Showing posts with label saturnalia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label saturnalia. Show all posts

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVIII.4, December 2001


Content: "Is there a Santa Claus?", "Quattor Animalia Cantantia Celebrant Saturnalia", "The Bishop of Rome to the Rescue", "Those Wonderful December Holidays", "Cicero: A Man for All Tempora Moresque", "September 11 & Thucydides", "Cleopatra", assorted poems, "The Language of Scholars and Students", "Hydra's Side of the Story", "Garrison Keillor on Latin Translation", "Classic Horizon", "The Heroic Runaway", "The King and I", "Surfin' the Roman Empire", Roga Me Aliquid, "Watching Time Pass", "Flavian Amphitheater: What a Building!", Ancient Greek & Roman Recipes: Cancer Pagurus cum Heleoslino Ovisque, "Bene Lava!", Ludi, reading comprehension questions from page one, "Res Venum Datae", 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.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Pompeiiana XXVI.4, December 1999


Content: "Salinae Nativitatis Miraculum", "Pilgrimage to Rome", "Dine Like the Romans", "It's Saturnalia: Sing Up a Storm!" carols, "Peace on Earth" poem, "Looking Ahead to a Fond Farewell" poem, "In the Footsteps of Alexander", "Io Saturnalia!" skit in Latin, "Will Mortals Never Learn?" play, assorted poems, "Nero: The Mystery Solved", "Pondering Potter (Harry, That Is)", "Future of Latin in Hands of Classicists", Roga Me Aliqud, "The Appian Way", "Conversations with Socrates", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Savillum, Ludi Apti Ad Discendum, "Spiraling Shape" They Might be Giants lyrics in Latin, "Presence of Roman Goddess Minerva Felt Strongly in Indy", "Thesaurus Rerum Quae Magistris Utiles Sint", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Pompeiiana XXV.4, December 1998


Content: "Cantemus Latine!", "Cicero Mortuus Est!", "Ara Coeli . . . Stairway to Heaven", "Turnabout", "An Interview with Augustus Caesar", "Adaptation of Catullus 51", "Winter Solstice" poem, "Cita Itineraque Herculis", "Colorful History of the Celebration of Christmas Revealed by Holiday Customs and Terms", "Martial: Liber X.xlvii", "Sol Invictus" poem, "Roman Art", "Quis Sum?" poem, "Chillin' with Horace: Carmina I.xi" poem, "Concrete Evidence of the Role of Chance in History", "A Girl's Best Friend" poem, "Avoiding Deadly Lapsus Linguae", "King Midas" play, "Fires of Pompeii" poem, "Aurora at Pompeii", Roga Me Aliquid, "Cupid and Psyche" poem, "The Origin of Magistra", "Eternal Influence of the City Eternal", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Ova Mellita, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, Picturae Moventes, "Trivial Pursuit" wordfind, "Fabulae Greacae Romanaeque" crossword, "Scrambling to See" puzzle, "Panes Cotidiani et Feriati" puzzle, "Latin in Science" crossword, Libri Optimi, "Nomina Historica" puzzle, "Roman Concentration" puzzle, "Roman Farmin'" puzzle, "Six What on a What?" puzzle, "Ode to Echo!", "You Know You're Roman If . . . ", "The Flame" poem, "Oops! Wrong Evelyn!", reading comprehension questions from page one, "Nuntia Utilia Eis Qui Emptitetis", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Pompeiiana XXI.4, December 1994


