tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128237982024-03-15T20:10:46.268-05:00Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers<a href="http://www.bolchazy.com">Link to bolchazy.com</a>Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.comBlogger963125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-76644049841295506822024-02-20T07:00:00.000-06:002024-02-20T07:08:42.457-06:00Martia Dementia 2024<div><br /></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_Ebyk1LS-VzsvCR6BFM5Ctj_V1rIg3G8sn8EkpvsDPcaHYit4VBAR8ZGrHuXSCLWJly7NW_2t9ilPxyK2coxammdcr1SLjGd1y27odE0PwOi6oTD_gbB7I4CeOv8f0A6a0fF0td8FUMRn05ug6Cl7SV0KmwQ3dn-Rb7r1m3Hvp9ZVmfrkl3w/s320/90408386_10157925269944647_5272404807783546880_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="320" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_Ebyk1LS-VzsvCR6BFM5Ctj_V1rIg3G8sn8EkpvsDPcaHYit4VBAR8ZGrHuXSCLWJly7NW_2t9ilPxyK2coxammdcr1SLjGd1y27odE0PwOi6oTD_gbB7I4CeOv8f0A6a0fF0td8FUMRn05ug6Cl7SV0KmwQ3dn-Rb7r1m3Hvp9ZVmfrkl3w/w200-h179/90408386_10157925269944647_5272404807783546880_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Bolchazy-Carducci
is now completing its first DECADE of </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Martia Dementia</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> contests. All
sorts of ancient figures, from authors and emperors to gods, monsters, and even
birds have entered our gladiatorial arena. Now, monuments of the Mediterranean
(and a few farther flung places) are about to strive for a place as </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Martia
Dementia</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> champions! The returning competitors: the non-Olympian deities
that battled mightily in 2023, only to succumb to triple-headed Cerberus!</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
the victor—whoever finishes with the best bracket—belong the spoils. Before
getting to the prizes, here is how the competition will work. <b>Please
read through the process carefully. For reference, we are providing a PDF
of the bracket that you can use with your classes, but be sure to submit your
final choices via the online system.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Bracket</span></b></h2><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Starting today,
complete and submit a bracket to be eligible for wondrous
prizes. Please access and submit your bracket online via the following
link: </span><a href="https://widgets.commoninja.com/6480b115-274e-42ee-aacc-6a5c8bbc3edb"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Martia Dementia 2024 Bracket</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">. </span></a><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When you access the
online <i>Martia Dementia</i> bracket, click the “Submit your bracket!”
button to start making your selections. You will be prompted to enter your name
and email address; we need this information so that we can track and notify the
winners of the competition once <i>Martia Dementia </i>is completed. After
signing up, you will be asked to predict a winner for each game in the
bracket. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtP2cHAzFum68pJOR0Q5jlLHfllhcomCuXioFwpcw8q5qHK35Ox_HgcaYHetthTJrxVvsQTokLn_PG9IMlrMu5H5Tstgb_FrgcFZCA2M6FX9XD_kaYD1MEEOQxcqABAUJg3EjUXWdc4b5Ll3dZpCKDtBSghVK3aYVtXDRIknhEKU4YfvBcYhI/s1036/Martia%20Dementia%20-%20image%201.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="1036" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtP2cHAzFum68pJOR0Q5jlLHfllhcomCuXioFwpcw8q5qHK35Ox_HgcaYHetthTJrxVvsQTokLn_PG9IMlrMu5H5Tstgb_FrgcFZCA2M6FX9XD_kaYD1MEEOQxcqABAUJg3EjUXWdc4b5Ll3dZpCKDtBSghVK3aYVtXDRIknhEKU4YfvBcYhI/w640-h344/Martia%20Dementia%20-%20image%201.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br />At the bottom of this
post, you will find a link to a PDF showing short descriptions of each of this
year’s </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Martia Dementia</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> participants. You can access the same
descriptions by clicking on the photo of a given figure in the bracket.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPu6A1ni2bTToFPVNm4TKNz93qcCfrUwEj2PLX-B-SL-XUyNmWa8zMA58ReWxNxiZBKIp5M16U6mGkETIfA2gO3uZQdnBLv2PXi-H0idUf-Z29SBdVi85f4M1m5NyfRk9NjDXk3psODvc_Wyv-PPbLtSHGuIcaEN2a1LtrIhyphenhyphenTXOXb6oBxseq/s1032/Martia%20Dementia%20-%20image%202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1032" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPu6A1ni2bTToFPVNm4TKNz93qcCfrUwEj2PLX-B-SL-XUyNmWa8zMA58ReWxNxiZBKIp5M16U6mGkETIfA2gO3uZQdnBLv2PXi-H0idUf-Z29SBdVi85f4M1m5NyfRk9NjDXk3psODvc_Wyv-PPbLtSHGuIcaEN2a1LtrIhyphenhyphenTXOXb6oBxseq/w640-h486/Martia%20Dementia%20-%20image%202.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br />Once you have
completed all of your selections and have submitted your bracket, you will
receive a notice thanking you for your submission.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you would like to
view your prediction bracket, simply click on the link to “View My Prediction.”
We recommend saving a copy of your bracket at this point so that you can keep
track of how you are doing as the competition progresses. With our online submission
system, you can also easily share your prediction bracket via email or social
media—a great way to show off how you’re doing, or earn some pity points if
your bracket is going poorly. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are also providing
a PDF copy of the bracket </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">here<span style="color: #333333;"> (for reference only) in case you would like to print a
copy of the bracket and fill one in with your class. However, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">we are not accepting scanned brackets</i>,
so make sure that you also submit the bracket online.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Brackets will be accepted through <b>Wednesday, March 20.</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Survey</span></b></h2><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">A voting survey will
be made available on </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Thursday, March 21, </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">where you can vote for
your picks. Whichever figures have the most votes by the time the survey closes
will advance through the round. Actively participating in the survey betters
your chances at winning. We will announce via social media when voting for
each round has opened.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We cannot stress enough the importance of voting. When the survey goes live,
cast your votes! Get your friends to vote for your picks. Teachers, get your
students to stuff the survey with favorable votes!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Victori Spolia</span></i></b></h2><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">This
competition is not solely for bringing glory to your favorite ancient writer or
bird. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers is offering book prizes for the brackets
that most closely resemble the final results; a $100 book credit will be
awarded to the first-place participant, a $50 credit to the second-place
participant, and a $25 credit to the third-place participant. Feeling like you
no longer stand a chance? Do not give up! There will also be a $25 credit for
having the most abysmal bracket! </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="background: repeat white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stay
Connected</span></b></h2><span style="background: repeat white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Be
sure to bookmark this post for future reference. Also, follow us on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BCPublishers/" target="_blank"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #002a77; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Facebook</span></a><span style="background: repeat white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> for updates as the
competition progresses.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: repeat white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Remember,
brackets close <b>March 20</b>, and the first round of voting will begin <b>March
21</b>.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bracket and Other
Resources</span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://widgets.commoninja.com/6480b115-274e-42ee-aacc-6a5c8bbc3edb">Access the online bracket</a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E1PELLQLB3s3us8ZiX1IBxyGRqXxQUPq/view?usp=sharing" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Access a printable bracket (for reference only) </a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nOBZ29W-INtlV4O6YEQcqXxoX_U51Nl9/view?usp=drive_link">Access a description of all <i>Martia Dementia </i>2024
figures</a></span></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<b>Voting Schedule</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Round 1: March 21–22</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Round 2: March 23–26</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Round 3 (Sweet 16): March 28–29</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Quarterfinals (Elite 8): March 30–April 2</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Semifinals (Final 4): April 3–5</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Final (Championship): April 6–9</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Note that each round of voting will open at 7:30 a.m. central
time and close at 4:00 p.m. central time on the designated days. </span> </div>Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-11618249186895149992023-04-24T09:46:00.006-05:002023-04-24T15:40:17.299-05:00Cerberus Wins: Martia Dementia 2023 Recap<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5nV8AUkLhng0XDP1ZGjJzull3V6G-1R4Uf2fEFTi8O9iS4rMgZoC3hORf4jbAAltWc9rtcVdYSQDcaLrlUbOFuGLwUBNCQ6HxT1qErEuxzzAlcLB2lPJK_2L0l-zlY9FO75nlP5_uhil9ouXZ979U1eXFD2Qv5MF0KPeWd-5pibBf-sqag/s973/Cerberus.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="973" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5nV8AUkLhng0XDP1ZGjJzull3V6G-1R4Uf2fEFTi8O9iS4rMgZoC3hORf4jbAAltWc9rtcVdYSQDcaLrlUbOFuGLwUBNCQ6HxT1qErEuxzzAlcLB2lPJK_2L0l-zlY9FO75nlP5_uhil9ouXZ979U1eXFD2Qv5MF0KPeWd-5pibBf-sqag/w400-h316/Cerberus.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-style: italic;">Martia Dementia</i><span style="font-style: italic;"> 2</span><i>023 </i>brought back some popular players—mythical monsters—to face off against an array of ancient deities. Medusa, Medea’s dragons, and many more steeled themselves to fight the likes of Sterquilinus (Roman god of dung!), triple-bodied Hecate, and esoteric Etruscan god of the underworld, Lur. Among the divine challengers, a few emerged as early fan favorites. Sol Invictus, said to be “unconquered,” trounced the competitive field until succumbing to the goddess of victory herself, Nike. Hypnos and Thanatos, working as a pair, put in a good showing as well. Meanwhile, monsters dominated from the beginning: from the giant automaton Talos to the hundred-handed Hecatoncheires, these creatures proved their mettle.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: justify;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJN667P9arnrGd0Vdx8TtkoTessuPK67_UyliUFgJYJT5kSg8e4PFffdLtnvAmIiBabXl7vsW01Y_dstbSPKvlU41VIzWVlDKDPM3hie5opGnMUorpccEPsQzrUiEtN-yGDhlSyOhJ3LniCgFMlk3TWQ4vkMCYdA1Q4l4IYBKdke3Yr4mugg/s4032/Magistra%20Farksas's%20Latin%202%20Class.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJN667P9arnrGd0Vdx8TtkoTessuPK67_UyliUFgJYJT5kSg8e4PFffdLtnvAmIiBabXl7vsW01Y_dstbSPKvlU41VIzWVlDKDPM3hie5opGnMUorpccEPsQzrUiEtN-yGDhlSyOhJ3LniCgFMlk3TWQ4vkMCYdA1Q4l4IYBKdke3Yr4mugg/w240-h320/Magistra%20Farksas's%20Latin%202%20Class.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Magistra Farkas's winning class.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">In the end, the literal underdog of the competition—Cerberus, three-headed canine resident of the underworld—reigned victorious. Beating out several gods (Flora, Veiovis, Asclepius), Cerberus defeated mother of monsters Echidna before handily dispensing with Nike, a true upset. In the finals, Cerberus finished off Talos to run away with the championship win.</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thank you to all who participated this year in <i>Martia Dementia. </i>In 2023, we received a record number of bracket submissions, 740 entries, which means that competition was quite strong! First place resulted in a tie: congratulations to <b>Magistra Farkas’s Latin 2 class </b>at Belmont High School (Belmont, MA) and <b>Derek Sanders,</b> teacher at Great Bridge High School (Chesapeake, VA). <b>Krystal Kubichek’s</b> combined Latin 1 classes at Walnut Hills High School (Cincinnati, OH) took home third prize. Notably, this entry was one of the few top-scoring brackets that correctly selected Cerberus as the overall champion! Finally, laurels for achieving the most abysmal bracket go to a <b>student participant</b> at Piedmont Classical High School (Browns Summit, NC).</div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Once again, thank you to all participants, who helped make this year’s contest a resounding success. Have strong feelings about this year’s winners? Hope to see a particular ancient figure featured in next year’s contest? Tweet @BCPublishers what and who you would like to see and include the hashtag #MartiaDementia or give feedback in the comments below. We would love to hear from you!</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9GmDLXJjv7dEngi8bvYF3E8GRCWGetSwVchHf-oOIvxbkWISUZcMNPiczS4pVdr9-qvApZhJsy91Gm0flCdaJ9yDWB6eceHClGwk7lPfmcVXcMk5s6XV2sYr8ytZ9xdjBKg_J6DKFXSqcxbJG694fgtHvloyhvmXkljzpNW2_toDzvDO8w/s646/derek's%20class.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="646" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9GmDLXJjv7dEngi8bvYF3E8GRCWGetSwVchHf-oOIvxbkWISUZcMNPiczS4pVdr9-qvApZhJsy91Gm0flCdaJ9yDWB6eceHClGwk7lPfmcVXcMk5s6XV2sYr8ytZ9xdjBKg_J6DKFXSqcxbJG694fgtHvloyhvmXkljzpNW2_toDzvDO8w/s320/derek's%20class.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Winner Derek Sanders and some of his students.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-70428837293071891272023-02-14T10:42:00.009-06:002024-01-16T10:12:23.503-06:00Martia Dementia 2023<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiS0RHm2VnXEN1ipRK-S7kn6e70hBTfhxQgwXxCG_r4JJarOloNRWqy4ADpoQXexGclC7qdbS8MKaT2DkyoSVhivKgs40QYqSBvkhSNoiL5nu1u3zVHlNIh_iq4waONFbSDrIg44zEYVGxz-vZ6lTTUe8J2Op5mdInnNsc3cJVA4aknbomzA/s360/Martia%20Dementia%20Logo%20RGB.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="360" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiS0RHm2VnXEN1ipRK-S7kn6e70hBTfhxQgwXxCG_r4JJarOloNRWqy4ADpoQXexGclC7qdbS8MKaT2DkyoSVhivKgs40QYqSBvkhSNoiL5nu1u3zVHlNIh_iq4waONFbSDrIg44zEYVGxz-vZ6lTTUe8J2Op5mdInnNsc3cJVA4aknbomzA/w200-h179/Martia%20Dementia%20Logo%20RGB.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br />After
eight years of spring campaigns—in which gods, monsters, birds, authors, and
military commanders struggled on the </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Martia Dementia </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">battle field—we’re
back, with the ninth annual contest! Last year, some bloodthirsty birds defeated a
slew of ancient authors, with the poisonous ducks of Pontus gaining victory
over Rome’s sacred chickens. In 2023, mythical monsters are back, and ready to
take on a new set of rivals, gods and goddesses. In keeping with the theme of
the 2022–2023 Roman Calendar, these </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Martia Dementia </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">competitors
represent the non-Olympians, those deities that might personify important
concepts, inspire daily worship, or offer divine revelation through initiation
into their mysteries.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">See
the downloadable, printable PDF of the Roman Calendar </span><a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Assets/Bolchazy/extras/2022-2023RomanCalendar.pdf"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">here</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, showcasing artwork and imagery associated
with twelve of this year’s <i>Martia Dementia</i> participants. For a variety
of mythical monster activities, scroll to the bottom of our <a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Distance-Learning.aspx">Distance Learning page</a>
to find an online matching game, printable templates to create a Guess
Who?–style board game, and more.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
the victor—whoever finishes with the best bracket—belong the spoils. Before
getting to the prizes, here is how the competition will work. <b>Please
read through the process carefully. For reference, we are providing a PDF
of the bracket that you can use with your classes, but be sure to submit your
final choices via the online system.</b></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Bracket</span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Starting today,
complete and submit a bracket to be eligible for wondrous
prizes. Please access and submit your bracket online via the following
link: <i><a href="https://www.commoninja.com/brackets/lp/11f75f11-bca3-416b-8def-c4b1d1c21e01">Martia
Dementia 2023 Bracket</a></i>. You can also find the bracket at the bottom of this blog post.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When you access the
online <i>Martia Dementia</i> bracket, click the “Submit your
bracket!” button to start making your selections. You will be prompted to enter
your name and email address; we need this information so that we can track and
notify the winners of the competition once <i>Martia Dementia </i>is
completed. After signing up, you will be asked to predict a winner for each
game in the bracket. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCWt-efN0yIi0Zh2eQSV9DfanV40lOedd32RcIFghP_j2lg16guMklwaDSU6h9RUTF0obH_LkVCOP_Y8M5nAXw6VU0k6HCUaxpAJkVq5u-AiQYnJRFu0hcDMDQT5DEvjWBR47Bkh_uAqQcOmyWYkscbUKUy8H2Sdehvcj5z3FmQ1pf1fItA/s1039/Nike%20v.%20Charybdis.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1039" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCWt-efN0yIi0Zh2eQSV9DfanV40lOedd32RcIFghP_j2lg16guMklwaDSU6h9RUTF0obH_LkVCOP_Y8M5nAXw6VU0k6HCUaxpAJkVq5u-AiQYnJRFu0hcDMDQT5DEvjWBR47Bkh_uAqQcOmyWYkscbUKUy8H2Sdehvcj5z3FmQ1pf1fItA/w640-h290/Nike%20v.%20Charybdis.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For each round, you view a set of contestants that will "face off" against </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">one another. Predict and select your winner for each </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">"contest" in the bracket. </span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At the bottom of this
post, you will find a link to a PDF showing short descriptions of each of this
year’s <i>Martia Dementia</i> participants. You can access the same
descriptions by clicking on the photo of a given figure in the bracket.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuwY5bIXcC6gIT9TIc_EeeL_nHL13WzCWl7P5lkkeYwZ1i4f7AWmGJZEJmgl9gsbkvOFQbas2CU8JEYqOnWb2PN-9gj1glq-ioTeJUtJKK7lC2m3KCQCNZY_0PnIP5hbw5fOk3EiJPY2L22_J4ixM8uV71yYNfqLg211eEWxt1RwpstWdNA/s1037/harpies.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="1037" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuwY5bIXcC6gIT9TIc_EeeL_nHL13WzCWl7P5lkkeYwZ1i4f7AWmGJZEJmgl9gsbkvOFQbas2CU8JEYqOnWb2PN-9gj1glq-ioTeJUtJKK7lC2m3KCQCNZY_0PnIP5hbw5fOk3EiJPY2L22_J4ixM8uV71yYNfqLg211eEWxt1RwpstWdNA/w640-h397/harpies.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Clicking on a god or monster will bring up a short description.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">Once you have completed all of your selections and have submitted your bracket, you will receive a notice thanking you for your submission. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">If you would like to
view your prediction bracket, simply click on the link to “View My Prediction.”
