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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Monday | 18:00 - 19:30 29/09/25 - 01/12/25 Online | RG761 |
Greek to GCSE: Part 1 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255165) |
Chapter 1 | |
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Friday | 11:00 - 12:30 23/01/26 - 27/03/26 Online | RG704 |
Greek to GCSE: Part 1 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255165) |
Chapter 1 | |
Ancient Greek 1: module 2 |
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Monday | 18:00 - 19:30 19/01/26 - 23/03/26 Online | RG006 |
Greek to GCSE: Part 1 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255165) |
Chapter 3 | |
Ancient Greek 1: module 3 |
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Monday | 18:00 - 19:30 19/01/26 - 23/03/26 Online | RG926 |
Greek to GCSE: Part 1 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255165) |
Chapter 5 | |
Homeric Greek 1: module 1 |
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Thursday | 19:00 - 20:30 02/10/25 - 04/12/25 Online | RG460 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 |
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New Testament Greek 1: module 1 |
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Thursday | 15:00 - 16:30 25/09/25 - 11/12/25 Online | RG016 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Reading Koine Greek by Rodney Decker (Baker Academic: Grand Rapids, 2014 ISBN 978-0801039287). New Testament text available for free at www.gntreader.com |
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New Testament Greek 1: module 2 |
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Thursday | 15:00 - 16:30 22/01/26 - 26/03/26 Online | RG022 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Reading Koine Greek by Rodney Decker (Baker Academic: Grand Rapids, 2014 ISBN 978-0801039287). New Testament text available for free at www.gntreader.com |
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Ancient Greek 2: module 1 |
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Thursday | 11:00 - 12:30 02/10/25 - 04/12/25 Class | RG015 Tutor: Szerdi Nagy |
Greek to GCSE: Part 2 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255202) |
Chapter 7 | |
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Thursday | 11:00 - 12:30 02/10/25 - 04/12/25 Class | RG019 Tutor: Rachael Apps |
Greek to GCSE: Part 2 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255202) |
Chapter 7 | |
Ancient Greek 2: module 2 |
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Thursday | 11:00 - 12:30 22/01/26 - 26/03/26 Class | RG750 Tutor: Szerdi Nagy |
Greek to GCSE: Part 2 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255202) |
Chapter 9 | |
Homeric Greek 2: module 3 |
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Tuesday | 19:00-20:30 30/09/25 - 02/12/25 Online | RG001 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 |
Section 328, page 131 | |
Homeric Greek 3: module 1 |
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Monday | 13:00-14:30 19/01/26 - 23/03/26 Online | RG448 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 |
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Ancient Greek 3: module 1 |
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Thursday | 18:00 - 19:30 24/09/25 - 11/12/25 Online | RG129 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Reading Greek by JACT. Lucian's Dialogue of the Courtesans by Evan Hayes and Stephen Nimis (Faenum Publishing: 2018) ISBN: 9781940997179, available for free at faenumpublishing.com. |
Section 11 or 12 | |
Ancient Greek 3: module 3 |
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Monday | 14:00 - 15:30 29/09/25 - 01/12/25 Online | RG652 Tutor: Hugo Cook |
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New Testament Greek 3: module 1 |
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Tuesday | 14:00 - 15:30 23/09/25 - 09/12/25 Online | RG439 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Reading Koine Greek by Rodney Decker (Baker Academic: Grand Rapids, 2014 ISBN 978-0801039287). New Testament text available for free at www.gntreader.com |
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New Testament Greek 3: module 2 |
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Tuesday | 14:00 - 15:30 20/01/26 - 24/03/26 Online | RG177 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Reading Koine Greek by Rodney Decker (Baker Academic: Grand Rapids, 2014 ISBN 978-0801039287). New Testament text available for free at www.gntreader.com |
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Ancient Greek 4: module 1 |
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Monday | 12:30 - 14:00 19/01/26 - 23/03/26 Online | RG157 |
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Monday | 14:00 - 15:30 19/01/26 - 23/03/26 Online | RG141 Tutor: Hugo Cook |
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Ancient Greek 4: module 2 |
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Wednesday | 18:00-19:30 21/01/26 - 25/03/26 Class | RG216 |
