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:
| Day | Times | Dates | Location | Course Code | Tutor | Book | Chapters/Section (if applicable) |
Ancient Greek 1: module 1 |
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| Thursday | 18:00-19:30 | 08/05/2025 - 10/07/2025 | Online | RG023 | Greek to GCSE: Part 1 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255165) |
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Ancient Greek 1: module 2 |
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| Thursday | 10:45-12:15 | 01/05/25 - 03/07/25 | In person | RG251 | Rachael Apps | Greek to GCSE: Part 1 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255165) |
Chapter 3 |
Ancient Greek 1: module 3 |
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| Thursday | 11:00-12:30 | 01/05/25 - 03/07/25 | In person | RG224 | Szerdi Nagy | Greek to GCSE: Part 1 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255165) |
Chapter 6 |
Ancient Greek 2: module 3 |
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| Thursday | 18:00-19:30 | 01/05/25 - 03/07/25 | Online | RG201 | Jordan Dyck | Reading Greek by the Joint Association of Classical Teachers (Peter Jones and Keith Sidwell, CUP), 2nd edition, 2 volumes: - Text and Vocabulary (ISBN: 9780521698511) - Grammar and Exercises (ISBN: 9780521698528). |
Chapter 9 |
Homeric Greek 2: module 2 |
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| Tuesday | 17:15-18:45 | 06/05/25 - 08/07/25 | Online | RG013 | Vaughan Pilikian | Homeric Greek: A Book for Beginners by Clyde Pharr (2012) ISBN: 9780806141640 |
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New Testament Greek 2: module 3 |
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| Tuesday | 14:00-15:30 | 06/05/25 - 08/07/25 | Online | RG507 | Jordan Dyck | Reading Koine Greek by Rodney Decker (Baker Academic: Grand Rapids, 2014). The New Testament text can be found at www.gntreader.com. Good online dictionaries can be found at www.philolog.us and www.billmounce.com |
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Ancient Greek 3: module 2 |
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| Monday | 14:00-15:30 | 28/04/25 - 07/07/25 | Online | RG491 | Hugo Cook | Greek to GCSE: Part 2 by J. Taylor, Bloomsbury: 2016 (ISBN 9781474255202) |
Chapter 9 |
Ancient Greek 3: module 3 |
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| Wednesday | 18:00-19:30 | 07/05/25 - 09/07/25 | Class | RG922 | Reading Greek by the Joint Association of Classical Teachers (Peter Jones and Keith Sidwell, CUP), 2nd edition, 2 volumes: - Text and Vocabulary (ISBN: 9780521698511) - Grammar and Exercises (ISBN: 9780521698528). |
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Ancient Greek 4: module 3 |
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| Wednesday | 18:00-19:30 | 07/05/25 - 09/07/25 | Online | RG230 | Andrew David | Reading Greek by the Joint Association of Classical Teachers (Peter Jones and Keith Sidwell, CUP), 2nd edition, 3 volumes: - Text and Vocabulary (ISBN: 9780521698511) - Grammar and Exercises (ISBN: 9780521698528). - An Independent Study Guide (ISBN: 9780521698504) |
Section 13 |
New Testament Greek 4: module 3 |
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| Thursday | 10:30-12:00 | 08/05/25 - 10/07/25 | Online | RG077 | Sean Gabb | Either Greek New Testament, ed. by United Bible Societies, or Novum Testamentum Graece, ed. by Nestle and Alland (NA28), Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (German Bible Society), 2012 |
John and extracts from the Greek Fathers |
Ancient Greek 5 |
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| Monday | 14:00-15:30 | 12/05/25 - 21/07/25 | In person | RG073 | Jordan Dyck |
G. Steadman (ed.), Sophocle's Antigone, 2015 (ISBN 978-0991386031) D. Mastronarde, Introduction to Attic Greek, |
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| 19:40-21:40 | 12/05/25 - 21/07/25 | Online | RG410 | Sean Gabb | J. Affleck and C. Letchford, OCR Anthology for Classical Greek GCSE, Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 (ISBN 978-1474265485) |
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| Tuesday | 13:10-14:40 | 06/05/25 - 08/07/25 | Online | RG189 | Sean Gabb | S. Baddeley et al, OCR Anthology for Classical Greek AS and A Level: 2024-2026, Bloomsbury Academic, 2023 (ISBN 978-1350156630) |
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| Wednesday | 14:00-15:30 | 07/05/25 - 09/07/25 | Online | RG409 | Doukissa Kamini | Xenophon's Anabasis | Book 2 |
| Thursday | 14:00-15:30 | 08/05/25 - 10/07/25 | Online | RG288 | Elena Vacca |
John Taylor, Greek Beyond GCSE, J. Affleck and C. Letchford, OCR Anthology for Classical Greek GCSE, |
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| Friday | 11:00-12:30 | 09/05/25 - 11/07/25 | Online | RG044 | Elena Vacca |
John Taylor, Greek Beyond GCSE, Bloomsbury Academic, 2017 J. Affleck and C. Letchford, OCR Anthology for Classical Greek GCSE, |
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Biblical Hebrew 1, 2 & 3 |
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| All Biblical Hebrew modules at levels 1, 2 and 3 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 |
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| Tuesday | 16:00-17:30 | 29/04/25 - 08/07/25 | In person | RH503 | Rachel Montagu | Book of Job, followed by Psalms | |
| 18:00-19:30 | 29/04/25 - 08/07/25 | Online | RH432 | Rachel Montagu | The Life and Miracles of Elisha, followed by selected chapters from Numbers and Psalms |
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| Thursday | 18:00-19:30 | 01/05/25 - 03/07/25 | Online | RH118 | Rachel Montagu |
The Life of Joseph, followed by Psalms |
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Latin 1: module 1 |