We recommend saving a copy of your bracket at this point so that you can keep
track of how you are doing as the competition progresses. With our online
submission system, you can also easily share your prediction bracket via email
or social media—a great way to show off how you’re doing, or earn some pity
points if your bracket is going poorly. </span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are also providing
a PDF copy of the bracket </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">here<span style="color: #333333;"> (for reference only) in case you would like to print a
copy of the bracket and fill one in with your class. However, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">we are not accepting scanned brackets</i>,
so make sure that you also submit the bracket online.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Brackets will be accepted through <b>Wednesday, March 15 (the Ides of March!).</b></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Survey</span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A voting survey will
be made available on <b>Thursday, March 16, </b>where you can vote for
your picks. Whichever figures have the most votes by the time the survey closes
will advance through the round. Actively participating in the survey betters
your chances at winning. We will announce via social media when voting for
each round has opened.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
We cannot stress enough the importance of voting. When the survey goes live,
cast your votes! Get your friends to vote for your picks. Teachers, get your
students to stuff the survey with favorable votes!</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Victori Spolia</span></i></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
competition is not solely for bringing glory to your favorite ancient writer or
bird. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers is offering book prizes for the brackets
that most closely resemble the final results; a $100 book credit will be
awarded to the first-place participant, a $50 credit to the second-place
participant, and a $25 credit to the third-place participant. Feeling like you
no longer stand a chance? Do not give up! There will also be a $25 credit for
having the most abysmal bracket! </span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stay Connected</span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Be
sure to bookmark this post and check back here to access the link to the voting
bracket. Also, follow us on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BCPublishers/" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #002a77; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Facebook</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and </span><a href="https://twitter.com/BCPublishers" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #002a77; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Twitter</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> for updates as the competition
progresses.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Remember,
brackets close <b>March 15</b>, and the first round of voting will begin <b>March
16</b>.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bracket and Other
Resources</span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.commoninja.com/brackets/lp/11f75f11-bca3-416b-8def-c4b1d1c21e01">Access
the online bracket</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ar8zfhb2OWyob6vv_Wo-inPUAb3Fk6-9/view?usp=share_link">Access
a printable bracket (for reference only) </a><span style="color: #333333;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kGfACxe0EIiScNnpfvt1QKVUSjH1_pTC/view?usp=share_link">Access
a description of all <i>Martia Dementia </i>2023 figures</a></span><a href="http://www.bolchazy.com.phtemp.com/pdf/MartiaDementiaBracket2019.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002a77; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><br />
</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<b>Voting Schedule:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 51pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Round 1: March 16–17<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 51pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Round 2: March 18–21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 51pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Round 3 (Sweet 16):
March 23–24<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 51pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Quarterfinals (Elite
8): March 25–28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 51pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Semifinals (Final 4): March
30–31<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 51pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Final (Championship):
April 1–4</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Note that each round of voting will open at 7:30 a.m. central
time and close at 4:00 p.m. central time on the designated days. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-39437692926608112482022-04-22T10:43:00.006-05:002022-04-22T10:43:51.062-05:00Poisonous Ducks Win: Martia Dementia 2022 Recap<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Martia Dementia</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 2022 featured
a fierce competition, pitting humans against avian foes. Our ancient author field
covered writers from Athens to Rome and beyond, some quite archaic (Homer, Sappho),
and some relatively more modern (Perpetua, Augustine). Whether poets, historians,
playwrights, or philosophers, these writers wielded their all-mighty pens—styli?—against
mythological winged creatures, ominous raptors, domestic fowl of note, and more.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2TDGmtKSMhQQ-UuaWQCUUwG3rg_eGARtv8hrZ5QiAt3xeZ6Xu6hI1rUZ3LLL8TKunIVME3_BIH-DGHQoKA1K8nOBn8M3kiQ_fLU8j4UMVw_PGXtsN7I_jS_I-1ABYaf48j9gjhI-gElfhcCrPiMyHLc_OeXLEf23gBY5uscCJ4U5o3y51Q/s826/Martia%20Dementia%20Final.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="826" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2TDGmtKSMhQQ-UuaWQCUUwG3rg_eGARtv8hrZ5QiAt3xeZ6Xu6hI1rUZ3LLL8TKunIVME3_BIH-DGHQoKA1K8nOBn8M3kiQ_fLU8j4UMVw_PGXtsN7I_jS_I-1ABYaf48j9gjhI-gElfhcCrPiMyHLc_OeXLEf23gBY5uscCJ4U5o3y51Q/w400-h211/Martia%20Dementia%20Final.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The championship was hotly contested by the sacred <br />chickens of Rome and the poisonous ducks of Pontus. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Round one saw the advancement of Homer, easily
defeating the eagle of Zeus, then later the </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">ossifragus, </i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">the bonebreaker bird.
While comic Plautus and saintly poet Aelia Eudocia fell out of the competition early
on, Menander rallied against the ostrich, known to the ancients as the sparrow-camel.
Apollonius of Rhodes failed in his foray against the famed harpies, whom he had
described attacking the Argonauts in his own epic. Meanwhile, Seneca the Younger
could not repel the sacred chickens of Rome, who proved blessed by the gods. Roman
poets Vergil, Lucretius, and Ovid did quite well, however, as did several historians
and the mathematician and scientist Perpetua.</span></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Poets continued to hold their own against birds
large and small: Homer was able to overtake the sirens, the bird-women of the <i>Odyssey</i>,
before matching up with (and winning against) Catullus. Vergil, who handily beat
last year’s champion, the phoenix, continued into round three—where the powerful
<i>pulli</i>, the sacred chickens, were too formidable. Of all the authors, Ovid
came the closest to winning the contest, but in the semifinals, he succumbed to
King Mithridates’s poisonous ducks. The final battle in the championship round was
bird vs. bird, as the sacred chickens of Rome fought the poisonous ducks of Pontus
beak and nail. While Rome famously defeated Pontus, the same was not true of
each respective state’s representative birds. The poisonous ducks brought down
the sacred chickens, reigning victorious in <i>Martia Dementia</i> 2022! If you'd like to see the full bracket results, you can access them <a href="https://www.commoninja.com/brackets/lp/6f2ce484-ad78-43b0-90b1-7ef035f5c0fa?fbclid=IwAR1QQbUCXpzeBkDx-P-NAOFaTaNk1JstYV_yjlImocZYcnkTbZS8Hka-5Gs">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a name="_Hlk100828971"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thank you to all who participated
this year in <i>Martia Dementia</i>. Our top scorer was <b>Charlie White</b> of
Trinity Valley School in Fort Worth, TX. Second place goes to <b>Alek Balassa</b>
of New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, IL. Rounding out the top three: <b>Magistra
Farkas’s Latin 2 class</b> at Belmont High School in Belmont, MA. Congrats to
these astute winners, who all selected their bracket matches with care and
great forethought. In contrast, <b>Ava Stumpf</b> of New Trier Township High
School achieved the most abysmal bracket, barely progressing past the first
round of voting. </span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk100828971;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk100828971;"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once again, thank you to all participants, who helped make this year’s
contest a resounding success. Have strong feelings about this year’s winners? Hope
to see a particular ancient figure featured in next year’s contest? Tweet @BCPublishers
what and who you would like to see and include the hashtag #MartiaDementia or give
feedback in the comments below. We would love to hear from you!</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-16236494476689459352022-02-22T08:42:00.003-06:002022-03-09T09:13:36.057-06:00Martia Dementia 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Diffugere
nives, redeunt iam gramina campis</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span> arboribusque comae.</span><br /></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">The
snows have fled, now the grass returns to the fields<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span> </span>and the leaves to the trees.
(Horace, 4.7.1–2)</span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNLE1jXfS9toJELvZP84mwZSdVraTe8eIiH32-1KKKFWw9-M3HOiHt0w8szRIQHCe60-rAXgjBo47TgwwMoNGCxkEr2AhzL8jWUwB3IT_rx6cFdIzcFH9LgOJ2FJdWQIYd2Z1zdAG4__Mxqs3dacBv0W0nLGLFp5pCCYjfFJO997nZzUjqoQ=s319" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="319" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNLE1jXfS9toJELvZP84mwZSdVraTe8eIiH32-1KKKFWw9-M3HOiHt0w8szRIQHCe60-rAXgjBo47TgwwMoNGCxkEr2AhzL8jWUwB3IT_rx6cFdIzcFH9LgOJ2FJdWQIYd2Z1zdAG4__Mxqs3dacBv0W0nLGLFp5pCCYjfFJO997nZzUjqoQ" width="319" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As we
emerge from the cold, snowy days of winter, we not only encounter the greenery
and renewal that springtime heralds: we also embark on our yearly <i>Martia
Dementia</i> celebrations, now in their eighth year! In 2021, the best military
commanders of the ancient world met their match in competition with birds.
Shockingly, the birds emerged triumphant, and the immortal phoenix took (and
perhaps burned to ashes) the laurel wreath. This year, the birds are back and
ready to flaunt their fearlessness. Their challengers? Ancient Greek and Roman
writers, in part inspired by our newest <i>Explore Latin</i></span> <span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">reader on theater and comedy!
In </span><a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Explore-Latin-Ludi-Scaenici-P3973.aspx"><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Explore Latin: L</span></i><i><span lang="mi-NZ" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: #0481; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ūdī Scaenicī</span></i></a><i><span lang="mi-NZ" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: #0481; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><span lang="mi-NZ" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: #0481; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">by Christopher Bungard, information is presented about
playwrights and poets like Menander, Livius Andronicus, Ennius, Plautus, and
Terence. These authors, and many more, will now have to prove their <i>Martia
Dementia</i> mettle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">To
the victor—whoever finishes with the best bracket—belong the spoils. Before
getting to the prizes, here is how the competition will work. </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Please
read through the process carefully: this year we will continue to use an online
bracket and voting system. For reference, we are providing a PDF of the
bracket that you can use with your classes, but be sure to submit your final
choices via the online system.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Bracket</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Starting today,
complete and submit a bracket to be eligible for wondrous
prizes. Please access and submit your bracket online via the following
link: <i><a href="https://www.commoninja.com/brackets/lp/6f2ce484-ad78-43b0-90b1-7ef035f5c0fa">Martia Dementia 2022 Bracket</a>.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">When you access the
online </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Martia Dementia</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> bracket, click the “Submit your
bracket!” button to start making your selections. You will be prompted to enter
your name and email address; we need this information so that we can track and
notify the winners of the competition once </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Martia Dementia </i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">is
completed. After signing up, you will be asked to predict a winner for each
game in the bracket. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1M6j-Bj9FruE3j9GT3_RiLe4HNicyvCAP_uPB0NpS2AB2r-_nxO0CSGMbrXaqnB2SCY-fNRtIS72uJhiA3gtJOWbSh1IS1PzGi55s1CbwcTQJaS8_ebLGvjwWFDiigaZeRIwAD4nv7dkI3J4qbg9dTcPQzXt_b-1BCT0aqDL6d8iKvveF0A=s906" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="906" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1M6j-Bj9FruE3j9GT3_RiLe4HNicyvCAP_uPB0NpS2AB2r-_nxO0CSGMbrXaqnB2SCY-fNRtIS72uJhiA3gtJOWbSh1IS1PzGi55s1CbwcTQJaS8_ebLGvjwWFDiigaZeRIwAD4nv7dkI3J4qbg9dTcPQzXt_b-1BCT0aqDL6d8iKvveF0A=w400-h209" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">At the bottom of this
post, you will find a link to a PDF showing short descriptions of each of this
year’s </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Martia Dementia</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> participants. You can access the same
descriptions by clicking on the photo of a given figure in the bracket.</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAhQvhlNJ6JjCfPj2a7k94xY4IETRQTMd9ae2BqfFpfSNQTogfgZllyG5iG_VzHTfd5fOP0-v34EJjuoWxzdyo-0pz1qK68c1r0uDxdoowct5CUqiKDRDTgR1MlgaG4M13EYsUjm589VnwbcIbhXel5Z7Q6WwnD8hj-vXxSNCt1ypbjFWQ8g=s836" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="836" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAhQvhlNJ6JjCfPj2a7k94xY4IETRQTMd9ae2BqfFpfSNQTogfgZllyG5iG_VzHTfd5fOP0-v34EJjuoWxzdyo-0pz1qK68c1r0uDxdoowct5CUqiKDRDTgR1MlgaG4M13EYsUjm589VnwbcIbhXel5Z7Q6WwnD8hj-vXxSNCt1ypbjFWQ8g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Once you have
completed all of your selections and have submitted your bracket, you will
receive a notice thanking you for your submission:</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">If you would like to
view your prediction bracket, simply click on the link to “View My Prediction.”
We recommend saving a copy of your bracket at this point so that you can keep
track of how you are doing as the competition progresses. With our online
submission system, you can also easily share your prediction bracket via email
or social media—a great way to show off how you’re doing, or earn some pity
points if your bracket is going poorly. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">We are also providing
a PDF copy of the bracket <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R_0qAy1R1R-bFopvFFmVn6HWk95lqgX8/view?usp=sharing">here </a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">(for reference only) in case you would like to print a copy of the bracket and
fill one in with your class. However, <i>we
are not accepting scanned brackets this year</i>, so make sure that you also
submit the bracket online.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brackets will be accepted through <b>March 16</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Survey</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A voting survey will
be made available on <b>March 17</b>, where you can vote for your picks.
