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Life. Against Apion(1926) JOSEPHUSThe major works by Josephus are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BC to his own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from creation to AD 66. Also by him are an autobiographical Life and a treatise Against Apion.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Oppian. Colluthus. Tryphiodorus(1928) OPPIAN,COLLUTHUS,TRYPHIODORUSIn Fishing, Oppian discusses fish and gives angling instructions. The Chase, on hunting, may be the work of a Syrian imitator. Colluthus and Tryphiodorus (properly Triphiodorus), epic poets of Egypt, wrote in the second half of the fifth century AD.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Moralia, I(1927) PLUTARCHPlutarch (ca. AD 45–120) wrote on many subjects. His extant works other than the Parallel Lives are varied, about sixty in number, and known as the Moralia (Moral Essays). They reflect his philosophy about living a good life, and provide a treasury of infVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Laws, Volume II(1926) PLATOThe great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BC and lived to be eighty. Acknowledged masterpieces among his works are the Symposium, which explores love in its many aspects, from physical desire to pursuit of the beautiful and the good, and the ReVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Description of Greece, Volume II(1926) PAUSANIASPausanias, one of the Roman world’s great travelers, sketches in Description of Greece the history, geography, landmarks, legends, and religious cults of all the important Greek cities. He shares his enthusiasm for great sites, describing them with carVezava: Trda44,47 € -
History of Rome, Volume III(1924) LIVYThe only extant work by Livy is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BC. Of its 142 books, 1–10, 21–45 (except parts of 41 and 43–45), fragments, and short summaries remain.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Cratylus. Parmenides. Greater Hippias. Lesser Hippias(1926) PLATOThe great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BC and lived to be eighty. Acknowledged masterpieces among his works are the Symposium, which explores love in its many aspects, from physical desire to pursuit of the beautiful and the good, and the ReVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Julian, Volume III(1923) JULIANThe surviving works of the Roman Emperor Julian “the Apostate” (331 or 332–363 CE) include eight Orations; Misopogon (Beard-hater), assailing the morals of the people of Antioch; more than eighty Letters; and fragments of Against the Galileans, written maVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Tristia. Ex Ponto(1924) OVIDIn the melancholy elegies of the Tristia and Ex Ponto, Ovid (43 BC–AD 17) writes from exile in Tomis on the Black Sea, appealing to such people as his wife and the emperor.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Greek Lyric, Volume II: Anacreon, Anacreontea, Choral Lyric from Olympus to Alcman(1988) ANACREONAnacreon was a composer of solo song. The Anacreonta are poems attributed to him in antiquity that are no longer considered genuine. Notable among the earliest writers of choral poetry are the seventh-century BC Spartans Alcman and Terpander.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
History of Rome, Volume II(1922) LIVYThe only extant work by Livy is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BC. Of its 142 books, 1–10, 21–45 (except parts of 41 and 43–45), fragments, and short summaries remain.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Persian Wars, Volume II(1921) HERODOTUSAfter personal inquiry and study of hearsay and other evidence, Herodotus (born ca. 484 BC) gives us in his famous history of warfare between the Greeks and the Persians a not uncritical estimate of the best that he could find.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Street Haunting and Other Essays(2014) WOOLF, VIRGINIAVirginia Woolf began writing reviews for the Guardian 'to make a few pence' from her father's death in 1904, and continued until the last decade of her life.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Lives, Volume VIII(1919) PLUTARCHPlutarch (ca. AD 45–120) wrote on many subjects. His forty-six Parallel Lives are biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs, one Greek figure and one similar Roman, though the last four lives are single. They not only record careers and illustriVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Roman History, Volume VI(1917) DIO CASSIUSDio Cassius (Cassius Dio), ca. AD 150–235, was born in Bithynia. Dio’s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the first four Roman emperors.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Lives, Volume VII(1919) PLUTARCHPlutarch (ca. AD 45–120) wrote on many subjects. His forty-six Parallel Lives are biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs, one Greek figure and one similar Roman, though the last four lives are single. They not only record careers and illustriVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Cyropaedia, Volume I(1914) XENOPHONCyropaedia is a historical romance on the education of the sixth-century BC Persian king Cyrus the Great that reflects Xenophon’s ideas about rulers and government.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
History of the Wars, Volume I(1914) PROCOPIUSHistory of the Wars by Procopius (late fifth century to after AD 558) consists largely of sixth-century military history, with much information about peoples, places, and special events. Powerful description complements careful narration. Procopius is jusVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Julian, Volume II(1913) JULIANThe surviving works of the Roman Emperor Julian “the Apostate” (AD 331 or 332–363) include eight Orations; Misopogon (Beard-hater), assailing the morals of the people of Antioch; more than eighty Letters; and fragments of Against the Galileans, written maVezava: Trda44,47 €
