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Anne H. Groton is Professor of Classics at St. Olaf College, where she has chaired the Department of Classics and directed the programs in Ancient Studies and Medieval Studies.

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Groton, Anne H.
Sexe
female
Nationalité
USA
Études
University of Michigan (PhD|Classics|1982)
Professions
Professor (St. Olaf College)
Organisations
Classical Association of Minnesota
Eta Sigma Phi
Classical Association of the Middle West and South
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[from St. Olaf College website]
Anne Groton is the author of several articles on ancient drama as well as a Latin reader, 38 Latin Stories (co-authored with James May), and a Greek textbook, From Alpha to Omega: A Beginning Course in Classical Greek. Every other year she directs a student production of a Roman comedy by Plautus, performed in a musical mixture of Latin and English. During her sabbatical in 2013 she completed the 4th edition of her Greek textbook and an accompanying reader, 46 Stories in Classical Greek (co-authored with colleague James May).

Groton has held an NEH Fellowship for College Teachers and spent a year as an Associate Junior Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC. In 1995 she received the American Philological Association's Award for Excellence in the Teaching of the Classics. She is Past President of the Classical Association of Minnesota and a former member of the Board of Trustees of Eta Sigma Phi, the national Classics honor society. For eight years (2004-2012) she served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South.

In her spare time Groton bikes, plays the piano and ukulele, composes music and poetry, and sings in a Renaissance chamber choir. Besides being able to get lost virtually anywhere, her greatest claim to fame is never having learned to parallel park. Occasionally she escapes from Northfield to visit her relatives in far-off Philadelphia.

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This is not a book of "Latin stories" or in any way of use to self-learners. This is really an exercise book for the specific context of first-year Latin students reinforcing concepts through somewhat paraphrased creations in the language. (That's in the title, but just to be clear!)

As a classroom aid, though, it's satisfactory, especially if students are studying Wheelock's, as it is keyed to the chapters of that volume. One of the challenges with learning first-year Latin is that, of course, most surviving texts from Ancient Rome are too complex. Most people don't write stories that only use five grammatical concepts, for instance, which can be easily plucked out of history for a student in their fifth week of learning the language! These stories help to bulk up this early period of a student's learning, with teacher guidance.… (plus d'informations)
 
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therebelprince | 4 autres critiques | Oct 24, 2023 |
A good supplement to Wheelock, with just the right amount of help given to support you as you work your way through the Latin translations. The bowdlerised stories are not terribly exciting—though I suppose when is learning a language via a text book ever fun?
 
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siriaeve | 4 autres critiques | Feb 19, 2010 |
Useful for the student on their own, but shouldn't be used instead of doing the work. The cover is only a heavy cardboard and it is bound with staples, so it isn't the most durable.
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Phoenix333 | Feb 12, 2009 |
Just what it says... this book gives accurate translations of the stories in "38 Latin Stories". It is useful to a student pursuing studies in Latin on her own.
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