CC Latin Institute

Summer 2008

Block A (June 9-27) – Intermediate Latin Prose Composition - 1 unit

An intensive course designed for teachers and students who are in need of a general refresher course or who are approaching Roman authors in Latin for the first time. Class time will be dedicated to review of more complex Latin constructions, prose composition, and translation.  This course varies in content from year to year and may be taken more than once.  This summer's course focuses on two great Roman writers, Caesar and Cicero. Readings will center around the figure of Cicero's brother, Quintus, depicted in Caesar's 'Gallic Wars' as a heroic lieutenant and as a notorious governor and contentious husband in Cicero's letters.

Instructor – Alison Orlebeke

Colloquium (The final 2 weeks of block A) .50 units – Latin Teaching Methodology*

Instructor – Richard Beaton

Block B (June 30-July 18) - Vergil

In this intensive Latin reading course, we read extended selections from Vergil’s three canonical works, the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the Aeneid.  Although our primary purpose is improving reading fluency and speed in Vergilian Latin, we will also discuss literary, historical, and grammatical topics that arise.  If you already have editions of these works, please bring them. 

Instructor: Kendrick

Block C (July 21 – August 8) – The Romans* (in English) - 1 unit

The Romans
Focus on Republican and Augustan Rome.  In 31 BC, Octavian, the sole heir to Julius Caesar, defeated Mark Anthony and Cleopatra in the battle of Actium.  This was the final battle in a civil struggle that left him as the sole ruler of an immense European and Mediterranean Empire whose government had been based on a total rejection of one-man rule.  This course is an investigation into how the Roman Republic (509-31 BC), marked by violence and periods of dictatorship in its last 100 years, is reconciled in the early years of Augustus’ Principate.  Selections from Republican and Augustan literature from 50 BC to 14 AD to be read in English.

Instructor – FitzGibbon

Colloquium (Throughout block C) – Catullus .5 units – Selections from the 1st C BC poet to be read in Latin with the intent of keeping up on and improving Latin reading skills.

Instructor  - FitzGibbon

Blocks A and B  - Latin for Beginners* - 2 units

Instructor – Beaton (block A), FitzGibbon (block B)