Last Quiz of the Semester: a.d. iv Nonibus Decembris / 2 Δεκεμβιου η Παρασκευη

Elementary Latin

Quiz on (1) principal parts of verbs and (2) perfect tense of verbs and (3) ch. 12 vocabulary.

1. Principal parts of verbs: (1) 1st person present — (2) infinitive — (3) 1st person perfect — (4) perfect passive participle.  Be able to

• label each part
• EXTRA CREDIT — give the principal parts for a 1st conjugation verb like laudo, laudare, laudavi, laudatum.

1. Perfect tense of verbs: stem from 3rd principal part without -i-   +    i, isti, it, imus, istis, erunt
2. Not on the quiz Pluperfect tense of verbs: stem from 3rd principal part without -i-   +   eram, eras, erat, eramus, eratis, erant
3. Not on the quiz Future perfect tense of verbs: stem from 3rd principle part without -i-   +    ero, eris, erit, erimus, eritis, erunt
4. Vocabulary ch. 12

• annus m year
• mater, matris f mother
• pater, patris m father
• principium n beginning
• pro (preposition + ablative) in front of, before, for the sake of
• diu for a long time
• nuper recently
• amitto, amittere, amisi, amissum lost
• cado, cadere, cecidi, casrum. fall
• creo, creare, creavi, creatum. create

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Elementary Greek

1. Quiz on Personal Pronouns and οδε, ηδε, τοδε this, these
2. • Personal Pronouns. εγω, συ, ημεις, υμεις.  αυτος, αυτη, αυτο.
   • Go here for declensions of each pronoun.

Vocabulary

βλεπω  see, look at

η σοφια wisdom

η φιλοσοφια philosophy

νυν now

τοτε then

γαρ for

εκεινος, εκεινη, εκεινο that, those

ουτος, αυτη, τουτο this, these / that, those

 

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Classical Mythology

1. Read in Introduction to Mythology, ch. 42- 44, pp. 617 – 683.
2. Oral presentations: Topic is below. Due on Friday, 18 November: 1-2 paragraphs about your topic for the presentation/paper; include the names/titles/author of the ancient primary text(s) and the movie, book, video game, etc.; what myths you will be talking about; what concepts about myth you will refer to. You can email your topic by Friday, 11am, or submit a printed-out copy.

Topics:

1) Explain how a contemporary book, movie, video game, etc. uses ancient mythology. How is the myth presented, altered, adapted?

2) Concept of the hero. Explain our society’s concept of a hero/heroism and contrast it to that of the ancient Greeks and/or other ancient cultures.

3) Myths are full of contradictions. How does the anthropologist Lévi-Strauss explain these contradictions? (Some terms to use in discussing this topic: binary opposite, resolution of opposites, nature/culture, synchronic/diachronic).

Your presentation must:

• Incorporate sufficient reference to a primary text (Hesiod, Ovid, Sophocles, etc.)
• Include discussion of concepts about myth such as: ritual, liminality, hero, trickster, paratactic/syntactic, archetype, family romance.
• 10 minutes long
• Powerpoint-type visual aids and other media, paper handouts are welcome

Schedule for Presentations (so far)

November 18   paragraph is DUE

November 22

November 29 Erica

December 2   Jeff, John, Scott, Joe, James

December 6  Janel, Yomna, Allyson, Aaron

December 9  Carmella, Tom, Zunaira, Marcus

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Intermediate Latin

1. Cicero passage.

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Intermediate Greek

1. Μοre -μι verbs
2. Passage to translate

No Homework Due

Elementary Latin

1. Felicem magnam cenam gratiarum!
2. Fabula: Cicada et formica 
3. Silly Latin quizzes
4. Latina pro viatoribus

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Elementary Greek

1. ευτυχής ημέρα των ευχαριστιών!
2. • Personal Pronouns. εγω, συ, ημεις, υμεις.  αυτος, αυτη, αυτο.
   • Go here for declensions of each pronoun.
   • These are the Modern Greek forms of the pronouns compared to the ancient forms.

 

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Classical Mythology

Fractured Fairy Tale

Make sure you’re caught up on ALL the reading.
1. Think about these concepts in relation to the Thanksgiving meal: syntagmatic, paradigmatic,  diachronic, synchronic, ritual.
2. Oral presentations: 1-2 paragraphs about your topic for the presentation/paper; include the names/titles/author of the ancient primary text(s) and the movie, book, video game, etc.; what myths you will be talking about; what concepts about myth you will refer to. You can email your topic by Friday, 11am, or submit a printed-out copy.

