Reading List for M .A . in Latin
I. ANCIENT AUTHORS:
| Apuleius |
Metamorphoses: Books 1‑2.17; 3‑5.6; 7.13‑9.10; 10.1‑11.25 |
| Augustus |
Res Gestae |
| Caesar |
Bellum Gallicum: Book 4; Bellum Civile: Book 1 |
| Catullus |
Carmina (complete) |
| Cicero |
In Catilinam I; Philippic II; Pro Caelio; Pro Archia; Somnium Scipionis; Epistulae: Ad Atticum 3.8; Ad familiares 4.4, 5.7, 14.1, 16.12. |
| Horace |
Odes: Books 1 & 3; Satires: Book 1; Epistulae: 2.3 (Ars poetica) |
| Juvenal |
Book 1: Satires 1‑5 |
| Livy |
Ab urbe condita: Preface; Books 1, 21, 22 |
| Lucan |
Bellum civile: Book 1 |
| Lucretius |
De rerum natura: Books 1; 3; 4.907‑1287; 5.783‑1457 |
| Martial |
Epigrams: Book 1 |
| Ovid |
Ars amatoria: Book 1; Metamorphoses: Books 1, 8, 14 |
| Petronius |
Cena Trimalchionis |
| Plautus |
Mostellaria; Miles Gloriosus |
| Pliny the Younger |
Epistulae: Book 6.16, 6.20; 7.9; 9.23; 10.96, 10.97 |
| Propertius |
Carmina: Book 1 |
| Quintilian |
Institutiones Oratoriae: Book 10 |
| Sallust |
Bellum Catilinae |
| Seneca |
Medea |
| Suetonius |
Divus Iulius; Divus Augustus |
| Tacitus |
Annales: Books 1, 12, 14; Agricola |
| Terence |
Eunuchus |
| Tibullus |
Carmina: Book 1 |
| Vergil |
Aeneid (complete); Eclogues: Books 1, 4, 10; Georgics: Book 4 |
Read the entire list in
translation. This section of the exam
will be allotted one hour; students will be asked to identify and discuss the
significance of several passages. In
addition to identifying the quotation from the particular work, the answer must
also reflect a knowledge of the author and his or her contribution to Classical
literature.
II. MODERN SCHOLARSHIP: Handbooks
A. Reading List for Historical Contexts:
1. M. Cary and H.H. Scullard, A History of Rome. 3rd
edition. New York: 1975.
2. Colin Wells, The Roman Empire. 2nd
edition. London: 1992.
3. Mary Beard and Michael Crawford, Rome in the Late
Republic. 2nd edition. London: 1999.
Read all three selections on the list. This section of the exam
will be allotted 90 minutes; students will be asked to give short answer
identifications and to answer one in-depth essay question.
B. Reading List for Mythology and Religion:
1. D. Feeney, Literature and Religion at Rome: Cultures,
Contexts, and Beliefs. Cambridge: 1998 (instead of R. M. Ogilvie, The
Romans and their Gods).
2. J. Bremer and N. Horsfall, Roman Myths and Mythography.
London: 1987.
Read both selections on the list. This section of the exam
will be allotted 90 minutes; students will be asked to give short answer
identifications and to answer one in-depth essay question.