian War (LivyHW)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liv.html and posted
Assignments:
     Jan 6 22.47.6-48.3(part)
     Jan 13 22.48.3(contd.)-49.3
     Jan 20 22.49.4-10
     Jan 27 22.49.11-17

Group: Tacitus' Histories (Tacitus Histories)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tac.html and posted
Assignments:
     Jan 6 4.44
     Jan 13 4.45-46(part)
     Jan 20 4.46(contd.)
     Jan 27 4.47-48

Group: Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder (PlinySr)
Coordinator: John Isles <j_isles at yahoo dot com>
Text: posted
Assignments:
     Jan 6 7.87-89
     Jan 13 7.90-92
     Jan 20 7.93-96
     Jan 27 7.98-99

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 Cotta:
             ll. 43-54: 13 January
             ll. 55-64: 20 January
             ll. 65-end: 27 January

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:
         pp. 63, ll. 277-290: 13 January
         p. 63, ll. 290-301: 20 January
         p. 63, ll. 301-313: 27 January

Group: Ammianus Marcellinus (Ammianus)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/ammianus.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
      Liber XV:
          VIII Julian !!!:
              Sections 4-6: 13 January
              Sections 7-9: 20 January
              Sections 10-12: 27 January

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 I (the Shade of Thyestes):
         ll.  44-56: 13 January
         ll.  57-76 (Chorus): 20 January
         ll.  77-102 (Chorus): 27 January assignment

Group: Georgics (Vergil)
Text: posted,  http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/verg.html
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
      Georgics III:
          ll. 486-497: 13 January
          ll. 498-510: 20 January
          ll. 511-524: 27 January

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 XXXVIII; At Mediolanum:
         p. 220, ll. 109-end: 13 January
     Caput XXXIX: To Comum
         p. 221, ll. 1-14: 20 January
         p. 221, ll. 15-26: 27 January

Group: Aulus Gellius' Attic Nights (AtticNights)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     Liber IX:
         Story 15: A certain type of debate:
             sections 1-6: 13 January
             sections 7-end: 20 January
     Story 16: Plinius Seconds on oratory: all, 27 January

Group: Scriptores Historiae Augustae (SHA)
Text: posted
Coordinator: Sally Winchester <bcuthill at us dot net>
Assignments:
     SHA (Clodius Albinus):
         section 8: 13 January
         section 9: 20 January
         section 10: 27 January

Group: Claudian’s Carmina minora (Claudian)
Text: posted
Coordinator: John Weretka <john.weretka at gmail dot com>
Assignments:
     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:
     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:
     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:
     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:
     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:
     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:
     Jan 8 Matthew 26:23-33
     Jan 15 Matthew 26:34-44
     Jan 22 Matthew 26:45-55
     Jan 29 Matthew 26:56-66
     Feb 5  Matthew 26:67-75
     Feb 12 Matthew 27:1-11
     Feb 19 Matthew 27:12-22
     Feb 26 Matthew 27:23-33
     Mar 5 No Assignment - Ash Wednesday
     Mar 12 Matthew 27:34-44
     Mar 19 Matthew 27:45-56
     Mar 26 Matthew 27:57-66
     Apr 2 Matthew 28:1-10
     Apr 9 Matthew 28:11-20 The End!
     Apr 16 No Assignment - Easter
     Apr 23 Baruch 1:1-11
     Apr 30 Baruch 1:12-22
     May 7 Baruch 2:1-12
     May 14 Baruch 2:13-25
     May 21 Baruch 2:26-35
     May 28 No Assignment - Memorial 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:
     Jan 8 De Civitate Dei 5.25
     Jan 15 De Civitate Dei 5.26a, through "...quam feriendo pugnauit."
     Jan 22 De Civitate Dei 5.26b,
         from "Milites nobis..." through, "...uoluit terminata."
     Jan 29 De Civitate Dei 5.26c,
          from "Inter haec omnia..." through, "...ueraciter piis."
     Feb 5 De Civitate Dei 5.26d, f
         rom "Cetera uero..." through, "...tacere noluerit."
     Feb 12 De Civitate Dei 5.26e,
         from "Aut quid est..." to the end.  End of Book V!!
     Feb 19 De Civitate Dei 6.0
     Feb 26 De Civitate Dei 6.1a, through "...nobilioresque senserunt."
     Mar 5 No Assignment - Ash Wednesday
     Mar 12 De Civitate Dei 6.1b,
         from "Ceterum quis..." through "...habere uel uitem?"
     Mar 19 De Civitate Dei 6.1c,
         from "Inpudentissimae igitur..." through "...supplicetur aeterna!"
     Mar 26 De Civitate Dei 6.1d,
         from "Quam ob rem…" through "...mortalibus facere!"
     Apr 2 De Civitate Dei 6.1e,
         from "Huc accedit," through "...ipsa praestaret."
     Apr 9 De Civitate Dei 6.1f, from "Nunc uero cum…" to the end.
     Apr 16 No Assignment - Easter
     Apr 23 De Civitate Dei 6.2a, through "...fuisset oblitus."
     Apr 30 De Civitate Dei 6.2b,
          from "In primo autem..." through "...detestanda conscriberet."
     May 7 De Civitate Dei 6.2c, from "Cum uero deos..." to the end.
     May 14 De Civitate Dei 6.3a, through "...distinctione commendans."
     May 21 De Civitate Dei 6.3b, from "Sed quia oportebat..." to the end.
     May 28 No Assignment - Memorial 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
     Jan 8 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.13a, through, "...si quis extollitur."
     Jan 15 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.13b, from "Deinde tria membra:"
         through, "...ter naufragium feci."
     Jan 22 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.13c, from "Sequitur membrum:" to end.
     Jan 29 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.14
     Feb 5 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.15a,
         through "...tropologiam multa obteguntur."
     Feb 12 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.15b, from "Quae quanto magis..." to end.
     Feb 19 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.16
     Feb 26 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.17
     Mar 5 No Assignment - Ash Wednesday
     Mar 12 De Doctrina Christana 4.7.18a, through "...voce singula finirentur."
     Mar 19 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.18b,
         from "Sed pulchrius factum... to end.
     Mar 26 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.19
     Apr 2 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.20
     Apr 9 De Doctrina Christiana 4.7.21
     Apr 16 No Assignment - Easter
     Apr 23 De Doctrina Christiana 4.8.22
     Apr 30 De Doctrina Christiana 4.9.23
     May 7 De Doctrina Christiana 4.10.24a, through "...indoctis dici solet."
     May 14 De Doctrina Christiana 4.10.24b,
         from "Si enim non piguit..." to end.
     May 21 De Doctrina Christiana 4.10.25a,
         through "...panduntur difficultate pendebat."
     May 28 No Assignment - Memorial 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:
     Jan 9 Assignment 178 Ex 5.8 ; Ex 4.38
     Jan 16 Assignment 179 Ex 5.9 ; 4.39
     Jan 23 Assignment 180 Ex 5.10 ;  4.40 (end of ch 4)
     Jan 30 Assignment 181 start verse 5.11

