What advanced Latin grammars or textbooks are available?

[Kaleiokanakaanuenue]

Hi!

I have gone through Wheelock's and have translated Cicero's first speech against Catiline with help from Maclardy's Completely Parsed Cicero. Are there any more advanced textbooks I can go through to expand my Latin? I am interested in exploring poetry (Virgil, Ovid) or prose (J. Caesar, Livy) but haven't been able to find many resources except for Latin "readers" like Maclardy's.

Thanks for help!

[Hylander]

I'd suggest plunging into some Latin prose, such as Caesar or Cicero, using one of the annotated editions aimed at high-school students, but not one that parses everything for you (though you may find parsing on your own a helpful learning procedure). There are many such editions from the late 19th/early 20th centuries available used at very modest prices. I think American Book Company or Ginn used to publish solid texts with commentaries. The Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series ("green and yellow") are very good, but might assume a somewhat higher level of language skill than you have reached--although they will provide much more up-to-date background information. You might try using both types of commentaries But if you've gone through Wheelock, you should have all the grammar you need.

[naturalphilosopher]

Wheelock has its own follow up reader which may interest you. Some like to use Orberg's Lingua Latina series as a way to quickly build vocabulary and reading speed after a book like Wheelock. You might also like some of Geoffrey Steadman's readers available at https://geoffreysteadman.com/. Clyde Pharr wrote a heavily glossed edition of the first several books of Virgil's Aeneid.

If you want something that is specifically not a reader, then a reference grammar such as Gildersleeve may be to your liking. Composition books were also traditional follow ups to a primary textbook and hit the finer parts of grammar and syntax. There are several available from textkit. Bradley's Arnold (see http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2006/2006-06-26.html) is considered by many to be one that will take you far, albeit harder than some of the others.

[Ronolio]

Bolchazy-Carducci has a good series as well, just entitled A _________ Workbook, available for Caesar, Vergil, Ovid, Catullus, Horace and Cicero. You can get a student and teacher edition. They run about $27 each. They are designed to help prepare for the College Board AP Exam. Here's the publisher's web address: www.bolchazy.com

[rothbard]

I would recommend this 1907 edition of De Bello Gallico: fully macronised, with plenty of vocabulary, grammar and historical notes, and an extensive grammar appendix with references to the text.