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PAST SESSIONS
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NOTA BENE: The ORDER of the ACTIVITIES has been reversed with the highest numbered activity (the most recently assigned) being listed first. Also note that ALL the ACTIVITIES listed below the yellow background belong to UNIT III Stage 32 for practice during this hiatus from using the text stages readings and exercises until classes begin again in-person.
OLLI ZOOM Latin 3 SPRING SESSION 2021
MAY 20, 2021
CLASSWORK:
1. This week’s important dates according to The Roman Origins of our Calendar:
May 14 – Mola salsa (May 7-14)
-- Marti invicto
May 15 – Sacra Argeorum
-- Feriae Iovi, Mercurio, Maiae
2. REVIEWED in-depth the Latin passage drawn from “Chapter 10 Daedalus and Icarus" at LATINA Mythica.
ASSIGNMENTS in preparation for the OLLI FALL 2021 Latin 3 ZOOM class.
1. REGISTER for OLLI Latin 3 ZOOM in the FALL 2021 session. NOTA BENE: Still on Thursdays, but now the time will be 2:15 pm to 3:40 pm.
2. KEEP your UNIT 3 (4th edition) text handy. We will be reviewing Stages 30 -32 starting where we left off back in March of 2020 before tackling the last Stages of the text.
2. PRACTICE an Activity or two a day throughout the summer from the "My quizzes, activites, and surveys" section AND the 2nd "Useful Link" section that follows BELOW the highlighted yellow pages.
MAY 13, 2021
CLASSWORK:
1. This week’s important dates according to The Roman Origins of our Calendar:
May 7- Mola salsa (May 7-14)
May 9, 11, 13- LEMURIA
May 12- Ludi Marti in circo et Marti Ultori
2. REVIEWED in-depth the Latin passage drawn from “Chapter 9 The Fates of Ariadne and Aegeus" of LATINA Mythica.
ASSIGNMENTS for May20 ZOOM class:
1. TRANSLATE the Latin passages drawn from “Chapter 10 Daedalus and Icarus: Man-Powered Flight" of LATINA Mythica. Contact magistra regarding this text. Also contact magistra with translation questions.
2. PRACTICE an Activity or two from the "My quizzes, activites, and surveys" section that follows BELOW the highlighted yellow pages.
MAY 6, 2021
CLASSWORK:
1. This week’s important dates according to The Roman Origins of our Calendar:
May 1- Ludi Florae
- Bonae Deae
- Laribus praestitibus
2. REVIEWED in-depth the Latin passage drawn from “Chapter 8 Theseus & the Minotaur; Ariadne" of LATINA Mythica.
3. TRANSLATED the medieval story "The Woman with Two Bodies."
ASSIGNMENTS for May 13 ZOOM class:
1. TRANSLATE the Latin passages drawn from “Chapter 9 The Fates of Ariadne & Aegeus" of LATINA Mythica. Contact magistra regarding this text. Also contact magistra with translation questions.
2. PRACTICE an Activity or two from the "My quizzes, activites, and surveys" section that follows BELOW the highlighted yellow pages.
APRIL 29, 2021
CLASSWORK:
1. This week’s important dates according to The Roman Origins of our Calendar:
April 11-Septimius Severus born 146 A.D.
April 12-Ludi Cereales begin
April 13-Iovi Victori
April 15-Fordicidia
April 16-Dies imperii-Augustus named imperator in 29 B.C.--official start of the Roman Empire
April 19-Cerealia-end of Ludi Cereales
-Ludi circenses
-dedication of temple to Cereri, Libero, Liberae
April 21-founding of Rome in 753 B.C.
-Parillia
April 23-Vinalia
April 24-rites to Feriae Latinae on Mount Alba
April 25-rites for the on the Via Claudia
April 26-Marcus Aurelius born 121 A.D.
April 28-Ludi Florae
2. REVIEWED in-depth the Latin passage drawn from “Chapter 7 The Flood: Deucalion & Pyrrha" of LATINA Mythica.
ASSIGNMENTS for May 6 ZOOM class:
1. TRANSLATE the Latin passages drawn from “Chapter 8 Theseus & the Minotaur; Ariadne" of LATINA Mythica. Contact magistra regarding this text. Also contact magistra with translation questions.
2. PRACTICE an Activity or two from the "My quizzes, activites, and surveys" section that follows BELOW the highlighted yellow pages.
APRIL 8, 2021
CLASSWORK:
1. REFERRED to the Latin greetings and expressions found at https://www.quia.com/jg/2440426.html
2. REVIEWED how Romans determined the dates between the 3 fixed points of each Roman month.
3. This week’s important dates according to The Roman Origins of our Calendar:
April 4 -Magnae Matri and Ludi Megalesiaci
April 5 -Fortunae publicae
April 6 -Thapsus
April 10 -Magnae Matri
4. REVIEWED in-depth the Latin passage drawn from “Chapter 6 The Ages of Man" ofLATINA Mythica.
ASSIGNMENTS for APRIL 29 ZOOM class:
1. CHECK your notes from past sessions as to the method by which Romans identified their calendar dates.
2. TRANSLATE the Latin passage drawn from “Chapter 7 The Flood: Deucalion & Pyrrha" of LATINA Mythica. Contact magistra regarding this text. Also contact magistra with translation questions.
