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My Latin students enjoy speaking Latin (and Classical Greek) and have a strong tradition of participation in Reading Competitions.

These recordings are in mp3 format, and your computer will need software such as Windows Media Player or a recent version of Quicktime in order to play them.


Horace's poem about Pyrrha


episodes from the Trojan War

Virgil : Aeneid II, line 40 onwards


town mouse and country mouse

Horace : Satires II 6, line 79 onwards


an argument between Salvius and his wife Rufilla (Reading Competition 2002)

Cambridge Latin Course Book II, page 30


an argument between Salvius and his wife Rufilla (Reading Competition 2005)

Cambridge Latin Course Book II, page 25


a slave pretends to be a Pompeian citizen in order to qualify for a bribe

Cambridge Latin Course Book I, page 151


a Roman soldier makes an assignation with his new girlfriend

Cambridge Latin Course Book 3A.


a terrifying vigil.

Apuleius' story about the witches of Thessaly.


Sempronia.

Sallust's account of a disreputable woman.


the death of Germanicus

Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome


the suitors insult Odysseus - Greek!

Homer : Odyssey 21, line 289 onwards


Achilles prays to Zeus to keep Patroclus safe in battle

Homer : Iliad 16.


the death of Hektor - you can find the Greek text on the Perseus website.

Homer : Iliad 22 lines 344 - 366.


a passage from Plato's Crito - you can find the Greek text on the Perseus website.

Plato : Crito 45 chapters 5 - 46


the death of Socrates

This adapted version from Plato's Phaedo can be found in 'A Greek Reader' by Freeman and Lowe.


Prep School pupils reading two passages

These recordings were made by Prep School pupils who were successful in our last Latin Reading Competition. We were very impressed by the standard of their performance.

(You will notice that the pronunciation does not always follow our style : the prizewinners had been taught to speak Latin by their own teachers).