Wheelock's Latin Reader, 2nd Edition: Selections from Latin Literature

by Wheelock, Frederic M.; LaFleur, Richard A

• ISBN13: 9780060935061
• ISBN10: 0060935065
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-16
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Originally intended by Professor Frederic M. Wheelock as a sequel to Wheelock's Latin, his classic introductory Latin textbook, Wheelock's Latin Reader, newly revised and updated by Richard A. LaFleur, is the ideal text for any intermediate-level Latin course. You'll find a rich selection of of prose and poetry from a wide range of classical authors, as well as briefer passages from medieval and Late Latin writers, each presented in the Latin in which it was originally written. Useful features include extensive notes; a complete Latin-English vocabulary; maps of ancient Italy, Greece, and the Roman Empire; and numerous photographs illustrating aspects of classical culture, mythology, and history featured in the readings.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Bibliography	xvii
Abbreviations	xix
Maps	xxi
Cicero's Orations against Verres	2	(42)
Cicero's Letters	44	(38)
Cicero's Philosophica	82	(54)
On Moral Responsibilities	84	(32)
On Friendship	116	(20)
Livy's History of Rome	136	(58)
Legends of Early Rome	138	(26)
Hannibal and the Second Punic War	164	(30)
Ovid's Metamorphoses	194	(48)
Pliny's Letters	242	(34)
The Vulgate	276	(18)
Medieval Latin	294	(35)
Latin-English Vocabulary	329