Required Texts for Classics Courses
Fall, 2006

Department of Classics
Monmouth College


CLAS200 / CLAS212 / CLAS230 /
GREK101 / GREK200/300/400 /
LATN101 /
LATN200/300/400


Nota Bene: It is strongly advised that students NOT purchase used books for language courses.
 

CLAS200 Introduction to Classical Studies (Instructor: Sienkewicz)
Book Cover Everitt, Anthony. Cicero
Product Details:
ISBN: 037575895X
Format: Paperback, 364pp
Pub. Date: May 2003
Publisher: Random House, Incorporated
Edition Description: First Random House Paperback Edition
Edition Number: 1

 

  
CLAS/HIST212 History of Rome (Instructor: W. Urban)
Not available.
 
CLAS230 Classical Mythology (Instructor: Sienkewicz)
 
Joseph Campbell. The Hero with a Thousand Faces
ISBN: 0691017840
Format: Paperback, 464pp
Pub. Date: 1972
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Edition Description: Rev
http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/234.html
 
   
          Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation
          Stephen Trzaskoma (Editor), R. Scott Smith (Editor), Stephen Brunet (Editor)
          ISBN: 0872207218
          Format: Paperback, 517pp
          Pub. Date: December 2004
          Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company,  Incorporated
 
 

Star Wars: The Magic of Myth
Mary S. Henderson
ISBN: 0553378104
Format: Paperback, 200pp
Pub. Date: November 1997
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group

 

 
GREK101 Elementary Greek

Nota Bene: It is strongly advised that students NOT purchase used books for language courses.

Groton, Anne. From Alpha to Omega, An introduction to Classical Greek.
• Rev. Third Edition, Thoroughly Corrected • Focus Publishing 2000 •  paperback • 1-58510-034-X
Designed for the first course in Classical Greek, fifty lessons in Classical Greek grammar. Presumes    little or no previous language study. Readings drawn from authors such as Aesop and Plato. Successfully used in many programs.
 
   
Graphic Greek Grammar Cards
T. Davina McClain
ISBN: 0-86516-597-1
Pages: 12 (6 double-sided cards)
Publication Date: 2005
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci
http://www.bolchazy.com/prod.php?cat=greek&id=5971
   
       
GREK200/300/400 Directed Readings (Instructor: Sienkewicz)
NOTE: This class may split into two sections. One will read Plato; the other may read selections from the Gospel of John

Nota Bene: It is strongly advised that students NOT purchase used books for language courses.
 
Aland Greek New Testament with dictionary (104887) 4th ed.
3-4380511-3-3
American Bible Society
   
The textbook for the Plato section is experimental and will be provided in draft form by the instructor, with the permission of the authors. It is modeled on Vergil: A LEGAMUS Transitional Reader.

It is highly recommended that the following dictionary be purchased for this course:


 
An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon

ISBN: 0199102066

Author: Liddell, Henry George
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Binding: Hardcover
Copyright: 1945

Founded upon the seventh edition of Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon of 1889, this is intended for use by those with an intermediate-level knowledge of Greek.
Price New: $46.00 (Purchase a used copy if you can find one in good condition and not marked up.)
LATN101 Elementary Latin (Instructors: Wine or Hellenga)
Nota Bene: It is strongly advised that students NOT purchase used books for language courses.

See The Official Wheelock's Latin Series Website

Wheelock, Frederick M. and Richard A. LaFleur. Wheelock's Latin
ISBN: 0060784237
Format: Paperback, 510pp
Pub. Date: April 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Edition Description: Sixth Edition
 Latina 4.0 CD (Win, Mac OSX & Mac Classic)
Published by Centaur Systems (www.centaursystems.com) 

One-time purchase; required to install modules (below)

  $ 10

Latin Flash Drill modules (Win, Mac OS X, Mac Classic included):

  Wheelock's Latin (6th ed./rev., 2000/2005)

  $ 20

Latin Vocab Drill modules (Win, Mac OS X, Mac Classic included):

  Wheelock's Latin (6th ed./rev., 2000/2005)

  $ 20

  
   
The Bantam New College Latin & English Dictionary (John C. Traupman, Softcover) 
Author: John C. Traupman Format: Softcover
ISBN: 0553573012

 

Authors: Anne Groton and James May
Format:
Paperback: 104 pages.
Publisher: Bolchazy Carducci Pub (12/01/1998)
ISBN: 0865162891
 

 
LATN200/300/400 Directed Readings (Instructor: Sienkewicz)
NOTE: This class will be split into two sections. One will read Caesar; the other Catullus.

Nota Bene: It is strongly advised that students NOT purchase used books for language courses.
Caesar. Invasion of Britain
W. Welch and C.G. Duffield

Format: Paper, xxiii + 97
ISBN:  0-86516-334-0
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Pub. Date:
1884; reprint 2000
 
 
Catullus LEGAMUS Transitional Reader (click for description)
      Kenneth F. Kitchell, Jr., and Sean Smith

Format: Paper, xxx + 162
ISBN:  0-86516-634-X
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Pub. Date:
2006

 
This material has been published on the web by Prof. Tom Sienkewicz for his students at Monmouth College. If you have any questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.

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