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The first thing to remember is that ablative absolutes are used instead of a subordinate clause, and so usually have a temporal , concessive or causal meaning, which is why they are often found at the start ...

The statement may be argued both in favour of and against. In Ovid, t he common fate of being punished in classical mythology for doubting the gods is dominant and Niobe is a representative example. However,...

Constructions in Latin are not as terrifying as you may think; it's just a case of learning the grammatical rules for each construction and putting them into practice. A purpose clause indicates the reason f...

The sequence of tenses explains why subjunctives in subordinate clauses are in the tenses that they are in, and it provides insight into how to translate the clause. Latin has two sequences of tense- primary...

Latin poems are written in a number of forms. Epic, such as Ovid's metamorphoses or Virgil's Aeneid, are written in hexameter. When scanning, there are a couple of important terms you need to know: A syllabl...