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Overview"Adapted to better meet the needs of American college students, The Oxford Latin Course, College Edition, retains its trademark reading-based approach, but does so now in two companion volumes--Readings and Vocabulary and Grammar, Exercises, Context--that cover all of the topics essential to a first-year Latin course.OTHER NEW FEATURES:* Streamlined organization that focuses more closely on the life of the Roman poet Horace* Additional and more robust grammar explanations* Revised cartoons--completely redrawn for a college audience--that illustrate grammar points and provide students with ""visual vignettes""* A revised narrative that corresponds to customary U.S. usage and Americanized spelling* A Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/morwood containing grammar and syntax drills, flashcards for vocabulary review, phonetic pronunciations, and instructional materials" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Balme , MorwoodPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 18.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.694kg ISBN: 9780199862979ISBN 10: 0199862974 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 10 February 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Scintilla in casa laborat Quintus 2. Quintus Flaccum iuuat Women 3. Nundinae Nundinae and Farming 4. Ludus Flaui Education 5. Flauius fabulam narrat The Iliad 6. Graeci Troiam capiunt Virgil's Aeneid 7. Polyphemus Homer and Virgil 8. Aeneas in Africa 9. Infelix Dido 10. Comitia Elections 11. Quintus Romam aduenit Rome 12. Ludus Orbili Greece and Rome 13. Marcus Quintum domum suam inuitat Cicero 14. Caesaris triumphi The Roman Triumph 15. Idus Martiae The End of the Republic 16. Caesaris funus 17. Athenis Stoic and Epicurean 18. Brutus Athenas aduenit 19. Horatius Delphos uisit Delphi 20. Horatius militat The Roman Army 21. Philippi Ablative absolute Brutus and Cassius 22. Horatius ad Italiam redit The Confiscations 23. Horatius Romam redit Latin Poetry 24. Horatius carmina scribit Books 25. Horatius Maecenati commendatur 26. Horatius iter Brundisium facit Travel 27. Maecenas poetas fouet Vixi puellis 28. Horatius rusticus fit Patrons and Clients 29. Augustus Cleopatra Chapter 30. Horatius amicus fit principis Some Glimpses of Augustus Chapter 31. Indomita mors DeathReviews"""Congratulations on hitting just the right approach to making a very enjoyable set of Latin texts more functional for college teaching.""--Robert Luginbill, University of Louisville ""This new and improved version of the Oxford Latin Course is better suited for today's college students. It is a reading-approach text that also has an excellent grammar component.""--Victor Leuci, Westminster College ""Across the board, students ask for more history and culture in Latin class, and this book gives them exactly that. The running story, cultural essays, and actual Latin readings will hold their interest much more effectively than random sentences and vocabulary.""--Zoe Kontes, Kenyon College ""I am favorably impressed by the new cartoons. They are drawn in a style that most college students will find compelling.""--David Christenson, University of Arizona" Congratulations on hitting just the right approach to making a very enjoyable set of Latin texts more functional for college teaching. --Robert Luginbill, University of Louisville This new and improved version of the Oxford Latin Course is better suited for today's college students. It is a reading-approach text that also has an excellent grammar component. --Victor Leuci, Westminster College Across the board, students ask for more history and culture in Latin class, and this book gives them exactly that. The running story, cultural essays, and actual Latin readings will hold their interest much more effectively than random sentences and vocabulary. --Zoe Kontes, Kenyon College I am favorably impressed by the new cartoons. They are drawn in a style that most college students will find compelling. --David Christenson, University of Arizona Congratulations on hitting just the right approach to making a very enjoyable set of Latin texts more functional for college teaching. --Robert Luginbill, University of Louisville This new and improved version of the Oxford Latin Course is better suited for today's college students. It is a reading-approach text that also has an excellent grammar component. --Victor Leuci, Westminster College Across the board, students ask for more history and culture in Latin class, and this book gives them exactly that. The running story, cultural essays, and actual Latin readings will hold their interest much more effectively than random sentences and vocabulary. --Zoe Kontes, Kenyon College I am favorably impressed by the new cartoons. They are drawn in a style that most college students will find compelling. --David Christenson, University of Arizona Congratulations on hitting just the right approach to making a very enjoyable set of Latin texts more functional for college teaching. --Robert Luginbill, University of Louisville This new and improved version of the Oxford Latin Course is better suited for today's college students. It is a reading-approach text that also has an excellent grammar component. --Victor Leuci, Westminster College Across the board, students ask for more history and culture in Latin class, and this book gives them exactly that. The running story, cultural essays, and actual Latin readings will hold their interest much more effectively than random sentences and vocabulary. --Zoe Kontes, Kenyon College I am favorably impressed by the new cartoons. They are drawn in a style that most college students will find compelling. --David Christenson, University of Arizona Congratulations on hitting just the right approach to making a very enjoyable set of Latin texts more functional for college teaching. --Robert Luginbill, University of Louisville This new and improved version of the Oxford Latin Course is better suited for today's college students. It is a reading-approach text that also has an excellent grammar component. --Victor Leuci, Westminster College Across the board, students ask for more history and culture in Latin class, and this book gives them exactly that. The running story, cultural essays, and actual Latin readings will hold their interest much more effectively than random sentences and vocabulary. --Zoe Kontes, Kenyon College I am favorably impressed by the new cartoons. They are drawn in a style that most college students will find compelling. --David Christenson, University of Arizona Congratulations on hitting just the right approach to making a very enjoyable set of Latin texts more functional for college teaching. --Robert Luginbill, University of Louisville This new and improved version of the Oxford Latin Course is better suited for today's college students. It is a reading-approach text that also has an excellent grammar component. --Victor Leuci, Westminster College Across the board, students ask for more history and culture in Latin class, and this book gives them exactly that. The running story, cultural essays, and actual Latin readings will hold their interest much more effectively than random sentences and vocabulary. --Zoe Kontes, Kenyon College I am favorably impressed by the new cartoons. They are drawn in a style that most college students will find compelling. --David Christenson, University of Arizona Author InformationMaurice Balme is the former Head of Classics at Harrow. He is the coauthor of Athenaze, the #1 book in the US for first-year courses in Greek, and the author of many other books. James Morwood has been a Lecturer of Classics at Wadham College, Oxford, since 1996. Before that, he taught Classics for 30 years at Harrow. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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