Last updated: October 2, 2009

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


UPDATE: Added particpation credit to grading (10/2/09)
Revised meeting time for LAT 3610 (9/1/09)
Added schedule for LAT 3610 (8/25/09)

A detail from one of Tiepolo's Troy paintings.
Tiepolo, Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy

LAT 2010/3610: Intermediate/Advanced Latin

10:30-11:20 MWF
205 Olscamp

LAT 3610 only: 1:45-2:35
222 Shatzel

Instructor:

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

Texts:
Pharr (ed.), Vergil's Aeneid I-VI (Bolchazy-Carducci)

A satisfactory Latin dictionary. (Traupman's New College Latin-English Dictionary has been ordered for the bookstore; see links for some electronic options.)

A satisfactory Latin grammar (Wheelock will do; see below for an electronic option or two.)


Online Resources:
The Perseus Project has a vast amount of useful resources for the Latinist; in addition to hypertexts and translations of Greek and Roman authors (including Vergil's Aeneid), there's an e-version of Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar, and a searchable edition of Lewis & Short, the best one-volume Latin dictionary. Unfortunately, it can be wonky and slow to connect--especially when you're in a hurry. Verbum sapienti sufficit.

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 Vergil (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:

 
participation/quizzes
quizzes: on grammatical review as assigned;
participation: students will hand in, at or before the beginning of class, a good faith attempt at translating the day's assigned lines; the translation will be graded R/N

midterm 1
(Mon. Sept. 28)

midterm 2
(Mon. Nov. 2)

final exam
last class: Fri. Dec. 11
or
official final time: Wed. Dec. 16, 8:30-10:30

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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.
"'It's my opinion,' replied the Tuna, 'and opinions deserve respect! That's what Tuna politicians say.'"--Carlo Collodi, Pinocchio
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  (2010 & 3610)
  (3610)
SEPTIMANA
 LUNAE DIES
 MERCURII DIES
 VENERIS DIES
 MERCURII DIES
I
Aug. 24, 26, 28
 Exordium
 1.1-20
 1.21-41
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II
Aug. 31, Sept. 2, 4
 1.42-63
 1.64-83
 1.84-105
 Somnium 9
III
----, Sept. 9, 11
 Dies Laboris
 1.106-127
 1.128-147
 Somnium 10-11
IV
Sept. 14, 16, 18
 1.148-169
 1.170-191
 1.192-213
 Somnium 12-13
V
Sept. 21, 23, 25
 2.1-20
 2.21-39
 2.40-62
 Somnium 14-15
VI
Sept. 28, 30, Oct. 2
 Examen Primum 2.63-87
 2.88-113
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VII
Oct. 5, 7, 9
 2.114-140
 2.141-168
 2.169-194
 Somnium 16-17
VIII
----, Oct. 14, 16
 Dies Autumnalis Frangendi
 2.195-219
 2.220-245
 Somnium 18-19
IX.
Oct. 19, 21, 23
 2.246-269
 2.270-295
 2.296-321
 Somnium 20-21
X
Oct. 26, 28, 30
 2.322-346
 2.347-372
 2.373-401
 Somnium 22-23
XI
Nov. 2, 4, 6
   Examen Secundum 2.402-430
 2.431-459
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XII
Nov. 9, ----, 13
 2.460-490
 Dies Veteranorum
 2.491-520
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XIII
Nov. 16, 18, 20
 2.521-553
 2.554-587
 2.588-618
 Somnium 24-25
XIV
Nov. 23, ----, ----
 2.619-649
 Dies Gratias Agendi -----
XV
Nov. 30, Dec. 2, 4
 2.650-680
 		2.681-711
 		2.712-744
 Somnium 26-27
XVI
Dec. 7, 9, 11
 2.745-775
 2.776-804
 Examen Ultimum (prius)
 Somnium 28-29

ULTIMA

 Examen Ultimum (serius):
Mercurii Dies, Dec. 16, 8:30-10:30


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