Cicero De Amicitia Selections for AP, digital, 180-day access

Cicero's De Amicitia discusses the meaning of true friendship as illustrated by the relationship between the historical personages, Laelius sapiens and Scipio Aemilianus. His discourse is also informed by his own readings of Greek philosophy and his personal experience of friendship. The notes facing each page of text facilitate a very manageable reading of the Latin for a college level introduction to Cicero's essays. The two passages in this edition are those required for the Advanced Placement Cicero syllabus.

Special Features Introduction to Cicero and the historical setting of de Amicitia Overview of the characters of the text including Scipio and Laelius family trees Unadapted Latin text of the selected passages: V.17–VII.23 and XXVII.100b–104 English overview notes for Latin selections English summary of all other passages Grammatical, literary, historical, and vocabulary notes on pages facing text Points to Ponder Questions follow each of the eight Latin passages Nine black and white illustrations Glossary of Figures of Speech Bibliography Complete Vocabulary EdTech Shelfit Reader digital edition of Print ISBN: 9780865166394 Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc., ebook. Copyright: 2006