Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammar. Show all posts

Friday, February 12, 2010

Pompeiiana XVII.9, May 2001


Content: "Salutatio", "Bagnaia: Latium's Most Enchanting Spot", "Roman Pantheon", "Bedtime Stories: in English and Latin", "The First Shooting Star", "The Tale of Echo and Narcissus", assorted poems, "Pliny and the Birds", "What is It?", "Our Men at the Front", "At the Gate", "Retiaria", Roga Me Aliquid, "Io Ambarvalia", "I Hate Grammar", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Libum Ex Caseo, Ludi Apti ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, "A.K.A", "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.8, April 2001


Content: "Dale Earnhardt: Formidolosus", "Rome . . . the Most Towerful City in the World", "Happy Birthday, Roma!", "Want to Dig in the Dirt?", "Do You Believe in Predestination?", "Lick Finger, Rub Behind Ear!", "Planes and Trains Explained", "Don't Catch Code", "U.S. News & World Report", assorted poems, "Taunting Polyphemus", "Fratricide: Twice Told", "So, You Want to be a Vestal Virgin", "The Tenth Muse", "Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely!", Roga Me Aliquid, "I Hate Grammar", Ancient Greek & Roman Recipes: Perdix Assus, Ludi Apti ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, reading comprehension questions from page one, "Proscriptiones Nindinariae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.6, February 2001


Content: "Matthaeus Damonus", "The Borgo", "Fantastic February Fun", "African American Scholars of Latin", "A Gummi Solution", assorted poems, "Master of Ancient Trivia", "An Ubiquitous, Cupidinous Boy", "O.K., One More Time: The Answer is Latin!", "One More Election Lesson", "If You Thought Greece Was the Cradle of Western Civilization . . . ", "Perfect Love", "Will the Real Valentine Please Stand Up", "Good Food, Bad Manners", "From Dining Rooms to Clinics & More", Roga Me Aliquid, "I Hate Grammar", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Patina de Piris, Ludi Apti ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.5, January 2001


Content: "Drew" (Barrymore article in Latin), "The Land of the Sirens", "Millenio Novo Faustum Felix Tibi Sit!", "Ancient Advice for Bush and Gore", "The Role of the Fathr in Ancient Rome", "Horoscope", assorted poems, "Monsters Under Your Bed?", "Acting Up at Eleusis", "I Like Bacchus!", "Homer's Odyssey in 68 Verses", "Zeus is Doing O.K.", "Legends of the Zodiac", "Rethinking Olympus", Roga Me Aliquid, "I Hate Grammar", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Savillum, Ludi Apti ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, "Speaking of Elections", "The Latin Evolution", "De Comitiis Semper Dubitandum Est!", "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.4, December 2000


Content: "Pava Puella Nivea", "The Oddities of Rome", "Fed Up With Saturnalia and All Its Excesses?", Christmas song lyrics in Latin, "Why Leave the Riviera?", "Labors of an NBA Hercules", assorted poems, "A Saturnalia Gift Gone Awry", "Medusa Maliciously Maligned", "Shangri-la", "The Mysterious Brooch", "An Old Sailors' Tale", Roga Me Aliquid, "I Hate Grammar", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Isicia Omentatta, Ludi Apti ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, Reading Comprehension Questions from page one, "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", Comics page, answer key for teachers.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.3, November 2000


Content: "Candidati Praesidis Statuum Foederatorum Americae", "Travertine . . . the Fabris of Rome", "Chimera", "Did You Remember to Celebrate 'Hanno Day' Last Month?", "Hey, Wanna Go Take a Bath?", assorted poems, "A November Visit with the Queen of the Dead" script, "Ancient Roman Pastime Picked up by McDonalds", "Colosseum Highlights", "'Wuzzup' with Our Language?", "University Touts its Vain Ladies", "Hewlett-Packard to the Rescue", "How Much is that Doggy by the River?", "A Nebulous Modern Myth", Roga Me Aliquid, "Would You Vote for Vespasian for President of the United States?", "I Hate Grammar", "Why American Railroad Tracks Match the Width of Roman Chariot Axles", "We Triple-Dog Dare You!", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Ientaculum Romanum Ova Spongia Ex Lacte, "Do You Certamen?", Ludi Apti Ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, "Sophitia and the Magic Stairs", "SPQRPD: Roman Cop Show Set to Air", "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.2, October 2000


Content: "Americana Alta", "Two Gentlemen from Como", "The Walking Dead", "The Greek Rip Van Winkle", assorted poems, "Your Day in the Forum", "Lucius Licinius Sura Not Spooked", "A Visit to the Baths of Caracalla", "Life Decisions of an Ancient Greek", "Oh the Times, Oh the Customs!", "Pizza: The Real Story", "Free at Heart", "Listen to the Mockingbird", "Hieronymus (Jerry) Qui Salit (Springer)" script, Roga Me Aliquid, "Dead Romans", "I Hate Grammar", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Assaturas in Procina, "Gladiator: A Teacher's Apologia", Ludi Apti ad Discendum, "Kiwi Revenge", "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVII.1, September 2000


