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The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius An Intermediate Reader and Grammar Review Second Edition By P. L. Chambers

The second year of Latin instruction can be the most difficult for student and teacher alike. Students must remember a seemingly endless array of grammatical rules and vocabulary, and often the material to be translated seems dull and lengthy beyond endurance. P. L. Chambers has found a way to overcome these problems, with the help of one ancient Roman. Aulus Gellius, a well-educated nobleman, is best known today for a collection of observations titled Noctes Atticae, a project he began during the long winter nights JULY 2020 he spent in Attica, the region of Greece where Athens is located. The selections $24.95x PAPER 978-0-8061-6721-3 chosen for this reader touch on diverse aspects of Roman culture and can be eas- 120 PAGES, 8.5 X 11 ily understood and translated by intermediate students. For the Second Edition, CLASSICAL STUDIES/LATIN Chambers added three new chapters, one of which centers on Aulus Gellius’s transla-tion of a letter to Aristotle by Philip of Macedon announcing the birth of ORDER ONLINE AT OUPRESS.COM his son Alexander.

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