Fabulae Faciles : Jason and the Argonauts

Name: Fabulae Faciles : Jason and the Argonauts
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The third set of readings from the classic text, Fabulae Faciles.

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Created byBen Lugosch

Last updated 8/2019

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What you'll learn

Students will gain valuable experience learning to read Latin from elementary to intermediate difficulty.
The stories in this section outline the basic myth and legend of Jason and the Argonauts.
Students will gain confidence reading intermediate Latin texts through the graduated readings.
Students will master the basic stock of essential vocabulary.

Course content

1 section • 24 lectures • 7h 50m total length

57. A Wicked Uncle17:19
We introduce the Jason and the Argonauts readings and outline a workflow of slow pre-reading, translation with grammar, and review to build foundational Latin through rereading.
58. A Fateful Accident14:38
Analyze a Latin passage from Jason and the Argonauts, focusing on fearing constructions and indirect commands. The lecture traces the oracle at Delphi and preparation for a great sacrifice.
59. The Golden Fleece16:43
Explore Jason and the Argonauts through a focused reading of the Golden Fleece myth, while analyzing Latin grammar like indirect commands, subjunctives, and participles.
60. The Building of the Good Ship Argo19:16
Explore the building of the good ship Argo as Argus gathers rigging materials and oversees construction for a wider ship capable of transporting a large crew in ten days.
61. The Anchor Is Weighed17:30
Explore Jason and the Argonauts through a Latin grammar lens, weighing the anchor of departure as you parse gerunds, indirect statements, and nominative, accusative, and third-declension forms.
62. A Fatal Mistake23:00
Analyze Latin syntax in the Argonauts tale, tracing pronoun declensions, verb forms, and indirect statements, and translate ablative, genitive, and accusative constructions with practical examples.
63. The Loss of Hylas21:51
Explore how Latin indirect statements, subjunctives, and participles are used in the Jason and the Argonauts episode about the loss of Hylas, including a water nymph encounter.
64. Difficult Dining19:04
Explores a Jason and the Argonauts passage, adding missing lines and analyzing indirect statements and the subjunctive, as Phineas faces hunger amid harpies during a difficult dining scene.
65. The Deliverance of Phineus19:35
Explore the deliverance of Phineas by the Argonauts and analyze Latin grammar: indicative vs subjunctive in Quinn clauses, indirect statements, and infinitive and relative clauses.
66. The Symplegades23:49
Explores the symplegades episode from Jason and the Argonauts, highlighting the dove signal and rock passage, and examining related Latin grammar like the passive periphrastic and anticipatory subjunctive.
67. A Heavy Task19:38
Analyze Latin grammar through dense examples, explaining the future active infinitive formed with esse, the passive periphrastic, gerund and gerundive, and the ablative absolute.
68. The Magic Ointment19:09
Medea prepares a magic ointment to strengthen Jason’s body and sinews for his labors, and to smear his body and his weapons in the morning.
69. The Sowing of the Dragon's Teeth19:28
Explore the sowing of the dragon's teeth from Jason and the Argonauts, while examining Latin grammar concepts such as ablative absolutes, neuter and accusative forms, and participles.
70. A Strange Crop19:28
Analyze Latin syntax in Jason and Medea, focusing on indirect statements and indirect commands in subordinate clauses. Explore the role of the subjunctive, including the anticipatory subjunctive, in these constructions.
71. The Flight of Medea19:46
Explore Medea's flight with Jason and the Argonauts, focusing on elopement from the palace, strategic flight to the Argo, and the interplay of deception and reunion.
72. The Seizure of the Fleece22:41
Jason has not yet retrieved the fleece, and the lecture details the attempt to seize the fleece and the protective measures around it.
73. The Return to the Argo20:11
Explore the return to the Argo, tracing how the Argonauts, left behind by the sea, worry and await Jason's arrival and the voyage's renewal.
74. The Pursuit23:25
Explore the Latin narration of Jason and the Argonauts, analyzing the res gestae style, participles, ablative of time, and the pursuit around the fleece theft.
75. A Fearful Expedient20:02
In this lecture, Madea's concealed-room plot drives the Jason and the Argonauts narrative, while analyzing terms like impediment and genitive to illuminate motive and style.
76. The Bargain with Pelias20:30
Explore the bargaining scene with Pelias through Latin syntax, including indirect statements, tacit agreement, and subjunctive forms, illustrated with key phrases like 'let it be permitted' and 'what'.
77. The Magic Arts18:36
Explore the magic arts in Jason and the Argonauts, detailing cauldron, herbs, and mid-air phenomena described in the lecture caption.
78. A Dangerous Experiment20:10
Analyze a Medea scene in the Jason and the Argonauts myth, focusing on midair action. Explore Latin grammar: indirect statements, the subjunctive, and the future active infinitive.
79. A Fatal Gift17:50
Medea's disguise and deadly tincture drive the scene, while the lecture traces Greek noun declension, including accusative, genitive, and neuter forms, and notes under oath and indirect statements.
80. Medea Kills Her Sons16:46
Medea kills her sons as Jason returns from Corinth, bringing the dramatic confrontation and consequences of their actions.

Requirements

One or two years elementary Latin grammar.
It's preferable if students will have completed the Perseus and Hercules readings from the Fabulae Faciles text, either on their own or via the lecture series on Udemy.

Description

These lectures cover the third set of readings from the text Fabulae Faciles, which is a collection of Latin from easy to intermediate difficulty designed to help students emerge from elementary grammar to a confident reading ability in Latin prose.

The lectures provide opportunity for careful reading and review of essential concepts, while building a solid base of critical vocabulary. You will also get extensive experience with the sound of reconstructed Silver Age Latin through the audio that accompanies the lectures.

Each chapter begins with a review of the previous readings, followed by a careful, literal translation of the Latin to help students see how to internalize the process of moving away from word-by-word reading to a real fluency.

The Fabulae Faciles text is justly famous and has an extensive presence online. What distinguishes this treatment of the texts from others out there is that students get enough help to keep them on tract and to encourage them to “try it on their own” but not so much that thinking becomes optional. It’s meant for serious-minded students who want to achieve a real reading ability and who are willing to do what it takes to get there.

If, however, you find you’re overwhelmed by the passages, you should consider stepping back to an earlier chapter in the book: The Story of Perseus or the Story of Hercules. Lecture series on both are available on Udemy.

On top of all that, students will get a thorough overview of the classic legend of Jason’s voyage with the Argonauts first written down by Apollonius of Rhodes.

Who this course is for:

Homeschooled students and their teachers.
Autodidacts.
Adult students either studying Latin for the first time or reviewing their Latin.