Cicero: Pro Caelio [Paperback]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Author), Stephen Ciraolo (Editor, Introduction), Steven Cerutti (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0865165599 | ISBN-13: 978-0865165595 | Publication Date: August 1, 2003 | Edition: 3rd

Provides all the linguistic and background material needed for the Cicero component of the Advanced Placement* program in Latin literature.

This revised edition of one of Cicero's greatest orations provides all the linguistic and background material for the Cicero component of the Advanced Placement* program in Latin literature.

Special Features

User-friendly for both teachers and students, this presentation of Cicero's oratorical tour de force features:

the entire text of the oration with emphasis on the AP* passages
facing vocabulary and running notes
comprehensive vocabulary
a running stylistic commentary
introductory essays

Also available:

Cornelius Nepos: Three Lives -- Alcibiades, Dion, Atticus - ISBN 0865162077
Cicero: De Senectute (On Old Age) - ISBN 0865160015

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Language Notes

Text: Latin, English --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 90 pages
• Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers; 3rd edition (August 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865165599
• ISBN-13: 978-0865165595
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to the speeches of Cicero, January 8, 2001

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Bob (Perth, Western Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cicero: Pro Caelio: Text, Notes, Bibliography (Latin and English Edition) (Paperback)

Although this commentary on one of the most interesting and enjoyable of Cicero's speeches for the modern reader is heavily slanted to the needs of US students for Advanced Placement Latin, it is nevertheless a great introduction to the speeches of Cicero for anyone learning Latin anywhere. There is a lot of help with grammar and vocabulary, and the methodical way in which the structure of Cicero's periods (long, involved sentences) is explained is particularly clear and helpful. The introductory sections giving the context and historical background to the speech are reasonably comprehensive without being unduly detailed. The notes draw fairly heavily on Professor Austin's Oxford University Press commentary, to which reference is made on more detailed points. However, Austin's edition is for the more learned. For anyone still in the Latin learning process, this book is much more accessible.

On the downside, the commentary does not cover the whole speech. Lines 620 to 892 (about a quarter of the whole) are completely without notes or vocabulary, which is probably not a problem for Advanced Placement students, but disappointing for everybody else.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the Cicero book needed for AP Latin, July 3, 2000

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Diz - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cicero: Pro Caelio: Text, Notes, Bibliography (Latin and English Edition) (Paperback)

This book contains all of the Cicero required for the AP Latin Literature. It says in the preface that this book was designed specifically for AP students. Each section consists of about 30 lines of Latin (two or three "chapters") followed by explanation of words and difficult grammar (and some of it is extremely difficult). It is difficult to translate, but well worth it. This is the epitomy of persuasion.