Important Dates
- January 26: Add/Drop & Change in Grade Option Deadline
- March 8: Midterm Exam
- March 10-18: Spring Break
- April 6: Withdrawal Deadline
- May 7, 1:30 pm: Final Exam
Special Events
- Saturday, March 31: Classical World trip to Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Friday, April 20: Parilia: Undergraduate Classics Conference at Hamilton College
- TBA: Classical World Lecture (speaker TBA)
No one is required, but all are invited, to attend these events.
Tentative Class Schedule
Intro
Assignment
- Read Balme pp. 8-9
- Finish Balme ch. 1 ¶1 and ¶2 lines 19-23 (...salutabat).
- To turn in: Balme ch. 1, sent. a. 1-7 (p. 57)
Review assignment; introduce deponent verbs (W. ch. 34)
Assignment
- Translate Balme ch. 1 ¶2 lines 23-end.
- To turn in: Balme ch. 1, sent. a 8-15
- To turn in: Deponent verbs handout
- To turn in: On-line drill assignment
Review assignment; introduce present subjunctive (W. ch. 28)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 1, alt. version (p. 58)
- To turn in: Balme ch. 1, sent. b 1-10 (consult W. ch. 40)
- To turn in: W. ch. 28 P&R 1-3, 6, SA 1-3, 7-9, 11-12, "Please Remove My Name!"
Review; introduce fear clauses (W. p. 285)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 2, ¶1
- To turn in: Balme ch. 1, C 1-10
- To turn in: Handout on relative clauses, purpose clauses & indirect commands
- Study for quiz
Quiz#1
Review; introduce imperfect subjunctive + result clauses (W. ch. 29)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 2, ¶2-3
- To turn in: Balme ch. 2, A 7-10; B 1-5; C 1-8 (p. 59)
No class: Professor Eshleman in Boston
Review
Assignment
- Balme ch. 2, ¶4
- Balme ch. 2, alt. (p. 60)
- study for quiz
Quiz #2
Review; introduce perfect & pluperf. subj. + cum clauses (W. 30 & 31)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 3, ¶1
- To turn in: Balme ch. 3, A 1-5; B 1-4
- W. p. 216: Catullus 5 ("Give Me a Thousand Kisses!")
Review; introduce participles (W. 23)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 3, ¶2-4 (to line 26, ...partem flectēbantur)
- To turn in: Balme ch. 3, C 1-6
Review
Assignment
- Finish Balme ch. 3
- To turn in: Balme ch. 3, A 5-10, C 7-12
Quiz #3
Review; introduce ablative absolute (W. ch. 24)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 4, ¶1-2
- To turn in: Balme ch. 4, A 1-4; B 1-5; C 1-4
Review; introduce comparison of adjectives (W. ch. 26)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 4, ¶3-4
- To turn in: Balme ch. 4, A 5-8; C 5-8
- To turn in: W. ch. 26 P&R 3-7, SA 1-6
Review
Assignment
- Balme ch. 4, ¶5
- To turn in: Balme ch. 4, A 9-12; B 5-10; C 9-12
- W. p. 176: Caesar, "The Nations of Gaul"
- Study for quiz
Quiz #4
Review; introduce perfect & future infinitives, indirect statement (W. ch. 25)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 5, ¶1-2
- To turn in: Balme ch. 5 sentences 1-10
Review; introduce irregular comparison of adjectives (W. ch. 27)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 5, ¶3-4
- To turn in: Balme ch. 5 sentences 11-20
Review
Assignment
- To turn in: Balme ch. 5, alt. version
- 38 Stories, ch. 27: "Old Age is Not a Time for Despair"
- Study for quiz
Quiz #5
Review; introduce indirect questions (W. p. 204)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 6, ¶1
- 38 Stories, ch. 30, "Pliny to His Friends" (letter #1)
- To turn in: Balme ch. 6 sentences 1-6
Review; introduce conditions (W. ch. 33)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 6, ¶2-3
- To turn in: Balme ch. 6 sentences 7-14; ch. 7, A 1-5, B 1-6
Review
Assignment
- 38 Stories, ch. 33, "The Helvetians Parley with Caesar"
- To turn in: Balme ch. 6 sentences 15-20; ch. 7, A 6-10; B 7-12; C 1-5
Review; introduce adverbs (W. ch. 32)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 7, lines 1-19 (...fortis tamquam Orcus)
- To turn in: Balme ch. 7, C 6-10
- Study for midterm
MIDTERM
Monday, 3/12 - Friday 3/16
SPRING BREAK
Review; introduce irregular comparison of adjectives (W. ch. 27)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 8, ¶1-2
- To turn in: Balme ch. 8 A 1-5; B 1-5; W. ch. 27 P&R 1-2, 6-7; SA 1-4, 8-10
- Study for quiz
Quiz #6
Review; introduce gerunds & gerundives (W. ch. 39)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 8 ¶3
- To turn in: Balme ch. 8 A 6-10; B 6-10; C 1-8; W. ch. 39, P&R 3-7, SA 1-6
Review; introduce impersonal verbs (Allen & Greenough §207-8)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 9 ¶1-4
- To turn in: Balme ch. 9 A 1-8; B 1-7
Review
Assignment
- Balme ch. 9 ¶5-7
- To turn in: Balme ch. 9 A 9-15; B 8-15
- Study for quiz
Quiz #7
Review; introduce irregular verbs ferō, volō, malō, nolō, fiō, eō (W. pp. 212-3, 221-3, 254-5, 260-1)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 10 ¶1-2
- To turn in: Balme ch. 10 A 1-5; B 1-5
Review; introduce relative clause of characteristic & supine (W. ch. 38)
Assignment
- Balme ch. 10, finish
- To turn in: Balme ch.10 A 6-10; B 6-10; ch. 11 A 1-4
Review
Assignment
- Balme ch. 11 ¶1
- To turn in: Balme ch. 10 C 1-5; ch. 11 A 5-8
- Study for quiz
Quiz #8
Review
Assignment
- Balme ch. 11, finish
- To turn in: Balme ch. 10 C 1-5; ch. 11 C 1-5
- English: Satyricon 26-36 (= pp. 20-27)
Assignment
- Cena 37.1-38.4
- To turn in: Balme ch. 11 B 1-5, C 6-10
- English: Sat. 40-58 (= pp. 30-48)
Assignment
- Cena 38.5-16
- To turn in: Balme ch. 11 D 1-5, E 6-10
- English: Sat. 64-74 (= pp. 52-63)
Assignment
- Cena 39
- To turn in: Balme ch. 11 D 6-10
- English: Sat. 79-82 (= pp. 67-70)
Presentation on Roman food: Alex
Assignment
Presentation on freedmen: Kelly
Assignment
Presentation on magic, part 1: Jackie
Assignment
- Cena 61
- English: Sat. 100-108 (pp. 88-99)
Presentation on magic, part 2: Chrissy
Assignment
- Cena 62
- English: Sat. 109-15 (pp. 99-109)
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