Whichever figures have the most votes by the time the survey closes will
advance through the round. Actively participating in the survey betters your
chances at winning. We will announce via social media when voting for each
round has opened.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We cannot stress enough the importance of voting. When the survey goes live,
cast your votes! Get your friends to vote for your picks. Teachers, get your
students to stuff the survey with favorable votes!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Victori Spolia</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This
competition is not solely for bringing glory to your favorite ancient writer or
bird. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers is offering book prizes for the brackets
that most closely resemble the final results; a $100 book credit will be
awarded to the first-place participant, a $50 credit to the second-place
participant, and a $25 credit to the third-place participant. Feeling like you
no longer stand a chance? Do not give up! There will also be a $25 credit for
having the most abysmal bracket! </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stay
Connected</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Be
sure to bookmark this post and check back here to access the link to the voting
bracket. Also, follow us on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BCPublishers/" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #002a77; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Facebook</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and </span><a href="https://twitter.com/BCPublishers" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #002a77; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Twitter</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> for updates as the competition
progresses.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Remember,
brackets close </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">March 16</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">, and the first round of voting will begin </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">March
17</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bracket and Other
Resources</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.commoninja.com/brackets/lp/6f2ce484-ad78-43b0-90b1-7ef035f5c0fa">Access the online
bracket</a><br /></span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R_0qAy1R1R-bFopvFFmVn6HWk95lqgX8/view?usp=sharing" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Access a printable bracket (for reference only) </a><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l4TuUnFrnP1adrLTFfCuLK-YUFGiPPah/view?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Access a description of all <i>Martia Dementia </i>2022
figures</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xtn_lHmw9kHUE-naHXJD3DSeQyCGS8Sl/view?usp=sharing">Access a short explainer on submitting a bracket</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<b>Voting Schedule</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0in;">Round 1: March 17–18</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0in;">Round 2: March 19–22</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0in;">Round 3 (Sweet 16):
March 24–25</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0in;">Quarterfinals (Elite
8): March 26–29</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0in;">Semifinals (Final 4): March
31–April 1</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: 0in;">Final (Championship):
April 4–6</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Note that each round of voting will open at 7:30 a.m. central
time and close at 4:00 p.m. central time on the designated days. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-11665276410120377722021-04-19T10:06:00.001-05:002021-04-22T08:43:04.989-05:00Author Emma Vanderpool on Her Latest Latin Novellas<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsdK_DYJYT4POMLi9TgB3sIT8Aj-RDmbdd5ONBFiR9U82Il57K0Q0RvF4APzWyP-moFQzRMKm54jzfPo0KdZk_YA3t9bkXOctu5k5Utv10W9lT6n9zkOwHhlgtt4WQHsMzIZB/s1602/Screen+Shot+2020-11-16+at+10.01.13+AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="1118" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsdK_DYJYT4POMLi9TgB3sIT8Aj-RDmbdd5ONBFiR9U82Il57K0Q0RvF4APzWyP-moFQzRMKm54jzfPo0KdZk_YA3t9bkXOctu5k5Utv10W9lT6n9zkOwHhlgtt4WQHsMzIZB/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-11-16+at+10.01.13+AM.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The debut titles in Bolchazy-Carducci’s Latin-language easy reader series are available both at our <a href="http://www.bolchazy.com">website</a> and via <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Augury-Birds-Marcus-Avibus-Discit/dp/086516875X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Augury+Is+for+the+Birds&qid=1618844771&sr=8-2" target="_blank">Amazon</a>! Both books provide an immersive introduction to the multifaceted world of augury and birds in ancient Rome.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Explore-Latin-Aves-P3970.aspx">Explore Latin: Avēs</a></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">uses fewer than one-hundred unique Latin words to provide basics information about birds in a Roman context, with copious color images reinforcing the text.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Augury-Is-for-the-Birds-P3971.aspx">Augury Is for the Birds</a></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">explains elements of augury through a relatable coming-of-age story in 144 unique words. There are three forthcoming follow-up novellas that will build on the vocabulary, themes, and concepts established in</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Explore Latin: Avēs</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">and</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Augury Is for the Birds</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Emma Vanderpool, award-winning Latin teacher and the author of several self-published Latin novellas, carefully crafted these two books to appeal to students and to be readily comprehensible to beginning Latin learners. Editor Amelia Wallace was pleased to speak to her about her inspirations, writing process, and larger goals. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.</p><o:p></o:p><p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 10pt 0in; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>AW:</i></b><i> </i>How did you choose the topic of augury for your novella series? What themes and key cultural ideas were you hoping to address? <span class="apple-tab-span"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 10pt 0in; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="apple-tab-span"><b><i>EV: </i></b></span>I was inspired by my first novella, <i>Sacri Pulli: A Tale of War and Chickens,</i> which focused on an instance of augury. I wanted to continue an exploration of this influential practice and its role in history, politics, and military endeavors. Its intersection with so many different areas seemed to make a great place to focus upon.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 10pt 0in; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>AW: </i></b>One of the main goals of these readers is to draw in novice Latin learners with compelling and comprehensible material—a challenge since students may be using different textbooks or learning in very different settings. What strategies did you use to ensure that the language in your books met these two requirements?<b><i> </i></b></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 10pt 0in; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i><br /></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B9O8SQFGhM0E6MGLJrWqvuOTLCXFCqFWzA6qt7bq6e1AyJ7_8eqASJZbgiTIPBn6miJLUrwktOUqMHri_O9nEk2XQ4MGx-j0JPXQafvBlzWYwZx5AuHXhJPAD_pvQ1C1E0OZ/s1713/Screen+Shot+2020-11-16+at+10.00.46+AM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1713" data-original-width="1151" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7B9O8SQFGhM0E6MGLJrWqvuOTLCXFCqFWzA6qt7bq6e1AyJ7_8eqASJZbgiTIPBn6miJLUrwktOUqMHri_O9nEk2XQ4MGx-j0JPXQafvBlzWYwZx5AuHXhJPAD_pvQ1C1E0OZ/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-11-16+at+10.00.46+AM.png" /></a></i></b></p></div><b><o:p></o:p></b><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 10pt 0in; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="apple-tab-span"><b><i>EV: </i></b></span>To make sure these novellas are comprehensible, I carefully structured the vocabulary so that I consistently utilized a core vocabulary from book to book while gradually introducing new words. To make sure these novellas were compelling, I added some levity and comedy in the dialogue while still maintaining a focus on the rather complex topic of duty. I hope the combination of these two things will draw different types of students in and keep them reading.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I focused on high frequency vocabulary, drawing on <a href="http://dcc.dickinson.edu/vocab/core-vocabulary">Dickinson College Commentary’s Core Vocabulary</a>, but also did not shy away from incorporating short phrases or vocab words from Cicero’s extant texts that touched on augury. In doing so, I hoped to allow students to <i>read </i>the text, while still learning subject-related vocabulary. <b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><i>AW: </i></b>What sources did you draw on when writing these books? Did any of the material you learned while researching surprise you?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;"><span class="apple-tab-span"><b><i>EV: </i></b></span>I was able to draw upon my favorite author, Cicero, when researching these books, including his <i>De Divinatione, De Natura Deorum,</i> and <i>De Legibus,</i> to inform my understanding of augury. It was most surprising to realize how fluid the Romans’ understanding of <i>sinistra</i> and <i>dextra</i> was when deciding if a sign was <i>secundum</i> or <i>adversum.</i> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><i>AW: </i></b>What process do you use when you first begin writing a novella? Does it change depending on subject matter or intended audience? <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><i>EV: </i></b>I always set out with an audience in mind. The clearer the audience I have, the easier it is for me to craft my story in terms of plot structure and to select vocabulary. Once I have an audience in mind, I make some “first draft picks” for vocabulary, words that I will need (or really want) to use. From there, I do my round of writing and crafting of the story before allowing any “second draft picks” for vocabulary to make their way into the text as I begin editing. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><i>AW: </i></b>In <i>Augury Is for the Birds,</i> we meet the character of Marcus, a Roman boy who is studying augury at the behest of his father. While this book takes place in an ancient setting, I couldn’t help but notice how relatable the central conflict of the story is for modern students. Marcus is at an age where he is exploring who he wants to be while also contending with his parents’ expectations. Did your own work with students around Marcus’s age inform this story? Any other key inspirations for the emotional core of the work?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><i>EV: </i></b>I definitely had a certain set of beloved middle schoolers in mind when I was writing this book and imagining the kind of wise mischief Marcus was getting up to as he tries to get his way. This audience shaped both Marcus’s perspective but also the kind of humor in the book. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;">While many existing Roman narratives have been dominated by a “good” son who knows his duty, I thought it important to imagine that for every son aware of his duty, there was also one who was still growing into that space. For every soldier willing to die for his country, there must have been another who was haunted by the horrors of war. While extant Latin texts have certainly shaped our views of the ancient world, those are only the ones we have left and not necessarily the only perspectives available. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><i>AW: </i></b>What are some of the features of <i>Explore Latin: Avēs</i> and <i>Augury Is for the Birds</i>? How will they enhance the reading experience for language learners (or the teaching experience for those using these works as a classroom text)?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><i>EV: </i></b>I think that the glossary is fairly innovative in the fact that it utilizes not only the traditional dictionary entry but also the different parsed forms, as students do not always recognize these forms as connected. I think this inclusion will make the book more accessible to students learning from different teaching styles [editor's note: look for an upcoming blog post that further describes these features]. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;">I’m also excited about the <i>grammatica </i>section [in <i>Augury Is for the Birds</i>], which provides a written example of a “grammar pitstop.” These short explanations will help students to understand the grammar on a need-to-know basis in terms of their reading. <o:p></o:p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 10pt 0in; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><i>AW:</i></b> Where will this storyline go in the future? What additional themes do you hope to explore?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;"><b><i>EV: </i></b>The next volume goes deeper into Marcus and his father’s story and their dueling views of the nature of war by looking at instances of augury within both a Homeric and ancient Roman history context. It explores further the possible tension between duty to family and duty to country. Although it may be focusing on the familiar topic of war and men, I hope to expand on existing narratives by adding layers of complexity to their characters and views.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Emma Vanderpool</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> has been teaching Latin since 2017—two years at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a year at Trickum Middle School in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and now back in her beloved New England at Springfield Honors Academy, Springfield, MA. Vanderpool earned her Bachelor of Arts in Latin, Classics, and History from Monmouth College in Illinois and her Master of Arts in Teaching for Classical Humanities from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Among her awards, Vanderpool is the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award from UMASS Amherst (2019) and was honored as the Lincoln Laureate for Monmouth College (2017). She serves on the Executive Board for Ascanius: The Youth Classics Institute and the Classical Association of New England and is an organizer for Lupercal. She has self-published nine <i>novellae</i> and is pleased to be an author for Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In addition to writing her own novellas, Vanderpool has taught from them for several years. If you're curious to read her views on teaching and using novellas in the classroom more generally, check out her interview with editor Don Sprague in the <a href="https://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1414893952">December 2020 eLitterae newsletter</a>.</span></div>Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-70576774332861339072021-04-14T08:54:00.002-05:002021-04-15T10:12:02.831-05:00Phoenix Wins: Martia Dementia 2021 Recap<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EmM-zNNSCl3h9l-eaZCbsqyakNaQXurTzifuJSm3t3lS6VmvtPYqkh_Nsm9m0qVXdbarpFcoxF1VHDI88AuKVU3S3eukGMloGTpYZ0YtcsE6bIg2v4_tHtHwU8-xfIuRS0kL/s963/Phoenix+vs.+Ducks.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="963" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EmM-zNNSCl3h9l-eaZCbsqyakNaQXurTzifuJSm3t3lS6VmvtPYqkh_Nsm9m0qVXdbarpFcoxF1VHDI88AuKVU3S3eukGMloGTpYZ0YtcsE6bIg2v4_tHtHwU8-xfIuRS0kL/w400-h215/Phoenix+vs.+Ducks.PNG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The <i>Martia Dementia </i>championship came down to myth vs. a historical peculiarity.<br />Ultimately, the phoenix proved victorious over the poisonous ducks</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">and was crowned the 2021 winner!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In this year’s </span><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Martia
Dementia, </i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">military commanders of the ancient Mediterranean faced a new set
of challengers: birds of many a kind of feather (the mythological, the
historical, and the dubiously described by Herodotus and Pliny). Surprisingly,
the avian adversaries proved formidable from the very beginning. Aethon handily
defeated Agrippa, the sirens bested Artemisia of Caria, and the sacred chickens
of Rome were unusually resilient in a match with Jugurtha. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nonetheless, many of the ornithological
oddities (cinnamon bird, hercinia, crocodile bird, caladrius) were easily
eliminated by their military foes.</span></p><div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The championship
round featured the quasi-immortal phoenix versus the poisonous ducks of Pontus,
who put forth a valiant effort for a group of seemingly benign water fowl. The
phoenix surpassed a number of figures in its quest for dominance, overcoming
Marcus Aurelius, Leonidas, and Julius Caesar in the first three rounds.
Continuing its blaze of glory, the phoenix went on to top fantastical feathered
beings in the quarterfinals and semifinals: the griffin and then the sirens.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meanwhile, the
poisonous ducks of Pontus first had to get past Sulla, the powerful Roman
general known for defeating the king responsible for their very existence. Lucky
for them, their lethality knew no bounds, destroying Sulla and a number of
other leaders on their way to the final round. However, the poisonous ducks
couldn’t quite muster the destructive force needed to overcome the fierce,
fiery phoenix. In the end, the phoenix was crowned the victor.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thank you to all
who participated this year in </span><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Martia Dementia</i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, and many
congratulations to our bracket winners! First prize goes to </span><b style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Abby Lee</b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">,
a student at Saint Ignatius College Prep (Chicago, IL). With forty-eight
correct picks, Abby clear and away crushed the competition. </span><b>Charlie Razeghi</b> of New Trier High School (Winnetka, IL) took second place with
forty-four correct picks. <span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Just like last year, third place was quite close: while several
participants correctly selected forty-three game winners, only one had accurately
predicted the outcome of the championship game. Congratulations to </span><b style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Keira
Rosario</b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, student at Gorham High School (Gorham, ME)! The most abysmal
bracket was awarded to </span><b style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Akiva Sherin </b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">of New Trier High School, who only
made eleven correct selections.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">There you have
it—your </span><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Martia Dementia</i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> 2021 winners! If you would like to see a final bracket, click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H992CTvmA7eyUD4R0UvvoVcOqA_HIjFK/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> for an easy-to-view PDF. Once again, thank you to
all participants, who helped make this year’s contest a resounding success.
Have strong feelings about this year’s winners? Hope to see a particular
ancient figure featured in next year’s contest? Tweet @BCPublishers what and
who you would like to see and include the hashtag #MartiaDementia or give
feedback in the comments below. We would love to hear from you!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">–Amelia Wallace, </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Editor</span></p><br /><br /><br /></div>Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-47949009596384404392021-02-23T10:51:00.006-06:002021-03-17T10:57:55.741-05:00Martia Dementia 2021 (Updated with Voting Bracket)<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDgoQNBMEL0Cy3L8HC8m8tN4Aar2_zyOcwMtk3DwGug6DhFc066x2TZny-5y1SjOfns29DixcNcM2XIY4blVj0Hw5LAXXrPXXt-VfV6lmKHCU4Dg-uixHnZkKskNTvBYSSihR/s320/90408386_10157925269944647_5272404807783546880_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="320" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDgoQNBMEL0Cy3L8HC8m8tN4Aar2_zyOcwMtk3DwGug6DhFc066x2TZny-5y1SjOfns29DixcNcM2XIY4blVj0Hw5LAXXrPXXt-VfV6lmKHCU4Dg-uixHnZkKskNTvBYSSihR/w320-h286/90408386_10157925269944647_5272404807783546880_n.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>As 2021 marches on, it’s time for the madness to start anew: the seventh annual Bolchazy-Carducci </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Martia</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Dementia</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> is now upon us! In 2020, various military figures from across the ancient world rose up to combat a miscellany of mythological monsters. While the monsters were strong contenders, Alexander the Great proved himself difficult to defeat. Now, the famed generals, rebels, and strategists are back and ready to take on whatever stands in their way, even if they must face . . . . birds. Birds, really? Yes, really!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Martia Dementia</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">2021—inspired by Emma Vanderpool’s two Latin language immersive readers</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Explore-Latin-Aves-P3970.aspx" target="_blank">Explore Latin: Aves</a> </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Augury-Is-for-the-Birds-P3971.aspx" target="_blank">Augury Is for the Birds</a></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">—will pit some cacophonous, clamorous, riotous birds against the greatest military minds of ancient times.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span>Some winged creatures of myth will be making a return—sirens, griffins, and harpies are back! Some new faces (or should I say beaks?) are also in the mix. Aethon, the infamous eagle that repeatedly devoured Prometheus’s liver, may prove a daunting adversary. The Crocodile Bird (possibly an Egyptian plover?) shows no fear when approaching the mouth of the frightening Nilotic reptile. Its fearlessness will surely be of benefit now. The Poisonous Ducks of Mithridates fed on hemlock and other toxic plants, rendering their flesh deadly and destructive. Will they prove to be lethal to their opponents? <br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><o:p><span> <br /></span></o:p></span><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">To the victor—whoever finishes with the best bracket—belong the spoils. Before getting to the prizes, here is the way the competition will work. <b>Please read through the process carefully: this year we will continue to use an online bracket and voting system. </b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: small;">The Bracket</span></b></span></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span>Starting today, complete and submit a bracket to be eligible for wondrous prizes. Please access and submit your bracket online via the following link: <a href="https://www.commoninja.com/brackets/lp/31458c67-1ee5-4537-a7db-6198e2d2dbed" target="_blank"><i>Martia Dementia </i>2021 Bracket</a>. <br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span> <br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span>When you access the online <i>Martia Dementia</i> bracket, click the “Submit your bracket!” button to start making your selections. You will be prompted to enter your name and email address; we need this information so that we can track and notify the winners of the competition once <i>Martia Dementia </i>is completed. After signing up, you will be asked to predict a winner for each game in the bracket. </span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjawHKlqBFnbYAIONtFi-UFWRyq8_SqUITRZeP4dtci6gclRHYV78lLeLd6erE0TOortPnBCVIXPm6iMZq_m9T0Fn-uz5DOWw2EXDDtuapvznKO96QnlTjjsYxu4RMgXoBZQ8x/s1666/Screen+Shot+2021-02-15+at+4.39.24+PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1666" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjawHKlqBFnbYAIONtFi-UFWRyq8_SqUITRZeP4dtci6gclRHYV78lLeLd6erE0TOortPnBCVIXPm6iMZq_m9T0Fn-uz5DOWw2EXDDtuapvznKO96QnlTjjsYxu4RMgXoBZQ8x/w400-h217/Screen+Shot+2021-02-15+at+4.39.24+PM.png" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">You will be asked to select a winner for each match-up <br />in the bracket.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #333333;">At the bottom of this post, you will find a link to a PDF showing short descriptions of each of this year’s </span><i style="color: #333333;">Martia Dementia </i><span style="color: #333333;">participants. You can access the same descriptions by clicking on the photo of a given figure in the bracket.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM91rCsq9frwoc150EZXvPpP81Sbt8bF0IbEvWQGSF05_5bzmvvIjpdXpg-igpXp3owGAVsfGdvzzMcZRXxg4KvSBmKZ2Vr35I_w6lzJOIFnzvBfsiKl5VRo6aTuceccf-LtIH/s1642/Screen+Shot+2021-02-15+at+4.39.39+PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="1642" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM91rCsq9frwoc150EZXvPpP81Sbt8bF0IbEvWQGSF05_5bzmvvIjpdXpg-igpXp3owGAVsfGdvzzMcZRXxg4KvSBmKZ2Vr35I_w6lzJOIFnzvBfsiKl5VRo6aTuceccf-LtIH/w400-h288/Screen+Shot+2021-02-15+at+4.39.39+PM.png" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">Click on the image of a <i>Martia Dementia</i> competitor in<br />the online bracket to pull up a full description.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span>Once you have completed all of your selections and have submitted your bracket, you will receive a notice thanking you for your submission:<br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span> <br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span>If you would like to view your prediction bracket, simply click on the link to “View My Prediction.” We recommend saving a copy of your bracket at this point so that you can keep track of how you are doing as the competition progresses. With our online submission system, you can also easily share your prediction bracket via email or social media—a great way to show off how you’re doing, or earn some pity points if your bracket is going poorly. <br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span> <br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span>We are also providing a PDF copy of the bracket <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LM22HpMbobKym_kzlxwX_EF0YjcQNVX2/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> (for reference only) in case you would like to print a copy and fill one in with your class. However, we are not accepting scanned brackets this year, so make sure that you also submit the bracket online.</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times;">Brackets will be accepted through <b>March 16</b>.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">The Survey</span></span></b></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span>A voting survey will be made available on <b>March 17</b>, where you can vote for your picks. Whichever figures have the most votes by the time the survey closes will advance through the round. Actively participating in the survey betters your chances at winning. <br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span> <br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span>Beginning March 17, simply access the voting survey bracket <a href="https://www.commoninja.com/brackets/lp/fbcd98e2-1c76-4ad8-9c18-0bd3bcbbd788">here</a>, which will be updated with the link (the voting survey has a <b>black</b> <b>background)</b>. We will announce on social media when voting for each round has opened; note that during each round, you will vote using the voting bracket rather than the forms used in previous years.<br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span> <br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span>We cannot stress enough the importance of voting early and voting often. When the survey goes live, cast your votes! Get your friends to vote for your picks. Teachers, get your students to stuff the survey with favorable votes!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span><b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: small;">Victori Spolia</span></i></b></span></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times;">This competition is not solely for bringing glory to your favorite ancient figure or bird. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers is offering book prizes for the brackets that most closely resemble the final results: a $100 book credit will be awarded to the first-place participant, a $50 credit to the second-place participant, and a $25 credit to the third-place participant. Feeling like you no longer stand a chance? Do not give up! There will also be a $25 credit for having the most abysmal bracket! </span></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: small;">Stay Connected</span></b></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Be sure to bookmark this post and check back here to access the link to the voting bracket. Also, follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BCPublishers/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002a77;">Facebook</span></a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/BCPublishers" target="_blank"><span style="color: #002a77;">Twitter</span></a> for updates as the competition progresses.</span><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Remember, brackets close <b>March 16</b>, and the first round of voting will begin <b>March 17</b>.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span></b></span></h2><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Bracket and Other Resources<br /></span></b></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.commoninja.com/brackets/lp/31458c67-1ee5-4537-a7db-6198e2d2dbed" target="_blank">Access the online bracket </a>(submissions now closed)<br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LM22HpMbobKym_kzlxwX_EF0YjcQNVX2/view?usp=sharing">Access a printable bracket (for reference only) <br /></a></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y7__kGpPG3HnsMs9gMOS29EdGvUVT8AU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Access a description of all <i>Martia Dementia 2021</i> figures <br /></a></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="https://www.commoninja.com/brackets/lp/fbcd98e2-1c76-4ad8-9c18-0bd3bcbbd788" target="_blank">Access the voting bracket</a></span></span></span></h1><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><b>Voting Schedule:</b></span></span></h2><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">Round 1: March 17–18</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">Round 2: March 19–22</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">Round 3 (Sweet 16): March 24–25</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">Quarterfinals (Elite 8): March 26–29</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">Semifinals (Final 4): March 31–April 2</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times;">Final (Championship): April 5–7</span></span></div></blockquote><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Note that each round of voting will open at 7:30 a.m. central time and close at 4:00 p.m. central time on the designated days. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span> </span></span></div><p></p><style class="WebKit-mso-list-quirks-style">
