The Forum in Pompey, Aemelius and Marcus Out and About in Rome, Androcles and the Lion, two dumb Roman Soldiers, Angels & shepherds
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Teignmouth u3a Latin Group – Second Session
Notes and Translations from Session 2
I have swapped around things a little between what we studied in Session 2 and session 3, because both the families in Rome and in Pompey, seem to have been giving a dinner party on the same night!
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David Bowie and His Cat
At the beginning of this Blog I hoped that you might learn from my mistakes. This project must rate as one of the great learning experiences!. A photo of David Bowie with his cat appealed to me initially because his expression, and the cat’s seemed so alike. However it turned into a bit of an experiment.
I can’t find any information about the cat, Bowie was a great animal lover, and had many pets, including famously his dog, Rex who had, like David, two differently coloured eyes.
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Latin Session 1 Part 2
Moving to the family in Rome.
Amelia and Marcus are sister and brother, the Roman equivalent of Janet and John! They are the children of Aemilius and Cornelia. The family have a house in Rome and a Country Villa.
Stories about the family come from the recommended book A New Approach to Latin.
Latin -Session 1, Part 1
The First Session of the Latin Group of Teignmouth u3a, October 2019
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Art, Latin, Writing –
I wanted this to be a go -on – have – a – go blog. I write, unpublished, paint mostly portraits, never exhibited or commissioned and lead a Latin u3a group for which, you’ve guessed it, I am completely unqualified. so I am doing this really to prove that anybody can, and to publish, mistakes and all!
Art Projects
Re-starting in Lockdown with my newest project. No live portrait sitters possible, so I am beginning work from photographs of Famous People and their Pets.
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