Textbooks for Classical Languages courses
Please consult the table below to find out which textbook will be used for your Classical Language course.
Please note: We recommend you purchase the book after the first session of the course, after you’ve had confirmation that the class is suitable for you.
In the event of course changes or cancellations, we cannot refund the cost of any textbooks already purchased.
For any queries, please contact classics@citylit.ac.uk.
Please select your subject using the tabs below:
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Ancient Greek 1: module 1 |
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Thursday | 16:15-17:45 23/04/26 - 25/06/26 Class | RG543 Tutor: Rachael Apps |
Greek to GCSE: Part 1 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255165) |
Chapter 1 | |
Ancient Greek 1: module 3 |
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Monday | 18:00 - 19:30 20/04/26 - 06/07/26 Online | RG409 Tutor: Doukissa Kamini |
Greek to GCSE: Part 1 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255165) |
Chapter 5 | |
Homeric Greek 1: module 3 |
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Thursday | 19:00-20:30 23/04/26 - 25/06/26 Online | RG613 Tutor: Vaughan Pilikian |
Homeric Greek: A Book for Beginners by Clyde Pharr (University of Oklahoma Press: 1986 version ONLY or online/pdf equivalent can be provided by tutor) ISBN 978-0806119373 |
Lesson 12: Section 55 | |
New Testament Greek 1: module 3 |
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Thursday | 15:00-16:30 23/04/26 - 25/06/26 Online | RG026 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Reading Koine Greek by Rodney Decker New Testament text available for free at |
Chapters 10-13 | |
Ancient Greek 2: module 2 |
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Thursday | 11:00 - 12:30 23/04/26 - 25/06/26 Class | RG085 Tutor: Rachael Apps |
Greek to GCSE: Part 2 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255202) |
Chapter 8 | |
Ancient Greek 2: module 3 |
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Thursday | 11:00 - 12:30 23/04/26 - 25/06/26 Class | RG224 Tutor: Szerdi Nagy |
Greek to GCSE: Part 2 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255202) |
Midway through Chapter 11 | |
Homeric Greek 3: module 2 |
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Tuesday | 19:00-20:30 25/04/26 - 27/06/26 Online | RG013 Tutor: Vaughan Pilikian |
A Reading Course in Homeric Greek Book 1 by Raymond Schoder and Vincent Horrigan (Hackett Publishing Co: 2005) ISBN 9781585101757 |
TBC | |
Ancient Greek 3: module 3 |
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Thursday | 18:00-19:30 23/04/26 - 25/06/26 Online | RG023 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Reading Greek: Grammar and Exercises by JACT (Cambridge UP: Cambridge, 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-69852-8) Reading Greek: Text and Vocabulary by JACT (Cambridge UP: Cambridge, 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-69851-1) |
Section 14 | |
New Testament Greek 3: module 3 |
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Tuesday | 14:00 - 15:30 21/04/26 - 23/06/26 Online | RG507 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Reading Koine Greek by Rodney Decker New Testament text available for free at |
Chapters 31-33 | |
Ancient Greek 4: module 2 |
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Monday | 14:00-15:30 20/04/26 - 06/07/26 Online | RG491 Tutor: Hugo Cook |
TBC | ||
Ancient Greek 4: module 3 |
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Wednesday | 18:00-19:30 22/04/26 - 24/06/26 Class | RG922 Tutor: Szerdi Nagy |
Greek Beyond GCSE by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2017 (ISBN 9781474299770) |
Midway through Chapter 3 | |
Ancient Greek 5 |
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Monday | 14:00 - 15:30 20/04/26 - 06/07/26 Class | RG073 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Learning Greek with Plato by Frank Beetham Plato's Republic 1 by Geoffrey Steadman |
We will be attempting to read Plato Book 10 unaided, from 607a, using the version of Perseus, and continuing to make reference to Beetham as needed. The version of Republic 10 by John Ferguson might be helpful. |
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Monday | 19:40 - 21:10 11/05/26 - 20/07/26 Online | RG410 Tutor: Sean Gabb |
TBC |
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Tuesday | 13:10 - 14:40 21/04/26 - 23/06/26 Online | RG189 Tutor: Sean Gabb |
The Odyssey, Book 12 |
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Wednesday | 18:00 - 19:30 22/04/26 - 24/06/26 Online | RG230 Tutor: Andrew David |
Reading Greek: Grammar and Exercises (ISBN 978-0521698528); Reading Greek: Text & Vocabulary (ISBN 978-0521698511); Reading Greek: An Independent Study Guide (ISBN: 9780521698504). |
TBC | |
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Friday | 16:30 - 18:00 24/04/26 - 26/06/26 Online | RG288 Tutor: Elena Vacca |
OCR Anthology for Classical Greek GCSE, by Judith Affleck and Clive Letchford, 2016 edition - ISBN 9781474265485 |
Euripides’ Electra, lines 215-331 Lucian, Anacharsis and Athletics 1-8 |
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Ancient Greek 5 advanced |
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Monday | 18:00 - 19:30 20/04/26 - 06/07/26 Online | RG774 Tutor: Anna Bulmer |
Bacchylides: A Selection, edited by H. Maehler (Cambridge University Press: 2012). Texts and commentary for Pindar will be provided separately.
