Please make sure you read it carefully, and refer to it during your first terms to get into good habits early on. and Other Stories. David West’s Penguin is solid, but Frederick Ahl’s new World’s Classics is more fun. Mods IA and IB candidates should also extend their reading of Latin: everyone has to take an interdisciplinary ‘Texts and Contexts’ paper; a prescribed book for one of the attractive options on this paper is Cicero’s pro Caelio. Course IIB has, like Mods I above, a Homer focus, and students have to read Books 1, 6, 9, 22, and 24 by the time they take their Mods. 1144032), Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, Law (Jurisprudence) and Law Studies in Europe. The most important task for you before you come up in October is, so far as is possible, to advance your knowledge of Classical literature and Greek and/or Latin language. Mynors). Further suggestions are as follows. There are many, but you can pick up outlines of the relevant periods from, for example: Some suggestions for introductory reading are as follows. All of this will give you a sense of the action of the whole poem, and equip you to start your tutorial work on Homer. Tutorial teaching of Virgil (IIA) and Homer (IIB) will happen in your second term. Those reading for Honour Moderations Course IB should also read the whole of the Iliad in translation before they come up, and seek – by means of a summer school if possible – to acquire or improve a rudimentary grasp of Greek, and make some start on Book 1 of the Iliad in Greek (the books prescribed to be read in Greek for Course IB are 1, 9, 22, 24). One that is well-integrated into the rest of the course (if you are learning Greek) is the Plato paper, which covers the Euthyphro and the Meno; other options involve studying either Book IV of Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura (if you are not learning Greek) or some issues in contemporary philosophy, with a focus on classical logic. So if you are doing Latin and/or Greek at school it makes sense for you to read in translation the rest of the work you are studying. We would like those reading Honour Moderations Course IA and IC to read the whole of the Iliad in translation before they come up. The first examination after you have come to Oxford is Honour Moderations in Classics. T. W. Allen), which is the set text. Richmond Lattimore’s translation is excellent, but others are more than acceptable. During this time, we have made some of our learning resources freely accessible. Charles Dickens and Robert … Rosalind Thomas, Fellow & Tutor in Ancient History Mods. Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes. Full details of the various Honour Mods. David West’s Penguin is solid, but Frederick Ahl’s new World’s Classics is more fun. BC in Rome. As a global organisation, we, like many others, recognize the significant threat posed by the coronavirus. courses will be given to you when you arrive, but if you would like more detail now of your particular course, please see the Classics Faculty website. History books are mentioned in the bibliography at the end. We would also like you to read the whole of the Aeneid in translation before you study it in your second term – the summer vacation may be a better time to do this than the Christmas, when you will have other work to do. Each course has its specific requirements, but as far as possible all candidates for Honour Moderations are integrated in one programme of teaching. Mods. As well as being the set edition (other editions will have different readings of certain passages), it is probably the most economical option; it has been in print for many years and should be available second hand. However, you must read at least four and preferably seven books of the Iliad in Greek before you come up: books 1-9 and 16-24 have to be read in Greek for Mods; Georg Autenrieth’s Homeric Dictionary is the standard tool. This note on preparing texts sets out the correct procedure, and warns you against various incorrect procedures. If you are studying Classical Ci… Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. IIB (Beginners’ Greek) should seek – by means of a summer school if possible – to acquire or improve a basic grasp of their respective ancient language. If you are interested in Plato, it is best just to read some of his dialogues (in translation to begin with): you might start with the Euthyphro and Apology, and move on to the Phaedo or the Crito if you are eager for more. - Louis de Bernières, "[for OWC Zola's Rougon-Maquart Cycle] OUP editions are the ones to read, not only because the translations are infinitely better than anything else I found, but also because the Introductions will add to your enjoyment of the novels and the series." Please note that you will be tested on your ability to translate from Books 1, 6 and 9 when you come up. Matthew Robinson, Fellow & Tutor in Latin Literature Adrian Kelly, Fellow & Tutor in Ancient Greek Literature Suggestions for introductory reading are found in the bibliography at the end. We would recommend that you acquire the Oxford Classical Text of the Iliad (2 vols., ed. Those reading Honour Moderations IIA (Beginners’ Latin) and Hon. Comprehensive introductions, clear explanatory notes, chronologies, and bibliographies support the classic texts. All of this will give you a sense of the action of the whole poem, and equip you to start your tutorial work on Vergil. To make some start here (on Book 1) is more than desirable, but it is absolutely essential that you read the whole of the Iliad in translation before you come up. Do be advised that shipments may be delayed due to extra safety precautions implemented at our centres and delays with local shipping carriers. Our distribution centres are open and orders can be placed online. Close analysis of texts is an essential part of Classics – but it is not the only part, and some of the features of particular passages only be come clear in the context of the whole of a text, or indeed of other texts. Young, Browse the Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection. list created August 14th, 2012 Oxford Scholarly Editions Online - Medieval Poetry, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online, The European Society of Cardiology Series, Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health, Museums, Libraries, & Information Sciences, Oxford Handbooks Online: Political Science, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration, Five things to know about F. Scott Fitzgerald, Continuing Jane Austen’s unfinished novel Sanditon. by. You must have a goodreads account to vote. The Oxford Classics degree throws a lot of text at you, and expects you to be able to translate it on sight. You will be tested on your ability to translate from Books 2 and 4 when you come up. Add A Christmas Carol to Cart. Those who study Latin and/or Greek at school characteristically study a small number of texts primarily for the purpose of construing the language. Richmond Lattimore’s translation is fine, but there are many others just as serviceable. Mods IC candidates, besides reading Homer as prescribed above, should seek to acquire or improve a rudimentary grasp of Latin, just as IB candidates are encouraged to do with Greek, and should if possible make some start on a Latin text: try the pro Caelio and begin the Latin at chapter 30 sunt autem. The preparation of your texts is therefore extremely important, and there are ways to do this correctly and ways to do this incorrectly. Few students these days study ancient history at school. Monro & Allen) and also of Virgil (ed. You will be able to choose between a number of options. Introducing Oxford World's Classics, bringing readers closer to the world's greatest literature.