Content: "Cuniculus Parvus Qui Saturnum Vidit", "Pompeii: A Survivor's Account", "Latin Now Cruising the Information Highway", "The Quest for the Golden Yak", "Jason and Medea in the Nineties" poem, "Mrs. Claus, Thy Time Has Come, and Apparently Passed", "Old St. Peter's", "How Are You Doing in Latin", "Are Your Classes Tired of S.O.S.?", "Footprints in the Earth", "The Fat, Hairy Women of Pompeii", Roga Me Aliquid, "Arachnophobia" poem, "Don't Pen Epitaph for Latin Just Yet", "Leto Explains Why Temples are Built", "De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum" poem, "Haec Domus Vetus" crossword, "Cryptoquote" puzzle, "Picturae Moventes" puzzle, Picturae Moventes, "States and Their Flag Mottos" puzzle, Carmina Optima et Eoarum Auctores", "Take It Slow: Stuff You Should Know" puzzle, "Emperor Scramble", "Gods, Goddesses and Characters" puzzle, "Carmina Latina" puzzles, Libri Optimi, "Latin Rebus", "A Life in Brief: Cicero", "Finding New Life in a 'Dead' Language", "Where's Arachne?", "The Diary of Spartacus", "Dextro Pede", "Hector" poem, "Attack of the Laestrygonians" puzzle, "Latin with Ms. Mitchell" poem, "Caveant Emptor Vendorque", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer keys for teachers.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Pompeiiana XIX.4, December 1992


Content: "Befana Illa", "Hiems Adest" poem, "Workin' for Latin", "Celebrate the Holidays Roman Style", "The Feast of Saturnalia" poem, "Gladius and Tristius", "It Was As If He Were . . ." poem, "Roga Me Aliquid", "How a Despised Insect Was Created", "An Ancient Day at the Races", "Hiems Non Timenda Est" poem, "Cookin' Roman", "Hope: Part of a Woman's Love" poem, "Apollo and Daphne" poem, "The Demise of a Rich Man" poem, "Glypheria and the Oyster Pearls", "Modern Woman Gives Birth to Two 2,000-Year-Old Etruscans", "O Christmas Tree" poem, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, "Cities, Rivers, Lakes, and Mountains" crossword puzzle, "Aliis Verbis" puzzle, "Jason and the Argonauts" crossword puzzle, Libri Optima, "Who Am I?" crossword puzzle, "Career Night in Rome" puzzle, "Why are We Taking Latin?" puzzle, Picturae Moventes, "Famous Gods and Goddesses" puzzle, "Match the Foods" puzzle, "Calendar Catch" puzzle, "Heros Ille" poem, "Masada" poem, "Under Attack", "Martial Epigram 4.79" poem, "Cyclops" poem, "The Last Day of Pompeii" poem, "Caesarean Limerick", "Catemus Latine: Old and New Favorites" (Chrismas Carols in Latin), "Sol, the Sun God", "Foreshadowing", "To Terentia with Love: From Cicero in Exile" poem, "Roma Periculosa" poem, "Caveat Emptor Vendorque", reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Pompeiiana XVIII.4, December 1991

Content: "Maria Curiosa" (Mariah Carey), "It's Party Time!", "What Evergreen Needles Never Fall", "Interlude in Fiesole", "The Wisest of All Creatures", "Sapientia and Fatuus", "You Can Pin a Lot on Bad Ol' Nero, But He Didn't Fiddle, and He Probably Didn't Burn Rome", "Legionnaire Score Board", "A Letter from Ammanius", "Spirit of Ulysses" poem, "The Mythology of Dreams", "Word Wise", "Reflections on Love, the Gods, and Metamorphoses", "Jim Morrison -- Dionysus?", "Roga Me Aliquid", "Monthly Madness" poem, "Ulysses" poem, "Let Your Creative Juices Flow!", "Love Letters in the Sand", "Cena Specials", "The Barbs of Martial Modernized", Classified Ads, Comics page, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, "What Destroyed Pompeii?" puzzle, "Words and War" crossword puzzle, "Intellegisne haec verba?" puzzle, "Searching for Saturnalia" wordsearch, "'Write' on the Tip of your Tongue", "Participially Puzzling" puzzle, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Pompeiiana XVIII.3, November 1991

