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Passing of Peregrinus. The Runaways. Toxaris or Friendship. The Dance. Lexiphanes. The Eunuch. Astrology. The Mistaken Critic. The Parliament of the Gods. The Tyrannicide. Disowned(1936) 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 € -
Description of Greece, Volume IV(1935) 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 € -
Secret History(1935) PROCOPIUSIn Secret History Procopius (late fifth century to after AD 558) attacks the sixth-century emperor Justinian and empress Theodora and alleges their ruinous effect on the Roman empire. Procopius’ pen is particularly sharp in portraying Theodora’s lewdness,Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Library of History, Volume I(1933) DIODORUS SICULUSLibrary of History is in three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death; history to 54 BC. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in fragments.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
On Agriculture(1934) CATO,VARROCato’s second century BC De agricultura is our earliest complete Latin prose text, recommends farming for its security and profitability, and advises on management of labor and resources. Varro’s De re rustica is not a practical treatise but instruction,Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Attic Nights, Volume III(1927) GELLIUSAulus Gellius in Attic Nights (Gellius began to write these pieces during stays in Athens) composed a collection of short chapters about notable events, words and questions of literary style, lives of historical figures, legal points, and philosophical isVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Pro Milone. In Pisonem. Pro Scauro. Pro Fonteio. Pro Rabirio Postumo. Pro Marcello. Pro Ligario. Pro Rege Deiotaro(1931) 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 € -
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 € -
Discourses, Books 3–4. Fragments. The Encheiridion(1928) EPICTETUSEpictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero’s reign who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. He is the author of Discourses and a smaller Encheiridion, a handbook that encapsulates the doctrines of the longer work.Vezava: Trda44,47 € -
Isocrates, Volume I(1928) ISOCRATESThe importance of Isocrates (436–338 BC) for the study of Greek civilization of the fourth century BC is indisputable. Twenty-one discourses by Isocrates survive; these include political essays, treatises on education and on ethics, and speeches for legalVezava: Trda44,47 € -
Fasti(1931) OVIDIn Fasti Ovid (43 BC–AD 17) sets forth explanations of the festivals and sacred rites that were noted on the Roman calendar, and relates in graphic detail the legends attached to specific dates. The poem is an invaluable source of information about religiVezava: 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 €
