Celeris Pede retells two major events in Atalanta’s life: the Calydonian boar hunt and the footrace with Hippomenes. Told in alternating perspectives between Atalanta and Hippomenes and different timelines, Hippomenes and Atalanta find themselves bending to and from each other as their stories collide.
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Dictionary for Celeris Pede
The dictionary for Celeris Pede contains the dictionary entry for all the Latin words used in the novella. If you would like a preview of the novella, you can read the first chapter of the story here. You can review more detailed information about the novella here. Although in other novellas, an Index Verborum is included, this novella only has a dictionary, which provides the full dictionary entry for the word. In addition to providing the dictionary entry and definition, the frequency in which the word generally appears in Latin literature is provided. The Dickinson Core Vocabulary and Essential Latin Vocabulary were used in creating the frequency rating.
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Sample for Celeris Pede: A Latin Novella
Celeris Pede is a Latin novella published by Bombax Press. This sample for Celeris Pede contains the complete first chapter to the novella. Celeris Pede is an advanced novella with a complex structure as it alternates between Atalanta and Hippomenes’ stories, stories which occur in different timelines. The first chapter is from Atalanta’s perspective and occurs during the timeline of the footrace.
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Atalanta Heroina: A Latin Novella
Atlanta Heroina: A Latin Novella retells the life of the extraordinary heroine who was abandoned at birth and became renowned for her prowess and speed. Atalanta faces rejection from the moment of her birth. She manages, however, to win the favor of the goddess Diana, and she travels the world with Jason and the Argonauts, winning prizes and fighting alongside renowned heroes. She is a heroine. What happens, then, when her father hears all the tales of her heroic deeds and decides that it’s time to reclaim his lost daughter?”
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Sample for Atalanta Heroina
Atalanta Heroina is a Latin novella published by Bombax Press. This sample for Atalanta Heroina contains the first chapter to the novella. Atalanta Heroina is a novella retelling the life of an extraordinary heroine who was abandoned at birth to become renowned for her prowess and speed.
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Atalanta Heroina: Dictionary
The dictionary for Atalanta Heroina contains the dictionary entry for all the Latin words used in the novella. If you would like a preview of the novella, you can read the first chapter of the story here. You can review more detailed information about the novella here. Unlike the Index Verborum, which contains each unique word forms in the novella, the dictionary for Atalanta Heroina provides the full dictionary entry for the word. In addition to providing the dictionary entry and definition, the frequency in which the word generally appears in Latin literature is provided. The Dickinson Core Vocabulary and Essential Latin Vocabulary were used in creating the frequency rating.
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Polypus Fur: A Latin Novella
In Polypus Fur: A Latin Novella, Apicius is the guardian of a warehouse filled with pickled fish. He’d much rather be a cook than guarding a bunch of angry merchants’ fish. He’s not a cook though. So when an eight-armed thief starts stealing all the pickled fish, Apicius has to rise to the occasion and defend the warehouse. And he’s most definitely not up to this challenge.
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Sample for Polypus Fur
Polypus Fur is a Latin novella published by Bombax Press. This sample for Polypus Fur contains the first chapter to the novella. Polypus Fur is a novella retelling the legend of an octopus that emerges from the sewer to steal fish. The legend is retold by both Aelian in Greek and Pliny in Latin.
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Polypus Fur: Dictionary
The dictionary for Polypus Fur contains the dictionary entry for all the Latin words used in the novella. If you would like a preview of the novella, you can read the first chapter of the story here. You can review more detailed information about the novella here. Unlike the Index Verborum, which contains each unique word forms in the novella, the dictionary for Polypus Fur provides the full dictionary entry for the word. In addition to providing the dictionary entry and definition, the frequency in which the word generally appears in Latin literature is provided. The Dickinson Core Vocabulary and Essential Latin Vocabulary were used in creating the frequency rating.
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Astronomia: Fabula Planetarum
In Astronomia: Fabula Planetarum, Maria Mitchell, the first female professor of astronomy in the United States, narrates and describes the solar system and then tells a short myth about the Roman god or goddess about who is the planet’s namesake. Each page alternates a scientific explanation with a myth.
