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1. "Argonautica" -- Apollonius Rhodius. Race, William
H. -- Apollonius Rhodius’ Argonautica, composed in the third century BCE, is an
epic retelling of GIASONE’s quest for the golden fleece. It greatly influenced
Roman authors such as Catullus, Virgil, and Ovid, and was imitated by Valerius
Flaccus.
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2. "Roman History", Volume I: Books 1-8.1 Appian -- White,
Horace. Appian (first–second century CE), a Greek from Antioch, offers a
history of the rise of Rome but often shows us events from the point of view of
the conquered peoples. Books on the Spanish, Hannibalic, Punic, Illyrian,
Syrian, Mythridatic, and Civil wars are extant.
3.Roman History, Volume II:
Books 8.2-12 -- Appian -- White, Horace -- Appian (first–second century CE), a
Greek from Antioch, offers a history of the rise of Rome but often shows us
events from the point of view of the conquered peoples. Books on the Spanish,
Hannibalic, Punic, Illyrian, Syrian, Mythridatic, and Civil wars are
extant.
4.Roman History, Volume III: The Civil Wars, Books
1-3.26 Appian White, Horace Appian (first–second century CE), a Greek
from Antioch, offers a history of the rise of Rome but often shows us events
from the point of view of the conquered peoples. Books on the Spanish,
Hannibalic, Punic, Illyrian, Syrian, Mythridatic, and Civil wars are
extant.
5.Roman History, Volume IV: The Civil Wars, Books
3.27-5 Appian White, Horace Appian (first–second century CE), a Greek
from Antioch, offers a history of the rise of Rome but often shows us events
from the point of view of the conquered peoples. Books on the Spanish,
Hannibalic, Punic, Illyrian, Syrian, Mythridatic, and Civil wars are
extant.
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6.Catullus. Tibullus. Pervigilium
Veneris Catullus Tibullus Cornish, F. W. Postgate, J. P. Mackail,
J. W. Catullus (84–54 BCE) couples consummate poetic artistry with intensity
of feeling. Tibullus (c. 54–19 BCE) proclaims love for Delia and Nemesis in
elegy. The beautiful verse of the Pervigilium Veneris (fourth century CE?)
celebrates a spring festival in honour of the goddess of love.
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7.Letters to
Atticus, Volume I Cicero Shackleton Bailey, D. R. In letters to his
friend Atticus, Cicero (106–43 BCE) reveals himself as to no other of his
correspondents except, perhaps, his brother, and vividly depicts a momentous
period in Roman history, marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of
the Republic.
8.Letters to Atticus, Volume II Cicero
Shackleton Bailey,
D. R.
In letters to his friend Atticus, Cicero (106–43 BCE) reveals himself
as to no other of his correspondents except, perhaps, his brother, and vividly
depicts a momentous period in Roman history, marked by the rise of Julius Caesar
and the downfall of the Republic.
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9.Suppliant Women. Electra.
Heracles
Euripides
Kovacs, David
Euripides (c. 485–406 BCE) has been
prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his
ninety or so plays survive complete, including Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae,
one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays
also survive.
10.Trojan Women. Iphigenia among the Taurians.
Ion
Euripides
Kovacs, David
Euripides (c. 485–406 BCE) has been prized
in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or
so plays survive complete, including Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae, one of the
great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also
survive.
11.Helen. Phoenician Women. Orestes
Euripides
Kovacs,
David
Euripides (c. 485–406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his
emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive
complete, including Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae, one of the great
masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also
survive.
12.Cyclops. Alcestis. Medea
Euripides
Kovacs,
David
Euripides (c. 485–406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his
emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive
complete, including Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae, one of the great
masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also
survive.
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13.Orations 1-5
Julian
Wright, Wilmer C.
The 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 mainly to show that the Old Testament lacks evidence for the idea of
Christianity.
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14.
"Phalaris"
"Hippias or The Bath".
"Dionysus". Heracles. Amber or
The Swans. The Fly. Nigrinus. Demonax. The Hall. My Native Land. Octogenarians.
A True Story. Slander. The Consonants at Law. The Carousal (Symposium) or The
Lapiths
Lucian
Harmon, A. M.
Lucian (c. 120–190 CE), 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, LUCIAN is famous chiefly for the lively, cynical wit of the
dialogues in which he satirizes human folly, superstition, and
hypocrisy.
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15. Petronio, "Satyricon", Seneca, "Apocolocyntosis"
Heseltine,
Michael
Rouse, W. H. D.
Petronius’s Satyricon, probably written between 54
and 68 CE, presents in lurid detail the disreputable adventures of Encolpio,
including his attendance at Trimalchione’s wildly extravagant dinner party.
The
Apocolocyntosis (Pumpkinification), a satire on the death and apotheosis of the
emperor Claudius, is attributed to Seneca (c. 4 BCE–54 CE).
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16.Apollonius of
Tyana, Volume I: Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Books
1-4
Philostratus
Jones, Christopher P.
In his Life of Apollonius,
Philostratus (second to third century CE) portrays a first-century CE teacher,
religious reformer, and perceived rival to Jesus. Apollonius’s letters, ancient
reports about him, and a letter by Eusebius (fourth century CE) that is now
central to the history of Philostratus’s work add to the
portrait.
17.Apollonius of Tyana, Volume II: Life of Apollonius of Tyana,
Books 5-8
Philostratus
Jones, Christopher P.
In his Life of Apollonius,
Philostratus (second to third century CE) portrays a first-century CE teacher,
religious reformer, and perceived rival to Jesus. Apollonius’s letters, ancient
reports about him, and a letter by Eusebius (fourth century CE) that is now
central to the history of Philostratus’s work add to the
portrait.
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18.
"Elegies"
Propertius
Goold, G. P.
The passionate and
dramatic elegies of Propertius (c. 50–soon after 16 BCE) gained him a reputation
as one of Rome’s finest love poets. He portrays the uneven course of his love
affair with Cynthia and also tells us much about the society of his time, then
in later poems turns to the legends of ancient Rome.
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19.
"The Fall of
Troy"
Quintus Smyrnaeus
Way, A. S.
In The Fall of Troy, Quintus
Smyrnaeus (fourth century CE?) seeks to continue in Homer’s style the tale of
Troy from the point at which the Iliad closes. Quintus’s fourteen-book epic poem
includes the death of Achilles and the making of the Wooden Horse. It ends with
the great storm that by the wrath of heaven shattered the departing Achaean
fleet.
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20.Ajax. Electra. Oedipus Tyrannus
Sophocles
Lloyd-Jones,
Hugh
Sophocles (497/6–406 BCE), considered one of the world’s greatest poets,
forged tragedy from the heroic excess of myth and legend. Seven complete plays
are extant, including Oedipus Tyrannus, Ajax, Antigone, and Philoctetes. Among
many fragments that also survive is a substantial portion of the satyr drama The
Searchers.
21.Antigone. The Women of Trachis. Philoctetes. Oedipus at
Colonus
Sophocles
Lloyd-Jones, Hugh
Sophocles (497/6–406 BCE),
considered one of the world’s greatest poets, forged tragedy from the heroic
excess of myth and legend. Seven complete plays are extant, including Oedipus
Tyrannus, Ajax, Antigone, and Philoctetes. Among many fragments that also
survive is a substantial portion of the satyr drama The Searchers.
22.The
Woman of Andros. The Self-Tormentor. The Eunuch
Terence
Barsby,
John
The six plays by Terence (died 159 BCE), all extant, imaginatively
reformulate Greek New Comedy in realistic scenes and refined Latin. They include
Phormio, a comedy of intrigue and trickery; The Brothers, which explores
parental education of sons; and The Eunuch, which presents the most
sympathetically drawn courtesan in Roman comedy.
23.Phormio. The
Mother-in-Law. The Brothers
Terence
Barsby, John
The six plays by
Terence (died 159 BCE), all extant, imaginatively reformulate Greek New Comedy
in realistic scenes and refined Latin. They include Phormio, a comedy of
intrigue and trickery; The Brothers, which explores parental education of sons;
and The Eunuch, which presents the most sympathetically drawn courtesan in Roman
comedy.
24.
"The Apostolic Fathers", Volume I: I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius.
Polycarp. Didache
Ehrman, Bart D.
The writings of the Apostolic Fathers
(first and second centuries CE) give a rich and diverse picture of Christian
life and thought in the period immediately after New Testament times. Some were
accorded almost Scriptural authority in the early Church.
25.The Apostolic
Fathers, Volume II: Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to
Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas
Ehrman, Bart D.
The writings of the
Apostolic Fathers (first and second centuries CE) give a rich and diverse
picture of Christian life and thought in the period immediately after New
Testament times. Some were accorded almost Scriptural authority in the early
Church.
26.Confessions, Volume I: Books 1-8
Augustine
Watts,
William
In the Confessions, Augustine (354–430 CE) offers his great
autobiography.
26.Confessions, Volume I: Books 1-8
Augustine
Hammond,
Carolyn J.-B.
Confessions is a spiritual autobiography of Augustine’s early
life, family, associations, and explorations of alternative religious and
theological viewpoints as he moved toward his conversion. Cast as a prayer
addressed to God, it offers a gripping personal story and a philosophical
exploration destined to have broad and lasting impact.
27.Confessions, Volume
II: Books 9-13
Augustine
Watts, William
In the Confessions, Augustine
(354–430 CE) offers his great autobiography.
28.
"Greek Bucolic Poets"
Theocritus. Bion. Moschus
Edmonds, J.
M.
Theocritus
Bion
Moschus
TEOCRITO (third century BCE) was the
founder of bucolic poetry.
The extant poems of Moschus (second century BCE) and
Bion (probably second and first centuries BCE) are not really bucolic, but
Bion’s Lament for Adonis is floridly brilliant. Pattern poems are also found in
the Greek Anthology, a work of many centuries.
29.Orations 6-8. Letters to
Themistius, To the Senate and People of Athens, To a Priest. The Caesars.
Misopogon
Julian
Wright, Wilmer C.
