Latin Ph.D. Reading List & Recommended Commentaries

Revised Spring 2019

Author Text
Apuleius Metamorphoses Book 1
Caesar De Bello Gallico Book 5* (*1,7)
Caesar De Bello Civili Book 3
Cato De Agricultura praef.-15, 23-61, 131-4
Catullus all (*4, 10, 11, 14, 42, 50, 51, 62, 66, 68, 76)
Cicero De Oratore Book 3
Cicero De Re Publica Book 2*, *6.9-29
Cicero Pro Caelio*
Cicero Philippic 2
Cicero In Catilinam*
Cicero Select Letters
Ennius Annales Book 1 Fr. 47, Book 6 Fr. 9, Book 8 Fr. 1 (Skutsch)
Horace Odes 1
Horace Satires 1
Horace Ars Poetica
Juvenal 1, 3, 10
Livy Books 1, 6, 21
Lucan Book 1
Lucretius Book 5
Martial Select Epigrams (Watson)
Ovid Amores 1
Ovid Ars Amatoria 1*
Ovid Metamorphoses 1*, 3, 14*, 15
Ovid Epistulae ex Ponto 1
Ovid Fasti 6
Petronius Satyrica 1-8, 26-78
Plautus Menaechmi
Pliny Epistles Book 2
Propertius Book 3
Quintilian Institutio Oratoris Book 2
Sallust Bellum Catilinae
Seneca Selected Letters (Edwards)
Seneca Thyestes
Statius Silvae Book 2
Statius Thebaid Book 4
Suetonius Divus Augustus
Tacitus Annales Books 1, 4
Tacitus Agricola
Terence Hecyra
Valerius Flaccus Argonautica Book 3
Velleius Paterculus Book 2
Vergil Eclogues
Vergil Georgics Book 4
Vergil Aeneid (all) (*1, 4, 6, 12)

Recommended commentaries

Author Text Commentary
Apuleius Book 1 May, R. 2013. Apuleius: Metamorphoses Book 1. Oxford: Aris & Phillips.
Caesar De Bello Gallico Book 5 Benario, H. 2012. Caesar’s Gallic War: A Commentary. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
Caesar De Bello Civili Book 3 Kennedy, E. 2002 (repr. 1941). Caesar: De Bello Civili III. London: Bristol Classical Press.
Cato De Agricultura praef.-15, 23-61, 131-4 Dalby, A. 1998. Cato on Farming: A Modern Translation with Commentary. Totnes: Prospect Books.
Catullus All Garrison, D. 2012. The Student’s Catullus, 4th ed. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Thomson, D. 1997. Catullus. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Cicero De Oratore Book 3 Mankin, D. 2011. Cicero: De Oratore Book III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cicero De Re Publica Book 2, 6.9-29 Zetzel, J. 1995. Cicero: De re publica, Selections. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Cicero Pro Caelio Austin, R. 1988. M. Tulli Ciceronis Pro M. Caelio Oratio. 3rd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Cicero Philippic 2 Ramsey, J. 2003. Cicero: Philippics I-II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cicero In Catilinam (all) Dyck, A. 2009. Cicero: Catilinarians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cicero Select Letters Shackleton Bailey, D. 1980. Cicero: Select Letters. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ennius Annales Book 1 Fr. 47, Book 6 Fr. 9, Book 8 Fr. 1 (Skutsch) Skutsch, O. 1985. The Annals of Quintus Ennius. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Horace Odes Book 1 Mayer, R. 2012. Horace: Odes Book I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Horace Satires Book 1 Gowers, E. 2012. Horace: Satires Book I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Horace Ars Poetica Rudd, N. 1960. Horace: Epistles Book II and Ars Poetica. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Juvenal 1, 3, 10 Courtney, E. 1991. Juvenal: Satires I, III, X. London: Bristol Classical Press.
Livy Books 1, 6, 21 Ogilvie, R.M. 1978. A Commentary on Livy Books 1-5. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Whiteley, J.L. 1991. Livy: Book I. London: Bristol Classical Press.

