Summary: In this story, Minos is the king of Crete, an island off of Greece. He is very rich and has many slaves. He prays to Neptune that he wants a beautiful island to rule. He got Crete. He sacrifices a slave of his to accomplish this task. Neptune is mad with him however. On the other hand, Minos creates a statue of Hercules. Latona is a goddess who eventually gives birth to two of the major deities; Apollo and Diana. Latona had to find a place to give birth to them that was not attached to the Earth. Frogs end up meeting the two infants. Phrixus and Helle are twin brother and sister. They were sentenced to be sacrificed, but were saved by a golden ram. As a result, they are saved. Comatas is a farmer who sacrificed sheep in honor of the Muses. When Comatas was jailed, the muses ended up saving him. In this story, Coronis, a lover of Apollo, has an affair with someone else. When Apollo finds out, he gets so angry that he put a curse of all white crows to become black. He then punishes Coronis by killing her. Grammar:
Ablative of Instrument: used for the meaning "we are doing something with ____"
**"cum" is not used in this situation**
Vocabulary: I found no new vocabulary while rereading this chapter.
Summary: Julius has fields and vineyards near the Albanum mountains, where corns and vines grow. Today, he walks around the fields and watches the farmers work. He thinks that they are happy over there, but he never worked in the fields. One of the farmers tells him that a sheep has wandered away, causing him to become very angry, as he wants to beat the farmers now. Grammar:
Subjunctives: Verbs introduced by the phrases imperat ut or monet ut must be in the subjunctive mood.
Summary: Pygmalion was a Greek man who had a lot of money, friends and slaves. He didn't have an interest in women. He made a sculpture of a beautiful woman that people admired. People often called him to look at his sculptures, which was so good that it was life like. He loved this statue, but was sad because it did not respond to his confessions of love. He would go to the temple to pray and sacrifice to the gods in the hope that they would give life to the statue that he loved. One day when he came home he did not see his statue, but then he realized that his statue had been turned into a real beautiful woman. Then he married her. Claudius was a wealthy man, and he lusted after Virginia, the beautiful daughter of a well liked man named Virginius, so he kidnaps her and no one intervenes. When Virginius finds out he goes to Claudius and demands for his daughter back. However, Claudius laughs at his request, saying that he is rich and Virginius is poor, and if need be, he and his slaves will fight Virginius. Hearing these words, Virginius takes out a sword and kills his daughter, saying that now she will never have to be a slave to Claudius. Europa was a young and beautiful Greek girl who was collecting flowers in the fields. One day, a white bull appeared in the fields. The other girls fled but Europa touched it and gave it food. Europa goes onto the bull's back, then the bull runs to the ocean. They go high up and then the bull transforms into Jupiter. Jupiter says that he does not mean any harm; he loves her. Cornelia was a good Roman woman who had two children. One day, another roman woman named Tullia visits her to show off the many jewels she got from her husband. Cornelia is annoyed and she says that she also has beautiful jewels, which Tullia wants to see. Cornelia calls her two kids into the room, and says that she has two of the most precious jewels. Once, the Sabines attacked Rome, but they couldn't get past the walls. A bad Roman girl, named Tarpeia, approached the Sabines asked for the jewelery on their left arms. The Sabines threw their shields (on their left arms) at her, killing her. They then threw her body off a cliff and were able to get past the wall Grammar: I found no new grammar while rereading this chapter. Vocabulary: I found no new vocabulary while rereading this chapter.
Summary: Syra finishes the story, saying that the outraged Minos locked Daedalus and Icarus into the labyrinth. To escape, Daedalus built wings for himself and Icarus. They successfully flew from Crete, but Icarus' wings melted when he flew too close to the sun, and he drowned in the sea. Grammar:
Gerunds: (Verbal Noun)
Genitive: "hopes of ___ing"
Ablative: "for the sake of ___ing" or after ablative prepositions
Dative: "by ___ing"
Accusative: used to show purpose, often after accusative prepositions like "ad"
Formation: present active infinitive base + nd + case endings
All gerunds are considered neuter nouns and there is NO nominative case and NO plural form.
Perfect Participle:
The perfect participle is always found in the last principal part of the verb. Like all participles, they come from verbs but act like adjectives. Perfect participles end in -tus, -a, -um or -sus, -a, -um.
Summary: Quintus, who still lies in bed, orders Syra to tell him a story, so she tells him the story of the Minotaur, whose head was of a bull and whose body was of a man. It lived on the island of Crete in a labyrinth. Theseus, the son of the King of Athens, entered this labyrinth and killed the Minotaur with his sword. Theseus loved King Minos' daughter, Ariadne, and so they married eventually. Grammar: I found no new grammar when rereading this chapter. Vocabulary: I found no new vocabulary while rereading this chapter.