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| Thursday | 18:00-19:30 | 15/05/25 - 17/07/25 | Online | RL012 | Doukissa Kamini | Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 1, Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 (ISBN 9781780934402) |
Chapter 1 |
Latin 1: module 2 |
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| Tuesday | 18:00-19:30 | 29/04/25 - 01/07/25 | Online | RL618 | Jordan Dyck | Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 1, Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 (ISBN 9781780934402) |
Chapter 3 |
Latin 1: module 3 |
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| Tuesday | 18:00-19:30 | 13/05/25 - 15/07/25 | In person | RL533 | Justin Murray | Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 1, Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 (ISBN 9781780934402) |
Chapter 4 |
| Wednesday | 13:30-15:00 | 07/05/25 - 09/07/25 | In person | RL863 | Jordan Dyck | Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 1, Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 (ISBN 9781780934402) |
Chapter 5 |
| Thursday | 18:00-19:30 | 01/05/25 - 03/07/25 | Online | RL316 | Sarah Merali-Smith |
Cullen H. & Taylor J., Latin to GCSE: Part 1, |
Chapter 4/5 |
Latin 2: module 1 |
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| Wednesday | 19:40-21:40 | 07/05/25 - 09/07/25 | Online | RL018 | Elena Vacca |
Latin to GCSE by J. Taylor |
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Latin 2: module 2 |
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| Thursday | 12:45-14:15 | 01/05/25 - 03/07/25 | In person | RL284 | Szerdi Nagy |
Cambridge Latin Course, |
Book 1 |
Latin 2: module 3 |
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| Monday | 11:15-12:45 | 12/05/25 - 21/07/25 | Online | RL613 | Doukissa Kamini |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, |
Chapter 3B |
Latin 3: module 2 |
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| Tuesday | 18:00-19:30 | 06/05/25 - 08/07/25 | Online | RL614 | Elena Vacca |
Latin to GCSE by J. Taylor |
Chapter 4 |
Latin 3: module 3 |
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| Wednesday | 18:00-19:30 | 07/05/25 - 09/07/25 | Online | RL210 | Doukissa Kamini |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, |
Chapter 5 |
Latin 4 lower: module 3 |
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| Monday | 18:00-19:30 | 12/05/25 - 21/07/25 | Online | RL236 | Justin Murray |
Reading Latin by Peter Jones & Keith Sidwell, |
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Latin 4 upper: module 2 |
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| Wednesday | 18:00-19:30 | 14/05/25 - 16/07/25 | Online | RL609 | Justin Murray | Jones P & Sidwell K, Reading Latin, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2016 2 volumes: Grammar and Exercises (ISBN 9781107632264) and Text and Vocabulary’ (ISBN 9781107618701) |
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| Saturday | 14:00-16:30 | 10/05/25 - 21/06/25 | Online | RL152 | Judith Rice |
Jones P & Sidwell K, Reading Latin, 2nd edition, |
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Latin 4 upper: module 3 |
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| Tuesday | 18:00-19:30 | 06/05/25 - 08/07/25 | Online | RL194 | Sean Gabb | Jones P & Sidwell K, Reading Latin, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2016 2 volumes: Grammar and Exercises (ISBN 9781107632264) and Text and Vocabulary’ (ISBN 9781107618701) |
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Latin 5 |
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| Tuesday | 18:30-20:00 | 06/05/25 - 08/07/25 | Online | RL078 | Judith Rice | Livy Ab Urbe Condita and Virgil Aeneid | Book 1 (for both) |
| Wednesday | 12:10-13:40 | 07/05/25 - 09/07/25 | Online | RL174 | Mary Ruskin | Petronius' Satyricon | |
| 18:15-19:45 | 07/05/25 - 09/07/25 | Online | RL315 | Nikoletta Manioti |
Carter, J.M. (1982) Suetonius, Divus Augustus. Mayer, R. (2012) Horace: Odes Book 1. |
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| Saturday | 10:30-13:00 | 10/05/25 - 21/06/25 | Online | RL022 | Judith Rice |
Jones P., Reading Ovid, CUP 2007 (ISBN 978-0-521-61332-3) |
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Latin 5 advanced: poetry group |
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| Tuesday | 10:30-11:40 | 13/05/25 - 15/07/25 | Online | RL190 | Justin Murray | Propertius, Elegies II (selected poems) and then Ovid’s Metamorphoses Book 8 - both available for free at Perseus Digital Library |
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| 12:10-13:20 | 13/05/25 - 15/07/25 | In person | RL319 | Justin Murray | |||
Medieval Latin: module 3 |
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| Wednesday | 10:15-11:30 | 07/05/25 - 09/07/25 | Online | RL665 | Mary Ruskin |
Medieval Latin, by K.P. Harrington. |
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Neo-Latin: module 3 |
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| Thursday | 15:00-16:30 | 08/05/25 - 03/07/25 | In person | RL684 | Mary Ruskin |
Neo-Latin Reader: Selections from Petrarch to Rimbaud |
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Languages of the Ancient Near East
For all Ancient Near East languages classes, the resources will be provided by the tutor.
Old English
For all Old English classes, the resources will be provided by the tutor.
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Sanskrit Reading Circle |
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| Tuesday | 15:30-17:00 | 06/05/25 - 08/07/25 | Online | RS058 | Vaughan Pilikian |
A Sanskrit Reader Sanskrit Grammar |
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