1. Review and learn well the Dietrich List of 300 basic vocabulary itmes. A researcher named Dietrich discovered that you can read 60% of most Latin prose texts, if you control just 300 words. Here is the Dietrich list for you to print out and learn well.

2. Practice reading and translating from Latin Stories (see required texts above) or from the readings in your course-pack (see Plain texts of all readings below)

3. Review readings and lessons from your 101-102 textbook, Latin for Reading

4. Do some reading in English. Vergil's Aeneid and book 1 of Livy's Histories make an exciting read AND your familiarity with them will help you understand the Latin texts that you will be reading in the fall.

A. General
Dictionaries and glossaries

• William Whittaker's Words
• Lewis-Short Latin Dictionary
• Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
• Tutorials and glossary of terms used in Latin for Reading (Michigan)

B. LAT 231 study aids

Course-pack materials for print-out
Plain text of all readings

Dictionaries and glossaries

• William Whittaker's Words
• Lewis-Short Latin Dictionary
• Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
• Tutorials and glossary of terms used in Latin for Reading (Michigan)

Morphology drills

• Latin for Reading 101 and 102 Latin Drills (currently MAC only)

Syntax drills and reference tools

• SYNTAX DRILLS to Intro Readings and Caesar
• Guide to English Grammar and Writing
• Latin 231/232 Summary of Syntax (same as appears in the Latin 231 coursepack)

Commentaries and tutorials

• Kernel and Modifier tutorials
• Commentaries to the assigned readings
• Clean copies of the assigned readings

C. LAT 232 study aids
A. Printing out your own text of the Aeneid:

• The Aeneid in bin-hex format for MAC and for WINDOWS
• The text of the Aeneid in Perseus with hyper-text commentary on each word

B. Background reference

• virgil.org
• Encyclopedia Britannica entry on Aeneas
• Aeneas' family tree
• Study questions on the Aeneid
• Michael Morford's Multimedia paths in Text and image include:
  • The story of Troy in text and image
  • The story of Aeneas and Dido in text and image
  • Aeneas' experiences in the underworld in text and image
• Brief biography of Virgil
• Chronology of Virgil's life in the context of contemporary events
• Virgil's meter
• The quantity of vowels in Latin

C. The Aeneid in images

Book 1. Aeneas encounters Venus, disguised as a huntress (Cleveland Museum of Art)

Book 2. Laocoon (Hellenistic period: Vatican museum). The story of Troy in text and image

Book 3. Aeneas finds out that his destination is Italy.

Book 4. Aeneas tells his story to Dido at a banquet. The building of Carthage

Morphology drills

• Latin for Reading 101 and 102 Latin Drills (currently MAC only)

Syntax drills and reference tools

• SYNTAX DRILLS to Intro Readings and Caesar
• Guide to English Grammar and Writing
• Latin 231/232 Summary of Syntax (same as appears in the Latin 231 coursepack)

Commentaries and tutorials

• Kernel and Modifier tutorials
• Commentaries to the assigned readings
• Clean copies of the assigned readings

Reference on cultural background

• Encyclopedia Britannica entry on Aeneas
• Encyclopedia Britannica entry on Latinus
• Encyclopedia Britannica entry on Rome's foundation myth
• Encyclopedia Britannica entry on Livy
• The Roman Army: legions, camps, standards, officers, troops in Rome
• What did "drawn up battle-lines that have taken up position" look like ?
  Probably like a cohort, consisting of six smaller units (centuria).
• What did a century look like? What did a Roman general look like? What did a common soldier (legionary) look like?
• Sibyl resources.: Database of texts. Time-line of Roman history. Encyclopedia of Roman emperors until 238.
• Sources on the eruption of Vesuvius
• The atrium: the eruption of Vesuvius