Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes: A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks
A Must-Have Companion for Every Student Beginning LatinScribblers, Scvlptors, and Scribesis the first collection of entirely authentic, unadapted, unsimplified classical Latin texts that beginning students, from the very first day of their introduction to Latin, can read, enjoy, and profit from. These selections provide a wide range of insights into not just the minds of Rome&#39;s movers and shakers&#8211;her politicians and gen- erals, philosophers and great poets&#8211;but also into the daily lives of the Average Joe and Jane Roman.Beginning with simple graffiti,Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribesmoves toward longer inscriptions and literary texts as students progress. Designed to accompany the bestselling Wheelock&#39;s curriculum, its 40 chapters are linked with the 40 chapters of Wheelock&#39;s Latin, but the book&#39;s readings and design features make it suitable for use alongside any introductory college or high school Latin textbook. Packed with hundreds of actual Latin inscriptions, proverbs, and literary texts, this unique textbook also includes dozens of photos and illustrations, maps, discussion and comprehension questions, grammar capsules, a Latin&#8211;English vocabulary section, a summary of forms, and much more.