{"id":4305,"date":"2021-10-25T13:35:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T12:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=4305"},"modified":"2022-08-10T18:25:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T17:25:47","slug":"reading-latin-the-poems-of-catullus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=4305","title":{"rendered":"Reading Latin: The Poems of Catullus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann<\/p>\n<p>Catullus was a young poet in the middle of the power struggles of the Late Roman Republic. Good looking, well connected with Caesar&#8217;s camp, rumoured to be Clodia&#8217;s lover, he knew Rome&#8217;s elite and was well established enough to be able to satirize them without fearing for his livelihood.<\/p>\n<p>This term we will be reading a selection of the poems &#8211; not just the love poetry in Book I of his collection, but also the more political and satirizing later poems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Newcomers are always welcome<\/strong>\u00a0but should ensure that they are familiar with Latin Grammar and vocabulary at roughly A-level or beyond, feel free to ask to come for a trial session\u00a0if you are unsure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Reading list:<\/strong><br \/>\nAny edition of Catullus will do, the Latin poems are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelatinlibrary.com\/catullus.shtml\">online<\/a> ,<br \/>\nbut if you are looking for a text with notes I recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/catullus-poems-9781472502643\/\">Kenneth Quinn&#8217;s edition at Bloomsbury<\/a> (please note &#8211; NOT the selected poems by the same publisher!)<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Day<\/strong>: Mondays \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Time<\/strong>: 14.00-15.30 BST<br \/>\n10 sessions, starting on 26th September &#8211; 5 December 2022 with a week&#8217;s break<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue\/Virtual Learning Environment<\/strong><br \/>\nZoom<\/p>\n<p>For 4-7 students<\/p>\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a310\/session<\/td>\n<td>n\/a<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\" data-slimstat=\"3\">MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0and send it with payment to the address below. If you would like to pay via BACS or Paypal please contact Birgitta Hoffmann for details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Birgitta Hoffmann<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL<br \/>\n<\/strong>email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:latinteacher@btinternet.com\" data-slimstat=\"5\">latinteacher@btinternet.com<\/a> mobile: 07377 791 562<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann Catullus was a young poet in the middle of the power struggles of the Late Roman Republic. Good looking, well connected with Caesar&#8217;s camp, rumoured to be Clodia&#8217;s lover, he knew Rome&#8217;s elite and was well established enough to be able to satirize them without fearing for his livelihood. This term we will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4311,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4305","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4305"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4891,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4305\/revisions\/4891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}