Loeb Classical Library

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(from [1]) A tip for readers: The listings of Loeb volumes at online bookstores vary considerably. If you want to buy a volume, it is probably quickest to look it up on HUP's Web site, get the ISBN, and then search for that. Likewise, the volumes are not always listed consistently in library catalogues, so you may find them more easily if you search by ISBN or the translator's name. Loeb Classical Library - Greek. L145) Volume I. Suppliant Maidens. Persians. Prometheus. Seven Against Thebes L146) Volume ...

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It is impossible to determine if the tragedies were performed on stage: there is no evidence for either side. The German scholar Leo stated that they were recitation dramas but this reflected his conception of what a drama ought to be and this in turn was based on his conception of Greek tragedy. They have been successfully staged in modern times. The dating of the tragedies is highly problematic in the absence of any ancient references. A relative chronology has been suggested on metrical grounds but scholars remain divided. It is in ...

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Seneca the Younger, Seneca the Younger - Biography, Seneca the Younger - Works, Seneca the Younger - Seneca's Tragedies, Seneca the Younger - Dialogues, Seneca the Younger - Tragedies, Seneca the Younger - Other

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Greek literature - Poetry. Achaeus of Eretria Agathon Alcman Alcaeus Alexander Aetolus Anacreon Anser Antimachus Anyte of Tegea Apollodorus of Carystus Apollonius of Rhodes Argonautica Archilochus Arctinus Arion Aristeas Asius Bacchylides Bion Callimachus Chaeremon Choerilus Choerilus of Iasus< ...

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Greek literature - Classical Greek. Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in Ancient Greek from the oldest surviving written works in the Greek language until the 4th century and the rise of the Byzantine Empire. At the beginning of Greek literature stand the two monumental works of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. The other great poet of the preclassical period was Hesiod. His two works were Works and Days and Theogony'.' The two major lyrical poets were Sappho ...

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Born in Cordoba, Hispania (in modern Spain), Seneca was the second son of Helvia and Marcus (Lucius) Annaeus Seneca, a wealthy rhetorician known as Seneca the Elder. Seneca's older brother, Gallio, was proconsul at Achaia (where early Christian documents recall he encountered the apostle Paul about AD 52). Seneca was uncle to the poet Lucan, by his younger brother, Annaeus Mela. Tradition relates that he was a sickly child, and that he was taken to Rome by an aunt for schooling. He was trained in rhetoric, and studied neo-Pythagorean ...

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The Augustan History (Lat. Historia Augusta) is a collection of biographies of Roman Emperors and usurpers during the period 117 to 284. Although it is supposedly an assemblage of works by six different writers (collectively known as the Scriptores Historiae Augustae), there is considerable doubt concerning not only the authorship of the work, but also when it was written and how much of the content is fictitious. Even so, it is the only continuous ac ...

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Aristotle (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Aristotelēs 384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote many books about physics, poetry, zoology, logic, rhetoric, government, and biology. Aristotle, along with Plato and Socrates, is generally considered one of the most influential ancient Greek philosophers in Western thought. They transformed Presocratic Greek philosophy into the foundations of Western philosophy as we know it. The writings of Plato an ...

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• Aristotle - Early life and studies at the Academy
• Aristotle - Aristotle as philosopher and tutor
• Aristotle - Founder and master of the Lyceum
• Aristotle - Methodology
• Aristotle - Aristotle's epistemology
• Aristotle - Logic
• Aristotle - Science
• Aristotle - Aristotle's metaphysics
• Aristotle - Aristotle's four causes
• Aristotle - The difference between natural objects and artifacts
• Aristotle - Modes of causation
• Aristotle - Chance
• Aristotle - The Five Elements
• Aristotle - Aristotle's ethics
• Aristotle - Nicomachean ethics
• Aristotle - Aristotle's critics
• Aristotle - Aristotle's mistake
• Aristotle - Bibliography
• Aristotle - Major works
• Aristotle - Specific editions
• Aristotle - Named after Aristotle

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Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop (circa 620 BC – 560 BC), a slave and story-teller living in Ancient Greece. Aesop's Fables has also become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, usually involving personified animals. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today. Many stories included in Aesop's Fables, such as The Fox and the Grapes (from which the idiom "sour grapes" was derived), The Tortoise and the Hare an ...

