Showing posts with label vergil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vergil. Show all posts

Monday, March 8, 2010

Pompeiiana XXIX.7, March 2003


Content: "Alexandra: 'Unum propositum bonum potest mutare mundum!'", "Rome's Man for All Seasons", assorted poems, "Salvete, Discipuli!", "Caesar's Cursus Honorum", "Arma (Virumque) Cano", "Roman Fantasies", "A Memorable World Leader", "The Journal of the Goddess Diana", "Ares: Mythology's Underdeveloped Character", Roga Me Aliquid, "Groundbreaking Architecture", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Orbis Iuliae, Ludi, "Annabel Lee" in Latin, "Res Venum Datae", comics page, answer key for teachers.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Pompeiiana XXV.8, April 1999


Content: "Laurena Collis", "The Neighborhood Fountains of Rome", "Centesimal Years Not Usually Leap Years!", "He Buried His Mistakes", "Vergil's Story of Eurydice: The Georgics", "Apollo and Marpessa" poem, "Condimentorum Puellae" poem, "I Hope You're Planning to Vote", "Fabulae ad Dormiendum Aptae" poem, "Frusta Poetica" poem, "Hades, a God of the Greeks" poem, "Pandora" poem, "Birth" poem, "Those Hurrying 'Canes'", "Quis Sum?" poem, "Minerva Helps Ulysses Go Home", "Pygmalion" poem, "My Encounter with Roman Soldiers", "The Little Giant Thief", "The Voyage" play, "The Flight of Love" poem, "The Committee for the Promotion of Latin May Have Money for You!", Roga Me Aliquid, "Ode to Medusa" poem, "The Joys of Spring" poem, "Ashen Limerick", "Catullus Revises His Dinner Invitation", "Mercury the Traveler", "For Ice Cube, Rapper, Movie Star", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Pisa Porraque cum Ocimo, "Man Vs. Nation", "Cena Sapida" poem, Picturae Moventes, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, "Roman History" puzzle, "Televisionis Diurnae Dramata" puzzle, "Counting on Latin" puzzle, "Nymphs and Other Famous Groups of Women" puzzle, "Ipsi Dixerunt" crossword, "Roman Potpourri" crossword, "Literally Speaking" puzzle, "Getting a Head Start with Latin" puzzle, "Noae Arca" wordfind, "Good Vs. Bad", "Quis Sum?" poem, reading comprehension questions from page one, Nuntia Utilia Eis Qui Emptitetis, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Pompeiiana XXIV.5, January 1998


Content: "Lupus in Spatio", "Metamorphosis . . . From Tepidarium to Church", "The Villa of San Michele", "Hortensia, the Voice of Reform", "Phoebe and James", "Arena News", "Roma Aeterna Vivit", "Pluto and Proserpina", "Hippomenes and Atalanta" poem, "Diana", "Vale, Ave", Word Mystery, "Of Battle's Fury" poem, "The Sun Also Rises for Mid-Year Graduates", "Scawvola" poem, "Vergil and the Christian World", "No Sugar and Spice Here" poem, "Socestes' Boot", "Olim Parvus Eram" poem, "Dominare" game, "Cupido Psycheque", "Mola" game, Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Carotae Frictae, Roga Me Aliquid, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, Picturae Moventes, "Lingua Vulgaris" puzzle, "Will You Look Where I Was Looking?" wordfind, "Quis Hoc Scripsit" puzzle, "Scrambling to Get Cleaned Up for Weddings and Parties" puzzle, "Clari Romani" puzzle, "Literally Speaking" puzzle, "A Cryptic Crossword", "In a Manner of Speaking" puzzle, Libri Optimi, Ad Negotium Transigendum, reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Pompeiiana XXIII.2, October 1996


