This is an amazing, new 3-d site with lectures on famous artists and their work:
http://smarthistory.org/sistine-chapel-ceiling.html This particular link is about Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Get ready, get set, go to ancient Rome with Google Earth in latest version 4.3. Watch the video and then download. Go to layers on left, choose gallery and then Ancient Rome. Your computer will be a TIME MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://earth.google.com/rome/index.html
An amazing pictorial display of surgical instruments from the ancient world now at U of Va (Having worked in surgery, modern are so similar to these!)
http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical/artifacts/antiqua/instruments.cfm
Solid collection of Latin Mottoes begun by Rose Williams:
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/blmottoes.htm
Wonderful collection of rhetorical devices with pronunciation and etymology of terms:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Rhetoric+and+Rhetorical+Devices
Here is an amazing compendium of fabulous art inspired by the story of Cupid and Psyche:
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/CP/ICP.html
This is a wonderfully helpful link that gives you proper Latin pronunciation:
http://www.wheelockslatin.com/chapters/introduction/introduction.htmlk
Here is an amazing site with many photos that may help you become familiar with the various ruins of the forum:
http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/4_Forum_Romanum.html
Here is a very fun adverb song by Tom Lehrer, former Harvard Math Professor!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxVoHqgemWE
Remember the adverb transformations from first and second adjectives is a long e onto the stem, and iter for third declension adjectives unless they have a double consonant ending stem and then, just add -ter (take a little "trip" to adverb land!)
Here is an incredible 3-d site reproduction of ancient Rome with stills and videos:
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu
Here is the computer reconstruction of the Apollo Temple on the Palatine built by Augustus and originally with private entrance from his modest home:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080314-rome-temple.html
You never need to be bored again! Here is a free Latin course in podcast form! Tell me what you think! Check out the old Harvard grammar and key!
http://latinum.mypodcast.com/index.html
If you have time to look at this one, I would appreciate hearing what you think of it....
http://www.haverford.edu/classics/audio/
Here is a compendium of Vergilian quotes!
http://www.giga-usa.com/quotes/authors/virgil_a006.htm
This an online Latin scrabble game for snow days or any day!
http://www.thepixiepit.co.uk/scrabble/latin.htm
Remember wondering about Andronicus and the lion's veracity? See what this article has to say:
http://www.archaeology.org/gladiators/arena.html
Here is the amazing link about the ancient Roman traveler's map that is linear:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7113810.stm
and another with breakdowns and larger images:
http://www.romancoins.info/Tabula-Peutingeriana.html
Help stamp out world hunger and increase your vocab at this site! So what are you waiting for?!
Check out this link to learn about an underwater Pompeii in the harbor of Pisa!
http://www.newsweek.com/id/67475?>1=10547
Here is a link with multiple pics of death-themed artwork in Rome. Happy Halloween!
http://www.romeartlover.it/Mememori.html
Here are some amazing links about classics in the modern world. Go for it!
https://umdrive.memphis.edu/mhooker/cccarchbysubj.html
Do you need some more practice hearing Latin? Try these podcasts!
See the windows in Prague from four defenestrations!
http://www.econ.upenn.edu/~nirav/personal/defenestration.html
Here is a free leadership seminar down in Baltimore. The cost would be air fare alone....
http://www.ndm.edu/About/newsandevents/Leadership-Day-102607.cfm
You might want to think about using this project for a quarter's worth of honors.....
http://canens.googlepages.com/writingcontest08 You just might win some money as well as fame!!! GO FOR IT! See below:
Check out the site below for copies online of the winning essays of the above contest for previous years:
http://www.caneweb.org/pubsnref/annualbulletin.asp
Follow this link to some increasingly difficult translations for use as honors challenges. Have fun!
http://myth.bestlatin.net/ritchie/index.htm
Here is a wonderful rich site with mottoes in Latin:
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/collegeanduniversitylatinmottoes1.html
Here is a way to draw cartoons in Latin and be published! Deadline for submissions is November 1st. Have fun!
