Learning Latin the Ancient Way

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Learning Latin the Ancient Way

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You may be interested in this article from the Guardian. Professor Eleanor Dickey (Reading University) has produced a collection of phrases books for Greek (?) learners of Latin in the 2nd to 6th century.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/f ... man-empire

For the those who crave the revival of the ancient way of learning languages this looks like it fits the bill:

http://readingancientschoolroom.com/
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I've been tempted for a while, but they're not exactly priced to sell:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/su ... ?format=WX

This is coming out soon:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/su ... sTabAnchor

I'm waiting for her Greek composition book to appear:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/su ... ?format=PB
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Some of the publications you are interested in are available here https://reading.academia.edu/EleanorDickey
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Hylander wrote:I've been tempted for a while, but they're not exactly priced to sell:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/su ... ?format=WX
Is it basically a new edition of this?
https://archive.org/stream/corpusglossa ... 6/mode/2up

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bedwere wrote:Is it basically a new edition of this?
https://archive.org/stream/corpusglossa ... 6/mode/2up
That is a nice set of basic phrases. I wonder if it would be worth memorizing sections to help me with both Latin and Greek. Looking at the first part though, I'm not sure whether φῶς = lux and φάος = lumen is any sort of valid distinction.
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