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THE CAMEL COURIER
Greek Mythology Steals the Show at the MFA
krater, the killing of Thersites by Achilles. The
middle part of the room is dominated by vases
illustrating myths of Dionysus, or at least
Dionysus and his retinue enjoying vineyards
and what they produce.
Also here are
paraphernalia of the symposium culture of
archaic and classical Greece.
The Museum of Fine Arts has reopened
one of its long-closed second-floor galleries to
reveal a stunning new installation of Greek
vases and sculptures.
The curators—chief
among them Phoebe Segal, who spoke at the
CAM meeting in May 2013—decided to
organize the art not chronologically but
thematically. Sections are devoted to Greek
Tragedy, Dionysus & the Symposium, and
Homer & the Trojan War. This makes it much
easier for us to see, side by side, works of art on
the same subject. I had not realized that the
MFA has not one but two archaic depictions of
Circe transforming Odysseus’ men into animals,
but now that they are juxtaposed they make for
a great comparative study.
At the north end of the room, several
vases illustrate myths were converted into tragic
performances; the performances, and not the
story of the myth itself, were apparently the
inspirations for depictions of Oedipus,
Agamemnon, Orestes, Actaeon, Alcmene,
Andromeda, and, on an enormous South Italian
The section on the Trojan War will be
the most useful for Latin teachers. Here are
depictions of almost every episode in the Epic
Cycle: the Judgment of Paris, the Abduction of
Helen, Thetis and Achilles’ Armor, the Duel of
Hector and Achilles, the Suicide of Ajax, the
Trojan Horse, the Killing of Priam, and
Menelaus reclaiming Helen. From the Odyssey
we have Polyphemus, the transformations of
Circe, Elpenor in the Underworld, Skylla, and
the Sirens.
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Book Two of the Aeneid is
nicely illustrated.
A fifthcentury vase by the Altamura
Painter shows Aeneas hoisting
Anchises on his back and
escaping the destruction of
Troy.
An earlier vase by
Makron gives Aeneas a role in
helping Paris abduct Helen—a
somewhat
different
understanding of Aeneas’ role in the
whole disaster than Virgil
would want to advertise. An
interesting
relief
shows
Neoptolemus about to kill
Priam, with Hecuba begging for
her husband to be spared; the
relief was re-used ca. AD 200
when a certain Aurelia Secunda
chose it, while she was still
alive,
to
decorate
her
sarcophagus. Presumably she
liked the image of Hecuba
playing the role of the pious
wife. This spousal piety seems
to have trumped the fact that
what dominates the image is the
gruesome slaughter of the king
of Troy. The Romans never
cease to amaze me.
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An Invitation to CAM
There are well over 400
Latin teachers in Massachusetts,
but we are scattered among
many school districts and have
few opportunities to interact
and share ideas as the demands
placed upon us as teachers
become
increasingly
more
rigorous.
The mission of CAM is to
help fix that. In addition to an
annual meeting in the spring
and a meeting at MaFLA in
October, we host other occasional workshops, promote
events of interest to Latin
teachers,
students,
and
classicists,
and
provide
opportunities for collaboration
among Latin teachers across the
commonwealth.
Several
touch-screens
allow visitors to explore
selected vases, and the entire
Trojan War myth, in greater
detail. I visited it three days
after it opened and discovered
that it was crawling with
teachers and students from area
There is already an
colleges. See for yourself!
exciting program for the
October meeting at MaFLA
Ken Rothwell
(Oct. 23-25), and the Latin
Classics, UMass Boston
strand has never looked so
strong (a preview of the Latin
strand at MaFLA is included in
this newsletter). If you become
a member of CAM we’ll alert
you by email to workshops and
events that arise on shorter
notice. Also check the web site
(www.massclass.org) for updates and information. Let us
know how CAM can better
serve you!
On
behalf
of
the
executive board, I wish you
success in the classroom, and I
look forward to meeting you all
throughout the year.
Curate ut valeatis!
Edward “Ted” Zarrow
President, CAM
Westwood High School
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Using Rare Latin-based Vocabulary Beyond the Latin Classroom
Just as I often have difficulty remembering
my students’ names if they are common but
immediately latch my brain onto the unusual or
exceptionally difficult-to-pronounce, my students
often have no trouble memorizing and internalizing the more obscure Latin-based English
derivatives that I can think to share. We’ve made a
game out of it, in fact, and I routinely send
students to my Compact Edition of the Oxford English
Dictionary just to see what they can find. If the
words are sufficiently obscure, I challenge students
(for a few percentage points on quizzes) to use the
words on written assignments in other classes. My
students often take pride in the words that they
find. Only once has an English teacher caught on
when over fifteen of my freshmen used ‘uxoricide’
on the same Romeo and Juliet essay. Oops ...
