num_pages: 414
description: This book is designed primarily to meet the needs of students who will read Latin poetry instead of Latin prose following two years of Latin in high school or one year in college. Some special features of the book which the authors believe will commend themselves to alert teachers and to students are the 1. Emphasis upon Vergil’s Aeneid, especially Books I, II, IV, and VI. The entire text, tegother with comprehensive questions, of Books III and V. Representative, interesting selections from various Latin poets. 2. The device of the marginal vocabulary as a ready aid to minimize the vocabulary burden. 3. Notes on the same page with the text. 4. Comprehension questions on the text. 5. Work units providing abundant teaching material and comprehensive drills based on the Latin text. 6. An appendix giving biographical material, a survey of Latin poetry, and a compendium of Latin-English vocabulary. 7. A complete Latin-English vocabulary. 8. Attractive, artistic, relevant illustrations.
language: Latin
title: Latin Poetry
titlecomplete: Latin Poetry (English and Latin Edition)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company