Reading
Required Readings in English (as mandated by the College Board):
Vergil's Aeneid: Books 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12
Caesar's Gallic Wars: Books 1, 6, 7
You will need to read English translations of the material we will be reading in Latin. Take notes on main characters and main events for each reading; you will have an open-note test on these books of Caesar's Gallic Wars and Vergil's Aeneid when you return in September.
You may read any translation or version of these works. If you do not have access to English translations, I have created links and downloads to English and Latin versions of the assigned readings. The Loeb Classical Library has recently made older versions of their books available through public domain and GoogleBooks. You can find ALL of their books here at Loebolus.
The Loebs are a little tricky; they are published with the left page in Latin and the right page in English. Therefore, when you are looking at the online versions, every other page is in English.
For these online versions of the Loeb, you have two options:
Option 1) Read them online.
Vergil's Georgics, Eclogues, and Books 1-6 of the Aeneid are here. The Aeneid begins on page 259.
Vergil's Aeneid Books 7-12 are here.
Caesar's Gallic Wars are here.
ALSO, you may prefer to read this very simple and easy-to-read translation of the Aeneid:
http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/Virgilhome.htm
Option 2) Download the files in PDF form and read on your computer, phone, or iPad.
Files for downloading each of these in PDF form can be found at the bottom of this page.
Vocabulary
Please memorize the giant vocabulary list of words used 24+ times in the Aeneid. You will find that you already know most of these words, so don’t be afraid. If you have lost your giant list, you can find an online copy of the Aeneid one here:
http://www.uncg.edu/cla/Vergil%27sAeneidVocabulary.pdf
Please do NOT forget declensions, conjugations, special constructions (like ablative absolutes, indirect statement, etc.).
If you have any questions over the summer, please email me at wwira@sandi.net!