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Greek/Latin M.A. Reading List
These lists form the basis of the Translation Examinations for the
M.A., which test competence in the Greek and Latin languages. They are
not intended to limit the candidate's reading, but to indicate the range
of authors and works in which linguistic competence is expected. Passages
on the examinations will be drawn from these lists. OCT = Oxford Classical
Text.
| M.A. in Greek |
| Greek Readings |
| Archaic Poetry. |
Homer: 10 books
Hesiod and Homeric Hymns: 1000 lines
iambus and elegy: 400 lines
lyric (excluding Pindar): 400 lines
Pindar: 400 lines |
| Drama |
Tragedy 5 plays (must include one each by Aeschylus,
Sophocles, Euripides)
Comedy 2 plays (must include one by Aristophanes) |
| History and Oratory |
Historians: 200 OCT pages (must include at least
75 pages of Herodotus and 75 pages of Thucydides)
Orators: 80 OCT pages (must include one whole speech each by Lysias and
Demosthenes) |
| Philosophy |
200 OCT pages (must include at least 75 pages
of Plato and 75 pages of Aristotle) |
| Hellenistic poetry |
500 lines (must include at least one whole Idyll
of Theocritus) |
| Prose by other authors |
100 OCT pages |
| M.A. in Latin |
| Latin Readings |
| Lyric, Elegy, Epigram |
Catullus: 1000 lines
Horace: 1000 lines
Ovid: 500 lines
Propertius and Tibullus: 1000 lines
Martial: 200 lines |
| Epic |
7 books (must include one each by
Lucretius
and Ovid and four by Virgil) |
| Drama |
Tragedy: 1 play
Comedy: 3 plays (must include one each by
Plautus and Terence) |
| Other Poetry |
Satire: 1000 lines (must include one each
by Horace and Juvenal)
Virgil, Eclogues and Georgics: 1000 lines (must include one whole Eclogue
and Georgic)
Other Poetry: 500 lines |
| Classical Prose |
At least OCT 50 pages each by: Caesar,
Cicero, Livy, Sallust, Suetonius, Tacitus
Letters: 50 pages |
| Other Prose |
80 OCT pages |
| Later Latin |
60 OCT pages of prose and/or poetry
after 193 A.D. |
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