Department of Classics, University of Texas
Unique Number 82985
Summer Session I, 1998
M-F 8:30-10, 11:30-1, WAG 208
Timothy Moore, Waggener 211, 471-5742

Office Hours: M-F 10-11 and by appointment

Course description:

Our goals are to learn just over one-half of the basic grammar necessary to read Latin, to begin practicing the language, and to learn about Roman culture and history. To accomplish these goals, we will study the first 27 chapters of Wheelock's Beginning Latin, read stories in Latin from several sources, practice with oral and written exercises, and discuss in class various aspects of ancient Rome.

Grading:

• Class participation (includes written homework): 25%
• 3 Midterm exams: 10% each
• Quizzes (no makeups: lowest quiz grade will be dropped): 15%
• Final exam: 30%

Required Texts (for each of these books, make sure you buy the latest edition):

• Wheelock's Latin, 5th edition. R.A. LaFleur, editor. HarperCollins Books, 1995.
• Ann H. Groton and James M. May, Thirty-Eight Latin Stories, 5th, revised edition. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1995 .
• Ann Cumming and Mary Whitlock Blundell, Auricula Meretricula, revised edition. Focus Classical Library, 1993.

Other books you may find useful:

• N. Goldman & L. Szymanski, English Grammar for Students of Latin. Olivia and Hill Press, 1983.
• Charles E. Bennett, New Latin Grammar. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1994.
• Paul T. Comeau and Richard A. LaFleur, Workbook for Wheelock's Latin, 3rd edition. HarperPerennial, 1997.

A word to the wise

The most important element in the learning of any language is consistency. Such consistency is especially important in a fast-paced summer course like this one. Please note the importance of class participation in your grade. This means that you will be richly rewarded for consistent attendance and preparation, but repeated absences and/or lack of preparation for class will cost you dearly.

Scholastic dishonesty

Scholastic dishonesty on any graded assignment will result in a failing grade (Zero), which you may not drop. Scholastic dishonesty includes any kind of cheating; if you are unsure about the exact definition you should consult the appropriate sections of "A Student's Guide to Living in the Heart of Texas" or the General Information Bulletin.

Academic disabilities

I will make myself available to discuss appropriate academic accommodations that you may require as a student with a disability. Before course accommodations will be made, students may be required to provide documentation from the Office of the Dean of Students - Services for Students with Disabilities.

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Schedule of Assignments

(additional exercises and readings will be assigned as deemed necessary; quizzes, announced and unannounced, will be given as needed)

June

3: Introduction to course; Wheelock's Latin (hereafter, W): Introduction, Chapter 1, Sententiae, pp. 6-7
4: W, Chapter 2, Sententiae Antiquae (hereafter SA)
5: W, Chapter 3, Practice and Review (hereafter PR), SA; Groton and May, Thirty-Eight Latin Stories (hereafter GM),: "Pandora's Box"; W, Chapter 4, PR, SA; GM: "The Tragic Story of Phaethon"

8: W, Chapter 5 PR, SA; GM: "The Adventures of Io"
9: W, Chapter 6, PR, SA; GM: "The Curse of Atreus"
10: W, Chapter 7, PR, SA; GM: "Cleobis and Biton"
11: TEST I
12: W, Chapter 8, PR, SA; GM: "Laocoön and the Trojan Horse"; Auricula Meretricula (hereafter, AM) I

15: W, Chapter 9, PR, SA; GM: "Nisus and Euryalus"
16: W, Chapter 10, PR, SA; GM: "Aurora and Tithonus"; AM II; W, Chapter 11, PR, SA; GM: "Ulysses and the Cyclops"
17: W, Chapter 12, PR, SA; GM: "A Gift Bearing Greeks"
18:W, Chapter 13, PR, SA; GM: "Echo and the Handsome Narcissus"; AM III; W, Chapter 14, PR, SA; GM: "Europa and the Bull"
19: W, Chapter 15, PR, SA; GM: "How the Aegean Got Its Name"; AM IV

22: TEST II
23: W, Chapter 16, PR, SA; GM: "The Wrath of Achilles"; AM V
24: W, Chapter 17, PR, SA; GM: "The Myrmidons (Ant People)"; AM VI
25: W, Chapter 18, PR, SA; GM: "A Wedding Invitation"
26: W, Chapter 19, PR, SA; GM: " The Judgment of Paris"; AM VII

29: W, Chapter 20, PR, SA; GM: "The Labors of Hercules"
30: W, Chapter 21, PR, SA; GM: "The Golden Age Returns"; AM VIII; W, Chapter 22, PR, SA: GM: "Cicero Reports His Victory Over Catiline"
July
1: W, Chapter 23, PR, SA; GM: "Watching the Orator at Work"; AM IX
2: TEST III
3: W, Chapter 24, PR, SA; GM: "Caesar's Camp is Attacked by Belgians"; AM X

6: W, Chapter 25, PR, SA; GM: "The Character of Catiline's Followers"
7 : W, Chapter 26, PR, SA; GM: "The Virtues of the Orator Cato"; W, Chapter 27, PR, SA; GM: Old Age is Not a Time for Despair"

9 (9-12): Final Exam