Topics:

1) Explain how a contemporary book, movie, video game, etc. uses ancient mythology. How is the myth presented, altered, adapted?

2) Concept of the hero. Explain our society’s concept of a hero/heroism and contrast it to that of the ancient Greeks and/or other ancient cultures.

3) Myths are full of contradictions. How does the anthropologist Lévi-Strauss explain these contradictions? (Some terms to use in discussing this topic: binary opposite, resolution of opposites, nature/culture, synchronic/diachronic).

Your presentation must:

• Incorporate sufficient reference to a primary text (Hesiod, Ovid, Sophocles, etc.)
• Include discussion of concepts about myth such as: ritual, liminality, hero, trickster, paratactic/syntactic, archetype, family romance.
• 10 minutes long
• Powerpoint-type visual aids and other media, paper handouts are welcome

Schedule for Presentations (so far)

November 18   paragraph is DUE

November 22

November 29 Erica

December 2   Jeff, John, Scott, Joe

December 6  Janel, Yomna, Allyson

December 9  Marcus

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Intermediate Latin

1. Cicero passage.

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Intermediate Greek

1. Passage to translate

Homework due a.d. x Kalendis Decembris / 22 Νοεμβριου η Τριτη

Elementary Latin

1. Vocabulary and sentences: Practice and Review p. 72, # 1, 2, 3, 5: For each sentence, identify which pronoun (ego, tu, is/ea/id, nos, vos, hic/haec/hoc, ille/illa/illud) is used.
2. Vocabulary, ch. 10 and ch. 11.

• amicitia f   friendship
• hora f     hour, time
• natura f     nature
• senectus, senectutis f    old age
• timor, timoris m fear
• veritas, veritatis f    truth
• via   f  road
• voluptas, voluptatis ff pleasure
• beatus, -a, -um blessed, happy
• cum + ablative    with
• audio, audire. hear
• capio, capere. take, capture
• dico, dicere. say, speak
• facio, facere. make, do
• fugio, fugere. flee
• venio, venire. find
• vivo, vivere. live
• caput, capitis. n head
• consul, consulis. m consul
• nemo, nullius. m no one
• amicus, i. m. friend
• quod. because
• neque, nec. and nor, not.    neque… neque… neither…nor
• autem. however
• bene. well
• etiam. even, also
• intellego, intellegere. understand
• mitto, mittere. send
• sentio, sentire. sense

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Elementary Greek

1. Personal Pronouns. εγω, συ, ημεις, υμεις.  αυτος, αυτη, αυτο.
2. Go here for declensions of each pronoun.
3. These are the Modern Greek forms of the pronouns compared to the ancient forms.
4. Sentences, p. 86. 1, 2.

1. Ch. 14 vocabulary

πληττω, πληξω. strike

φερω, οισω. bear, bring, carry

το βιβλιον. book

το ιματιον. cloak

επι (επ’, εφ’) upon, on, in the time of, on, at , by, to, against

 

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Classical Mythology

1. Read in Introduction to Mythology, ch. 36 and 37: Household tales (Brothers Grimm) and Apuleius’ Cupid and Psyche, pp. 524 – 559.
2. Oral presentations: Topic is below. Due on Friday, 18 November: 1-2 paragraphs about your topic for the presentation/paper; include the names/titles/author of the ancient primary text(s) and the movie, book, video game, etc.; what myths you will be talking about; what concepts about myth you will refer to. You can email your topic by Friday, 11am, or submit a printed-out copy.

Topics:

1) Explain how a contemporary book, movie, video game, etc. uses ancient mythology. How is the myth presented, altered, adapted?

2) Concept of the hero. Explain our society’s concept of a hero/heroism and contrast it to that of the ancient Greeks and/or other ancient cultures.

3) Myths are full of contradictions. How does the anthropologist Lévi-Strauss explain these contradictions? (Some terms to use in discussing this topic: binary opposite, resolution of opposites, nature/culture, synchronic/diachronic).

Your presentation must:

• Incorporate sufficient reference to a primary text (Hesiod, Ovid, Sophocles, etc.)
• Include discussion of concepts about myth such as: ritual, liminality, hero, trickster, paratactic/syntactic, archetype, family romance.
• 10 minutes long
• Powerpoint-type visual aids and other media, paper handouts are welcome

Schedule for Presentations (so far)

November 18   paragraph is DUE

November 22

November 29 Erica, James

December 2   Jeff, John, Scott, Joe

December 6  Janel, Yomna, Allyson, Aaron

December 9  Marcus, Carmella

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Intermediate Latin

1. Cicero passage.

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Intermediate Greek

1. Μοre -μι verbs
2. Passage to translate

Homework due a.d. xiv Kalendis Decembris

Elementary Latin

1. Quiz on  ille illa illud (THAT / THOSE)   and  4thconjugation (and 3rd -io verbs): verbs like audio, audire (present, imperfect; future is extra credit); identifying which conjugation a verb is in.
2. Conjugation of present, imperfect, future of fourth conjugation is here.
3. Sententiae Antiquae, p. 65: #1, 2, 3.
4. Vocabulary, ch. 10.

