Elgin marble

 

 

General and Unclassified Links

 

The following are links to academic contest sources; information about Texas JCL conventions and rules, previous tests, scholarships; Latin and Greek dictionaries, etc.  For more focused links, scroll further down. ALSO check the Classics Links elsewhere on the Classics Department website. There is an overlap of resources.

 

http://njcl.org/pages/njcl-academics  - This site contains a valuable archive of the academic tests from previous years, plus rules for all contests


http://www.tsjcl.org/resources.php - This site contains last year’s academic tests at the State convention, plus rules for all contests.

 

 

http://www.cambridgescp.com - The Cambridge Latin Course has forty-eight independent study areas, grouped to support the "target" cultural essays of each stage. You will need your password to gain access. Do consult the National Junior Classical League test archives before plunging in. It pays to know what sort of questions the examiner will ask!

 

http://www.tsjcl.org/docs/sourcelist.doc - The authoritative bookllist of study sites for the individual academic contests. This is the place to start when preparing for your chosen events

 

http://www.tsjcl.org/sponsors/contests.php - This link steers you to all the contest rules, not just those for academic events. There is also a link to "Open Certamen" (Latin Quiz Bowl), which anyone may enter at State.

http://njcl.org/pages/previous-njcl-tests - This area takes you through 2008. However, in February, 2010, the the NJCL opened a special link to the 2009 test archives, not available on its public website. Go to the main NJCL website, click on "Member Teachers," key in as username: JCLMember, key in as password: Romulus753BC Continue to watch this area as they say they will add to it.

 

Greek and Latin Derivative Links

 

 

http://www.lexfiles.info/basic-grk-a-l.html - basic Greek elements list, A-L

 

 

http://www.lexfiles.info/basic-grk-m-z.html - basic Greek elements list, M-Z

 

 

http://www.lexfiles.info/basic-latin-a-j.html - basic Latin elements list, A-J

 

 

http://www.lexfiles.info/basic-latin-l-v.html - basic Latin elements list, L-V

 

http://www.geocities.com/gene_moutoux/Latin3quizzes1-6.htm

 

English Words from Latin and Greek Elements by Donald M. Ayers - textbook used in U. T. Classics Department etymology courses. Available from amazon.com with separate workbook.

 

Mottoes Links

 

 

 

Sight Recitation Links

 

 http://www.princeton.edu/~clip/ - Pronunciation of classical Latin and Greek.  Hear Homer and Virgil being read as you follow the text.

Grammar and Vocabulary

 

 

 

http://www.quia.com/pages/copeland.html - Flashcards for the checklist vocabulary of Stages 1-40, Cambridge Latin Course.

 

http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/decl.html - Declension of Latin nouns (interactive)

 

History Links

 

 

 

http://roman-empire.net/ - Concise info on history, maps, and Roman private life.


 

http://www.roman-emperors.org/ - Know your emperors

.

 

 

 

Life and Culture Links

 

 

 

http://www.cambridgescp.com - For Roman private life this should be your first web resource. Go after the cultural essay topics stage-by-stage.

 

 

Geography Links

 

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html - Click on "Rome" in the "Roman gazeteer" area (first entry), but don't stop there.

http://www.vroma.org - Log in as a guest, start at the Roman Forum (3) on the colored map, and go from there. Don't forget to visit the Stage 29 Cambridge independent learning sites.

Reading Comprehension Links

http://www.nle.org/exams.html   - After using the National Junior Classical League archive, you may go to the National Latin Exam website and take their previous tests.

 

Mythology Links

 

 

 

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197622.html - Some important names. Click and you get a thumbnail profile.

 

http://www.classicsunveiled.com/mythnet/html/index.html - An award-winning site by some Canadian high-schoolers. Another place for interactive question-and-answer practice.

 

 

http://www.classicalmythology.org- Oxford Classical Mythology Online: excellent glossaries

 

http://www.mythweb.com/ - Fun site with short encyclopedia as well as animated stories of gods and heroes.

 

Booklist and other resources

 

 

Classical Mythology

By Mark Morford.

Listed on TSJCL syllabus.  Pricey.  APL had one copy which you must go to Central to pick up.  Almost 800 pages from Oxford Univ Press. 

 

Amazon:

 

Austin Public Library listing:

Morford, Mark P. O., 1929-
Classical mythology /
292.13 Mo

Material Type: Book 1985.

 

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

By Ingri D'Aulaire.

Listed on TSJCL syllabus.

 


No education is complete without a large slice of Greek mythology. And there's no better way of meeting that literary quota than with the D'Aulaires' book. All the great gods and goddesses of ancient Greece are depicted in this big, beautiful classic, lovingly illustrated and skillfully told.

 

Austin Public Library listing

D'Aulaire, Ingri, 1904-
Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's Book of Greek myths.
J 292.08 Da   
Material Type: Book
[1992] c1962.

 

Dictionary of Classical Mythology

By John Edward Zimmerman.

Another TSJCL source for Certamen questions, and the price is right.

 

 

And at Austin Public Library 

Zimmerman, J. E. (John Edward), 1901-
Dictionary of classical mythology /
R 292.03 Zi292.03 Zi  
Material Type: Book
1985,1964.

 

Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece: An Illustrated Wallchart

By Robert Brooks et al.

At Amazon.com:

 

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr; (February 1995)

 

 



Last updated February 7, 2011.