Beginning Latin Poetry Reader: 70 Selections from the Great Periods of Roman Verse and DramaMcGraw Hill Professional, 5. 1. 2006 - 320 strán (strany) Embrace 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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... fire) and perlege (perlegé ~ere) are both 2 sg. imp. act., stand by and read [it] through. 2 hic here; sepulchrum -i N. grave; haucl : n6n; this line (here is the not heautiful tomb of a beautiful woman) plays on the popular (but ...
... fire is that of the pyre on which I—Ielvia's body was cremated; aqua Stygii is a rather odd way of referring to I—Ielvia's passage over the river Styx in Charon's boat (see page 79). This epitaph illogically combines the two conflicting ...
... fire. (lit., Flamejbllows very closely on (i.e., is next to) smoke.) Quod tuom est meum est; omne meum est autem tuom. PLAUTUS Trinumnms 329 What's yours is mine, and whats mine is yours. (lit., What's yours is mine, and indeed all ...
... fire), and it is in this position that ancient sculptures depict a person read ing. Papyrus rolls were not suited to desks as we know them. The readers problems were not confined to manipulating the roll, how~ ever, as conventions of ...