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Worlds Texts
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Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneis 4.630-662: Dido C. Cornelius Tacitus, Annales 14.34-5: Boudica
Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carmina 27: Postumia,
submitted by Maria Marsilio, St. Joseph's University
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Carmina 1.23: Chloe,
submitted by Maria Marsilio, St. Joseph's University
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Carmina 1.5: Pyrrha Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Oratore 3.12.45: Laelia,
submitted by Anne Leen, Furman University
Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 30.12, 15: Sophonisba Sacris rite paratis: testimony for women's role in family worship

Instruction Materials
Additional colleague contributions may be found at Activities and Syllabi & Lessons

Donald Connor, Trinity School (New York)
     The following annotated Latin passages have been added to the four Ovid selections already on the site. Each lesson is introduced by a brief overview essay. The Latin passage contains below a full-entry running vocabulary; on the facing page is a commentary with ample color illustrations. Review worksheets are included. All files are in printer-friendly PDF format (best viewed in Adobe Reader 8):

 Ovid's Metamorphoses III.528-733: The Tale of Pentheus and Dionysus
 Ovid's Metamorphoses IV.663-764: The Tale of Perseus and Andromeda
 Ovid's Metamorphoses X.1-77: The Tale of Orpheus and Eurydice
 Ovid's Metamorphoses XI.90-145: The Tale of Midas and his Daughter
 Ovid's Metamorphoses XIII.750-897: The Tale of Acis and Galatea

Anne Leen, Furman University (Greenville, SC)
     "A Lesson for Cicero De Oratore 3,12.45: Laelia." The lesson on Laelia's Latin is in seven parts: introduction, text, vocabulary and notes, comprehension and discussion questions, suggestions for activities, and a bibliography.

Barbara McManus, The College of New Rochelle (NY)
    Tarpeia in Livy and the Roman Forum." This activity connects text interpretation with the exploration of associated ancient sites through an assignment that links Companion to the Worlds of Roman Women and VRoma.

John H. Starks Jr, Binghamton University
    De vitis mulierum Romanarum: Fall 2008. Syllabus for an Intermediate Latin course with reading and viewing assignments on Companion.



Ann R. Raia and Judith Lynn Sebesta
November 2008