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, July 7, 2009

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.

Monday, July 6, 2009

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.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

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.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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.

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.