Nearly all the works Aristotle (384'-322 BC) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are…

The major works by Josephus are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BC to his own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from…

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The classical and Christian worlds meet in Boethius (ca. AD 480'-524), the last writer of purely literary Latin from…

Livius Andronicus, Naevius, and Caecilius were highly influential pioneers in the creation and development of Latin poetry,…

Greek mathematics from the sixth century BC to the fourth century AD is represented by works of Pythagoras, Proclus, Thales,…

The Metamorphoses (Golden Ass) of Apuleius is a romance combining realism and magic. Lucius wants the sensations of a bird,…

Livy (Titus Livius, 64 or 59 BC'-AD 12 or 17), the great Roman historian, presents a vivid narrative of Rome''s rise from…

Greek mathematics from the sixth century BC to the fourth century AD is represented by works of Pythagoras, Proclus, Thales,…

In his Life of Apollonius Philostratus (second to third century AD) chronicles the miracles of first-century AD teacher,…

Demosthenes (384'-322 BC), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who also became a champion of Athenian greatness…

Oppian of Cilicia flourished in the latter half of the 2nd century, and dedicated his "Fishing" (in five books) to…

The main aim of Roman Antiquities was to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the twenty books (from the earliest times to 264…

Cicero was a prodigious letter writer, and happily a splendid treasury of his letters has come down to us: collected and in…

M. Porcius Cato (234'-149 BC) remains legendary for his political and military career, his integrity and austere morality,…

Of more than seventy works by Varro (116'-27 BC) we have only his treatise On Agriculture and part of his On the Latin…

Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings during the reign of Tiberius (14-37 CE). The collection…

The Peloponnesian War was really three conflicts (431'-421, 415'-413, and 413'-404 BC) that Thucydides was still unifying…

Plutarch (ca. AD 45'-120) wrote on many subjects. His forty-six Parallel Lives are biographies planned to be ethical…

In his history, Polybius (ca. 200'-118 BC) is centrally concerned with how and why Roman power spread. The main part of the…

The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer (eighth century BC) are the two oldest European epic poems. The former tells of…

Aulus Gellius in Attic Nights (Gellius began to write these pieces during stays in Athens) composed a collection of short…

The surviving works of the Roman Emperor Julian '"the Apostate'" (AD 331 or 332'-363) include eight Orations; Misopogon…

The Major Declamations, attributed to Quintilian in antiquity, exemplify the final stage of Greco-Roman rhetorical training,…

In this volume are three works concerning the campaigns engaged in by the great Roman statesman Julius Caesar (10044 BCE),…

A series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations from…

In Fasti Ovid (43 BC'-AD 17) sets forth explanations of the festivals and sacred rites that were noted on the Roman…

Attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born ca. 180 BC) but probably composed in the first or second century AD, the Library…

Greek papyri relating to private and public business in Egypt from before 300 BC to the eighth century AD inform us about…

Of more than seventy works by Varro (116'-27 BC) we have only his treatise On Agriculture and part of his On the Latin…

Cato s second century BCE De Agricultura is our earliest complete Latin prose text, recommends farming for its security and…

Extant early Latin writings from the seventh or sixth to the first century BC include epic, drama, satire, translation and…

This epic poem concerns Dionysus'' earthly career from birth at Thebes to reception on Olympus. In a poem full of mythology,…

The importance of Isocrates (436'-338 BC) for the study of Greek civilization of the fourth century BC is indisputable.…

We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106'-43 BC), lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, than of any other Roman.…

Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings in the reign of Tiberius (AD 14'-37). His professedly…

Aristophanes has been admired since antiquity for his wit, fantasy, language, and satire. Over forty of his plays were read…

Philostratus '"the Elder'" or '"the Athenian'" (2nd to mid-3rd c.) and Eunapius (ca. 345'-415) provide fascinating…

Claudian displays poetic as well as rhetorical skill in his diverse set of works. A panegyric on the brothers Probinus and…

The Satyrica, traditionally attributed to the Neronian courtier Petronius, is a comic-picaresque fiction recalling the…

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…

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

The instructional treatises of Menander Rhetor and the Ars Rhetorica, deriving from the schools of rhetoric that flourished…

Pausanias, one of the Roman world''s great travelers, sketches in Description of Greece the history, geography, landmarks,…

In his Life of Apollonius Philostratus (second to third century AD) chronicles the miracles of first-century AD teacher,…

Lucian (ca. AD 120'-190), apprentice sculptor then traveling rhetorician, settled in Athens and developed an original brand…

Justin''s artfully condensed version of the lost Philippic History of Trogus, a contemporary of Livy, is a universal history…

In letters to his friend Atticus, Cicero (106'-43 BC) reveals himself as to no other of his correspondents except perhaps…