"The sixth edition expands the introduction to each chapter, and contains revised exercises in each chapter that reinforce and expand both vocabulary and analytical skills developed in previous chapters. The sixth edition also features expanded Latin and Greek alphabetical vocabulary lists, analytic exercises and other reader-friendly updates"-- Provided by publisher.

A polyglot stew (or food for thought) --Language and history -- How Latin works -- Latin into English -- How Greek works -- Greek into English -- Latin and Greek prefixes -- Latin and Greek numbers -- Government and politics -- Psychology -- The social sciences -- Science and mathematics -- Human biology and medicine -- It's an academic question -- The classical influence -- Myth, religion, and philosophy -- Lingua latina etiam vivit (the Latin language still lives!) -- Greek vocabulary -- Latin vocabulary.