APRIL 1, 2021
CLASSWORK:
1. Latin greetings and Quid agis hodie? query.
2. REVIEW of the 3 fixed points of each Roman month--Calends, Nones & Ides.
3. This week’s important dates according to The Roman Origins of our Calendar:
- March 30 - Iuno, Concordiae, Saluti, et Paci
- March 31- Lunae in Aventino
- April 1- Veneralia and Fortunae Virili
4. REVIEW in-depth the Latin passage drawn from “Chapter 5 Prometheus: Punished" of LATINA Mythica.
ASSIGNMENTS for APRIL 8 ZOOM class:
1. CHECK your notes from past sessions as to the method by which Romans identified their calendar dates.
2. TRANSLATE the Latin passage drawn from “Chapter 6 The Ages of Man" of LATINA Mythica. Contact magistra regarding this text. Also contact magistra with translation questions.
3. REGISTER if you have not yet done so. You must be registered to receive the weekly Latin email AND access to OLLI's ZOOM meeting ID and Passcode.
OLLI LATIN III WINTER 2021 SESSION
February 21, 2021
The Winter Session ended Saturday February 20, 2021.
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. REGISTER for the Spring 2021 Term when registration opens later this week. This term will start on April 1st & April 8th with a trial Zoom session. The remainder of the term will revert back to the ongoing email style class sessions. The planned sessions include additional simple passages on mythology and an ongoing review of topics covered in Unit 3 of the 4th Edition of Cambridge's North American 4th edition Latin Course text.
2. REVIEW the Activities for Unit 3 of text listed in the “My Quia activities and quizzes” section found herein below the yellow background. Practice of these Activities will strengthen your Latin language skills and assist in the ongoing review of to Unit 3 of the Cambridge text in preparation for when our OLLI Latin class returns to in-person learning.
WEEK 4 (February 14-February 20)
This week’s important dates according to The Roman Origins of our Calendar:
February 15--Lupercalia--fertility rites begun at the Lupercal where Romulus and Remus were said to have been suckled by the lupa or she-wolf. Goats and dogs were sacrificed to Faunus…and Luperci or Creppi, (young men dressed in goat-skins), ran around the base of the Palatine Hill with goat-hide thongs, called amicula Iunonis or “mantles of Juno.” [Some sources said the men were naked when they ran.] They lashed out at women whom they met; the touch of the lash was thought to impart fertility. [entry truncated] The Lupercalia may have been, in primitive times, the beginning of a breeding cycle for sheep and goats…which, on a 4 month calendar, terminated with the Liberalia of March. [entry truncated] It was at the Lupercalia in 44 B.C. that Antony, himself a Lupercus, offered Caesar a crown. [According to tradition, Antony was supposed to strike Caesar’s wife as he ran by, but missed. She therefore was not fertile and Caesar did not have a son.]
February 17
• Quirinalia--the rites of Quirinus, in legend the Sabine equivalent of Romulus. [Romulus was sometimes called Quirinus and the Romans were called Quirites.] These ceremonies took place in Quirinus’ temple on the Quirinal Hill. [entry truncated] Quirinus may have been a war-god of the Quirinal Hill. [entry truncated] The name has been explained as Sabine in origin…[possibly] presumably a settlement on the Quirinal Hill.
• Fornacalia--the feast of ovens which ended on this day with a public banquet honoring the goddess Fornax of the Oven. It began severl days earlier with offerings of meal-cakes in each curia or ward of the city. There were thirty curiae in all.
• Stultorum feriae--the feast of fools, so called beause they had neglected to perform the rites of Fornax on the day assigned for such ceremonies in their own curia. They might compensate for their “folly” by performing the city-wide rites on this day.
Assignments:
1. TRANSLATE the Latin passage drawn from “Chapter 4 Prometheus: Inventor and Benefactor; Pandora” of LATINA Mythica. Contact magistra regarding this text. Also contact magistra with translation questions.
2. REVIEW the Activities for Units 1, 2, 3 of text listed in the “My Quia activities and quizzes” and “Useful links“ sections found herein below the yellow background. Practice of these Activities will strengthen your Latin language skills and assist in the transition back to Unit 3 of the Cambridge text when our OLLI Latin class returns to in-person learning or possibly during a review of earlier work during two planned online classes at the start of the OLLI Spring 2021 Term.
3. REGISTER for OLLI Latin 3 Spring 2021 Term. The first 2 sessions are tentatively scheduled to be held online with the remainder of the Term conducted via email as has been the practice during the OLLI Winter 2021 Term.
