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Classics Program at BGSU Studies in Latin at BGSU Department of World Languages and Cultures Bowling Green State University

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LAT 2010/3610: Intermediate/Advanced Latin 1

12:30-1:20 MWF
Eppler South 304

Instructor:

James M. Pfundstein, Ph.D.
Shatzel 222
office phone: 419-372-8278
e-mail: jmpfund@bgsu.edu
office hours: Mon. 1:20-2:30, Tues. 12:30-1:20, and by appointment.
web-page: http://blogs.bgsu.edu/pfundblog/

Lawall (ed.), Petronius: Selections from the Satyricon (Bolchazy-Carducci; 3rd revised edition: 1995)

A satisfactory Latin dictionary. (See links for some electronic options.)

A satisfactory Latin grammar (See links for some electronic options.)

The Perseus Project also has a vast amount of useful resources for the Latinist; in addition to hypertexts and translations of Petronius and other Latin and Greek authors, see Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar, and a searchable edition of Lewis & Short, the best one-volume Latin dictionary.

But you can have an electronic version of Lewis and Short for your own use. It's part of the database of Diogenes, a freeware application for searching the TLG and PHI disks. If you don't know what those are, don't worry about it. The upshot is that you can use Diogenes as a standalone dictionary program, by far the best one out there (for Latin or for Greek: the complete dataset of LSJ is included as well). Sadly, not usable on any mobile platform.

http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin/Software/Diogenes/

The Latin Library has free plain-text editions of Petronius (and a lot else besides).

Versions of WORDS, a superb freeware program that parses and briefly defines Latin words, can be downloaded (for Mac OS X, for Windows of various flavors, DOS, LINUX and OS/2) can be downloaded from AbleMedia's site. If the link doesn't work, just search around: it's archived a few places on the internet.

The march of operating systems has left WORDS a little bit behind. A newer version adapted to more recent versions of OS X is Interpres.

https://sites.google.com/site/erikandremendoza/

Legible Latin has updated WORDS across a variety of platforms (Windows, Mac OS, Linux).

http://www.perlingua.com/LatinHome/Legible/

An online version is available at Notre Dame.

http://archives.nd.edu/words.html

In case you're thinking, "I wish I could review that stuff in Wheelock"...

http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Ilaria_Marchesi/text/list_exercises.htm

Another set of online exercises keyed to Wheelock's Latin at the University of Victoria:
https://web.uvic.ca/hrd/latin/wheelock/

There's a Latin parser for Android devices by Water Shandruk. Not being an Android user, I have no idea how good it is, but here's the link.

http://download.cnet.com/Latin-Parser/3000-20414_4-75945591.html

Adrian Packel has written couple of great iOS apps: Grammaticus and Protagoras.

Grammaticus collects in searchable e-form a number of classical grammars, including Allen and Greenough's classic "New" Latin Grammar (first published in the late 19th C.) An oldie, now, but still a goodie.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/grammaticus/id517244087?mt=8

Protagoras collects in searchable e-form six Latin and Greek dictionaries, including Lewis & Short, still one of the best Latin-English dictionaries.

ttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/protagoras-classics-lexica/id1116707290?mt=8

There are an increasing number of for-pay options for mobile platforms (iOS and Android). I'm not inclined to link to these, but if you want to have a conversation about the ups and downs of them, feel free to raise the question in or out of class.

 

THE FINE PRINT:

No makeups given due to absence without prior arrangement with the instructor.

No one can pass the course without taking and passing the final examination.

No incompletes issued except for pressing reasons and by prior arrangement with the instructor.

"timendi sit causa nescire."--Seneca

The instructor reserves the right to recognize significant improvement or decline in student performance when awarding final grades.

The maximum amount of extra credit which may count towards the final grade = 5% of the total course points.

The syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor; changes will be announced in class and posted on-line.

SCHEDULE section (capitulum) and line (versus) numbers for the Satyricon refer to Lawall's edition
SEPTIMANA	LUNAE DIES	MERCURII DIES	VENERIS DIES
I Aug. 27, 29, 31	Exordium	Capitulum I versus 1-19	Capitulum I versus 20-39
II ----, Sept. 5, 7	Dies Laboris (nullae scholae)	Capitulum I versus 40-58	Capitulum I versus 59-76
III Sept. 10, 12, 14	Capitulum II.1 versus 1-21	Capitulum II.1 versus 22-42 ("fixus")	Capitulum II.1 versus 42-64
IV Sept.17, 19, 21	Capitulum II.1 versus 65-86 ("eriperemus")	Capitulum II.1 versus 86-108	Capitulum II.1 versus 109-129
V Sept. 24, 26, 28	Capitulum II.1 versus 130-151	Capitulum II.2 versus 1-20	Capitulum II.2 versus 21-42
VI Oct. 1, 3, 5	Capitulum II.2 versus 43-68 ("derectum")	Capitulum II.2 versus 68-92	Examen Primum
VII Oct. 8, 10, 12	Capitulum II.2 versus 93-119 ("delebit")	Capitulum II.2 versus 119-144 ("comedit")	Capitulum II.2 versus 144-162; Cap II.3 vers. 1-8 ("fieri")
VIII Oct. 15, 17, 19	Capitulum II.3 versus 8-33	Capitulum II.3 versus 34-60	Capitulum II.3 versus 61-65 Cap II.4 vers. 1-20
IX. Oct. 22, 24, 26	Capitulum II.4 versus 21-47	Capitulum II.4 versus 48-75	Capitulum II.4 versus 76-81 Cap II.5 vers. 1-18
X Oct. 29, 31, Nov. 2	Capitulum II.5 versus 19-45 ("implevit")	Capitulum II.5 versus 45-72 ("stabat")	Capitulum II.5 versus 72-98 ("accipiet")
XI Nov. 5, 7, ----	Capitulum II.5 versus 98-127 ("interire")	Examen Secundum	doctor et collegae Civitatem Ventosam conveniunt. (nullae scholae Latinae)
XII ----, Nov. 14, 16	Dies Veteranorum Observata (nullae scholae)	Capitulum II.5 ver. 127-157 ("unguebam")	Capitulum II.5 vers. 157-186 ("exposuit")
XIII Nov. 19, ----, ----	Capitulum II.5 versus 186-216	Dies Gratias Agendi: meleagridophagia optionalis (nullae scholae)
XIV Nov. 26, 28, 30	Capitulum II.5 versus 217-228 Capitulum III 1-23	Capitulum III versus 24-54	Capitulum III versus 55-78 Cap. IIII vers. 1-8
XV Dec. 3, 5, 7	Capitulum IIII versus 9-36	Capitulum V versus 1-25	Hic locus  intentionaliter  vacuus est.
ULTIMA	Examen Ultimum: Wednesday Dec. 12, 11:30AM-2:00PM