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Author : James M. May
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781610410762
Author : Scottish Classics Group
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002-07-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1853996378
This anthology is designed to meet the needs of Latin students today, acknowledging present constraints on their study-time. It adopts the authors' approach of their "Ecce Romani" series. To enable students to read Latin reasonably quickly, generous assistance is given with vocabulary and explanatory notes placed next to the Latin text. The meaning of difficult sentences and phrases is usually explained by literal translation rather than complex grammatical explanation, though reference is frequently made to the authors' modern grammar book "The Latin Language". An 'overview' technique helps students unravel complex sentences. Extracts are drawn from Cicero's speeches, letters and philosophical writings, thus illustrating his mastery of styles. They are also chosen to provide an interesting contemporary view of a highly significant phase of Roman history, and linked by simple historical background notes. 'Points for Discussion' highlight stylistic features, showing how Cicero's thinking on moral and social issues remains relevant to modern times.
Author : Judith Lynn Sebesta,Mark Haynes
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780865166561
The Legamus Transitional Readers are innovative texts that form a bridge between the initial study of Latin via basal textbooks and the reading of authentic author texts. This series of texts has been developed by a special committee of high school and college teachers to facilitate this challenging transition. Cicero: A Legamus Transitional Reader introduces students to Cicero's Latin via selections from his Pro Archia. Introductory materials include an overview of the life and works of Cicero, historical context, and bibliography. The authors combine special visual featuresùincluding line alignments based on meaning with the "pass through" methodùto make Cicero's sometimes complicated prose more student-friendly. Appendices on grammar and figures of speech as well as a pull-out vocabulary complete the book's student aids. After finishing Cicero: A Legamus Transitional Reader, students will be prepared to undertake a more complete study of Cicero in an upper level Latin literature or college level course. Features: pre-reading materials to help students understand underlying cultural, historical, and literary concepts review explanations of grammatical and syntactical usage, with practice exercises "pass through" approach that begins with the main statement and adds clauses with each "pass" thus assisting students in unraveling Cicero's complex sentences first versions of the Latin text with transitional aids: lines aligned to facilitate comprehension, implied words in parentheses, difficult noun-adjective pairings in different fonts complete vocabulary and grammatical notes on facing pages post-reading materials that encourage appreciation of Cicero's style, reflection on what has been read, and making connections to the modern world final version of each Latin text without transitional aids, but with notes and vocabulary pull-out vocabulary of frequently used Latin words four maps and eighteen illustrations that complement the Latin selections and background essays
Author : Judith L. Sebesta,Mark Haynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0865167354
Author : Anthony Everitt
Publisher : Random House
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781588360342
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “An excellent introduction to a critical period in the history of Rome. Cicero comes across much as he must have lived: reflective, charming and rather vain.”—The Wall Street Journal “All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined.”—John Adams He squared off against Caesar and was friends with young Brutus. He advised the legendary Pompey on his botched transition from military hero to politician. He lambasted Mark Antony and was master of the smear campaign, as feared for his wit as he was for his ruthless disputations. Brilliant, voluble, cranky, a genius of political manipulation but also a true patriot and idealist, Cicero was Rome’s most feared politician, one of the greatest lawyers and statesmen of all times. In this dynamic and engaging biography, Anthony Everitt plunges us into the fascinating, scandal-ridden world of ancient Rome in its most glorious heyday—when senators were endlessly filibustering legislation and exposing one another’s sexual escapades to discredit the opposition. Accessible to us through his legendary speeches but also through an unrivaled collection of unguarded letters to his close friend Atticus, Cicero comes to life as a witty and cunning political operator, the most eloquent and astute witness to the last days of Republican Rome. Praise for Cicero “ [Everitt makes] his subject—brilliant, vain, principled, opportunistic and courageous—come to life after two millennia.”—The Washington Post “ Gripping . . . Everitt combines a classical education with practical expertise. . . . He writes fluidly.”—The New York Times “In the half-century before the assassination of Julius Caesar . . . Rome endured a series of crises, assassinations, factional bloodletting, civil wars and civil strife, including at one point government by gang war. This period, when republican government slid into dictatorship, is one of history’s most fascinating, and one learns a great deal about it in this excellent and very readable biography.”—The Plain Dealer “Riveting . . . a clear-eyed biography . . . Cicero’s times . . . offer vivid lessons about the viciousness that can pervade elected government.”—Chicago Tribune “Lively and dramatic . . . By the book’s end, he’s managed to put enough flesh on Cicero’s old bones that you care when the agents of his implacable enemy, Mark Antony, kill him.”—Los Angeles Times
Author : Cicero
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780141920184
For the great Roman orator and statesman Cicero, 'the good life' was at once a life of contentment and one of moral virtue - and the two were inescapably intertwined. This volume brings together a wide range of his reflections upon the importance of moral integrity in the search for happiness. In essays that are articulate, meditative and inspirational, Cicero presents his views upon the significance of friendship and duty to state and family, and outlines a clear system of practical ethics that is at once simple and universal. These works offer a timeless reflection upon the human condition, and a fascinating insight into the mind of one of the greatest thinkers of Ancient Rome.
