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  2. List of Latin translations of modern literature - Wikipedia

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    A number of Latin translations of modern literature have been made to bolster interest in the language. The perceived dryness of classical literature is sometimes a major obstacle for achieving fluency in reading Latin , as it discourages students from reading large quantities of text ( extensive reading ).

  3. Monarchian Prologues - Wikipedia

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    The prologue to Mark in the Drogo Gospels , a manuscript from around 850. The Monarchian Prologues are a set of Latin introductions to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They were long thought to have been written in the second or third century from a Monarchian perspective, hence their name.

  4. Plautus - Wikipedia

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    Titus Maccius Plautus [1] (/ ˈ p l ɔː t ə s /, PLAW-təs; c. 254 – 184 BC) was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety.

  5. List of modern literature translated into dead languages

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    Target language Translation title Original title Original author Translator Publisher Date Ancient Greek: Αστερικιος εν Ολυμπια [18]: Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques

  6. Prologue - Wikipedia

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    A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος prólogos, from πρό pró, "before" and λόγος lógos, "word") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information.

  7. Sweeney Agonistes - Wikipedia

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    Sweeney Agonistes by T. S. Eliot was his first attempt at writing a verse drama although he was unable to complete the piece. In 1926 and 1927 he separately published two scenes from this attempt and then collected them in 1932 in a small book under the title Sweeney Agonistes: Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama.

  8. The Squire's Tale - Wikipedia

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    It is unfinished, because it is interrupted by the next story-teller, the Franklin, who then continues with his own prologue and tale. The Squire is the Knight's son, a novice warrior and lover with more enthusiasm than experience. His tale is an epic romance, which, if completed, would probably have been longer than rest of the Tales combined ...

  9. The Parson's Tale - Wikipedia

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    Modern readers and critics have found it pedantic and boring, especially in comparison to the rest of the Canterbury Tales. Some scholars have questioned whether Chaucer ever intended the Parson's Tale to be part of the Tales at all, but more recent scholarship understands it as integral to the work, providing an appropriate ending to a series ...