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Prescribed Texts for Undergraduate Units

Greek 1151, 1152, 2201, 2202
Required:
Joint Association of Classical Teachers Reading Greek: I. Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises; II. Text (2nd edition: Cambridge 2007, 2 vols)

Greek 3301
Required:
Euripides. Medea ed. Elliott (Oxford 1969)
Plato. Apology ed. Helm (Wauconda rev.ed. 1997)
Recommended:
Goodwin, Greek Grammar 2nd ed. (repr. Bristol Classical Press)
Liddell & Scott, Abridged Greek Lexicon (Oxford 1963)

Greek 3302
Required:
Herodotus. Histories Book IX ed. M. Flower & J. Marincola (Cambridge 2002)
Homer. Iliad Book IX ed. J. Griffin (Oxford 1995)
Recommended:
Goodwin, Greek Grammar 2nd ed. (repr. Bristol Classical Press)
Liddell & Scott, Abridged Greek Lexicon (Oxford 1963)

Latin 1151, 1152, 2201, 2202
Required:
Jones and Sidwell, Reading Latin: I. Text; II. Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises (Cambridge 1986, 2 vols)

Latin 3301
Required:
Suetonius. Nero, ed. B. Warmington (Duckworth/Bristol Classical Press 1999)
Ovid. Metamorphoses Book 1, ed. A. Lee (Duckworth/Bristol Classical Press 1991)
Recommended:
B. Gildersleeve and G. Lodge, Latin Grammar (repr. Duckworth/Bristol Classical Press 1997)
W. Smith, Chambers Murray Latin-English Dictionary (repr. Chambers 1994)

Latin 3302
Required:
Livy. Book 1, ed. H. Gould & J. Whiteley (Duckworth/Bristol Classical Press 1991)
Ovid. Ars Amatoria Book 1, ed. A.S. Hollis (Oxford 1989)
Recommended:
B. Gildersleeve and G. Lodge, Latin Grammar (repr. Duckworth/Bristol Classical Press 1997)
W. Smith Chambers Murray Latin-English Dictionary (repr. Chambers 1994)

CLAH1102 Julians and Julio-Claudians
Required:
Goodman, M. (1999) The Roman World, 44 BC – AD 180, London (Routledge)
Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome, trans. M. Grant (Penguin), pb.
Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, trans. R. Graves (Penguin), pb.
Recommended:
Kennedy, D. L. et al. (2008) CLAH1102 Julians and Julio-Claudians, Unit Notes

CLAH1103 Glory and Grandeur
Required:
Lane Fox, R. (2006) The Classical World. An Epic History of Greece and Rome, London (Penguin)
Recommended:
Kennedy, D. L. et al. (2008) CLAH1103 Glory and Grandeur, Unit Notes
Morkot, R (1996) The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece, London (Penguin)
Scarre, C. (1995) The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome, London (Penguin)


CLAH1111 Myth: From Creation to Death

Required:
Sourcebook (available from the Classics and Ancient History office from June)
P. Grimal, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology paperback (Oxford 1996)
F. Graf, Greek Mythology: an introduction (Baltimore 1996)
Recommended:
K. Dowden, The Uses of Greek Mythology paperback (London 1992)
G.S. Kirk, The Nature of Greek Myths (Harmondsworth 1974)
(Please note: this book is currently out of print and will not be available for purchase in the Co-op Bookshop. A copy will be placed in the Closed Reserve collection of the Reid Library)
G.S. Kirk, Myth: its Meaning and Function in Ancient and Other Cultures (Cambridge 1970)

CLAH2202 Age of Thucydides
Required:
Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War, trans. R. Warner (Penguin 1972)
Recommended:
Cawkwell, G. (1997). Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War. London (Routledge).

CLAH2231 Majesty of the Roman Empire
Required:
Goodman, M. (1999) The Roman World, 44 BC – AD 180, London (Routledge)
--------, Lives of the Later Caesars, London (Penguin)
Pliny, The Letters of the Younger Pliny, London (Penguin)
Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, London (Penguin)
Tacitus, The Histories, London (Penguin)
Recommended:
Kennedy, D. L. et al. (2008) CLAH2231 Majesty of the Roman Empire, Unit Notes
Garnsey, P. and Saller, R. (1987) The Roman Empire. Economy, Society and Culture, Cambridge/ Berkeley (CUP/ University of California)

CLAH2232 Roman Britain
Required:
Mattingly, D. (2006) Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire: 54 BC - AD 409, London (Allen Lane/ Penguin)
Ireland, S. (1996) Roman Britain: A Sourcebook, 2nd ed. London (Routledge)
Recommended:
Kennedy, D. L. et al. (2008) CLAH2232 Roman Britain, Unit Notes
Jones, G.D.B. and Mattingly, D. J. (1990) An Atlas of Roman Britain, Oxford (Blackwell)
Birley, A. R. (1999) Tacitus. Agricola and Germany, Oxford (OUP)

CLAH2291 Greek Art and Achitecture
J. Boardman, Greek Art

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