This course offers advanced Latin students the opportunity to continue Latin translation and literary analysis after completing the Latin AP® course. Readings cover the major poems of Catullus and Horace and are primarily selected from the former AP® Latin Literature syllabus. Additional readings from both authors and others (including Cicero and Ovid) may be selected…

This course follows the syllabus of the AP® Latin course as outlined by the College Board. Students read and interpret the commentaries of Caesar and Vergil’s “Aeneid” in the original language, paying particular attention to literal translation, literary devices, metrical features and themes concerning Roman identity and leadership. The course also addresses the political, social,…

This course provides a full reading experience for students who want to pursue a fifth year of Latin but are not entering the AP® class. Students engage in an intensive survey of extant Latin poetry and prose, with attention to grammar, meters, literary devices, and each author’s style. In addition, students explore thematic connections within…

This course provides a full reading experience for students who want to pursue a fourth year of Latin but are not entering the AP® class. Students begin by reading a prose work of Cicero while engaging in a complementary review of grammar skills. Afterwards, students spend the majority of the year engaging in a more…

This course provides a transitional reading experience for students who have completed the basic grammar program and wish to apply their skills to reading authentic Latin literature. Students engage in surveys of the love elegies of Catullus, Caesar’s historical commentaries on his conquest of Gaul, and the epic mythology of Vergil’s “Aeneid.” Throughout this introduction…

The first semester of this course focuses on completing the grammar and vocabulary study needed to read authentic Latin. Students also reinforce translation skills by composing sentences in Latin. The second semester continues to reinforce grammar through translating and reading Roman authors. Students identify grammatical structures in context, and begin to analyze the works as…

The first three quarters of this course focus on completing the grammar and vocabulary study needed to read authentic Latin. The final quarter continues to reinforce grammar, but by translating and reading Roman authors. Students identify grammatical structures in context, and begin to analyze the works as literature in class discussions and individual essays. To…

This course completes the basic grammar students begin to learn in Latin I and introduces many of the advanced concepts studied in Level III Latin. Students continue to develop translation skills by reading texts adapted from Roman authors. Students also reinforce translation skills by composing sentences in Latin. Roman mythology, history, and culture are integrated…

This course completes the basic grammar students begin to learn in Latin I, and incrementally increases the scope and difficulty of translation, with the ultimate goal of introducing Latin in the original. Roman history, culture, and classical mythology are integrated through translations, projects, and class lectures. The study of derivation and word origin remains a…

This course teaches traditional Latin (first year) in a single academic year, and is typically taken by an Upper School student who has not previously taken Latin in middle school. The course encompasses a focused study of grammar, vocabulary and translation as well as an introduction to Roman history, culture and classical mythology. The study…