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A Little Latin Reader

ISBN: 9780199846221 | 0199846227

Edition: Bilingual
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 10/28/2011

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Summary Table of Contents Author Biography

Covering an extensive variety of grammatical constructions,A Little Latin Readeris an ideal supplement for undergraduate courses in beginning and intermediate Latin. It presents vivid, unadapted passages, each two to ten lines in length, drawn from the poetry and prose of various Classical authors--including Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Martial, Ovid, and Vergil--and from inscriptions. The selections are arranged according to the specific points of grammar and syntax that they demonstrate. By introducing unadapted Latin at the earliest stage of la... MOREnguage instruction,A Little Latin Readerhelps students transition more easily from beginning and intermediate Latin textbooks to authentic Latin prose and poetry. FEATURES: * Selections are annotated and arranged for maximum classroom flexibility * Brief introductions to each reading provide students with narrative context * Extensive vocabulary notes below each selection enable students to read entire passages without consulting a dictionary * Twelve extended prose and poetry passages serve as a challenge for advanced students and a preview of further Latin study * Appendices contain short biographies of the authors included in the text; guides to Latin meter and epigraphy; an index organized by theme; and maps of locations associated with the readings * Latin texts include macrons that aid students in correct pronunciation and in the recognition of difficult forms

This book is designed primarily for use in beginning and intermediate Latin classes at the undergraduate level (semesters 1-4 of college Latin). This Latin reader will present passages of 3-10 lines taken from Classical authors (including Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Martial, Ovid, Vergil, etc.and inscriptions. The selections will consist of lively unadapted passages suitable for elementary and intermediate level Latin students. These passages will be annotated in such a way that instructors can use them in a wide variety of classroom settings. The selections will be arranged to emphasizecertain points of grammar and syntax (case use: Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative, and Ablative; Pronouns; Ablative Absolutes; Relative Clauses; Indirect Statement; Subordinate Clauses; Subjunctive Verbs; and Conditionals). The arrangement of topics and the length of the passages is intended to provide the highest degree of flexibility in the classroom: a single selection could provide additional practice in syntax and translation during the first or last few minutes of a class session; a series of selections couldprovide the foundation of a class meeting; selections could be used for practice and/or testing in translating at sight; or the entire reader could be used as the foundation of a comprehensive review and transition into intermediate and advanced Latin. In essence, this reader will expose students ofLatin to extended passages of unadapted Latin from a wide variety of important authors at the earliest stage in language instruction. This early exposure to Classical authors will enable students to transition more easily from beginning and intermediate Latin textbooks to authentic Latin prose andpoetry.

1. NOMINATIVE AND ACCUSATIVE CASES
1.1. CIL IV 3117: Pompeii
1.2. CIL IV 3794: Pompeii
1.3. CIL IV 7086: Pompeii
1.4. CIL IV 275: Pompeii
1.5. Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.505-506
1.6. Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.550
2. SIMPLE INFINITIVES
2.1. CIL VIII 17938: Timgad (Africa)
2.2. Horace, Carmina 3.2.13
2.3. Horace, Epistulae 1.1.41-42
3. SUM
3.1. CIL IV 5279: Pompeii
3.2. Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.512-514
3.3. Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.517-518
3.4. Ovid, Metamorp... MORE

Mary C. English is Associate Professor of Classics and General Humanities at Montclair State University, where she has taught Latin at all levels. In 2007, she received the American Philological Association's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Since 2003, Dr. English has served as the editor of The Classical Outlook.

Georgia L. Irby is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the College of William and Mary, where she has taught Latin and Greek at all levels. She is the editor of Nuntius, the newsletter of Eta Sigma Pi, the national honor society for undergraduate students of the classics.

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