Pompeiiana XIX.6, February 1993

Content: "Intellevisione", "A Flaming Love Affair", "Greek Miracle Scheduled for New York City", "For Lovers Only" poem, "The Latin Resurrection", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Deadly Acrostics", "Thirteenth Labor of Hercules" poem, "The Reflection of Beauty", "Cookin' Roman", "Love's Unanswered Questions" poem, "Frowned on in Speech Class, Effective on the Campaign Trail", "Gladiator in the Arena" acrostic, "The People's Emperor", "The Flavian Boys" poem, "Figures of Speech", "The Last Sight" poem, "Cicero the Spectator" poem, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, "Roman Camp" crossword, "Basic Latin Adjectives" puzzle, "Urbes: Antiquae et Novae" puzzle, "Name that King" puzzle, "Princeps" puzzle, "Things Found in a Roman House" puzzle, Picturae Moventes, "Latin Opposites" puzzle, "Help the Gods" puzzle, "Livy's History Quiz", "Libri Optima", "Synonymous Search", "How the Pelican Got His Bill", "Modern Mythology", "Matrum Consilium" poem, "An Easy Task for Hercules", "Courting the Sickly", "Studyin' the 'Ol' Dead Language' Ain't What it Used to Be", "The Arena" acrostic, "Apollo" poem, Caveant Emptor Vendorque, reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XVI.1, September 1989

Content: "Carpe Diem: Poetis Mortuis Societas" (Dead Poets' Society), "Aphrodite Was No Lady", "Scratch a Myth, Find a Fact", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Beverly Hills Director Praises Latin", "Vergil: A Physical 'Wimp' Who Understood the Psychology of 'Manly' Leadership", "Arachne" poem, "Counting Kisses" poem, "Latin: You Like It, You're Good At It, Why Not Teach It?", "Rome: The Eternal City . . . Eternally Changing, That Is", "Discipuli" poem, "'Twenty-First Century' Controversy Heats Up", "Italian Contribution to English Vocabulary: Pars I", "Classical Connections: Mythology", "Tales of the Tiber", "Esperanto: Another Fringe Benefit for Latin Students", "The Attach of the Killer Roman Numerals", "Frank Fowle: 'Justice Is a State or Condition of No Injury'", "Legendary Women of Early Rome", "The Romans Seen Through Their Art", Comics page, "Baking with Modestus", "Knowledge and Nostalgia Yield to Needs of Modern London", "Roman Cargo Arrives in Florence 2,100 Years Late", "Humanitas, Humanitatis, F. = 'Humanizing Achievement in Television", Classified Ads, Carmina Optima Eorum Auctores, Conundrums, "Aenigma Subiunctivorum" crossword, "Amphora Graeca" crossword, "Who's in Charge here" puzzle, "Comparison of Adjectives" puzzle, "Double Trouble" puzzle, "Famous Sites of Rome" puzzle, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XV.7, March 1989

Pompeiiana Newsletter is now back from haiatus and resumes its schedule of five issues/week!

Content: "Elisabetha Mediatrix" (Bette Middler), "If You Think Julius Caesar Doesn't Matter to Us, Try Living with the Old Lunar Calendar!", "The Twenty-First Century: Let's Get It Right From the Start!", "In Memoriam: Frank Fowle II", "Latin May be Precise, but Try Getting Two Latin Teachers to Agree Precisely", "Hey, Caesar, Don't You Know Which Way North Is?", "Verus Amor", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Fun with Words", "Musae Romanae: The Tears of the Muses", "Update on Romulus' Walls", "Authentic Roman Coins Still on the Market", "Little Tullia", "Caesar Not Delivered by Caesarean Section", "Myths in Art: Nemesis", "Sing Along with Terpsichore", "Contract Cartoonists Sought for '89-'90", "Delphi", "Eau de Caesar", "Floral and Faunal Myths: The Heron, The Screech Owl, The Oak and The Linden", "Latine Loqui Libet", "A Vergilio Excitata", "The Roman News", "The Aeneid, Bk. I", "Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York", Comics page, "The Ides of March: Time for Roman Around", "Claudia's Kitchen", "Latin Class Euphoria", "Derivative Temple Drawing", "The Only English Film Ever Made in Latin", "Poemata Brevia", Classified Ads, Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum, Budding Genius quiz, "Vocational Placements" puzzle, "Children's Books" puzzle, "Televisionis Spectacula" puzzle, "Labyrinth" puzzle, "A Slave's Quest" puzzle, "Deponent Verbs" puzzle, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XV.6, February 1989

Please note that Pompeiiana will be on hiatus from July 13-17, with new issues posted beginning July 20.