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</style>Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-41390026989947925982020-12-03T12:02:00.004-06:002021-05-21T09:37:43.186-05:00Create Your Own 3D-Printed Ancient Inscription Cookie Stamp <p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The intersection of classics and 3D printing has resulted in some quirky-clever mashups, most notably the famed Julius Caesar pen holder. We’ve gone into the history of this object over on our <a href="https://twitter.com/BCPublishers/status/1222588551520489473?s=20" style="color: #954f72; text-decoration: underline;">Twitter account</a>, which reveals how internet collaboration and creativity can build on the work of museums and other institutions that have made 3D models of artworks available online (in this case, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which <a href="https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-julius-caesar-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-new-york-6330?fbclid=IwAR1rxiRWL-MDU3xiii3Xc_Ydx4D2Zo3iysx1kLLawg8OmkveBRy6OXiUMlc" style="color: #954f72; text-decoration: underline;">uploaded</a> a 3D scan of their Renaissance-era Caesar bust as part of MiniFactory’s “Scan the World” initiative).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs__WlfdvZlBTWqDyi_HwOvI9jYUYX59ckeEr1Uko3HacFa_mt8xU4jGVrwtEiS54t_WpSL85Z2o2twDZp544z3EHGggcihcvAtxelJvPl6pkcXH1932RjB16bwl6QOQb5gYYo/s2048/IMG_7739.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="3D-printed Julius Caesar pen holder" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs__WlfdvZlBTWqDyi_HwOvI9jYUYX59ckeEr1Uko3HacFa_mt8xU4jGVrwtEiS54t_WpSL85Z2o2twDZp544z3EHGggcihcvAtxelJvPl6pkcXH1932RjB16bwl6QOQb5gYYo/w300-h400/IMG_7739.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The famed 3D-printed Julius Caesar pen holder,<br />adapted from a 3D scan of a Renaissance-era bust.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Unable to resist the allure of 3D printing—and inspired by the edible archaeology posts of </span><a href="https://tavolamediterranea.com/2017/12/09/edible-archaeology-gingerbread-cuneiform-tablets/" style="font-family: times;">Tavola Mediterranea</a><span style="font-family: times;">, the </span><a href="https://crewsproject.wordpress.com/tag/baking/" style="font-family: times;">CREWS project</a><span style="font-family: times;">, and many other classicist bakers—I tried my hand at creating a 3D-printed Phaistos Disc cookie stamp. The files for printing this stamp are available at </span><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3339092" style="font-family: times;">Thingiverse</a><span style="font-family: times;"> (a treasure trove of 3D print files that you can use and remix to your heart’s content—or perhaps, your 3D printer capacity’s content). While I certainly recommend exploring what’s already out there on Thingiverse and other 3D printing sites, what do you do if you absolutely must have a cookie stamp (or merely a 3D model) of that obscure inscription you love beyond all others?</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Well, you’re in luck, provided you have a line drawing of your desired object. In selecting an inscription, think about size and how easy it will be to render the information into a new format. The Phaistos Disc is a little under six inches in diameter, which originally seemed to me like the perfect size to recreate in PLA plastic on a home 3D printer—and, incidentally, the perfect size for a cookie! Note that the disc has over 200 signs impressed on its surface, which is quite a lot of data compressed into a small space. Additionally, my final design also ended up being smaller than the original disc by about half, which further compressed the rather extensive amount of detail on the disc. <span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Once you’ve selected your line drawing, it’s time to clean it up using a photo editing program: clean up entails eliminating excess shading or other “noise” that you do not want reproduced in a 3D print. You may also want to heighten contrast as well in order to create a cleaner vector file. As noted above, it’s important to think about how you are translating details from one medium to another. Particularly if you intend to create a cookie stamp, reducing detail will help when you actually attempt to make cookies. (As I quickly learned, cookie dough easily became trapped in the smaller crevices of my Phaistos, necessitating some impromptu archaeological work in brushing my artifact clean between uses.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Before you can create your 3D model, you have one final step: you need to ensure that your line art is in the proper format. The online program you will be using to create the 3D print files requires an image in scalable vector graphics (SVG) format. There are many free online tools available to convert your file to SVG format; to find one, simply perform a search for “SVG file converter.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvdttu8ibAL3wJkdi9qNiHG_vON62SSoiRC-VPTecdWkpK6Ki5EHkxu7UsiRAbPOrqTPK3OJh9vql2qtGCV8bH8g9mpylbqAjzTC3TwFJIol_le9AX7B_vz_7P4qw0OhccFB-/s1398/Screen+Shot+2020-12-03+at+10.51.47+AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1398" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvdttu8ibAL3wJkdi9qNiHG_vON62SSoiRC-VPTecdWkpK6Ki5EHkxu7UsiRAbPOrqTPK3OJh9vql2qtGCV8bH8g9mpylbqAjzTC3TwFJIol_le9AX7B_vz_7P4qw0OhccFB-/w400-h266/Screen+Shot+2020-12-03+at+10.51.47+AM.png" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Phaistos Disc cookie stamp design (with optional stamp handle).<br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">With your SVG image file (digitally) in hand, it's now time to create your 3D design with </span><a href="https://www.tinkercad.com/" style="color: #954f72; font-family: times;">Tinkercad</a><span style="font-family: times;">, an easy-to-use free online tool. While creating in Tinkercad is fairly intuitive, the program also offers </span><a href="https://www.tinkercad.com/learn" style="color: #954f72; font-family: times;">various tutorials and plenty of support</a><span style="font-family: times;"> to help you make your 3D inscription–related dreams a reality. If you are intending to print a cookie stamp, I would suggest focusing on a few elements of 3D design. What shape will your stamp be? Consider the shape of the original inscription and use that to inform your choices. Do you want the inscription on your printed object to be raised or to appear “inscribed”? Because I was planning to stamp my Phaistos Disc into dough, I raised the details on my design (which means that my stamp is the inverse of the original disc, which has the symbols pressed into it)—be sure to keep your final goals in mind as you design!</span></span><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Once you’re satisfied with your 3D design in Tinkercad, you are ready to print. 3D printing is becoming more accessible than ever: printers are now fairly affordable for home use, but if you just want to dabble, look into whether your local library has a printer for patron use. If you are a teacher, your school may also have a 3D printer that you can use. If you’re wary of engaging in the actual mechanics of 3D printing, you can also use one of the many services that will print and mail you your 3D design.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">While the Phaistos Disc cookies that resulted from my efforts may not have lived up to the <a href="https://twitter.com/LeapinLizard46/status/1331712103967830017?s=20" style="color: #954f72; text-decoration: underline;">high standards</a> of internet critics, I greatly enjoyed combining my love of classics with crafts, both in terms of 3D design and baking. Of course, my failures in fully and accurately reproducing the intricate details of the Phaistos Disc in its ultimate cookie form suggests a lot about how size and material impacts an object’s appearance—as well as how easily information is lost and distorted as it is repeatedly translated from one format to another. In the future, I may investigate further by trying out different cookie recipes. The <a href="https://alexandracooks.com/2018/12/04/stamped-christmas-cookies-brown-butter-muscovado/" style="color: #954f72; text-decoration: underline;">one I used</a> was delicious, but had a very stiff dough. Comment below or send a message if you have any recipe recommendations!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdW1fTj5jwHljUKlUgf9XpieL_LUCGPzqWo6U-NDSM3UG2c7blTLQDQkR3F9_0pgQTe95MPB9Fm0X5zBedHE-OjotzETsEcZWSvDGBU8ii3lpYse1wJVhEAhDU3q1W3UGOWvWV/s2048/BB61EC4B-2BCD-4754-AA6C-D5EC0042722FIMG_7242.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdW1fTj5jwHljUKlUgf9XpieL_LUCGPzqWo6U-NDSM3UG2c7blTLQDQkR3F9_0pgQTe95MPB9Fm0X5zBedHE-OjotzETsEcZWSvDGBU8ii3lpYse1wJVhEAhDU3q1W3UGOWvWV/w400-h300/BB61EC4B-2BCD-4754-AA6C-D5EC0042722FIMG_7242.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Phaistos Disc in its most perfect form: a lightly spiced, <br />brown butter–based cookie. <br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">In a classroom setting, I could see a similar project raising important questions about how various inscriptions were originally created. Those that were carved into stone invariably look different from those stamped into clay. How did the materials used influence the original creators’ efforts? What is lost, gained, or preserved by translating the ancient inscription into a 3D model? What is lost, gained, or preserved in the resulting 3D plastic print?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">You may also wish to explore 3D-printed models of ancient objects more broadly within the classics classroom. After all, physical models can often better bring the past to life, making the intangible tangible. If you’d like to explore this option, there are a multitude of existing designs available on Thingiverse that you (or your students) could print for classroom use. Many museums have uploaded 3D scans of their objects that you can freely print: try exploring the files uploaded by the <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/met/designs" style="color: #954f72; text-decoration: underline;">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> or the <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/artinstitutechicago/designs" style="color: #954f72; text-decoration: underline;">Art Institute of Chicago</a>. Here are a few other select objects that would make a fantastic addition to any Latin classroom:</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="applewebdata://00847242-5D1A-43F8-8C21-A05057A6AA12/Hi%20Jody,%20%20I%20completely%20understand%E2%80%94I%20too%20feel%20a%20little%20off-kilter,%20and%20I%20wasn't%20even%20doing%20as%20much%20of%20the%20move%20(though%20was%20recently%20making%20decisions%20about%20what%20books%20in%20the%20library%20to%20keep%20vs.%20discard,%20which%20I%20always%20find%20a%20bit%20painful!).%20%20%20I%20have%20the%20copy%20here,%20just%20needs%20the%20pricing%20info%20for%20the%20two%20novellas.%20I%20also%20highlighted%20the%20expiration%20date%20for%20the%20coupon%E2%80%94not%20sure%20if%20that%20needs%20changing%20as%20well.%20Attaching%20to%20this%20email.%20%20Amelia" style="color: #954f72; font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;">Roman Colosseum</a><span style="font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;"> by Jesse Gaspard</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:275410" style="color: #954f72; font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;">Temple of Vesta</a><span style="font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;"> by Andrew Pilgrim</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2345258/comments" style="color: #954f72; font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;">Capitoline Wolf</a><span style="font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;"> by Geoffrey Marchal</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:196037" style="color: #954f72; font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;">Venus de Milo</a><span style="font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;"> by Cosmo Wenmen (this artist’s body of work is vast and astounding—definitely worth exploring if you are interested in making 3D prints)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2619857/comments" style="color: #954f72; font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;">Pont du Garde</a><span style="font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;"> by Ilan Raphael</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1036458" style="color: #954f72; font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;">Knucklebone Dice</a><span style="font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;"> by Misha Tikh</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1373043" style="color: #954f72; font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;">Roman Arch</a><span style="font-family: times; text-indent: -0.25in;"> by Jorge Vicens Payá</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -24px; text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><o:p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: -24px; text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span> –</span>Amelia Wallace, Editor</span></span></p></div>Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-63627992403412531472020-04-13T12:06:00.000-05:002020-04-13T12:06:06.906-05:00Alexander the Great Wins: Martia Dementia 2020 Recap<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">In this year’s <i>Martia Dementia</i> face-off between mythological monsters and military leaders of the ancient world, the monsters gained an edge early in the contest—suggesting that supernatural powers might always trump a talent for battle formations and ingenuity in warfare. However, Alexander the Great proved an early contender, handily beating the <i>taraxippoi</i>, or horse ghosts, which were no match for Alexander’s trusty steed Bucephalus. Another general with some early successes, Constantine the Great, struggled against the Erinyes, who hoped to gain vengeance for all of the family members that the emperor slaughtered in his rise to power. Constantine was triumphant, though, continuing all the way to the Elite Eight, when he was unable to hold out against the Hydra. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Most contests, nonetheless, reinforced the utter dominance of mythological creatures. Nessus, bearing Heracles’s poison-dipped arrow, overcame the defenses of Mithridates, the so-called Poison King, whose famed resistance to potent potions was poor protection in this instance. Creatures from the likes of the Minotaur to the harpies to Scylla and Charbydis all moved past the first round without difficulties. Medusa proved most powerful of all, her stony glare defeating opponent after opponent. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">The final showdown between Medusa and Alexander the Great was, quite literally, a battle of epic proportions. Medusa had already demonstrated that in a contest of coiffures, she reigned supreme: in the first round, her magnificent serpentine mane bested Rhodogune of Parthia and her tangled tresses (Rhodogune, who even quelled a rebellion with her vow to leave her hair unbrushed until she achieved victory!). But in the end, Medusa had to face another figure with almost godly hair—Alexander the Great and his luxuriant, leonine waves. Medusa succumbed, leaving Alexander as the victor. As in life, Alexander the Great remained undefeated in battle in <i>Martia Dementia</i> 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Thank you to all who participated this year in <i>Martia Dementia</i>, and many congratulations to our bracket winners! First prize goes to <b>Jeremy Ho</b>, a student at William Allen Middle School (Moorestown, NJ). With forty-nine correct picks, Jeremy closely edged out his classmate, <b>Noah Keene</b>, who won second prize with forty-seven correct picks. Third place was hotly contested: while several participants correctly selected forty-six game winners, only two had chosen figures that made it all the way to the Final Four. Congratulations to <b>Lauren Nash</b>, student at New Trier High School (Winnetka, IL) and <b>Evelyn Beckman</b>, upper school Latin teacher at Bullis School (Potomac, MD)! The most abysmal bracket was awarded to another student at New Trier High School, who not only made a mere eight correct predictions, but also failed to select any figures that progressed past the second round.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Hoping to win big in next year’s <i>Martia Dementia </i>contest? Third place winner Evelyn Beckman has some words of wisdom for participants: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">I didn't think that I would win and honestly didn't stress too much over my picks for each round. Therefore, I will offer this from Ovid's</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Amores</i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">3.4: "cui peccare licet, peccat minus" (she who is permitted to make mistakes, makes fewer mistakes).</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">There you have it—your </span><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">Martia Dementia</i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"> 2020 winners! Once again, thank you to all participants, who helped make this year’s contest a resounding success. Have strong feelings about this year’s winners? Hope to see a particular ancient figure featured in next year’s contest? Tweet @BCPublishers what and who you would like to see and include the hashtag #MartiaDementia or give feedback in the comments below. We would love to hear from you!</span></div>
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In <i>Martia Dementia</i> 2020, the mythological monsters have returned—all thirty-two of them! If you'd like some materials to use with your students to provide background information on these ancient figures, look no further. Bolchazy-Carducci has created blog posts addressing the artistic, literary, and historical significance of six of these creatures. These posts are an excellent starting point for completing research or acquiring basic knowledge. We are also providing very short summaries of the mythological figures, all contained within a printable PDF. Find the links to these resources below.<br />
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Need some ideas for covering this year's <i>Martia Dementia </i>field in class? One simple, quick activity for ensuring a basic familiarity is the game Two Truths and a Lie. Simply print out the mythological monster biography sheet linked below. Cut the sheet into strips so that you can individually assign each figure to a student (or a group of students). After learning a little about their assigned figure, each student then presents two truths and one lie about the monster to the class, which has to guess which is fact and which is fiction.</div>
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For a more complex activity, ask students to use the Bolchazy-Carducci materials as a starting point to complete additional research on an assigned monster. Using what they have learned, they then craft a persuasive presentation on why their monster should win all of <i>Martia Dementia</i>. After students have sufficiently debated each figure's merits, they can then vote on which figure "deserves" to win. (In fact, this activity can be used to determine a full-class bracket, though you may want to also incorporate the ancient military leaders into this activity; we will be posting biographies for these figures as well at the bottom of the page.)</div>
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Looking for other ideas? This year, we are also pleased to provide some free printables and online activities: we have created all of the pieces for a mythological monster Guess Who?–inspired game, <b>Quis Est?</b> If you have the boards at hand, all you will need to do is print out two sets of small cards to insert in the boards and one set of larger cards. We have also provided colorful backings reminiscent of the color scheme of the original game—print these on the back of your cards if you'd really like to have that 1980s-feel. (If you want a simpler set-up, we can confirm that simply printing the small cards on regular paper and then slipping the paper in front of the game's original cardboard pieces works as well.) Regular Guess Who? rules apply, but with this unusual cast of characters, game play is quite challenging. Students will need to know a lot about these monsters to be able to ask incisive questions (and then, understand the answers and accurately flip down the incorrect monsters). To assist with game play, we are also providing a worksheet that students can complete to assess their knowledge.<br />
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As an added bonus, we have a short online activity that students can play to practice what they have learned about the mythological monsters before or after playing <b>Quis Est?</b> This activity, which we are making freely accessible, is built on our <a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Lumina-Latin-for-the-New-Millennium-Level-1-Classroom-P3962.aspx" target="_blank"><i>Lumina</i> </a>platform. Note that the crossword puzzle is replayable: merely hit "re-start," and a new configuration (with varying sets of words) becomes available. Click <a href="https://softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/8OUyzMNuDWw5m4/html" target="_blank">here</a> or see the link below to play these online games.<br />
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Do you use any class or Latin club activities that incorporate <i>Martia Dementia</i>? Let us know in the comments!<br />
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<b>Monster of the Month Blog Posts</b><br />
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<li><a href="https://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2019/09/mythological-monster-of-month-argus.html" target="_blank">Argus</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2019/10/mythological-monster-of-month-manticore.html" target="_blank">Manticore</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2019/11/mythological-monster-of-month-cerberus.html" target="_blank">Cerberus</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2019/12/mythological-monster-of-month-chimera.html" target="_blank">Chimera</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2020/01/mythological-monster-of-month-griffin.html" target="_blank">Griffin</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2020/02/mythological-monster-of-month-hydra.html" target="_blank">Hydra</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1A0drfpCr_XpdEQJN0h5mJFDGUQhSib2R" target="_blank"><b>Quis Est?</b> package</a> (all game cards, colorful backings, short summaries describing the twenty-four monsters in the game)</li>
<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sPjb_SlsEQfB32gANtjdVlW8mBC2PX3F" target="_blank"><b>Quis Est? </b>printable worksheet</a></li>
<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/13U_T3rTbLfESECBzzNFDPaKhL3iOHlAT/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><i>Martia Dementia </i>2020 ancient figures biographies</a> (short biographies for ALL ancient figures in this year's contest)<div class="MsoNormal">
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Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-1829935494919866932020-02-17T16:24:00.000-06:002020-03-19T08:45:36.223-05:00Martia Dementia 2020 (Updated with Voting Survey Link)<br />
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bracketologists, prepare yourself: the sixth annual Bolchazy-Carducci <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Martia</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dementia</i> is now upon us! Last year, mythological monsters battled
against a range of ancient authors, politicians, and gods to see who reigned
supreme. Nike, goddess of victory, lived up to her name and domain, vanquishing
all others. This year, the monsters are back, looking for vengeance. They have
some worthy opponents, however: famous military commanders of the ancient
world! Will Alexander the Great, a general who never lost a battle in his own
time, be a match for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">taraxippoi</i>?