Not a member of CAM yet?
The old-fashioned way: Send your
name, email, institutional affiliation
and a $10 check to our treasurer:
I’ve recently used some illustrations by the
artist Tory Hoke @toryhoke. For example, I’ve
used arctophile, a teddy-bear lover (i.e. Arcturus),
when discussing the myth of Callisto in Ovid;
farrago, a confusing mixture from the Latin fār,
when we prepare our confarreātiō wedding in
Latin III; and illutation, a mud bath from lūtum,
when Marcus falls into the mud in Ecce. There are
many more. Be sure to have your students check
them out!
Tamara Bauer
21 Beech Glen St.
Roxbury MA 02119
Or you can pay online via Paypal at
our website massclass.org.
Follow news and updates to the
minute via twitter:
@drzarrow
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What’s happening in my classroom?
For our spring newsletter, I will actively seek contributions from any CAM members who wish to
share images, videos, or other projects from your classes. Like many of you, I am constantly in the
state of revising my projects and activities in order to get the best results and the most out of my
students, and I never know where great and inspiring ideas are going to come from. A majority of the
pictures above come from the 2013-2014 academic year.
Clockwise from top left: 1) Caesar sits down with his Google ‘Romebook’ to convert soldiers’ reports
into indirect statements: “Caesar, castra nostra iam capta sunt!” “Alius miles pronuntiat castra iam capta
[esse] ...”; 2) students discuss the late Roman republic via skype with Dr. Henriette van der Blom of
Oxford; 3) a rather preppy freshman attempts the long jump while holding hand weights in the style
of the ancient Greeks; 4) a gang war ensues as the men of Milo and Clodius meet along the Appian
Way according to Cicero’s Pro Milone: cum autem hic [Milo] de raedā, reiectā paenulā, desiluisset seque acri
animo defenderet, illi, qui erant cum Clodio, gladiis eductis, partim recurrere ad raedam, ut a tergo Milonem
adorirentur, partim, quod hunc iam interfectum putarent, caedere incipiunt eius servos, qui post erant ...; 5) an
attempt to recreate a Plinian eruption turns out to be quite underwhelming (and therefore, hilarious).
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Roman history that you might have missed:
Roman gladius discovered by Canadian WWI soldier
One of the more interesting articles about
Roman history that I encountered over the
summer I have paraphrased here. In 1918, the
final year of the First World War, a Nova
Scotian soldier at the front bent to examine
something protruding from the churned-up
examined the weapon believe that it in fact
dates to the time of the Gallic Wars. At some
point during one of the battles between the
Romans and the Gauls, a Roman legionnaire
lost his sword and it remained lost until the day
another soldier engaged in an equally savage
mud of his trench.
war stumbled across it, centuries later. What
are the chances, indeed!
Will Bird of the 42nd Battalion, Black Watch of
Canada, had found a Roman gladius. The
abundance of clay in the soil preserved the
sword remarkably well, and experts who
The sword was on display over the summer in
in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For the complete
article, click here.
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Are you attending the MaFLA Annual Fall Conference?
October 23-25, 2014
Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge, MA
On-line registration and membership are available at mafla.org, and you must be a member to attend. Regular
registration on-line continues through September 26. Late fees apply through October 17, so register now! Onsite registration is available at additional cost. Workshops also require an additional fee. Madelyn Gonnerman
Torchin does a superb job of putting together an engaging and thoughtful Latin strand each year.
*A Preview of the Latin Strand*:
Friday, October 24, 2014
7:00 AM
Conference Check-In and Onsite Registration Opens
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Complimentary Coffee is available in the Exhibit Hall

8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Workshop 14 Charlton (Latin, Spanish, French)
EX GALLIAQUE ET HISPANIA AD ROMAM REDII: Exploring the Monuments and Identities of
Roman Spain and France
Edward Zarrow Westwood High School
This workshop will provide teachers not only of Latin, but also of Spanish and French, with the
ability to incorporate the study of the ancient world into their curriculum. We will begin with a brief
discussion of Roman (and even some Greek, Carthaginian, and Celtic) historical influence in Spain
and France, and continue with an exploration of ancient monuments, art, engineering, and even
coinage. We will conclude with an examination of how the cultural products of the ancient Romans
continue to shape modern identities.
