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The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BCE and lived to be eighty. Acknowledged masterpieces among his works…

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Works such as those of the mime-writer Publilius Syrus, who flourished c. 45 BCE, and Rutilius Namatianus, who gave a…

The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BCE and lived to be eighty. Acknowledged masterpieces among his works…

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Prudentius (born 348 CE) used allegory and classical Latin verse forms in service of Christianity. His works include the…

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Health and Human Rights: Basic International Documents assembles in one book the basic instruments of international law and…

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A translation of De Civitate Dei.…

\nVolume I of the Loeb Hippocrates presents an exemplary selection of works by or attributed to the \"Father of Medicine\"…

Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106 43 BCE), Roman advocate, orator, politician, poet, and philosopher, about whom we know more than…

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David Silverman argues against the notion that Indians prized flintlock muskets more for their pyrotechnics than for their…

This pioneering book is the first to identify the methods, strategies, and personal traits of law professors whose students…

Ilarion, Klim Smoljatic, and Kirill of Turov are remarkable for their personal and literary achievements. Franklin prefaces…

This book studies contemporary Arab political poetry, providing insights into how modern Arab media forms are shaped by…

This book probes the narratives of poets who are exiled, tried or executed for their satire. It views the scapegoat as a…

Martha Nussbaum asks: How can we sustain a decent society that aspires to justice and inspires sacrifice for the common…

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\nAëtius’ Placita (ca. AD 100) is a reconstructed compendium summarizing the principal doctrines and opinions of the…

Sappho, the most famous woman poet of antiquity, whose main theme was love, and Alcaeus, poet of wine, war, and politics,…

Based on the critical edition of Malcovati, this three-volume Loeb edition of Roman Republican oratory begins with Ap.…

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

An English language translation accompanies the original Greek text of Aristotle's book about the nature of the state,…

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Seneca the Elder (?55 BCE 40 CE) collected ten books devoted to controversiae (some only preserved in excerpt) and at least…

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