The 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 mainly to
show that the Old Testament lacks evidence for the idea of
Christianity.
30.
"On Duties"
Cicero
Miller, Walter
We know more of
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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
Caesar in a tottering republic.
31.
"Lives of the Caesars"
Volume I:
Julius
Augustus
Tiberius
Gaius
Caligula
Suetonius
Rolfe, J. C.
Enriched by
anecdotes, gossip, and details of character and personal appearance, Lives of
the Caesars by Suetonius (born c. 70 CE) is a valuable and colorful source of
information about the first twelve Roman emperors, Roman imperial politics, and
Roman imperial society. Part of Suetonius’s Lives of Illustrious Men (of
letters) also survives.
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32.Roman History, Volume I: Books 1-11
Dio
Cassius
Cary, Earnest
Foster, Herbert B.
DIONE Cassio (Cassius Dio), c.
150–235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his Roman History survives, but
missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are many excerpts.
Dio’s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the
first four Roman emperors.
33.
"Odes and Epodes"
Orazio
Rudd, Niall
The
poetry of Horace (born 65 BCE) is richly varied, its focus moving between public
and private concerns, urban and rural settings, Stoic and Epicurean thought. His
Odes cover a wide range of moods and topics. Love and political concerns are
frequent themes of the Epodes.
34.
"Barlaam and Ioasaph"
John
Damascene
Woodward, G. R. and Mattingly, Harold
"Barlaam and Ioasaph", a
hagiographic novel in which an Indian prince becomes aware of the world’s
miseries and is converted to Christianity by a monk, is a Christianized version
of the legend of the Buddha.
Though often attributed to John Damascene (c.
676–749 CE), it was probably translated from Georgian into Greek in the eleventh
century CE.
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35.
"Agricola"
"Germania"
"Dialogue on Oratory"
Tacitus
Hutton,
M. and Peterson, W.
Tacitus (c. 55–c. 120 CE), renowned for concision and
psychology, is paramount as a historian of the early Roman empire.
"Agricola"
includes Agricola’s career in Britain.
"Germania" is a description of German
tribes as known to the Romans.
"Dialogus" concerns the decline of oratory and
education.
36.Euthyphro. Apology. Crito. Phaedo. Phaedrus
Plato
Fowler,
Harold North
The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BCE 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 Republic, which concerns righteousness and also
treats education, gender, society, and slavery.
37.Roman History, Volume II:
Books 12-35
Dio Cassius
Cary, Earnest
Foster, Herbert B.
Dio Cassius
(Cassius Dio), c. 150–235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his Roman History
survives, but missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are
many excerpts. Dio’s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman
republic and the first four Roman emperors.
38.Lives of the Caesars, Volume
II:
Claudius
Nero
Galba
Otho, and Vitellius
Vespasian
Titus
Domitian.
Lives of Illustrious Men: Grammarians and Rhetoricians. Poets
Terence
Virgil
Horace
Tibullus
Persius
Lucan
Lives of Pliny the Elder and Passienus
Crispus
Suetonius
Rolfe, J. C.
Enriched by anecdotes, gossip, and
details of character and personal appearance, Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius
(born c. 70 CE) is a valuable and colorful source of information about the first
twelve Roman emperors, Roman imperial politics, and Roman imperial society. Part
of Suetonius’s Lives of Illustrious Men (of letters) also survives.
39.
"Civil
Wars" -- Caesar
Peskett, A. G.
In his "Civil Wars", Caesar
(100–44 BCE) provides vigorous, direct, clear, third-personal, and largely
unemotional records of his own campaigns.
40.On Ends
Cicero
Rackham,
H.
We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering republic.
41.Heroides.
Amores
Ovid
Showerman, Grant
In Heroides, Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE) allows
legendary women to narrate their memories and express their emotions in verse
letters to absent husbands and lovers.
Ovid’s "Amore" are three books of elegies
ostensibly about the poet’s love affair with his mistress
Corinna.
42.Metamorphoses, Volume I: Books 1-8
Ovid
Miller, Frank
Justus
In his most influential work, the Metamorphoses, Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE)
weaves a hexametric whole from a huge range of myths, which are connected by the
theme of change and ingeniously linked as the narrative proceeds from earliest
creation to transformation in Ovid’s own time.
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43.Metamorphoses, Volume II:
Books 9-15
Ovid
Miller, Frank Justus
In his most influential work, the
Metamorphoses, Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE) weaves a hexametric whole from a huge range
of myths, which are connected by the theme of change and ingeniously linked as
the narrative proceeds from earliest creation to transformation in Ovid’s own
time.
44.Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), Volume I: Books
1-6
Apuleius
Hanson, J. Arthur
The Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass) of
Apuleius (born c. 125 CE) is a romance combining realism and magic. Lucius wants
the sensations of a bird, but by pharmaceutical accident becomes an ass. The
bulk of the novel recounts his adventures as an animal, but Lucius also recounts
many stories he overhears, including that of Cupid and Psyche.
45.
"Leucippe
and Clitophon"
Achilles Tatius
Gaselee, S.
"Leucippe and Clitophon",
written in the second century CE, is exceptional among the ancient romances in
being a first-person narrative: the adventures of the young couple are recounted
by the hero himself.
Achilles Tatius’s style is notable for descriptive detail
and for his engaging digressions.
46.
Parallel Lives, Volume I:
Teseo -- Romolo
Licurgo -- Numa
Solon -- Publicola
Plutarch
Perrin,
Bernadotte
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) wrote on many subjects.
His forty-six
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 illustrious deeds but also offer rounded portraits of
statesmen, orators, and military leaders.
47.Lives, Volume II:
Themistocles --
Camillo
Aristide -- Cato Major
Cimon --
Lucullus
Plutarch
Perrin, Bernadotte
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) wrote on
many subjects. His forty-six 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 illustrious deeds but also
offer rounded portraits of statesmen, orators, and military
leaders.
48.
History of the Wars, Volume I: Books 1-2.
The Persian
War)
Procopiu
Dewing, H. B.
History of the Wars by the Byzantine
historian Procopius (late fifth century to after 558 CE) consists largely of
sixth century CE military history, with much information about peoples, places,
and special events. Powerful description complements careful narration.
Procopius is just to the empire’s enemies and boldly criticises emperor
Justinian.
49.Geography, Volume I: Books 1-2
Strabo
Jones, Horace
Leonard
In his seventeen-book Geography, Strabo (c. 64 BCE–c. 25 CE)
discusses geographical method, stresses the value of geography, and draws
attention to the physical, political, and historical details of separate
countries. Geography is a vital source for ancient geography and informative
about ancient geographers.
50.Geography, Volume II: Books
3-5
Strabo
Jones, Horace Leonard
In his seventeen-book Geography,
Strabo (c. 64 BCE–c. 25 CE) discusses geographical method, stresses the value of
geography, and draws attention to the physical, political, and historical
details of separate countries. Geography is a vital source for ancient geography
and informative about ancient geographers.
51.
"Cyropaedia", Volume I: Books
1-4
Xenophon
Miller, Walter
Cyropaedia, by Xenophon (c. 430–c. 354
BCE), is a historical romance on the education of the sixth century BCE Persian
king Cyrus the Elder that reflects Xenophon’s ideas about rulers and
government.
52.Cyropaedia, Volume II: Books 5-8
Xenophon
Miller,
Walter
Cyropaedia, by Xenophon (c. 430–c. 354 BCE), is a historical romance
on the education of the sixth century BCE Persian king Cyrus the Elder that
reflects Xenophon’s ideas about rulers and government.
53.Roman History,
Volume III: Books 36-40
Dio Cassius
Cary, Earnest
Foster, Herbert
B.
Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c. 150–235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of
his Roman History survives, but missing portions are partly supplied from
elsewhere and there are many excerpts. Dio’s work is a vital source for the last
years of the Roman republic and the first four Roman emperors.
54.
"The
Downward Journey or The Tyrant"
"Zeus Catechized"
"Zeus Rants"
"The Dream or The
Cock"
"Prometheus" Icaromenippus or The Sky-man. Timon or The Misanthrope. Charon
or The Inspectors. "Philosophies for Sale"
Lucian
Harmon, A. M.
Lucian
(c. 120–190 CE), 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, cynical wit of the dialogues in which he satirizes human folly,
superstition, and hypocrisy.
55.Letters, Volume I: Books 1-7
Pliny the
Younger
Radice, Betty
The Letters of Pliny the Younger (c. 61–c. 112 CE),
a polished social document of his times, include descriptions of the eruption of
Vesuvius in 79 CE and the earliest pagan accounts of Christians. The Panegyricus
is an expanded, published version of Pliny’s oration of thanks to the Emperor
Trajan in 100 CE.
56.
Olympian Odes. Pythian Odes
Pindar
Race, William
H.
Pindar (c. 518–438 BCE), highly esteemed as lyric poet by the ancients,
commemorates in complex verse the achievements of athletes and powerful rulers
at the four great Panhellenic festivals—the Olympic, Pythian, Nemean, and
Isthmian games—against a backdrop of divine favor, human failure, heroic legend,
and aristocratic Greek ethos.
57.
Theogony. Works and Days.
Testimonia
ESIODO
Most, Glenn W.
The two extant poems of Hesiod (eighth
or seventh century BCE) are "Theogony", in which he charts the history of the
divine world, and "Works and Days", in which he delivers moral precepts and
practical advice for the world of men.
58.Marcus Aurelius
Marcus
Aurelius
Haines, C. R.
Marcus Aurelius (121–180 CE), philosopher-emperor,
wrote the Meditations (his title was “The matters addressed to himself”) in
periods of solitude during military campaigns. His ethical, religious, and
existential reflections have endured as an expression of Stoicism, a text for
students of that philosophy, and a guide to the moral life.
59.Letters,
Volume II: Books 8-10. Panegyricus
Pliny the Younger
Radice, Betty
The
Letters of Pliny the Younger (c. 61–c. 112 CE), a polished social document of
his times, include descriptions of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE and the
earliest pagan accounts of Christians. The Panegyricus is an expanded, published
version of Pliny’s oration of thanks to the Emperor Trajan in 100
CE.
