Reading List for M.A. Latin Sight Reading Exam

Reading list for M.A. Latin sight reading exam

Virgil, Aeneid 1, 4, 6, 12 (96 OCT pages)
- R. Deryck Williams, Virgil: Aeneid I - VI; Aeneid VII - XII. 2 vols. Duckworth, 1972-73.
- C. Pharr, Vergil's Aeneid. Bolchazy-Carducci, 1998. Contains 1-6.
- R. T. Ganiban, Aeneid 1. Focus Publishing, 2009. See other commentaries in series on 4, 6.
- R. Tarrant, Virgil: Aeneid Book XII. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 1, 14 (64 OCT pages)
- W. S. Anderson, Ovid's Metamorphoses: Books 1-5. University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
- A. G. Lee, Ovid: Metamorphoses I. Bristol Classical Press, 1991.
- K. Sara Myers, Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIV. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Ovid, Ars amatoria 1 (22 OCT pages)
- E. Block, Ovid Ars Amatoria I. Bryn Mawr Commentaries, 1984.
- A. S. Hollis, Ovid: Ars Amatoria Book I. Clarendon Paperbacks, 1977.
Catullus 4, 10, 11, 14, 42, 50, 51, 62, 66, 68, 76 (22 OCT pages)
- D. H. Garrison, The Student's Catullus. 4th edn. University of Oklahoma Press, 2012.
- C. J. Fordyce, Catullus: A Commentary. Oxford University Press, 1990.

Total OCT pages: 204

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Caesar, De Bello Gallico Books 1, 5, 7 (101 OCT pages)
recommended commentaries:
- C. Ewan, ed. Caesar: Gallic War I. Bristol Classical Press, 1991. ISBN 9780862921774
- R. C. Carrington, ed. Caesar: Gallic War V. Bristol Classical Press, 1991. ISBN 9780862921361
- J. L. Whiteley, ed. Caesar: Gallic War VII. London/New York: Bristol Classical Press, 2001. ISBN 9781853996320
Cicero, Pro Caelio (38 OCT pages)
recommended commentary:
- R. G. Austin, ed. M. Tulli Ciceronis Pro M. Caelio Oratio, 3rd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988.
Cicero, De re publica, Book 2.1-63 & Book 6.9-29 (28 OCT pages)
recommended commentary:
- J. E. G. Zetzel, ed. Cicero. De re publica: selections. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN 052138496
Cicero, In Catilinam (60 OCT pages)
recommended commentaries:
- A. R. Dyck, ed. Cicero: Catilinarians, Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN 9780521540438
- S. O. Shapiro. O tempora! O mores! Cicero's Catilinarian Orations. A student Edition with historical essays. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. ISBN 0806136626

Total OCT pages: 227