Auricula Meretricula
This play is a unique text for students in their first semester of Latin. Each scene uses new forms and vocabulary, thus reinforcing the students' grasp of grammar by placing it in a living context. At the same time it provides an enticing introduction to Roman comedy and elegy. 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. This substantially revised edition includes new scenes and characters while reducing the overall quantity of unfamiliar vocabulary.
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This play is a unique text for students in their first semester of Latin. Each scene uses new forms and vocabulary, thus reinforcing the students' grasp of grammar by placing it in a living context. At the same time it provides an enticing introduction to Roman comedy and elegy. 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. This substantially revised edition includes new scenes and characters while reducing the overall quantity of unfamiliar vocabulary.
Praise for the first edition:
"The book is excellent, stimulating, lively and probably the best elementary reader I've seen for communicating something of how Latin was probably spoken. . . . [It] 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."
--Michael Dewar, University of Calgary
"mihi quidem non minus festivum videtur esse opusculum istud quam doctum atque studiosae iuventuti salutare."
—John Herington, Yale University
"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."
—Catherine Connors, University of Washington
"It is the best remedy I know for the 'worthiness' (and choppiness) of Wheelock's sentential and . . . a happy addition to the classroom."
—Stefanie Kennell, Memorial University of Newfoundland
About the Author:
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.