Kraus, C. 1996. Livy: Ab Urbe Condita Book 6. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Walsh, P. 1997. Livy: Book XXI. London: Bristol Classical Press.
Lucan Book 1 Roche, P. 2009. Lucan, De Bello Civili Book 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lucretius Book 5 Gale, M. 2008. Lucretius: De Rerum Natura Book V. Oxford: Aris & Phillips.
Martial Select Epigrams (Watson) Watson, L. and P. Watson. 2003. Martial: Select Epigrams. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ovid Amores Book 1 Turpin, W. 2016. Ovid: Amores Book 1. Cambridge: Cambridge Open Book Publishers.
Ovid Ars Amatoria Book 1 Hollis, A. 1989. Ovid: Ars Amatoria Book 1. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Ovid Metamorphoses Books 1, 3, 14, 15 Anderson, W. 1998. Ovid’s Metamorphoses Books 1-5. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Myers, K. 2009. Ovid: Metamorphoses Book XIV. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Luck, G. 2017. A Textual Commentary on Ovid, Metamorphoses Book XV. Huelva: University of Huelva.
Ovid Epistulae ex Ponto Book 1 Tissol, G. 2014. Ovid: Epistulae ex Ponto Book I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ovid Fasti Book 6 Littlewood, R.J. 2008. A Commentary on Ovid: Fasti Book VI. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Petronius Satyrica 1-8, 26-78 Schmeling, G. 2011. A Commentary on the Satyrica of Petronius. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Plautus Menaechmi Gratwick, S. 1993. Plautus, Menaechmi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pliny Epistles Book 2 Whitton, C. 2013. Pliny the Younger, Epistles Book II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Propertius Book 3 Heyworth, S. and J. Morwood. 2017. A Commentary on Propertius, Book 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Quintilian Institutio Oratoria Book 2 Reinhardt, T. and M. Winterbottom. 2006. Quintilian: Institutio Oratoria Book 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Sallust Bellum Catilinae Ramsey, J. 1984. Sallust’s Bellum Catilinae. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Seneca Selected Letters (Edwards) Edwards, C. 2019. Seneca: Selected Letters. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Seneca Thyestes Boyle, A.J. 2017. Seneca: Thyestes. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Statius Silvae Book 2 Newlands, C.E. 2011. Statius: Silvae Book II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Statius Thebaid Book 4 Parkes, R.E. 2012. Statius: Thebaid 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Suetonius Divus Augustus Carter, J.M. 2003. Suetonius: Divus Augustus. Bristol: Bristol Classical Press.
Tacitus Annales Books 1 and 4 Goodyear, F.R.D., A.J. Woodman, and R.H. Martin. 2004. The Annals of Tacitus, Books 1-6. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Tacitus Agricola Woodman, A.J. and C.S. Kraus. 2014. Tacitus: Agricola. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Terence Hecyra Goldberg, S.M. 2013. Terence: Hecyra. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Valerius Flaccus Argonautica Book 3 Manuwald, G. 2015. Valerius Flaccus: Argonautica Book III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Velleius Paterculus Book 2 Woodman, A.J. 1977. Velleius Paterculus: The Tiberian Narrative (2.94-131). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Woodman, A.J. 1983. The Caesarian and Augustan Narrative (2.41-93). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Vergil Eclogues Coleman, R. 1977. Vergil: Eclogues. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Clausen, W. 1992. A Commentary on Virgil: Eclogues. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Vergil Georgics Book 4 Thomas, R.F. 1988. Virgil: Georgics Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Vergil Aeneid (all) Williams, R. 1998. Virgil: Aeneid I-VI. London: Bristol Classical Press.

Williams, R. 1998. Virgil: Aeneid VII-XII. London: Bristol Classical Press.

Connington, J. and H. Nettleship. 1979 (repr. 1875). The Works of Virgil. Hildesheim: G. Olms.