Beginning Latin Poetry Reader: 70 Selections from the Great Periods of Roman Verse and DramaEmbrace your Roman muse! As a learner of Latin, you want to experience the Roman world by reading its writers in their original language. But you may be unsure where to begin in the classical canon or you may worry that your Latin skills are insufficient to tackle authentic texts. Requiring only a grounding in the basics, Beginning Latin Poetry Reader lets you explore the rich and diverse range of Latin verse, including epics, comedies, satires, lyric poetry, and even graffiti! Inside you'll find seventy selections from authors of the early Republic such as Plautus and Terrance as well as those of the Golden and Silver Ages such as Vergil, Horace, Ovid, and Juvenal--all supported by helpful footnotes and English translations. This book also includes a clear overview of Latin syntax and the metrics of its verse, a glossary of all Latin words found in the readings, and a time line showing the historical and literary context of each author. Lose yourself in:
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... Quam confidenter loquitur. TR. At te Iuppiter dique omnes perdant! fu! oboluisti alium. 6: PLAUTUS Mostellaria 1—39 27f. hocine : hoc + -ne (interr. particle); take hoc With officium (-(i)i N. duty)— from context we determine that we ...
... quam sis callidus, verberibus caesum te in pistrinum, Dave, dedam usque ad necem, ea lege atque omine ut, si te inde exemerim, ego pro te molam. 200 quid, hoc intellextin? an nondum etiam ne hoc quidem? DA. Immo callide: ita aperte ...
... Quam brevis inmensum cepit membrana Maroneml How small a parchment has packaged the vast Maro (i.e., Vergil)! Epigrammata 14.186.1 Haec tibi multiplici quae structa est massa tabella, carmina Nasonis quinque decemque gerit. This large ...
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