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Ancient Greek 5 |
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Monday | 13:00 - 14:00 29/09/25 - 01/12/25 Online | RG029 Tutor: Doukissa Kamini |
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1. An online version of the text with vocabulary can be accessed here [external website] |
1.1 | |
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Monday | 14:00 - 15:30 22/09/25 - 08/12/25 Class | RG081 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Learning Greek with Plato by Frank Beetham |
We shall aim to read most of Book 1 of the Republic in the first two terms, and then read the Myth of Er from Book 10, using perseus.tufts.edu, in the third term. |
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Monday | 14:00 - 15:30 19/01/26 - 23/03/26 Class | RG145 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Learning Greek with Plato by Frank Beetham |
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Monday | 19:40 - 21:10 29/09/25 - 01/12/25 Online | RG093 Tutor: Sean Gabb |
Herodotus Book 1 - Geoffrey Steadman edition; Gospel According to John, any edition |
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Monday | 19:40 - 21:10 19/01/26 - 23/03/26 Online | RG306 Tutor: Sean Gabb |
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Tuesday | 13:10 - 14:40 30/09/25 - 02/12/25 Online | RG169 Tutor: Sean Gabb |
Odyssey Book X - Geoffrey Steadman edition |
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Tuesday | 13:10 - 14:40 20/1/26 - 24/03/26 Online | RG117 Tutor: Sean Gabb |
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Wednesday | 18:00 - 19:30 01/10/25 - 03/12/25 Online | RG841 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). |
Beginning of Section 14 | |
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Wednesday | 18:00 - 19:30 21/01/26 - 25/03/26 Online | RG379 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). |
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Friday | 17:00 - 18:30 02/10/25 - 04/12/25 Online | RG718 Tutor: Elena Vacca |
OCR Anthology for Classical Greek GCSE Plato's Phaedo 59c-60a,115b-d,116b-d,117c-118a |
We shall start from the first passage, so 59c-60a. |
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Friday | 17:00 - 18:30 23/01/26 - 27/03/26 Online | RG648 Tutor: Elena Vacca |
OCR Anthology for Classical Greek GCSE Plato's Phaedo 59c-60a,115b-d,116b-d,117c-118a |
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New Testament Greek 5: module 1 |
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Thursday | 10:30-12:00 02/10/25 - 04/12/25 Online | RG109 Tutor: Sean Gabb |
First Epistle to the Corinthians - |
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New Testament Greek 5: module 2 |
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Thursday | 10:30-12:00 22/01/26 - 26/03/26 Online | RG041 Tutor: Sean Gabb |
Greek New Testament, ed. by United Bible Societies, |
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Biblical Hebrew 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
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| All Biblical Hebrew modules at levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 will use the following textbook: The First Hebrew Primer 3rd Edition: The Adult Beginners Path to Biblical Hebrew by Simon, Motzkin and Resnikoff, EKS, 1992 |
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Biblical Hebrew advanced: module 1 |
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Monday | 16:00 - 17:30 29/09/25 - 01/12/25 Online | RH121 Tutor: Rachel Montagu |
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Tuesday | 16:00 - 17:30 30/09/25 - 02/12/25 Class | RH542 Tutor: Rachel Montagu |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 19:30 30/09/25 - 02/12/25 Online | RH316 Tutor: Rachel Montagu |
Psalm 118 and Joseph | |
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Thursday | 18:00 - 19:30 02/10/25 - 04/12/25 Online | RH133 Tutor: Rachel Montagu |
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Biblical Hebrew advanced: module 2 |
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Monday | 16:00 - 17:30 19/01/26 - 23/03/26 Online | RH109 Tutor: Rachel Montagu |
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Tuesday | 16:00 - 17:30 20/01/26 - 24/03/26 Class | RH384 Tutor: Rachel Montagu |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 19:30 20/01/26 - 24/03/26 Online | RH176 Tutor: Rachel Montagu |
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Thursday | 18:00 - 19:30 22/01/26 - 26/03/26 Online | RH112 Tutor: Rachel Montagu |
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Latin 1: module 1 |
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Monday | 18:00 - 19:30 29/09/25 - 01/12/25 Online | RL182 Tutor: Andrew David |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, |
Section 1 | |
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Friday | 11:00 - 12:30 03/10/25 - 05/12/25 Class | RL254 |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 1, |
