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- al-Aghani (Book of Songs)
[Misr Matba'at al-Taqdim. 1905.] Compiled by Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani in the tenth century. A vast collection of poems, ranging from the earliest period to his own and including invaluable biographical notices.
- Arabian Nights
[Bulak. 1863. Bulak. 1935.] Compiled over many centuries by many hands.
- Arabic Reading Lessons[Duncan Forbes LL.D. London. Wm. H. Allen & Co. 1864.]
- The Autobiography Of The Constantinopolitan Story-Teller[Joseph Catafago. London. Bernard Quartich. 1877.]
- Selection From The Annals Of Tabari
[ed. by. M. J. de Goeje. Leiden. Late E.J. Brill. 1902.] Passages from the work of one of the greatest Islamic historians, Abu Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, 838-923.- Selections from Arabic geographical literature
[Edited with notes by M. J. de Goeje. Leiden. Late E.J. Brill. 1907]- Voyages of Ibn Batuta
[C. Defrémery et Le Dr. B. M. Sanguinetti. Paris. Imprimerie Nationale. 1879.] A remarkably comprehensive survey of the world in the mid-fourteenth century by the great traveller Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta, 1304-1369.Latin
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- Apollodorus: Myths from Library and Epitome
(Grading and grammatical requirements per Cornell College)
- Level 2 - Pretty Easy
Grammar required:
Verbs: present, imperfect, and aorist tenses; present and aorist participles
Pronouns: relative pronoun
- Level 3 - Not Difficult
Grammar required:
Verbs: future tense, mi-verbs, verbs with irregular 2nd aorists (e.g. baino, gignosko, histemi)
Adjectives: comparison of adjectives
Participles: genitive absolute
- Level 4 - Very Do-able
- Demeter searches for her daughter Persephone
- Demeter gives Triptolemos the gift of wheat
- Persephone eats the pomegranate
Grammar required:
Verbs: subjunctive mood; future and aorist passive
Indirect Statement
- Level 2 - Pretty Easy
- Babrius: Fables from Aesop
(Grading and grammatical requirements per Cornell College)
- Level 1 - Easiest
Grammar required:
Nouns: all cases, first declension, second declension, third declension, masc & fem, neuter
Verbs: present tense, active and middle; present imperatives
Pronouns: personal pronouns, interrogatives
- Level 1 - Easiest
- Hesiod
- Sophocles
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- Selection From The Annals Of Tabari
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