Ronnie Ancona, PhD
Ronnie Ancona is professor of classics at Hunter College and The Graduate Center (City University of New York), and for twenty years directed Hunter's MA program in the Teaching of Latin. Ancona received her BA and MA from the University of Washington and her PhD from Ohio State University. Ancona served as the American Philological Association Vice President for Education from 2010 to 2014 and won the APA Award for Excellence in Teaching at the College Level in 2009. Her research interests include Latin lyric poetry, women in Greece and Rome, and Latin pedagogy. Ancona is the author of Time and the Erotic in Horace's Odes (Duke University Press Books, 1994) and Horace: Selected Odes and Satire 1.9 (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1999, 2nd ed. 2005), coeditor of Gendered Dynamics in Latin Love Poetry (Jouns Hopkins University Press, 2005), editor of A Concise Guide to Teaching Latin Literature (University of Oklahoma Press, 2007), and coauthor of A Horace Workbook (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2005) and Horace: A LEGAMUS Transitional Reader (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2008). She is coeditor of a series on women in antiquity from Oxford University Press (formerly Routledge), and editor of the Bolchazy-Carducci Latin Reader series.
Books by Ronnie Ancona, PhD
A Horace Workbook
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- 978-0-86516-574-8
Latin Literature Workbook Series: These workbooks are a teacher’s dream—providing all the activities and exercises needed to reinforce the careful reading of classical authors in the original. Sets of exercises engage students with the text and lead them to a heightened understanding of the literary, thematic, poetic, and rhetorical accomplishments of the work.
A Horace Workbook : Teacher's Manual
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- 978-0-86516-649-3
To teach Horace’s intricate, multifaceted poetry is a challenging but rewarding task. A Horace Workbook Teacher’s Manual, has been designed and written by teachers to aid teachers in this endeavor. No mere answer key, this all-in-one teacher’s manual includes the complete student workbook and provides answers directly following each question. The manual is an excellent resource for every teacher from novice to master.
Horace: A LEGAMUS Transitional Reader
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- 978-0-86516-676-9
This reader contains 203 lines of Latin selections from Horace (Satire 1.4, 103–126; 1.6, 70–92; Odes 1.5; 1.23; 1.11; 3.9; 2.10; 1.37; 1.9; 3.30). It is designed for students moving from elementary or intermediate Latin into reading the authentic Latin of Horace. Introductory materials include an overview of the life and work of Horace, bibliography, and description of Horatian meters.
Horace: Selected Odes and Satire 1.9: 2nd Edition Revised
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- 978-0-86516-608-0
Ronnie Ancona’s pedagogical expertise and scholarly work on Horace have produced a text that is both student- and teacher-friendly as well as informed by the latest in Horatian scholarship. Horace was a talented and innovative literary craftsman whose lyrics reveal an extraordinary facility and playfulness with the Latin language. Ancona’s edition helps students begin to appreciate the nuances of Horace’s poetic art. The revised second edition features an updated bibliography and more visually appealing maps.
Horace: Selected Odes and Satire 1.9: Teacher's Guide: 2nd Edition Revised
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- 978-0-86516-612-7
Horace Selected Odes 1.9 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.
Writing Passion Plus: A Catullus Reader Supplement - Poems 6, 16, 32 and 57
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- 978-0-86516-788-9
Writing Passion Plus: A Catullus Reader Supplement, Catullus Uncensored.
Is Catullus still Catullus without the sex? Without the often sudden and surprising vulgarity? For the mature classroom add this supplement containing four sexually explicit poems and teach the full spectrum of Catullus’ expression.
Writing Passion: A Catullus Reader, Second Edition
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- 978-0-86516-786-5
This bestseller now features four additional poems (75, 83, 92, and 107), and an updated bibliography. These additional poems all expand the elegiac selections about Lesbia. For those who want a little more spice in their Catullus and love the style of this book, a supplement Writing Passion: A Supplement containing poems 6, 16, 32, and 57 will be available.