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TBC | |
New Testament Greek 5: module 3 |
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Thursday | 10:30-12:00 23/04/26 - 25/06/26 Online | RG077 Tutor: Sean Gabb |
Greek New Testament, ed. by United Bible Societies, |
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Biblical Hebrew 4: module 3 |
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Monday | 18:00-19:30 20/04/26 - 06/07/26 Online | RH415 Tutor: Rachel Montagu |
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Biblical Hebrew advanced: module 3 |
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Monday | 16:00 - 17:30 20/04/26 - 06/07/26 Online | RH127 Tutor: Rachel Montagu |
TBC | |
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Tuesday | 16:00 - 17:30 21/04/26 - 23/06/26 Class | RH503 Tutor: Rachel Montagu |
TBC | |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 19:30 21/04/26 - 23/06/26 Class | RH432 Tutor: Rachel Montagu |
TBC | |
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Thursday | 17:45 - 19:15 23/04/26 - 25/06/26 Online | RH118 Tutor: Rachel Montagu |
TBC | |
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Latin 1: module 1 |
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Thursday | 18:00 - 19:30 23/04/26 - 25/06/26 Online | RL447 |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 1, |
Chapter 1 | |
Latin 1: module 3 |
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Friday | 11:00-12:30 24/04/26 - 26/06/26 Class | RL557 Tutor: Scott Wakeham |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 1, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781780934402)
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Chapter 4 (start) | |
Latin 2: module 1 |
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Thursday | 18:00 - 19:30 23/04/26 - 25/06/26 Class | RL012 Tutor: Doukissa Kamini |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 1, Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, |
Chapter 5 (from p. 161) |
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Latin 2: module 2 |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 19:30 21/04/26 - 23/06/26 Online | RL106 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, |
From 8.14 to approx. 9.30 |
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Latin 2: module 3 |
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Wednesday | 13:30-15:00 22/04/26 - 24/06/26 Class | RL863 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, |
From 9.35 to the end of Chapter 10 | |
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Thursday | 18:00-19:30 23/04/26 - 25/06/26 Online | RL316 Tutor: Sarah Merali-Smith |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, |
Chapter 9 (9.12) p. 85 | |
Latin 3: module 1 |
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Thursday | 19:40-21:10 22/04/26 - 24/06/26 Online | RL018 Tutor: Elena Vacca |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, |
From Chapter 9 (Passive infinitive) page 78 |
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Latin 3: module 2 |
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Thursday | 12:45-14:15 23/04/26 - 25/06/26 Class | RL349 Tutor: Szerdi Nagy |
Book V of the Cambridge Latin Course |
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Latin 3: module 3 |
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Monday | 11:15-12:45 20/04/26 - 06/07/26 Online | RL613 Tutor: Doukissa Kamini |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, Seigel, M. 2008. Latin: A Clear Guide to Syntax. Chambers, T. and Declan, L. 2025. |
Reading Latin - Chapter 6 OCR Anthology - after p. 15 |
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Latin 4 lower: module 2 |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 19:30 05/05/26 - 07/07/26 Online | RL614 Tutor: Elena Vacca |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, John Taylor, Latin Beyond GCSE, |
Latin to GCSE: Part 2 - Chapter 10 |
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Latin 4 lower: module 3 |
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Wednesday | 18:00 - 19:30 22/04/26 - 24/06/26 Online | RL210 Tutor: Doukissa Kamini |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, Cambridge Latin Anthology. 1996. Gould, H. E. 1991. Cicero, In Catilinam I. |
