With its savage indictment of the horrors of war as they affect womenand children on the losing side, Euripides Troades has been one of themost regularly read, performed and adapted of Greek tragedies
The Odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. This edition of theOdes was first published in the outstanding 'red Macmillan' series, in which it finally replaced the lat
This edition is of Book I of Lucan's epic poem, De Bello Civili, sometimes also known as the Pharsalia, a great work of the Silver Age of Latin literature. Book I summarises the background to the civi
K. P. Harrington's Mediaeval Latin, the standard medieval Latin anthology used in the United States since its initial publication in 1925, has now been completely revised and updated for today's stude
K. P. Harrington's Mediaeval Latin, the standard medieval Latin anthology used in the United States since its initial publication in 1925, has now been completely revised and updated for today's stud
Exhibiting the same clarity as Latin via Ovid, this student workbook parallels the text's forty lessons and is the ideal supplement to classroom recitation and exercises. Drills in grammar and vocabul
L.A Wilding's Latin Course for Schools, published in three parts, is well established as an excellent introduction to the language, providing details of grammar and syntax in an ordered and easily ass
Reading Medieval Latin is an introduction to medieval Latin in its cultural and historical context and is designed to serve the needs of students who have completed the learning of basic classical Latin morphology and syntax. (Users of Reading Latin will find that it follows on after the end of section 5 of that course.) It is an anthology, organised chronologically and thematically in four parts. Each part is divided into chapters with introductory material, texts, and commentaries which give help with syntax, sentence-structure, and background. There are brief sections on medieval orthography and grammar, together with a vocabulary which includes words (or meanings) not found in standard classical dictionaries. The texts chosen cover areas of interest to students of medieval history, philosophy, theology, and literature.
This frequently reprinted volume is the 'sine qua non' for all whowould attempt to write faultless classical Latin Prose. It is impressively detailed in explaining syntactical nuances, in its exemplif
This impeccable edition still stands the test of time for school and university students approaching Cicero's major speechesagainst Mark Antony after the assassination of Julius Caesar.Denniston's com