Chapter 1 | |
Latin 1: module 2 |
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Thursday | 18:00 - 19:30 02/10/25 - 04/12/25 Online | RL013 Tutor: Doukissa Kamini |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 1, |
Chapter 3 | |
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Monday | 18:00 - 19:30 19/01/26 - 23/03/26 Class | RL388 Tutor: Andrew David |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, |
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Latin 1: module 3 |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 19:30 23/09/25 - 09/12/25 Online | RL328 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 1, |
Chapter 5 | |
Latin 2: module 1 |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 19:30 30/09/25 - 02/12/25 Class | RL383 Tutor: Justin Murray |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, |
Chapter 6 | |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 19:30 20/01/26 - 24/03/26 Class | RL011 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, |
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Wednesday | 13:30 - 15:00 24/09/25 - 10/12/25 Class | RL010 Tutor: Jordan Dyck |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, |
Chapter 6 | |
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Thursday | 18:00 - 19:30 02/10/25 - 04/12/25 Online | RL291 Tutor: Sarah Merali-Smith |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 1 and 2, |
Chapter 6 (p189 approx) | |
Latin 2: module 2 |
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Wednesday | 19:40 - 21:10 01/10/25 - 03/12/25 Online | RL836 Tutor: Elena Vacca |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, |
Chapter 7 | |
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Thursday | 18:00-19:30 22/01/26 - 26/03/26 Online | RL414 Tutor: Sarah Merali-Smith |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, |
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Latin 2: module 3 |
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Wednesday | 19:40-21:40 21/01/26 - 25/03/26 Class | RL908 Tutor: Elena Vacca |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, |
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Thursday | 12:45 - 14:15 02/10/25 - 04/12/25 Class | RL004 Tutor: Szerdi Nagy |
Cambridge Latin Course Book IV |
Stage 32 | |
Latin 3: module 1 |
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Monday | 11:15 - 12:45 29/09/25 - 01/12/25 Online | RL456 Tutor: Doukissa Kamini |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, |
Starting from Chapter 5 of the Grammar and Exercises. |
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Latin 3: module 2 |
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Monday | 11:15 - 12:45 19/01/26 - 23/03/26 Online | Rl717 Tutor: Doukissa Kamini |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, |
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Latin 3: module 3 |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 19:30 30/09/25 - 02/12/25 Online | RL495 Tutor: Elena Vacca |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, |
Chapter 10 | |
Latin 4 lower: module 1 |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 19:30 20/01/26 - 24/03/26 Online | RL238 Tutor: Elena Vacca |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 2, |
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Wednesday | 18:00 - 19:30 01/10/25 - 03/12/25 Online | RL193 Tutor: Doukissa Kamini |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, |
Starting from Chapter 6 of the Grammar and Exercises. |
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Latin 4 lower: module 2 |
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Wednesday | 18:00 - 19:30 21/01/26 - 25/03/26 Online | RL604 Tutor: Doukissa Kamini |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, |
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Latin 4 upper: module 1 |
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Monday | 18:00 - 19:30 29/09/25 - 01/12/25 Online | RL143 Tutor: Justin Murray |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, |
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Latin 4 upper: module 2 |
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Monday | 18:00 - 19:30 19/01/26 - 23/03/26 Online | RL490 Tutor: Justin Murray |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, |
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Latin 4 upper: module 3 |
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Wednesday | 18:00 - 19:30 01/10/25 - 03/12/25 Online | RL622 Tutor: Justin Murray |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, |
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Saturday | 14:00 - 16:30 11/10/25 - 15/11/25 Online | RL070 Tutor: Judith Rice |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, |
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Latin 5 |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 19:30 30/09/25 - 02/12/25 Online | RL275 Tutor: Sean Gabb |
Fabulae Faciles, Geoffrey Steadman edition; Latin New Testament, any edition |
