Last updated: February 15, 2008

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Classics Section 
Major/Minor Programs in Classics at BGSU
Department of Romance and Classical Studies
Bowling Green State University



UPDATE: (2/15/08) Schedule of readings updated.
(2/15/08) Added new readings to online resources.
(2/14/08) Place of 362 meeting changed.
(1/4/08) Date of Final Exam Added.

(11/28/07) Room changed to 70 N MacDonald.
(11/27/07) Schedule of readings added.


Maccari-Cicero
Maccari, Cicero Denounces Catiline in the Senate

LAT 202/362: Intermediate/Advanced Latin

10:30-11:20 MWF
70 N MacDonald

LAT 362 ONLY: 10:30-11:20 Thurs.
70 N MacDonald

Instructor:

James M. Pfundstein, Ph.D.
Shatzel 222
phone: 419-372-8278
e-mail: jmpfund@bgnet.bgsu.edu
office hours: Tues. & Wed.12:30-1:20, or by appointment
web page: http://personal.bgsu.edu/~jmpfund/JMP.html

Texts
:
Shapiro, S. (ed.) O Tempora! O Mores! Cicero's Catilinarian Orations (Oklahoma)

Sallust, Bellum Catlinae (capitula selecta) (handout)

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

A satisfactory Latin grammar (Hale & Buck has been ordered at the bookstore.)

362 Only: Cicero, Somnium Scipionis (handout)
                 Phaedrus, Fabulae (handout, Perseus links below)



Online Resources:

Electronic texts of the Cicero speeches (and Sallust--and Phaedrus), hyperlinked to vocabulary and grammar assistance, are available (free) at the Perseus Project. But the server isn't especially reliable and it gets a lot of traffic.

Cicero, In Catilinam I (Perseus 4):
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0010:text=Catil.

Cicero, In Catilinam I (old Perseus):
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0010:text=Catil.:speech=1:section=1

Sallust, Bellum Catilinae (Perseus 4)
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0123

Sallust, Bellum Catilinae (old Perseus)
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0123

Phaedrus, Fabulae (Perseus 4)
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0118%3Abook%3D1

Phaedrus, Fabulae (old Perseus)
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0118

The Perseus Project also has a vast amount of useful resources for the Latinist; in addition to hypertexts and translations of Cicero and other Greek and Roman 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).
http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin/Software/Diogenes/

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

The Ancient Library has a couple of superb public domain reference works in unusually useful on-line editions. There's a scan and an OCR text for each page of the original book; the editions are searchable and browsable:

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1867)
http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/

Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1870)
http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-dgra/

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 the developer's web-page. (You have to scroll down a bit.)
http://users.erols.com/whitaker/words.htm
An online version is available at Notre Dame, but is wonky and not necessarily reliable.
http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.exe

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

Orbilius, a freeware program by Nick Lowe to help you practice conjugations and basic vocabulary (and which includes a Latin version of Hangman) can be found at:
http://www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk/Classics/NJL/Latin/download.html

A DOS program for conjugating verbs can be found at:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/7182/latin.html

A Beta version of a Latin parsing/translating program (DOS/Windows type) can be found at:
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/latin/latintrans.html

There are some electronic vocabulary flashcards, a parsing program, and assorted other stuff (mostly for Mac) at William Harris' website:
http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/SubIndex/classics.sub.html

Grading:

 
quizzes

midterm 1
(Wed. Feb. 13)

midterm 2
(Fri. Mar. 21)

presentation
(to be scheduled)

final exam
by arrangement
or
official final time: Fri. May 2, 8:30-10:30

15%

22.5%


22.5%


15%


25%

 
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 and performing the presentation.
No incompletes issued except for pressing reasons and by prior arrangement with the instructor.
"A noun's a thing, a verb's the thing it does. The can of beets is filled with purple fuzz."--Steve Kowit
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

line (versus) numbers refer to Shapiro's edition

SEPTIMANA
LUNAE DIES
MERCURII DIES
VENERIS DIES
LAT 362
I
Jan. 7, 9, 11
Exordium
In Cat. I
versus 1-25
In Cat. I
versus 26-50
Essay I.1-4
(pp.121-140)
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II
Jan. 14, 16, 18
In Cat. I
versus 51-75
In Cat. I
versus 76-102
In Cat. I
versus 103-130
Essay I.5-9
(pp.140-158)
Somnium Scipionis
cap. 9
III
---- Jan. 23, 25
Dies MLK junioris
In Cat. I
versus 131-157
In Cat. I
versus 158-179
Essay II.1-4
(pp.159-179)
Somnium Scipionis
cap. 10
IV
Jan. 28, 30, Feb. 1
In Cat. I
versus 180-206
In Cat. I
versus 206-232
In Cat. I
versus 233-258
Essay II.5-9
(pp.179-204)
Somnium Scipionis
cap. 12-13
V
Feb. 4, 6, 8
In Cat. I
versus 258-284
In Cat. I
versus 284-310
In Cat. I
versus 311-339
Appendix A
(pp.209-216)
Somnium Scipionis
cap. 14-16
VI
Feb. 11, 13, 15
In Cat. I
versus 340-371
Examen Primum In Cat. II
versus 1-26
Somnium Scipionis
cap. 16-17
VII
Feb. 18, 20, 22
In Cat. III
versus 1-30
In Cat. III
versus 31-60
In Cat. III
versus 60-90
Somnium Scipionis
cap. 17-19
VIII
Feb. 25, 27, 29
In Cat. III
versus 91-120
In Cat. III
versus 120-152
In Cat. III
versus 153-185
Somnium Scipionis
cap. 20-22

Mar. 1-9

Vernales Agendi Feriae!
IX.
Mar. 10, 12, 14
In Cat. III
versus 186-216
In Cat. III
versus 217-248
In Cat. III
versus 249-279
Somnium Scipionis
cap. 23-26
X
Mar. 17, 19, 21
In Cat. III
versus 280-323
In Cat. III
  versus 323-359
Examen Secundum Somnium Scipionis
cap. 27-29
XI
Mar. 24, 26, 28
In Cat. IIII
versus 1-35
In Cat. IIII
versus 36-71
In Cat. IIII
versus 71-109
Phaedrus I,
Lupus et Agnus;
Ranae regem petierunt

XII
Mar. 31, Apr. 2, 4
In Cat. IIII
versus 110-145
In Cat. IIII
versus 145-180
In Cat. IIII
versus 180-216
Phaedrus I,
Vulpes et Corvus;
Leo Senex, Aper, Taurus et Asinus;
Rana Rupta et Bos

XIII
Apr. 7, 9, 11
In Cat. IIII
versus 216-252
In Cat. IIII
versus 252-292
In Cat. IIII
versus 292-329
Phaedrus II,
Aesopus ad quendam de successu improborum;
Aquila, Feles et Aper

XIV
Apr. 21, 23, 25
Bellum Catilinae
A
Bellum Catilinae
B
Bellum Catilinae
C
Phaedrus III,
Aesopus et Rusticus;
Pullus ad Margaritam;
Apes et Fuci, Vespa Iudice

XV
Apr. 28, 30, May 2
Bellum Catilinae
D
Bellum Catilinae
E
Bellum Catilinae
F
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ULTIMA

Examen Ultimum: Veneris Dies, May 2, 8:30-10:30


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