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Atalanta erat filia regis Schoenei. haec puella, quae celerrime currere poterat, in mediis silvis habitabat. olim rex Atalantam rogavit ut maritum inveniret.

The easiest way to go about answering the early comprehension questions is to attempt to just translate the passage and if you get stuck to make an educated guess based on what you can understand and what...

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"In Tacitus, individuals are seldom virtuous without flaws or flawed without virtues, and the flaws are normally closely related to the virtues." Discuss.

What we first recognise about Tacitus and his characters is that, in spite of his notorious claim “consilium mihi pauca […] tradere […] sina ira et studio”, “my aim is to relate a few accounts without ang...

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Translation Paper 2: olim Hercules cum novem vaccis pulcherrimis Romam iter faciebat.

The first job is to spot the verb in the sentence - usually, it is located at or near to the end of the sentence. Here, it is "faciebat" - parsing it we get to a 3rd person singular imperfect ve...

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How should I approach the 8-mark essay questions, such as 'How does Cicero's language convey a sense of outrage in this passage'?

The important thing to remember for these questions is to be as focused as possible - the examiner doesn't want a thesis!

You need to provide 4 points from the passage, which comment on both the

Answered by William T. • Latin tutor

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Translate the following sentence: Caesar barbaros trans flumen oppugnavit

First thing is to find the nominative, which in this case is Caesar. Then the main verb which is oppugnavit. You should identify the tense and person of the verb, here it is past tense and 3rd person sing...

Answered by Alex H. • Latin tutor

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