Content: "Gladiator", "The Catacomb Chronicles", "I Hate Grammar!", assorted poems, "The Lost Brother", "Dallas-Ft. Worth Area Schools Revive Latin", "If Horatio had Defended the Bridge Today", "Unexplained Creatures of the Ancient World", "Zeus and the Moose" script, "Did Someone Say 'Nude' Olympics?", Roga Me Aliquid, "Watch Out for that Rhetorical Device!", "The Stolen Arch", "Vergil's Shakespearean Encounter" play, "Pondering Potter - Harry, that is", "We're Surrounded by Neo-Classical Architecture", Ludi Apti ad Discendum et se Oblectandum, "Top Ten Reasons to Take Latin", "Ecce Romani Sunt!", reading comprehension questions from page one, "Proscriptiones Nundinariae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Pompeiiana XXII.9, May 1996


Content: "Fratres Coen et 'Fargo'", "Legacies of Vesuvius", "Could Teaching Latin be the Elixir of Life", "Election Speech", "Machina", "Padua . . . Then and Now", "Perseus, Worshipped by the Roman Legions?", "C. Iulius Caesar Octavianus: Augustus et Pater Patriae", "From Bath to Cathedral", "A Visit with Glaucus, Owner of the House of the Tragic Poet", "Francesco Petrarca", "The Roman Navy", Roga Me Aliquid, Carmina Optima et Eoarum Auctores, Libri Optimi, "A Little Bit of Caesar" crossword puzzle, "Myth Monikers" puzzle, "Mystery Phrase" puzzle, "Sister Act" puzzle, "Message Mottos" puzzle, "Deity Description" puzzle, "Roman Television" puzzle, "Amor Post Meridiem" puzzle, Picturae Moventes, "The Fall of Rome: It's History", Coquamus Romane", "No Rest and No Peace" poem, "Romans Often Won the War After Losing the Battle", "Thinking About Halloween . . . Again", "Have Toga, Will Party", "The Dreaded Passive Periphrastic", "A Warning" poem, "Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema: Painter of 'Victorians in Togas'", Caveant Emptor Vendorque, reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Pompeiiana XXII.8, April 1996


Content: "Ludi Olympici Committeantur", "Exploring Campania: A Piece of Paradise", "Spend a Classical Spring Break in the U.S.A.", "Be Careful What You Pray For, The Gods Just Might Give It To You", "Riley Revels in Learning Latin" poem, "Easter", "In Reverentia" poem, "Orvieto . . . Then and Now", "Aquaeductus", "The Parthenon", "Aurelius Augustmus", "Aeneas and Dido" poem, "A Lecture on Stoicism", "Roman Fortifications", Roga Me Aliquid, "A Victim of Vesuvius" poem, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, Libri Optimi, "Vergil and the Aeneid" crossword, "On the Cutting Edge" puzzle, ". . . When You're Having Fun" puzzle, Picturae Moventes, "Verba Vitae Romanae" puzzle, "The Nine Muses" puzzle, "Eastern Religions" puzzle, "Ulysses", "Fathe of the Year" puzzle, Coquamus Romane, "Changes in Later Roman Times", "Who Owns It? His, Hers, Its, and Theirs", "Augustus Creates a New World Order", "Students Return After School to meet Those Wonderful Romans", "Crash Closes Via Appia", "Medusa's Mongoose", "Unplugged: The Siren Song", Caveant Emptor Vendorque, reading comprehension quesstions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Pompeiiana XXII.7, March 1996


Content: "Pauli Somnium", "Venturing into the Spirit of Rome", "Intensive??? Reflexive??? What's a Scholar to Do? Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns", "Titus Lives", "When in Ancient Rome . . . " poem, "O.K., Here's What Really Happened on the Ides of March, 44 B.C.", "Navis", "Trastevere . . . Then and Now", "A Welcome Return to Monarchy: The Hundred Year Roman Revolution", "Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus: the Savior of Rome", "It's Never Too Early to Start Thinking About Halloween", "Res Hodie Agendae", Roga Me Aliquid, "The Roman Camp", "Cupid's Love" poem, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, Libri Optimi, "Find-a-Form" wordsearch, "Twelve Labors of Hercules" crossword, "Author! Author!" puzzle, "State Motto Search" puzzle, "Figuratively Speaking" puzzle, Picturae Moventes, "Ornaments and Jewelry", "Derivative Matching" puzzle, "The Roman Forum" puzzle, "How Much Do You Know About Ulysses?" puzzle, "Animal Match" puzzle, Coquamus Romane, "A Ring of Arcades: The Colosseum", "Roman Marriage", "Stories from the Underworld: Legends of the Fall . . . ", "lower case love" poem, "Lean on Me" poem, Caveant Emptor Vendorque, reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Pompeiiana XXII.6, February 1996