Content: "Simia, Ab Georgio Michaele" (Latin lyrics to "Monkey" by George Michael), "'Earliest' Roman Letters Show How Ordinary Guys Lived, ca. 130 A.D.", "Lupercalia", "English: It's All Greek to Me", "Musae Romanae" poem, "What a Silly Custom!", "So...Just Where is Terpsichore Street?", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Non Est Semper Facile", "Join the Roman Army", "Blondes Have More Fun", "Myths in Art: The Meeting of Ulysses and Telemachus", "Sing Along with Terpsichore", "I Know What the Words Mean But it Doesn't Make Any Sense!", "Mycenae", "Poemata Brevia", "Floral and Faunal Myths: The Bear, The Heifer and the Hyacinth", "Greek and Roman Vocational Education", "Musei Capitolini, Rome", "Got a Black Eye?", Comics page, "Shooting for the Gold", "Lesson Plan for an In-Class Slave Auction", "Claudia's Kitchen", "Valentine's Day", Classified Ads, Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum, Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, "Prepositional Word Search", "Labyrinth Puzzles", "Qui Sumus?", "Latin Word Whiz" puzzle, "Televisionis Spectacula" puzzle, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XV.5, January 1989

Content: "Somnium Habeo" (Latin translation of Martin Luther King, Junior's "I Have a Dream" speech), "The Origin of January", "Latin Not Always Such a Happy Experience", "Ludi Romani VI", "Typical Latin Scholar" comic featuring Bill the Cat of Bloom County, "Musae Romanae" poem, "Aeneas and Dido Still Hanging Around in Cleveland", "Marcus Tullius Cicero: An Unearthed Autobiography", "McDonald's Delinda Est", "Roga Me Aliquid", "The Simple, Logical Solution: Always a Sign of Genius", "Sing Along with Terpsichore", "Dialogue for 'Ulysses' Special", "Heroes" poem, "Ha! Hahae! Hahahae!", "Myths in Art: The Rape of the Sabine Women", "Troy", "Cruisin' with Latin", "Floral and Faunal Myths: The Weasel, The Wolf and The Mint", "Omnipotens Vivit" poem, "Poemata Brevia" poem, "Iason" poem, "Roman Cover Girls", "Roman Precedent Provides Answer for Indiana House of Representatives", "New York City, Here I Come", "Museo Nazionale, Naples", Comics page, "Shooting for the Gold", "Claudia's Kitchen", "Those Swingin' Romans", "Only the Mosquitoes Know What Happened to the Rest of Paestum", Classified Ads, Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum, Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, "Cicero's Corner" puzzle, "The Roman House" puzzle, "Labyrinth" puzzle, "Televisionis Spectacula Acceptissima" puzzle, "Greek Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Places" crossword puzzle, answer key for teachers.

100th issue! Pompeiiana XV.4, December 1988

Welcome to the 100th issue of Pompeiiana!

Content: "Grus Grata", "The Roman Saturnalia", "12th National Chariathon provides a Glorious End to a Grand Tradition", "Poets on Parade", "Musae Romanae" poem, "A Deponent Ditty", "What Do You Mean You Can't Spell?", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Soccer No New Game", "I Guess You Had to Be There", "Latin Lives On (ad infinitum), "Io! Saturnalia! No, Happy New Year! No, Merry Christmas!", "Myths in Art: The Rape of Europa", "Sing Along with Terpsichore", "He Wrote the Book on Saturnalia", "Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli", "On the High Seas with Julius Caesar", "Floral and Faunal Myths: The Partridge, The Dove, and the Narcissus", "Boadicea: An Ode", "Homer Lives and his name is Frank F. Fowle, III", "Museum of Fine Arts, Boston", Comics page, "Shooting for the Gold", "Publishers Finally Reaching Out to Classicists", "Your Main Clue to Remembering a Word is its Root", "Claudia's Kitchen", Classified Ads, "Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum", "Labyrinth" puzzles, "Picturae Moventes" puzzle, "Soul Search" puzzle, Christmas tree crossword puzzle, Budding Genius quiz, reading comprension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XV.3, November 1988