Reading Latin: Chapter 6 Cambridge Anthology: p. 160. We shall continue In Catilinam I. |
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Latin 4 upper: module 3 |
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Monday | 18:00 - 19:30 20/04/26 - 06/07/26 Online | RL236 Tutor: Justin Murray |
Latin Beyond GCSE by John Taylor, |
From c. Exercise 3.4 | |
Latin 5 |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 19:30 21/04/26 - 2306/26 Online | RL194 Tutor: Sean Gabb |
Either “Hannibal” by Eutropius or “Daedalus and Icarus” by Ovid – both in free download editions by Geoffrey Steadman at www.geoffreysteadman.com Also Latin Tales from Herodotus, Sean Gabb |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 20:00 05/05/26 - 14/07/26 Online | RL078 Tutor: Judith Rice |
Virgil, Aeneid 1 – any edition Petronius Cena Trimalchionis ed. Steadman in print (ISBN 9780999188439) or online: geoffreysteadman.com/petronius/ or any edition |
Virgil line 418 Petronius Ch. 34 |
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Wednesday | 12:10 - 13:40 06/05/26 - 08/07/26 Online | RL174 Tutor: Mary Ruskin |
The Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder: We shall move on to Virgil’s 4th Georgic. |
Starting on p. 98 (line 11). | |
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Wednesday | 18:15 - 19:45 06/05/26 - 08/07/36 Online | RL315 Tutor: Nikoletta Manioti |
Suetonius, Divus Augustus, Carter, J.M. (1982) Ovid, Metamorphoses 3 |
Starting with Ovid, |
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Saturday | 10:30 - 13:00 18/04/26 - 06/06/26 Online | RL022 Tutor: Judith Rice |
Peter Jones, Reading Ovid – satires from the Metamorphoses (ISBN 9780521613323) Tacitus Annals 1 A Selection ed. Radice and Mayer (ISBN 9781474265980) Taylor-Briggs R., Via Plana 2001 reprint (ISBN 1853996122) |
Jones, Ch. 8 lines 415ff Tacitus, Section 6 |
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Latin 5 advanced: poetry group |
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Tuesday | 10:30 - 11:40 05/05/26 - 07/07/26 Online | RL190 Tutor: Justin Murray |
Lucan, Civil War book 1, Virgil, Georgics Book 1. |
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Tuesday | 10:45-11:55 21/04/26 - 23/06/26 Class | RL319 Tutor: Anna Bulmer |
Horace, Odes Book 1, recommended edition Horace: Odes 1, edited by Roland Mayer (Cambridge University Press: 2012). Other editions are also valid. |
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Latin 5 advanced: poetry and prose group |
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Tuesday | 12:30-13:40 21/04/26 - 23/06/26 Class | RL319 Tutor: Anna Bulmer |
Lucan, De Bello Civili Book 1. Recommended edition Lucan, De Bello Civili 1, edited by R.J. Getty (Bristol Classical Press: 1998). Other editions are also valid. |
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Medieval Latin: module 3 |
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Wednesday | 10:15 - 11:30 06/05/26 - 08/07/26 Online | RL665 Tutor: Mary Ruskin |
Medieval Latin by K.P. Harrington. Second Edition, On alternate weeks, we shall be reading |
We shall start reading Harrington at p. 541, line 40. |
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Neo-Latin: module 3 |
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Thursday | 15:00 - 16:00 30/04/26 - 02/07/26 Class | RL684 Tutor: Mary Ruskin |
We shall start the term with our text-book, When we have finished the story of |
We shall start reading Riley at p.289 (chapter 5) and Bacon at Book 7, chapter 23. |
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Languages of the Ancient Near East
For all Languages of the Ancient Near East classes, the resources will be provided by your tutor.
Old English
For all Old English classes, the resources will be provided by your tutor.
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Sanskrit reading circle |
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Wednesday | 19:00-20:30 22/04/26 - 24/06/26 Online | RS058 Tutor: Vaighan Pilikian |
TBC |
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