http://www.apaclassics.org/Ceres_Comic_Flyer.pdf
Here is a student made video of the story of the 300 in Latin!
http://eclassics.ning.com/video/video/show?id=727885:Video:1303
Here is my essay about my trip published in the CANEns (newsletter of the Classical Association of New England):
http://canens.googlepages.com/braden
Here is a fabulous Roman Villa tour with mosaic floors and exquisite wall paintings; have fun!
http://classics.uark.edu/domus_romana/walkthrough.html
So , you are getting ready to take a Latin test for college, or just need practice on grammar:
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/wh-prax.html
http://www.demodocus.com/language/101latin.html
How do you SAY it????!!!!!:
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/grammar/g-accnt.html
Tips for learning vocab!
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/grammar/lvocab2.html
Visual help with Latin colors!
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/grammar/colores.html
Everything you could possibly want to know about verbs! and practice, too:
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/languages/classical/latin/tchmat/grammar/vb/vbcontents.html
In your spare time....
Want to get a headstart on a trip to Italy?
How about your own free private tour of Pompeii?
http://touritaly.org/pompeii/pompeii-main.htm
How about playing mythology games and learning some new names and facts?
Want to test yourself on mythology?
http://www.pantheon.org/cgi-bin/mythquiz.cgi
Who knew?! Ancient literature and video games have elements in common! Read this article and come and tell me about it for E.C.....
http://www.advance.uconn.edu/2007/070416/07041607.htm
Here is are three respectable online Latin Dictionaries:
http://archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm
http://facweb.furman.edu/~dmorgan/lexicon/silva.htm
http://www.babylon.com/define/112/Latin-Dictionary.html
I have seen some amazingly Escheresque mosaics in Roman villas. I am sure that the Romans would approve of and enjoy these pics:
http://www.adventix.net/blog/2007/03/18/unbelievable-graphic-art-pictures-by-rob-gonzales/
Surprise! Here are some cool physics streaming videos from the Annenberg Foundation and professors at CalTech:
http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html
Need some toga help? Here is a light-hearted but very helpful site for you:
http://www.howtomakeatoga.info/
Feel as if you are needing to spruce up your basic Latin skills? You can play games and do just that at this site:
http://www.abney.homestead.com
Are you planning to write up the movie "300" ? You might want to check out this site:
http://jewishworldreview.com/0307/hanson0322207.php3
PLEASE KEEP CAREFUL RECORDS OF ALL OF YOUR SOURCES FOR YOUR CULTURE REPORTS and turn them in in the appropriate form:
You will be glad you did! No credit will be given for undocumented work!
So you are thinking about making a special Latin saying t-shirt for the Culture test grade? Check out this wonderful site!
http://miljokes.com/famous-latin-quotations.html
Cornell University homepage for Horace:
http://www.cornellcollege.edu/classical_studies/latin/latin-links.shtml
Harvard students link for the Aeneid:
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/aeneid/shortsumm.html
Saturnalia links galore- Gaudeatis!
http://members.aol.com/__121b_gFbdp5/nigECqSoFTFGq/zDBI1iEvBOOG2+1/UzeMtU=
Happy Birthday, Horace, on Dec. 8th! You might want to take a look at the site below to see one of his favorite presents ever!
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/horaces-villa/Contents.html
This is a great overview of Roman history and culture that will be fun to explore
http://www.ghg.net/shetler/rome/
This might win you some distinction and would count as one project for honors for a quarter......
http://www.caneweb.org/tands/cwc2007.asp
How about a little historical overview of the history of the Latin language itself?
http://www.learnlatinlanguage.com/HISTORY.HTM
How about some more exploration into ancient Roman history? and lots more!
