1. Learning objectives – to understand and analyse Martial, Epigrams 10.62 ludi magister…..

2. Martial, Epigrams 10.62 ludi magister…..

3. Martial, Epigrams 10.62 Lines 1-5 ludi magister, parce simplici turbae: Schoolmaster, spare your young crowd: sic te frequentes audiant capillati thus, thronging long-haired [children] would listen to you et delicatae diligat chorus mensae, and the band at your elegant table love [you] nec calculator nec notarius velox maiore quisquam circulo coronetur. neither any maths teacher, nor any teacher of speedy note-taking would be surrounded by a bigger group/ crowned by a greater circlet.

4. Martial, Epigrams 10.62 1-5 1)From whose point of view is this poem written? 2) What are they asking the schoolmaster to do? 3)What would the three results be, if the schoolmaster does what they ask? Write out the Latin and the English of each consequence. 4) “maiore quisquam circulo coronetur” what pun is there here?

5. Martial, Epigrams 10.62 albae leone flammeo calent luces The bright daylight is hot in flaming Leo (July/August) tostamque fervens Iulius coquit messem. and boiling July is cooking the scorched harvest

6. Martial, Epigrams 10.62 lines 6-7 5) What time of year is it? 6)Why is it given the name of leo? 7)What is the weather like? 8)How can you tell? Name 2 ways.

7. Martial, Epigrams 10.62 cirrata loris horridis Scythae pellis, may the scythian’s whip, bristling with rough thongs, qua vapulavit Marsyas Celaenaeus, with which Phrygian Marsyas was beaten ferulaeque tristes, sceptra paedagogorum, and the sad rods, the sceptres of the paedagogi10 cessent et Idus dormiant in Octobres: be still and sleep until the Ides of October:

8. whip – cat o nine tails

9. Marsyas Marsyas was an expert player on the double- piped reed instrument known as the aulos.reed instrumentaulos He challenged Apollo to a contest of music Apollo The terms of the contest stated that the winner could treat the defeated party any way he wanted. Since the contest was judged by the Muses, [6] Marsyas naturally lost and was flayed alive in a cave near Celaenae for his hubris to challenge a god. Muses [6]flayedhubris

10. cane royal sceptre

11. Martial, Epigrams 10.62 lines 8-11 9) Two different items of punishment are mentioned here. What are they? 10)Only one of these items is actually in the schoolroom – which one? Give the Latin noun. 11)Why does Martial call the ferulae the “sceptra paedagogorum” – what tone is he using? 12)Who was Marsyas and (briefly) what happened to him. 13)Why has Martial included this grim tale in this light-hearted poem?

12. Martial, Epigrams 10.62 aestate pueri si valent, satis discunt. if children are healthy in summer, they learn enough.

13. Homework comprehension sheet

14. Martial, Epigrams 10.62 line 12 14) What final reason do the schoolboys give for releasing them. 15) Summarise what the boys want in one sentence.