Oxford Latin Course Reader

Second Edition

Maurice Balme, James Morwood

Oxford Latin Course Reader

Second Edition

Maurice Balme, James Morwood

ISBN:

9780195212099

Binding:

Paperback

Published:

1 Jul 1997

Availability:

94

Series:

Oxford Latin Course

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Description

Used along side any Latin course, the Oxford Latin Reader will give students access to, and confidence with, a broad range of unadapted Latin texts.
  • Helps make the transition from adapted Latin to unadapted texts
  • Extracts are of a manageable length and a glossary of difficult vocabulary and usages aid students to approach the texts with confidence
  • A historical timeline matches major events with the featured authors' lives
  • The Teacher's Book provides full translations to save time as well as suggested questions and additional background information

Contents

Cicero
1: The young Cicero
2: Consulship, exile and return
3: Governor of Cilicia
4: Civil war and death
Caesar
1: The first invasion of Britain
2: The second invasion of Britain
3: Revolt in Gaul 1: The ambush of Sabinus and Cotta
4: Revolt in Gaul: 2: The siege of Cicero's camp
Catullus
1: Catullus and his friends
2: Catullus in love
3: The sequel
Virgil
1: Aeneas arrives at Carthage
2: The love of Dido and Aeneas
3: The death of Dido
Livy
1: Hannibal prepares to invade Italy
2: Hannibal reaches the Alps
3: Hannibal crosses the Alps
Ovid
1: Ovid tells the story of his life
2: Ovid the lover
3: Ovid in exile
Appendix 1: Select vocabulary
Appendix 2: The metres of the poems of Catullus, Virgil and Ovid
General vocabulary

Authors

Maurice Balme

James Morwood