Or will these horse ghosts spook his trusty steed Bucephalus, forcing Alexander
out of the competition? Will Mithridates, famous for his resistance to poison,
prevail—or will Nessus, a centaur known for poisoning Heracles, get the best of
him? We will only find out with your help! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the victor—whoever finishes with the best bracket—belong the spoils. Before
getting to the prizes, here is the way the competition will work. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Please read through the process carefully:
this year we are changing how bracket submissions and voting will work. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Starting today,
complete and submit a bracket to be eligible for wondrous prizes. Please
access and submit your bracket online via the following link: <a href="https://brackets.commoninja.com/bracket/fb8887e1-97c6-48d5-bcc2-e177338d5691" target="_blank"><i>Martia Dementia </i>2020 bracket</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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online <i>Martia Dementia</i> bracket, click the “Submit your bracket!” button to
start making your selections. You will be prompted to enter your name and email
address; we need this information so that we can track and notify the winners
of the competition once <i>Martia Dementia </i>is completed. After signing up, you
will be asked to predict a winner for each game in the bracket. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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completed all of your selections and have submitted your bracket, you will
receive a notice thanking you for your submission:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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view your prediction bracket, simply click on the link to “View My Prediction.”
We recommend saving a copy of your bracket at this point so that you can keep
track of how you are doing as the competition progresses. With our new online
submission system, you can also easily share your prediction bracket via email
or social media—a great way to show off how you’re doing, or earn some pity
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a PDF copy of the bracket <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BtMOgSF6BQN6keGx5aDKhHfRiSiwrP8y" target="_blank">here </a>(for reference only) in case
you would like to print a copy of the bracket and fill one in with your class.
However, we are not accepting scanned brackets this year, so make sure that you
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Survey</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be made available on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thursday, March 19</b>,
where you can vote for your picks. Whichever ancient figures have the most
votes by the time the survey closes will advance through the round. Actively
participating in the survey betters your chances at winning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This year, voting
surveys will look a little different than in previous years. When it is time to
vote for each round, simply access the voting survey bracket (the voting survey
has a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">black</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">background)</b>. We will announce via social media when voting for each
round has opened; note that during each round, you will vote using the voting
bracket rather than the forms used in previous years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We cannot stress enough the importance of voting early and voting often. When
the survey goes live, cast your votes! Get your friends to vote for your picks.
Teachers, get your students to stuff the survey with favorable votes!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">This
competition is not solely for bringing glory to your favorite ancient figure.
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers is offering book prizes for the brackets that most
closely resemble the final results; a $100 book credit will be awarded to the
first-place participant, a $50 credit to the second-place participant, and a
$25 credit to the third-place participant. Feeling like you no longer stand a
chance? Do not give up! There will also be a $25 credit for having the most
abysmal bracket! </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sure to bookmark this post and check back starting <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">March 19</b> to access the link to the voting bracket. Also, follow us</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">
on </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BCPublishers/" target="_blank">Facebook</a></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"> and </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><a href="https://twitter.com/BCPublishers" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"> f</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">or updates as the competition progresses.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Remember,
brackets close <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wednesday, March 18</b>,
and the first round of voting will begin <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thursday,
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bracket <a href="https://brackets.commoninja.com/bracket/fb8887e1-97c6-48d5-bcc2-e177338d5691" target="_blank">here </a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bracket (for reference only) <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BtMOgSF6BQN6keGx5aDKhHfRiSiwrP8y" target="_blank">here</a> </span><a href="http://www.bolchazy.com.phtemp.com/pdf/MartiaDementiaBracket2019.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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twelve mythical monsters from the 2019 edition of <i>Martia Dementia</i>,
Bolchazy-Carducci’s annual spring bracket tournament. Visit us on social media
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<span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Behold, the Lernaean Hydra! According to
Hesiod, this many-headed serpentine creature was the offspring of Typhon and
Echidna, prolific parents of some of Greek mythology’s most famous monsters. An
inhabitant of the liminal lake Lerna, the Hydra breathed out poisonous vapors
that made the environs nearly impossible for mortals to even approach.
Heracles, during his twelve labors, was tasked with slaying the Hydra—no easy
feat, especially because as Heracles severed one Hydra head, two more grew in
its place. Unable to defeat the Hydra on his own, Heracles asked his nephew
Iolaus for help. While Heracles sliced away each head, Iolaus used a firebrand
to cauterize the wounds, preventing the Hydra from regenerating. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hydra, sixth-century <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">bce</span>
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<span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A victorious Heracles dipped his arrows in
the Hydra’s poisonous blood, creating a potent weapon that helped him
accomplish several of his other labors—but would ultimately be his own
downfall. The body of the Hydra was placed in the sky as the constellation
Hydra, which has a shape resembling a twisting snake. This constellation is the
largest of the eighty-eight modern constellations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">(Public Domain, restored
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<span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Today, the term “hydra” is often used to
refer to an intractable problem that is not easily solved; as when Heracles
attempted to slay the mythical Hydra, an attempt to find a solution results in
new problems cropping up. King Henry IV of France chose to portray himself as Hercules
(the Roman name for Heracles) standing over a vanquished Hydra after he brought
an end to France’s internecine religious wars at the end of the sixteenth
century. In the painting, Henry—sporting a rather self-satisfied facial
expression—casually stands over the beheaded monster, representing his recent
political enemy, the Catholic League.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Portrait of Henry IV
as Hercules Slaying the Lernaean Hydra</span></i><span style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> by Toussaint Dubreuil
(1561–1600) (Public Domain)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Another more modern application of the
ancient Hydra occurs in the field of biology: <i>Hydra</i> refers to the genus of fresh-water organisms (related to
jellyfish) that have a tubular body featuring a mouth at one end surrounded by
an array of tentacles. Like its mythological namesake, a <i>Hydra</i></span> can regenerate damaged tissue: when cut in half, each
half can grow into a whole, complete <i>Hydra.</i>
Similarly, like the Lernaean Hydra, these creatures may be quasi-immortal. The
same biological factors that allow <i>Hydra </i>to
regenerate tissue mean that they do not senesce, or grow old. <span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>Hydra </i>attached to
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The Hydra, with its symbolic and scientific iterations,
illustrates how Greek and Roman myth continues to live on in new, often
unexpected ways. Students may enjoy discussing other mythological figures that
have taken on new meanings in the modern world.
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Still
curious about how the ancients described the Hydra? In Ovid’s <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+9.69&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0029"><i>Metamorphoses
</i>(9.67–72)</a> Hercules competes with the
river god Achelous for Deianira’s hand in marriage. Taunting the god, he boasts
about his victory over the Hydra, a feat that he claims was much more difficult
than the one he is about to perform. Here, Hercules claims that the Hydra he
vanquished had one-hundred heads!<o:p></o:p></div>
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“cunarum
labor est angues superare mearum,”<o:p></o:p></div>
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dixit
“et ut vincas alios, Acheloe, dracones,<o:p></o:p></div>
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pars
quota Lernaeae serpens eris unus echidnae?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Vulneribus
fecunda suis erat illa, nec ullum<o:p></o:p></div>
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de
centum numero caput est inpune recisum,<o:p></o:p></div>
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quin
gemino cervix herede valentior esset.<br />
Hanc ego ramosam natis e caede colubris<o:p></o:p></div>
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crescentemque
malo domui domitamque reclusi.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“It was
the pastime of my cradle days<o:p></o:p></div>
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strangle better snakes than you—and though<o:p></o:p></div>
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great length may excel all of your kind,<o:p></o:p></div>
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how
small a part of that Lernaean snake<o:p></o:p></div>
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would
you—one serpent be? It grew from wounds<o:p></o:p></div>
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(at first it had one-hundred heads)<o:p></o:p></div>
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every time I severed one head from<o:p></o:p></div>
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neck two grew there in the place of one,<o:p></o:p></div>
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which its strength increased. This creature then<o:p></o:p></div>
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outbranching
with strong serpents, sprung from death<o:p></o:p></div>
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thriving on destruction, I destroyed.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Translation
in <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Ov.+Met.+9.69&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028"><i>Ovid’s
Metamorphoses</i></a>
by Brookes Moore<o:p></o:p></div>
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–Amelia Wallace, EditorBolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-55978776011818410002020-01-09T15:08:00.000-06:002020-02-03T16:50:40.307-06:00Mythological Monster of the Month: Griffin<br />
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twelve mythical monsters from the 2019 edition of <i>Martia Dementia</i>,
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January’s monster of the month is the majestic griffin, which
according to legend had the body of a lion and the head and wings of
an eagle. The January image in the 2020 Roman Calendar shows a detail of a
griffin taken from a fourth-century BCE tomb painting found in Paestum, Italy.
