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Latin Via Ovid: A First Course [Hardcover]

Norma Goldman (Author), Jacob E. Nyenhuis (Author)

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Product Details

Hardcover: 494 pages
Publisher: Scholarly Book Services Inc; 2nd Revised edition edition (Jun 27 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0814317324
ISBN-13: 978-0814317327
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.7 x 3.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 930 g

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #108,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #28 in Books > Nonfiction > Education > Language Instruction > Instruction > Latin
- #41 in Books > Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > Latin

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A Latin textbook with readings from Ovid's "Metamorphoses."

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Using an introduction to mythology by the master storyteller Ovid himself, the authors have prepared a unique teaching tool designed to achieve proficiency at Latin in one year at the college level, two years at the high school or intermediate level. The volume provides students with imaginative, connected reading, beginning with introductory prose versions of Ovid's simple myth tales and progressing to the rich poetry of Ovidian Latin (with appropriate teaching aids) within forty lessons. The grammatical approach is traditional, but the central emphasis is on reading. In each chapter the reading appears first, followed by the vocabulary, the grammar, exercises, and etymology relating to the vocabulary. The exercises begin with a group of questions in Latin (based on the reading), to be answered in Latin. Each tale is preceded by a brief discussion in English of the story and its mythological significance. The myths retold by Ovid and the attractive format are conceived to impel the student into acquiring the skill to read the author in the original language.

A workbook ("Practice!, Practice!") and accompanying audio recordings are also available.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Latin Via Ovid, April 22 2004

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This review is from: Latin Via Ovid: A First Course (Hardcover)

Latin Via Ovid is a wonderful book. I'm on my second semester of Latin, planning to taking two years, and this book has become my constant companion.

Each chapter has a story in Latin to translate, Verba (words, aka vocab words), Structure, Exercises, and Etymology. The stories (with the exception of the first chapter) are myths (for example, Atalanta et Hippomenes, Europa et Taurus, Echo et Narcissus, Bellum Troianum). Having a teacher certainly helps, but I could and would do the course alone if I had to.

This is the only book I would use to learn Latin. With it I would also recommend Edith Hamilton's Mythology (which is so enticing I read ahead [accidently], finished the book, and bought my own copy). EH's Mythology also includes a fascinating bit about Norse mythology.

Latin Via Ovid earns it's keep time and again. You have to be careful, otherwise you start chatting away in Latin and people start thinking you're crazy (believe me, I know).

P.S. I really wish people could shut up about the "dead language." For one, a language can never be dead. For another, if people speak and/or know it, it's not dead. If you truly loved Latin, how could you insult it by calling it "dead?" If you loved a person, would you call them "dead?" I doubt it. Latin is quite alive; please, honor it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent study tool!, Nov 28 2003

luvthearts "luvthearts" (Alameda, California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Latin Via Ovid: A First Course (Hardcover)

As they say in the English middle schools:

Latin is a language
A language as dead as can be
First it killed the Romans
And now it is killing me

However, it is not too difficult if you study diligently. A teacher is always of help, but if you put your mind to it you will slowly conquer Latin and become proficient at it. Just throw on some elbow grease and get to it!!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Introduction to a Living "Dead" Language, Nov 14 2003

Bookworm "Jerry" (Marietta, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Latin Via Ovid: A First Course (Hardcover)

I studied Latin in High School.

I took two semesters of Latin in College.

Then I got a real job, and my Latin was growing rusty. Oh I have Wheelock's, and the accompanying materials. Then I found "Latin Via Ovid."

Suddenly, I rediscovered the joy of studying this "dead" yet very "living" language by reading passages of the great Roman poets, in the original <more or less>, without the tedious declensions <which are included>, or conjugations <which are also present>, but I could READ Latin! I could READ and UNDERSTAND Latin! Suddenly, words became living organisms. . .I could listen to someone, and mind go into Latin, and make almost miraculous comebacks. . .breaking ordinary English into Latin roots. . .

Never mind that.

If interested in the Language of Scholarship, but don't know much about it <and I didn't learn the rules of grammar until I studied Latin>, this is the book (and please, get the accompanying workbook!) for you.

Buy Confidently! Study Hard!

Carpe Diem!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great, but difficult without a teacher.
Salve! This book is really great, as long as you have a teacher who will elaborate on the short grammar sections. Read more

Published on Sep 24 2002