Tuesday, Feb 7, 2012

Latin 3

Some of you have already signed up for the National Myth Exam.  There is another Mythology exam available to those who interested called the Medusa Mythology Exam (http://www.medusaexam.org/). If you are interested in taking this exam $3 is due to me by Friday.

Tonight’s homework is to identify clauses and look up vocabulary for reading #7, paragraph 14:

Decimo anno postquam Hannibal in Italiam venerat, P. Sulpicio Cn. Fulvio consulibus, Hannibal usque ad quartum miliarium urbis accessit, equites eius usque ad portam. Mox consulum cum exercitu venientium metu Hannibal ad Campaniam se recepit. In Hispania a fratre eius Hasdrubale ambo Scipiones, qui per multos annos victores fuerant, interficiuntur, exercitus tamen integer mansit; casu enim magis erant quam virtute decepti. Quo tempore etiam a consule Marcello Siciliae magna pars capta est, quam tenere Afri coeperant, et nobilissima urbs Syracusana; praeda ingens Romam perlata est. Laevinus in Macedonia cum Philippo et multis Graeciae populis et rege Asiae Attalo amicitiam fecit, et ad Siciliam profectus Hannonem quendam, Afrorum ducem, apud Agrigentum civitatem cum ipso oppido cepit eumque Romam cum captivis nobilibus misit. XL civitates in deditionem accepit, XXVI expugnavit. Ita omnis Sicilia recepta est; ingenti gloria Romam regressus est. Hannibal in Italia Cn. Fulvium consulem subito adgressus cum octo milibus hominum interfecit.

Latin Poetry

Finish translations for final two Martial poems. Exam on Country and City poems is on Thursday.

Myth Tradition

If you scored 16 or higher on today’s practice test for the Medusa Mythology Exam, you should seriously consider taking it.  Your $3 is due to m by Friday. You can find the syllabus and other materials at http://www.medusaexam.org/

Monday, February 6, 2012

Latin 3

You will be quizzed tomorrow on two things from readings #4-#6:

• Numbers in Latin: how to spell out roman numerals and how to translate.  You may find this site helpful: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/romannumerals/a/LatinNumbers.htm
• Subordinate clauses: I will give you a couple sentences and label which parts are subordinate clauses, then you will need to identify the type of clause they are!

Here is the PDF version of the presentation from today: Eutropius #4-#6

Latin Poetry

Scan and look up vocabulary for both Martial poems in packet.

Myth Tradition

Jason and the Argonauts essays due by 8pm tonight.  Make sure you are making specific citations from the Apollodorus for your comparisons!

Start reading Sophocles’ Oedipus the King. We begin our discussion of Thebes tomorrow.

Friday, Feb 3, 2012

Latin 3

This weekend you will finish looking up vocabulary for and identifying clauses in the Battle of Cannae, p. 374 paragraph 12 and p. 375 paragraph 13:

Anno quarto postquam ad Italiam Hannibal venit, M. Claudius Marcellus consul apud Nolam, civitatem Campaniae, contra Hannibalem bene pugnavit. Hannibal multas civitates Romanorum per Apuliam, Calabriam, Bruttios occupavit. Quo tempore etiam rex Macedoniae Philippus ad eum legatos misit, promittens auxilia contra Romanos sub hac condicione, ut deletis Romanis ipse quoque contra Graecos ab Hannibale auxilia acciperet. Captis igitur legatis Philippi et re cognita Romani in Macedoniam M. Valerium Laevinum ire iusserunt, in Sardiniam T. Manlium Torquatum proconsulem. Nam etiam ea sollicitata ab Hannibale, Romanos deseruerat.

Ita uno tempore quattuor locis pugnabatur: in Italia contra Hannibalem, in Hispaniis contra fratrem eius Hasdrubalem, in Macedonia contra Philippum, in Sardinia contra Sardos et alterum Hasdrubalem Carthaginiensem. Is a T. Manlio proconsule, qui ad Sardiniam missus fuerat, vivus est captus, occisa cum eo duodecim milia, capti mille quingenti, et a Romanis Sardinia subacta. Manlius victor captivos et Hasdrubalem Romam reportavit. Interea etiam Philippus a Laevino in Macedonia vincitur et in Hispania ab Scipionibus Hasdrubal et Mago, tertius frater Hannibalis.

Remember that your quiz on Tuesday will concern clause identification of sentences selected from paragraphs 8-13.

If you are making a mast for your boat, here are the instructions: masts and sails

Latin Poetry

On Monday, the first part of class will be time for you to peer review your Elegiac poems due on Friday.  The rest of the class will concern the translation of the Propertius poem.  Be prepared!

Myth Tradition

Monday you will have a half-test on Meleager, Atalante, and the Calydonian Boar Hunt.  You can download the presentation here: Calydonian Boar Hunt and Band of Heroes  You do not need to complete a myth journal for this, but if you want to complete one for extra credit, you will need the following:

• Character I.D.s for: Oineus, Calydon, Althaia, Deianeira, Meleager, the Fates and their prophecy, Artemis, Cleopatra, the Curetes, Atalante, Melanaion, Iasos.
• Compare the two versions of Meleager’s story
• Describe the importance of Althaia and Atalante to the Meleager story
• Be able to summarize Atalante’s romantic history (pp.116-117 in the Apollodorus!)