In the full fresco, two griffins—note the leonine hindquarters and tail,
massive feathered wings, and curved beaks—attack a panther, poised to pounce. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The griffin’s mythical origins lie in the ancient near east
and Egypt, with depictions of the creature first appearing around 3,000 BCE. By
the fifteenth century BCE, griffin imagery had made its way to the Greek world:
the hybrid beast was vibrantly portrayed in a fresco found in the “Throne Room”
in the Palace of Knossos on Crete. The griffin remained a popular artistic
motif in much of the ancient Mediterranean world, and its prominence continued
into the medieval era, when the griffin became a common symbol in heraldry. Griffins
were not only used in medieval Christian art, but also in Islamic art of the
same time period. The Pisa Griffin, a massive bronze sculpture created in
eleventh-century Al-Andalus (modern-day Spain), incorporates Arabic text and
patterns associated with textile designs.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small;"> Griffin fresco in the “Throne Room,” Palace of Knossos, Crete <br />(© Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported/Paginazero)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Psa-Opera_del_Duomo-Grifone_Islamico007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Psa-Opera_del_Duomo-Grifone_Islamico007.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small;">The Pisa Griffin, an eleventh-century bronze now in the Pisa Cathedral, was originally<br /> a fountain spout (© Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported/Memorato)</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;">While there are few early written accounts of the griffin, several
Greek and Roman writers described griffins as the guardians of gold deposits
located in Anatolia, Central Asia, or India. Various authors, including Pliny
the Elder (see excerpt below), have detailed the enmity between the griffins
and the <span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Arimaspians, a neighboring tribe of one-eyed men who perpetually
tried to steal the griffins’ gold. These legends of the griffin continued into
the middle ages, and griffins were frequently featured in medieval bestiaries. The
griffin still captures the imagination of writers today: the griffin makes an
appearance in <i>The Sons of Neptune </i>by
Rick Riordan. In the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, Harry and his friends
are sorted into the Hogwarts house of <i>Gryffin</i>dor,
a name that evokes the bravery, strength—and even the ferocity—of the mythical
griffin. The hippogriff, a related creature that is half-lion, half-horse,
plays an important role in Rowling’s <i>Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">When discussing with students, ask where
else they have seen the griffin. Answers may include other stories or literature,
as well as architectural motifs, coats of arms, and logos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">In the passage excerpted below from </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0138%3Abook%3D7%3Achapter%3D3"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Natural History </span></i><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">7.10</span></a><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">, Pliny describes
the battles between the Arimaspians and the monstrous griffins, citing
Herodotus and Aristeas of Proconnesus as his sources:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">sed iuxta eos, qui sunt ad septentrionem
versi, haut procul ab ipso aquilonis exortu specuque eius dicto, quem locum
Gesclithron appellant, produntur Arimaspi, quos diximus, uno oculo in fronte
media insignes. quibus adsidue bellum esse circa metalla cum Grypis, ferarum
volucri genere, quale vulgo traditur, eruente ex cuniculis aurum, mira
cupiditate et feris custodientibus et Arimaspis rapientibus, multi, sed maxime
inlustres Herodotus et Aristeas Proconnesius scribunt.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white;">In the vicinity also of those who dwell
in the northern regions, and not far from the spot from which the north wind
arises, and the place which is called its cave, and is known by the name of
Geskleithron, the Arimaspians are said to exist, whom I have previously
mentioned, a nation remarkable for having but one eye, and that placed in the
middle of the forehead. This race is said to carry on a perpetual warfare with
the Griffins, a kind of monster, with wings, as they are commonly represented,
for the gold which they dig out of the mines, and which these wild beasts
retain and keep watch over with a singular degree of cupidity, while the
Arimaspians are equally desirous to get possession of it. Many authors have
stated to this effect, among the most illustrious of whom are Herodotus and
Aristeas of Proconnesus.</span></blockquote>
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<br />Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-36317765193033547222019-12-04T08:30:00.000-06:002019-12-04T09:32:52.032-06:00Mythological Monster of the Month: Chimera<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The 2019–2020 <a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Assets/Bolchazy/extras/2019-2020RomanCalendar.pdf">Roman
Calendar</a> features twelve mythical monsters from the 2019 edition of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Martia Dementia</i>, Bolchazy-Carducci’s
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This month’s creature is the Chimera, a deadly
beast composed of parts of other animals. Descriptions of the Chimera vary, but
it is often described as having the head of a lion, the tail of a snake, and
extending from its back the head of a goat. The term “chimera” has come to mean
figuratively something illusory, or a hybrid animal or other organism.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Chimera by Pintoricchio (Bernardino di Betto, 1454–1513)<br />(© Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported/Sailko)</span></td></tr>
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As noted in <a href="http://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2019/09/mythological-monster-of-month-argus.html">September’s</a>
feature on Argus, Pintoricchio (1454–1513), whose name means “little painter”
in Italian, was a Renaissance painter known for his frescoes. Though his real
name was Bernardino di Betto, he acquired the nickname Pintoricchio due to his
short stature. This image is taken from the Ceiling of the Demigods in the Palazzo
dei Penitenzieri in Rome. The ceiling features 63 mythological figures.</div>
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<o:p><br /></o:p>This Roman mosaic, now in the collection of the
Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, features the hero Bellerophon astride Pegasus
as he kills the Chimera. Homer describes the monster thus (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0133%3Abook%3D6%3Acard%3D156"><i>Iliad</i></a><i> </i>6.180–183):</div>
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180<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>... ἣ
δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔην θεῖον γένος οὐδ᾽ ἀνθρώπων,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">πρόσθε λέων, ὄπιθεν δὲ δράκων, μέσση δὲ
χίμαιρα,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>δεινὸν ἀποπνείουσα πυρὸς μένος αἰθομένοιο,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>καὶ τὴν μὲν κατέπεφνε θεῶν τεράεσσι
πιθήσας.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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She was of divine stock, not of men, in the fore
part a lion, in the hinder a serpent, and in the midst a goat, breathing forth
in terrible wise the might of blazing fire. And Bellerophon slew her, trusting
in the signs of the gods.</blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D6%3Acard%3D156">translation</a>
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Homer: The Iliad with an English
Translation</i> by A. T. Murray<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Chimera of Arezzo, located in the Museo
Archeologico Nazionale, Florence, is a famous Etruscan bronze sculpture that
corresponds to Homer’s description of the Chimera. It may have belonged to a
sculpture group depicting Bellerophon slaying the Chimera.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Epicurean philosopher Lucretius (a favorite of
B-C founder Lou Bolchazy) includes the Chimera in a list of mythological
monsters whose supposed attributes make their existence impossible (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0130%3Abook%3D5%3Acard%3D878"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">De Rerum Natura</i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>5.901–6):<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>flamma
quidem vero cum corpora fulva leonum<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>tam
soleat torrere atque urere quam genus omne<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>visceris
in terris quod cumque et sanguinis extet,<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>qui
fieri potuit, triplici cum corpore ut una,<o:p></o:p></div>
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905<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>prima
leo, postrema draco, media ipsa, Chimaera<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>ore
foras acrem flaret de corpore flammam? <o:p></o:p></div>
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And how could there be the chimaera—a creature
that has three different bodies combined in one (a lion up front, a goat in the
middle, and a snake behind) and breathes hot flames from its belly—since any
animal that is made up of flesh and blood, including the yellow lion, will be
consumed by fire?</blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Lucretius-Nature-of-the-Universe-P3891.aspx">translation</a>
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lucretius: The Nature of the Universe </i>by
G. B. Cobbold<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Chimera presents several opportunities for
classroom discussion in Latin:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li>Introduce or review the Latin terms for animals
and body parts. Ask students to draw and label the body parts of animals, or
provide pictures. Depending on the level of the class, the teacher may supply a
word bank or ask students to list the words that they remember in groups or as
a class.</li>
<li> Describe the Chimera as a picture talk, or begin
with a drawing dictation after review of some key vocabulary. Narration can be
quite simple: “Pingite monstrum, quod habet tria corpora. Prima pars monstri
est leo ferocissimus! Id est, hoc monstrum habet caput leonis. . . .” After
students have drawn their monsters, they can share their drawings in pairs and
point out the different body parts and components (tantum Latine). Then, the
teacher can reveal the different artistic representations, and students can
compare with their drawings of the Chimera.</li>
<li>Preview or review the genitive of possession. As
appropriate for the class, provide the genitive forms of various animals and remind
students of the genitive endings of each declension.</li>
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—Laurel Draper, EditorBolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-8266709862277864552019-11-20T10:51:00.000-06:002019-11-20T11:29:32.944-06:00Mythological Monster of the Month: Cerberus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The 2019–2020 <a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Assets/Bolchazy/extras/2019-2020RomanCalendar.pdf">Roman
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spring bracket tournament. Visit us on social media (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/BCPublishers/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/BCPublishers">Twitter</a>, and our blog) for
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Cerberus, third-century BCE Sidonian Burial Caves </div>
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The infernal hound Cerberus is famous for his three
heads, as in this third-century BCE tomb painting. The painting was found in
the Sidonian Burial Caves in central Israel. These burial caves belonged to a
family that originated in Sidon in what is now Lebanon.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ancient sources differ in their depictions of
Cerberus. The Greek poet Hesiod (ca. 750–650 BCE)
describes Cerberus as having fifty heads (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0129%3Acard%3D304"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Theogony </i>306–12</a>):<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EL"> τῇ δὲ
Τυφάονά φασι μιγήμεναι ἐν φιλότητι<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EL"> δεινόν θ᾽ ὑβριστήν τ᾽ ἄνομόν θ᾽ ἑλικώπιδι
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<span lang="EL"> Ὄρθον μὲν πρῶτον κύνα γείνατο Γηρυονῆι:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EL">310 δεύτερον αὖτις ἔτικτεν ἀμήχανον, οὔ τι
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<span lang="EL"> Κέρβερον ὠμηστήν, Ἀίδεω κύνα
χαλκεόφωνον,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EL"> πεντηκοντακέφαλον, ἀναιδέα τε
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<span lang="EL"> </span>Men say that Typhaon the
terrible, outrageous and lawless, was joined in love to her [Echidna], the maid
with glancing eyes. So she conceived and brought forth fierce offspring; first
she bore Orthus the hound of Geryones, [310] and then again she bore a second,
a monster not to be overcome and that may not be described, Cerberus who eats
raw flesh, the brazen-voiced hound of Hades, fifty-headed, relentless and
strong.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0130:card=304&highlight=cerberus">translation</a>
in <i>Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and
Homerica</i> by Hugh G. Evelyn-White<o:p></o:p></div>
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In Horace’s telling (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0024%3Abook%3D2%3Apoem%3D13"><i>Odes</i> 2.13.33–36</a>), the songs of the poets
Alcaeus and Sappho transfix a hundred-headed Cerberus and other denizens of the
Underworld:<o:p></o:p></div>
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quid
mirum, ubi illis carminibus stupens<o:p></o:p></div>
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demittit
atras belua centiceps<o:p></o:p></div>
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35 auris
et intorti capillis<o:p></o:p></div>
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Eumenidum
recreantur angues?<o:p></o:p></div>
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What
marvel, when at those sweet airs<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
hundred-headed beast spell-bound<o:p></o:p></div>
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Each
black ear droops, and Furies' hairs<o:p></o:p></div>
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Uncoil
their serpents at the sound?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0025%3Abook%3D2%3Apoem%3D13">translation</a>
in <i>Horace: The Odes and Carmen Saeculare
of Horace</i> by John Conington<o:p></o:p></div>
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Orpheus was also famous for enchanting Cerberus
and other intimidating figures on his journey to the Underworld, as in Vergil’s
rendition (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0059%3Abook%3D4%3Acard%3D453"><i>Georgics </i>4.481–484</a>):<o:p></o:p></div>
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Quin
ipsae stupuere domus atque intima Leti<o:p></o:p></div>
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caeruleosque implexae crinibus angues<o:p></o:p></div>
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Eumenides,
tenuitque inhians tria Cerberus ora<o:p></o:p></div>
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atque
Ixionii vento rota constitit orbis.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nay,
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Stood
lost in wonderment, and the Eumenides [Furies],<o:p></o:p></div>
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Their
brows with livid locks of serpents twined;<o:p></o:p></div>
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Even
Cerberus held his triple jaws agape,<o:p></o:p></div>
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And,
the wind hushed, Ixion's wheel stood still.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0058:book=4:card=453&highlight=cerberus%2Corpheus">translation</a>
in <i>Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics Of
Vergil </i>by J. B. Greenough<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hercules and Cerberus on a sixth-century BCE
red-figure </div>
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amphora now housed at the Louvre (Public Domain)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p>Cerberus is often discussed in association with
the labors of Hercules, who was ordered to abduct the creature from the
Underworld. Deianira, wife of Hercules, describes Cerberus in a catalog of
Hercules’s labors (Ovid, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0068%3Atext%3DEp.%3Apoem%3D9"><i>Heroides </i>9.91–94</a>):</o:p></div>
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Prodigiumque
triplex, armenti dives Hiberi<o:p></o:p></div>
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Geryones, quamvis in tribus unus erat;<o:p></o:p></div>
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Inque
canes totidem trunco digestus ab uno<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cerberos inplicitis angue minante comis;<o:p></o:p></div>
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You
tell also of the heads that were fixed upon Thracian gates, and the mares
fattened by the blood of men; of Geryon, that three-fold monster, rich in
Iberian herds, who had three bodies in one; of Cerberus, forming three dogs
from the same trunk, having his hair wreathed with hissing snakes . . .<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0085:poem=9&highlight=cerberus">translation</a>
in <i>The Epistles of Ovid, translated into
English prose . . .</i> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hercules presenting Cerberus to Eurystheus on a
sixth-century BCE </div>
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black-figure hydria, also at the Louvre (Public Domain)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Teachers may wish to ask students to discuss other
depictions of Cerberus that they have encountered, and which written
descriptions match them most closely.<br />
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—Laurel Draper, Editor</div>
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Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-60079617514493039462019-11-08T11:12:00.000-06:002019-11-08T11:54:41.997-06:00Dolus aut Dulce 2019 Winners<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy Bernard-Mason and her son <br />
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After due deliberation on the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dolus aut Dulce</i> entries, Bolchazy-Carducci editors have come to a
decision! <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Plurimas gratias</i> to all who
participated in our annual classics costume contest, expanded this year to
include a classroom decoration category. From a modern maenad to Persephone
with pomegranate . . . to Elmo in a toga (yes, seriously!) and more, we loved
seeing the various ways in which contestants interpreted the classical world in
costume form. Classroom décor tended toward the macabre, with tombstones and
underworld-related iconography emerging as major themes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Congratulations are in order for Amy Bernard-Mason, Latin
teacher at Voorhees High School and North Hunterdon High School in New Jersey.
The winner of this year’s costume category dressed as Medusa to her son’s
Perseus; in their submission, the young hero is in the process of slaying his
monster mom. Amy has kindly provided some more photos from her trunk or treat
event this year, in which she recreated Aunty Em’s Garden Gnome Emporium from
the Percy Jackson young adult mythology series. Check out the Medusa crime
scene chalk outline!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy Bernard-Mason's Medusa crime scene<br />
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Our second winner transformed her classroom into the Greek
underworld with the help of her middle school classes. Emma Vanderpool, Latin
teacher at Trickum Middle School in Lilburn, Georgia, asked her students to
create museum displays for the multitude of monsters that inhabit Hades. The
result was a spine-chilling spectacle. See below for an explanation of her
assignment. If you’d like to do something similar in your class, you may also
want to use Bolchazy-Carducci’s monster of the month calendar blogs (read
September’s blog <a href="https://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2019/09/mythological-monster-of-month-argus.html" target="_blank">here</a> and October’s <a href="https://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2019/10/mythological-monster-of-month-manticore.html" target="_blank">here</a>). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Create a life-size decoration for the wall depicting an
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Assigned figures, entrance of the underworld<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li>Charon: ferryman of the dead</li>
<li>Hermes: guide of souls to the
underworld</li>
<li>Cerberus: multiheaded dog and
guardian of the underworld</li>
<li>Gorgons: snake-haired monsters
with a deadly stare </li>
<li>Geryon: fearsome giant with many
heads (and sometimes, bodies)</li>
<li>Chimera: a fire-breathing hybrid
monster</li>
<li>Centaurs: hybrid horse-human
creatures</li>
<li>Furies: goddesses of vengeance</li>
<li>Fates: three goddesses who decided
the fate of humans and gods</li>
<li>Judges: Minos, Rhadamanthus, and
Aeacus</li>
<li>Hydra: snake-headed water monster</li>
<li>Harpies: half-human half-bird
figures</li>
<li>Personification of grief (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">penthos</i>), anxiety (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cura</i>), diseases (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">nosoi</i>),
old age (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">geras</i>), fear (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">phobos</i>), hunger (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">limos</i>), need (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">aporia</i>),
death (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">thanatos</i>), agony (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">algea</i>), sleep (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">hypnos</i>), war (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">polemos</i>),
and discord (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">eris</i>)</li>
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<li>Danaides: condemned to carry water
in a sieve for eternity</li>
<li>Ixion: bound to a fiery wheel in
the afterlife</li>
<li>Sisyphus: forced to perpetually
push a heavy boulder up a hill</li>
<li>Tantalus: eternally unable to
reach food and drink just beyond his grasp</li>
<li>Tityus: tortured by vultures who
ate his liver, which regrew daily</li>
<li>Titans: the twelve pre-Olympian
gods</li>
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To see how Emma's classroom transformation turned out, check out the following video!<br />
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<br />Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-26658445792780185562019-10-08T08:38:00.000-05:002019-10-08T08:38:53.086-05:00Mythological Monster of the Month: Manticore<br />
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October’s Roman Calendar Feature</h3>
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The 2019–2020 <a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Assets/Bolchazy/extras/2019-2020RomanCalendar.pdf">Roman
Calendar</a> features twelve mythical monsters from the 2019 edition of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Martia Dementia</i>, Bolchazy-Carducci’s annual
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Dementia</i>.</div>
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Manticore, thirteenth-century CE manuscript
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The manticore is a mythical leonine creature with
the body of a lion, the head of a human, and a tail resembling either that of a
scorpion or the quills of a porcupine. Tales of the manticore originated in
Persia (where it was known as the <i>martikhoras</i>)
and spread to Greece (called μαρτιχόρας <i>martichoras
</i>or μαντιχώρας <i>mantichoras</i>) and
Italy (adapted into Latin as <i>mantichora</i>).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Medieval authors often included manticores in
bestiaries, following the description in Pliny the Elder’s <i>Historia Naturalis</i>. The Roman Calendar’s October image accompanies
a Latin description of manticores found in the <i>Northumberland Bestiary</i>,<i> </i>a
mid-thirteenth-century work produced in England.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Teachers may wish to ask students to name
additional mythological or fictional creatures that are composites of real
animals.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manticore chasing a man, ca. ninth–tenth century CE sculpted sandstone monument, Meigle Museum </td></tr>
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Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) describes the manticore
in his <i>Historia Naturalis </i>(8.34 in
the Latin edition; 8.30 in the English edition):</div>
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Apud eosdem nasci Ctesias scribit quam mantichoran
appellat, triplici dentium ordine pectinatim coeuntium, facie et auriculis
hominis, oculis glaucis, colore sanguineo, corpore leonis, cauda scorpionis
modo spicula infigentem, vocis ut si misceatur fistulae et tubae concentus,
velocitatis magnae, humani corporis vel praecipue adpetentem.</blockquote>
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Latin text from the edition of Karl Friedrich
Theodor Mayhoff (1906) available at <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0138%3Abook%3D8%3Achapter%3D34">Perseus</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ctesias informs us, that among these same Æthiopians,
there is an animal found, which he calls the mantichora [manticore]; it has a
triple row of teeth, which fit into each other like those of a comb, the face
