ACADEMIC TESTS OFFERED AT NJCL CONVENTION:

N.B. Items that are available from Teaching Materials and Resource Center of The American Classical League are linked directly to the online catalog (www.aclclassics.org/store).

ACADEMIC HEPTATHLON

  • Seven sections, each with questions from mythology, Roman history and life, grammar, vocabulary, Latin derivatives, Greek derivatives and Reading Comprehension. See below for the sources. N. B. This contest is a good practice for lower level students for the decathlon, which is for upper level students.

 

ACADEMIC DECATHLON

  • There will be special awards for the persons making the highest scores in this contest. It will consist of 95 questions and five tiebreakers. Students who have completed fewer than two years of Latin at the high school level are NOT encouraged to enter this contest. Topics on the test are as follow: reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, Latin derivatives, Roman history, Roman life, Latin literature, mythology, Greek derivatives, and geography of the ancient world. See below for the sources. This will be a very rigorous contest. For further information contact David Jackson, Academic Contest Chair at academics@njcl.org.

 

ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY

 

CLASSICAL ART

  • The purpose of this contest is for students to gain an understanding of classical times through the art of the period.
  • The Art of Greece and Rome by Susan Woodford (ISBN 0521540372)
  • The Oxford History of Classical Art by John Boardman (ISBN 0192853376)

CLASSICAL GREEK

  • The test will consist of vocabulary, forms (identification, analogies etc), grammar (sentences, translations etc) and passage(s).
  • Suggested sources are:
  • Any elementary Greek textbook
  • Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek by J. Morwood (ISBN 0195218515)
  • Greek Grammar by H. Smyth (ISBN 0674362500)

 

GRAMMAR

 

GREEK DERIVATIVES

  • No knowledge of the Greek alphabet is necessary
  • Greek-English Derivative Dictionary by R. Schaeffer (B103)
  • Dictionary of Latin & Greek Origins by Bob Moore and Maxine Moore (B113)
  • Latin and Greek in Current Use by Burriss and Casson (ISBN 0135249910)
  • James Greenwald has graciously allowed us to provide his Greek derivatives dictionaries for free: Greek Derivatives (PDF)

 

GREEK LIFE AND LITERATURE

  • History of Greek Literature by Moses Hadas (ISBN 0231017677)
  • Oxford Companion to Classical Literature by M.C. Howatson (ISBN 0199548552)
  • Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece by Leslie Adkins and Roy Adkins (ISBN 0816031118)

 

HELLENIC HISTORY

  • From the Helladic Period up to the death of Alexander.
  • Ancient Greece from Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times by Thomas R. Martin (ISBN 0300084935)
  • Ancient Greece: A Political, Social and Cultural History by Sarah B. Pomeroy (ISBN 0195097424)
  • A History of Greece by J.B. Bury (ISBN 0333154932)

 

LATIN DERIVATIVES

 

LATIN LITERATURE

  • History of Latin Literature by Moses Hadas (ISBN 0231018487) (with very little after p. 352 except major Christian authors)
  • A Handbook to Latin Literature by H. J. Rose (ISBN 0865163170)
  • Latin Literature by Gian Biagio Conte (ISBN 0801862531)
  • Oxford Companion to Classical Literature by M.C. Howatson (0199548552)

 

MOTTOES, ABBREVIATIONS, AND QUOTATIONS

  • Amo, Amas, Amat and More by E. Ehrlich (ISBN 0062720171)
  • Latin Everywhere, Everyday by Elizabeth Heimbach (ISBN 0865165726)
  • Veni, Vidi, Vici: Conquer Your Enemies and Impress Your Friends with Everyday Latin (ISBN 0061768030)

 

MYTHOLOGY

  • Classical Mythology by Mark Morford and Robert Lenardon (ISBN 0195153448)
  • Meridian Handbook of Classical Mythology by Edward Tripp (ISBN 0452009278)

 

READING COMPREHENSION

  • Latin 1/2, Latin I, Latin II, Advanced Prose (Levels III, IV, V, and VI)
  • Advanced Poetry (Levels III, IV, V, and VI)
  • Students of Levels III - VI may take ONE OR BOTH of the Reading Comprehension tests
  • On the Margin by M. Balme (ISBN 0199124000) is a good example for this competition.

 

ROMAN HISTORY

  • A History of the Roman People by Heichelman, Yeo and Ward (ISBN 0130384801)
  • A History of Rome by M. Cary and H. H. Scullard (ISBN 0312383959)
  • A History of Rome to A.D. 565 by Sinnigen and Boak (ISBN 0024108006)
  • Livy: The Early History of Rome: Bks. 1-5 (ISBN 0140448098)

ROMAN LIFE

 

VOCABULARY