except in “Vestis Sanguine Tīncta,” but even here Ovid has already Romanized for us a tale of Babylon. Livy has provided the sources of “Virgīnia” and “Lēx Oppia”; Catullus, Martial, and Virgil the poems on which the shorter dialogues are based, and to which they form an introduction.
It has sometimes been felt that many Latin school books are better adapted for boys than for girls; perhaps Ōlim may claim to be primarily for girls. “Virgīnia,” “Passer Mortuus,” and “Vestis Sanguine Tīncta” have already been acted in the class-room; “Lēx Oppia” was performed at Cambridge in September 1913 by some of the members of the Association for the Reform of Latin Teaching.
I wish to acknowledge my gratitude to Mr. Appleton, Perse School, Cambridge, for various helpful suggestions; to Dr. Rouse for some advice on a few points of language and “quantity”; and to Mr. C. L. Mainwaring, Whitgift School, Croydon, for his reading of the proofs and assistance in “hidden quantities.”