and ears of a man, and azure eyes, is of the colour of blood, has the body of
the lion, and a tail ending in a sting, like that of the scorpion. Its voice
resembles the union of the sound of the flute and the trumpet; it is of
excessive swiftness, and is particularly fond of human flesh.</blockquote>
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translation by John Bostock (1855) available at <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0137%3Abook%3D8%3Achapter%3D30">Perseus</a></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Emerson_Lake_%26_Palmer_-_LP_with_Manticore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Emerson_Lake_%26_Palmer_-_LP_with_Manticore.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A manticore featured on the album cover of Pictures at an Exhibition by the rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1971)</td></tr>
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Although the works of Ctesias (late fifth century
BCE) are now fragmentary, his description in <i>Indica</i> of the manticore is summarized by Photios I of Constantinople
(ca. 810–893 CE) in his <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=diwAAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA80#v=onepage&q&f=false"><i>Bibliotheke</i></a><i> </i>(57.7):</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Καὶ περὶ τοῦ μαρτιχόρα τοῦ ἐν αὐτοῖς ὄντος θηρίου,
ὡς τὸ πρόσωπον ἐοικὼς ἀνθρώπῳ μέγεθος μέν ἐστιν ὥσπερ λέων, καὶ χρόαν ἐρυθὸς ὡς
κιννάβαρι· τρίστιχοι δὲ ὀδόντες· ὦτα δὲ ὥσπερ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς γλαυκοὺς ὁμοίους
ἀνθρώπῳ· τὴν δὲ κέρκον ἔχει οἵανπερ σκορπίος ὁ ἠπειρώτης, ἐν ᾗ καὶ τὸ κέντρον ἔχει,
μείζω ὑπάρχουσαν πήχεος. ἔχει δὲ καὶ ἐκ πλαγίου τῆς κέρκου ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κέντρα·
ἔχει δὲ καὶ ἐπ’ ἄκρῳ ὥσπερ σκορπίος, κέντρον. καὶ τούτῳ μὲν, ἐὰν προσέλθῃ τὶς, κεντεῖ
τῷ κέντρῳ, καὶ πάντως ὁ κεντηθεὶς ἀποθνήσκει· ἐὰν δέ τις πόῤῥωθεν μάχηται πρὸς
αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔμπροσθεν ἱστὰς τὴν οὐρὰν ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τόξου βάλλει τοῖς κέντροις, καὶ ὄπισθεν
ἐπ’ εὐθείας ἀποτείνων. βάλλει δὲ ὅσον πλέθρον εἰς μῆκος· καὶ πάντας οὓς ἂν βάλῃ
πάντως ἀποκτείνει, πλὴν ἐλέφαντος. τὰ δὲ κέντρα αὐτοῦ ἐστι τὸ μὲν μῆκος ὅσον ποδιαῖα,
τὸ δὲ πλάτος ὅσον σχοῖνος λεπτότατος. μαρτιχόρα δὲ Ἑλληνιστὶ ἀνθρωποφάγον, ὅτι πλεῖστα
ἐσθίει ἀναιρῶν ἀνθρώπους· ἐσθίει δὲ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ζῷα. μάχεται δὲ καὶ τοῖς ὄνυξι καὶ
τοῖς κέντροις. τὰ δὲ κέντρα πάλιν φησὶν, ἐπειδὰν ἐκτοξευθῇ, ἀναφύεσθαι. ἔστι δὲ
πολλὰ ἐν τῇ Ἰνδικῇ. ἀποκτείνουσι δὲ αὐτὰ τοῖς ἐλέφασιν ἐποχούμενοι ἄνθρωποι, κἀκεῖθεν
βάλλοντες.</span> </blockquote>
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He describes an animal called the <i>martikhora</i>, found in India. Its face is
like a man’s—it is about as big as a lion, and in colour red like cinnabar. It
has three rows of teeth—ears like the human—eyes of a pale-blue like the human
and a tail like that of the land scorpion, armed with a sting and more than a
cubit long. It has besides stings on each side of its tail, and, like the
scorpion, is armed with an additional sting on the crown of its head, wherewith
it stings any one who goes near it, the wound in all cases proving mortal. If
attacked from a distance it defends itself both in front and in rear—in front
with its tail, by up-lifting it and darting out the stings, like shafts shot
from a bow, and in rear by straightening it out. It can strike to the distance
of a hundred feet, and no creature can survive the wound it inflicts save only
the elephant. The stings are about a foot in length, and not thicker than the
finest thread. The name <i>martikhora </i>means
in Greek ἀνθρωποφάγος (<i>i.e.</i>
man-eater), and it is so called because it carries off men and devours them,
though it no doubt preys upon other animals as well. In fighting it uses not
only its stings but also its claws. Fresh stings grow up to replace those shot
away in fighting. These animals are numerous in India, and are killed by the
natives who hunt them with elephants, from the backs of which they attack them
with darts.</blockquote>
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in <i>Ancient India as Described by Ktêsias the
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Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-17975716529997912652019-10-01T09:09:00.000-05:002019-10-01T09:09:28.763-05:00Dolus aut Dulce 2019<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winner of the 2018 <i>Dolus aut Dulce </i>contest, Mercedes Barletta, dressed as<br />Thetis dipping baby Achilles in the Styx.</td></tr>
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Bolchazy-Carducci’s annual Halloween costume contest, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dolus aut Dulce</i>! In past years, we’ve received entries that relied
on witty wordplay, sublime clothing-design skills, and everything in between. This
year, we are adding a new category to the contest: we now invite you to submit
pictures of your Halloween-themed classics classroom in addition to photos of classical
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of either ten paperback copies of the <a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Quomodo-Invidiosulus-nomine-GRINCHUS-Christi-natalem-Abrogaverit-How-the-Grinch-Stole-Christmas-in-Latin-P3277.aspx"><i>Grinch</i></a> (in Latin) or a $50 book
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don’t feel bound by temporal restrictions: if you have photos of yourself in
classical dress for non-Halloween reasons, or you have pictures of Halloween
classroom decorations from years past, feel free to submit. (Please, just no
resubmissions of entries from previous <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dolus
aut Dulce </i>contests.) We enjoy seeing how participants express their
creativity and love of the classics and may share photo submissions on all of
our social media sites, as well as our blog—we can’t wait to see how you
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Argus by Pintoricchio (Bernardino di Betto,
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September’s Roman Calendar image highlights Argus,
sometimes called Panoptes (Greek for “all-seeing”), famous for his hundred
eyes. Argus is perhaps best known for his role in the story of Io, a young
woman turned into a heifer because of Jupiter’s lust for her. Some sources say
that Jupiter transformed Io in an effort to hide her from Juno, while others
say that Juno transformed her as punishment. Regardless, Juno charged Argus
with watching over Io in the form of the heifer to prevent Jupiter from visiting
her again. Jupiter then sent Mercury to slay Argus and free Io.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Pintoricchio (1454–1513), whose name means “little
painter” in Italian, was a Renaissance painter known for his frescoes. Though
his real name was Bernardino di Betto, he acquired the nickname Pintoricchio
due to his short stature. This fresco appears in the <a href="http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/appartamento-borgia/sala-dei-santi/sala-dei-santi.html">Room
of the Saints</a> in the Vatican’s Borgia Apartment. The room takes its name
from large frescoes depicting seven Christian saints. Smaller frescoes of
scenes from Egyptian and classical mythology feature bulls (or, in Io’s case, a
heifer) in reference to Pope Alexander VI (1431–1503), whose heraldic emblem
was a bull. Please note that for the calendar, the border of the image
(including Io) was cropped to better display Argus’s features.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sixth-century <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">bce
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Depictions of Argus don’t always feature extra eyes,
as in this sixth-century <span style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">bce </span>Greek
black-figure vase. Found in Italy, it is now in the collection of the <a href="https://www.antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de/en.html">Staatliche
Antikensammlungen</a> in Munich, Germany.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Teachers may wish to ask students to compare and
contrast the images above with Ovid’s description below, using the Latin or
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paelice donata non protinus exuit omnem<o:p></o:p></div>
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diva metum, timuitque Iovem et fuit anxia furti <o:p></o:p></div>
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donec Arestoridae servandam tradidit Argo.<o:p></o:p></div>
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centum luminibus cinctum caput Argus habebat;<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>625<o:p></o:p></div>
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inde suis vicibus capiebant bina quietem, <o:p></o:p></div>
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cetera servabant atque in statione manebant. <o:p></o:p></div>
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constiterat quocumque modo, spectabat ad Io;<o:p></o:p></div>
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ante oculos Io, quamvis aversus, habebat.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>exuit:</b>
cf. <i>Am. </i>3, 4, 43-4: 'vultusque
severos /<i> </i>exue', Cic. <i>Att. </i>13, 2, 1: 'humanitatem omnem
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<b>Arestoridae:</b>
the only occurrence of this patronymic in Latin poetry. Arestor was a shadowy Argive
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<b>centum . .
. cinctum:</b> for the similarity of sound cf. 489: 'vetat votoque', 633: 'toro
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<b>inde:</b>
'of these'; cf. Plaut. <i>Mil. </i>711:
'dant in de partem mihi', <i>Met.</i>13,829:
'lac mihi semper adest niveum: pars inde bibenda / servatur . . . ' The French <i>en </i>derives from this word.<o:p></o:p></div>
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vicibus:</b> 'in their turn', cf. 4, 218: 'noxque vicem peragit', 'night takes
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vocabulary. <i>serva </i>is frequent in the
comedians in the sense of 'look out, take care', cf. Gk. φυλάττου.<o:p></o:p></div>
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statione:</b> 'on duty, at their post'; another military phrase. Cf. Caes. <i>B.C. </i>1, 43 : 'quae in statione pro castris
erant Afranii cohortes'; Cic. <i>Sen. </i>73:
'de praesidia et statione vitae decedere'.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Juno regardful of Jove's cunning art,<o:p></o:p></div>
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lest he might change her to her human form,<o:p></o:p></div>
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was circled with a hundred glowing eyes;<o:p></o:p></div>
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of which but two did slumber in their turn<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D567" style="color: purple;">translation</a> by Brookes More (1922) available at Perseus<o:p></o:p></div>
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learning (or reviewing) Latin on your own, at your own pace? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae</i> features a comprehensive
scope and sequence that gives students all the tools they need to master Latin.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae </i>is a time-tested,
award-winning Latin program that uses a variety of strategies to empower
students as they learn Latin. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae</i>, the
self-teaching Latin program designed by Dr. Waldo Sweet, has been helping
students succeed in their Latin-learning endeavors for nearly sixty years. The
innovative program employs a structural approach to language, incorporating
research about the deep inner workings of Latin in order to help students more
confidently tackle distinctive elements of Latin syntax. At the same time, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae</i> makes use of a wide variety
of teaching techniques to facilitate internalizing the vocabulary and grammar
of Latin. Many of these strategies remain remarkably relevant to today’s
students and adhere to key principles of second language acquisition theories. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae</i> is now offered as an
online interactive program via <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lumina</span>:
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae</i>, giving students even
more flexibility in learning Latin.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae </i>employs innovative and effective
Latin pedagogy.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Notably, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Latinae</i> treats Latin as a language that
was (and continues to be) spoken aloud, not just written and read. Students
routinely listen to Latin recordings of individual words, traditional sayings
and maxims, and questions; in turn, students respond to prompts orally and can
check their answers against model audio. Furthermore, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae</i> offers the option of three pronunciation styles:
American Scholastic (the default pronunciation), Restored Classical (an attempt
to reconstruct how Latin would have been spoken c. 100 <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">bce–100 ce</span>), and Ecclesiastical. <o:p></o:p></div>
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without using English as an intermediary. When introducing new vocabulary, the
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more involved Latin definitions. Use of Latin questioning techniques (today,
commonly referred to as “<a href="http://todallycomprehensiblelatin.blogspot.com/2015/06/circling-art-of-questioning.html">circling</a>”)
ensures that students receive repeated input of new vocabulary and target
forms, while also gently leading students to a fuller understanding of ancient
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In its use of active Latin methodologies, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae</i> always provides extensive <a href="https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/teacher-resources/scaffolding-in-education-a-definitive-guide/">scaffolding</a>
for students. On a micro level, this program repeatedly scaffolds new pieces of
information. In each unit as students answer questions in Latin, they are first
asked to echo questions and responses based on the model recordings. They then
respond to similar questions with only one word in Latin, before finally giving
longer responses based on the original models. Students at last transform
models through substitution and transformation. Another such technique involves
beginning with short “kernel” sentences and gradually adding modifiers to
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Similarly, the structure of the program as a whole is firmly
rooted in principles of scaffolding. In early units of the program, English is
frequently used to introduce words, concepts, and grammatical terms. But as
students progress, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae</i>
begins to slowly fade out English explanations, replacing them with Latin words
and phrases. By the end of the first course, students have even begun to use
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Additionally, the program begins with explicit instruction
on how to approach and study new material, asking students to think about
techniques that they personally find helpful (i.e., helping build <a href="https://www.edutopia.org/blog/metacognition-gift-that-keeps-giving-donna-wilson-marcus-conyers">metacognition</a>).
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae</i> then gradually “vanishes”
some of the help once provided. For example, when first introducing students to
Latin sentences, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae</i> breaks
down the structure of each sentence word-by-word, giving explanations about how
to think about and interpret Latin sentences. This sort of explicit instruction
fades away, although the program continues to remind students to think about
previously learned principles and study methods.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The content of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes
Latinae</i> offers students immense benefit. In particular, the program
introduces authentic ancient and medieval Latin from the beginning, using such
sentences as models for students to get a sense of Latin’s structure. While <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae </i>draws from many of the
“greats” (e.g., Cicero, Horace, Ovid), the course also makes clear the rich and
varied history of Latin literature: using excerpts from the Latin Vulgate, for
example, and comparing Renaissance-era epigrams with
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Another emphasis of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes
Latinae</i> is word building, both in Latin and in English. English derivatives
are always introduced alongside Latin vocabulary. But perhaps more importantly,
the course frequently breaks down Latin words into prefixes, roots, and
suffixes and shows how new words can be made from these building blocks. As
students encounter these key elements of Latin words, they also learn how they
changed as they came into English. For instance, as students encounter the word
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">avaritia</i> in Latin, they learn that
the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">–tia</i> suffix is used to turn
adjectives (in this case, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">avarus</i>)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>into abstract nouns. Likewise, they
learn that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">–tia</i> became the suffix <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">–ice</i> in English (here, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">avarice</i>). <o:p></o:p></div>
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In addition to providing students supportive scaffolding, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae</i> ensures that students
receive immediate feedback as they go frame by frame. Moreover, Bolchazy-Carducci
is proud to offer <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes</i> users several
options for obtaining additional Latin support as needed. On the L<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">umina </span>site, users can access a general
discussion forum to chat with others using <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes
Latinae</i>. A Q&A forum invites students to ask questions of a Bolchazy
Latin instructor, who will regularly respond to queries. As B-C expands and builds on <i>Lumina: Artes Latinae</i>, we anticipate adding more options for students to receive individualized support.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The end of summer is nigh. As the new school year begins and
autumn slowly creeps in, we are reflecting on the past twelve months and
looking ahead at what’s to come!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Conferences. </b>B-C representatives
zigged and zagged all over the country in 2018–2019, attending conferences galore!
Conference season opened with Monmouth College’s delightful public outreach
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/classicsdayfestival/">Classics Day
Festival</a> in Monmouth, IL. October 2018 then brought on a slew of
conferences: the <a href="http://caas-cw.org/wp/">Classical Association of the
Atlantic States</a> Fall Meeting in Philadelphia, PA; the <a href="https://illinoisclassics.weebly.com/">Illinois Classical Conference</a> Annual
Meeting in Evanston, IL; and the <a href="http://southernsection.camws.org/node/897">Classical Association of the
Midwest and South–Southern Section</a> Meeting in Winston-Salem, NC. Bolchazy
editors rounded out the 2018 calendar year with travel to Saratoga Springs, NY (<a href="http://www.caesny.org/p/annual-institute.html">Classical Association of
the Empire State</a>), Franklin, TN (<a href="https://tca-tn.weebly.com/">Tennessee
Classical Association</a>), and New Orleans, LA (<a href="https://www.actfl.org/">American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages</a>).With the advent of 2019, B-C staff were off to San Diego, CA (<a href="https://www.archaeological.org/programs/professionals/annual-meeting/">Archaeological
Institute of America</a>/<a href="https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/home">Society for Classical
Studies</a>) before dashing to Worcester, MA (<a href="http://caneweb.org/new/">Classical
Association of New England</a>), Lincoln, NE (<a href="https://camws.org/camws2019lincoln">Classical Association of the Midwest
and South</a>), and Kalamazoo, MI (<a href="https://wmich.edu/medievalcongress">International
Congress on Medieval Studies</a>). Finally, president Bridget Dean and editors
Laurel Draper and Don Sprague were thrilled to celebrate the <a href="https://www.aclclassics.org/">American Classical League’s</a> centennial
in New York City; B-C finished up the summer with some high-energy fun at the <a href="https://www.njcl.org/NJCL-Convention/2019-NJCL-Convention">National
Junior Classical League</a> convention in Fargo, ND.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Bolchazy staff loved connecting with longtime friends and
colleagues as well as meeting new ones throughout the last twelve months. We
hope to see you at one of the many conferences that await in 2019–2020!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Contests. </b>At
conferences, fishbowl drawings offered participants the chance to win some
brand-new B-C books. On social media, Bolchazy continued some of its highly anticipated
contests while instituting a few new giveaways. To celebrate our one-thousandth
Twitter follower milestone, B-C ran a #millesequentes giveaway; Michael Sweet of
Hyde Park School (Cincinnati, OH) <a href="https://twitter.com/BCPublishers/status/1029056544917340160">won the
prize of highly coveted <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sententiae</i>
buttons</a>. October, ushering in Halloween season, brought with it our annual <a href="https://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2018/10/dolus-aut-dulce-2018.html"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dolus aut Dulce</i></a> costume contest. We
received a number of creative entries, but Mercedes Barletta of
Harvard-Westlake School (Los Angeles, CA) took top prize in the individual
category with her <a href="https://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2018/11/dolus-aut-dulce-2018-winners.html">imaginative
recreations of the goddess Thetis and baby Achilles</a>. UMass Amherst graduate
students offered up a creative take on the judgment of Paris in their group
entry. Our fifth annual <a href="https://bcpublishers.blogspot.com/2019/02/martia-dementia-2019.html"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Martia Dementia</i> </a>pit various ancient
figures against some fearsome mythological monsters, with the goddess Nike snatching
the laurel crown from Medusa. Top honors went to Michael Mangel and Will Joseph
of New Trier High School (Winnetka, IL). Finally, while heading into the ACL
Centennial Institute, B-C held a button giveaway on Twitter, with ten winners
receiving buttons at the conference! <o:p></o:p></div>
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If you’re hoping to earn some <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">kleos</i> (and win some great prizes) in our many contests throughout
the year, make sure that you are following us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BCPublishers/?eid=ARC9TrNwVfolEXGQ7-TV64JzGYkD_S_-Y3lHDYk9GEJDVnV_BmpzrH6XiqI408fCLWS5BITd9EHQ1_ou">Facebook</a>
and <a href="https://twitter.com/BCPublishers">Twitter</a>! We announce
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<i style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Latin of Science</i><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> features twenty-two</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">New Books. </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lectiones Memorabiles</i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>III and IV—texts designed to accompany
the current IB Latin Syllabus—debuted in 2018. <a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Lectiones-Memorabiles-Volume-III-Selections-from-Caesar-Catullus-Horace-Livy-Ovid-and-Vergil-P3951.aspx">Volume
III</a>, authored by Marianthe Colakis and Yasuko Taoka, includes selections
from Caesar, Horace, Livy, Ovid, and Vergil. <a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Search.aspx?k=Lectiones+Memorabiles%3a+Volume+III.">Volume
IV</a>, written by Mary Jaeger, features excerpts from Horace, Livy, Martial,
Sallust, and Vergil. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">• B-C
is proud to have helped bring William Sanders Scarborough’s </span><a href="file:///X:/Marketing/Social%20Media/Blog/Marianthe%20Colakis%20and%20Yasuko%20Taoka%20authored"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First
Lessons in Greek</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">back into print. This new facsimile
edition includes a foreword by Ward Briggs, Jr. and an introduction by Michele
Ronnick; both features provide important historical and intellectual context
for this pioneering work by a nineteenth-century African American classicist
and educator. • Ken Kitchell’s </span><a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/They-Said-It-First-The-Wisdom-of-the-Ancient-Greeks-and-Romans-P3957.aspx"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They
Said It First </span></i></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">offers
a twist on quotation collections. Ancient and more modern quotations are paired
to show how ideas evolve (or stay the same) over time. Stay tuned for an
upcoming blog post describing ideas on how to use this reference in the
secondary classroom.</span> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">•
</span><a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Latin-of-Science-P3958.aspx"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Latin of Science</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">by Marcelo Epstein and Ruth
Spivak is an anthology of twenty-two science readings in what was for centuries
the universal language of science—Latin. Look out for a companion volume with
English translations and additional scientific context coming out this year! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Founder’s Day. </b>Every
summer, the B-C family honors our late founder, Dr. Ladislaus “Lou” Bolchazy.