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• Aesop's Fables - Aesop
• Aesop's Fables - Origins
• Aesop's Fables - Aesop's Fables in other languages
• Aesop's Fables - Adaptations
• Aesop's Fables - List of some fables by Aesop
• Aesop's Fables - Sources

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Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained wide usage as the formal language of the Roman Empire. An inflectional and synthetic language, Latin relies little on word order, conveying meaning through a system of affixes attached to word stems. The Latin alphabet, derived from the Greek, remains the most widely-used alphabet in the world. Although now an extinct language with very few fluent speakers, Latin has had a major influence on many languages that are st ...

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• Latin - Legacy
• Latin - Grammar
• Latin - Education

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Ammianus Marcellinus was a Roman historian who wrote during Late Antiquity. He was born about 325‑330, probably at Antioch (the probability hinges on whether he was the recipient of a surviving letter to a Marcellinus from a fellow citizen of Antioch). The date of his death is unknown, but he must have lived till 391, as he mentions Aurelius Victor as the city prefect for that year. The surviving books of his valuable history cover the years 353‑378; the work is sometimes referred to by a Latin title as Res Gestae, a usage best avoided, however, since it ...

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• Ammianus Marcellinus - External link

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Caratacus (also spelled Caractacus) was a historical British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, who led the British resistance to the Roman conquest. He may correspond with the legendary Welsh character Caradog (also written Caradoc, Caradawg) and the legendary British king Arvirargus. Caratacus - History. Caratacus is named by Dio Cassius as a son of the Catuvellaunian king Cunobelinus (the inspiration for William Shakespeare's Cymbeline).^Including:

• Caratacus - History
• Caratacus - Caratacus's name
• Caratacus - British legend
• Caratacus - Caratacus and Christianity
• Caratacus - Notes

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Poetry Manilius Lucan Persius Statius Prose Petronius : Satyricon Pliny the Elder : Natural History Quintilian Pliny the Younger Aulus Gellius Apuleius Asconius Theater Seneca Satire Juvenal Martial Historiography Ta ...

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Latin literature - Golden Age. Poetry Lucretius : On the Nature of Things Catullus Virgil : Aeneid Horace Ovid : Metamorphoses Tibullus Propertius Prose Julius Caesar : Gallic Wars Cicero : Catiline Orations Historiography Nepos Sallust Livy Latin literature - Silver Latin. Poetry ManiliusSee also:

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Born in Corduba (presently Cordoba, Spain), Seneca was the second son of Helvia and Marcus (Lucius) Annaeus Seneca, a wealthy rhetorician known as Seneca the Elder. Seneca's older brother, Gallio, was proconsul at Achaia (where early Christian documents recall he encountered the apostle Paul about AD 52). Seneca was uncle to the poet Lucan, by his younger brother, Annaeus Mela. Tradition relates that he was a sickly child, and that he was taken to Rome for schooling. He was trained in rhetoric, and was introduced into the Stoic philosophy by Attalos and Sotion. Due to his illness, Se ...

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Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. As a plural noun "classics" can refer to texts written in the ancient Mediterranean world. The study of classics is a primary subject for the humanities, and the people reading classics are sometimes called humanists but ar ...

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• Classics - Quotes
• Classics - Bibliography
• Classics - Western Classical Reference Library
• Classics - Misc. Bibliography
• Classics - Classical links

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It is impossible to determine if the tragedies were performed on stage: there is no evidence for either side. The German scholar Leo stated that they were recitation dramas but this reflected his conception of what a drama ought to be and this in turn was based on his conception of Greek tragedy. They have been successfully staged in modern times. The dating of the tragedies is highly problematic in the absence of any ancient references. A relative chronology has been suggested on metrical grounds but scholars remain divided. It is in ...

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