Geoffrey Steadman

Three Stars for the text, Five stars for Professor Steadman's edition.

A pair of tourists in an art gallery are puzzled by a strange tablet depicting men ascending and descending through several concentric enclosures accompanied, accosted, or exhorted by various odd figures. An old man there, having been taught the meaning by the painter of the tablet, offers to explain the allegory of proceeding from base misguided sensuality to the examined life of the stoic philosopher.

I think I got more show more out of the Enchiridion of Epictetus.

Read in Greek with my study group. It is a bit above our level but we made it through with the help of Prof. Steadman's excellent notes (and running vocabulary) and Sir Francis Poyntz' delightful translation into Middle/Early Modern English (reading the blackletter typeface was even more challenging than reading the Greek alphabet was when we were starting out...) show less

Steadman is a deadset legend. These are incredibly useful texts for students who have completed the basics of a Latin course, to get to know popular texts through the Latin and facing translation.

A well put together AP Latin textbook, College Caesar was the most inexpensive book I could find to meet my students' needs. I had to buy a book that fit into my school's budget and cover the changing AP Latin curriculum, and this is the one that I decided to go with.

It has the text with vocab help and detailed notes on the same pages, very similar to the Prentice Hall series of readers or the Longman readers, which my students greatly appreciate.

The book also has a series of free show more ancillaries available on the author's website, including jpgs of the high frequency vocab and worksheets to use with in class translation. show less

Excellent tool for an intermediate student. Be aware that further support is available from the author's website.