Learning Latin the Ancient Way. Latin Textbooks from the Ancient World. - DICKEY, Eleanor,
Latin Textbooks from the Ancient World
KORTE INHOUD
Professor Eleanor Dickey travelled around Europe to view the scraps of material that remain from ancient Latin school textbooks, or colloquia, which would have been used by young Greek speakers in the Roman empire learning Latin between the second and sixth centuries AD. The manuscripts, which Dickey has brought together and translated into English for the first time in her forthcoming book Learning Latin the Ancient Way: Latin Textbooks in the Ancient World, lay out everyday scenarios to help their readers get to grips with life in Latin. Subjects range from visiting the public baths to arriving at school late ? and dealing with a sozzled close relative. (...) The colloquia show the language learners how to deal with getting to school late - a boy told that 'yesterday you slacked off and at midday you were not at home.' He successfully escapes from censure by putting the blame on his very important father, whom he had accompanied 'to the praetorium' where he was 'greeted by the magistrates, and he received l...
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2016Uitgever: Cambridge University Press197 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1107474574ISBN-13: 9781107474574Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Cambridge, 2016. XII,187p. Paperback. [New] [Auteur: DICKEY, Eleanor,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 2016] [Titel: Learning Latin the Ancient Way. Latin Textbooks from the Ancient World.]