• Session A: Friday October 24, 2014 8:00am - 9:15am (Executive 1)
Let’s Speak Latin: How to Get Students Talking
Jacqueline Carlon UMass Boston
In this interactive session, graduate students from UMass Boston's MA in Latin and Classical
Humanities program in the licensure track will demonstrate various activities and exercises designed
to get students speaking Latin in the classroom, both with the teacher and with one another. In both
Latin and English.
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• Session B: Friday, October 24 • 10:00am - 11:15am (Executive 1)
Interactive Learning in a Diverse Latin Classroom
Brianna Reyes UMass Boston
Skye Shirley Newton Country Day School
This session is designed to offer new teachers--especially teachers of Latin--an array of different
classroom activities, games, and projects to implement in a diverse classroom. All of the activities
presented are engaging, interactive, and geared toward creating a student-centered learning
environment. Activities will be modeled and the benefits and difficulties of each discussed.
Participants will have an opportunity to suggest modifications and ask questions. Examples are in
Latin, but activities are suitable for all languages.
• Session D: Friday October 24, 2014 1:00pm - 2:15pm (Executive 1)
Teresa Ramsby
Associate Professor of Classics, UMass Amherst
This session will provide ideas and approaches for the adaptation of Latin texts that can be used in
the high school classroom. Texts by Vergil, Ovid, and Caesar can be intimidating in their original
forms, but using the principles of comprehensible input, these texts can be made more approachable
for our students. The presenter will offer ideas for lesson plans, activities, and adapted texts to be
used in the classroom.
• Session E: Friday, October 24 • 2:30pm - 3:45pm (Executive 1)
Roman Cultural Projects for the Latin Classroom
Christopher Buczek
Latin Teacher, Cathedral Preparatory School
Learning about Roman culture is an essential part of the Latin classroom. Students can develop a
greater understanding and appreciation of ancient culture through creative or more research-based
projects. In this presentation, participants will learn about the following project ideas, which can be
implemented at all grade levels: Roman naming ceremonies, mythology essays and plays, the
creation of culture-themed movies, and building Roman structures. Participants are encouraged to
share their own successful cultural projects. (Latin strand continued on the next page ... )
Don’t Forget about CANE!
The Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of New England will be held at the Noble & Greenough
School in Dedham, MA from March 13-14, 2015. For more information about granting periods for
discretionary funds for teachers and deadlines for submissions, visit caneweb.org.
Submitted by Emil Panarubia
CAM Representative to CANE
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• Session F: Friday, October 24 • 4:30pm - 5:45pm (Executive 1)
Activate the Latin Fandom!
Abbi Holt
Arlington Public Schools
A fandom is (according to urban dictionary) a "community that surrounds a tv show/movie/book
etc." You have probably even noticed your students openly declaring their membership to such
fandoms as Dr. Who, Sherlock Holmes, and Harry Potter. This session is designed to share a number
of tested lesson plans that tap into this enthusiasm using fantasy tropes and characters to improve
Latin acquisition. The presenter will show how to set up situations where students create and
encounter comprehensible input through these fandoms.
• Friday, October 24 • 5:30pm - 8:00pm (Grand Ballroom)
MaFLA Member Reception: Complimentary food and beverages for all attendees. Come relax,
discuss your day, listen to some good music!
• Friday, October 24 • 8:00pm - 10:00pm (Executive 1)
Active Latin Reception: Continue your networking from the MaFLA Members Reception and
experience a mini-Conventiculum! Light refreshments.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
• Session G: Saturday, October 25 • 8:30am - 9:45am (Executive 1)
Using Harrius Potter in the Classroom
Thomas J. Howell
Belchertown High School
Interested in exploring neo-Latin in your classroom, seeking something light-hearted and fun for
your students when senioritis hits, or looking to increase reading speed and confidence in your upper
levels? See how we use Harrius Potter in the classroom and come away with games, lessons, and
more!
