Wheelock's Latin：The Classic Introductory Latin Course, Based on the Writings of Cicero, Vergil, and Other Major Roman Authors

Fornearlysixtyyears,Wheelock'sLatinhasremainedtheopitmusliberofbeginningLatintextbooks.WhenProfessorFredericM.Wheelock'sLatinfirstappearedin1956,thereviewsextolleditsthoroughness,organization,andconciseness;onereviewerpredictedthatthebook"mightwellbecomethestandardtext"forintroducingstudentstoelementaryLatin.Now,nearlysixdecadeslater,thatpredictionhascertainlyprovedaccurate.ThisneweditionofWheelock'sLatinhasallofthefeatures,manyofthemimprovedandexpanded,thathavemadeitthebestsellingsingle-volumebeginningLatintextbook:40chapterswithgrammaticalexplanationsandreadingsdrawnfromtheworksofRome'smajorproseandversewriters;Self-tutorialexercises,eachwithananswerkey,forindependentstudy;AnextensiveEnglish–Latin/Latin–Englishvocabularysection;ArichselectionoforiginalLatinreadings—unlikeotherLatintextbooks,whichcontainprimarilymade-uptexts;Etymologicalaids,maps,anddozensofimagesillustratingaspectsoftheclassicalcultureandmythologypresentedinthechapterreadings.Alsoincludedareexpandednotesontheliterarypassages,commentsonvocabulary,andtranslationtips;newcomprehensionanddiscussionquestions;andnewauthenticclassicalLatinreadings,includingRomangraffiti,ineverychapter.