In Ridiculi et Horribiles Dei et Deae: A Latin Novella of Short Stories, the Roman gods and goddesses are up to their usual ridiculous and horrible selves. Did you know that Jupiter was a whiny baby who drank goat’s milk from a goat named Amalthea? (Yum!) Or that Jupiter’s siblings were all vomited up by their dad Saturn after he ate them? (Yuck!) Or that Apollo and Diana once killed fourteen children because Niobe said she was a better mother than their mom?! (Talk about anger issues!) Or that Mars once tried to marry Proserpina? (Shh, he also got hit in the head by Ceres, and he doesn’t want anyone…
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Sample for Ridiculi et Horribiles Dei et Deae
Ridiculi et Horribiles Dei et Deae is a Latin novella of short stories published by Bombax Press. Unlike the samples for Bombax Press’s other novellas, the sample for Ridiculi et Horribiles Dei et Deae does not contain the first complete chapter. This is a novella of short stories, so it seemed more apt to provide the beginnings of the six individual stories within the novella than one complete story. More detailed information beyond the sample for Ridiculi et Horribiles Dei et Deae is available here. This novella is just about 4,900 words long and contains 237 words. Of those words, some are proper nouns, glossed words, or clear cognates. With…
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Domini Secretum: A Latin Novella
In Domini Secretum: A Latin Novella, Aquilinus is a teenager who lives in a beautiful house in Rome. He’s also a slave in that house whose life is about to be upended and his family torn apart. Aquilinus’ father Ferox, once a proud Gallic chieftain who was captured and enslaved during the Gallic War, loses his temper and berates their master Valens during Saturnalia. Worse, Ferox reveals that he knows something terrible about Valens, a secret that Valens thought he had left safely behind in war. This secret threatens to undermine Valens’ political ambitions, and his fiery, angry response has tragic repercussions for Aquilinus and his mother Euphemia. Aquilinus becomes…
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Sample for Domini Secretum
Domini Secretum is a Latin novella published by Bombax Press. This sample for Domini Secretum contains the complete first chapter of the story, including its artwork. The novella is about 8,000 words long and contains 222 words. Of those 222 words, some are cognates, proper nouns, or glossed words. A student needs a working vocabulary knowledge of 136 unique words to read this story in its entirety. The complete dictionary, though not the index verborum, is available here. More detailed information beyond the sample for Domini Secretum is available here.
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Dictionary for Domini Secretum
About the Dictionary for Domini Secretum The dictionary for Domini Secretum contains all the Latin words used in the novella. If you would like a preview of the novella, you can read the first chapter here. You can soon review more detailed information about the novella here. Unlike the Index Verborum, which is a list of all the word forms in the novella, the dictionary for Domini Secretum provides the full dictionary entry for the word. In addition to providing the dictionary entry and definition, the frequency in which the word generally appears in Latin literature is provided. The Dickinson Core Vocabulary and Essential Latin Vocabulary were used in creating…
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Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus: A Latin Novella
In Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus: a Latin Novella, Medea dreams that a handsome stranger will soon arrive to Colchis, her home. Her dream, however, lacks critical details. What does this stranger want and how far is he willing to go to achieve it? Is he peaceful or are his 50 companions as dangerous as they seem? As her father King Aeetes ponders these questions, Medea falls desperately in love with the handsome stranger, Jason, and aids him in his quest to capture the Golden Fleece. But is protecting Jason a betrayal of her family and her country? How far will Medea go to protect the people she loves? Where will…
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Ira Veneris: A Latin Novella
In Ira Veneris: A Latin Novella, Psyche is pregnant and alone in the woods at night without food, help, or shelter. She’s desperate to find her husband Cupid, but he left her after she wounded him. Psyche swears that she will find him and starts off on a long quest that has her wandering homeless and destitute all over the world looking for her husband. Psyche knows that it’s not only her marriage that is at stake, but also the immortality of her future child.
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Cupido et Psyche: A Latin Novella
Jealousy, love, fear, and betrayal. Everyone admires Psyche for her beauty, but Psyche wants to be loved for herself, not her appearance. Even her own sisters secretly envy Psyche’s beauty and good fortune. Only Psyche considers herself unfortunate. When people begin worshiping Psyche as the goddess of love despite her best efforts, Psyche unintentionally rouses the anger of Venus herself. Will Psyche escape Venus’ wrath and her sisters’ terrible jealousy? Or will she find herself married to her greatest fear, a truly monstrous snake? Find out in Cupido et Psyche: A Latin Novella!
