Latinteach Resources
Latinteach Resources
ADVANCED PLACEMENT/COLLEGE BOARD Download the course description for the AP Latin Vergil Course and find out other important information about the exam.
AENEID STUDY GUIDE From Brooklyn College, the City University of New York. Written by Roger Dunkle for the Core Curriculum Series.
ANDREW WILSON’S AENEID PAGE Includes a brief summary of the Aeneid and the site author’s own translation with contextual notes.
AUTHORS ON FARMING From William Harris’ Humanities and the Liberal Arts site, an essay on Latin authors who wrote about farming. Includes some thoughts on Vergil and the Georgics.
BACKGROUND AND INTERPRETATION A short essay on details of Vergil’s life and work as well as a studio drama project.
DR. MELISSA SCHONS BISHOP’S AP VERGIL SITE A wonderful collection of resources for teaching and studying Advanced Placement Latin. Tons of learning games designed for mastering the most frequent vocabulary words encountered in the Aeneid as well as the Fourteen Hundred Words essential for Latin sight reading. You’ll also find downloadable vocabulary lists, syllabi, outlines, helpful links and more! Highly recommended!
AP LATIN LINKS A compilation at Vroma by Barbara McManus and Marianthe Colakis. Includes links to sites of general relevance, texts, listservs, writing guides, and more. Somewhat dated, but may be an excellent starting point.
BARTLEBY’S VERGIL COLLECTION Some information about the life of the poet as well as a searchable database. Includes an English translation of the Aeneid from the Harvard Classics Library and notable quotations.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO VERGIL’S AENEID From the Vroma site, includes a selection of resources pertaining to the epic poem on a number of topics.
CAMPANIAN SOCIETY TEACHING MATERIALS A catalog of Vergil items for purchase.
CLASSICS PODCASTS Hear Christopher Francese read from Vergil’s Aeneid.
DRIPPING VERGIL BLOG An excellent example of an AP Vergil class web log.
DRIPPING VERGIL QUIA SITE Includes activities based upon Vergilian syntax, rhetorical devices, vocabulary, characters, and reading comprehension.
JERARD WHITE’S VERGIL METASITE Resources for students, teachers and readers of Vergil. Includes texts, translations, commentaries, bibliographies, a timeline and more.
JOE KNOWS LATIN An inspiring piece by the Joe Paterno (Penn State’s football coach) and what he learned from reading the Aeneid in the original Latin.
LATIN LIBRARY/VERGIL A collection of public domain works by Vergil, in Latin. You’ll find Books 1-12 of the Aeneid, Eclogues 1-10, and the Georgicon, Books 1-4.
LIBRIVOX Hear Vergil’s Eclogue IV read in Latin.l
QUIA - AP LATIN, VERGIL Online Java Activities for students preparing for the AP Vergil exam.
SPARKNOTES Barnes and Noble Study Guide for the Aeined with printable PDF pages. Information about the plot, characters, themes, quotations, essay topics and more.
TIMOTHY ABNEY’S AENEID METASITE For teachers and students preparing for the AP Vergil Aeneid exam, an amazing resource. You’ll find lots of useful links, vocabulary exercises, materials for specific books, links to sound files, etc.
UNOFFICIAL AP LATIN SITE Written by Ginny Lindzey, you can find general information here.
VERGILIAN SOCIETY Founded in 1937, this organization “[promotes] the study of Vergil by means of lectures, conferences, publications and reports of excavation.” Open to anyone with an interest in Vergil. Sponsors summer tours and publishes the Vergilius journal.
VIRGILIUS Timothy Abney’s new site dedicated to Vergil is the ultimate clearing house for annotated resources for those teaching and studying this great epic Latin poet. There are 2 sets of resources. One set is devoted to general resources regarding Virgil. The second set is more specialized, dedicated to the Advanced Placement Vergil curriculum.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Updated: September 3, 2008
Teaching Vergil
Below you will find links to websites to assist you in the teaching of Vergil. Please be aware that these links will take you to another website.
Photograph of Mosaic of Vergil courtesy of the Vroma Project. You can find many more images pertaining to Vergil and the Aeneid at this outstanding site.