This past July 19 marked Founder’s Day VII. Colleagues and friends gathered for
a delicious lunch followed by a rousing game of B-C trivia. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Looking Ahead. </b>Keep
an eye out for upcoming books, including the companion volume to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Latin of Science</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">An Introduction to Greek Inscriptions</i>. We
have recently released <a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Lumina-Latin-for-the-New-Millennium-Level-1-Classroom-P3962.aspx">L<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">umina</span></a><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">,
</span>an online interactive program to accompany <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Latin for the New Millennium</i> 1 and 2. Be on the lookout for <span style="font-variant: small-caps;"><a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Lumina-Artes-Latinae-Level-1-Self-Teaching-Latin-Online-Course-P3963.aspx">Lumina
<span style="font-variant: normal !important;">for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Artes Latinae</i></span></a></span>, our interactive self-teaching
course based on the program designed by Dr. Waldo Sweet of the University of
Michigan.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Remember to participate in our annual contests. The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dolus aut Dulce</i> 2019 costume contest is
right around the corner in October, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Martia
Dementia</i> 2020 is sure to be as entertaining as ever. We will also be
introducing some new features on this blog: in addition to sharing more
information about recent titles, we will be creating special posts to accompany
each month’s mythological monster portrayed in the 2019–2020 Roman calendar. Follow
us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BCPublishers/?eid=ARC9TrNwVfolEXGQ7-TV64JzGYkD_S_-Y3lHDYk9GEJDVnV_BmpzrH6XiqI408fCLWS5BITd9EHQ1_ou">Facebook</a>
and <a href="https://twitter.com/BCPublishers">Twitter</a> and check our blog
so that you never miss a contest, newly released book, or mythology post!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br />Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-45987061882724367102019-05-31T10:14:00.000-05:002019-06-04T10:00:10.453-05:00Latin, Greek, and an American Pastime<br />
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languorous summer day, the scent of freshly mowed grass wafts in the breeze,
vendors are hawking hot dogs and roasted peanuts, and then you hear it . . .
someone calling out in what at first seems an unfamiliar tongue. Listening more
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If you were attending a Chicago White Sox game in the 1930s,
experiencing this scene was a real possibility. <a href="https://www.si.com/vault/1992/03/23/126195/scholar-lawyer-catcher-spy-moe-berg-baseballs-renaissance-man-of-the-20s-and-30s-was-a-us-atomic-spy-in-world-war-ii?fbclid=IwAR00wYkC4zpuouTT9j5W5SeAtmgzXUKmBbDtPfPOMFH0tPEBfIwuHDTKox4">As
the story goes</a>, whenever Hall of Fame White Sox pitcher Ted Lyons teamed up
with catcher Moe Berg, the two relied on communicating in ancient Greek when an
opposing runner was on second base. Berg’s own words from his essay “<a href="https://loa-shared.s3.amazonaws.com/static/pdf/Berg_Pitchers_Catchers.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1bvJ_rS4czHuxC8imrQU5pmoStu3PQmpFkKsYg3eF-IjzDjAm1BFPETcQ">Pitchers
and Catchers</a>” (in which he also describes the catcher as the “Cerberus of
baseball”) reveal why he and Lyons resorted to this rather unusual practice:<o:p></o:p></div>
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The catcher gives the signals only because he is in a better
position than the pitcher to hide them. In a squatting position, the catcher
hides the simple finger, fist, or finger-wiggle signs between his legs,
complicating them somewhat with different combinations only when a runner on
second base in direct line of vision with the signals may look in, perhaps
solve them, and flash back another signal to the hitter.</blockquote>
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In ancient Greek, Lyons and Berg found an ingenious way to signal
each other secretly.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Berg had a history of using ancient languages in the context
of baseball. As an undergraduate at Princeton University, he studied Latin,
Greek, French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Sanskrit and later attended the
Sorbonne in Paris to study experimental phonetics. While playing on Princeton’s
baseball team, Berg (playing shortstop) and second baseman Crossan Cooper used
Latin as their own “secret language” to communicate who would “cover the bag” in
the presence of an opposing base runner. <o:p></o:p></div>
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An abiding interest in the ancient Greeks and Romans—as well
as cultures and languages from the world over—revealed itself in various
aspects of <span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Berg’s life both on and off
the baseball field. </span><a href="https://www.si.com/vault/1992/03/23/126195/scholar-lawyer-catcher-spy-moe-berg-baseballs-renaissance-man-of-the-20s-and-30s-was-a-us-atomic-spy-in-world-war-ii?fbclid=IwAR00wYkC4zpuouTT9j5W5SeAtmgzXUKmBbDtPfPOMFH0tPEBfIwuHDTKox4"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sports
Illustrated</span></i></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> quotes an anonymous
teammate as saying, “<span style="background: white; color: #1b1a19;">We'd all sit
around and listen to him discuss the Greeks, Romans, Japanese, anything. Hell,
we didn't know what he was talking about, but it sure sounded good.” Toward the
end of his baseball career, Berg made several appearances on the popular radio
quiz show </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Please"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Information
Please</span></i></a><span style="background: white; color: #1b1a19;">, successfully answering an array of questions on Latin and
Greek etymology, among other topics. Later, during World War II, Berg’s
linguistic skills and extensive knowledge of international affairs aided him in
his spying efforts for the United States. He played an important role in atomic
counterintelligence, relaying information about the development of Germany’s
nuclear program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A. Bartlett Giamatti:
Scholar, Leader, Commissioner</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #1b1a19;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #1b1a19;">The history of the relationship between classical languages
and baseball does not stop with Moe Berg. Perhaps the most famous Latin
enthusiast in baseball was A. Bartlett Giamatti, seventh commissioner of Major
League Baseball. Formerly a professor of Renaissance literature, and then the
president of Yale University, Giamatti eloquently expressed the continued
relevance of Latin </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/09/nyregion/a-dead-language-is-given-a-lively-defense.html?fbclid=IwAR3j1bLyIkGqPVC9Syn6Ji6PS0WOszJwXbg1UaB9YdzSIhwrH9VUHtw5-po"><span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">in a letter responding</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #1b1a19;"> to the query
of a junior high school student:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Ask not, noble Dunn, what
prompts us to study a “dead language,” for the language is not dead. We study
Latin because without it we cannot know our history and our heritage. And
without that knowledge, we cannot know ourselves. Nosce teipsum, brave Dunn. If
one can read that, one can—in one's life—begin to do that. The link between
Latin and our lives is deep, and abiding.</span></blockquote>
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Giamatti wrote several articles affirming his deep love of
baseball prior to becoming baseball commissioner. His praise for baseball
linked the sport together with his scholarly interests, particularly his
celebration of <a href="https://www.si.com/vault/1989/04/17/106780178/a-gentleman-and-a-scholer">the
color green</a>. For Giamatti, the green of the baseball diamond was “the color
of hope,” symbolism that he noted is particularly meaningful in Dante’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Divine Comedy</i>. He also commented on the
significance of the word <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">park</i>,
derived from the Persian word for paradise, further observing that the first
“true” baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, at a place popularly
called the Elysian Fields. It’s almost as if the perfection of the baseball
park can only be properly expressed in the language of epic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Try It Yourself</i><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Are you a fan who’d like to try calling a few baseball plays
in Latin? Check out some Latin baseball vocabulary, courtesy of John Traupman’s
<a href="https://www.bolchazy.com/Conversational-Latin-for-Oral-Proficiency-4th-edition-P3388.aspx"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Conversational Latin for Oral Proficiency</i></a>,
listed below. If you have any other vocabulary that you typically use to
describe baseball—Latin or Greek—please share in the comments!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">baseball: </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(the ball itself)</i> basipila -ae <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(the
sport)</i> ludūs -ī <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">m </i>basipilae<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">play baseball:</b> basipilā lūdere<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">base (first, second,
third, home): </b>basis -is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(acc. -im)</i>
(prīma, secunda, tertia, summa <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">or</i>
domestica)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">baseball game: </b>basipilae
lūsus -ūs <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">m</i>, basipilae certāmen -inis
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">n<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">baseman (first,
second, third):</b> (prīma, secunda, tertia) basiārius -ī <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">m</i> (-a -ae <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f</i>)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">bat: </b>clava -ae <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f</i> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">batter: </b>clavātor
-tōris <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">m</i> (-trīx -trīcis <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f</i>)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">catch: </b>excipiō
-ere excēpī exceptus <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">catcher:</b> exceptor
-ōris <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">m</i>, exceptrīx -trīcis <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f</i> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">fly ball: </b>pila
volāns<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">glove: </b>digitābulum
-ī <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">n<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hit: </b>pulsāre<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hit the ball out of the park:</b> pilam
extrā campum lūsorium pulsāre<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hit a home run: </b>circuitum
basium facere<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">inning:</b> missus -ūs
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">m</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">outfielder:</b>
externus (-a) custōs -ōdis <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mf</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">pitcher: </b>coniector
-ōris <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">m</i>, coniectrīx -īcis <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">shortstop:</b>
intermedius (-a) basiārius -ī <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">m</i> (-a
-ae <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">f</i>)<br />
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–Amelia Wallace, Editor<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-16649164065028153052019-04-23T14:26:00.000-05:002019-04-23T14:26:13.348-05:00Nike Wins: Martia Dementia 2019 Recap<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAGH5JfjK1rE9muiykHrB4UoOwHvw-LQZDrralTKfnMJ5l18Zqz3V-7n5q4VX_JYVAMXt127e-iEYeDJ_Kasqi7ymvRINBxfXmeCs4imbByknJrbmsHOq-UKbwuG1zUBPdcfH/s1600/Nik%25C3%25A9_%25C3%2589ph%25C3%25A8se.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="600" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAGH5JfjK1rE9muiykHrB4UoOwHvw-LQZDrralTKfnMJ5l18Zqz3V-7n5q4VX_JYVAMXt127e-iEYeDJ_Kasqi7ymvRINBxfXmeCs4imbByknJrbmsHOq-UKbwuG1zUBPdcfH/s320/Nik%25C3%25A9_%25C3%2589ph%25C3%25A8se.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bas relief of Nike at Ephesus<br />
(courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)</td></tr>
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From the very beginning of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Martia Dementia</i> 2019, the Greek gods proved themselves to be
all-powerful, handily beating their hero, author, and politician rivals. Caesar
was no match for Ares, Augustus was no match for Poseidon! The Olympians seemed
like they might go all the way to the finish, with Zeus as a particular
favorite, until Nike, goddess of victory, proved true to her name. Among the
mythological creatures, the chthonic entities were the ones to beat: Python and
Cerberus vied in a close contest, with Cerberus winning. The three-headed hell
hound, however, ultimately bowed his head in defeat to snake-tressed Medusa.
While Medusa made a valiant effort in the championships, she couldn’t quite
overcome Victory herself, who was crowned with the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Martia Dementia</i> 2019 laurels. Sadly, some early fan favorites
didn’t make it far, but perhaps they’ll find some success next year. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thank you
to all who participated this year in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Martia
Dementia</i>—your enthusiasm is what makes this contest a success! And now,
let’s recognize our bracket winners. This year’s contest resulted in a tie for
first place: with fifty-four correct picks, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Michael Mangel</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Will
Joseph</b>, both of New Trier High School (Winnetka, IL), crushed the
competition. Each will receive a first place $100 book prize. Our third place
winner and recipient of a $25 book prize is the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Frontier Regional School </b>(Deerfield, MA) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Latin II class</b>, which submitted a bracket with 49 correct picks
under the aegis of student teacher <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Becka
Pomeroy</b>. According to Becka, the key to success in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Martia Dementia</i> is to have a big class (and then, of course,
encourage them all to vote!). Congratulations to our three winners!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The award
for most abysmal bracket goes to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">David
Jaffe</b>, Latin teacher at Belmont High School (Belmont, MA). His poor
showing—only eleven correct picks—resulted from some intricate and rather involved
methods of selecting winners for each round. Here, David explains his strategy:<o:p></o:p></div>
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My first
priority was to contrive funny match-ups: Taraxippoi vs. Nessus, Ovid vs. Augustus, Scylla vs. Charybdis, etc.
But there was really no question that in the end I had to have Homer win. Sure, he's a blind old poet who probably never
existed—but have <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>you read the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Iliad</i>? That's not the work of a loser. I
wasn't actually trying to get most abysmal.
I do, however, generally prefer more obscure characters, or those who seem like
more of an underdog, so in
hindsight I'm not really surprised.</blockquote>
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There you
have it—your <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Martia Dementia</i> 2019
winners! Once again, thank you to all participants, who helped make this year’s
contest a resounding success. Have strong feelings about this year’s winners?
Hope to see a particular ancient figure featured in next year’s contest? Tweet
@BCPublishers what and who you would like to see and include the hash tag
#MartiaDementia or give feedback in the comments below. We would love to hear
from you!<br />
<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Bolchazy-Carducci Publishershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15967364440185734509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12823798.post-1008522658052619352019-02-18T09:19:00.001-06:002019-08-28T15:37:28.659-05:00Martia Dementia 2019<br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">The fifth annual Bolchazy-Carducci <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Martia</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dementia</i> is upon us, and plenty of madness is in store for
all participants! In the contest’s first years, ancient authors,
philosophers, and politicians battled it out to reign supreme. Then, the Greek
and Roman gods got in on the action. Mythological heroes and heroines, not to
be outdone, joined the fray next. Now, thirty-two legendary monsters will show
their mettle as they contend with last year’s top thirty-two ancient figures. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">With your help, one of these figures will
emerge as champion of the Mediterranean. To the victor—whoever finishes
with the best bracket—belong the spoils. Before getting to the prizes, here is
the way the competition will work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">The Bracket</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Starting today,
complete and submit a bracket to be eligible for wondrous prizes. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">The preferred method:
Download the bracket and save it as a PDF file. Then, starting from the “Round
of 64,” go through each pairing and select your candidates. Type the names of
these candidates in their corresponding “Round of 32” slots. Continue through
the remaining rounds until one individual reigns supreme. Send your completed
bracket to the email provided on the right side of the bracket. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">The alternate method:
Download and print the bracket. Complete the bracket, writing instead of typing
your candidates. Scan or take a picture of your completed bracket and send it
to the email provided on the right side of the bracket.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><br />
</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Brackets will be
accepted through <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wednesday, March 20</b>.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">The Survey</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">A survey will be made
available on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thursday, March 21</b>,
where you can vote for your picks. Whichever ancient figures have the most
survey votes by the time the survey closes will advance through the round.
Actively participating in the survey betters your chances at winning. Fresh
surveys will be posted for each round, so there will be many opportunities to
make your mark on the contest. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><br />
We cannot stress enough the importance of voting early and voting often. When
the survey goes live, cast your votes! Get your friends to vote for your picks.
Teachers, get your students to stuff the survey with favorable votes!</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Victori Spolia</span></i></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">This
competition is not solely for bringing glory to your favorite ancient figure.
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers is offering book prizes for the brackets that most
closely resemble the final results; a $100 book credit will be awarded to the
first-place participant, a $50 credit to the second-place participant, and a
$25 credit to the third-place participant. Feeling like you no longer stand a
chance? Do not give up! There will also be a $25 credit for having the most
abysmal bracket! </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Stay
Connected</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Be
sure to bookmark this post and check it frequently, as we will post the survey
links for each round here as they become available. Also, follow us on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BCPublishers/?view_public_for=113031169646" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #999999; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Facebook</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"> and </span><a href="https://twitter.com/bcpublishers?lang=en" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: #999999; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Twitter</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"> for updates as the
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Remember,
brackets close <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wednesday, March 20</b>,
and the first round of voting will begin <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thursday,
March 21</b>.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">-Amelia Wallace </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Bracket </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.bolchazy.com.phtemp.com/pdf/MartiaDementiaBracket2019.pdf" target="_blank">Bracket</a><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "georgia" , serif; text-decoration-line: underline;"><br />
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</span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Survey Links</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><a href="https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/2AO8USLR10S6" target="_blank">Round of 64</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><a href="https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/Q20LH1MUHUE6" target="_blank">Round of 32</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><a href="https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/OCG7VIB9CAXH" target="_blank">Sweet 16</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><a href="https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/OCG7VIB9CAXH" target="_blank"><br /></a>
</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><a href="https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/T1UV0H91Z0SC" target="_blank">Elite Eight</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><a href="https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/LO4NJ41L1WN9" target="_blank">Final Four</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";"><a href="https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/Z7MO81AAQK9G" target="_blank">Championship Round </a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br />
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