CODEX - 12.1

CODEX 12.1

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KEY-TEXT

Listen to the audio feed from TSTT Mission Control as you read, operatives.

Ptolemaeus II Philadelphīus

antequam Aegyptus sub imperiō Rōmānō erat, Alexandrīa fuit caput rēgnī Ptolemaeōrum. ibi Ptolemaeus II Philadelphīus glōriam et in bellō et in pātrōnātū artium auxit. multī poetae scrīptorēsque Alexandrīam, quae erat portus Aegyptī, advēnērunt. omnēs volēbant studēre librīs volūminibusque in Bibliothēcā Alexandrīnā, quae erat in Mūsaeō. bibliothēcāriī librōs ab omnī parte mundī collegerant. Mūsaeum etiam spatia, quae animālia bēstiāsque continuērunt, habuit.

multōs annōs philologī Alexandrīam vēnerant sed clādēs Bibliothēcam tetigit. incendiō māgnō Biblothēca perīvit et paene omnēs librī cōnsūmptī sunt. nōnnullī hominēs Iūlium Caesarem accūsāvērunt sed sine indiciō.

Visual Walkthrough

GRAMMATICA

Operatives, as you may recall, gender was first introduced in Episode 9.1. Additionally, in Episode 9.2 neuter nouns were introduced to you.

Please review all of the noun endings for declensions 1-3, including the neuters.

	1st Declension	2nd Declension	2nd Decl. (neuter)	3rd Declension	3rd Decl. (neuter)
SINGULAR
nominative (subject)	puella	servus	templum	lapis	nōmen
genitive (possessive)	puellae	servī	templī	lapidis	nōminis
dative (to/for)	puellae	servō	templō	lapidī	nōminī
accusative (direct object)	puellam	servum	templum	lapidem	nōmen
ablative (with, by, in, etc)	puellā	servō	templō	lapide	nōmine
PLURAL
nominative	puellae	servī	templa	lapidēs	nōmina
genitive	puellārum	servōrum	templōrum	lapidum	nōminum
dative	puellīs	servīs	templīs	lapidibus	nōminibus
accusative	puellās	servōs	templa	lapidēs	nōmina
ablative	puellīs	servīs	templīs	lapidibus	nōminibus

VERBA

adhūc	still	adverb
aeger, aegra, agrum	sick, ill	adjective
appāreō, appārēre, appārāvī	to appear	verb
crepitō, crepitāre, crepitāvī	to crackle, rattle	verb
fessus, -a, -um	tired	adjective
īdem, eadem, idem	the same	pronoun
ingēns, ingēntis	huge, enormous, not natural	adjective
lingua, -ae; f	tongue, language	noun
memoria, -ae; f	memory	noun
propter	on account of (+ abl)	preposition

CULTURALIA

Operatives, the Demiurge recommends that all team members familiarize themselves with the Mousaion (museum) of the Ptolemies, often called the "Library of Alexandria": the greatest library in the ancient world, and, in its history, also the most controversial.

The second part of the immersion is fairly interesting. Operatives would be wise to search for ancient authors who have written about the Punic Wars. Remember, though, that while not all of those works have survived today, they would have been readily available in this time period.

ATTUNEMENT

I. Directions: In the immersions for 12.1, find four adjectives. Give the noun each adjective modifies, and the gender, case, and number of each noun/adjective pair. (HINT: not all noun/adjective pairs are directly next to each other.)

adjective	noun modified	case	number	gender

II. Directions: Using the key-text for 12.1, answer the following questions in complete Latin sentences.

1. antequam Aegyptus erat sub imperiō Rōmānō, ubi erat caput regnī Ptolemaeōrum?
2. quī advenērunt Alexandriam?
3. quid volēbant omnēs quī venērunt ad bibliothecam?
4. qualis cladēs bibliothecam tetigit?
5. habuērunt hominēs quī Iulium Caesarem accusavērunt indicium?

12.1c

Directions: Answer the following questions based on the Culturalia readings.
1. When was the Library of Alexandria constructed? Who was the Pharaoh then?
2. What does Plutarch say about the Library's destruction?
3. What did scholars use after the Library's destruction?
4. Where does the word "Museum" come from?
5. Besides the Library, what else was in the Museum at Alexandria?

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