60.Amphitryon. The Comedy of Asses. The Pot of Gold. The Two Bacchises.
The Captives
Plautus
de Melo, Wolfgang
The comedies of Plautus, who
brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205–184 BCE, are the
earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the European
theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Molière to modern times. Twenty-one of
his plays are extant.
61.Casina. The Casket Comedy. Curculio. Epidicus. The
Two Menaechmuses
Plautus
de Melo, Wolfgang
The comedies of Plautus, who
brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205–184 BCE, are the
earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the European
theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Molière to modern times. Twenty-one of
his plays are extant.
62.Tragedies, Volume I: Hercules. Trojan Women.
Phoenician Women. Medea. Phaedra
Seneca
Fitch, John G.
Seneca (c. 4–65
CE) authored verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other
Renaissance dramatists. Plots are based on myth, in keeping with classical
tradition, but themes reflect imperial Roman politics. Powerful rhetoric conveys
intensity and the perspective is much bleaker than in Seneca’s prose
writings.
63.
"Eclogues. Georgics"
Aeneid: Books 1-6
Virgil
Fairclough,
H. Rushton
Virgil (70–19 BCE) was a poet of immense virtuosity and influence.
His Eclogues deal with bucolic life and love, his Georgics with tillage, trees,
cattle, and bees. His Aeneid is an epic on the theme of Rome’s origins. Poems of
the Appendix Vergiliana are traditionally, but in most cases probably wrongly,
attributed to Virgil.
64.
Aeneid: Books 7-12. Appendix
Vergiliana
Virgil
Fairclough, H. Rushton
Virgil (70–19 BCE) was a poet
of immense virtuosity and influence. His Eclogues deal with bucolic life and
love, his Georgics with tillage, trees, cattle, and bees. His Aeneid is an epic
on the theme of Rome’s origins. Poems of the Appendix Vergiliana are
traditionally, but in most cases probably wrongly, attributed to
Virgil.
65.Lives, Volume III:
Pericles -- Fabius Maximus
Nicias --
Crassus
Plutarch
Perrin, Bernadotte
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) wrote on
many subjects. His forty-six 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 illustrious deeds but also
offer rounded portraits of statesmen, orators, and military leaders.
66.Roman
History, Volume IV: Books 41-45
Dio Cassius
Cary, Earnest
Foster,
Herbert B.
Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c. 150–235 CE, was born in Bithynia.
Little of his Roman History survives, but missing portions are partly supplied
from elsewhere and there are many excerpts. Dio’s work is a vital source for the
last years of the Roman republic and the first four Roman emperors.
67.The
Greek Anthology,
Volume I: Book 1:
Christian Epigrams. Book 2: Christodorus of
Thebes in Egypt. Book 3: The Cyzicene Epigrams. Book 4: The Proems of the
Different Anthologies. Book 5: The Amatory Epigrams. Book 6: The Dedicatory
Epigrams
Paton, W. R.
The Greek Anthology (Gathering of Flowers) is the
name given to a collection over many centuries of about 4500 short Greek poems
(called epigrams but usually not epigrammatic) by about 300 composers. Meleager
of Gadara (first century BCE), an outstanding contributor, also assembled the
Stephanus (Garland), a compilation fundamental to the Anthology.
67.The Greek
Anthology, Volume I: Book 1: Christian Epigrams. Book 2: Descriptions of
Statues. Book 3: Inscriptions in a Temple at Cyzicus. Book 4: Prefaces to the
Garlands of Meleager and Philip and the Cycle of Agathias. Book 5: Erotic
Epigrams
Paton, W. R.
The Greek Anthology contains some 4,500 Greek poems
in the sparkling, diverse genre of epigram, written by more than a hundred
composers, collected over centuries, and arranged by subject. This Loeb edition
replaces the earlier edition by W. R. Paton, with a Greek text and ample notes
reflecting current scholarship.
68.The Greek Anthology,
Volume II: Book 7:
Sepulchral Epigrams. Book 8:
The Epigrams of St. Gregory the
Theologian
Paton, W. R.
The Greek Anthology (Gathering of Flowers) is the
name given to a collection over many centuries of about 4500 short Greek poems
(called epigrams but usually not epigrammatic) by about 300 composers. Meleager
of Gadara (first century BCE), an outstanding contributor, also assembled the
Stephanus (Garland), a compilation fundamental to the Anthology.
69.Daphnis
and Chloe. Anthia and Habrocomes
Longus
Xenophon of Ephesus
Henderson,
Jeffrey
Longus’s Daphnis and Chloe (second or early third century CE), in
which an idealized pastoral environment provides the setting as a boy and girl
discover their sexuality, is one of the great works of world literature.
Xenophon’s Anthia and Habrocomes (first century CE) is perhaps the earliest
extant novel.
70.Enquiry into Plants, Volume I: Books
1-5
Theophrastus
Hort, Arthur F.
Enquiry into Plants and De Causis
Plantarum by Theophrastus (c. 370–c. 285 BCE) are a counterpart to Aristotle’s
zoological work and the most important botanical work of antiquity now extant.
In the former, Theophrastus classifies and describes varieties—covering trees,
plants of particular regions, shrubs, herbaceous plants, and cereals; in the
last of the nine books he focuses on plant juices and medicinal properties of
herbs. His On Odours and Weather Signs are minor treatises.
71.On the Natural
Faculties
Galen
Brock, A. J.
Galen (129–199 CE) crystallized all the
best work of the Greek medical schools which had preceded his own time,
including Hippocrates’s foundational work six hundred years earlier. It is in
the form of Galenism that Greek medicine was transmitted to later
ages.
72.The Gallic War
Caesar
Edwards, H. J.
In his Gallic War and
Civil Wars, Caesar (100–44 BCE) provides vigorous, direct, clear,
third-personal, and largely unemotional records of his own
campaigns.
73.
"Nicomachean Ethics"
Aristotle
Rackham, H.
Nearly all
the works Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the
priceless ones extant are lecture materials, notes, and memoranda (some are
spurious).
They can be categorized as: practical; logical; physical;
metaphysical; on art; other; or fragments.
74.
"Theological Tractates"
"The
Consolation of Philosophy" (LA CONSOLAZIONE DELLA FILOSOFIA)
Boethius -- BOEZIO
Stewart, H. F.
Rand, E.
K.
Tester, S. J.
The classical and Christian worlds meet in Boethius (c.
480–524 CE), the last writer of purely literary Latin from antiquity. His
Tractates examine the Trinity and incarnation in Aristotelian terms. His
Consolation of Philosophy, a dialogue between himself and Philosophy, is
theistic in tone but draws on Greek, especially Neoplatonist,
sources.
75.Epistles, Volume I: Epistles 1-65
Seneca
Gummere, Richard
M.
In 124 epistles Seneca (c. 4–65 CE) writes to Lucilius, occasionally about
technical problems of philosophy, but more often in a relaxed style about moral
and ethical questions, relating them to personal experiences. He thus presents a
Stoic philosopher’s thoughts about the good life in a contemporary
context.
76.Epistles, Volume II: Epistles 66-92
Seneca
Gummere, Richard
M.
In 124 epistles Seneca (c. 4–65 CE) writes to Lucilius, occasionally about
technical problems of philosophy, but more often in a relaxed style about moral
and ethical questions, relating them to personal experiences. He thus presents a
Stoic philosopher’s thoughts about the good life in a contemporary
context.
77.Epistles, Volume III: Epistles 93-124
Seneca
Gummere,
Richard M.
In 124 epistles Seneca (c. 4–65 CE) writes to Lucilius,
occasionally about technical problems of philosophy, but more often in a relaxed
style about moral and ethical questions, relating them to personal experiences.
He thus presents a Stoic philosopher’s thoughts about the good life in a
contemporary context.
78.Tragedies, Volume II: Oedipus. Agamemnon. Thyestes.
Hercules on Oeta. Octavia
Seneca
Fitch, John G.
Seneca (c. 4–65 CE)
authored verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other
Renaissance dramatists. Plots are based on myth, in keeping with classical
tradition, but themes reflect imperial Roman politics. Powerful rhetoric conveys
intensity and the perspective is much bleaker than in Seneca’s prose
writings.
79.Enquiry into Plants, Volume II: Books 6-9. On Odours. Weather
Signs
Theophrastus
Hort, Arthur F.
Enquiry into Plants and De Causis
Plantarum by Theophrastus (c. 370–c. 285 BCE) are a counterpart to Aristotle’s
zoological work and the most important botanical work of antiquity now extant.
In the former, Theophrastus classifies and describes varieties—covering trees,
plants of particular regions, shrubs, herbaceous plants, and cereals; in the
last of the nine books he focuses on plant juices and medicinal properties of
herbs. His On Odours and Weather Signs are minor treatises.
80.Lives, Volume
IV: Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Lysander and Sulla
Plutarch
Perrin,
Bernadotte
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) wrote on many subjects. His forty-six
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 illustrious deeds but also offer rounded portraits of
statesmen, orators, and military leaders.
81.History of the Wars, Volume II:
Books 3-4. (Vandalic War)
Procopius
Dewing, H. B.
History of the Wars
by the Byzantine historian Procopius (late fifth century to after 558 CE)
consists largely of sixth century CE military history, with much information
about peoples, places, and special events. Powerful description complements
careful narration. Procopius is just to the empire’s enemies and boldly
criticises emperor Justinian.
82.Roman History, Volume V: Books 46-50
Dio
Cassius
Cary, Earnest
Foster, Herbert B.
Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c.
150–235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his Roman History survives, but
missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are many excerpts.
Dio’s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the
first four Roman emperors.
83.Roman History, Volume VI: Books 51-55
Dio
Cassius
Cary, Earnest
Foster, Herbert B.
Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c.
150–235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his Roman History survives, but
missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are many excerpts.
Dio’s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the
first four Roman emperors.
84.The Greek Anthology, Volume III: Book 9: The
Declamatory Epigrams
Paton, W. R.
