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ANNOUNCEMENTS/ANNONCES CAC/SCEC, 1982 COMPETITION IN LATIN SIGHT TRANSLATION National Prizes 391 First Second Third Area Prizes Ian Arthy John Lundon Raphael Newman University of British Columbia University of Toronto University of Toronto Western Provinces Ontario Quebec & Maritimes Honourable Mentions Malcolm E. Duffie Louise Stephens Michael Lennon Maggie Helwig Marie-Andree Berube Carmela Morana University of Victoria University of Toronto McGill University Trent University McGill University Scarborough College, Toronto The organiser was Dr. Robert Fowler (University of Waterloo), and the judge was Dr. Nigel Crowther (University of Western Ontario), who commented as follows: IITwenty-eight entries from ten universities were received, two of them in French. The passage from Ovid Tristia 2. 13 ff. was sufficiently difficult to perplex exactly one halfOT the candidates, who did not come close to understanding the basic gist of the verses and were far from rendering an accurate translation. One would-be translator abandoned his attempt after the first line, but still hopefully submitted his version. He did not win. Fourteen competitors, however, did achieve an acceptable standard, but few were able to attempt more than a prosaic version. The overall winner is particularly to be congratulated for his superior translation. IINot all candidates knew the idiomatic use of iure, which unfortunately for them appeared three times in the pass~ Many surprisingly took Ausonias with Caesar. Ops generally was not known, to say nothing of the epithet. Ore wasoften translated as II face II , dici as if it were dixi. Other words which were most frequently missed were opem, nurus, exiguo, inermis and discussis. liThe tense of the first conditional clause caused problems for most. Only the best were able to work out the construction of forsitan ... feret, Musaque ... iram and utere ... idem. Insufficient attention waspaTd to tenses and moods. - - - IIThis difficult passage must have discouraged some translators, but it did produce worthy winners who displayed a good mastery of Latin, which is after all the point of the exercise. II 392 ANNOUNCEMENTS/ANNONCES SCEC/CAC CONCOURS NATIONAL DE VERSION GRECQUE, 1983 Les recipients des prix Margaret H. Thomson sont: 1 er Evelyne Proulx, Universite Laval I ra Mark Milne, University of Saskatchewan Margaret Erskine, University of Toronto $75.00 $50.00 $30.00 Une ecole secondaire et dix universites ont participe au concours. Des trente-deux etudiants qui ont pris part, vingt-six ont soumis leur version. Le total des concurrents et des institutions participantes est presque Ie meme que celui de Ilan 1982. Felicitations aux gagnants et remerciements a tous les concurrents et aux professeurs de ces etudiants. Merci aussi a tous ceux qui par leur generosite nous ont permis dlaccorder ces prix aux meilleurs candidats. D. Peter Burnell a bien voulu se joindre moi pour faire Ie choix definitif des gagnants. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA HARRY G. EDINGER Directeur CAC/SEC 1983 SENIOR GREEK SIGHT TRANSLATION COMPETITION First Second Third Fourth Fifth Jim Christie Aara Suksi lain Arthy John Lundon Malcolm Duffie McMaster University University of Toronto University of British Columbia University of Toronto University of Victoria The organiser was Dr. Robert Fowler (University of Waterloo), and the judge was Dr. Victor Matthews (University of Guelph), who commented as follows: IITwenty-six entries from eleven universities were received, including one in French. Sixteen entrants achieved an acceptable standard of performance. After these, however, there was a steep decline in standard, with the bottom few candidates being very weak. The best candidates, on the other hand, were very good indeed, the top three in particular coming up with excellent renditions. liThe passage itself, from the Hippias Maior 282c - 283b, was not particularly difficult. Nonetheless rcuv-ro6unoL<; defeated many, as did ANNOUNCEMENTS/ANNONCES 393 ~n np6npor, 't"olhwv. Trickier idioms which caused trouble were xd U;' Ev6r, yc XWpCOlJ and 0x£,66v n O[~UL. But this was only to be expected. It was more disquieting to see that a number of candidates could not cope with EACAT]GCL or £'U60XL~oC5V1:"or, or that so many had trouble with comparatives (np6't"£,por" npca13lJ't"cPOlJ, V£,WT£,POr,) or confused hu't"ov with hua't"or, (£XQ't"ov ~var, - each month~). Indeed, the numerals in the passage caused a great deal of trouble. Some candidates failed to handle successfully the genitive absolute and/or the indirect infinitives. Many did not pay sufficient attention to the grammatical