Reading Latin
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Reading Latin

Text and Vocabulary

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eBook - PDF

Reading Latin

Text and Vocabulary

About this book

Reading Latin, first published in 1986, is a bestselling Latin course designed to help mature beginners read classical Latin fluently and intelligently. It does this in three ways: it encourages the reading of continuous texts from the start; it offers generous help with translation at every stage; and it integrates the learning of classical Latin with an appreciation of the influence of the Latin language upon English and European culture from antiquity to the present. The Text and Vocabulary, richly illustrated, consists at the start of carefully graded adaptations from original classical Latin texts. The adaptations are gradually phased out until unadulterated prose and verse can be read. The accompanying Grammar and Exercises volume completes the course, although the present volume could be used as a self-standing beginner's reader if desired. This second edition has been fully revised and updated, with a new chapter containing stories from early Roman history.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Preliminary remarks
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Notes
  10. Map 1 The Roman world c. 44 BC
  11. Map 2 Asia Minor and the East
  12. Map 3 Greece
  13. Introduction
  14. Part One Plautus’ comedies
  15. Part Two Early Roman history: from Aeneas to Hannibal
  16. Part Three The demise of the Roman Republic
  17. Part Four Additional Reading for Sections 1B to 5G
  18. Total Latin–English Learning Vocabulary