From jsebesta@usd.edu Sun Mar 12 11:42:35 2000 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id LAA49556 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:42:34 -0800 Received: from sunburst.usd.edu (sunburst.usd.edu [192.55.228.48]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id LAA28638 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2000 11:42:34 -0800 Received: from [192.236.43.33] (sebesta.pols.usd.edu [192.236.43.33]) by sunburst.usd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA29238 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2000 13:42:27 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 13:43:45 -0500 To: classics@u.washington.edu From: judith sebesta Subject: help: suspected Latin plagiarism One of the assignments for lst year students is to create a short, short "story" in Latin based on the characters in Ecce Romani (or other characters). One of my students handed in a story that I have a vague feeling I've read before in a Latin primer. Perhaps someone can confirm this? The story begins Barnus parentibus suis s.d. Magno, vir crudelissimus, me in manicis in Forum Romanum duxit. Non eram solus. Multi servuli mecum alii erant. Viri Romani circumstabant, spectantes et ridentes. Titulum circum cervices gestabamus. In titus erant nomen, aetas, patria et artes nostrae.......Ego vos et avum aviamque, amicos patriam vehementer desidero. Quam miser sum. Quam miseram vitam ago. Valete. Barnus I've left out the part about standing in the sun, mocking the slaves for being puny, etc. and grinding grain. With thanks, Judith Sebesta, Chair Dept. of History 414 East Clark St. U of South Dakota Vermillion SD 57069 FAX: 605-677-5568 Phone: 605-677-5218 e-mail: jsebesta@usd.edu .