Monday, Jan 30, 2012

Latin 3

Tonight you will read the 3rd section (paragraph 7) of Eutropius’ Breviarium covering the Beginning of the Second Punic War, 218 BC.  You will need to make a list of the vocabulary you don’t know on a separate sheet of paper (at least 20 words–or cut and paste the text below into a new document) and bracket off any subordinate clauses in the text.

M. Minucio Rufo P. Cornelio consulibus Histris bellum inlatum est, quia latrocinati navibus Romanorum fuerant, quae frumenta exhibebant, perdomitique sunt omnes. Eodem anno bellum Punicum secundum Romanis inlatum est per Hannibalem, Carthaginiensium ducem, qui Saguntum, Hispaniae civitatem Romanis amicam, obpugnare adgressus est, annum agens vicesimum aetatis, copiis congregatis CL milium. Huic Romani per legatos denuntiaverunt, ut bello abstineret. Is legatos admittere noluit. Romani etiam Carthaginem miserunt, ut mandaretur Hannibali, ne bellum contra socios populi Romani gereret. Dura responsa a Carthaginiensibus data sunt. Saguntini interea fame victi sunt, captique ab Hannibale ultimis poenis adficiuntur.

Latin Poetry

Scan and look up vocabulary for Propertius Elegy II.19.1-16.

Myth Tradition

You have the night off.

 

Friday, Jan 27, 2012

Latin 3

This weekend you will continue reading the Second Punic War portion of Eutropius’ Breviarium historiae Romanae.  This second section still covers the years 241-218 BC,  which fall between the first and the second Punic Wars.  You will need to make a list of the vocabulary you don’t know on a separate sheet of paper (at least 20 words–or cut and paste the text below into a new document) and bracket off any subordinate clauses in the text.

L. Postumius Albinus Cn. Fulvius Centumalus consules bellum contra Illyrios gesserunt et multis civitatibus captis etiam reges in deditionem acceperunt. Ac tum primum ex Illyriis triumphatum est.

L. Aemilio consule ingentes Gallorum copiae Alpes transierunt. Sed pro Romanis tota Italia consensit, traditumque est a Fabio historico, qui ei bello interfuit, DCCC milia hominum parata ad id bellum fuisse. Sed res per consulem tantum prospere gesta est. XL milia hostium interfecta sunt et triumphus Aemilio decretus.

Aliquot deinde annis post contra Gallos intra Italiam pugnatum est, finitumque bellum M. Claudio Marcello et Cn. Cornelio Scipione consulibus. Tum Marcellus cum parva manu equitum dimicavit et regem Gallorum, Viridomarum nomine, manu sua occidit. Postea cum collega ingentes copias Gallorum peremit, Mediolanum expugnavit, grandem praedam Romam pertulit. Ac triumphans Marcellus spolia Galli stipiti inposita umeris suis vexit.

Latin Poetry

Work on your Latin poems this weekend!

Myth Tradition

Remember that your Myth Journal for unit 18 will contain the following: character identifications and answers to questions in syllabus packet, the Euripides’ Medea worksheet completed in class, and your notes on the character of Medea as presented by your classmates.  Remember that the Jason presentation and the Medea article were posted in yesterday’s entry!

Thursday, Jan 26, 2012

Latin 3

Tonight you will begin reading the Second Punic War portion of Eutropius’ Breviarium historiae Romanae.  This first section covers the years 241-218 BC, which fall between the first and the second Punic Wars.  You will need to make a list of the vocabulary you don’t know on a separate sheet of paper (at least 20 words) and bracket off any subordinate clauses in the text.

Finito igitur Punico bello, quod per XXIII annos tractum est, Romani iam clarissima gloria noti legatos ad Ptolomaeum, Aegypti regem, miserunt auxilia promittentes, quia rex Syriae Antiochus bellum ei intulerat. Ille gratias Romanis egit, auxilia a Romanis non accepit. Iam enim fuerat pugna transacta. Eodem tempore potentissimus rex Siciliae Hiero Romam venit ad ludos spectandos.

L. Cornelio Lentulo Fulvio Flacco consulibus, quibus Hiero Romam venerat, etiam contra Ligures intra Italiam bellum gestum est et de his triumphatum. Carthaginienses tamen bellum reparare temptabant, Sardinienses, qui ex condicione pacis Romanis parere debebant, ad rebellandum impellentes. Venit tamen Romam legatio Carthaginiensium et pacem impetravit.

T. Manlio Torquato C. Atilio Bulco consulibus de Sardis triumphatum est, et pace omnibus locis facta Romani nullum bellum habuerunt, quod his post Romam conditam semel tantum Numa Pompilio regnante contigerat.

Latin Poetry

Since you should have all your Tibullus and Sulpicia scanning and looking up of unknown vocabulary caught up at this point, you should only need to be working on the drafts of your Elegiac poems tonight.  You MUST HAVE A DRAFT WITH YOU TOMORROW.

Myth Tradition

Today we went through the presentation of the Jason story: Jason and the Argonauts

Your group was also assigned a portion of The Character of Medea to present to the class tomorrow.  Make sure you read the whole article and take notes on it this weekend!