Content: "Fabula de Oblectamentis Puerorum", "Tivoli: A Refreshing Pause", "The Gracchi: Defenders of the People", "Latin Phrases Save the Day at Pompeii", "Singing to a Different Tune", "False Bravado", "The Triumph of the Arch", "Figlina", "Narcissus and Echo" poem, "Roman Rhymes", "The Sphinx's Riddle", "Weapons and Tactics", "Rome Versus Carthage", "It's a Bird! It's a Bee! No, It's a Hummingbird!", "Shoes, Boots, and Sandals", Roga Me Aliquid, "Tempestas Roxanna", "Roman" poem, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, "Monstra" puzzle, Libri Optimi, "Partes Corporis", "Common Knowledge" crossword, "The House of Atreus . . . Pride Comes Before the Fall!", "Connect the Dots" puzzle, Picturae Moventes, "Searching for the First Declension" wordsearch, "In Aliis Litteris" crossword, "Coquamus Romane", "Publius Ovidius Naso", "Regulus, The Champion" poem, "Castel Gandolfo . . . Then and Now", "The 'With' Ablatives: You Can't Survive Without Them", "Obituary for Adonis" poem, "Venus" poem, reading comprehension questions from page one, Cavenat Emptor Vendorque, Comics page, answer key for teachers.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Pompeiiana XXII.3, November 1995


Content: "Hiems Venit. Tempus Est Cogitare De Frigore et De Alasca", "Horologia", "Florence: a City of Multiple Personalities", "Dying Man" poem, "The Roman Army: Changes Through History", "Left-Over Parts", "And Now, Here's the News . . . in Latin", "The Toga and Other Roman Men's Garments", "Publius Vergilius Maro", "The Case for Case", "Latin Teacher Wins $25,000 Award", "Dear Diary", "Aphrodite" poem, "Apollo and the Sacred Grove of Delphi", "Latin Teacher Extraordinaire", "Roga Me Aliquid", "The Mystical Language of Learning" poem, "The Parthenon", Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, Libri Optimi, "Monster Matching" puzzle, "Ubinam Sumus?" puzzle, "Searching for Latin in Today's World" puzzle, "Pithy Latin Phrases" crossword, "Roman Numeral Matching" puzzle, "The Bruti: Defenders of the Republic", "Roman Architecture" wordsearch, "Dizzy Deities" puzzle, "Do You Know the Latin Word for . . . ?" crossword, Coquamus Romane, "Rules on High" poem, "The Peloponnesian War: A Greek Autopsy", "Frascati . . . Then and Now", "Hail Caesar", "Tarquinia Superbus" poem, "Diamante" poem, Caveant Emptor Venorque, reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Pompeiiana XXII.2, October 1995


Content: "Mortui Grati Vesustiores sunt -- Desistentne autem de symphoniis?" (Grateful Dead), "Military Armor and Uniforms", "Walking on Holy Ground", "New Adventures of Jason and the Argonauts", "Marcus Tullius Cicero", "Arion and the Dolphin", "Scriptio", "Know Your Capitals: A Guide to Greek Architecture", "Similarities Between Masada and the Jonestown Tragedy", "Asclepius" poem, "Stresa and Lago Maggiore: Then and Now", "Romulus and Remus", Roga Me Aliquid, "Grammar Glossary: The Bare Basics", "Aeneas Meets the Harpies" poem, "Roman Kings" puzzle, "Latin Baseball" puzzle, "Latin is Puzzling" puzzle, "The Trojan War" crossword, Libri Optimi, Picturae Moventes, "Symbol Matching" puzzle, "Origin of the Universe" puzzle, "Military Fashion Matching" puzzle, "Ugly But Effective! Mythological Beasts", "Dia Deaeque" crossword, Coquamus Romae, "Classical Greek Clothing", "Medusa" poem, "The Persian Wars. Who Wants to Hear a Good History?", "Egyptian Queen" poem, "Trading" poem, Caveant Emptor Vendorque, reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Pompeiiana XXII.1, September 1995