Be sure to follow some of the links off to the left. I LOVE About.com...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_text_mackail_i_vii_a.htm
This is a wonderful alphabetical site that is interactive and will provide more background for you on the "fancy pantsy" grammatical terminology!
http://www.languages.uncc.edu/classics/latin/glossary.htm
Here is a site for polishing your subjunctive tense formation and understanding!
http://abney.homestead.com/subjunctivelatin.html
Curious to practice more indirect statement? Follow this link to chapter 46
http://abney.homestead.com/ecce2.html
The following sites are remedial verb and grammar camp:
http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/review/
http://abney.homestead.com/ecce1.html
http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/grammar/
http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/grammar/lat1review/03revlat.htm
http://members.iinet.net.au/~furius@iinet.net.au/grammatica/firstyear2/PresentTenseExercises.html (Interactive quiz)
more interactive quizzes:
http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/rcape/latin/05index.html
HOW ABOUT LEARNING HERCULES' TWELVE LABORS in Latin?
http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/stories/index.htm
How about some SAT verbal practice?
http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/newsat/powertactics/vocab/
Every wonder how the various degrees came about? First one was awarded from the first university in Bologna, Italy!
http://www.umr.edu/registrar/commencement/commencementhistory.htm
For Latin III, to get the flavor of your translation text for your final:
http://www.southwestern.edu/~carlg/Latin_Web/balmehome.html
Please spend some time going over the study guide on this link....
Brush up for the National Latin Exam! http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/jcl/nle/index.htm
Ever wonder what 150,000 of anything look like? This site also has ways to send help!
http://www.toddbinder.com/Toll.aspx
Summer school classical course offerings: http://home.earthlink.net/~hambrosia/summer/
Think that you might want to spend a year abroad in an Italian school devoted to classics with other students from top schools throughout the world? Check it out!
http://www.sya.org/admissions.html
How about a scholarship to Boston University?
http://www.bu.edu/classics/contest/index.html
Honors Option school link:
http://www.bownet.org/bhshonorsoption
Look down below the diagramming site for the Latin dictionary!
Helpful sites for essay topic for CANE Writing Contest:
http://www.wellesley.edu/ClassicalStudies/cane/canewritingcontest02-03.html
http://www.wellesley.edu/ClassicalStudies/canecomputer/caneannualmeetingurls.html
http://ghsjcl.hypermart.net/links.html
SAT II Latin site:http://www.collegeboard.com/sat/center2/latin/latin.html
Sat prep site: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/wordofday
ONLINE COMPETITION! http://www.demodocus.com/tests/apr2003/
Sites for certamina questions: http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Roman/RomanSites*/Topics/General.html
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/forum/6946/mythology
http://www.geocities.com/bwduncan/
http://nle.aclclassics.org/pract.html
This site contains both certamina questions and Ecce Romani exercises:
http://abney.homestead.com/pallasathene~ns4.html
National Latin Exam practice questions: first year = intro; second year = level one; third year = level two; fourth year = prose
Famous Latin and Greek quotes
http://www.traditio.com/tradlib/latphras.txt
Famous Vergil Quotes
http://www.giga-usa.com/quotes/authors/virgil_a008.htm
Famous Romans
http://www.link75.org/mam/library/curriculum/FamousRomans.html
http://www.roman-emperors.org/
http://www.sogang.ac.kr/~anthony/Classics/PlutarchCaesar.htm Caesar's Death
http://heraklia.fwsl.com/conspiracy/index.html Caesar's death
http://www.belinus.co.uk/mythology/Homeextra.htm
more mythology: http://www-lib.haifa.ac.il/www/art/mythology_westart.html
Study guides and enrichment:
First link below is the site with vocab games for ECCE ROMANI
http://www.dl.ket.org/latinlit/links/index.htm
Extra challenges online with exercises and games....
http://abney.homestead.com/ecce1.html
The above link is for Latin I and II. The link below is for Latin III:
http://abney.homestead.com/ecce2.html
http://www.marblehead.com/staff/mkalling/vocab.html Ck this out for vocab picture help!