• Session H: Saturday October 25, 2014 10:00am - 11:15am (Executive 1)
Teaching Reading to Latin Students Without Translating
Jacqueline Carlon
UMass Boston
This session will present a series of interactive exercises that focus on teaching reading strategies in
the Latin classroom, all of which are suggested by the results of Second Language Acquisition
research. Examples are in Latin, but techniques are suitable for all languages.
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• Session J: Saturday, October 25 • 11:30am - 12:45pm
Classical Association of Massachusetts Annual Business Meeting & Batting Report (Executive 1)
Edward Zarrow
Westwood High School
Greg Stringer
Burlington High School
The Classical Association of Massachusetts will conduct its annual business meeting, and Greg
Stringer of Burlington High School will present on his activities as the recipient of the 2014 Batting
Award.
Submitted by Madelyn Gonnerman Torchin
CAM Representative to MaFLA
3 Articles you & your students might enjoy reading
Caerleon getting attention for Welsh History Month: While
Hadrian’s Wall and its associated Roman outposts
continue to receive ample attention, the Roman military
base at Caerleon has much to offer in terms of what we can
learn about the full range of services and facilities which
made up a provincial outpost. Some excavations have
revealed how a local civilian population likely grew
around the fortifications as a result of the economic
opportunities that the base would have afforded.
Prada’s Pompeii and the Leaning Tower of Gucci: In the wake of
a series of collapses in Pompeii and other archaeological sites,
the ‘commercialization of history’ is now at the forefront of
Italian politics. Little strategic action is taken by the Italian
government to protect the myriad number of ancient sites, and
while it has long eschewed corporate involvement in the upkeep
of monuments, recently many corporate interests have become
involved in the upkeep and restoration of ancient sites. How the
sites will be rebranded as a result remains to be seen.
street level.
Roman wooden toilet-seat is solid gold!: While many latrines survive
from the Roman world, the archaeologists who recently unearthed a
2,000-year-old, perfectly preserved wooden toilet seat at a Roman
fort in Northumberland argue that it is one of a kind. It is perfectly
preserved, and as the researchers expect, a wooden seat would have
been more comfortable than stone or marble in a colder climate.
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A Report from the American
Classical League
The American Classical League 67th Annual
Institute was held in Williamsburg, Virginia on
the campus of the College of William and Mary
from Wednesday evening June 23 through
Saturday June 28. The institute was attended by
about 370 people with 16 in attendance from
Massachusetts. There were 7 pre-institute
workshops and over 76 sessions on topics ranging
from Caesar’s commentary to the reading method
and a “Tech Smackdown”.
At the council meeting the budget was approved
and money in the sum of $25,000 put aside for the
impending relocation of the ACL national office.
The American Classical League has been located
on the Miami University Oxford Ohio campus
since 1948. On December 6, 2013, Miami’s Board
of Trustees passed a resolution to terminate its
lease with ACL. Miami University had earlier
informed the ACL that it needs the space ACL
currently uses for expansion of its own programs.
The office staff has been investigating commercial
rental spaces between Cinncinnati and Oxford. A
location has been chosen and ACL is in
negotiation to sign a lease and move. The move is
still months away and when it takes place the
address, phone numbers, and other possible
details for ACL will change. This will also affect
the amount ACL expends for rent, phone service,
internet provider and other items. However
Miami would like to continue its association with
ACL and so ACL will still be able to use Miami
facilities for printing, purchasing, grading of the
National Greek and Mythology Exams and the
Exploratory Latin Exam and Miami has also
offered to provide ACL with its trucking services
for the relocation itself.
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“All Things Augustus”
The Spring CAM Meeting at
Westwood High School
This past May, a gregarious assortment of
Classics teachers gathered at Westwood high
school for the spring CAM meeting. It all began
with a light reception with plenty of mingling
and muffins. Once everyone’s chests had been
emblazoned with a nametag and their bellies full
of pastries, everyone was brought into the
auditorium for a warm welcome from
Westwood’s principal, Sean Bevan, and opening
remarks from Westwood High and CAM’s own
Dr. Edward “Ted” Zarrow. Teachers were
treated to several lectures on Roman law and
some surprising facts about women’s legal power
in Rome by Prof. Ray Starr of Wellesley College, a
detailed tour of the Augustan Forum by Prof.
Geoff Sumi of Mt. Holyoke College, the odors of
old Rome with a delightful handout on the
smelliest jobs in the Eternal City by Ann KoloskiOstrow of Brandeis University, and a
presentation on Roman coins depicting many of
Mussolini’s attempts to capitalize (and draw
comparison) on an Augustan anniversary by Dr.
