Homework due a.d. Kalendis Maiis

Elementary Latin

      1. The perfect passive participle and the future active participle.
      2. Explanation of participles and how to form Latin participles.
      3. Write out these Latin phrases and translate

amissâ animâ
amissis bonis
armis receptâ re publicâ
bello confecto
captâ urbe
causâ cognitâ
his rebus comparatis
mutatâ mente



Elementary Greek

      1. Translating Participles used in (1) attributive and (2) predicative position.
      2. Sentences:

λυσαντες  δε  την  γεφυραν  πραγματα  παρεξομεν  ’εκεινῃ  τῃ  στρατιᾳ.

τους  δε  παροντας  ’απεπεμπεν  ‘ως  φιλους  ’οντας.

’εχοντας  ουν  χρηματα  ’εκωλυεν  αυτους  διαρπαζειν  την  χωραν.

και  τοις  φυγασιν  ’ελπις  ’εστιν.

τῳ  φευγοντι  ’ονομα  ’εστι  φυγας.


Archaeology

    1. Read in Drewett, ch 7, ch 8, ch 9: ‘Recording archaeological excavations,’ ‘post-fieldwork planning,’ ‘interpreting the evidence’ (pp. 119 – 162).
    2. Be able to identify: parts of a Greek column (column, capital, volute, acanthus leaf, pediment, frieze, metope, drum, stylobate) and of a Greek temple (cella/naos, colonnade, pronaos, opisthodomos, anta). See this site.
    3. Presentation on Greek sculpture

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Homework due a.d. iii Idibus Aprilis

Elementary Latin

  1. Quiz on conjugating and translating Perfect – Pluperfect – Future Perfect Passive tenses in ch. 19. — This webpage shows how to conjugate them. This webpage provides an explanation for how to form them.
  2. What are the 4 principal parts of a verb?
  3. What is a participle?


Elementary Greek

  1. Quiz on Participles: present / future / 1st aorist / perfect active (lesson 24)
  2. Vocabulary, lesson 21
Vocabulary, Lesson 21
αποθνῃσκω, αποθανουμαι, απεθανον, τεθνηκα. die, be killed
αποκτεινω, αποκτενω, απεκτεινα, απεκτονα. kill
φοβεω, φοβησω, εφοβησα, πεφοβηκα. fear
ο φοβος, fear
εμος. my
ημετερος. our
σος. your
υμετερος. your
τἰ. why

Archaeology

  1. Read in Biers, ch. 8, “The 5th Century” (pp. 194 – 246 )
  2. Be able to identify: parts of a Greek column (column, capital, volute, acanthus leaf, pediment, frieze, metope, drum, stylobate) and of a Greek temple (cella/naos, colonnade, pronaos, opisthodomos, anta). See this site.
  3. Presentation about Parthenon, Erechtheion, Propylaia
  4. Presentation about Greek temples
  5. Presentation on dating in archaeology
  6. Presentation on Polis, Persian Wars
  7. See this page on paper and presentation topics; on Friday, you’ll be asked to sign up to give a presentation(s).

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Homework due a.d. i.v. Idibus Aprilis

Greek temple & columns

Elementary Latin

  1. Declension (NOUNS) and Conjugation (VERBS) charts
  2. Translate:

Elementary Greek

  1. Sentences with participles: present / future / 1st aorist / perfect active (lesson 24)


Archaeology

  1. Read in Biers, ch. 8, “The 5th Century” (pp. 194 – 246 )
  2. See this page on paper and presentation topics; on Friday, you’ll be asked to sign up to give a presentation(s).

Peeped-quake panorama

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Homework due a.d. iii Nonibus Aprilis

Elementary Latin

  1. Perfect – Pluperfect – Future Perfect Passive tenses in ch. 19
  2. CONJUGATE libero, liberare, liberavi, liberatum (free) in the perfect/pluperfect/future perfect tenses and TRANSLATE.


Elementary Greek

  1. Participles: present / future / 1st aorist / perfect active (lesson 24)
  2. Write out and decline present/future/1st aorist participles for λυω and present participle for ειμι
  3. Vocabulary, lesson 23
Vocabulary, Lesson 21
αποθνῃσκω, αποθανουμαι, απεθανον, τεθνηκα. die, be killed
αποκτεινω, αποκτενω, απεκτεινα, απεκτονα. kill
φοβεω, φοβησω, εφοβησα, πεφοβηκα. fear
ο φοβος, fear
εμος. my
ημετερος. our
σος. your
υμετερος. your
τἰ. why

Archaeology

  1. Read in Biers, ch. 8, “The 5th Century” (pp. 194 – 214 — or all the way to the end, p. 246 )
  2. Define: terminus post quem, terminus ante quem, post-depositional transformation processes, context, feature, articulated bones, disarticulated burials.
  3. Presentation about Greek temples
  4. Presentation on dating in archaeology
  5. Presentation on Polis, Persian Wars
  6. See this page on paper and presentation topics; on Friday, you’ll be asked to sign up to give a presentation(s).

