Advanced Latin Links

Links for pre-AP, AP and IB students
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CATULLUS OVID GENERAL
Studying Catullus' Poems Studying Ovid's Poems Figures of Speech
•  Ms. Edson's Catullus Quia Page •  Ms. Edson's Ovid Quia Page •  Silva Rhetoricae
•  Links for the study of Catullus •  UNC website with interesting Ovid links •  Rhetorical and Literary Devices (26 of the 34 are found here)
•  Shocked Catullus poems (clickable text) •  FOS in Ovid •  Figures of Speech with examples from Catullus and Vergil
•  Another teacher's quia practices for Ovid and Catullus •  English version of book I of the Metamorphoses •  Clickable flashcards for 22 figures
•  Flashcards on FOS in Catullus •  Definitions of FOS with examples from Catullus & Horace (click on "Interpreting Poetry")
Catullus' Life Ovid's Life •  FOS designated as AP or non-AP
•  Catullus and the Roman Life of Luxury •  Ovid links (Scroll down below the links for the bio) •  English & Latin examples of FOS
•  Background & commentary on Catullus •  Another teacher's Quia game on FOS
•  The life of Catullus Ovid and Mythology in Art •  FOS specific to Ovid
•  Who is Catullus? •  Art images relating to Classical myth •  FOS specific to Catullus
Lesbia •  Daphne & Apollo Art (Scroll down to the images section,) Meter/Scansion
•  Feminae Romanae: The Women of Ancient Rome •  A short primer on scansion
•  Lesbia Mythology Links •  An exhaustive primer on scansion, with a concentration on dactylic hexameter.
•  Hypertext article on Clodia cycle •  Encyclopedia Mythica •  Quick study of hexameter and elegiac
Aeneid •  Gods, Heroes, and Myth •  Meter and Scansion (Catullus oriented)
•  Aeneid Recitation •  Greek Myth •  Rules on elision
•  Metamorphoses (changes of gods, people and things) •  Basic scansion rules
•  The Olympian Gods •  Audio examples
•  Vergil and Juvenal read aloud
Reading and Writing about Poetry
•  How to prepare a reading assignment
•  SWIMTAG: A starting point for literary analysis
•  Critical Reading Strategies
•  Close Reading Techniques
•  How to Write a Critical Essay on Latin Poetry
•  Questions to Ask of Any Poem
•  Tips on in-class essay exams