Cambridge University Reporter


Classical Tripos, 2005: Prescribed subjects and books

The Faculty Board of Classics give notice that the following books have been prescribed for Paper 6 of Part IB of the Classical Tripos, 2005:

Paper 6, Topic 4. Roman Letters

Schedule A: (1) Cicero Select Letters (as in D. R. Shackelton Bailey): 3, 7, 9, 13, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 29, 34, 35, 38, 44, 45, 48, 52, 53, 59, 63, 67, 76 (2) Catullus 68. 1-40; Horcae Epistles 1.3, 1.5, 1.9, 1.12; Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto 4.11, Tristia 5.13, Heroides 1 (3) Pliny, Epistles Book 1.

Schedule B: Seneca, Epistles 5, 11, 15, 18, 28, 43, 53, 63, 77, 80, 84, 87, 107; A selection of letters by or in Aurelius Archelaus, Marcus Aurelius, Catiline, Fronto, Jerome, Petronius, Plautus, Pliny, Claudia Severa, Claudius Terentianus, and Julius Victor (Letters 5, 9, 16, 17, 22, 26, 30, 42, 50, 52, 53, 69, 71, 75 in Michael Trapp's Greek and Roman Letters); Cicero, ad. Fam. 16; Ovid Heroides 16-17.

These texts replace those published in the Reporter, 2002-03, p. 1013. The Faculty Board confirm that no student has been disadvantaged by this amendment.