Your essays on Jason and the Argonauts are also due Monday, at 8pm.

Thursday, Feb 2, 2012

Latin 3

Today you received your paper-crafting pieces and instructions for making your Roman or Carthaginian ship.  These are due next week Wednesday, February 8.  If you mess up, you can get a new ship pattern, but it will cost you 5 points on the final grade for the project.  Do your best, and have fun with it.  I’ll be handing out instructions for constructing masts and sails tomorrow.

Yesterday you worked on  the vocabulary and clause identification in paragraphs 8 & 9 with the Substitute:

Hannibal crosses the Alps
Tum P. Cornelius Scipio cum exercitu in Hispaniam profectus est, Ti. Sempronius in Siciliam, bellum Carthaginiensibus indictum est. Hannibal, relicto in Hispania fratre Hasdrubale, Pyrenaeum transiit. Alpes, adhuc ea parte invias, sibi patefecit. Traditur ad Italiam LXXX milia peditum, X milia equitum, septem et XXX elephantos adduxisse. Interea multi Ligures et Galli Hannibali se coniunxerunt. Sempronius Gracchus, cognito ad Italiam Hannibalis adventu, ex Sicilia exercitum Ariminum traiecit.
Battle of Lake Trasimene
P. Cornelius Scipio Hannibali primus occurrit. Commisso proelio, fugatis suis ipse vulneratus in castra rediit. Sempronius Gracchus et ipse confligit apud Trebiam amnem. Is quoque vincitur. Hannibali multi se in Italia dediderunt. Inde ad Tusciam veniens Hannibal Flaminio consuli occurrit. Ipsum Flaminium interemit; Romanorum XXV milia caesa sunt, ceteri diffugerunt. Missus adversus Hannibalem postea a Romanis Q. Fabius Maximus. Is eum differendo pugnam ab impetu fregit, mox inventa occasione vicit.

Tonight you will complete the vocabulary and clause identification for paragraphs 10 & 11 concerning the Battle of Cannae, 216 B.C.:

Quingentesimo et quadragesimo anno a condita urbe L. Aemilius Paulus P. Terentius Varro contra Hannibalem mittuntur Fabioque succedunt, qui abiens ambo consules monuit, ut Hannibalem, callidum et inpatientem ducem, non aliter vincerent, quam proelium differendo. Verum cum inpatientia Varronis consulis contradicente altero consule [id est Aemilio Paulo] apud vicum, qui Cannae appellatur in Apulia, pugnatum esset, ambo consules ab Hannibale vincuntur. In ea pugna tria milia Afrorum pereunt; magna pars de exercitu Hannibalis sauciatur. Nullo tamen proelio Punico bello Romani gravius accepti sunt. Periit enim in eo consul Aemilius Paulus, consulares aut praetorii XX, senatores capti aut occisi XXX, nobiles viri CCC, militum XL milia, equitum III milia et quingenti. In quibus malis nemo tamen Romanorum pacis mentionem habere dignatus est. Servi, quod numquam ante, manumissi et milites facti sunt.

Post eam pugnam multae Italiae civitates, quae Romanis paruerant, se ad Hannibalem transtulerunt. Hannibal Romanis obtulit, ut captivos redimerent, responsumque est a senatu eos cives non esse necessarios, qui cum armati essent, capi potuissent. Ille omnes postea variis suppliciis interfecit et tres modios anulorum aureorum Carthaginem misit, quos ex manibus equitum Romanorum, senatorum et militum detraxerat. Interea in Hispania, ubi frater Hannibalis Hasdrubal remanserat cum magno exercitu, ut eam totam Afris subigeret, a duobus Scipionibus, Romanis ducibus, vincitur. Perdit in pugna XXXV milia hominum; ex his capiuntur X milia, occiduntur XXV milia. Mittuntur ei a Carthaginiensibus ad reparandas vires XII milia peditum, IV milia equitum, XX elephanti.

Latin Poetry

Make sure you have Propertius II.19 fully translated for tomorrow!

Myth Tradition

We have now finished the movie of Jason and the Argonauts. Make sure the examples in your essay cover the entire movie, not just one portion of it.  Today we began our discussion of the Calydonian Boar Hunt, and we’ll finish it tomorrow! There will be a half-test on Monday.

Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012

Latin 3

Study for a reading quiz on assignments #1-#3 of Eutropius (paragraphs 1-7).  You can review the presentation here: Eutropius #1-#3

Latin Poetry

Make sure your translations of Tibullus and Sulpicia are finished.  You should also have the Propertius poem completely scanned (lines 1-32) with vocabulary notes ready for tomorrow.

Myth Tradition

As you watch Ray Harryhausen’s Jason and the Argonauts, look for at least five important differences from the traditional myth, and explain the differences citing the appropriate section of Apollodorus.  In particular, note at least one example each of:

• function substitution (where one character takes on another character’s function)
• character substitution (where an entirely different character replaces an original character)
• scene collapse (where multiple scenes are merged into one)
• change of place and/or time

450-600 words, 12 point font, double spaced, 1″ margins, MLA heading.

Due by next Monday, 6 February 2012, 8pm; e-mail attachment submissions gladly accepted!

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.