The Greek Anthology (Gathering of
Flowers) is the name given to a collection over many centuries of about 4500
short Greek poems (called epigrams but usually not epigrammatic) by about 300
composers. Meleager of Gadara (first century BCE), an outstanding contributor,
also assembled the Stephanus (Garland), a compilation fundamental to the
Anthology.
85.
The Greek Anthology, Volume IV: Book 10: The Hortatory and
Admonitory Epigrams. Book 11: The Convivial and Satirical Epigrams. Book 12:
Strato's Musa Puerilis
Paton, W. R.
The Greek Anthology (Gathering of
Flowers) is the name given to a collection over many centuries of about 4500
short Greek poems (called epigrams but usually not epigrammatic) by about 300
composers. Meleager of Gadara (first century BCE), an outstanding contributor,
also assembled the Stephanus (Garland), a compilation fundamental to the
Anthology.
86.The Greek Anthology, Volume V: Book 13: Epigrams in Various
Metres. Book 14: Arithmetical Problems, Riddles, Oracles. Book 15: Miscellanea.
Book 16: Epigrams of the Planudean Anthology Not in the Palatine
Manuscript
Paton, W. R.
The Greek Anthology (Gathering of Flowers) is the
name given to a collection over many centuries of about 4500 short Greek poems
(called epigrams but usually not epigrammatic) by about 300 composers. Meleager
of Gadara (first century BCE), an outstanding contributor, also assembled the
Stephanus (Garland), a compilation fundamental to the Anthology.
87.Lives,
Volume V:
Agesilaus -- Pompeo
Pelopidas -- Marcellus
Plutarch
Perrin,
Bernadotte
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) wrote on many subjects. His forty-six
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 illustrious deeds but also offer rounded portraits of
statesmen, orators, and military leaders.
88.Hellenica, Volume I: Books
1-4
Xenophon
Brownson, Carleton L.
Hellenica by Xenophon (c. 430–c. 354
BCE) is a history of Greek affairs from 411–362 BCE that begins as a
continuation of Thucydides’s account.
89.Hellenica, Volume II: Books
5-7
Xenophon
Brownson, Carleton L.
Hellenica by Xenophon (c. 430–c. 354
BCE) is a history of Greek affairs from 411–362 BCE that begins as a
continuation of Thucydides’s account.
90.Anabasis
Xenophon
Brownson,
Carleton L.
The Anabasis by Xenophon (c. 430–c. 354 BCE) is an eyewitness
account of Greek mercenaries’ challenging “March Up-Country” from Babylon back
to the coast of Asia Minor under Xenophon’s guidance in 401 BCE, after their
leader Cyrus the Younger fell in a failed campaign against his
brother.
91.Juvenal and Persius
Juvenal
Persius
Braund, Susanna
Morton
Bite and wit characterize two seminal and stellar authors in the
history of satirical writing, Persius (34–62 CE) and Juvenal (writing about
sixty years later).
The latter especially had a lasting influence on English
writers of the Renaissance and succeeding centuries.
92.
The Exhortation to
the Greeks. The Rich Man's Salvation. To the Newly Baptized
Clement of
Alexandria
Butterworth, G. W.
Born probably 150 CE in Athens, Clement was
a key figure in early Christianity with wide knowledge of Greek literature and
culture. His Exhortation to the Greeks to give up their gods and turn to Christ
shows familiarity with the mystery cults. The Rich Man’s Salvation is a homily
that offers a glimpse of Clement’s public teaching.
93.Description of Greece,
Volume I: Books 1-2
Attica and Corinth
Pausanias
Jones, W. H.
S.
Pausanias (fl. 150 CE), 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 care and an accuracy confirmed by comparison
with monuments that still stand today.
94.Epigrams
Volume I: Spectacles,
Books 1-5
Martial
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
In his epigrams, Martial (c.
40–c. 103 CE) is a keen, sharp-tongued observer of Roman scenes and events,
including the new Colosseum, country life, a debauchee’s banquet, and the
eruption of Vesuvius. His poems are sometimes obscene, in the tradition of the
genre, sometimes affectionate or amusing, and always pointed.
95.Epigrams,
Volume II: Books 6-10
Martial
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
In his epigrams,
Martial (c. 40–c. 103 CE) is a keen, sharp-tongued observer of Roman scenes and
events, including the new Colosseum, country life, a debauchee’s banquet, and
the eruption of Vesuvius. His poems are sometimes obscene, in the tradition of
the genre, sometimes affectionate or amusing, and always pointed.
96.Volume
I: Books 1-17
Ausonius
Evelyn-White, Hugh G.
The surviving works of
Ausonius (c. 310–c. 395 CE) include much poetry, notably The Daily Round and The
Moselle. There is also an address of thanks to Gratian for the consulship. The
stated aim of Eucharisticus by Paulinus Pellaeus (376–after 459 CE) is to give
thanks for the guidance of providence in its author’s life.
97.Letters to
Atticus, Volume III
Cicero
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
In letters to his
friend Atticus, Cicero (106–43 BCE) reveals himself as to no other of his
correspondents except, perhaps, his brother, and vividly depicts a momentous
period in Roman history, marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of
the Republic.
98.Lives, Volume VI:
Dion -- Bruto
Timoleon and Aemilius
Paulus
Plutarch
Perrin, Bernadotte
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) wrote on
many subjects. His forty-six 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 illustrious deeds but also
offer rounded portraits of statesmen, orators, and military
leaders.
99.Lives, Volume VII:
Demostene -- Cicerone
Alessandro -- Giulio
Cesare
Plutarch
Perrin, Bernadotte
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) wrote on
many subjects. His forty-six 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 illustrious deeds but also
offer rounded portraits of statesmen, orators, and military
leaders.
100.Lives, Volume VIII:
Sertorius and Eumenes. Phocion and Cato the
Younger
Plutarch
Perrin, Bernadotte
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) wrote on
many subjects. His forty-six 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 illustrious deeds but also
offer rounded portraits of statesmen, orators, and military
leaders.
101.Lives, Volume IX:
Demetrio -- Marc'Antonio.
Pyrrhus and Gaius
Marius
Plutarch
Perrin, Bernadotte
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) wrote on
many subjects. His forty-six 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 illustrious deeds but also
offer rounded portraits of statesmen, orators, and military
leaders.
102.Lives, Volume X:
Agis and Cleomenes
Tiberius and Gaius
Gracchus
Philopoemen and Flamininus
Plutarch
Perrin,
Bernadotte
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) wrote on many subjects. His forty-six
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 illustrious deeds but also offer rounded portraits of
statesmen, orators, and military leaders.
103.Lives, Volume XI:
Aratus.
Artaxerxes. Galba. Otho.
General Index
Plutarch
Perrin,
Bernadotte
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) wrote on many subjects. His forty-six
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 illustrious deeds but also offer rounded portraits of
statesmen, orators, and military leaders.
104.Odyssey, Volume I: Books
1-12
Homer
Murray, A. T.
The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer (eighth
century BCE) are the two oldest European epic poems. The latter tells of
Odysseus’s journey home from the Trojan War and the temptations, delays, and
dangers he faced at every turn.
105.Odyssey, Volume II: Books
13-24
Homer
Murray, A. T.
The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer (eighth
century BCE) are the two oldest European epic poems. The latter tells of
Odysseus’s journey home from the Trojan War and the temptations, delays, and
dangers he faced at every turn.
106.Speeches
Aeschines
Adams, C.
D.
As examples of Greek oratory the speeches of Aeschines (390 or 389–314
BCE) rank next to those of Demosthenes, and are important documents for the
study of Athenian diplomacy and inner politics. Aeschines’s powerful speeches
include Against Timarchus, On the False Embassy, and Against
Ctesiphon.
107.History of the Wars, Volume III: Books 5-6.15. (Gothic
War)
Procopius
Dewing, H. B.
History of the Wars by the Byzantine
historian Procopius (late fifth century to after 558 CE) consists largely of
sixth century CE military history, with much information about peoples, places,
and special events. Powerful description complements careful narration.
Procopius is just to the empire’s enemies and boldly criticises emperor
Justinian.
108.History of the Peloponnesian War, Volume I: Books
1-2
Thucydides
Smith, C. F.
The Peloponnesian War was really three
conflicts (431–421, 415–413, and 413–404 BCE) that Thucydides was still unifying
into one account when he died some time before 396 BCE. Although unfinished and
as a whole unrevised, in brilliance of description and depth of insight this
history has no superior.
109.History of the Peloponnesian War, Volume II:
Books 3-4
Thucydides
Smith, C. F.
The Peloponnesian War was really
three conflicts (431–421, 415–413, and 413–404 BCE) that Thucydides was still
unifying into one account when he died some time before 396 BCE. Although
unfinished and as a whole unrevised, in brilliance of description and depth of
insight this history has no superior.
110.History of the Peloponnesian War,
Volume III: Books 5-6
Thucydides
Smith, C. F.
The Peloponnesian War was
really three conflicts (431–421, 415–413, and 413–404 BCE) that Thucydides was
still unifying into one account when he died some time before 396 BCE. Although
unfinished and as a whole unrevised, in brilliance of description and depth of
insight this history has no superior.
111.Histories: Books
1-3
Tacitus
Moore, Clifford H.
Tacitus (c. 55–c. 120 CE), renowned for
concision and psychology, is paramount as a historian of the early Roman empire.
What survives of Histories covers the dramatic years 69–70. What survives of
Annals tells an often terrible tale of 14–28, 31–37, and, partially,
47–66.
112.Correspondence, Volume I
Fronto
Haines, C. R.
Fronto (c.
100–176 CE), a much admired orator and rhetorician, was befriended by the
emperor Antoninus Pius and taught his adopted sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius
Verus. His correspondence offers an invaluable picture of aristocratic life and
literary culture in the second century.
113.Correspondence, Volume
II
Fronto
Haines, C. R.
Fronto (c. 100–176 CE), a much admired orator
and rhetorician, was befriended by the emperor Antoninus Pius and teacher of his
adopted sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. His correspondence offers an
invaluable picture of aristocratic life and literary culture in the 2nd
century.