Wednesday, Jan 25, 2012

Latin 3

Study for Exam 5 tomorrow!

• 20 questions on grammar: temporal clauses for composition lesson 19, and grammar points contained on pages 71-89 of FabRom.
• 30 questions on history: review stories on pp.71-89 and history readings from Coriolanus to Camillus in photocopies from Chronicle of the Roman Republic.

Latin Poetry

If you did not finish translating lines 21-40 with your group today, you must finish that for tomorrow.  Your assignment tonight is to finish scanning and looking up vocabulary for Tibullus II.3.61-84 and Sulpicia II.

Myth Tradition

Finish reading Euripides’ Medea and answer any questions on the worksheet that you did not get to with your group today.

Tuesday, Jan 24, 2012

Latin 3

Remember that your exam for Unit V is on Thursday!  You should have started reviewing your grammar & history over the weekend.

Tonight you need to look up vocabulary for and identify the subordinate clauses in the second paragraph of p. 87 and p.89, the end of “The Gallic Invasion” in FabRom.

Latin Poetry

Scan and look up vocabulary for Tibullus II.3.41-60.

Myth Tradition

Read Euripides’ Medea and work on your Jason and Medea myth journal.  We spend three days in discussion and presentation of the Medea story and how it relates to the overall myth of Jason and the Argonauts.

Monday, Jan 23, 2012

Latin 3

Look up vocabulary for and identify the subordinate clauses for p. 85 and the first paragraph of p. 87 of “The Gallic Invasion” in FabRom.

Latin Poetry

Scan and look up vocabulary for Tibullus II.3.21-40

Myth Tradition

Make sure you’ve studied for your Hippolytus test by reviewing your notes on the article and completing the worksheet.

Friday, Jan 20, 2012

Latin 3

This weekend you start reading about the Gallic sack of Rome in 390 BCE.  To help orient yourself in the history, please read sections 11 (Camillus’ Banishment) & 12 (The Sack of Rome) of C.M. Yonge’s Young Folks’ History of Rome.  Your Latin homework will be to look up the vocabulary for and identify the subordinate clauses ON YOUR PACKET for the first part of the Gallic Invasion story on p. 83 of FabRom.

If you’ve lost your packet you can download it here: Unit V

Latin Poetry

Work on your poems this weekend!  Remember that you need a draft of your 16-20 poem (it does not need to be complete, but you need to have a clear idea of where you want it to go!) by Friday of next week.  We’ll be working on them in groups that day, checking each other’s Latin and giving suggestions for improvement (word choice, order, getting you out of holes, etc.).

Myth Tradition

Use the weekend to get started on our next unit, Jason and Medea, by reading Apollodorus 1.9.16-1.9.28.  Your myth journal 17 due date and exam for Hippolytus will occur on Tuesday, January 24.

Thursday, Jan 19, 2012

Latin 3

Today in class we fully identified the words/phrases in the lesson 19 sentences.  For tomorrow bring in those identifications and your translations of sentences 1-7, and 9.

Latin Poetry

Today we started our discussion of the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.  In order to clear the decks for the weekend for working on your poem, scan and look up vocabulary for Tibullus II.3.1-20.

Myth Tradition

Today you worked in groups to complete a worksheet on Euripides Hippolytus.  That worksheet and your notes on the Mills article posted yesterday will comprise your Myth Journal for Unit 17.  Remember that because of Chinese New Year, our exam will be on TUESDAY.

Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012

In case you haven’t heard about what’s going on today, read Sopa: Sites go dark as part of anti-piracy law protests.

Latin 3
Tonight you need to read Lesson 19 from your composition texts and then identify the words (case of nouns, adj, pron, participles & tense voice and mood of verbs) of the sentences in section 157:

1. I enjoyed my books as long as I remained there.
2. As soon as they saw the enemy, they fled.
3. When he had been informed of this, they started for Rome.
4. You ought to have gone before they came.
5. While he was delaying near the city, he met many of his friends.
6. Caesar waited for the soldiers to gather.
7. We will prevent them from going away.
8. He did not leave the city until he had seen her.
9. They did not refuse to believe me.

Latin Poetry
Check yesterday’s post to read the folklore link on the “Town Mouse and the Country Mouse”. Tonight you should finish scanning and look up any unknown words for lines 20-39. We will be going over the translation tomorrow.

Myth Tradition
Here is the article I handed out and we read together in class today: Historical Background on Euripides’ Hippolytus. Make sure you take 1-2 pages of notes on this article for your myth journal this week.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Latin 3
Tomorrow you will be taking an open note history quiz on Cincinnatus, Appius Claudius the Decemvir, and the 12 Tables. You will be allowed 2 sheets (4 sides!) of notes, all other materials will be set aside.

Latin Poetry
Tonight you begin Horace’s version of the town mouse and the country mouse. If you’re interested, go to http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0112.html to see other versions (including Aesop’s and La Fontaine’s). You will need to have a full vocabulary and scansion for lines 1-19 ready tomorrow.

Myth Tradition
Today you received your copies of Euripides Plays. Read as much of the tragedy Hippolytus as you can for tomorrow. We’ll be discussing its historical background and importance tomorrow.