Author : Christoph Pieper,Bram van der Velden
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110716399
This volume contributes to the ongoing scholarly debate regarding the reception of Cicero. It focuses on one particular moment in Cicero’s life, the period from the death of Caesar up to Cicero’s own death. These final years have shaped Cicero’s reception in an special way, as they have condensed and enlarged themes that his life stands for: on the positive side his fight for freedom and the republic against mighty opponents (for which he would finally be killed); on the other hand his inconsistency in terms of political alliances and tendency to overestimate his own influence. For that reason, many later readers viewed the final months of Cicero's life as his swan song, and as representing the essence of his life as a whole. The fixed scope of this volume facilitates an analysis of the underlying debates about the historical character Cicero and his textual legacy (speeches, letters and philosophical works) through the ages, stretching from antiquity itself to the present day. Major themes negotiated in this volume are the influence of Cicero’s regular attempts to anticipate his later reception; the question of whether or not Cicero showed consistency in his behaviour; his debatable heroism with regard to republican freedom; and the interaction between philosophy, rhetoric and politics.
Author : Albert Harkness
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044097057707
Author : Robert Harris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743293877
From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Pompeii, comes the first novel of a trilogy about the struggle for power in ancient Rome. In his “most accomplished work to date” (Los Angeles Times), master of historical fiction Robert Harris lures readers back in time to the compelling life of Roman Senator Marcus Cicero. The re-creation of a vanished biography written by his household slave and righthand man, Tiro, Imperium follows Cicero’s extraordinary struggle to attain supreme power in Rome. On a cold November morning, Tiro opens the door to find a terrified, bedraggled stranger begging for help. Once a Sicilian aristocrat, the man was robbed by the corrupt Roman governor, Verres, who is now trying to convict him under false pretenses and sentence him to a violent death. The man claims that only the great senator Marcus Cicero, one of Rome’s most ambitious lawyers and spellbinding orators, can bring him justice in a crooked society manipulated by the villainous governor. But for Cicero, it is a chance to prove himself worthy of absolute power. What follows is one of the most gripping courtroom dramas in history, and the beginning of a quest for political glory by a man who fought his way to the top using only his voice—defeating the most daunting figures in Roman history.
Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0806136618
O Tempora! O Mores! is designed to fit a variety of pedagogical approaches. Shapiro's historical essays bring a new dimension to Latin study, explaining the history and politics behind the texts. The volume is further amplified by a vocabulary, maps, a bibliography, and appendices.
Author : W. Lucas Collins
Publisher : Trieste Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0649116593
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Author : Martial
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN2229
Author : Anthony John Woodman,Jonathan Powell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1992-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521383073
Essays by distinguished scholars on the relationship between Latin authors and their audiences.
Author : W. Lucas W. Lucas Collins
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1503328880
"[...] In one respect, the times of Cicero, in spite of their complicated politics, should have more interest for a modern reader than most of what is called Ancient History. Forget the date but for a moment, and there is scarcely anything ancient about them. The scenes and actors are modern-terribly modern; far more so than the middle ages of Christendom. Between the times of our own Plantagenets and Georges, for instance, there is a far wider gap, in all but years, than between the consulships of Caesar and Napoleon. The habits of life, the ways of thinking, the family affections, the tastes of the Romans of Cicero's day, were in many respects wonderfully like our own; the political jealousies and rivalries have repeated [...]".
Author : Archibald A. Maclardy
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0865165904
Maclardy's volume is an irreplaceable primary resource for every reader of Cicero's First Oration Against Catiline. At the bottom of each page below the text, each Latin word is completely parsed and includes helpful references to the revised grammars of Allen and Greenough, Bennett, Gildersleeve, and Harkness. The Latin text is accompanied by an interlinear word-for-word translation. A more polished translation is found in the margin next to sections of the Latin text. Maclardy's commentary also delves into word derivations and word frequencies, thus making this volume helpful for the competent reader of Latin as well as the novice. A new introduction by Steven Cerutti of East Carolina University provides guidelines for the use of this resource by high school Latin teachers and educators at all levels.