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Homework due a.d. iii Kalendis Aprilis

Elementary Latin

  1. Quiz on 4th and 5th declension nouns and vocabulary
  2. Vocabulary ch. 19 and 20
  3. Latin palindromes and word puzzles
Vocabulary ch. 19
familia. household, family
Graecia. Greece
iudex, iudicis. m judge
iudicium. judgment, trial
scelus, sceleris. n crime
quis, quid. who? what?
certus, a, um. certain, definite
gravis, grace. heavy, serious
immortalis. immortal
at = sed
nisi. unless
contra. against
iam. now = nunc
libero, liberare, liberavi, liberatum. free
paro, parare, paravi, paratum. prepare
Vocabulary ch. 20
cornu. n horn
fructus. m fruit, profit
genu. n knee
manus. f hand, band
metus. m fear
mons, montis. m mountain
senatus. m senate
sensus. m sense, feeling
spiritus. m spirit
dexter, dextra, dextrum. right
sinister, sinistra, sinistrum. left
discedo, discedere, discessi, discussum. depart
odi, odisse, osurum. hate

ch. 21
dies. (m) day

fides. (f) faith
res. (f) thing, matter
spes. (f) hope


Elementary Greek

  1. Quiz Pluperfect tense (ch. 20) and participles.
  2. For next week: Ch. 21 on interrogative τἰς, τἰ (who? what?) and indefinite τις, τι (some, a certain)
  3. Vocabulary, lesson 21
Vocabulary, Lesson 21
αποθνῃσκω, αποθανουμαι, απεθανον, τεθνηκα. die, be killed
αποκτεινω, αποκτενω, απεκτεινα, απεκτονα. kill
φοβεω, φοβησω, εφοβησα, πεφοβηκα. fear
ο φοβος, fear
εμος. my
ημετερος. our
σος. your
υμετερος. your
τἰ. why

Archaeology

  1. Read in Biers, ch. 8, “The Archaic Period” (pp. )
  2. Drewett, “Digging the Site” (pp. 99 – 118) — focus on terms terminus post quem, terminus ante quem, post-depositional transformation processes, context, feature, articulated bones, disarticulated burials.
  3. Presentation about Greek temples
  4. Presentation on dating in archaeology
  5. See this page on paper and presentation topics; on Friday, you’ll be asked to sign up to give a presentation(s).

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Homework due vi a.d. Kalendis Aprilis

Elementary Latin

  1. Read ch. 20, on 4th declension nouns
  2. Review forms of the verb sum, esse, fui, futurus, be
  3. Vocabulary ch. 19 and 20
Vocabulary ch. 19
familia. household, family
Graecia. Greece
iudex, iudicis. m judge
iudicium. judgment, trial
scelus, sceleris. n crime
quis, quid. who? what?
certus, a, um. certain, definite
gravis, grace. heavy, serious
immortalis. immortal
at = sed
nisi. unless
contra. against
iam. now = nunc
libero, liberare, liberavi, liberatum. free
paro, parare, paravi, paratum. prepare
Vocabulary ch. 20
cornu. n horn
fructus. m fruit, profit
genu. n knee
manus. f hand, band
metus. m fear
mons, montis. m mountain
senatus. m senate
sensus. m sense, feeling
spiritus. m spirit
dexter, dextra, dextrum. right
sinister, sinistra, sinistrum. left
discedo, discedere, discessi, discussum. depart
odi, odisse, osurum. hate


Elementary Greek

  1. Pluperfect tense (ch. 20).
  2. For next week: Ch. 21 on interrogative τἰς, τἰ (who? what?) and indefinite τις, τι (some, a certain)
  3. Vocabulary, lesson 21
Vocabulary, Lesson 21
αποθνῃσκω, αποθανουμαι, απεθανον, τεθνηκα. die, be killed
αποκτεινω, αποκτενω, απεκτεινα, απεκτονα. kill
φοβεω, φοβησω, εφοβησα, πεφοβηκα. fear
ο φοβος, fear
εμος. my
ημετερος. our
σος. your
υμετερος. your
τἰ. why

Archaeology

  1. Read in Biers, ch. 7, “The Archaic Period” (pp. 154 – 193) and Drewett, “Digging the Site” (pp. 99 – 118) — focus on terms terminus post quem, terminus ante quem, post-depositional transformation processes, context, feature, articulated bones, disarticulated burials.
  2. Presentation about Greek temples
  3. See this page on paper and presentation topics; on Friday, you’ll be asked to sign up to give a presentation(s).

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Homework due a.d. x Kalendis Aprilis

Elementary Latin

  1. Quiz on identifying verbs and nouns in a Latin passage, and translating.
  2. Review: the Passive Voice of Verbs: 3rd and 4rd conjugations in the present, imperfect, future, including English translations.
  3. Present: – r, -ris, -tur, -mur, -mini, -ntur BUT NOTE DIFFERENT VOWELS!
  4. Imperfect: – bar, -baris, -batur, -bamur, -bamini, -bantur  ADD -E (3rd conj) and ADD -IE (4th conj)
  5. Future: -ar, -eris, -etur, -emur, -emini, -entur
  6. Infinitive ends in -i BUT note the difference for the 3rd conjugation.
Rest of the Trojan War story (this is the passage we studied in class):
Quem Paris eliget? Quo dono animus eius movebitur? Iuno eum regem, Minerva ducem facere potest. Venus autem ei Helenam, bellissimam omnium feminarum, dare potest.
Paris amore vincebatur et Veneri malum aureum dedit.
(si certa est fama horum factorum) Helena capiebatur et ad novam urbem, Troiam, ducebatur. Quod bellum gerebatur propter hanc feminam?

Elementary Greek

  1. Quiz on identification of first four principle parts and conjugating the perfect tense (ch. 20); infinitive is extra credit.
  2. This is the Greek text of Genesis 1 that we looked at in class.

Archaeology

  1. Read in Biers, ch. 6, “The Orientalizing Period” & (if you want to get ahead) Drewett, “Digging the Site” (pp. 99 – 118).
  2. Presentation about Greek temples
  3. See this page on paper and presentation topics; on Friday, you’ll be asked to sign up to give a presentation(s).

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