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/horaces-villa/poetry/Ode1.20.html
http://www.quia.com/dir/latin/
http://www.classicsunveiled.com/index.html
http://www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/MBJH/webpages/forlang/patrickb/Cultures.htm
http://txclassics.org/links.htm
http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/anromassign3.html
Roman History sites with great links:
http://users.drew.edu/jlenz/rome.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/romans/index.shtml
A special link for info on Pompeii:
http://www.stoa.org/projects/ph/home
Gladiator site:
http://www.pbs.org/search/search_results.html?q=gladiators&btnG.x=6&btnG.y=6
How about trying some Latin crosswords? See link below:
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/chifiles.html
How about Harvard professors reading the Aeneid aloud to you?
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/poetry_and_prose/Aeneid.1.intro.html
Hit the link below for the study guide for the Plautus play we did not see last spring:
http://www.homestead.com/ludicrum/studyguide~NS4.HTML
How about the news in Latin from the Vatican?
http://www.vaticanradio.org/inglese/105/en_latin.html
Online library of resources! :
http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/cicerox.html
(This is the Cicero setting, but you can back up and go to the other authors, too.)
Want to sing the declension ending song? Try this:(if you want the instrumental, go to the good night song) http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/catullusguide13.html
How about more songs that will make you super smart and on top of many little Latin eccentricities?! http://home.rochester.rr.com/latinteach/
For the following site, plan to sign in as a guest without a password.... You can join later.
http://www.latinteach.com/latingames.html
http://www.fidnet.com/~weid/RomanII.htm
http://www.sc.whecn.edu/departments/humanities/grant/G_PAGES/Fall2000/RomanSpectacle.htm
http://metmuseum.org/toah/Splash.htm?HomePageLink=toah_1
Greek art bibliography and links to images:
http://www2.tltc.ttu.edu/george/CLHM5305/greek_art.htm
Diagramming explanations (sentence formulae) http://www.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/diagraminglatin.html
A Brazilian attorney's site with legal Latin, famous mottoes, and outline of Latin literature:
http://www.latimedireito.adv.br/latining.htm
Dictionary site http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm
Greek lexicon http://kypros.org/cgi-bin/lexicon/
Online library of Latin Literature http://www.thelatinlibrary.com
So you need to translate a manuscript and cannot make out the lettering? Try site below!
http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/scripts/scrindex.htm
This site is a compendium of audio visuals available on the web. Some are free and others are available for purchase.
You should have fun just seeing what is out there and will find plenty of informative sites. HAVE FUN!!!
http://www.drjclassics.com/survey_old/indexsurvey.htm
This site has famous reproductions of statues, jewelry, and wall hangings:
You will have fun exploring this site which is filled with Latin Jeopardy questions. Hit the topics under preparation, then check out the study aids first to get smart and stay smart quickly!
http://www.geocities.com/bwduncan/
Read the news in Latin! http://www.yle.fi/fbc/latini/
Roman Drama http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/comedy001.html
Interactive map of the empire http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/RMap.html
Another map that will help you with empire of 117 A.D.:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/maps/basicmap.html
IMAGES OF ROME AND ITALY
http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/generalcontents.html
http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/roman/home.html
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHrome.html#Roman
How about a virtual trip to Rome?
http://ross.pvt.k12.ny.us/rome/daybyday/daybyday.html
(best art database!)
http://www.forumromanum.org/images/index.html
Great background website for Italy:
http://www.italianancestry.com/Section2.html
Interactive site for the colosseum:
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/colosseum/colosseum.html
Here is a great site on how to make your own Roman mosaic:(and you can follow other links to a Harry Potter quiz over the first four books!)
http://www.pyrrha.demon.co.uk/kmosaic1.html
Educational gladiator game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/games/gladiator/index.html
Check out this article on an ancient astronomical calculator. They found pieces and some brainy wizard reproduced a replica that foretells lunar and solar eclipses: