Honors Latin 4 is designed to promote the students’ proficiency in advanced translation skills and their mastery of complex Latin syntax. The students learn poetic style, history, and mythology through the concentrated reading and translation of sections of Vergil’s Aeneid and reading in English of the rest of the work. They discuss the Aeneid’s literary style and the use of epic influence in the dactylic hexameter poem. Through the study of the Aeneid, the students delve into the historical background of the first century B.C.and what the work tells us about Roman religion, mores and national identity. UC A-G approved – e Language Other than English. NCAA approved.

Prerequisite: B in Latin 3 (P): Cicero and teacher recommendation.

Level: 11-12

Credit: 10