Syllabus
For 2024-5
Set texts for weekly reading and interpretation classes. Students will need a copy of the following prescribed commentaries:
- Virgil Aeneid 12. (R. Tarrant [2012] Aeneid : Book XII. Cambridge).
- Sallust Bellum Catilinae. (J.T. Ramsey [2007] Sallust's Bellum Catilinae. Oxford. 2nd edition).
Set text for grammar and syntax in context. Students will need a copy of the following
- Cicero Catilinarians. (A.R. Dyck [2008] Cicero Catilinarians. Cambridge).
Assessment:
The module is examined by:
a) 1-hour paper in the Winter session of examinations, which counts for 25% of the final mark (one passage from Aeneid 12);
b) 2-hour paper in the Summer session of examinations, which counts for 75% of the final mark (one passage from Sallust Bellum Catilinae, and one passage from Cicero's Catilinarians).
In the Winter examination, students will be expected to translate he extract from the first set text (Virgil Aeneid 12), to explain grammatical forms and constructions, and to comment on points of interest in style, content, and wider interpretation in the selected passage.
In the Summer examination, students will be expected:
- to translate an extract from the second set text (Sallust Bellum Catilinae), to explain grammatical forms and constructions, and to comment on points of interest in style, content, and wider interpretation in the selected passage;
- to explain grammatical forms and constructions in an extract from Cicero's Catilinarians.
Additional Materials
Recommended Dictionaries:
Charles Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary (Oxford, various reprints) or C.T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, Oxford 2002.
Note that the Lewis & Short (more expensive, but much more comprehensive than the Elementary option) is also available as a smartphone app for around £4, and can also be consulted online on perseus.tufts.edu. Also try, if you can, to use the Oxford Latin Dictionary, regarded as the best Latin-English dictionary available. There are copies available for consultation in the University Library.
Recommended Grammars:
James Morwood, A Latin Grammar (Oxford, 1999) or Cambridge Latin Grammar (Cambridge, 1992). Other possible grammars to consult are B.L. Gildersleeve’s Latin Grammar (London, 1948) and Kennedy’s Revised Latin Primer (Cambridge, 2010) PDF
Online Resources:
https://logeion.uchicago.edu/about