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Tuesday | 18:00 - 19:30 20/01/26 - 24/03/26 Online | RL006 Tutor: Sean Gabb |
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Tuesday | 18:30-20:00 30/09/25 - 02/12/25 Online | RL416 Tutor: Judith Rice |
Livy 1 – Either one of these useful editions with notes: H.E.Gould & J.L. Whiteley Bristol: University Press (ISBN 0-86292-296-8) or Geoffrey Steadman (ISBN: 9780999188484 and also online: https://geoffreysteadman.com/livy/. Virgil's Aeneid 1 - any edition. For grammar practice: P. Ruth Taylor-Briggs: Via Plana - Graduated Readings in Advanced Latin, Bristol Classical Press 2001 reprint (ISBN 1-85399-612-2) |
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Tuesday | 18:30-20:00 20/01/26 - 24/03/26 Online | RL206 Tutor: Judith Rice |
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Wednesday | 12:10 - 13:40 01/10/25 - 03/12/25 Online | RL134 Tutor: Mary Ruskin |
Martial. Select Epigrams. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics |
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Wednesday | 18:15 - 19:45 01/10/25 - 03/12/25 Online | RL098 Tutor: Nikoletta Manioti |
Mayer, R. (2012) Horace: Odes Book 1. Carter, J.M. (1982) Suetonius, Divus Augustus. |
Starting points: Horace, Odes 1.35; Suetonius, Augustus 88 |
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Wednesday | 12:10 - 13:40 21/01/26 - 25/03/26 Online | RL154 Tutor: Mary Ruskin |
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Wednesday | 18:00-19:30 21/01/26 - 25/03/26 Online | RL573 Tutor: Justin Murray |
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Wednesday | 18:15 - 19:45 21/01/26 - 25/03/26 Online | RL130 Tutor: Nikoletta Manioti |
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Saturday | 10:30 - 13:00 01/10/25 - 03/12/25 Online | RL401 Tutor: Judith Rice |
Reading Ovid - Stories from the Metamorphoses, Peter Jones, CUP (ISBN: 978-0-521-61332-3 |
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Saturday | 10:30 - 13:00 17/01/26 - 21/02/26 Online | RL411 Tutor: Judith Rice |
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Saturday | 14:00-16:30 17/01/26 - 21/02/26 Online | RL102 Tutor: Judith Rice |
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Latin 5 advanced: poetry group |
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Tuesday | 10:30 - 11:40 30/09/25 - 02/12/25 Online | RL150 Tutor: Justin Murray |
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Tuesday | 10:30 - 11:40 20/01/26 - 24/03/26 Online | RL050 Tutor: Justin Murray |
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Tuesday | 12:45 - 13:55 30/09/25 - 02/12/25 Class | RL196 |
Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 8 | Line 451 | |
Medieval Latin: module 1 |
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Wednesday | 10:15 - 11:30 01/10/25 - 03/12/25 Online | RL331 Tutor: Mary Ruskin |
Medieval Latin by K.P. Harrington. Book 10 of The History of the Franks |
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Medieval Latin: module 2 |
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Wednesday | 10:15 - 11:30 21/01/26 - 25/03/26 Online | RL278 Tutor: Mary Ruskin |
Medieval Latin by K.P. Harrington. Book 10 of The History of the Franks |
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Neo-Latin: module 1 |
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Thursday | 15:00 - 16:30 09/10/25 - 27/11/25 Class | RL255 Tutor: Mary Ruskin |
Neo-Latin Reader: Selections from Petrarch to Rimbaud by Mark Riley, Sophron 2016 (ISBN 978-0989783682). On alternate weeks, also Iter Subterraneum by Ludvig Holberg (freely available to download online) |
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Languages of the Near East: Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian |
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Saturday | 16:00-17:30 04/10/25 - 06/12/25 Online | RN074 Tutor: Vaughan Pilikian |
Resources to be provided by your tutor.
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Sumerian level 1 |
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Saturday | 14:15-15:45 04/10/25 - 06/12/25 Online | RN439 Tutor: Vaughan Pilikian |
Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian by Bowen and Lewis (Digital Hammurabi Press, 2018) ISBN 978-1734358605.
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Old English
For all Old English classes, the resources will be provided by your tutor.
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Sanskrit 1: module 1 |
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Wednesday | 18:00 - 19:30 01/10/25 - 03/12/25 Online | RS005 |
The Story Of Rama: A Sanskrit Course Book For Beginners - Part 1: 6 Warwick Jessup, Elena Jessup (ISBN: 9788120835504)
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Sanskrit reading circle |
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Monday | 14:45 - 16:15 29/09/25 - 01/12/25 Online | RS317 Tutor: Vaighan Pilikian |
A Sanskrit Reader Sanskrit Grammar Introduction to Sanskrit Part 2 |
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