Roma Aeterna: Second Edition, with Full Color Illustrations (Lingua Latina)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (606 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1585108634 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Author of the Latin course Lingua Latina secundum naturae rationem explicata, first published 1955-56. 1963-1988 teacher at Grenaa Gymnasium. French and Latin at the University of Copenhagen. After his retirement he ran a publishing house called Domus Latina, which is now run by his children.. 1953-1961 on the staff of The Nature Method Institute, Copenhagen. 1946-52 and 1961-63 teacher at various Danish High Schools. New revised edition published 1990-91 under t
1946-52 and 1961-63 teacher at various Danish High Schools. About the AuthorHans Henning Ørberg (1920-2010) MA in English. 1953-1961 on the staff of The Nature Method Institute, Copenhagen. 1963-1988 teacher at Grenaa Gymnasium. New revised edition published 1990-91 under the title Lingua Latina per se illustrata, with a number of supplements. Author of the Latin course Lingua Latina secundum naturae rationem explicata, first published 1955-56. After his retirement he ran a publishing house called Domus Latina, which is now
A vivid description of the city's monuments precedes a prose retelling of the first four books of Virgil’s Aeneid, with many of the most famous passages in their original verse form. The unadapted selections, which make up the majority of the text, are taken from Aulus Gellius, Ovid, Nepos, Sallust, and Horace. Roma Aeterna (the main book of Pars II of the Lingua Latina per se illustrata series) introduces some of the most celebrated authors of Roman antiquity through the lens of Roman literature and mythology. The prose selections are judiciously chosen and, in the first few chapters, gently adapted to provide students with a text that is authentically Latin and yet not difficult. These annotated selections make Roma Aeterna useful both as the next step after Familia Romana and as a survey of Latin literature in its own right. Roma Aeterna incorporates the following features:Latin immersion with vowel lengths markedApproximately 3,000 vocabulary wordsShort discussions of