Ridiculi et Horribiles Dei et Deae Classroom Set of 15 Books

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Buy this bundled classroom set of 15 copies of Ridiculi et Horribiles Dei et Deae: A Latin Novella of Short Stories and save $10 off the list price AND receive free shipping in the United States!

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 to know!) Or have you ever wondered how the Sirens ended up on rocks luring sailors to their deaths? (How would you feel if you got turned into a monster?)

Get your myth on in these short stories about the ridiculous and horrible antics of the Roman gods and goddesses.

This novella contains six short stories about the ridiculous and horrible antics of the Roman gods and goddesses. The stories can be read independently, but some of the stories do make references to what happened in other stories in the novella. This novella can be used instructionally at the Latin I level or for Free Voluntary Reading at higher levels of Latin.

Each story ranges from about 500 to 1,000 words. The stories in this novella are:

Iuppiter et Amalthea
Saturnus Evomitans
Regna Caeli, Maris, et Tartari
Superba Niobe
Mars Amans
Ceres et Sirenes

The novella is 4,900 words long and contains 237 total words. The word count in this novella may seem high partly due to the nature of short stories. For example, the word for goat, bleat, and milk only appear in Iuppiter et Amalthea just as the words for bow, arrow, and pride only appear in Superba Niobe. Of those words, 24 are proper nouns like Jupiter, Juno, Niobe, and Mount Olympus. A further 38 words are glosses that might be unfamiliar to students or used infrequently. Another 21 are cognates like stomachus and mortalis. In addition, several short stories use several cardinal and ordinal numbers (Niobe has 14 children after all). With proper names, glossed words, and clear cognates removed, students need a working vocabulary of 154 words to read this novella.

For more detailed information about the novella, visit this link. If you’d like to read the introductory paragraphs for each chapter, visit this link. If you’d like to review the words used in the novella, visit this link.