Auricula Meretricula

This play is a unique text for students in their first semester of Latin. Each scene uses new forms and vocabulary, thus reinforcing the students? grasp of grammar by placing it in a living context. At the same time it provides an enticing introduction to Roman comedy and elegy. First published in 1981, Auricula was greeted with enthusiasm by students and teachers, and is currently used in many classics departments in the US and elsewhere. This substantially revised edition includes new scenes and characters while reducing the overall quantity of unfamiliar vocabulary. For introductory Latin courses, to accompany all the major texts. Originally Auricula Meretricula was written as a companion to Wheelock; to provide a dramatic addition to the course, allowing students to read, speak and act out Latin comedy, with a vocabulary that matched that found in the second half of the first year Latin course for most books.