Content: "Pocahontas: Disnei Magna Pictura Movens Aestiva", "Aeneas, Pater Patriae", "Stepping into the Roman World", "Latin in Today's World", "Anzio . . . Then and Now", "Origins of the Roman Army", "Wood into Stone", "Greek Bronze Age Clothing", "Cleopatra Clothing", "Titus Maccius Plautus", "Musica", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Is It Relative or Relevant? Really Readable Lessons on the Relative Pronouns", Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, Libri Optimi, "Ludi" puzzle, "Aenigma" puzzle, "Fabula Ulixis" crossword, "Potesne Memoria Tenere Verborum Vestrorum Tempora?" puzzle, "Magna Opera Litterarum", "Nostra Camera" puzzle, "There is Danger in Being Loved by a God", Picturae Moventes, "Colores" puzzle, "Gods and Goddesses" crossword, Coquamus Romane, "Oh, Deadly Slumber" poem, "Debunking Ancient History", "Oh Zeus!" poem, Caveant Emptor Vendorque, reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Pompeiiana XX.2, October 1993


Content: "Melvinus Gibides" (Mel Gibson), "The Thrills of Dancing Come Full Cycle", "Latin School Tradition Alive and Well in America", "Latin Limerick", "Salve, Nomen mihi est Magistra!", "Hercules to Leave Thebe", "Hello Mother, Hello Father", "Rat Race Got You Down?", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Bravo! Brava!", "Cerberus" acrostic, "The Use of 'Who' and 'Whom'", "Who's More Important, The Living or the Dead?", "Rainbow" poem, "Caesar Accepts Title of 'Rex'", "Diamonds Weren't a Girl's Best Friend", "In Defense of Heracles", "How Can a Man So Great be So Little Honored in his Own Country?" (Vergil), "Neith, Goddess of the City of Sais" poem, "Indianapolis Honors Mausolus, Ancient King of Asia Minor", "Ex Libris Apici", Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, "Imperial Greetings" puzzle, "Happy New Year" crossword, "Holy Subjunctive, Batman!" puzzle, "Picturing Latin" puzzle, "Roman Slaves" puzzle, "Want a Date?" puzzle, Picturae Moventes, "A Royal Match" puzzle, "Searching for Pompeii" word search, "That's Entertainment" puzzle, "In Search of Latin" puzzle, "Silly Substitution" puzzle, Libri Optimi, "'Neutral' Colors" word search, "Caligula" puzzle, "Rome's Capitoline Hill . . . Enchanted Ground", "Miser Catulle" poem, "Proserpina" poem, "New Pharaoh Assumes Throne in Egypt", "Domitian", "The Fight" poem, "The Real Story of Icarus and Daedalus", "How Zeus and Hera Met and Why the Sky is Blue", "If I Don't Understand the Origins of a Word, I Refuse to Accept It Into My Vocabulary", "Icarus Speaks Out" poem, "Caveant Emptor Vendorque", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachcers.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Pompeiiana XVIII.6, February 1992


Content: "UNCUS: Dolor Durat Per CXXXV Momenta Temporis", "Latin 101" poem, "An Ideal Latin Classroom: Then & Now", "Ostia . . . Where the Mute Stones Speak", "Koryphaios Kai Kinesies" poem, "Window of Experience" poem, "Miriam's Account of Her Last Dat on Masada", "My Longest Journey" poem, "Welcome to Derivative Heaven", "Cupid, Cupid" poem, "The Goddess of Pain", "Equus" pictogram, "Legionnaire Score Board", "An Open Letter", "Jason's Bogus Adventure", "The Swells of Neptune", "Martis Dies - Dies Mortis", "Cena Specials", "Androcles" poem, "Those Seven Wonders", "The Brother's Tomb", "Mater" poem, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Lover's Lament" poem, "You Can't Make a Sow's Ear into a Silk Purse, But Your Mouth Will Do Just Fine", "Caesar" poem, Classified Ads, Comics page, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, "Ahoy Mates!" puzzle, "Caesar" crossword puzzle, "A Message to All Latin Students" puzzle, "Res Latinae" crossword puzzle, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Pompeiiana IX.3, November 1982


Content: This issue's cover stories include "Stephanus Martinus . . . Vir Ferus et Amens!" and "Sixth National Chariathon Largest Ever!". Other content includes, "What to do to Liven Up the Latin Classroom", "Word Word: Finding Out About Word Origins", "Travel in Ancient Rome", The Born Loser comic featuring "martinus", Classified Ads, "Kriss-Kross Latin Names" puzzle, Grammar Quiz, "Cena Pauperculibus et Properantibus", reading comprehension questions for the stories on page 1, "Budding Genius" quiz.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Pompeiiana IX.1, September 1982


Content: We return to the tabloid-style newsletter that will become the format of preference for the remaining years of Pompeiiana. Articles include "Pompeiiana's Proposed Facility Takes on new Dimensions", "Roman Medicine Cabinets", "Optima Pictura Aestatis . . . E.T.", "Sixth National Chariathon for Latin", "Second Year Vocabulary Word Search", "Ode to Mrs. Hunt", "Then & Now" comic, "Classified Ads", "Banquet Held without Chairs", "For Budding Geniuses", "Grammar Note", "Motley's Crew" comic.