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I just to know which book to do next, all have advantages and disadvantages. So what do you want?<br /><br />Be sure to VOTE - not just reply to this thread.
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Tough choice... I was torn between Greenough's and Vergil.
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Assuming that it follows on from Wheelock, this sounds just the ticket:<br /><br />Second Year Latin - Greenough - Beginner to Intermediate Latin Reader (thick)<br /><br />Do you have to be thick though?<br />

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Yes a tough choice, I own Gildersleeve ;D and I'm no where close to reading Vergil or Terence. So Second Year Latin-Greenough-Beginner to Intermediate Reader<br /><br />And just how thick is thick?

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[quote author=MDS link=board=3;threadid=694;start=0#6674 date=1064374286]<br />And just how thick is thick?<br />[/quote]<br /><br />Hmm... my guess is that it's more than 400 pages. ;D<br /><br />

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yes, it's more like 600 meaning that it would be a massive download of around 30 MB.
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You post it and I shall download it! :)

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I picked Vergil, even though I'm not up to that level yet...I'm longing to read him in Latin! :)

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[quote author=jeff link=board=3;threadid=694;start=0#6713 date=1064403096]<br />yes, it's more like 600 meaning that it would be a massive download of around 30 MB. <br />[/quote]<br /><br /><br />I have no problems with downloading a 30MB document (gotta love high speed connections!), but I'm sure there are people who are using dial-up and such a d/l would take an excruciatingly long time. I would prefer working with one PDF, however, it might be a good idea to offer this one in 3 or 4 smaller parts for those who can't feasibly d/l it in one fell swoop. Although hd space is cheap, there may also be people using much older pcs with smaller hds and it's possible they might not have enough space for 30MB at once. I think offering multiple discrete PDFs would make this book available to more people in this situation. They can d/l and work through one small part at a time (or archive it to make space for the next section).<br /><br /><br />(I realize that it's possible to divide up a file into multiple smaller downloads, and then have people piece it all together afterwards (for example, using WinRAR), but I think that can cause its own difficulties with requiring people to have some util to do that, nevermind learning how to do it.)<br /><br />

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I think I'll try it with this one.<br /><br />The book has a natural division between Part 1 - Easy Selections and Part 2 - Gallic War. (not to mention Textkit already has Gallic War)<br /><br />I can just do each part, along with the notes in the appendix and vocabulary. It would reduce the file size by about 40% I think.
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<br />Looks like Greenough and Virgil are neck and neck. What happens if we have a tie?<br /><br />

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Flip a Roman coin, of course. ;D

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Capita aut caudae?

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Hey-I understood that!!! :o I must be making progress! ;D

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Who voted for Terence besides me?

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[quote author=Keesa link=board=3;threadid=694;start=0#6906 date=1064543284]<br />Hey-I understood that!!! :o I must be making progress! ;D<br />[/quote]<br /><br />Me too! Me too! I love it when I can understand Latin. :) I'm looking forward to the day when I can actually hold a conversation in the Agora.<br /><br />

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[quote author=Alundis link=board=3;threadid=694;start=15#6907 date=1064543956]<br />Who voted for Terence besides me?<br />[/quote]<br /><br />Not me. I don't even know what Terrence's Phormio is. :(<br /><br />

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Me. I have vague memories of having had to read it in translation as an undergraduate for a course on Ancient Drama, and enjoying it.

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If anyone hasn't yet explored Terence - I think you should. His comedies are sprinkled with little lessons about life that are still very true today. Penguin Classics has a nice Terence edition.
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So, perhaps you should post it next...but I still vote for Vergil! :) <br /><br />I notice that no one has voted for Gildersleeve yet. Does everyone except myself own a hard copy? :(

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<br />I didn't realize Terence was Roman drama. Is there a lot of drama available out there?<br /><br />

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[quote author=Keesa link=board=3;threadid=694;start=15#6929 date=1064579944]<br />I notice that no one has voted for Gildersleeve yet. Does everyone except myself own a hard copy? :( [/quote]<br /><br />Yes, Gildersleeve is quite lonely there. I think it's due to the fact that it's "watered down". I didn't choose it because I would have wanted an unabridged version.<br /><br />Gildersleeve is one the book high up on my "to buy" list. I'm just waiting for the day when I'm advanced enough to appreciate it. It comes in both hard cover and paperback. I've already decided on the hard cover.<br /><br />

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Hmm...Greenough and Vergil are exactly tied.

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<br />Uh oh ... somebody better dig out a Latin coin ...<br /><br />Maybe Jeff will do two books if it's a tie?<br /><br />

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[quote author=mariek link=board=3;threadid=694;start=15#6948 date=1064590356]<br /><br />I didn't realize Terence was Roman drama. Is there a lot of drama available out there?<br /><br /><br />[/quote]<br /><br />For Roman drama on Perseus (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cache/pers ... Roman.html) look under Plautus (T. Maccius Plautus) or Terence (P. Terentius Afer) for comedies. Tragedies by Seneca also survive but are not on Perseus. Look in Forum Romanum (http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/ ... ngerx.html) under Tragoediae about 2/3 of the way down the page.

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<br />Bingley, it always amazes me how you're always able to come up with a link to everything. <br /><br />

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I have a butterfly mind, it never stays in one place for long. I have a huge list of favourite links. When I first got onto the internet I just went link-happy, always clicking on links and then saving them to look at 'later'. For many of them 'later' has never come, but I can find lots of things in my list. Looking for information is something I enjoy doing. The looking is half the fun. I just wish I could find someone to pay me to do it. ;D I would be in heaven.

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What I really can not find is De Bello Gallico by D'Ooge.<br />After Latin For Beginners that would be ideal...<br /><br />Or am I totally confusing it and he did not write that?

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Hmm, I voted for the Greenough but it was a very close choice - I'd be just as happy with the Aeneid. (Actually I'd like all of them but I do realise you are busy with other things Jeff!

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I dunno much about which latin book willl help the most, but greenough sounded green enough for textkit's green color. 8)

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I actually am wanting to change my vote now to Vergil. How many books does the Aenead have anyways?
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Twelve wonderful books. Twelve more than Vergil wanted to exist.<br /><br />~dave

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[quote author=Episcopus link=board=3;threadid=694;start=15#7150 date=1064768510]<br />What I really can not find is De Bello Gallico by D'Ooge.<br />After Latin For Beginners that would be ideal...<br /><br />Or am I totally confusing it and he did not write that?<br />[/quote]<br /><br />I thought Caeser wrote that?

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<br />I believe he's referring to Caesar in Gaul by Benjamin L. D'Ooge and Frederick C. Eastman. It's probably hard to find due to being out of print.<br /><br />It's available on eBay! <br />http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... y=29719<br /><br />

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It may be a lost cause, but I'm voting for Terence 'cause he's kinda hard to find elsewhere....<br /><br />Kilmeny (briefly popping up for air between Latin homework assignments......)

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[quote author=Milito link=board=3;threadid=694;start=30#7261 date=1064857568]<br />Kilmeny (briefly popping up for air between Latin homework assignments......)<br />[/quote]<br /><br />I was wondering where you've been lately!
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<br />Kilmeny! It's so good to see you again! I've been wondering where you've been ... thought you might have gotten transferred to some remote place with no internet access.<br /><br />

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Only ship to united states :-\

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<br />You might try emailing that person to see if he's willing to make an exception for you. I really don't think sending a book to the UK could be all that much more work.<br /><br />Have you searched eBay in the UK?<br /><br />

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