Wheelock's Latin Reader: Selections from Latin Literature

I needed this for a Latin 202 class. It arrived in brand new condition, and very quickly as well (I didn't find out I needed it until the first day of class but still didn't miss a single assignment). It has several important Latin texts from Cicero to vulgar, and has helpful definitions on each page and a rather extensive dictionary in the back. If you're a middling Latin learner and wish to do some translating I definitely encourage you to get this book.

I thought this was a very helpful and useful book, great for learning on your own, and a fantastic first step in reading Latin in the original. The notes were very helpful, and the presence of a dictionary in the back was also very useful. I thought the selections themselves were excellent, and well-sequenced and well-distributed. We start with a lot of Cicero, which I thought was helpful in grappling with complex grammar and getting a feel for some of the elements of Roman style. Livy offered a nice change of pace, though still had some of the stately qualities of Cicero. Then we get to experience poetry with Ovid, and then take a bit of a break, so to speak, with Pliny’s letters. I love that the book ended with the Vulgate and Medieval Latin, which I never encountered in high school. All in all, I thought it was a great anthology and the perfect first step for reading Latin in the original.

It’s a great companion to Wheelock’s latin. A must, if you are serious about learning lingua latina.

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In my time at the University of Oslo, we had to learn Latin. Most students soon forgot it, and I had probably done so too if it had not been for the opportunity to keep it alive with the help of for example this book by Wheelock, better than such books by other authors. It has made it easier to approach Latin texts in my field with greater comfidence.

Best Reader to follow a Grammar that I know of; and I have used others! Directions are straight forward, but I had students memorize the vocabulary as the went so that reading was fluent in class. Follows Lingua Latina very well (since the Lingua Latina Reader is not very good).

Very helpful notes, include information as well as glossing rare terms, but leaves it up to the reader to decide which meaning to use, which I found lead to a better understanding of the texts on my part than if it just gave a suggested meaning. Using this book for a graduate level class in Roman Philology, an amazing text, recommended to students and teachers alike

A classic Latin reader used in nearly every Latin course. Highly recommended

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I am a novice in Latin and while I understand the grammar, declensions etc etc, vocab is what I need to work on, and I tend to study the dictionary and turn to this book to help me really make some progress. It's slow going and I have no reason to rush as I am now out of university, but over my lifetime this book will see a lot of use.

I bought this book mainly for the mediaeval section rather than the Classical excerpts. I’d read a lot of Cicero and didn’t think I would get much from the selections, but I was pleasantly surprised to find there was a lot of Cicero’s philosophical writing here. I’ve read very little of that (I have an aversion to philosophy) but enjoyed reading bite-size chunks of works that I’ve previously by-passed. As for Livy, I’m always happy to read the account of Hannibal crossing the Alps, and Pliny’s account of Vesuvius is always gripping. The mediaeval section has some interesting sections from Bede as well as the Vulgate, and the drinking song from Carmina Burana is great, especially if you know Carl Orff’s work. You can really belt it out and feel good if, like me, you’re a drinker. This edition has a useful introduction to each writer and extensive notes facing the text. These are helpful for glossing difficult words or words used in an unusual sense, as well as for explaining obscure points of grammar. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to move from translating short passages of Latin to reading the actual works of the great Latin writers.

Great book, lightweight and compact. Pages are very thin but resistant. It's more than I expected.

Como os textos não foram manipulados ou alterados para satisfazer fins pedagógicos, tem-se acesso a uma gama completa de prosa autêntica e original do Latim. Esse livro cobre vários períodos.