Saturnus et Rhea is based on the myth of Saturnus eating all of his children. I wrote this story for use in our Introduction to Latin course. In the story, we’re introducing relative pronouns, particularly the forms qui and quae. We had many preteaching activities for the story to aid in vocabulary and reading comprehension. (My favorite was Quid debeo agere?! in which I met various Olympians in different places and students had to tell me what I should do on their white boards; I may have flushed Neptune down a toilet).
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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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Sample for Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus
Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus is a Latin novella published by Bombax Press. This sample for Medea et Peregrinus Pulcherrimus contains the complete first chapter of the story, including its artwork. The novella is over 7,500 words long and contains 237 words. Of those 334 words, some are cognates, proper nouns, or glossed words. A student needs a working vocabulary knowledge of 160 unique words to read this story in its entirety. The complete dictionary, though not the index verborum, is available here.
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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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Sample for Cupido et Psyche: Capitulum I
Cupido et Psyche is a Latin novella published by Bombax Press. This sample for Cupido et Psyche contains the complete first chapter of the story, including its artwork. The novella is 8,800 words long and contains 350 words. Of those 350 words, some are cognates, proper nouns, or glossed words. A student needs a working vocabulary knowledge of 253 unique words to read this story in its entirety. The complete dictionary, though not the index verborum, is available here.
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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!
