By Ronnie Ancona

Description

Horace was a talented and innovative literary craftsman whose lyrics reveal an extraordinary facility and playfulness with the Latin language. Informed by the latest in Horatian scholarship, Horace Selected Odes and Satire 1.9 presents the twenty odes and one satire that are required reading for the AP Latin Literature Exam. The format includes line-by-line notes and vocabulary and a variety of enhancements, making it easily accessible to both teachers and students.

A separate Teacher's Guide includes an enlarged version of the Latin text for reproduction, literal translations of the poems, discussion and sample test questions, and an annotated bibliography.

A Horace Workbook, written to offer students additional practice with the poems on the AP* syllabus, is also available. The Latin text (twenty odes and one satire) that is required reading for the AP* Latin Literature Exam is included along with exercises that will help students practice for the AP* examination on Horace.

Special Features

Ancona's pedagogical expertise and scholarly work on Horace have produced an excellent Student Text featuring:

• The Latin text excerpted from Horatius, Opera, a 1984 B.G. Teubner edition
  
• Introduction on Horace and his times
  
• Select bibliography
  
• A short introduction to each poem
  
• Line-by-line notes and vocabulary on same page
  
• Appendices including maps and discussion of poetic devices
  
• Also available are: Complete vocabulary, Separate Teacher's Guide, Separate Student Workbook

Student study aid for Horace Selected Odes and Satire, A Horace Workbook, written to offer students additional practice with the poems on the AP* syllabus. The Latin text (twenty odes and one satire) that is required reading for the AP* Latin Literature Exam is included along with exercises that will help students practice for the AP* examination on Horace.

Author Bio

Ronnie Ancona is the author of Time and the Erotic in Horace's Odes (1994), Writing Passion: A Catullus Reader (2004), coeditor of Gendered Dynamics in Latin Love Poetry (2005), and editor of Latin Scholarship/Latin Pedagogy (forthcoming). Her research interests include Latin lyric poetry, women in Greece and Rome, and Latin pedagogy. She is currently Professor of Classics at Hunter College and the Graduate Center (CUNY), and Director of Hunter's MA in Adolescence Education, Latin. She has been an AP Latin Exam Reader and has conducted College Board AP Latin workshops for teachers.

Comments and Reviews

The commentary includes information on various historical, mythological, and geographical subjects that appear in this collection. These notes will be useful but not overwhelming for students just beginning to learn about Roman history and culture.

Notes in the commentary on style are especially good and will go a long way in guiding students through the intricacies of Horatian thought.

Ancona's experience with AP* Latin as a reader and as an instructor of high school teachers makes her an authority on the subject, and this book will more than meet the needs of high school students preparing for the AP* Horace exam. This will also be an excellent book for use at the intermediate college level.

Apart from the bibliography, the Teacher's Guide is certainly worthwhile and will enhance the applicability of the Student Text. Novice teachers will find here many good pointers to assist in class preparation, and more experienced teachers will discover new ideas for teaching Horace.

— Shannon N. Byrne
Ball State University
Bryn Mawr Classical Review

The virtue of Ancona's edition lies in its judicious balance of literary comment and linguistic support... Each poem is introduced with a brief, helpful paragraph of context and comment and a metrical description.

This is an edition designed for students and teachers... and as such succeeds in catering to both very effectively... In short, an efficient, stimulating work.

— John Weeds
Bedford School
Jact Review
Series 2, No. 7

. . .wonderful. . .of background information and biographical references. . .The book really makes me want to sit down and read some Horace.

— Sharon Kazmierski, Latinteach