Volume I, is now available. Volume II is now available. If you would like the two volume bundle.
The sample for Volume I can be viewed here. The sample for Volume II can be viewed here.
This reader contains the prescribed passages for the Vergil, Love Poetry, and Women portions of the IB® Latin Syllabus with examinations in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Same- and facing-page notes provide historical background, cultural context, and grammatical assistance. Introductions to each selection orient students to significant themes and events. The reader includes introductions to each author, appendices on meter and on literary terms, and a historical timeline.
Special Features of Lectiones Memorabiles, Volume I
- Introductions to Vergil, Love Poetry, and Women
- Unadapted Latin passages with same- and facing-page notes:
Vergil:
SL and HL
Aeneid
HL Only
Georgics
Love Poetry:
SL and HL
Carmina
3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 45, 50, 65, 72, 85, 86, 92, 107, 109 • Propertius,
Elegies
1.1, 2.12, 2.17, 2.19, 3.23
HL Only
Carmina
Elegies
1.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18
Women:
SL and HL
Heroides
Ab Urbe Condita
Pro Caelio
Aeneid
HL Only
Carmina
1.37 • Propertius,
Elegies
Carmina
- Introductions for each author and for each selection
- Metrical appendix
- Appendix of rhetorical devices and figures of speech
- Historical timeline
This reader contains the prescribed passages for the History and Good Living portions of the IB® Latin Syllabus with examinations in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Same- and facing-page notes provide historical background, cultural context, and grammatical assistance. Introductions to each selection orient students to significant themes and events. The reader includes introductions to each author, appendices on meter and on literary terms, and a historical timeline.
Special Features of Lectiones Memorabiles, Volume II
- Introductions to History and Good Living
- Unadapted Latin passages with same- and facing-page notes:
History:
SL and HL
Annales
2.70–73, 82–83; 3.1–6, 10–18
HL Only
Tiberius
22–26, 33–36, 39–42, 52–53
Good Living:
SL and HL
De Rerum Natura
1.54–135; 2.1–61 • Horace,
Carmina
1.9, 2.16, 3.26, 4.7 • Seneca,
Epistulae Morales
HL Only
De Tranquillitate Animi
- Introductions for each author and for each selection
- Metrical appendix
- Appendix of rhetorical devices and figures of speech
- Historical timeline