• amicitia f   friendship
• hora f     hour, time
• natura f     nature
• senectus, senectutis f    old age
• timor, timoris m fear
• veritas, veritatis f    truth
• via   f  road
• voluptas, voluptatis ff pleasure
• beatus, -a, -um blessed, happy
• cum + ablative    with
• audio, audire. hear
• capio, capere. take, capture
• dico, dicere. say, speak
• facio, facere. make, do
• fugio, fugere. flee
• venio, venire. find
• vivo, vivere. live

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Elementary Greek

1. ειμι.  Quiz on present, imperfect, future, infinitive, imperatives
2. Present tense ‘I am’   ειμι, ει,  εστι [ν], εσμεν, εστε, εισι [ν]
3. Imperfect tense ‘I was’ of ειμι. η/ην, ησθα, ην, ημεν, ητε, ησαν
4. Future tense ‘I will be’ of ειμι. εσομαι, εση/εσει, εσται, εσομεθα, εσεσθε, εσονται
5. Ιnfinitive ‘to be’ ειναι ‘to be about to be’ εσεσθαι
6. Imperative: Be! ισθι / Let him/her be! εστω  Be!  εστε / Let them be! εστων

1. Vocabulary for sentences p. 71, 1, 3, 4, 10

• 1. τοπος – place       ελευθερος – free        κινδυνος -danger       μικρος -small       κορη- girl
• 3. αλλαττω – (middle) take [accussative] in exchange for [genitive]          δωρον – gift           ησυχια – quiet, leisure
• 4. μηκετι – no longer                 πειθω- (middle) obey           αναξιος-unworthy             δεσποινη- mistress          αξιος-worthy         θεραπαινα- servant           τρεπω- (middle) go             μακρος-  long          οδος- road         εις- into           χωρα- country
• 10. φυτον- plant, tree           υπο- by          φυλαττω- guard          πορρω- far away from         οικια- house

1. Ch. 11 vocabulary

ειμι, εσομαι. be exist; (3rd person singular + accusative + infinitive) it is possible

πειθω,  πεισω  persuade; (+ dative) obey

τρεπω, τρεψω  turn; (middle voice) betake oneself, go

αμαξα, -ης  η  cart, wagon

λιμνη, -ης ξ   marsh, lake

τοπος, -ου ο  place

τροπος, -ου ο turn, way

μακρος, -α, -ον long

μικρος, -α, -ον small, litttle

πορρω far, far off — (preposition + genitive) far away from

υπο  / υπ’ / υφ’    (preposition + genitive, dative, accusative) under

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Classical Mythology

1. Read in Introduction to Mythology, myth and folktakes and the Wizard of Oz, pp. 495-523.
2. Oral presentations: Topic is below. Due on Friday, 18 November: 1-2 paragraphs about your topic for the presentation/paper; include the names/titles/author of the ancient primary text(s) and the movie, book, video game, etc.; what myths you will be talking about; what concepts about myth you will refer to. You can email your topic by Friday, 11am, or submit a printed-out copy.

Topics:

1) Explain how a contemporary book, movie, video game, etc. uses ancient mythology. How is the myth presented, altered, adapted?

2) Concept of the hero. Explain our society’s concept of a hero/heroism and contrast it to that of the ancient Greeks and/or other ancient cultures.

3) Myths are full of contradictions. How does the anthropologist Lévi-Strauss explain these contradictions? (Some terms to use in discussing this topic: binary opposite, resolution of opposites, nature/culture, synchronic/diachronic).

