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My Latin II students are translating Hercules XII Labors. So to help them visualize and remember each labor I recreated a scene depicting a central moment in each labor. What is so great about this is giving the students the chance to "step" into the ancient vase and explore the painting from all different angles originally not available. The scenes are copied from vase paintings from around the 5th century BC.
While the larger scale organic model was very tempting, I opted for the smaller scale. I wanted the challenge to reside in the ability to accurately replicate at a small scale. There is something satisfying in seeing the scene in spite of the blocky nature of the sculpture. The smaller scale is something that my students can easily reproduce and modify as they wish.
If you have suggestions about how to improve a scene let me know. I want to give my students the best experience possible.
The XII labors are as follows:
1 Nemean Lion
2 Lernean Hydra
3 The Stag of Ceryneia
4 The Erymanthean Boar
5 The Augean Stables
6 The Stymphalian Birds
7 The Cretan Bull
8 The Horses of Diomedes
9 The Belt of Hippolyte
10 Geryon's Cattle
11 The Apples of the Hesperides
12 Cerberus
While the larger scale organic model was very tempting, I opted for the smaller scale. I wanted the challenge to reside in the ability to accurately replicate at a small scale. There is something satisfying in seeing the scene in spite of the blocky nature of the sculpture. The smaller scale is something that my students can easily reproduce and modify as they wish.
If you have suggestions about how to improve a scene let me know. I want to give my students the best experience possible.
The XII labors are as follows:
1 Nemean Lion
2 Lernean Hydra
3 The Stag of Ceryneia
4 The Erymanthean Boar
5 The Augean Stables
6 The Stymphalian Birds
7 The Cretan Bull
8 The Horses of Diomedes
9 The Belt of Hippolyte
10 Geryon's Cattle
11 The Apples of the Hesperides
12 Cerberus
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Update #1 : by MagisterCraft 02/24/2016 7:51:31 pmFeb 24th, 2016
Hercules won second place in Remnant's week in review week of February 14! Couldn't have done it without your support! Thank you all! Muchisimas gracias! Grazie mille a voi! Multas gratias vobis ago!
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Its a real privilege to see your work
Your students are very lucky.
would have loved to have such in my latin lessons