Passages read, translated and commented on, with quizzes and study materials.
Welcome to one part of the the most popular Latin APÂ curriculum on Udemy!
These materials are designed to help students prepare for the APÂ Latin exam, which consists of selections taken from Vergil's Aeneid and Caesar's Gallic Wars. The particular course takes up the passages required by the APÂ exam from Caesar's Gallic Wars. Â
As such, please keep in mind that this isn't for beginning Latin students, or even those who are just entering the intermediate level. The course is for students who've put in a couple of years of Latin grammar and elementary to intermediate Latin reading, and who are now ready for the next level: the prestigious Latin AP exam.
I mention this because occasionally a student without adequate preparation will attempt to take the class, only to find it's not at his/her level. This causes hard feelings, as you can detect in a recent review posted to Udemy: "difficult to follow a clear single line translation, he just gives parts of it and jumps to another part and jumps to another part, very unclear."
That's because this isn't a translation class. There are translation aplenty of the Gallic Wars. The purpose of my method is to get students so good at Latin that they aren't really "translating" most of it anymore, but just reading it. That takes time, but it is an achievable goal.
On the exam, you will be mostly tested on you ability to translate literally, to analyze, and to interpret the text. You will practice sight-reading and translating literally so that your translations not only are accurate and precise, but also make sense in English. Other specific skills that will be required for the AP examination include the ability:
To write a literal English translation of a Latin passage on the syllabus
To explicate specific words or phrases in context
To identify the context and significance of short excerpts from texts listed in the chosen syllabus
To identify and analyze characteristic or noteworthy features of the authors' modes of expression, including their use of imagery, figures of speech, sound effects, and metrical effects, as seen in specific passages
To discuss particular motifs or general themes not only suggested by passages but also relevant to other selections
Recent Review
I recommend this to anyone who wants to take up reading Caesar's Commentarii De Bello Gallico in Latin. For first time readers it is a must; for those who have read it in Latin before it is great to hear how a skilled Latin teacher translates it. For anyone who is taking the AP exam there is no better preparation. The way he builds a more Englished version from a literal translation is a joy to behold. Don S
Prep for the AP Latin Exam
Extensive experience reading a real Latin text of intermediate difficulty
Familiarity with the history of the Gallic Wars
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Dr. Lugosch taught all areas of classical studies at the undergraduate and graduate level, and published scholarly articles on Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, and Homer. Recently retired, Dr. Lugosch still leads small private tours to Italy, Greece, Turkey and France that explore artifacts of classical antiquity. These lectures help support his money-losing hobby farm in Kentucky where he raises organic pigs,...
To offer "Caesar surrounded the enemy" is humorous - one English translation says "he stayed in the same place".
This is very clear. I don't plan to study AP but I am fascinated by Caesar. I am reading the text using a few different intermediate readers, as well as with a tutor. This course is helping reinforce the learning. Thank you!
I'm not actually doing the AP Latin syllabus, but the sight-reading with the professor has definitely improved my own Latin reading.
Excellent course
difficult to follow a clear single line translation, he just gives parts of it and jumps to another part and jumps to another part, very unclear.
So far it is a great course for me.
Helps clear up translation into common English.
I recommend this to anyone who wants to take up reading Caesar's Commentarii De Bello Gallico in Latin. For first time readers it is a must; for those who have read it in Latin before it is great to hear how a skilled Latin teacher translates it. For anyone who is taking the AP exam there is no better preparation. The way he builds a more Englished version from a literal translation is a joy to behold.
Good match.I'm enjoying the oral reading and explanations the most.
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Gregory F.
The Questions were wrong. One of the questions is literally word for word, "What it is necessary (necessario) this time for Ariovistus to join the battle?"
The time it takes is just the video hours not actual work time. Suggested work time for section 1 is actually more than 25 hours.