Zarrow.
Continued, next page ...
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ACL Report ...
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“All Things Augustus” ...
The administrative secretary for the last 30 plus
years, Geri Dutra is going to retire at the end of
this year. It is the intention of the Execuitive
committee to have Sherwin Little, who has been
working in the office for over a year now, fill the
vacancy. Also Jack Dutra was unanimously
appointed an honorary vice president of ACL for
life and the new Associate Director of TMRC is
Todd Wegenhart.
At the conclusion of the council meeting, Peter
Howard of Alabama ended his 4 year term as
president of the organization and Kathy Elifrits of
Kentucky picked up the gavel as the new
president of ACL. Kathy is a former Treasurer of
ACL, has served on several ACL standing
committees, is a consultant to the National Latin
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for kindred spirits and teachers fighting the good
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Massachusetts. Why? We have much to offer! If
commiserate, and celebrate the weird, wild, and
you know a fellow Latin teacher who is not a
member of CAM, consider personally asking them wonderful world of teaching the Classics.
to join the organization.
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The Capitoline Brutus Visits the MFA
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Hoc unum dicam: ITERUM!
Congratulations to the Massachusetts Advanced Certamen Team on their National Victory
(AGAIN!)
For all highlights from the NJCL Convention at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, check out the
current online issue of ‘Forum Factorum,’ an incredibly sleek and thoughtful student-centered
newsletter (i.e. they put my editing abilities to shame ... )
Do your students want to form their own JCL chapter? Contact Tamara Bauer, our CAM Treasurer
and one of the Mass JCL State Chairs.
Classical Pics: Among the Columns
Schoolgirls (1860) studying among the columns of the Parthenon
US Fifth Army used the Temple of Neptune
in Paestum, Italy, as their HQ (1944)
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Congratulations to Mary Lou Markarian
Recipient of CAM’s 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award
Mary Lou Markarian started her career at St. Clare High
School in Boston. After a stint teaching in Texas, she returned
to the Boston area to teach at Boston Latin Academy and in
1988 at Milton High School, where she has taught ever since.
One colleague writes: “She has perseverance, determination,
dedication and commitment.”
In her twenty five years at Milton she has had
tremendous success at building the department, which has
grown to the point where it has nine sections of Latin this year.
She has herself taught all levels of Latin. Part of her success is
that she has always had a Latin Club. She creates great
interdisciplinary, collaborative projects.
This is not the first time she has been honored. She won the American Classical League's
Arthur Patch McKinley scholarship to study at the American Academy in Rome in the summer of
1983. In 1991, Mary Lou won a second McKinley scholarship from the ACL and studied at the
Vergilian Society's two-week program at Cumae. She has taken what she has learned about travel
has taken students to Rome seven times and to other countries eight times.
But the greater honor is the one which she evokes from her students. In fact what especially
brought her to our attention was the success she has had in getting students to submit essays for the
CANE writing contests, and to win. Her encouragement has made a disproportionately large
difference in helping students achieve success.
And her students recognize what she has done. The following are some of our favorite quotes:
“Best teacher ever, amazing, perfect, greatest, most interesting, awesome, and absolutely favorite.”
"Mrs. Markarian was not only a wonderful teacher, she was a wonderful mentor in life. She was able
to balance classwork and life lessons in a way that more teachers should. She fit in time to teach her
students things no one else was willing to advise them about. She'd always say, I can bring you to the
threshold, but not over it. Mrs. Markarian's Latin and life lessons have stuck with me."
"Really nice, just don't get her going on astrology. Or do, if you want to distract her from the lesson ...
ask about Mercury retrograde in particular."
"The reason I am able to say I am a high school graduate and a college graduate is because of this
wonderful and understanding teacher. Thank you and don't forget to take off your rose colored
glasses!"
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NOTA BENE: DIEM RESERVA!
The Spring Meeting of CAM has been tentatively
scheduled for Saturday, May 2, 2015
At Westwood High School
Active Latin for All Levels
Regardless of your experience at teaching Latin and the level at
which you teach, experts and practitioners of active Latin
methodology will guide you through activities that can be
adapted for any level and any text.
What do you think about the newsletter? How can CAM better serve you? Let us know, and let us
know if you want to be involved!
Send us a note here. And don’t forget to renew your membership at massclass.org!
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