This Medieval Latin reader is aimed at intermediate undergraduate/advanced high school Latin students. The texts included in this collection cover religious biography (excerpts from Jerome's Life of Hilarion), tall-tales (Asinarius and Rapularius), heroic journey (Alexander the Great Meets Thalestris, Queen of the Amazons and Letaldus of Micy's The Fisherman Swallowed by a Whale), fables (Odo of Cheriton) and jokes (Poggio Bracciolini). Introductions to each text, as well as assistance with vocabulary, grammar, and syntax are provided.
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