114.History of Rome, Volume I: Books 1-2
Livy
Foster, B.
O.
The only extant work by Livy (64 or 59 BCE –12 or 17 CE) is part of his
history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books 1–10,
21–45 (except parts of 41 and 43–45), fragments, and short summaries remain.
Livy’s history is a source for the De Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens (fourth
century CE).
115.Volume II: Books 18-20. Paulinus Pellaeus:
Eucharisticus
Ausonius
Evelyn-White, Hugh G.
Paulinus Pellaeus
The
surviving works of Ausonius (c. 310–c. 395 CE) include much poetry, notably The
Daily Round and The Moselle. There is also an address of thanks to Gratian for
the consulship. The stated aim of Eucharisticus by Paulinus Pellaeus (376–after
459 CE) is to give thanks for the guidance of providence in its author’s
life.
116.The War with Catiline. The War with Jugurtha
Sallust
Rolfe,
J. C.
Sallust’s two extant monographs take as their theme the moral and
political decline of Rome, one on the conspiracy of Catiline and the other on
the war with Jugurtha. Although Sallust is decidedly unsubtle and partisan in
analyzing people and events, his works are important and significantly
influenced later historians, notably Tacitus.
117.The Persian Wars, Volume I:
Books 1-2
Herodotus
Godley, A. D.
After personal inquiry and study of
hearsay and other evidence, Herodotus (born c. 484 BCE) 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.
118.The Persian Wars, Volume II: Books
3-4
Herodotus
Godley, A. D.
After personal inquiry and study of hearsay
and other evidence, Herodotus (born c. 484 BCE) 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.
119.The Persian Wars, Volume III: Books
5-7
Herodotus
Godley, A. D.
After personal inquiry and study of hearsay
and other evidence, Herodotus (born c. 484 BCE) 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.
120.The Persian Wars, Volume IV: Books
8-9
Herodotus
Godley, A. D.
After personal inquiry and study of hearsay
and other evidence, Herodotus (born c. 484 BCE) 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.
121.The Library, Volume I: Books
1-3.9
Apollodorus
Frazer, James G.
Attributed to Apollodorus of Athens
(born c. 180 BCE), but probably composed in the first or second century BCE, The
Library provides a grand summary of Greek myths and heroic legends about the
origin and early history of the world and of the Hellenic people.
122.The
Library, Volume II: Book 3.10-end. Epitome
Apollodorus
Frazer, James
G.
Attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born c. 180 BCE), but probably
composed in the first or second century BCE, The Library provides a grand
summary of Greek myths and heroic legends about the origin and early history of
the world and of the Hellenic people.
123.Theaetetus.
Sophist
Plato
Fowler, Harold North
The great Athenian philosopher Plato
was born in 427 BCE 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 Republic, which
concerns righteousness and also treats education, gender, society, and
slavery.
124.The Orator's Education, Volume I: Books
1-2
Quintilian
Russell, Donald A.
Quintilian, born in Spain about 35
CE, became a renowned and successful teacher of rhetoric in Rome. In The
Orator’s Education (Institutio Oratoria), a comprehensive training program in
twelve books, he draws on his own rich experience. It provides not only insights
on oratory, but also a picture of Roman education and social
attitudes.
125.The Orator's Education, Volume II: Books
3-5
Quintilian
Russell, Donald A.
Quintilian, born in Spain about 35
CE, became a renowned and successful teacher of rhetoric in Rome. In The
Orator’s Education (Institutio Oratoria), a comprehensive training program in
twelve books, he draws on his own rich experience. It provides not only insights
on oratory, but also a picture of Roman education and social
attitudes.
126.The Orator's Education, Volume III: Books
6-8
Quintilian
Russell, Donald A.
Quintilian, born in Spain about 35
CE, became a renowned and successful teacher of rhetoric in Rome. In The
Orator’s Education (Institutio Oratoria), a comprehensive training program in
twelve books, he draws on his own rich experience. It provides not only insights
on oratory, but also a picture of Roman education and social
attitudes.
127.The Orator's Education, Volume IV: Books
9-10
Quintilian
Russell, Donald A.
Quintilian, born in Spain about 35
CE, became a renowned and successful teacher of rhetoric in Rome. In The
Orator’s Education (Institutio Oratoria), a comprehensive training program in
twelve books, he draws on his own rich experience. It provides not only insights
on oratory, but also a picture of Roman education and social
attitudes.
128.The Histories, Volume I: Books 1-2
Polybius
Paton, W.
R.
In his history, Polybius (c. 200–118 BCE) is centrally concerned with how
and why Roman power spread. The main part of the work, a vital achievement
despite the incomplete state in which all but the first five books of an
original forty survive, describes the rise of Rome, its destruction of Carthage,
and its eventual domination of the Greek world.
129.Hymns and Epigrams.
Lycophron: Alexandra. Aratus:
Phaenomena
Callimachus
Lycophron
Aratus
Mair, A. W.
Mair, G.
R.
Callimachus (third century BCE) authored hymns and epigrams. The monodrama
Alexandra is attributed to his contemporary, Lycophron. Phaenomena, a poem on
star constellations and weather signs by Aratus (c. 315–245 BCE), was among the
most widely read in antiquity and one of the few Greek poems translated into
Arabic.
130.The Dead Come to Life or The Fisherman. The Double Indictment or
Trials by Jury. On Sacrifices. The Ignorant Book Collector. The Dream or
Lucian's Career. The Parasite. The Lover of Lies. The Judgement of the
Goddesses. On Salaried Posts in Great Houses
Lucian
Harmon, A.
M.
Lucian (c. 120–190 CE), 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, cynical wit of the dialogues in which he
satirizes human folly, superstition, and hypocrisy.
131.Discourses, Books
1-2
Epictetus
Oldfather, W. A.
Unlike his predecessors, Epictetus (c.
50–120 CE), who grew up as a slave, taught Stoicism not for the select few but
for the many. A student, the historian Arrian, recorded Epictetus’s lectures
and, in the Encheiridion, a handbook, summarized his thought.
132.Aspis.
Georgos. Dis Exapaton. Dyskolos. Encheiridion.
Epitrepontes
Menander
Arnott, W. G.
Menander (?344/3–292/1 BCE), the
dominant figure in New Comedy, wrote over 100 plays, of which one complete play,
substantial portions of six others, and smaller but interesting fragments have
been recovered. The complete play, Dyskolos (The Peevish Fellow), won first
prize in Athens in 317 BCE.
133.History of Rome, Volume II: Books
3-4
Livy
Foster, B. O.
The only extant work by Livy (64 or 59 BCE –12
or 17 CE) is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9
BCE. Of its 142 books 1–10, 21–45 (except parts of 41 and 43–45), fragments, and
short summaries remain. Livy’s history is a source for the De Prodigiis of
Julius Obsequens (fourth century CE).
134.Lives of the Sophists. Eunapius:
Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists
Philostratus
Eunapius
Wright,
Wilmer C.
In Lives of the Sophists, Philostratus (second to third century CE)
depicts the widespread influence of Sophistic in the second and third centuries
CE. Lives of Philosophers and Sophists by Eunapius (born 347 CE) is our only
source concerning Neo-Platonism in the latter part of the fourth century
CE.
135.Panegyric on Probinus and Olybrius. Against Rufinus 1 and 2. War
against Gildo. Against Eutropius 1 and 2. Fescennine Verses on the Marriage of
Honorius. Epithalamium of Honorius and Maria. Panegyrics on the Third and Fourth
Consulships of Honorius. Panegyric on the Consulship of Manlius. On Stilicho's
Consulship 1
Claudian
Platnauer, M.
Claudius Claudianus (c. 370–c. 410
CE) gives us important knowledge of Honorius’s time and displays poetic as well
as rhetorical skill, command of language, and diversity. A panegyric on the
brothers Probinus and Olybrius (consuls together in 395 CE) was followed mostly
by epics in hexameters, but also by elegiacs, epistles, epigrams, and
idylls.
136.On Stilicho's Consulship 2-3. Panegyric on the Sixth Consulship
of Honorius. The Gothic War. Shorter Poems. Rape of
Proserpina
Claudian
Platnauer, M.
Claudius Claudianus (c. 370–c. 410
CE) gives us important knowledge of Honorius’s time and displays poetic as well
as rhetorical skill, command of language, and diversity. A panegyric on the
brothers Probinus and Olybrius (consuls together in 395 CE) was followed mostly
by epics in hexameters, but also by elegiacs, epistles, epigrams, and
idylls.
137.The Histories, Volume II: Books 3-4
Polybius
Paton, W.
R.
In his history, Polybius (c. 200–118 BCE) is centrally concerned with how
and why Roman power spread. The main part of the work, a vital achievement
despite the incomplete state in which all but the first five books of an
original forty survive, describes the rise of Rome, its destruction of Carthage,
and its eventual domination of the Greek world.
138.The Histories, Volume
III: Books 5-8
Polybius
Paton, W. R.
In his history, Polybius (c.
200–118 BCE) is centrally concerned with how and why Roman power spread. The
main part of the work, a vital achievement despite the incomplete state in which
all but the first five books of an original forty survive, describes the rise of
Rome, its destruction of Carthage, and its eventual domination of the Greek
world.
139.Historia Augusta, Volume I: Hadrian. Aelius. Antoninus Pius.
Marcus Aurelius. L. Verus. Avidius Cassius. Commodus. Pertinax. Didius Julianus.
Septimius Severus. Pescennius Niger. Clodius Albinus
Magie, David
The
Historia Augusta (or Scriptores Historiae Augustae) is a series of biographies
of Roman emperors, heirs, and claimants from Hadrian to Numerianus (117–284 CE)
modeled on Suetonius’s Lives of the Caesars (second century CE). Of uncertain
reliability and authorship, it is now attributed by many authorities to one late
fourth century CE author.
140.Historia Augusta, Volume II: Caracalla. Geta.
