Selections from Virgil's Aeneid Books 7-12: A Student Reader

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This reader of Virgil's text features passages from the second half of the Aeneid and is designed to help students understand and appreciate Virgils poem, as well as improve their Latin reading skills. Each Latin passage is accompanied by running vocabulary, on-page commentary notes and targeted questions. The book can be used as a source of one-off unseen passages or as a reader for students working through individual books or the whole poem. The commentary notes explain references to characters, places and events, provide linguistic and grammatical help on more challenging Latin phrases, and point out stylistic features. The questions test students comprehension of the characters and storyline, and give them practice in handling literary terms. The passages are linked by summaries of the continuing plot, so students can grasp the progression of the poem as a whole. An introduction sets the story of the Aeneid in its mythological, literary and historical context and includes a glossary of literary devices and essays explaining the principles of Virgils word order and metre. At the end of the book is a complete alphabetical vocabulary list.

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A must-have in the book-cupboard of any school ... There is something here for all tastes and a good overview of the story along with plenty of examples of Virgilian narrative and characterisation. I would most certainly recommend this for any student, or teacher, who is teaching Virgil either to GCSE or A Level. * Journal of Classics Teaching *
Carter has tapped into an area of classical teaching that is proving invaluable, whether in books of unseen passages for study or language tests, either at GCSE or beyond. This whole volume is an excellent tool with which to introduce the second half of the Aeneid to their students. Users certainly get a great deal of information for their money. * Classics for All *

Author Bio

Ashley Carter was formerly Head of Classics at Hitchin Girls' School, UK. He is the author of Selections from Virgil's Aeneid Books 1-6: A Student Reader (Bloomsbury, 2020), Virgil Aeneid XI: A Selection (Bloomsbury, 2018), Latin Language Tests (Bloomsbury, 2011), Latin Unseens for A Level (Bloomsbury, 2005), Latin Momentum Tests for GCSE(Bloomsbury, 2003) and the Cambridge Latin Anthology (1996).