Content: "Erneus Non Mortuus Est! Ne Aeger Quidem Est!" (Ernie from Sesame Street), "Scandals", "Greek Miracle or Plagiarism from Egypt", "Cena Specials", "Venus and Lepidora", "Sam I Am" poem, "Arias at the Baths", "An Interview with Theodora, Wife of the Emperor Justinian", "It's More than a Book" poem, "The Sirens" poem, "Roga Me Aliquid", "The Legend of a Champion" poem, "Your Saturnalia Gift Giving Worries are Over!", "The First Man in Rome", "Roman Dining Do's and Don'ts", "The Olympians" poem, "A Contest Between the Gods", "Sr. Michael Louise Meyer", "The Life of Julius Caesar" poem, "The Joys of Teaching Latin", "River God Alive and Well in Minneapolis", "Legionnaire Score Board", Classified Ads, Comics page, "Dux Femina Facti" crossword puzzle, "Clues Fit for a King" puzzle, "Match the Lovers" puzzle, "Hilly Hurdle" puzzle, "Mixed-up Emperors" puzzle, "All god's children" puzzle, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

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.

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.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Pompeiiana XII.4, December 1985


Content: "Latin Teacher Named State's Top Teacher" (Bernard Barcio of Indiana), "Hallei Cometes Redit!", "Can the Ancient Romans be Credited for Modern la cuisine francaise?", "Sing Along with Sempronia", "Disci Summi et Auctores Eorum", "Proverbs of Pubilius Syrus", "Saturnalia Crossword Fun", "Quis Est?", "Quo Vagabantur: Odysseus et Iason?", "The Danger of Being Earnest", "Nautical Enigma", Alphabet chart, "A Pillar of Iron -- a mini-series", "Ancient Gears Found Near Antikythera Believed to be World's First Computer", "Fabula Brevis: Bulla, Cara Bulla!", Classified Ads, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Io Saturnalia!", "Cooking with Claudia", Budding Genius quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, answer key for teachers.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Pompeiiana XI.4, December 1984


Content: "De Christi Nativitate", "Attempt to Overshadow Saturnalia Unveiled", "Oratorical Word Search and Matching", "Legal Latin in English", "Double Trouble Matching", "Olympia XXXIII Eventa Ludorum Aestatis", "Words of Advice Offered by Grateful College Student", "Clotho's Sewing Corner", Double Trouble Matching, "The Aeneid: Partes II & III", "Thanatopsis", Classified Ads, "Latin: More Fun than Ever Before", "Pompeiia . . . the Only Wife Caesar Ever Divorced", "Cooking with Claudia", "Jack (Jacobus) Makes the Latin Scene with the Help of Turpin High School 3rd Year Latin Students", "Budding Genius" quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one, PLUS Auxilia Magistris answer key.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Pompeiiana X.4, December 1983


Content: "Grinchus Qui Saturnalia Rapuit", "Dis Manibus/Requiescant in Pace", "Nunc Est Bibendum!", "Introducing: A Latin Full Color Comic Book", a matching quiz for Latin footnote abbreviations, Latin vocabulary crossword puzzle, "Saturnus vs. Santa", "Nox Ante Saturnalia", Classified Ads, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Cooking with Claudia", "Poetae Angulus" featuring Martial, "Budding Genius" quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Pompeiiana IX.4, December 1982


Content: Remember Garfield? Pompeiiana does...in Latin on page 1. "Io Saturnalia" is the other cover story. Other content includes a full-page ad for Roman dress modeled by Barcio and other Latin teachers, "Orbis Juliae Vivit" articles on modern hairstyles with a Flavian twist, Classified Ads, "Dragon Slain", reading comprehension question from the page 1 readings, "Budding Genius" quiz, "A Look at Daily Life on the Roman Frontier", "Obituary to Dragon" poem by Matthew West.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Pompeiiana VIII.2, December 1981


Content: "Pompeiianae Praefectus Salutem Dicit Litterarum Classicarum Studiosis!", "Retrospect: The First Noels", "Paremus Saturnaliam Discipulis!", "Salvatoris Nativitas", "Music in Ancient Rome" by Peter Fuchs, Jr., Archbishop Curley Senior High School, "Fabula Lucretiae" comic by Kim Parker of E. O. Smith School, "Mirabile Dictu!: Latin Lives Again" by T. R. Reid of the Washington Post Service, "Golf Played in Roman Times" article with comic, "Conundrums", "National Latin Exam", list of previous hosts of NJCL meetings.