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Ovid's Metamorphoses : a reader for students in elementary college Latin
Uniform Title
Metamorphoses. Selections
Title
Ovid's Metamorphoses : a reader for students in elementary college Latin / Christine L. Albright.
ISBN
1315265605
9781315265605
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
Physical Description
1 online resource : text file, PDF
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Summary
"Ovid's Metamorphoses is a Latin reader designed to partner existing elementary Latin textbooks. The book features thirty compelling stories, graduated in difficulty and adapted from Ovid's epic Metamorphoses 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 epican accompanying vocabulary lista short commentary to help with translationa concise review of the specific grammar covereda 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 the elementary level, Ovid's Metamorphoses is designed to be used alongside elementary Latin textbooks. Preserving Ovid's language and highly vivid descriptions, this reader introduces students to the epic masterpiece, allows them to consolidate their understanding of Latin prose, and offers opportunities for literary discussion."--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Print version:
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Creation begins: (Met. 1.5-150); Noun and verb basics; 2 Creation continues: (Met. 1.5-150); Second declension; 3 Lycaon: (Met. 1.163-252); Second conjugation present indicative active; 4 Deucalion and Pyrrha: (Met. 1.313-415); Third declension; 5 Apollo and Python: (Met. 1.416-451); Third conjugation; 6 Apollo and Daphne: (Met. 1.452-567); Imperfect indicative active; 7 Phaethon: (Met. 2.1-400); Future indicative active.
17 Perseus and Andromeda: (Met. 4.663-803)Infinitives; Indirect statement; 18 The rape of Proserpina: (Met. 5.346-571); Participles; 19 Arachne and Minerva: (Met. 6.1-145); Ablative absolute; 20 Niobe: (Met. 6.146-312); Present subjunctive; Jussive subjunctive; 21 Tereus, Procne, and Philomela: (Met. 6.401-674); Imperfect subjunctive; Fear clauses; 22 Boreas and Orithyia: (Met. 6.675-721); Deponent verbs; Participles of deponent verbs; 23 Medea's rejuvenation of Aeson: (Met. 7.159-293); Purpose clauses; 24 Medea's punishment of Pelias: (Met. 7.294-349); Perfect subjunctive; Result clauses.
25 Scylla and Nisus: (Met. 8.1-151)Jussive noun clauses; 26 Pomona and Vertumnus: (Met. 14.623-771); Pluperfect subjunctive; Conditions; 27 Quirinus: (Met. 14.805-51); Cum clauses; 28 Cipus: (Met. 15.547-621); Relative clauses of characteristic; 29 Aesculapius: (Met. 15.622-744); Indirect question; 30 The apotheosis of Caesar: (Met. 15.745-870); Gerunds and gerundives; Glossary; Index.
8 Cadmus and the founding of Thebes: (Met. 3.1-137)Third declension adjectives; 9 Actaeon: (Met. 3.138-252); Fourth declension; 10 Semele: (Met. 3.253-315); Fourth conjugation; 11 Tiresias: (Met. 3.316-38); Demonstratives; 12 Bacchus and Pentheus: (Met. 3.511-733); Perfect indicative active; 13 Mars and Venus: (Met. 4.167-89); Pluperfect indicative active; Future perfect indicative active; 14 Salmacis and Hermaphroditus: (Met. 4.274-388); Fifth declension; 15 The transformation of Cadmus: (Met. 4.563-603); Relative clauses; 16 Perseus and Atlas: (Met. 4.604-62); Passive verb forms.
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