Opellius Macrinus. Diadumenianus. Elagabalus. Severus Alexander. The Two
Maximini. The Three Gordians. Maximus and Balbinus
Magie, David
The
Historia Augusta (or Scriptores Historiae Augustae) is a series of biographies
of Roman emperors, heirs, and claimants from Hadrian to Numerianus (117–284 CE)
modeled on Suetonius’s Lives of the Caesars (second century CE). Of uncertain
reliability and authorship, it is now attributed by many authorities to one late
fourth century CE author.
141.Tusculan Disputations
Cicero
King, J.
E.
We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering republic.
142.Greek Lyric,
Volume I: Sappho and Alcaeus
Campbell, David
A.
Sappho
Alcaeus
Sappho, the most famous woman poet of antiquity,
whose main theme was love, and Alcaeus, poet of wine, war, and politics, were
two illustrious singers of sixth-century BCE Lesbos.
143.Greek Lyric, Volume
II: Anacreon, Anacreontea, Choral Lyric from Olympus to Alcman
Campbell,
David A.
Anacreon
Anacreon (c. 570–485 BCE) was a composer of solo song.
The Anacreonta were composed over several centuries. Notable among the earliest
writers of choral poetry are the seventh-century BCE Spartans Alcman and
Terpander.
144.Greek Lyric, Volume V: The New School of Poetry and Anonymous
Songs and Hymns
Campbell, David A.
Dithyrambic poets of the new school
were active from the mid-fifth to mid-fourth century BCE. Anonymous poems
include drinking songs, children’s ditties, and cult hymns.
145.Persians.
Seven against Thebes. Suppliants. Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus
Sommerstein,
Alan H.
Aeschylus (c. 525–456 BCE) is the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy
one of the world’s great art forms. Seven of his eighty or so plays survive
complete, including the Oresteia trilogy and the Persians, the only extant Greek
historical drama. Fragments of his lost plays also survive.
146.Oresteia:
Agamemnon. Libation-Bearers. Eumenides
Aeschylus
Sommerstein, Alan
H.
Aeschylus (c. 525–456 BCE) is the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one
of the world’s great art forms. Seven of his eighty or so plays survive
complete, including the Oresteia trilogy and the Persians, the only extant Greek
historical drama. Fragments of his lost plays also survive.
147.Ancient
Medicine. Airs, Waters, Places. Epidemics 1 and 3. The Oath. Precepts.
Nutriment
Hippocrates
Jones, W. H. S.
Of the roughly seventy treatises
in the Hippocratic Collection, many are not by Hippocrates (said to have been
born in Cos in or before 460 BCE), but they are essential sources of information
about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning
the human body, and he was undeniably the “Father of
Medicine.”
148.Prognostic. Regimen in Acute Diseases. The Sacred Disease. The
Art. Breaths. Law. Decorum. Physician (Ch. 1).
Dentition
Hippocrates
Jones, W. H. S.
Of the roughly seventy treatises
in the Hippocratic Collection, many are not by Hippocrates (said to have been
born in Cos in or before 460 BCE), but they are essential sources of information
about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning
the human body, and he was undeniably the “Father of Medicine.”
149.On Wounds
in the Head. In the Surgery. On Fractures. On Joints.
Mochlicon
Hippocrates
Withington, E. T.
Of the roughly seventy
treatises in the Hippocratic Collection, many are not by Hippocrates (said to
have been born in Cos in or before 460 BCE), but they are essential sources of
information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories
concerning the human body, and he was undeniably the “Father of
Medicine.”
150.Nature of Man. Regimen in Health. Humours. Aphorisms. Regimen
1-3. Dreams. Heracleitus: On the Universe
Hippocrates
Jones, W. H.
S.
Heracleitus
Of the roughly seventy treatises in the Hippocratic
Collection, many are not by Hippocrates (said to have been born in Cos in or
before 460 BCE), but they are essential sources of information about the
practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning the human
body, and he was undeniably the “Father of Medicine.”
151.Tristia. Ex
Ponto
Ovid
Wheeler, A. L.
In the melancholy elegies of the Tristia and
the Ex Ponto, Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE) writes from exile in Tomis on the Black Sea,
appealing to such people as his wife and the emperor.
152.Compendium of Roman
History. Res Gestae Divi Augusti
Velleius Paterculus
Shipley, Frederick
W.
Velleius Paterculus lived in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius (30
BCE–37 CE) and wrote a summary of Roman history from the fall of Troy to 29 CE.
In 13–14 CE, Emperor Augustus wrote an account of his public life, Res Gestae
Divi Augusti, the best preserved copy of which was engraved on the walls of his
temple at Ancyra (Ankara).
153.Ecclesiastical History, Volume I: Books
1-5
Eusebius
Lake, Kirsopp
Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea from about 315
CE, was the most important writer in the age of Constantine. His history of the
Christian church from the ministry of Jesus to 324 CE is a treasury of
information, especially on the Eastern centers.
154.On Old Age. On
Friendship. On Divination
Cicero
Falconer, W. A.
We know more of Marcus
Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar
in a tottering republic.
155.Orations, Volume II: Orations 18-19: De Corona,
De Falsa Legatione
Demosthenes
Vince, C. A.
Vince, J. H.
Demosthenes
(384–322 BCE), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became
also a champion of Athenian greatness and Greek resistance to Philip of Macedon.
His steadfastness, pungent argument, and severe control of language gained him
early reputation as the best of Greek orators, and his works provide vivid
pictures of contemporary life.
156.Aeneas Tacticus, Asclepiodotus, and
Onasander
Aeneas Tacticus
Asclepiodotus
Onasander
Illinois Greek
Club
The surviving work of Aeneas (fourth century BCE) is on defense against
siege. Asclepiodotus (first century BCE) wrote a work on Tactics as though for
the lecture room, based on earlier manuals, not personal experience. Onasander’s
The General (first century CE) deals with the qualities expected of a
general.
157.Letters. Epigrams. Against the Galilaeans.
Fragments
Julian
Wright, Wilmer C.
The 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 mainly to
show that the Old Testament lacks evidence for the idea of
Christianity.
158.Pro Archia. Post Reditum in Senatu. Post Reditum ad
Quirites. De Domo Sua. De Haruspicum Responsis. Pro Plancio
Cicero
Watts,
N. H.
We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering republic.
159.The Histories,
Volume IV: Books 9-15
Polybius
Paton, W. R.
In his history, Polybius
(c. 200–118 BCE) is centrally concerned with how and why Roman power spread. The
main part of the work, a vital achievement despite the incomplete state in which
all but the first five books of an original forty survive, describes the rise of
Rome, its destruction of Carthage, and its eventual domination of the Greek
world.
160.The Histories, Volume V: Books 16-27
Polybius
Paton, W.
R.
Polybius’s theme is how and why the Romans spread their power as they did.
The main part of his history covers the years 264–146 BC, describing the rise of
Rome, the destruction of Carthage, and the eventual domination of the Greek
world. It is a vital achievement despite the incomplete survival of all but the
first five of forty books.
161.The Histories, Volume VI: Books 28-39.
Fragments
Polybius
Paton, W. R.
Olson, S. Douglas
For this
six-volume edition of The Histories, W. R. Paton’s 1922 translation has been
thoroughly revised, the Büttner-Wobst Greek text corrected, and explanatory
notes and a new introduction added. All but the first five of forty volumes
survive in an incomplete state. Volume VI includes fragments unattributed to
particular books of The Histories.
162.Anacharsis or Athletics. Menippus or
The Descent into Hades. On Funerals. A Professor of Public Speaking. Alexander
the False Prophet. Essays in Portraiture. Essays in Portraiture Defended. The
Goddesse of Surrye
Lucian
Harmon, A. M.
Lucian (c. 120–190 CE),
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, cynical
wit of the dialogues in which he satirizes human folly, superstition, and
hypocrisy.
163.The Merchant. The Braggart Soldier. The Ghost. The
Persian
Plautus
de Melo, Wolfgang
The comedies of Plautus, who
brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205–184 BCE, are the
earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the European
theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Molière to modern times. Twenty-one of
his plays are extant.
164.Statesman. Philebus. Ion
Plato
Fowler, Harold
North
Lamb, W. R. M.
The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427
BCE 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 Republic, which concerns
righteousness and also treats education, gender, society, and
slavery.
165.Laches. Protagoras. Meno. Euthydemus
Plato
Lamb, W. R.
M.
The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BCE 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 Republic, which concerns righteousness and also
treats education, gender, society, and slavery.
166.Lysis. Symposium.
Gorgias
Plato
Lamb, W. R. M.
The great Athenian philosopher Plato was
born in 427 BCE 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 Republic, which
concerns righteousness and also treats education, gender, society, and
slavery.
167.Cratylus. Parmenides. Greater Hippias. Lesser
Hippias
Plato
Fowler, Harold North
The great Athenian philosopher Plato
was born in 427 BCE 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 Republic, which
concerns righteousness and also treats education, gender, society, and
slavery.
168.Memorabilia. Oeconomicus. Symposium.
Apology
Xenophon
Marchant, E. C.
Todd, O. J.
In Memorabilia and in
Oeconomicus, a dialogue about household management, we see the philosopher
Socrates through the eyes of his associate, Xenophon. In the Symposium, we
obtain insight on life in Athens. Xenophon’s Apology is an interesting
complement to Plato’s account of Socrates’s defense at his trial.
169.History
of the Peloponnesian War, Volume IV: Books 7-8. General
Index
Thucydides
Smith, C. F.
The Peloponnesian War was really three
conflicts (431–421, 415–413, and 413–404 BCE) that Thucydides was still unifying
into one account when he died some time before 396 BCE. Although unfinished and
as a whole unrevised, in brilliance of description and depth of insight this
history has no superior.
170.Iliad, Volume I: Books 1-12
Homer
Murray,
A. T.
The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer (eighth century BCE) are the two
oldest European epic poems. The former tells of Achilles’s anger over an insult
to his honour during the Trojan War, and of its consequences for the Achaeans,
the Trojans, and Achilles himself.
