Topics for study may include: epic, historiography, satire, oratory, personal poetry, art, architecture, Roman philosophy and religion, early imperial society, Medieval Latin; authors may include Catullus, Virgil, Ovid, Martial, Cicero, Caesar, Livy, and Pliny the Younger. In studying the chosen text (or collection of texts) and its political, social, and literary context, students continue their study of the Latin language.

The topic for Semester 1 2009 is '"varium et mutabile semper femina"': Virgil, Aeneid IV'.

• by the end of semester students will have increased their ability to read Latin with pleasure and understanding: some of the  at sight, any texts with the aid of dictionaries, grammars, translations, and textual notes.
  
• they will become acquainted with one of Latin literature's greatest works, and the story it tells, through close reading of the text.
  
• students will have reviewed and extended their understanding of the grammatical constructions of Latin; and they will have extended their Latin vocabulary.

Exercises (20%), 2,000-3,000 word essay (25%), mid-semester test (15%) and final examination (40%).

Three hours in class per week for 39 hours

LATN2101 Intermediate Latin, or HSC level Latin, or permission of Convener.