Content: "Jonathan Textor Thomas", "Lucretius: Explaining the Universe", "Ferias Agamus: Let's Party!", "Sudden Demand for Greek and Latin Authors Astonishes Publishers", "A Series of Fictional Letters Written from Roman Women to Men", "Flying Colors", "Petition", "We, the Immortal Ones", "Colosseum Dedicated: Finally Open After 10 Years of Construction", "The Trattoria . . . A Roman Institution", "Man Disappears in New Winged Horse Race", "From Birth to Marriage", Roga Me Aliquid, "Last Act in Palmyra", "Latin and WWII", "Cicero's Second", "August, A.D. 79", "The Roman Empire" poem, "Armadillus", "Tell Me a Story" poem, Libri Optimi, Picturae Moventes, "Animalia" puzzle, "Famous Words of Famous Men" puzzle, "Roman Authors" crossword, "Romani Praeclari" puzzle, "'Roman' About the House" puzzle, "Noun and Verb Forms" crossword puzzle, "Quotation Quest" puzzle, "Latin Lingo" puzzle, "Diggin into Declensions" puzzle, "Ludi Scaenici in Via Lata" puzzle, Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, "Macedonia: The Mother's Gift", "The Flight of Icarus", "One Fine Day" poem, "Former Latin Teacher Incorporates Classics into Her Latest Book", "Vergil Interviewed on His Birthday", "A Domus on the Palatine Hill", Ancient Greek and Roman Recipes: Artichokes, Ministeria Conducibilia & Res Venales, reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Pompeiiana XXI.1, September 1994


Content: "Mea Cara, Liveros Minores Feci", "Trusting Classical Values", "Letter from President Bill Clinton", "A Soldier's March" poem, "Vergil and War", "Brutus Will Explain . . ." poem, "Herculaneum's Long Delayed Excavation", "Martin and the Carpenter", "US" poem, "Could Latin be the Language of the European Union?", "How Are You Doing in Latin?", "Up and Personal with Nero", "Roga Me Aliquid", "The Old Greek Quarter of Rome . . . Then and Now", "Study of Latin Addressed by National Standards Task Force of ACTFL", "The Cry of 'Ludi Romani' Still Stirs the Masses", "Pluto Water: America's Link to Roman Thermae", "On the Turning Away: A Lesson to be Learned from the Emperor Claudius", Carmina Optima et Eorum Auctores, "Web O' Relations" crossword, "The Classics' Last Stand" puzzle, "NCAA Sweet 16 '94" puzzle, "Sports Teams" puzzle, "Ye Gods!" puzzle, Picturae Moventes, "Seeking Divine Favor" puzzle, Libri Optimi, "Imperial Inference" puzzle, "Myth-Connected" puzzle, "Bellum" puzzle, "Spectacula in Televisione" puzzle, "A Sound Mind in a Sound Body" puzzle, "It's Happening in France: People are Actually Communicating in Latin", "Catullus and his Fickle Friend Lesbia", "Grass Roots Community Support Strengthening Interest in Latin", "Ancient Roman Children on Welfare", "Sicut Tu Mihi Esse Videris", "Dextro Pede", Caveant Emptor Vendorque, reading comprehension questions from page one, comics page, answer key for teachers.

Monday, June 29, 2009

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.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Pompeiiana X.6, February 1984


Content: Boy George (aka Puer Georgicus) is below the fold on page one of this issue. The top story? "Classic Spots in the U.S.A.: Part 1: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art". Other pieces include: mythology wordsearch by Mike Garvey, "Scisne de Deis Deabusque?" by Angela Schings and Melinda Showan, "Forum Jumble", match the English with the Latin, Unscramble, "The Lesser Known Deity" quiz, "Refer Dilectam ad Me" lyrics, "Where Would You Travel to Find...", "Sabrina et Todericus in Telephono" script from the Notre Dame Academy, "Teacher Feature: Nancy Mack of Wayne High School", "Roman Hairstyles" by Amy Baumgartner and Jackie Petryk, "Fasti Februarii", Classified Ads, "Roga Me Aliquid", "Angulus Poetae: Vergil", "Tiger at the Gates" play review by Jenmy Bergerson and Julie Hudson, "Budding Genius" quiz, reading comprehension questions from page one.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Pompeiiana VIII.3, January 1982


Content: Editor Bernard Barcio is tinkering with the newsletter's format, experimenting with a tabloid layout. Articles include "Regina Elizabetha II in vada caeca trahitur", "Is Your English in Ruins? Take Latin!", "Fauns, Nymphs & Elves Invade!", "Rome's Birthday Banquet planned", "Advice for the Betrothed and Married", "Apicius's Cuisine", "When to Leap", "Omnia Mutantur" comic, "Clotho's Sewing Corner", "When to Leap", "Homeric Bard to be featured during March 5-7 Latin Weekender Conference", "Russian poet lauds Publius Vergilius Maro", "Coin adds to Shoud evidence", "Classified ads", "Gaius Mucius Scaevola" comic, "Classical Sites" cryptogram.