CICERO

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SPONSORES PATRONIQUE (UK)
- and details of prizes.

Thank you to our financial sponsors who are providing generous grants to enable us to run this competition in the UK - without them there would be no prizes!

Educational publishers http://www.galorepark.co.uk/
Winner of the IPG Education Publisher of the Year 2009!

Classical Association - and the Guildford C. A. http://www.classicalassociation.org/

Society for the Promotion of Roman Studieshttp://www.romansociety.org/index.htm

HELLENE TRAVEL

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Vertebrate Repellent Specialists
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Cambridge University Classics Faculty logo Cambridge University Faculty of Classics

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We are still looking for financial sponsors for the 2009 competition. Please contact rod@ciceroeuropa.eu if your organisation would like to support us in this way!

Thank you to the following supporters for supplying prizes and encouragement for the competition.

Sebastian Coe KBE, double Olympic champion : I am delighted to support the CICERO competition along with its dual aims of encouraging understanding and communication between school students across Europe and of promoting the study of the classical heritage shared by all Europeans.

Gail Trimble, Oxford Classics student and star of 'University Challenge' : CICERO is a competition with enormous depth and breadth. When you're one of only a few people studying Classics at your school it's easy to feel isolated and to wonder if anyone else out there is as enthusiastic as you are. CICERO links you to other young Classicists not only from the rest of the UK but from all over Europe, and it does so through a really challenging competition in some crucial Classical skills - understanding how ancient authors used their own languages to express their ideas, and appreciating how ancient myths have been used and adapted by writers and artists ever since they first emerged. I look forward to meeting students who've chosen to do Classics at university after taking part in CICERO!

[Boris] "Listen!"
to Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, who has sent us this video-clip : a personal message of encouragement. We are very grateful to Boris for sending us a signed copy of his book on the Roman Empire as a prize, and for taking time to support the competition.

Encouragement for participants from Sir Anthony Cleaver, Chairman of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and also of the Royal College of Music. He was previously Chairman and Chief Executive of IBM.

'I was delighted to learn of this competition bringing together young students from different countries and using modern technology to facilitate the process.
I have always thought it ironic that so many people consider the study of Classics irrelevant or unimportant for the modern world. I found the skills I developed during my classical education invaluable wherever I have been working - in particular the ability to do rigorous analysis and to communicate clearly. In fact, almost all my working life has been spent in two industries which did not even exist when I was born and were still in their infancy when I left school - computing and nuclear energy. So much for the idea that education should be specifically aimed at a particular career.'

Novelist Lindsey Davis says :

'Best of luck to everyone in the competition - work hard but your entry will be all the better if you have enjoyed doing it. So make sure you have fun too!'

As well as creating the ancient Roman detective Didius Falco, Lindsey is a former President of the Classical Association. We value her continued support. She has sent us two signed books for lucky prizewinners and also a Spanish one which has been sent to the organisers in Spain.

http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/

We send our thanks to Tony Robinson for sending us a signed copy of one of his books as a prize - with a message from 'Baldrick' as well!

Tony is well known for his interest in historical topics and for presenting the Channel Four archaeology programme 'Time Team' as well as playing the character Baldrick in 'Blackadder'.

Baldrick says :

"Classeex is Fierce!"

Peter Wiseman, Emeritus Professor at Exeter University, has sent us a copy of 'The Myths of Rome' - thank you very much!

Edith Hall, Professor of Classics and Drama at Royal Holloway College, London, has donated three copies of her recent book 'The Return of Ulysses' for some lucky winners - thank you very much!

We are grateful to Professor Simon Goldhill of King's College, Cambridge, for providing a book as a prize.

have donated a book token worth £25 to be spent at their online store.

Cranleigh School, near Guildford in Surrey is the location for this year's competition and we are very grateful for their generous hospitality.

MORE PRIZES FOR 2009!

Thank you to Dr. Federico Mayor, former Director-General of UNESCO and 'A Ray of Hope, UNESCO Youth Ambassador for the Culture of Peace' for providing a prize which will be presented to the school of the winner of the World of Odysseus competition. You can see the batik presented last year on the main 'Sponsores' page.

Thank you to Malvern St James School for providing an impressive silver cup to be awarded annually to the school of the student who wins the senior translation section of the competition in the UK. The trophy is currently held by Bedford School.

SUMMARY OF UK PRIZES
There are cash prizes for all sections of the competition, with separate prizes for Lower 6 and Upper 6 Latin translations. The First Prizes stand at Ł150, Second Prizes are Ł100 and Third Prizes Ł50.
If appropriate, there will also be some 'Highly Commended' awards.
Thank you to all our financial sponsors!
A beautiful engraved trophy will go to the school of the senior Latin translation competition winner and a prize from 'A Ray of Hope' to the school of the European mythology competition winner.
There is a European prize for the winner of the mythology competition.

Boris Johnson, Lindsey Davis, Tony Robinson, Edith Hall and Simon Goldhill are providing signed books for lucky prizewinners, and the Hellenic Bookservice is providing a book which a prizewinner can choose, up to the value of £25.

Thank you to the following Classical organisations and individuals for supporting the competition.

http://www.classicalassociation.org/

Cambridge University Faculty of Classics

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fRIENDSofCLASSICS
'Romans were very proud of their achievements, and Cicero in particular would have been thrilled to know that, two thousand years on, his name was attached to a day to be enjoyed by young people all over Europe.'
Peter Jones

Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
http://www.romansociety.org/index.htm

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Barbara Bell, creator of Minimus, and Ashley Carter, author of Latin translation books for both GCSE and A Level students, say

'We are pleased to be able to support this innovative competition and we encourage 6th Form students to enter and join in with their fellow students in Europe!'

Support for our competition from the archaeologist Guy de la Bédoyère MA FSA FRNS

'I'm delighted to hear about any initiative which encourages the teaching of Classics. Ancient languages are the key to the languages we speak today and it's essential that schools continue to produce some students who are familiar with them. It's a part of our collective culture we can't afford to let go.'

http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/

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