Ovid's Metamorphoses: A Reader for Students in Elementary College Latin

Ovid's Metamorphoses: A Reader for Students in Elementary College Latin
ISBN-10
1138291188
ISBN-13
9781138291188
Series
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Category
Latin language
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2017
Author
Christine L. Albright

Description

Ovid's Metamorphoses is a Latin reader designed to partner existing elementary Latin textbooks. The book features thirty compelling stories, graduated in difficulty, adapted from Ovid's epic poem into prose. The original poem contains many different stories united thematically by the transformation which occurs in all of them; the epic features romance, seduction, humour, violence, monsters, and misbehaving gods. Each chapter contains: a Latin passage adapted from the epic an accompanying vocabulary list a short commentary to help with translation a concise review of the specific grammar covered a brief comment on a literary aspect of the poem, or featured myth. A free Companion Website offering a wealth of additional resources, including worksheets, flashcards, additional notes for each chapter and audio, is available at www.routledge.com/cw/albright. Suitable for college students studying Latin at elementary level, Ovid's Metamorphoses is designed to be used alongside elementary Latin textbooks. Preserving Ovid's language and highly vivid descriptions, the reader introduces students to the epic masterpiece, allows them to consolidate their understanding of Latin prose and offers opportunities for literary discussion.

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