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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,…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Aristophanes of Athens (c 446-386 BC) is considered one of the world's greatest comic dramatists. He wrote 40 plays, 11 of…

As Spang explains, during the 1760s and 1770s, sensitive, self-described sufferers made public show of their delicacy by…

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…

Euripides (c. 485 406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or…

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…

• Čeština

Appian (ca. AD 95-161) is a principal source for the history of the Roman Republic. His theme is the process by which Rome…

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…

Appian (ca. AD 95-161) is a principal source for the history of the Roman Republic. His theme is the process by which Rome…

From hidden connections in big data to bots spreading fake news, journalism is increasingly computer-generated. Nicholas…

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• Čeština

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…

Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c. 150 235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his Roman History survives, but missing portions…

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…