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Colossus of New York(2018) WHITEHEAD, COLSONBy the author of the international bestseller, The Underground Railroad.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume I(2000) VALERIUS MAXIMUSValerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings in the reign of Tiberius (AD 14–37). His professedly practical work contains a clear moral element and is informative about first-century AD Roman attitudes toward religion and morality.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
De Causis Plantarum, Volume III(1990) THEOPHRASTUSEnquiry into Plants and De Causis Plantarum by Theophrastus (ca. 370–ca. 285 BC) are a counterpart to Aristotle’s zoological work and the most important botanical work of antiquity now extant. In the latter Theophrastus turns to plant physiology.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Diseases 3. Internal Affections. Regimen in Acute Diseases(1988) HIPPOCRATESOf the roughly seventy treatises in the Hippocratic Collection, many are not by Hippocrates (said to have been born in Cos in or before 460 BC), but they are essential sources of information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theoVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume II(2000) VALERIUS MAXIMUSValerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings in the reign of Tiberius (AD 14–37). His professedly practical work contains a clear moral element and is informative about first-century AD Roman attitudes toward religion and morality.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Declamations, Volume I(1974) SENECA THE ELDERSeneca the Elder collected ten books devoted to controversiae (some only preserved in excerpt) and at least one (surviving) of suasoriae.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Selected Orations, Volume II(1977) LIBANIUSLibanius, one of the last great publicists and teachers of Greek paganism, has much to tell us about the tumultuous world of the fourth century AD. His works include Orations, the first of which is an autobiography, and Letters.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Moralia, VIII(0) 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 € -
Pro Caelio. De Provinciis Consularibus. Pro Balbo(1958) CICEROWe know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC), lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, than of any other Roman. Besides much else, his work conveys the turmoil of his time, and the part he played in a period that saw the rise and fall of Julius CaVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Ennead IV(1984) PLOTINUSPlotinus was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who published them sometime between AD 301 and 305 in six sets of nine treatises each (Enneads), with a biography of his master in which heVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Moralia, XIV(1967) 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 € -
Moralia, Volume XV(1969) 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 € -
How to Write History. The Dipsads. Saturnalia. Herodotus or Aetion. Zeuxis or Antiochus. A Slip of the Tongue in Greeting. Apology for the "Salaried Posts in Great Houses." Harmonides. A Conversation with Hesiod. The Scythian or The Consul. Hermotimus or(1959) LUCIANLucian (ca. AD 120–190), apprentice sculptor then traveling rhetorician, settled in Athens and developed an original brand of satire. Notable for the Attic purity and elegance of his Greek and for literary versatility, he is famous chiefly for the lively,Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Library of History, Volume VIII(1963) DIODORUS SICULUSLibrary of History is in three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BC); history to 54 BC. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in fragments.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Natural History, Volume VIII(1963) PLINYPliny the Elder produced in his Natural History a vast compendium of Roman knowledge. Topics included are the mathematics and metrology of the universe; world geography and ethnography; human anthropology and physiology; zoology; botany, agriculture, andVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Natural History, Volume VI: Books 20–23(1951) PLINYPliny the Elder produced in his Natural History a vast compendium of Roman knowledge. Topics included are the mathematics and metrology of the universe; world geography and ethnography; human anthropology and physiology; zoology; botany, agriculture, andVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Moralia, VII(1959) 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 € -
Prudentius, Volume I(1949) PRUDENTIUSPrudentius used allegory and classical Latin verse forms in service of Christianity. His works include the Psychomachia, an allegorical description of the struggle between Christian virtues and pagan vices; lyric poetry; and inscriptions for biblical scenVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Discourses 61–80(1951) DIO CHRYSOSTOMDio Chrysostom (AD ca. 40–ca. 120) was a rhetorician hostile to philosophers, whose Discourses reflect political or moral concerns. What survives of his works make him prominent in the revival of Greek literature in the late first and early second centVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Library of History, Volume V(1950) DIODORUS SICULUSLibrary of History is in three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BC); history to 54 BC. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in fragments.Vezava: Trda44,47 €
