Aesop’s Fables in Latin: Ancient Wit and Wisdom from the Animal Kingdom (English and Latin Edition)

Product Description

This intermediate Latin reader allows students to review grammar and syntax and increase their knowledge of Latin prose style while they read eighty Aesop's fables in Latin prose, taken from the seventeenth-century edition illustrated by Francis Barlow. These Latin prose fables are ideal for Latin language students: simple, short, witty, and to-the-point, with a memorable moral lesson that provides a jumping-off point for discussion. Forty original black-and-white Barlow illustrations and 129 pertinent Latin proverbs are featured, spurs for classroom discussion. Selected fables include many that have become proverbial, such as ‘The Tortoise and The Hare' and ‘The Dog in the Manger,' along with lesser known fables.
This is the perfect ancillary for intermediate students, to increase comprehension, confidence, and enthusiasm for reading Latin.
Special Features
* Introduction, covering Aesop's fables in the ancient world, the Latin-language sources for the fables, and Aesop's fables in early modern England* Latin Reading Guide, including study tips and strategies to increase student reading confidence-helps students read, not just translate* 80 Aesop's fables in Latin prose, with – introductory comments with references to other versions of the fable – engaging grammar overview for review and to increase comprehension – opposite-page vocabulary notes for less familiar words – same-page grammar notes* 40 black-and-white illustrations by Francis Barlow* 129 thematically relevant Latin proverbs * 4 Appendices: – glossary of grammatical terms, with references to fables containing specific grammatical features – vocabulary frequency list – English vocabulary-building list based on the Latin vocabulary – annotated listing of online* Bibliography for further reading
For over 30 years Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has produced the highest quality Latin and ancient Greek books. From Dr. Seuss books in Latin to Plato's Apology, Bolchazy-Carducci's titles help readers learn about ancient Rome and Greece; the Latin and ancient Greek languages are alive and well with titles like Cicero's De Amicitia and Kaegi's Greek Grammar. We also feature a line of contemporary eastern European and WWII books.
Some of the areas we publish in include:
Selections From The Aeneid Latin Grammar & Pronunciation Greek Grammar & Pronunciation Texts Supporting Wheelock's Latin Classical author workbooks: Vergil, Ovid, Horace, Catullus, Cicero Vocabulary Cards For AP Selections: Vergil, Ovid, Catullus, Horace Greek Mythology Greek Lexicon Slovak Culture And History

Review

AESOPUS VIVIT! Laura Gibbs' recent book,
Aesop's Fables in Latin: Ancient Wit and Wisdom from the Animal Kingdom is a truly inspiring labor of love. Most of us were introduced as little children to these stories, especially the animal tales, in colorful, illustrated editions with simple language, complete with a moral lesson attached. It is likely that most of us have not picked up a copy of
Aesop's Fables to read for enjoyment in years, except perhaps to our own children or grandchildren. But like the stories themselves, there is much more to this book than initially meets the eye! When you buy a copy of
Aesop's Fables in Latin, you get much more than the 80 tales contained within. Gibbs' book is an open door to a rich, unbroken tradition of literature that spans the centuries, from ancient times to the middle ages and the Renaissance and on into the modern world, as well as to the incredible collection of ancillary resources that Gibbs' has created online.
Aesop's Fables in Latin is beautifully organized. Be sure to read the author's introduction, which provides a guide to all the features included in the book as well as some of the best study tips and reading strategies for reading Latin that I have ever seen in a transitional reader. While Gibbs' provides a thorough grammatical overview to the fables, she encourages nascent readers to go beyond mere translation,