WEEK 3 (February 7-February 13)
This week’s important dates according to The Roman Origins of our Calendar:
February 13
• Parentalia: rites for the dead, especially deceased parents and other ancestors, begun on this day with a sacrifice at the tomb of Tarpeia by one of the Vestal Virgins. During this period of 9 days temples were closed, marriages were forbidden, and the magistrates appeared without insignia of office.
• Fauno in insula: rites celebrating the founding of Faunus’ temble on the Tiber Island in 196 B.C. It was financed by fines exacted from holders of the ager publicus who had not paid their land-rents for using the public domain. Faunus has been explained as a war-god connected with the Lupercalia of February 15, or as a propitious deity whose name is derived from favere. [entry truncated] He has a female counterpart Fauna; and both masculine and feminine forms appear in the plural as a rough equivalent for satyrs and nymphs of Greek mythology.
Assignments:
1. TRANSLATE the Latin passage drawn from “Chapter 3 The Battle of the Gods” of LATINA Mythica. Contact magistra regarding this text. Also contact magistra with translation questions.
2. REVIEW the Activities for Units 1, 2, 3 of text listed in the “My Quia activities and quizzes” and “Useful links“ sections found herein below the yellow background. Practice of these Activities will strengthen your Latin language skills and assist in the transition back to Unit 3 of the Cambridge text when our OLLI Latin class returns to in-person learning.
WEEK 2 (January 31-February 6)
This week’s important dates according to The Roman Origins of our Calendar:
January 31—Antonia Minor—the youngest daughter of Antony and Octavia, married Drusus, Tiberius’ popular brother, and became by him the mother of Germanicus and of the future emperor Claudius. She was famous for her beauty and integrity. She died in 38 A.D. shortly after the accession of her monstrous grandson, Caligula.
February 1--Iunoni Sospitae: a temple to Juno the Savior—Sospita, Sispes, or Seispes—was dedicated in the vegetable market, the forum holitorium, in 197 B.C. This cult may have been introduced from Lanuvium in Latium where Juno was also worshipped as Sospita. Her image there was clad in a goat-skin coat. [entry truncated]
February 5
• Concordiae in arce:a temple to Harmony on the citadel dates back to 216 B.C.
• Pater patriae: Augustus was named father of his country in 2 B.C.
Assignments:
1. TRANSLATE the Latin passage drawn from “Chapter 2 Creation: The First Gods and the Titans” of LATINA Mythica. Contact magistra regarding this text. Also contact magistra with translation questions.
2. REVIEW the Activities for Units 1, 2, 3 of text listed in the “My Quia activities and quizzes” and “Useful links“ sections found herein below the yellow background. Practice of these Activities will strengthen your Latin language skills and assist in the transition back to Unit 3 of the Cambridge text when our OLLI Latin class returns to in-person learning.
WEEK 1 (January 24-30)
This week’s ancient Roman important dates according to The Roman Origins of our Calendar:
January 24
• Sementivae--rites of sowing, perhaps identical with the Paganalia or Country-Rites. Ceres and Tellus were invoked to protect the seed, the plough-oxen were garlanded and there were offerings of cakes and the sacrifice of a pregnant sow.
• Hadrian—born on this day in 76 A.D., succeeded Trajan on the throne in 117 A.d. and ruled until his own death in 138 A.D. He was a great traveler and a lover of Athens which he embellished with various monuments, including a great library. His large villa at Tibur and his mausoleum in Rome are also conspicuous monuments and worthy memorials of an excellent reign.
• death of Caligula in 41 A.D.
January 27--Castori et Polluci: the cult of Castor and Pollux, brother of Helen, was introduced at Rome after the Dioscuri were thought to have aided the Romans against the Latins in the battle of Lake Regillus. This Greek cult may have been imported from Ardea or Tusculum. A temple to the Dioscuri was dedicated in the Fourm in 484 B.C. and restored by Tiberius in 6 A.D. January 27 is the date of dedication or of re-dedication; this is uncertain. Remains of this temple are a conspicuous monument in the Forum today. The Castores, as the Romans usually called them, were special patrons of the knights or equites.
January 30
• Ara Pacis: the great Altar of Peace was dedicated by Augustus in 1 B.C. Restored at the present day, it is properly regarded as one of the masterpieces of Augustan art. [One source I found said 9 B.C.]
• Livia—wife of Augustus, was born on this day and was instrumental in securing the succession for her son, Tiberius. Throughout a long life, she embarrassed him with a sense of this obligation; and when she died in 29 A.D. at the age of eighty-plus years, Tiberius paid her no homage.
ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK 1:
1. TRANSLATE the Latin passage drawn from “Chapter 1 The Olympian Gods” of LATINA Mythica. Contact magistra regarding this text. Also contact magistra with translation questions.
2. REVIEW the Activities for Units 1, 2, 3 of text listed in the “My Quia activities and quizzes” and “Useful links“ sections found herein below the yellow background. Practice of these Activities will strengthen your Latin language skills and assist in the transition back to Unit 3 of the Cambridge text when our OLLI Latin class returns to in-person learning.
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