Latina Mythica

By Bonnie A. Catto

Book Overview

An intermediate Latin reader with high-interest stories from Greek and Roman mythology, complete with grammatical/vocabulary help that boosts reading speed and reader confidence. The level of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865165998
• ISBN13: 9780865165991
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Good text, poor illustrations

This is a good book for those studying Roman mythology and beginner-intermediate Latin. It is similar to Groton's Latin Stories for Wheelock: it has many stories in Latin, each with a helpful vocabulary list, each story a bit more difficult than the previous one. There is also a master vocabulary in the back. The stories are for the most part told well, using the most popular versions. There are English introductions to the stories, including introductions to some famous authors of antiquity. There are a couple of famous drawings, paintings, or sculptures in each chapter, which is nice. At the end of each story there are some study questions which I could do without but some people may find helpful. If there is anything I didn't really like it would have to be the sketches by Christopher White; they are really awful and completely out of place. But all in all a good book, a very good supplement to my Latin studies.

A highly accurate collection of classic Roman Mythology excerpts in Latin

Enhanced with illustrations from Christopher J. White, Latina Mythica by Bonnie A Catto (Professor of Classics, Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts) is a highly accurate collection of classic Roman Mythology excerpts in Latin. Inclusive of grammar and comprehension questions, discussion questions, cultural influences of each myth in art, music, ballet, and literature, ten original black and white illustrations, map of place names mentioned in the myths, genealogical charts, list of ancient sources cited, bibliography, and an end vocabulary, Latina Mythica is a superb learning tool, and very strongly recommended for all students of the Latin language, as well as Roman culture and myth. Also strongly commended to Latin Studies collections is Professor Catto's earlier work, Lucretius: Selections From De Rerum Natura.