Classical Literature Grades 6

Iliad Text $14.00 *Iliad Student $12.95 Iliad Teacher $16.95

Odyssey Text $14.00 *Odyssey Student $12.95 Odyssey Teacher $16.95

The Iliad & The Odyssey (Samuel Butler translation) Western civilization begins with The Iliad and The Odyssey. This is a perfect place to start your study of the great books. Our study guides will help bring Homer alive for your student, and our Teacher Manual will give you all the background information needed to teach these books.

The Aeneid

Grades 8+ (David West translation) Text $15.00 After Homer, The Aeneid is *Student $18.95 logically your next great book Teacher $18.95 to study. Vergil's epic story of the founding of Rome will come alive when read with the help of our study guide as you continue your quest to master the classics. This is a great preparation for AP Latin also. Our Teacher Guide has inset student pages with teacher notes and background information for each lesson.

The Aeneid for Boys & Girls

Grades 6-8

by Alfred J. Church Alfred Church's retelling of Vergil's Aeneid is a great introduction to the story of Aeneas, who escaped from the burning city of Troy and founded Rome.

$11.00 Grades 9+

Oresteian Trilogy $13.00 Three Theban Plays $15.00 Medea & Other Plays $11.00 *Student $18.95 ea. Teacher $18.95 ea.

Aeschylus was the first of the three great tragic playwrights. The Oresteian Trilogy is the exciting story of the end of the curse of the House of Atreus. Sophocles, "famous for wisdom," won the playwright competition at the Festival of Dionysus many times. Here, in The Three Theban Plays, is his story of Oedipus. It is the great myth, influencing all subsequent literature. Euripides further developed the tragedy in Medea & Other Plays, instituting the deus ex machina, a prologue with a background, and greater realism. These plays together provide a comprehensive year-long literature or classical studies course for high school.

Horatius at the Bridge

Grades 6+

Text $8.50 | *Student $8.50 | Teacher $10.95 Medal $5.50 | Lapel Pin $3.95 This study of Macaulay's 70-stanza ballad includes vocabulary, maps, character and plot synopses, meter, comprehension questions, teaching guidelines, and quizzes. Send us a recording of your students reciting the poem, and we'll send them a Winston Churchill Award certificate to present with the medal.

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Literature and poetry are essential to a classical education. Why? Because, along with history, literature and poetry are the chief ways we pass on the ideals and values of traditional Western culture. Not only will your students' affections be trained to love the good (and hate the bad) through characters they encounter in great literature, but they will get a glimpse into the wonder of reality that only good poetry can reveal to us. Memoria Press' literature and poetry programs bring you a choice selection of the best books by the best authors.

Reading requires an active, discriminating mind that is challenged to think, compare, and contrast. Students who have been challenged by good literature will develop into superior readers and will never be satisfied with poor-quality books. Each novel has been carefully selected to nourish your students' hearts and minds and improve their reading abilities. The study guides focus on vocabulary, comprehension, and composition—skills that train students to become active readers.