Latin M.A. Reading List (with recommended commentaries)
Revised 2024
- Apuleius
- Metamorphoses Book 1
- May, R. 2013. Apuleius: Metamorphoses Book 1. Oxford: Aris & Phillips.
- Metamorphoses Book 1
- Augustus
- Res Gestae 1-5, 13-16, 19-22, 34-35
- Cooley, A. E. 2009. Res Gestae Divi Augusti. Text, Translation, and Commentary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Res Gestae 1-5, 13-16, 19-22, 34-35
- Caesar
- De Bello Gallico Book 1
- Francese, C. 2011. Caesar: Selections from the Gallic War. Dickinson College Commentaries. https://dcc.dickinson.edu/caesar/book-1/chapter-1-1
- De Bello Gallico Book 1
- Catullus
- Carmina 1-8, 10-11, 14, 42, 50-51, 64, 76, 85, 101
- Garrison, D. H. 2012. The Student’s Catullus. 4th ed. University of Oklahoma Press.
- Thomson, D. 1997. Catullus. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
- Carmina 1-8, 10-11, 14, 42, 50-51, 64, 76, 85, 101
- Cicero
- In Catilinam 1-2
- Dyck, A. 2009. Cicero: Catilinarians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- De Imperio Gn. Pompei
- Macdonald, C. 1966. De Imperio Gn. Pompei ad Quirites oratio: pro lege Manilia. London: Bristol Classical Press.
- Gildenhard, I. & L. Hodgson. 2014. Cicero, On Pompey’s Command (De Imperio), 27–49. Dickinson College Commentaries. https://dcc.dickinson.edu/cicero-de-imperio/27
- De Re Publica 2.1-34, 2.56-63
- Zetzel, J. 1995. Cicero: De re publica, Selections. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Epistulae ad Atticum 1.2, 3.3, 9.18, 12.15, 13.52; ad Familiares 7.5, 7.18, 14.3
- Shackleton Bailey, D. 1980. Cicero: Select Letters. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Stockton, D. 1969. Thirty-five Letters of Cicero. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Shackleton Bailey, D. 1999. Letters to Atticus. 4 Vols. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
- Shackleton Bailey, D. 2001. Letters to Friends. 3 Vols. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
- In Catilinam 1-2
- Horace
- Sermones 1.5, 1.9
- Gowers, E. 2012. Horace: Satires Book I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Sermones 1.5, 1.9
- Martial
- Selected Epigrams (Watson), 6, 8, 9a, 15, 19, 20, 27, 30, 32, 44, 52, 56, 64, 68, 69, 83, 85
- Watson, L. and P. Watson. 2003. Martial: Select Epigrams. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Selected Epigrams (Watson), 6, 8, 9a, 15, 19, 20, 27, 30, 32, 44, 52, 56, 64, 68, 69, 83, 85
- Nepos
- Hannibal
- Mulligan, B. 2015. Cornelius Nepos: Life of Hannibal. Dickinson College Commentaries https://dcc.dickinson.edu/nepos-hannibal/preface
- Hannibal
- Ovid
- Metamorphoses 1, 3, 15.832-79
- Anderson, W. 1998. Ovid’s Metamorphoses Books 1-5. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press/
- Luck, G. 2017. A Textual Commentary on Ovid, Metamorphoses Book XV. Huelva: University of Huelva.
- Ars Amatoria 1
- Hollis, A. 1989. Ovid: Ars Amatoria Book 1. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Metamorphoses 1, 3, 15.832-79
- Pliny
- Epistulae 1.6, 2.1, 2.6, 2.17, 7.5, 7.24, 9.6, 10.33-34, 10.38-40
- Whitton, C. 2013. Pliny the Younger, Epistles Book II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Shelton, Jo-Ann. 2016. Pliny the Younger: Selected Letters. Wauconda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci.
- Epistulae 1.6, 2.1, 2.6, 2.17, 7.5, 7.24, 9.6, 10.33-34, 10.38-40
- Propertius
- Elegiae 2.12, 4.1.1-70
- Heyworth, S. 2008. Cynthia: A Companion to the Text of Propertius. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Elegiae 2.12, 4.1.1-70
- Sallust
- Bellum Catilinae
- Ramsey, J. 1984. Sallust’s Bellum Catilinae. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Bellum Catilinae
- Seneca
- Epistulae 7, 47
- Edwards, C. 2019. Seneca: Selected Letters. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Epistulae 7, 47
- Tibullus
- Elegiae 2.4
- Murgatroyd, P. 1995. Tibullus: Elegies II. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Elegiae 2.4
- Virgil
- Aeneid 1, 6, 12
- Williams, R. 1998. Virgil: Aeneid I-VI. London: Bristol Classical Press.
- Williams, R. 1998. Virgil: Aeneid VII-XII. London: Bristol Classical Press.
- Ganiban, R. 2008. Vergil: Aeneid I. Indianapolis: Hackett.
- Johnson, P. 2012. Vergil: Aeneid VI. Indianapolis: Hackett.
- Aeneid 1, 6, 12