Reading Latin Epitaphs : A Handbook for Beginners, New Edition with Illustrations

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Reading Latin Epitaphs : A Handbook for Beginners, New Edition with IllustrationsThis compact book reproduces fifty two memorials in Latin taken from churches situated largely in the West Country. Each memorial is accompanied by a translation and by notes on the grammar. The book is aimed at all who would like to be able to read Latin epitaphs in churches, and whose knowledge of the language may be sketchy. The introduction explains the conventions involved in lettering, abbreviations, Latinized personal names, and stock phrases.

η Χάιδω και η σκυλίτσα

where possibilities seem boundless and mankind can overcome all boundaries except death

published more than fifty years ago and still unequalled

history to Alexander’s death (323 BC)

After some years in his native land

First published in 1889

Clouds is a partly revised version of a play that failed when it was first produced

Most has thoroughly revised his edition to take account of the textual and interpretive scholarship that has appeared since its initial publication

for at the annual great dramatic festivals

and sets the historical scene with a succinct account of the political and social background to the Imperial Roman state

This well-established book is suitable for both beginners and intermediate learners

Jennifer T