Friday, June 12, 2009

Pompeiiana XIII.7, March 1987


Content: "Prior" (an article in Latin on Huey Lewis), "Who was St. Patrick?", "Diocles Named M.V.A.", "Comus, Bacchus & Endymion All 'Worshipped' During Carnival in New Orleans", "The Poet John Milton and The Teaching of Latin", quote from Francis Bacon, "Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum", "Petere Tuam Veniam: Punishers & Punished" puzzle, "Olympic Scramble" puzzle, "Where's the Ides of March?" word search, "Unscrambling Famous Latin Sayings" puzzle, "Monster Mix", "Expand Your Pundit Range" puzzle, "Di Immortales -- Ubinam Gentium Sunt?" puzzle, Conundrums, Classified Ads, "Myth of the Month: Orpheus and Eurydice", "Latin", "Herculanean Double-Take", "Rome's Most Ancient Monument Dates to 15th Century B.C.", "Hospitality and the Roman Traveler", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Claudia", "Happy are Those who Mingle with Mythology", "Daphne" poem, "Deja Vu Latine et Grace", Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Pompeiiana XIII.6, February 1987


Content: "Minima Vertrix" (aka Tina Turner), "Romans not 'Dead Heads'", "Latin Club Teaches 'Societas'", "And if I'm Elected . . .", "Mythology: The 'Psychologist's Couch' of the Romans", "Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum", "Dialecticae", "When the Statues Come Out to Play" poem, "Quanti Sunt?" puzzle, "Code 'In Schola' Puzzle", "VerbaVerbaVerba" crossword puzzle, Classified Ads, "School Board Reinstates Latin in the Curricula of two Cedar Rapids, Iowa, High Schools", "Myth of the Month: Phaethon's Mad Adventure", "Something Sweet Began in Rome Centuries Ago", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Claudia", "Regius Color Purpureus", "Florida Middle School Sold on Latin", Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Pompeiiana XIII.5, January 1987



Content: "Siderium Iter IV: Navigatio Domum" (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home), "Herculaneum: Archaeology's Most Flagrant Unfinished Business", letter from NFL Commissioner, Pete Rozelle, on taking two years of high school Latin, "Oldest New Year Present", "Sing Along with Sempronia", "Latin Phrases Used in Everyday English" puzzle, "Do You Know Who I Used to Be?" puzzle, "'B' Careful with Matches" puzzle, "Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum", "Roman Drama" word search and matching puzzle, "Worcestershire Sauce Related to Pompeian Garum", Classified Ads, "S.A.T. Tempus", "Myth of the Month: Damon and Phintias", "Robert Frost: At Heart a Latin Student", "Dream Tree" poem, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Claudia", "Fici Aromatis Conditi", "Let the Visitor Beware", "A Technical Publication Consultant Looks at a Roman Architect", Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions for page one, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Pompeiiana XIII.4, December 1986


Content: "Donum Magorum", "Io Saturnalia!", "Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum", "Cryptogramatic English Translations of Famous Latin Quotations", "Word Ladder", "Sing Along with Sempronia", "Translation Word Search", "Myth Crossword", "The Best of the Beatles", "Romam, Pulchram, Magnam, Spectate, Laudate, Amate Est Maxima Italia" poem, Classified Ads, "Myth of the Month: Cupid and Psyche", "In Latin, Omnia Quae Fieri Possunt", "Proof Positive for Latin", "Ripley's Believe it or Not" cartoon, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Cladia", Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Pompeiiana XIII.3, November 1986


Content: Late Night with David Letterman ("Sera Nocte cum David Litteraeviro"), "Back Street Life in Ancient Rome", "Apollo Smiles on 10th National Chariathon", "Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum", "Mind Mixer" crossword puzzle, "Cicero's Philosophies" puzzle, "Latin Droppings" puzzle, "Men on Parade" puzzle, "Sing Along with Sempronia", "Verb Search", "So What Do Palimpsets Have to Do with Computers Anyway?", Classified Ads, "Myth of the Month: Baucis and Philemon", "Latin Coming on Strong as an Ethnic Leveler and a Cultural Bridge" article from the Indianapolis Star, "The Ancients Knew Our Games", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Claudia", "The Aeneid in Iulus' Eyes" poem, "Cleopatra's Cats Continue to Clutter Colosseum", "Barrels Ancient", Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.