{"id":6554,"date":"2024-12-02T15:11:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T15:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=6554"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:07:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:07:30","slug":"ovid-in-pontus-the-poems-of-old-age","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=6554","title":{"rendered":"Ovid Ex Pontus Book 4 &#8211; The poems of old age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann<\/p>\n<p><strong>READING LATIN: Ovid\u2019s Epistulae ex Ponto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The poetry that Ovid wrote after being sent to Tomis is a fascinating collection between personal insights, descriptions of Tomis and his life there . The latest poems of the epistulae are written as a series of Letters to his friends and family. We are going to continue our study of these poems, focusing on examples\u00a0 of the Ex Ponto letters from Book 4.<\/p>\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<p><strong>Reading list:<\/strong><br \/>\nEx Ponto are available online as text and translation. However, I will be compiling a booklet of the text we will be working on, which I will distribute, so there is no need to buy any additional material<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day<\/strong>: Mondays \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Time<\/strong>: 14.00-15.30 BST<br \/>\n6 Sessions, <strong>20<sup>th<\/sup> and 27<sup>th<\/sup> April<\/strong>,<strong> 11<sup>th<\/sup> and 18<sup>th<\/sup> May, 8<sup>th<\/sup> and 15<sup>th<\/sup> June\u00a0 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Virtual Learning Environment. <\/strong>Zoom<\/p>\n<p>Series:<\/p>\n<table width=\"360\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"69\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"87\"><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"104\"><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"69\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"87\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"104\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"69\">\u00a372<\/td>\n<td width=\"87\">n\/a<\/td>\n<td width=\"100\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"104\">7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"69\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"100\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"104\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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<\/strong>email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:latinteacher@btinternet.com\" data-slimstat=\"5\">latinteacher@btinternet.com<\/a>\u00a0mobile: 07377 791 562<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann READING LATIN: Ovid\u2019s Epistulae ex Ponto The poetry that Ovid wrote after being sent to Tomis is a fascinating collection between personal insights, descriptions of Tomis and his life there . The latest poems of the epistulae are written as a series of Letters to his friends and family. We are going to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6555,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6554","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6554","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=6554"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7216,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6554\/revisions\/7216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}