Each scene uses new forms and vocabulary reinforcing the students grasp of grammar. This play is a unique text for students in their first semester of Latin. This text provides a dramatic addition to a Latin course, allowing students to read, speak and act out Latin comedy, with a vocabulary found in the second half of many first year Latin textbooks. This substantially revised edition includes new scenes and characters while reducing the overall quantity of unfamiliar vocabulary.Originally Auricula Meretricula was written as a companion to Wheelock but can be used in conjunction with any introductory Latin textbook. First published in 1981, Auricula Meretricula was greeted with enthusiasm by students and teachers, and is currently used in many classics departments in the US and elsewhere. At the same time it provides an enticing introduction to Roman comedy and elegy. Each scene uses new forms and vocabulary, thus reinforcing the students grasp of grammar by placing it in a living context. Auricula Meretricula is a unique play for students in their first semester of Latin. Ruby Blondell (Mary Whitlock Blundell) is Professor of Classics at the University of Washington, Seattle with special interests in Greek and Roman philosophy and literature.Book Description Paperback. Stefanie Kennell, Memorial University of Newfoundland "It is the best remedy I know for the 'worthiness' (and choppiness) of Wheelock's sentential and. Catherine Connors, University of Washington "Very clever but easy to read and offers lots to talk about on those days when there are a few extra minutes of class time." "mihi quidem non minus festivum videtur esse opusculum istud quam doctum atque studiosae iuventuti salutare." is extremely well planned, very sensibly graded in the rising degree of difficulty from one chapter to the next, and all in all the ideal companion to Wheelock." "The book is excellent, stimulating, lively and probably the best elementary reader I've seen for communicating something of how Latin was probably spoken. This substantially revised edition includes new scenes and characters while reducing the overall quantity of unfamiliar vocabulary. First published in 1981, Auricula was greeted with enthusiasm by students and teachers, and is currently used in many classics departments in the US and elsewhere. Each scene uses new forms and vocabulary, thus reinforcing the students' grasp of grammar by placing it in a living context. Ebook examination copies are also available to qualified course instructors.
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