171.Iliad, Volume II: Books
13-24
Homer
Murray, A. T.
The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer (eighth
century BCE) are the two oldest European epic poems. The former tells of
Achilles’s anger over an insult to his honour during the Trojan War, and of its
consequences for the Achaeans, the Trojans, and Achilles himself.
172.History
of Rome, Volume III: Books 5-7
Livy
Foster, B. O.
The only extant work
by Livy (64 or 59 BCE –12 or 17 CE) is part of his history of Rome from the
foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books 1–10, 21–45 (except parts of
41 and 43–45), fragments, and short summaries remain. Livy’s history is a source
for the De Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens (fourth century CE).
173.History of
the Wars, Volume IV: Books 6.16-7.35. (Gothic War)
Procopius
Dewing, H.
B.
History of the Wars by the Byzantine historian Procopius (late fifth
century to after 558 CE) consists largely of sixth century CE military history,
with much information about peoples, places, and special events. Powerful
description complements careful narration. Procopius is just to the empire’s
enemies and boldly criticises emperor Justinian.
174.Stratagems. Aqueducts of
Rome
Frontinus
Bennett, C. E.
McElwain, Mary B.
Frontinus’s
Stratagems, written after 84 CE, gives examples of military stratagems and
discipline from Greek and Roman history, for the instruction of Roman officers.
The Aqueducts of Rome, written in 97–98, gives some historical details and a
description of the aqueducts for the water supply of the city, with laws
relating to them.
175.Roman History, Volume VII: Books 56-60
Dio
Cassius
Cary, Earnest
Foster, Herbert B.
Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c.
150–235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his Roman History survives, but
missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are many excerpts.
Dio’s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the
first four Roman emperors.
176.Roman History, Volume VIII: Books 61-70
Dio
Cassius
Cary, Earnest
Foster, Herbert B.
Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c.
150–235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his Roman History survives, but
missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are many excerpts.
Dio’s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the
first four Roman emperors.
177.Roman History, Volume IX: Books 71-80
Dio
Cassius
Cary, Earnest
Foster, Herbert B.
Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c.
150–235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his Roman History survives, but
missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are many excerpts.
Dio’s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the
first four Roman emperors.
178.Acharnians.
Knights
Aristophanes
Henderson, Jeffrey
Aristophanes (c. 450–c. 386
BCE) has been admired since antiquity for his wit, fantasy, language, and
satire. In Acharnians a small landowner, tired of the Peloponnesian War,
magically arranges a personal peace treaty; Knights is perhaps the most biting
satire of a political figure (Cleon) ever written.
179.Birds. Lysistrata.
Women at the Thesmophoria
Aristophanes
Henderson, Jeffrey
Aristophanes
(c. 450–c. 386 BCE) has been admired since antiquity for his wit, fantasy,
language, and satire. The protagonists of Birds create a utopian counter-Athens.
In Lysistrata wives go on conjugal strike until their husbands end war. Women in
Women at the Thesmophoria punish Euripides for portraying them as
wicked.
180.Frogs. Assemblywomen. Wealth
Aristophanes
Henderson,
Jeffrey
Aristophanes (c. 450–c. 386 BCE) has been admired since antiquity for
his wit, fantasy, language, and satire. Traditional Aeschylus and modern
Euripides compete in Frogs. In Assemblywomen, Athenian women plot against male
misgovernance. The humor and morality of Wealth made it the most popular of
Aristophanes’ plays until the Renaissance.
181.On the Nature of
Things
Lucretius
Rouse, W. H. D.
Lucretius lived ca. 99–ca. 55 BCE, but
the details of his career are unknown. In his didactic poem De Rerum Natura (On
the Nature of Things) he expounds Epicurean philosophy so as to dispel fear of
the gods and death, and promote spiritual tranquility.
182.Geography, Volume
III: Books 6-7
Strabo
Jones, Horace Leonard
In his seventeen-book
Geography, Strabo (c. 64 BCE–c. 25 CE) discusses geographical method, stresses
the value of geography, and draws attention to the physical, political, and
historical details of separate countries. Geography is a vital source for
ancient geography and informative about ancient geographers.
183.Hiero.
Agesilaus. Constitution of the Lacedaemonians. Ways and Means. Cavalry
Commander. Art of Horsemanship. On Hunting. Constitution of the
Athenians
Xenophon
Marchant, E. C.
Bowersock, G. W.
Minor works by
Xenophon (c. 430–c. 354 BCE) include Hiero, a dialogue on government; Agesilaus,
in praise of that king; Constitution of Lacedaemon, on the Spartan system; Ways
and Means, on the finances of Athens; and a manual of Horsemanship. The
Constitution of the Athenians, though not by Xenophon, is an interesting
document on Athenian politics.
184.Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume I:
Books 1-5
Diogenes Laertius
Hicks, R. D.
Diogenes Laertius (probably
early third century BCE) compiled his compendium on the lives and doctrines of
the ancient philosophers from hundreds of sources. It ranges over three
centuries, from Thales to Epicurus, portraying 45 important figures, and is
enriched by numerous quotations.
185.Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume
II: Books 6-10
Diogenes Laertius
Hicks, R. D.
Diogenes Laertius
(probably early third century BCE) compiled his compendium on the lives and
doctrines of the ancient philosophers from hundreds of sources. It ranges over
three centuries, from Thales to Epicurus, portraying 45 important figures, and
is enriched by numerous quotations.
186.The Life. Against
Apion
Josephus
Thackeray, H. St. J.
The major works of Josephus (c.
37–after 97 CE) are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BCE to his own time, and
Jewish Antiquities, from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an autobiographical
Life and a treatise Against Apion.
187.Laws, Volume I: Books
1-6
Plato
Bury, R. G.
The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in
427 BCE 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 Republic, which concerns
righteousness and also treats education, gender, society, and
slavery.
188.Description of Greece, Volume II: Books 3-5 (Laconia, Messenia,
Elis 1)
Pausanias
Jones, W. H. S.
Ormerod, H. A.
Pausanias (fl. 150
CE), 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 care and an accuracy confirmed by comparison with monuments that still
stand today.
189.Philippics 1-6
Cicero
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
We
know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering republic.
190.Letters, Volume I: Letters
1-58
Basil
Deferrari, Roy J.
Basil the Great was born into a family
noted for piety. About 360 he founded a convent in Pontus and in 370 succeeded
Eusebius in the archbishopric of Caesarea. His reform of monastic life in the
east is the basis of modern Greek and Slavonic monasteries.
191.History of
Rome, Volume IV: Books 8-10
Livy
Foster, B. O.
The only extant work by
Livy (64 or 59 BCE –12 or 17 CE) is part of his history of Rome from the
foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books 1–10, 21–45 (except parts of
41 and 43–45), fragments, and short summaries remain. Livy’s history is a source
for the De Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens (fourth century CE).
192.Laws,
Volume II: Books 7-12
Plato
Bury, R. G.
The great Athenian philosopher
Plato was born in 427 BCE 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 Republic,
which concerns righteousness and also treats education, gender, society, and
slavery.
193.Art of Rhetoric
Aristotle
Freese, J. H.
Nearly all the
works Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless
ones extant are lecture materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious).
They can be categorized as: practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art;
other; or fragments.
194.Satires. Epistles. The Art of
Poetry
Horace
Fairclough, H. Rushton
The poetry of Horace (born 65 BCE)
is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private concerns, urban
and rural settings, Stoic and Epicurean thought. In the Satires Horace mocks
himself as well as the world. His verse epistles include the Art of Poetry, in
which he famously expounds his literary theory.
195.Attic Nights, Volume I:
Books 1-5
Gellius
Rolfe, J. C.
Aulus Gellius (ca. 123–170 CE) offers in
Attic Nights (Gellius began to write these pieces during stays in Athens) a
collection of short chapters about notable events, words and questions of
literary style, lives of historical figures, legal points, and philosophical
issues that served as instructive light reading for cultivated
Romans.
196.Geography, Volume IV: Books 8-9
Strabo
Jones, Horace
Leonard
In his seventeen-book Geography, Strabo (c. 64 BCE–c. 25 CE)
discusses geographical method, stresses the value of geography, and draws
attention to the physical, political, and historical details of separate
countries. Geography is a vital source for ancient geography and informative
about ancient geographers.
197.Moralia, Volume I: The Education of Children.
How the Young Man Should Study Poetry. On Listening to Lectures. How to Tell a
Flatterer from a Friend. How a Man May Become Aware of His Progress in
Virtue
Plutarch
Babbitt, Frank Cole
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) 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 information
concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and
religion.
198.Pro Lege Manilia. Pro Caecina. Pro Cluentio. Pro Rabirio
Perduellionis Reo
Cicero
Hodge, H. Grose
We know more of Marcus Tullius
Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a
tottering republic.
199.Poetics. Longinus: On the Sublime. Demetrius: On
Style
Aristotle
Halliwell, Stephen
Longinus
Fyfe, W.
Hamilton
Demetrius
Innes, Doreen C.
Rhys Roberts, W.
In Poetics,
Aristotle (384–322 BCE) treats Greek tragedy and epic. The subject of On the
Sublime, attributed to an (unidentifiable) Longinus and probably composed in the
first century CE, is greatness in writing. On Style, attributed to an
(unidentifiable) Demetrius and perhaps composed in the second century BCE,
analyzes four literary styles.
200.Attic Nights, Volume II: Books
6-13
Gellius
Rolfe, J. C.
Aulus Gellius (ca. 123–170 CE) offers in
Attic Nights (Gellius began to write these pieces during stays in Athens) a
collection of short chapters about notable events, words and questions of
literary style, lives of historical figures, legal points, and philosophical
issues that served as instructive light reading for cultivated
Romans.
201.Charmides. Alcibiades I and II. Hipparchus. The Lovers. Theages.
Minos. Epinomis
Plato
Lamb, W. R. M.
The great Athenian philosopher
Plato was born in 427 BCE 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 Republic,
which concerns righteousness and also treats education, gender, society, and
slavery.
202.Isaeus
Isaeus
Forster, E. S.
