Intermediate Latin I

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In this course students will deepen their knowledge of Latin by reading selected texts of ancient Latin poetry and prose. The central goal of this course is for students to learn to read unadapted ancient Latin with increasing accuracy and facility. In addition to developing their understanding of central features of Latin vocabulary, morphology, and syntax, students will also learn to identify rhetorical literary figures that are essential to the eloquence of ancient Latin poetry and prose and that underscore the importance of encountering great literature in its original language. Close study of Latin literature will augment students' appreciation for the larger cultural contexts within which ancient Latin writings were composed.