Cicero: A Legamus Transitional Reader (The Legamus Reader Series)

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Review 'I used Cicero Legamus with my honors level junior class (Honors Latin III). Since I was already familiar with the Legamus series having used Catullus and Ovid for Latin IV, I knew that this would be the ideal text to introduce the structure and style of Cicero's prose. The students found the clause breakdown of the periodic sentences immensely helpful as they also did the typeface cues. As they grew in their understanding of parataxis, rhetorical figures, and word order, they made the transition well to the later chapters when given Latin text without structural assistance.The notes are especially helpful. The students are introduced to the background of the speech with a good deal of historical information on the events in Rome and the many important supporters of Archias.After their experience with the Cicero Legamus text, my students began reading Frerichs' In Catilinam I (also from B-C) with greater confidence and understanding. I am grateful for the Legamus series and most especially the Cicero transitional text.' --Rebecca Wick, Loyola Academy Read more About the Author Mark Haynes holds an MA in Classical Languages from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. For over twenty years he has taught Latin and served as the Foreign Language Department Chair at Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha, Nebraska. The recipient of the 2003 Eunice Kraft Award for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, he is active in both the American Classical League and CAMWS.Judith Lynn Sebesta earned her BA in Classics from the University of Chicago and her PhD in Classics from Stanford University. She has served as Professor of Classics and as Chair of the Department of history at the University of South Dakota where she has been recognized for outstanding teaching: Belbas-Larson Teaching Award 2003, Professor of the Year 2003, and the Cutler Award in Liberal Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, 2004. The recipient of the American Classical League Emeritus/Emerita Award in 2008, Sebesta has been a leader in ACI, activities. Read more