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How should I go about revising my set text?

Its best to tackle set text learning in smaller chunks, rather than in one go. What I tend to do is start with the translation learning by matching up each English word with the Latin as I go along. If there...
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What is the indirect statement and how is it formed?

an indirect statement is an example of reported speech. In Latin, it can be formed in only one way, which renders the subject of the statement in the accusative case (as opposed to the usual nominative), and...
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olim Alexander , rex Macedonum , cum exercitu suo ad terras Indorum iter faciebat. - How would you go about translating this sentence?

To start off with, go along the sentence and mark out what case each word is or could be. For example, above 'Alexander' mark 'S', which stands for subject and 'V' for vocative. Similarly, you would do the s...
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Abydeni legatos ad regem de condicionibus tradendae urbis miserunt translate

The citizens of Abydos sent ambassadors to the king about discussing terms for handing over the city
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How does Pliny make the ghost scene a dramatic and shocking climax to the story?

Pliny is incredibly good at building suspense in his text through the use of sound and language. For example with capiti catenis, where alliteration of ‘c’ to imitate the sound of the chains rattling. The de...
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