Content: "Quo usque tandem abutemini, Democratici, potentia nostra?", "Quam diu etiam ista Domus Alba nos eludet?", "Latin No Longer an 'Ivory Tower' Subject", "So That's What 'Triumvirate' Means", "A Biography of Augustus Fred", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Volcanoes, Latin, and Outer Space", "The Glory and Grandeur of Ancient Greece and Rome Still Turns a Profit for Investors", "Musae Romanae" poem, "Latin Still Opening College Doors for High School Seniors", "Sing Along with Terpsichore", "Ancient Coinage and Modern Olympic Medals", "If You Can Handle 'Delayed Gratification', You Should Consider Teaching Latin", "Myths in Art: The Garden of the Hesperides", "Pompeii", "NEH Summer Seminars for School Teachers", "Floral and Faunal Myths: The Lynx, the Locust and the Laurel Tree", "Catullus Novus" poem, "Hercules" poem, "National Archaeological Museum, Athens", Comics page, "Shooting for the Gold", "Claudia's Kitchen", "Cave Sedem!" poem, Classified Ads, "Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum", "In Search of the Gods" puzzle, "Imperial Search" wordsearch, "Intellectual Sustenance" puzzle, crossword puzzle, matching quiz, Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XV.2, October 1988

Content: "Atalanta Nova: Florentia Griffithia Junctrix" (Florence Griffith Joyner), "Mysterious 'Sockets' at Actium War Memorial Reveal Startling Facts", "New Excavations May Have Unearthed Romulus' Wall", "I, Juno" poem, "Musae Romanae: Thalia" poem, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Technical Communication Pioneered by the Romans", "Latin and Greek for Future Soviet Leaders?", "A Day in Rome", "Now You Have a Friend in England", "Of Memories and Fears", "Sing Along with Terpsichore", "Myths in Art: The Lament for Icarus", "The Necropolis of Cerveteri", "The Plight and Fight of Theseus", "Floral and Faunal Myths", "Walls of Paradise" poem, "Cicero's Most Memorable Oration", "And You Think Reading Caesar is Hard", "Theseus Poem", "Musée du Louvre, Paris", Comics page, Classified Ads, "Shooting for the Gold", "Who is Scylla?", "Claudia's Kitchen", "Iason Argonautaeque" poem, "Mythology: The Ancient Approach to Modern Questions", Classified Ads, "Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum", "Where Have the Months Gone?", Budding Genius Quiz, "Baseball" puzzle, "Search for Troy" crossword, "Some Latin 'Nobodies'", "Verbum Perpendiculare", answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XV.1, September 1988

1988's first issue for fall switches to a new, 8-page format.

Content: "Quis Columniatus Est Rogerum Cuniculum?" (aka Who Framed Roger Rabbit?), "12th National Chariathon to be Part of Lew Wallace Circus Maximus Festival in Crawfordsville, Indiana, On Saturday, October 15", "Puella Cucullo Rubro" Latin dialogue, "Musae Romanae", "Undelivered Ancient Mail Discovered", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Top British Classicist Speaks Out for Greek", "Modernized Martial" poems, Sing Along with Terpsichore, "The Tonight Show" playlet, "Cajun: A Truly Classical Connection", "Myths in Art: Laocoon", "Forum Romanum", "The Hodag's Heritage", "Floral and Faunal Myths", "Lay of Ancient Rome" poem, "Reflections of Latin I" poem, "Lesbia's Dead Sparrow" poem, "The British Museum in London", "Roman Columns Revealed", "Ioculare Visu" comics page, "Shooting for the Gold", "Neo-Latin: The Final Epoch?", "Daedalus Non Nimis Alte Volavit", Claudia's Kitchen, Classified Ads, Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum, "Gods and their Symbols" puzzle, "Latin I Word Search", "Identify These Famous Names and Places", "Mythological Matching" puzzle, "In Search of Jason" crossword, Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIV.8, April 1988

