If you watch to the end of our recitation of Ferdinandus Taurus (1962), the Latin translation of Ferdinand the Bull by Elizabeth Hadas, we discuss two books that are going to be published soon:
Sagarum Crimina
The first book we mention is Sagarum Crimina, a horror genre Latin reader based on the texts of Apuleius and Lucan. What you’ll find in the book:
Witches who will steal your heart and bring you back from the dead.
Stories from historical Latin literature.
A Latin-Latin glossary and notes on the page with the text.
A full Latin-English glossary in the back of the book.
3-tiers of Latin for each story from Apuleius and Lucian.
We are trying to publish Sagarum Crimina before Halloween. To receive updates on when and where Sagarum Crimina, as well as previews of the text, make sure you are subbed to Lupus Alatus.
The Lover’s Curse
The next book we talk about in the above video is The Lover’s Curse, a tiered reader of the Aeneid Book IV by Carla Hurt, which we edited. What you’ll find in The Lover’s Curse:
All the sordid details of the ill-fated relationship of Dido and Aeneas as told by Vergil.
30,000 (!) words of Latin.
4 tiers of Latin for all of book IV of the Aeneid.
400 illustrations.
A Latin-English glossary in the back of the book.
To stay updated on when The Lover’s Curse will be released—and it will be very soon—follow Carla’s blog, Found in Antiquity:
Or her Youtube channel:
If you aren’t familiar with tiered readers, see Carla’s comment here on this Reddit post. Tiered texts present readers with different levels of the same text, i.e. the original text is rewritten at different levels so that it’s more accessible to learners. Tiered or graded-difficulty texts are a very helpful tool for increasing reading proficiency of advanced-level texts, like historical Latin literature.
Bene valeatis!
Let us know about any tiered readers that you have experience with in the comments! And what do you think about Latin-Latin glosses?