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Fable of the Day: De Iuvene et Sene

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Iuvene Senis curvitatem irridente: The Youth Who Mocked The Old Man's Bent Back, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Iuvenis quidam conspicatus senem in arcus tensi similitudinem curvum, interrogavit an sibi arcum vellet… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 26, 2007 at 1:00am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Viro et Cardinale

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De viro qui ad Cardinalem accessit: The Man Who Approached the Cardinal, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Vir quidam facetus admodum et urbanus, audiens amicum suum ad cardinalatus dignitatem assumptum, ad eum gratulandi… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 25, 2007 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Report of the First Annual Second Life Language Teaching Colloquium

On June 23, 2007, I had the opportunity to be one of nine American delegates (and sole Classicist) to the first annual Second Life Language Teaching Colloquium (SLanguages 2007). Sponsored by the

Consultants-E, a UK-based eLearning company, the conference was held on the

Second Life island of

EduNation. …

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Added by Andrew Reinhard on June 25, 2007 at 1:10pm — No Comments

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Fable of the Day: De Legato et Tubicinibus

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Legato avaro tubicines decipiente: The Ambassador Who Tricked His Trumpeters, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Quidam avarus pro patria legatus in aliam urbem profectus erat. Cui tubicines praesto affuerunt, ut illius… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 23, 2007 at 1:30am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Quadrupedibus et Piscibus

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Quadrupedibus societatem adversus aves cum piscibus ineuntibus: The Four-Footed Animals who made an alliance with the fish against the birds, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Quadrupedes, cum bellum sibi ab avibus esset… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 21, 2007 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Piscibus in Sartagine

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Piscibus e sartagine in prunas desilientibus: The Fish, Leaping from the Frying Pan into the Fire , by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Pisces adhuc vivi in sartagine ferventi oleo coquebantur, quorum unus "Fugiamus hinc,… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 19, 2007 at 1:30am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Nautis et Sanctis

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Nautis sanctorum auxilium implorantibus: The Sailors, Imploring the Help of the Saints, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Nauta quidam in mari subita et atra tempestate deprehensus, ceteris eius sociis diversorum divorum… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 17, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Digital Paleography as Pedagogical Tool for Latin/Greek

One of Dr. Jayni Reinhard's (University of Wisconsin - Parkside) favorite language-learning activities as a grad student at the University of Minnesota was reading Greek off of high-quality images of papyrus fragments. A group project introduced students to paleography and served as a much-needed and welcome reminder that the texts from ancient authors were not as neat and tidy as students might sometimes think. Poems were… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on June 16, 2007 at 10:33am — 4 Comments

Fable of the Day: De Asino, Simia et Talpa

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Asino, Simia et Talpa: Donkey, Monkey and Mole, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Conquerenti Asino quod cornibus careret, Simiae vero quod cauda sibi deesset, "Tacete," inquit Talpa, cum me oculis captam esse videatis."… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 16, 2007 at 1:30am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Anguilla

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Anguilla conquerente quod magis quam serpens infestaretur: The Eel, complaining that she is more harassed than the Snake, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Anguilla interrogabat serpentem, quare, cum similes essent… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 15, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Musca

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Musca, quae quadrigis insidens pulverem se excitasse dicebat: The Fly, who sitting on the chariot said that she was stirring up the dust, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Quadrigae in stadio currebant, quibus musca… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 14, 2007 at 1:00am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Muliere et eius Amatore

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Muliere amatoris discessum flente: The Woman weeping over her lover's departure, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Mulier impudica amatorem suum abeuntem, quem omnibus fere rebus spoliaverat, multis lacrimis… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 13, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Artes Latinae v2.0 for Macs, Vista, Linux Released Today

For those of you who are interested in teaching yourself Latin, are homeschoolers, have several sections of Latin in one classroom at the same time and are wondering what to have your Latin I kids do while you translate Catullus 63 with your Latin IVs, or have always wanted your Ubuntu Linux box to talk back to you in Restored Classical Latin, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has just released Artes Latinae v2.0. Dr. Waldo Sweet's program of Latin study has been updated with a new interface and can… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on June 12, 2007 at 11:03am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Muliere et Patre

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De muliere virum morientem flente et patre eam consolante: The Woman grieving for her dying husband and her Father consoling her, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Mulierem adhuc iuvenem, cuius vir animam agebat, pater… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 12, 2007 at 1:00am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Cygno et Ciconia

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Cygno in morte canente reprehenso a Ciconia: About the Swan, singing in death, criticized by the Stork, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Cygnus moriens interrogabatur a ciconia, cur in morte, quam cetera animalia… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 11, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Wimba Voice Tools for Langauge Labs and More!

A couple of our members who teach Latin mentioned to me that they are using Wimba Voice Tools to modernize the language lab component of their classes. While I am not intended this post to be a sales pitch, after reviewing the site and speaking to folks who have used Voice Tools for their classes, Wimba seems to be on the right track in getting modern technology into the hands of language teachers to facilitate the oral and aural… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on June 10, 2007 at 8:35pm — 1 Comment

Fable of the Day: De Arboribus

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De arboribus pulchris et deformibus: The Trees, Pretty and Ugly, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Arbores complures in eodem creverant loco proceres, rectes enodesque, praeter unam humilem, parvam nodosamque, quam ut… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 10, 2007 at 9:00am — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Trabe et Bobus

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Trabe et Bobus eam trahentibus: The Log and the Oxen Pulling It, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Trabs ulmea de bobus conquerebatur, dicens, "Ingrati, ego multo tempore meis vos frondibus alui, vos vero me nutricem… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 9, 2007 at 10:29pm — No Comments

Fable of the Day: De Caponibus

[Note: You can find more of these fables at the old blog address for Latin Via Fables.]

Title: De Caponibus pinguibus et macro: About the Fat Capons and the Thin One, by Abstemius

Latin Text:

Vir quidam complures capones in eodem ornithoboscio inclusos largo nutricaverat cibo, qui pingues effecti sunt omnes… Continue

Added by Laura Gibbs on June 8, 2007 at 9:05pm — No Comments