Augustus of Prima Porta

Vatican Museum

Holy See

1 BC

Out-of-date assisgnments will be stored on the archives page for this class --

Current Assignments:

4/15-16: continue Daphne and Apollo

4/17: no class

4/18-26: no school - April Vacation - next D & A quiz will go to l. 539 (last word = timore) .

4/27: continue D & A; read about gerunds on handout; write ex. 63a

4/28: finish the packet "Building the Meaning"

4/29: finish the packet "Gerunds & Gerundives"

4/30: finish the required lines of Daphne & Apollo

5/1: finish the packet "Daphne & Apollo"

5/4: study for quiz Thursday on Daphne & Apollo

5/5: no class -- return to this space for my comments on your questions about the poem as you continue working on Daphne & Apollo until my return

PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE ADDED A NEW PAGE TO OUR CLASS SITE: DAPHNE/APOLLO DISCUSSION. YOU CAN REACH IT BY CLICKING ON THE LINK IN THE BOX IN THE UPPER LEFT.

5/6-8: continue study of Daphne & Apollo in preparation for quiz on Monday

5/11-13: continue translating; next quiz will go to the end of the poem

5/14: no class

5/15: continue translating; quiz Monday

5/18: take a deep breath; we begin the Pliny letter on Vesuvius tomorrow

5/19: begin the Pliny letter

sections of H.H. Scullard's From the Gracchi to Nero

Resources:

If you would like to know more about the historical fiction of Steven Saylor, the author mentioned in class, go here.

For more information about the life and times of Clodius, click here.

If you'd like a quick review of the rules for scanning Latin lines of poetry, visit this Guide.

This site on Scansion is a little more detailed.