Content: "Racemus Californiensis" (aka The California Raisins), "Fishbourne", "Propertius and Tibullus", "What to See and Do in Rome this Month", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Esoteric Myths of Greece and Rome: Cephalus and Procris", "Those Punny Old Greeks" poem, "Bic-O-Mancy", "De Infelicitate" poem, "Let's Put on a Play, Magistra", Claudia's Kitchen, "Mob Control" poem, Classified Ads, "Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum", "Qui Sunt?" puzzle, Sing Along with Phoebus, "Optimae Picturae Moventes" puzzle, "Find Five Parts of the Body Without Lifting Your Pencil" puzzle, "English Derivative" wordsearch, "Mythology Madness" crossword puzzle, Budding Genius Quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIV.7, March 1988

Content: "Opra Winfrea" (aka Oprah Winfrey), "An Interview with Caesar", "Chester", "Roman Poets of the Golden Age: Horace", "What to See and Do in Rome This Month", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Esoteric Myths of Greece and Rome: Ceyx and Halcyone", "Rappin' on Minos", "Claudia's Kitchen", "Let's Play a Game, Magister", "The Gods Grant Mercy", "Latin called invaluable", Classified Ads, "Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum", "Puzzling Through the History of Rome", "Sing Along with Phoebus", "The Ballad of Latin I", "Cryptic Communique" puzzle, "Mythology Matching" puzzle, Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIV.6, February 1988

NOTE: Apologies for the haiatus this week. I have been at the American Classical League's Summer Institute, but am now back and will post one issue a day as per usual. July will be a spotty month as I am traveling a lot, but I expect that the whole of Pompeiiana will be posted hear by the end of 2009. -- Andrew Reinhard

Content: "Caro, Vale -- Feriae 'Classicae; Apud Ferias", "London", "Roman Poets of the Golden Age: Vergil", "What to See and Do in Rome this Month", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Will the Real Valentine Please Stand Up", "Esoteric Myths of Greece & Rome: Amphion", "Latin Power", Classified Ads, "Let's Put on a Play, Magistra", "Claudia's Kitchen", "Mardi Gras Guides", "Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum", "O Filia Mnemosynes, Mihi Responsa Memora", "Spotting Famous English Proverbs in Latin" puzzle, "Sing Along with Phoebus", "Love Match" puzzle, "Latin Word Search", "'Tres' Trivia Boustrophedon" puzzle, "Homeric Mythology" crossword, Budding Genius Quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIV.5, January 1988

Content: "ZZ Summum" (aka ZZ Top) in Latin, "Discovering Roman Britain: Silchester", "Moment of Monumental and Irrepressible Silliness Yields Myth", "Zeus and Newtonia", "What to See and Do in Rome this Month", "Ave, Caesarule", "Marcus Tullius Cicero" poem, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Vulpes cornixque", "Haikus Latini", "Esoteric Myths from Greece & Rome: Philomena and Procne", "Pompeiiana Newsletter to Feature Full Page of Comics", "Catullus", "Let's Play a Game, Magister," "New Troy has Fallen", "A Little Roman Advice: Dream Well and Take Notes", "Claudia's Kitchen", "A Short Poem on the Life of Orpheus", Classified Ads, Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum, The TV Column, "Would You Care to Rephrase That?" puzzle, "Sing Along with Phoebus, "What Time was This?" puzzle, "Classical Mathematics" puzzle, "Can You Decipher these English Proverbs?" puzzle, "Iliad" crossword puzzle, Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIV.4, December 1987

