Marianthe Colakis, PhD
Marianthe Colakis has taught at Trinity College (Hartford), Queens College, Brooklyn College, and Davidson College. She is currently teaching at Townsend Harris High School in Queens, New York. Colakis holds a PhD in classics from Yale University. Much of her scholarly work has involved modern adaptations of classical myths and tragedies; her first book was The Classics in the American Theater of the 1960's and Early 1970's (University Press of America, 1993). In recent years, she has turned her efforts toward development of pedagogical materials. Colakis is author (with Gaylan DuBose) of Excelability in Advanced Latin: A Workbook for Students (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2003), coauthor with Mary Joan Masello of Classical Mythology and More: A Reader Workbook (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2007), and author of Lectiones Memorabiles: Volume I: Selections from Catullus, Cicero, Livy, Ovid, Propertius, Tibullus, and Vergil (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2015).
Books by Marianthe Colakis, PhD
Classical Mythology & More: A Reader Workbook
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- 978-0-86516-573-1
Using Greek and Roman primary sources, this workbook for the twenty-first century offers middle- and high-school aged students in Classics, English and Language Arts classes a fresh retelling of timeless tales from Hesiod, Homer, Ovid and other authors. A wide variety of exercises, reflections, and vocabulary enrichment tasks accompany each myth. Students preparing for the ACL Medusa Myth Exam and the ACL National Mythology Exam will find in this an indispensable tool. Creation myths, stories of the Olympians and Titans, legends of the Trojan War cycle, love stories and tales of transformation are all included here. A teacher resource section provides historical, archaeological, artistic and psychological background, ideas for further research and exploration, as well as hands-on class activities.
Classical Mythology and More: A Reader Workbook – TG
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- 978-0-86516-747-6
Teacher's Guide: This Guide provides background information and suggestions for further research to stimulate student involvement with the text, along with teacher aids to aid assessment of student progress: Chapter Answer Keys and Chapter Tests with their own Answer Keys.
Excelability in Advanced Latin: A Workbook for Students
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- 5122
- 978-0-86516-512-0
This workbook for third and fourth year high school Latin students is designed to assist students in reading Latin. A broad selection of Latin authors and texts, only four of which are unadapted, provide practice in reading Latin for comprehension. In addition, the first ten chapters systematically review all of Latin grammar. Two chapters present rhetorical devices, scansion and meter, along with passages for reading comprehension. The passages are taken from a wide variety of genres and texts and offer practice for students preparing to take the SAT II, the National Latin Exam, and the Advanced Placement Latin Literature tests. Every chapter contains exercises for practice and the grammatical and syntactical explanations are keyed to an appendix which contains the forms of Latin words.
Excelability In Advanced Latin: Teacher's Guide and Answer Key
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- 978-0-86516-518-2
The Teacher's Manual for Excelability in Advanced Latin contains the answers to all the exercises in the student text and translations of all the Latin passages in the student text. Large size print versions of each passage are included and are reproducible by the teacher.
Lectiones Memorabiles Volume III Selections from Caesar, Catullus, Horace, Livy, Ovid, and Vergil
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- 978-0-86516-858-9
This volume provides the prescribed passages for the IB Latin Syllabus with examinations 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. Volume III contains the passages for the Vergil, History, and Love Poetry portions of the syllabus.
Lectiones Memorabiles Volume V
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- 978-0-86516-882-4
This reader contains the prescribed companion texts for the IB Latin syllabus with examinations in 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027. Same- and facing-page notes provide historical background, cultural context, and grammatical assistance. Introductions to each selection orient students to significant themes and events. The reader includes introductions to each author, appendices on meter and on literary terms, and a historical timeline. Changes to the format and content of the IB Latin syllabus are reflected in this volume of Lectiones Memorabiles.
Lectiones Memorabiles: Volume I: Selections from Catullus, Cicero, Livy, Ovid, Propertius, Tibullus, and Vergil
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- 978-0-86516-829-9
A discounted price is available for the two-volume bundle.
This reader contains the prescribed passages for the Vergil, Love Poetry, and Women portions of the IB® Latin Syllabus with examinations in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Same- and facing-page notes provide historical background, cultural context, and grammatical assistance. Introductions to each selection orient students to significant themes and events. The reader includes introductions to each author, appendices on meter and on literary terms, and a historical timeline. The prescribed passages for History and Good Living can be found in Lectiones Memorabiles: Volume II.
