In Polypus Fur: A Latin Novella, Apicius is the guardian of a warehouse filled with pickled fish. He’d much rather be a cook than guarding a bunch of angry merchants’ fish. He’s not a cook though. So when an eight-armed thief starts stealing all the pickled fish, Apicius has to rise to the occasion and defend the warehouse. And he’s most definitely not up to this challenge.
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Fabula Brevis: Apollo et Python
Apollo et Python is a short story that we used in our Intro to Latin course in middle school. We taught it the week before spring break after reading Diana et Actaeon and finishing our speaking assessment. This story is perfectly suited for a TPRS story, and it’s how we introduced the story. (Here is the link to the skeleton story with guiding questions for students). We glossed the words or phrases in bold in the story.