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:
     Jan 9 - cap. 20, TR
     Jan 16 - cap. 21, EX
     Jan 23 - cap. 21, SA
     Jan 30 - cap. 21, TR
     Feb 6 - cap. 22, EX
     Feb 13 - cap. 22, SA
     Feb 20 - cap. 22, TR
     Feb 27 - cap. 23, EX

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:
     Jan 7 - 21. Timoleon (lines 24-end)
     Jan 14 - 22. Carpe Diem
     Jan 21 - 23. Integer Vitae
     Jan 28 - 24. Aurea Mediocritas
     Feb 4 - 25. Labuntur Anni
     Feb 11 - 26. Sense of Balance
     Feb 18 - 27 & 28. Dies F.; Monument
     Feb 25 - 29, 30, 31 (Phaedrus)

Group: Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles (RFF)
Text: https://archive.org/details/ritchiesfabulae00kirtgoog
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
Assignments:
     Jan 9 - #34. The battle
     Jan 16 - #35. Defeat of Amazons
     Jan 23 - #36. Laomedon & sea monster
     Jan 30 - #37. Rescue of Hesione
     Feb 6 - #38. 10th labor: oxen
     Feb 13 - #39. Golden ship
     Feb 20 - #40. Miraculous hail storm
     Feb 27 - #41. Passage of Alps

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:
     Jan 7 - p. 292, "0"-14
         (CAPVT 18 ..... uisus est.)
     Jan 14 - p. 292, 15 - 293, 11
         ("uictoria ..... ualde uulneratus?")
     Jan 21 - p. 293, 11-25
         ("puto ..... tabernaculum tulit.)
     Jan 28 - p. 293, 25 - 294, 8
         ("salue! ..... Baggins meret.")
     Feb 4 - p. 294, 9-24
         ("minine!" ..... posse.")
     Feb 11 - p. 294, 25 - 295, 8
         (Bilbo omnia ..... demum uenirent.)
     Feb 18 - p. 295, 9-18
         (sed, aquilis ..... abstulit.)
     Feb 25 - p. 295, 19 to bottom
         (cito ..... pacem.)

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
     Jan 7 - cap. 31, 46-58, ex. 2 ; 3 (12-13)
     Jan 14 - cap. 31, 59-87, ex. 6 (1-5)
     Jan 21 - cap. 31, 88-106, ex. 4 ; 6 (6-9)
     Jan 28 - cap. 31, 107-131, ex. 5 ; 6 (10-11)
     Feb 4 - cap. 31, 132-160, ex. 10 (1-5)
     Feb 11 - cap. 31, 161-180, ex. 7 ; 10 (6-8)
     Feb 18 - cap. 31, 181-204, ex. 9 ; 10 (9-12)
     Feb 25 - cap. 31, 205-219, ex. 8 ; 11 ; 12

Group: Lingua Latina Pars II (Hora2)
Text: Lingua Latina: Pars II: Romana Aeterna
Coordinator: Diana Poskrop <dianaposk at yahoo dot com>
     Jan 7 - cap. 48, 33-71; ex. 2 (7-12)
     Jan 14 - cap. 48, 72-90; ex. 1, 2 (13-15)
     Jan 21 - cap. 48, 91-123; ex. 4 (1-9)
     Jan 28 - cap. 48, 124-161; ex. 4 (10-12)
     Feb 4 - cap. 48, 162-179; ex. 3, 4 (13-15)
     Feb 11 - cap. 48, 180-217; ex. 6 (1-5)
     Feb 18 - cap. 48, 218-253; ex. 6 (6-11)
     Feb 25 - cap. 48, 254-271; ex. 5, 6 (12-17)

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