A student reader featuring passages from Virgil’s Aeneid, Books 1-6, with on-page running vocabulary, commentary notes and questions.

This reader of Virgil's text features passages from the first half of the Aeneid and is designed to help students understand and appreciate Virgil’s poem, as well as improve their Latin reading skills. Each Latin passage is accompanied by running vocabulary, on-page commentary notes and targeted questions. The book can be used as a source of one-off unseen passages or as a reader for students working through individual books or the whole poem. The commentary notes explain references to characters, places and events, provide linguistic and grammatical help on more challenging Latin phrases, and point out stylistic features. The questions test students’ comprehension of the characters and storyline, and give them practice in handling literary terms. The passages are linked by summaries of the continuing plot, so students can grasp the progression of the poem as a whole. An in-depth introduction sets the story of the Aeneid in its mythological, literary and historical contexts; a glossary of literary devices and sections on style and metre are included. At the end of the book is a complete alphabetical vocabulary list.

"The questions are open and the register is well suited to the school pupils who will be answering them … This is all excellent pedagogical practice." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"The carefully prepared vocabulary and notes can save the teacher a huge amount of time and for this reason the price is very good value." - Classics for All

"A useful and detailed general index closes the volume. In conclusion, Carter’s Selections is a traditional textbook that may become a reliable and helpful tool for the intermediate Latin student to increase their fluency of the Latin language and their reading speed." - Latomus

"This book ... does constitute a mostly student-friendly edition of large parts of the first half of the Aeneid, and will surely find extensive use in schools and universities." - Journal of Classics Teaching