Month: August 2012

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→