Your presentation must:

• Incorporate sufficient reference to a primary text (Hesiod, Ovid, Sophocles, etc.)
• Include discussion of concepts about myth such as: ritual, liminality, hero, trickster, paratactic/syntactic, archetype, family romance.
• 10 minutes long
• Powerpoint-type visual aids and other media, paper handouts are welcome

Schedule for Presentations (so far)

November 18   paragraph is DUE

November 22

November 29 Erica

December 2   Jeff, John, Scott, Joe

December 6  Janel, Yomna, Allyson

December 9  Marcus

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Intermediate Latin

1. Cicero passage.

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Intermediate Greek

1. Μοre -μι verbs
2. Passage to translate

Homework due a.d. XVII Kalendis Decembris / 15 Νοεμβριου η Τριτη

Elementary Latin

1. Learn demonstative pronoun ille illa illud (THAT / THOSE)   and conjugate venio, venire and capio, capere in present tense.
2. 4thconjugation (and 3rd -io verbs): verbs like audio, audire. Present tense: audio, audis, audit, audimus, auditis, audiunt.
3. Conjugate DORMIO, DORMIRE in the present tense.
4. Vocabulary, ch. 10.

• amicitia f   friendship
• hora f     hour, time
• natura f     nature
• senectus, senectutis f    old age
• timor, timoris m fear
• veritas, veritatis f    truth
• via   f  road
• voluptas, voluptatis ff pleasure
• beatus, -a, -um blessed, happy
• cum + ablative    with
• audio, audire. hear
• capio, capere. take, capture
• dico, dicere. say, speak
• facio, facere. make, do
• fugio, fugere. flee
• venio, venire. find
• vivo, vivere. live

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Elementary Greek

1. ειμι.  Learn present, imperfect, future, infinitive, imperatives
2. Present tense ‘I am’   ειμι, ει,  εστι [ν], εσμεν, εστε, εισι [ν]
3. Imperfect tense ‘I was’ of ειμι. η/ην, ησθα, ην, ημεν, ητε, ησαν
4. Future tense ‘I will be’ of ειμι. εσομαι, εση/εσει, εσται, εσομεθα, εσεσθε, εσονται
5. Ιnfinitive ‘to be’ ειναι ‘to be about to be’ εσεσθαι
6. Imperative: Be! ισθι / Let him/her be! εστω  Be!  εστε / Let them be! εστων

1. Vocabulary for sentences p. 71, 1, 3, 4, 10

• 1. τοπος – place       ελευθερος – free        κινδυνος -danger       μικρος -small       κορη- girl
• 3. αλλαττω – (middle) take [accussative] in exchange for [genitive]          δωρον – gift           ησυχια – quiet, leisure
• 4. μηκετι – no longer                 πειθω- (middle) obey           αναξιος-unworthy             δεσποινη- mistress          αξιος-worthy         θεραπαινα- servant           τρεπω- (middle) go             μακρος-  long          οδος- road         εις- into           χωρα- country
• 10. φυτον- plant, tree           υπο- by          φυλαττω- guard          πορρω- far away from         οικια- house

1. Ch. 11 vocabulary

ειμι, εσομαι. be exist; (3rd person singular + accusative + infinitive) it is possible

πειθω,  πεισω  persuade; (+ dative) obey

τρεπω, τρεψω  turn; (middle voice) betake oneself, go

αμαξα, -ης  η  cart, wagon

λιμνη, -ης ξ   marsh, lake

τοπος, -ου ο  place

τροπος, -ου ο turn, way

μακρος, -α, -ον long

μικρος, -α, -ον small, litttle

πορρω far, far off — (preposition + genitive) far away from

υπο  / υπ’ / υφ’    (preposition + genitive, dative, accusative) under

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Classical Mythology

1. Read in Introduction to Mythology, Part 5, ‘Myth and Dreams,’ pp. 465-492.
2. Oral presentations: Topic is below. Due on Friday, 18 November: 1-2 paragraphs about your topic for the presentation/paper; include the names/titles/author of the ancient primary text(s) and the movie, book, video game, etc.; what myths you will be talking about; what concepts about myth you will refer to. You can email your topic by Friday, 11am, or submit a printed-out copy.

Topics:

1) Explain how a contemporary book, movie, video game, etc. uses ancient mythology. How is the myth presented, altered, adapted?

2) Concept of the hero. Explain our society’s concept of a hero/heroism and contrast it to that of the ancient Greeks and/or other ancient cultures.

3) Myths are full of contradictions. How does the anthropologist Lévi-Strauss explain these contradictions? (Some terms to use in discussing this topic: binary opposite, resolution of opposites, nature/vulcutre, synchronic/diachronic).

Your presentation must:

• Incorporate sufficient reference to a primary text (Hesiod, Ovid, Sophocles, etc.)
• Include discussion of concepts about myth such as: ritual, liminality, hero, trickster, paratactic/syntactic, archetype, family romance.
• 10 minutes long
• Powerpoint-type visual aids and other media, paper handouts are welcome

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Intermediate Latin

1. Catullus poem
2. Translate sentences.

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Intermediate Greek

1. Μοre -μι verbs
2. Passage to translate