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Day 40 was yesterday, August 6, 2012. Eight weeks down, two weeks to go! This was our second week with Book 4 of Vergil’s Aeneid. The morning was devoted to the reading that students prepared over the weekend… TODAY IN Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 40
Day 39 was Friday, August 3, 2012. Vergil in the morning… TODAY IN AENEID BOOK 4 (219-295): Moved by the prayer of Iarbas, Jupiter sends Mercury to Aeneas to remind him of his high destiny and of his duty to Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 39
Day 38 is TODAY, August 2, 2012. The morning started off with some Vergil… TODAY IN AENEID BOOK 4 (129-218): Aeneas and Dido go on a hunting party. While all are intent on the chase, Juno sends a sudden tempest, Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 38
Day 37 is TODAY, August 1, 2012. The morning started off with some Vergil… TODAY IN AENEID BOOK 4 (54-128): Love drives Dido to frenzy. Juno favors the marriage of Dido and Aeneas, in order that she may turn Aeneas Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 37
Day 36 was yesterday, July 31, 2012. Book 4 of Vergil’s Aeneid in the morning, optional sight reading from Vergil’s Eclogues at lunch, a lecture on lexicography in the early afternoon, followed by an 80-minute romp through fragments of Livius Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 36
Day 35 was Monday, July 30. Eventful start of an eventful week! Students took a prose final exam in the morning, and I presented introductory lectures on Vergil, the Aeneid, and dactylic hexameter in the afternoon. By 3:30, students were Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 35
Day 34 was Friday, July 27. The last day of the prose survey section of the second half of the course. It’s all over except for the prose final exam on Monday. It was a lighter day for me. 8:30 Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 34
Day 33 was yesterday, July 26, 2012. Not that it’s all about me, but I had a FABULOUS day. I was on for second hour of morning drill, Sallust’s Bellum Catilinae, section 20, which is the speech of Catiline. My Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 33
Day 32 was yesterday, July 25, 2012. Akiva, 8:30 a.m. optional. Questions about the previous night’s Sallust assignment. Michael (me), first hour of morning drill, Sallust’s Bellum Catalinae, from where we left off in section 5 on the previous day Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 32
Day 31 was Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Oh, my…I let a whole day go by without a post. Shame on me. OK, here goes, but it’ll have to be a quick one. Patrick, 8:30 a.m. optional. Questions about the previous Continue reading Summer Latin Institute – DAY 31