
Ecclesiastical History, Volume II - Bede
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Historical works by Bede (672 or 673-735) include his Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Lives of the Abbots of…
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Historical works by Bede (672 or 673-735) include his Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Lives of the Abbots of…
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The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer (eighth century BC) are the two oldest European epic poems. The former tells of Achilles'…
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Aulus Gellius in Attic Nights (Gellius began to write these pieces during stays in Athens) composed a collection of short…
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The Major Declamations, attributed to Quintilian in antiquity, exemplify the final stage of Greco-Roman rhetorical training,…
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A series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations from…
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Attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born ca. 180 BC) but probably composed in the first or second century AD, the Library…
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Aeschylus (ca. 525-456 BC) is the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world's great art forms. Seven of his…
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Greek papyri relating to private and public business in Egypt from before 300 BC to the eighth century AD inform us about…
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Of more than seventy works by Varro (116-27 BC) we have only his treatise On Agriculture and part of his On the Latin…
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This epic poem concerns Dionysus' earthly career from birth at Thebes to reception on Olympus. In a poem full of mythology,…
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The stark immediacy of what happened in 1692 has obscured the complex web of human passion which had been growing for more…
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Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings in the reign of Tiberius (AD 14-37). His professedly…
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Seneca (ca. AD 4 65) authored verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists. Plots…
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The eleven plays by Aristophanes that have come down to us describe the period spanned by his forty-year career, beginning…
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Plutarch (ca. AD 45-120) wrote on many subjects. His forty-six Parallel Lives are biographies planned to be ethical examples…
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Claudian displays poetic as well as rhetorical skill in his diverse set of works. A panegyric on the brothers Probinus and…
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The Satyrica, traditionally attributed to the Neronian courtier Petronius, is a comic-picaresque fiction recalling the…
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Quintus Ennius (239-169 BC), widely regarded as the father of Roman literature, was instrumental in creating a new Roman…
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Livy (Titus Livius, 64 or 59 BC AD 12 or 17), the Roman historian, presents a vivid narrative of Rome's rise from the…
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Volume II of the Loeb Hippocrates presents eight works by or attributed to the "Father of Medicine" that illustrate the…
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Pausanias, one of the Roman world's great travelers, sketches in Description of Greece the history, geography, landmarks,…
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In his Life of Apollonius Philostratus (second to third century AD) chronicles the miracles of first-century AD teacher,…
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Lucian (c. 120 190 CE), apprentice sculptor then travelling rhetorician, settled in Athens and developed an original brand…
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The comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences ca. 205-184 BC, are the earliest Latin…
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Aristophanes of Athens (c 446-386 BC) is considered one of the world's greatest comic dramatists. He wrote 40 plays, 11 of…
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As Spang explains, during the 1760s and 1770s, sensitive, self-described sufferers made public show of their delicacy by…
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Apuleius (born ca. 125 AD), one of the great stylists of Latin literature, was a prominent figure in Roman Africa best known…
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Library of History is in three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander's death (323 BC); history to…
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The six plays by Terence (d. 159 BC), all extant, imaginatively reformulate Greek New Comedy in realistic scenes and refined…
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Euripides (c. 485 406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or…
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Reprint. Originally published: 1932-1951.…
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Appian (ca. AD 95-161) is a principal source for the history of the Roman Republic. His theme is the process by which Rome…
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Appian (ca. AD 95-161) is a principal source for the history of the Roman Republic. His theme is the process by which Rome…
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Livy (Titus Livius, 64 or 59 BC-AD 12 or 17), the great Roman historian, presents a vivid narrative of Rome\'s rise from the…
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Appian (ca. AD 95-161) is a principal source for the history of the Roman Republic. His theme is the process by which Rome…
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From hidden connections in big data to bots spreading fake news, journalism is increasingly computer-generated. Nicholas…
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Volume I of the nine-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy presents the editors' preface and introductory notes…
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Volume II of the nine-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy presents preliminary chapters on ancient doxography, the…
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Volume IV of the nine-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy presents Pythagoras and the Pythagorean School,…
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Volume IX of the nine-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy includes the so-called sophists Antiphon, Lycophron, and…
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Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c. 150 235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his Roman History survives, but missing portions…
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Aurelius Augustine (AD 354-430), one of the most important figures in western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a…
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Plotinus was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who…
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Philostratus "the Elder" or "the Athenian" (2nd to mid-3rd c.) and Eunapius (ca. 345-415) provide fascinating intellectual…
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The Greek Anthology contains some 4,500 Greek poems in the sparkling, diverse genre of epigram, written by more than a…
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Attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born ca. 180 BC) but probably composed in the first or second century AD, the Library…
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The first complete English-language collection of Simone Weil’s letters to her loved ones, A Life in Letters deepens…
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Charles Taylor delves into the poetry of the Romantics and their heirs, a foundation of his distinctive philosophy of…
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