Content: "Gemini Rapiunt Mundi Seriei Vexillum", "Hadrian's Wall", "'Twas the Night Before . . . Sort Of" in Latin, "What to See and Do in Rome this Month", "So, like, when is Christmas anyway?" story and comic, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Lucretius", "Esoteric Myths of Greece and Rome: Meleager", "Let's Put on a Play, Magistra", "President Speaks Out for Latin" (letter from President Reagan), "Claudia's Kitchen", Classified Ads, Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum, "Video Words" puzzle, "Sing Along with Phoebus", "Imperial Puzzler", "Words of Wisdom from the Works of Cicero" puzzle, "Iliad Double Trouble" puzzler, "Deistic Devilment" puzzle, Mythology mini-crossword puzzle, Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, Peacock mosaic craft, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIV.iii, November 1987

Content: "Maximum Capitispatium" (aka Max Headroom) in Latin, "11th National Chariathon", "Discovering Roman Britain: Dover", "What to see and do in Rome this month", "Prima Dies Gratiarum", "Candidate" etymological comic, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Discovering Roman Britain: Dover", "Esoteric Myths of Greece & Rome: Triptolemus", "Rena et Bos", "Amicus Usque Ad Aras" poem, "Caesarburgers" recipe and comic, "High School Juniors and Seniors to Compete for Fifteen $500 Prizes", "Let's Play a Game, Magister", "Over the River" translation, "Roman Poets of the Golden Age", "Claudia's Kitchen", "New Organization Formed for Elementary School Teachers Who Teach Latin et al", "Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum", "Passive Perplexity" puzzle, "Declension Review" Crossword Puzzle, "Sing Along with Phoebus", Conundrums puzzle, "Match Mates" puzzle, "Moirae and Muse" match puzzle, "Important Events and their Dates" puzzle, Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIV.2, October 1987

Content: "Malus: Revenietne Michael Iacobfilius in Apicem?", "Discovering Roman Britain: Bath", "What to See and Do in Rome this Month", "M.I.T. Plans Re-enactment of the Flight of Daedalus", "Fabula Holloweena", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Missouri 5th Graders 'Lovin' that Latin'", "A Note on the Etruscans", "Esoteric Myths of Greece & Rome: Erysichthon", "A Pius Aeneas Poem for the October Ides", "Let's Put on a Play, Magistra", "Dead Languages can Teach Much of Modern Living", "Claudia's Kitchen", Classified Ads, Carmina Optima et Auctores Eorum, "Marcus Tullius Cicero" crossword puzzle, "Sing Along with Phoebus", "Mythological Post Office Boxes", "A-Maze-Ing Puzzles", "An Autumn Amble through the Arboretum" puzzle, "Latin Magic" puzzle, "Italian Musical Terms are Easy to Understand" puzzle, Buding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIII.9, May 1987

Content: "Ordo", "Hic, haec, hoc -- Latin's comeback is no joke", "Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum", "More Proverbial Recapitulations", "The Golden Fleece" puzzle, "Carmina Notissima e Conspectu Amissa", "Mythological Triva/Word Search", "Spectacula Popularia in Televisione", Classified Ads, "The Legends of Gem Stones", "Myth of the Month: Niobe", "The Roman Law of the Twelve Tables", "Latina Nobis Unitatem Dat", "Demotic Greek", "Huius Temporis Poetae Latini", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Alxander the Great" poem, "Cooking with Claudia", "Martial, You Make Me Laugh!" poem, Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Pompeiiana XIII.8, April 1987

Content: "Eboraci Ducissa", "Please Pass the Bread", "The Aurora Borealis", "Aerobics with Dumbells: Modern Exercise Craze", "Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum", "Say What?" puzzle, "Liborum Optimorum Tituli", "Temple Builder's Scramble", "Countries of the Roman Republic", "Omnia de Cicerone", Classified Ads, "Greenhouse is Centuries Old; First Mentioned in Roman Era", "Myth of the Month: Pyramus and Thisbe", "Flavian Amphitheater Most Preferred Poster", "Linguistic Metamorphosis", "Historical Hindsight: A Roman Matron's Guide to Sound Advice", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Claudia", "Tsk, Tsk" poem, "Looking for a Career? Teach Latin", "Letter to the Editor: Gladiatorial Disappointment", "A Mixed Catastrophe", Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

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.

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.