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Ovid Unseens: Practice Passages for Latin Verse Translation and Comprehension
Mathew Owen
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Description for Ovid Unseens: Practice Passages for Latin Verse Translation and Comprehension
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CJB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Ovid Unseens provides a bank of 80 practice passages of Latin verse, half elegiac and half hexameter. Taken from across Ovid’s works, including the Metamorphoses, Fasti, Heroides, Amores and Tristia, the passages help build students' knowledge and confidence in a notoriously difficult element of Latin language learning. Every passage begins with an introduction, outlining the basic story and theme of the passage, followed by a ‘lead-in’ sentence, paraphrasing the few lines before the passage begins. The first set of passages are translation exercises of 12-16 lines, each accompanied by a Discendum box ... Read more
Ovid Unseens provides a bank of 80 practice passages of Latin verse, half elegiac and half hexameter. Taken from across Ovid’s works, including the Metamorphoses, Fasti, Heroides, Amores and Tristia, the passages help build students' knowledge and confidence in a notoriously difficult element of Latin language learning. Every passage begins with an introduction, outlining the basic story and theme of the passage, followed by a ‘lead-in’ sentence, paraphrasing the few lines before the passage begins. The first set of passages are translation exercises of 12-16 lines, each accompanied by a Discendum box ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472509840
SKU
V9781472509840
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99-50
About Mathew Owen
Mathew Owen is teacher in Classics at Caterham School, Surrey, UK.
Reviews for Ovid Unseens: Practice Passages for Latin Verse Translation and Comprehension
Ovid Unseens offers a wide-ranging and carefully graded collection of passages, giving students an excellent introduction to the poet and to the technique of unprepared verse translation. It is packed with sound advice and will be hugely useful.
John Taylor, Head of Classics at Tonbridge School, UK and author of "Latin Beyond GCSE"
John Taylor, Head of Classics at Tonbridge School, UK and author of "Latin Beyond GCSE"