Oxford Latin Reader

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Author: Maurice Balme

ISBN-10: 0195212096

ISBN-13: 9780195212099

Category: Ancient & Medieval Literature

Completely revised and restructured in light of a nationwide survey of high school and college instructors, and for the first time available in a special version for North American students, the Oxford Latin Course, Second Edition combines the best features of both modern and traditional methods of Latin teaching, providing an exciting, stimulating introduction and approach to Latin based on the reading of original texts. The new part four is a reader consisting of extracts from Caesar,...

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Completely revised and restructured in light of a nationwide survey of high school and college instructors, and for the first time available in a special version for North American students, the Oxford Latin Course, Second Edition combines the best features of both modern and traditional methods of Latin teaching, providing an exciting, stimulating introduction and approach to Latin based on the reading of original texts. The new part four is a reader consisting of extracts from Caesar, Cicero, Catullus, Virgil, Livy, and Ovid.

Acknowledgements4Introduction5Cicero1The young Cicero102Consulship, exile and return203Governor of Cilicia364Civil war and death44Caesar1The first invasion of Britain582The second invasion of Britain703Revolt in Gaul 1: The ambush of Sabinus and Cotta824Revolt in Gaul 2: The siege of Cicero's camp90Catullus1Catullus and his friends1042Catullus in love1143The sequel128Virgil1Aeneas arrives at Carthage1422The love of Dido and Aeneas1483The death of Dido158Livy1Hannibal prepares to invade Italy1702Hannibal reaches the Alps1763Hannibal crosses the Alps182Ovid1Ovid tells the story of his life1922Ovid the lover2003Ovid in exile214App. 1Select vocabulary222App. 2The metres of the poems of Catullus, Virgil and Ovid228General vocabulary231Index of names254