forms of CtpyU01:"UL, Ctpyua~uL, £, LpyaaGuL and £pya01l't"Q.L • II QUEEN ELIZABETH II ONTARIO SCHOLARSH I P Mrs. Marianne S. Goodfellow is the only classicist among four winners of a Queen Elizabeth II Ontario Scholarship for 1983/1984. The award is open to Ph. D. candidates who are in the final stages of the preparation of a thesis in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics. Mrs. Goodfellow wrote her M.A. thesis on IIVergil and Transpadane Italyll under the supervision of Professor Mary Ella Milham at the University of New Brunswick. Her doctoral thesis is entitled IILiterary attitudes to the Georgics in Antiquityll and deals with reactions to the Georgics as a poem by professional scholars, prose writers and poets up to the end of paganism. She is working at the University of Ottawa, and her thesis directors are Professors Susan Treggiari and Colin Wells. AMERICAN CLASSICAL LEAGUE/NATIONAL JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE: NATIONAL LATIN EXAM, 1984 The Seventh National Latin Exam is open to all students enrolled in Latin I, II, III, and IV. Gold and silver medals and certificates are awarded to winners. There are 40 multiple choice questions on the exam, categories including grammar, mythology, derivatives, literature, Roman life and history. The exam is to be administered the second week in March in each school. Awards are sent to the principal the first week in May. Cost is $2.00 per student to be sent with the appl ication. Appl ications are sent to ACL members by the ACL office at Miami University in mid-October, and the deadline for receipt of application is Tuesday, January 10, 1984. Requests for information should be sent to ACL/NJCL National Latin Exam, P. O. Box 95, Mount Vernon, Virginia 22121, and must be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Appl ication forms may be obtained from American Classical League, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056. A packet containing the four previous exams (1980-1983, all 394 ANNOUNCEMENTS/ANNONCES four levels included) may be ordered by sending a $5.00 check or money order, payable to ACLI NJCL National Latin Exam, to Linda Sharrard Montross, James Madison High School, 2500 James Madison Drive, Vienna, Virginia 22180. INSTITUTE FOR THE CLASSICAL TRADITION IN OTHER CULTURES The Institute for the Classical Tradition in Other Cultures has been established, with offices at Boston University. It will carryon and expand the work begun by Gerald F. Else at the University of Michigan. The Director is Meyer Reinhold, with Emily Albu Hanawalt as Associate Director. A Newsletter for disseminating developments in the field will be issued periodically. The Institute will host a symposium at Boston University on the Classical Tradition. An annual bibliography on the Classical Tradition is also projected. Inquiries, new items, titles of articles and books published or in preparation, information on symposia and special projects should be sent to The Institute for the Classical Tradition in Other Cultures, Department of Classical Studies, Boston University, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, U. S. A. VERGILIAN SOCIETY CLASSICAL STUDY PROGRAM, SUMMER 1984 Designed for all persons with a serious interest in antiquity, the Vergilian Society's sessions provide an introduction to the history, art, and civilization of the Greco-Roman world through lectures, visits to museums, and daily on-site study of the archaeological remains. Enrolment in each session is limited, and early application is therefore advised. Scholarship aid is available; applications for scholarships are due by 1 February 1984. Group-rate air fares may be available. For further information and applications, please write to Prof. Robert J. Rowland, Jr., The Vergilian Society of America, University of Missouri, 149 A & S., Columbia, MO 65211. In addition to three sessions at the Villa Vergiliana on the Bay of Naples (June 25 to July 7, July 9 to July 21, and July 30 to August 11), directed by Professors James C. Anderson, Jr., Richard C. Monti, and Mary E. Moser, we will this year offer two new programs , THE CITIES AND CEMETERIES OF ETRURIA, directed by Prof. James C. Anderson, Jr., July 16 to July 28, and ANCIENT SARDINIA, directed by Prof. Robert J. Rowland, Jr., July 8 to July 15. ANNOUNCEMENTS/ANNONCES 395 CANADIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AT ATHENS: 1984 SUMMER SESSIONS: THE TOPOGRAPHY AND MONUMENTS OF ANCIENT GREECE Francophone Session: Anglophone Session: 2 - 29 July 1984 4 - 31 July 1984 These study-tours of the major sites, monuments and museums of Greece are open to undergraduate and graduate students of Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Art History and to teachers. University credit is available. For further information and an application write to Professor David W. Rupp, Department of Classics, B rock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, US 3A1. CAESAREA ANCIENT HARBOR EXCAVATION PROJECT, 1984: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS The Caesarea Ancient Harbor Excavation Project (CAHEP), a cooperative venture of the Center for Maritime Studies at the University of Haifa, the University of Victoria, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Maryland, seeks volunteers for its sixth season of underwater excavation in the harbor of Caesarea Maritima in Israel. Volunteers will participate in one of two three-week programmes. either 20 May - 8 June or 10 June - 29 June. These are designed to provide an introduction to all aspects of the underwater archaeology of submerged coastal sites and to the history and archaeology of Caesarea Maritima, the capital of Roman and Byzantine Palestine, and its magnificent harbor complex known in antiquity as Sebastos. As a major port in the eastern Mediterranean for over 1, 000 years, Sebastos affords an extraordinary laboratory for scholars and students interested in Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, and Crusader civilizations. The first five seasons of excavation have produced unique information concerning the sophisticated design and construction techniques used in the harbor, and have recovered remarkably well- preserved pottery, metal work, coins, wooden artifacts, and a Roman shipwreck. The 1984 season will also see the opening of several trenches on land, and participants will be able to gain experience with land excavation after completing thei r underwater work for the day. Individuals are also encouraged to assist the archaeological staff in the cataloguing and conservation of artifacts. 396 ANNOUNCEMENTS/ANNONCES Volunteers, who must have a recognized SCUBA certificate before beginning participation in the programme, pay their own transportation costs plus a fee to cover room and board and expedition expenses. Part of this fee may be tax-deductible. Help will be available in arranging the cheapest possible air fare to Israel. University credit can be arranged with either the University of Victoria or the University of Haifa. If there is sufficient interest, an optional Red Sea diving trip will be organized at the end of each session. For further information and appl ication forms, write or call Dr. John P. Oleson (Chairman), Department of Classics, University of Victoria, P. O. Box 1700, Victoria, B.C., V8W 2Y2, (Telephone: [604] - 721 -8515). CLASSICAL SOCIETY OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME The Society offers at least one scholarship of $1500 to a student or teacher of the classical languages and/or classical civilization. The scholarship will be awarded on a competitive basis, and is to be used to enable the recipient to attend the summer session of the American Academy in Rome. The Academy will also remit $100 of the tuition in the summer session for the recipient of the CSAAR scholarship. High school students and college undergraduates are not eligible for the CSAAR scholarship. Application forms (due February 15, 1984) are available from Professor Sheila K. Dickison, Department of Classics, 3-C Arts & Sciences Building, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. NEW ENGLAND LATIN PLACEMENT SERVICE To register with this placement service, write to Prof. Richard Desrosiers, Classics, 209A Murkland Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824. Notices of positions open should be sent to Gilbert Lawall at the address noted below (telephone 413-549-0390). The placement service attempts to bring candidates together with administrators who have jobs open. Qualified candidates are urged to register. OMNIBUS ANNOUNCEMENTS/ANNONCES 397 A new magazine for high school Latin students and college classics majors; concerned with all aspects of classical civilization and literature and published by the Joint Association of Classical Teachers in England. A magazine for students; enjoyable as well as informative . Winter and spring issues. $6.00 per year. Send check payable to Gilbert Lawall at address noted below. NEW ENGLAND CLASSICAL NEWSLETTER A publication for teachers, containing news from regional and national classical and foreign language, associations, discussion of recent developments in the teaching of Latin, Greek, and classical studies, teaching materials of immediate use in the classroom, and reviews of textbooks. 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