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Learning Latin the Ancient Way: Latin Textbooks from the Ancient World

By Eleanor Dickey

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
1107093600, 9781107093607
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4463674 bytes)
Pages
XII, 187\201
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2017-04-20 01:31:20
Foreign Language Dictionaries & Thesauruses;Foreig

Description

What did Greek speakers in the Roman empire do when they wanted to learn Latin? They used Latin-learning materials containing authentic, enjoyable vignettes about daily life in the ancient world - shopping, banking, going to the baths, having fights, being scolded, making excuses - very much like the dialogues in some of today's foreign-language textbooks. These stories provide priceless insight into daily life in the Roman empire, as well as into how Latin was learned at that period, and they were all written by Romans in Latin that was designed to be easy for beginners to understand. Learners also used special beginners' versions of great Latin authors including Virgil and Cicero, and dictionaries, grammars, texts in Greek transliteration, etc. All these materials are now available for the first time to today's students, in a book designed to complement modern textbooks and enrich the Latin-learning experience.

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