"Veni, vidi, vici: " I came, I saw, I conquered. Even the most apprehensive student will be able to conquer their fear of Latin and master this classic language with the help of this newly revised guide.
Richard (Rick) A. LaFleur, received the B.A. and M.A. in Latin from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. in Classical Studies from Duke. He has taught since 1972 at the University of Georgia, where he served for 21 years as head of one of the largest Classics programs in North America and has held since 1998 the chair of Franklin Professor of Classics.
He has numerous publications in Latin language, literature, and pedagogy, including the books The Teaching of Latin in American Schools: A Profession in Crisis; Latin Poetry for the Beginning Student; Love and Transformation: An Ovid Reader; Latin for the 21st Century: From Concept to Classroom; A Song of War: Readings from Vergil's Aeneid (with Alexander G. McKay); Scribblers, Scvlptors, and Scribes; and the revised editions of Wheelock's Latin, Wheelock's Latin Reader, and Workbook for Wheelock's Latin.
Professor LaFleur served as editor of The Classical Outlook for nearly 25 years and is a past President of the American Classical League; he has been recipient of more than a million dollars in grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and other agencies, and of state, regional, and national awards for teaching and professional service, including the American Philological Association's award for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics. He has three children and five grandchildren, and lives with his wife Alice on the banks of Lake Oglethorpe, near Athens, Georgia.
