Resources
Electronic Resources
- L3 Textbook: A grammar reference for the LATN 101 and 102 sequence at Holy Cross with grammatical notes and reference tables.
- L3 Pliny Text: A version of Pliny’s text with just the words, for copying and pasting into your own document to print out and make notes on.
- Pliny on Perseus: An important web version of Pliny’s text that can help you with vocabulary, parsing, and word frequencies.
- Pliny translation (Walsh 2006): A very legal and not at all suspicious PDF of P.G. Walsh’s 2006 translation of the complete collection of Pliny’s letters.
- Tips for Reading Latin: Prof. Machado’s step-by-step tips for taking apart a Latin sentence.
- Logeion: Lexidium: An online version of the Lewis & Short (L&S) Latin to English Dictionary.
- Furman: L&S: Furman University’s version of the L&S Dictionary.
- Whitaker’s Words: Resource to help with parsing and to translate from English to Latin.
- GroupMe: A GroupMe group to chat with one another and with me, ask quick questions, and share course-related thoughts, comments, and memes. Especially memes.
Book List
- Shelton, Jo-Ann. 2016. Pliny the Younger: Selected Letters. Mundelein, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-0865168404; ISBN-10: 0865168407.
- various commentaries and handouts via PDF
The cost of books should never be a deterrent to participation in a class that you want to take. If you have trouble affording our course books, please let me know, and I will work to get you affordable copies through the resources of the College.
Academic Resources
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