Isaeus (c. 420–350 BCE)
composed speeches for others. He shares with Lysias pure Attic and lucidity of
style, but his more aggressive and flexible presentation undoubtedly influenced
Demosthenes. Of at least fifty attributed orations, there survive eleven on
legacy cases and a large fragment dealing with a claim of
citizenship.
203.The Jewish War, Volume I: Books
1-2
Josephus
Thackeray, H. St. J.
The major works of Josephus (c.
37–after 97 CE) are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BCE to his own time, and
Jewish Antiquities, from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an autobiographical
Life and a treatise Against Apion.
204.The Learned Banqueters, Volume I:
Books 1-3.106e
Athenaeus
Olson, S. Douglas
In The Learned Banqueters
(late-2nd century CE), Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which
the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations
from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information
about Greek culture.
205.Letters to Friends, Volume I: Letters
1-113
Cicero
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
Cicero’s letters to friends span
the period from 62 BCE, when his political career was at its peak, to 43 BCE,
when he was put to death by the victorious
Triumvirs.
206.Silvae
Statius
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
Greek
literary education and Roman political reality are evident in the poetry of
Statius (c. 50–96 CE). His Silvae are thirty-two occasional poems. His
masterpiece, the epic Thebaid, recounts the struggle for kingship between the
two sons of Oedipus. The extant portion of his Achilleid begins an account of
Achilles’s life.
207.Thebaid, Volume I: Books 1-7
Statius
Shackleton
Bailey, D. R.
Greek literary education and Roman political reality are
evident in the poetry of Statius (c. 50–96 CE). His Silvae are thirty-two
occasional poems. His masterpiece, the epic Thebaid, recounts the struggle for
kingship between the two sons of Oedipus. The extant portion of his Achilleid
begins an account of Achilles’s life.
208.The Learned Banqueters, Volume II:
Books 3.106e-5
Athenaeus
Olson, S. Douglas
In The Learned Banqueters
(late-2nd century CE), Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which
the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations
from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information
about Greek culture.
209.To Demonicus. To Nicocles. Nicocles or the Cyprians.
Panegyricus. To Philip. Archidamus
Isocrates
Norlin, George
The
importance of Isocrates (436–338 BCE) for the study of Greek civilization of the
fourth century BCE is indisputable. Twenty-one discourses by Isocrates survive;
these include political essays, treatises on education and on ethics, and
speeches for legal cases. Nine letters, more on public than private matters, are
also extant.
210.The Jewish War, Volume III: Books
5-7
Josephus
Thackeray, H. St. J.
The major works of Josephus (c.
37–after 97 CE) are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BCE to his own time, and
Jewish Antiquities, from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an autobiographical
Life and a treatise Against Apion.
211.Geography, Volume V: Books
10-12
Strabo
Jones, Horace Leonard
In his seventeen-book Geography,
Strabo (c. 64 BCE–c. 25 CE) discusses geographical method, stresses the value of
geography, and draws attention to the physical, political, and historical
details of separate countries. Geography is a vital source for ancient geography
and informative about ancient geographers.
212.Attic Nights, Volume III:
Books 14-20
Gellius
Rolfe, J. C.
Aulus Gellius (ca. 123–170 CE) offers
in Attic Nights (Gellius began to write these pieces during stays in Athens) a
collection of short chapters about notable events, words and questions of
literary style, lives of historical figures, legal points, and philosophical
issues that served as instructive light reading for cultivated Romans.
213.On
the Republic. On the Laws
Cicero
Keyes, Clinton W.
We know more of
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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
Caesar in a tottering republic.
214.Moral Essays, Volume I: De Providentia.
De Constantia. De Ira. De Clementia
Seneca
Basore, John W.
In Moral
Essays, Seneca (c. 4–65 CE) expresses his Stoic philosophy on providence,
steadfastness, anger, forgiveness, consolation, the happy life, leisure,
tranquility, the brevity of life, and gift-giving.
215.Letters, Volume II:
Letters 59-185
Basil
Deferrari, Roy J.
Basil the Great was born into a
family noted for piety. About 360 he founded a convent in Pontus and in 370
succeeded Eusebius in the archbishopric of Caesarea. His reform of monastic life
in the east is the basis of modern Greek and Slavonic
monasteries.
216.Letters to Friends, Volume II: Letters
114-280
Cicero
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
Cicero’s letters to friends
span the period from 62 BCE, when his political career was at its peak, to 43
BCE, when he was put to death by the victorious Triumvirs.
217.History of the
Wars, Volume V: Books 7.36-8. (Gothic War)
Procopius
Dewing, H.
B.
History of the Wars by the Byzantine historian Procopius (late fifth
century to after 558 CE) consists largely of sixth century CE military history,
with much information about peoples, places, and special events. Powerful
description complements careful narration. Procopius is just to the empire’s
enemies and boldly criticises emperor Justinian.
218.Discourses, Books 3-4.
Fragments. The Encheiridion
Epictetus
Oldfather, W. A.
Unlike his
predecessors, Epictetus (c. 50–120 CE), who grew up as a slave, taught Stoicism
not for the select few but for the many. A student, the historian Arrian,
recorded Epictetus’s lectures and, in the Encheiridion, a handbook, summarized
his thought.
219.Oppian, Colluthus, and
Tryphiodorus
Oppian
Colluthus
Tryphiodorus
Mair, A. W.
In
Fishing, Oppian of Cilicia, who flourished in the latter half of the second
century CE, 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 CE.
220.The Civil War (Pharsalia)
Lucan
Duff, J. D.
In
his epic The Civil War, Lucan (39–65 CE) carries us from Caesar’s fateful
crossing of the Rubicon, through the Battle of Pharsalus, Pompey’s death, and
Cato’s leadership in Africa, to Caesar victorious in Egypt. The poem is also
called Pharsalia.
221.The Verrine Orations, Volume I: Against Caecilius.
Against Verres, Part 1; Part 2, Books 1-2
Cicero
Greenwood, L. H. G.
We
know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering republic.
222.Moralia, Volume II: How to
Profit by One's Enemies. On Having Many Friends. Chance. Virtue and Vice. Letter
of Condolence to Apollonius. Advice About Keeping Well. Advice to Bride and
Groom. The Dinner of the Seven Wise Men. Superstition
Plutarch
Babbitt,
Frank Cole
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) 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 information concerning Greco-Roman society,
traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion.
223.Geography, Volume VI: Books
13-14
Strabo
Jones, Horace Leonard
In his seventeen-book Geography,
Strabo (c. 64 BCE–c. 25 CE) discusses geographical method, stresses the value of
geography, and draws attention to the physical, political, and historical
details of separate countries. Geography is a vital source for ancient geography
and informative about ancient geographers.
224.The Learned Banqueters, Volume
III: Books 6-7
Athenaeus
Olson, S. Douglas
In The Learned Banqueters
(late-2nd century CE), Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which
the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations
from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information
about Greek culture.
225.Characters. Herodas: Mimes. Sophron and Other Mime
Fragments
Theophrastus
Herodas
Sophron
Rusten,
Jeffrey
Cunningham, I. C.
Fictionalized faults are the focus of Characters
by Theophrastus (c. 370–c. 285 BCE). The Hellenistic poet Herodas wrote mimes in
which everyday life is portrayed and character—as opposed to plot—depicted.
Mimes by Sophron (fifth century BCE) and anonymous mime fragments also represent
that genre.
226.On the Creation. Allegorical Interpretation of Genesis 2 and
3
Philo
Colson, F. H.
Whitaker, G. H.
The philosopher Philo, born
about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, was trained in Greek as
well as Jewish learning. In attempting to reconcile biblical teachings with
Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had wide influence on Christian and
Jewish religious thought.
227.On the Cherubim. The Sacrifices of Abel and
Cain. The Worse Attacks the Better. On the Posterity and Exile of Cain. On the
Giants
Philo
Colson, F. H.
Whitaker, G. H.
The philosopher Philo,
born about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, was trained in
Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to reconcile biblical teachings
with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had wide influence on Christian
and Jewish religious thought.
228.Physics, Volume I: Books
1-4
Aristotle
Wicksteed, P. H.
Cornford, F. M.
Nearly all the works
Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones
extant are lecture materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can
be categorized as: practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; or
fragments.
229.On the Peace. Areopagiticus. Against the Sophists. Antidosis.
Panathenaicus
Isocrates
Norlin, George
The importance of Isocrates
(436–338 BCE) for the study of Greek civilization of the fourth century BCE is
indisputable. Twenty-one discourses by Isocrates survive; these include
political essays, treatises on education and on ethics, and speeches for legal
cases. Nine letters, more on public than private matters, are also
extant.
230.Letters to Friends, Volume III: Letters
281-435
Cicero
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
Cicero’s letters to friends
span the period from 62 BCE, when his political career was at its peak, to 43
BCE, when he was put to death by the victorious Triumvirs.
231.Epitome of
Roman History
Florus
Forster, E. S.
Florus (second century CE) wrote,
in brief pointed rhetorical style, a two-book summary of Roman history
(especially military) in order to show the greatness and decline of Roman
morals. Based chiefly on Livy and perhaps planned to reach Florus’s own times,
the extant work ends with Augustus’s reign (30 BCE–14 CE).
232.Art of Love.
Cosmetics. Remedies for Love. Ibis. Walnut-tree. Sea Fishing.
Consolation
Ovid
Mozley, J. H.
In the didactic poetry of Medicamina
Faciei Femineae (Face Cosmetics), Ars Amatoria (Art of Love), and Remedia Amoris
(Remedies for Love), Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE) demonstrates abstrusity and wit. His
Ibis is an elegiac curse-poem. Nux (Walnut-tree), Halieutica (Sea-Fishing), and
Consolatio ad Liviam (Poem of Consolation) are poems now judged not to be by
Ovid.
233.History of Rome, Volume V: Books 21-22
Livy
Foster, B.
O.
The only extant work by Livy (64 or 59 BCE –12 or 17 CE) is part of his
history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books 1–10,
21–45 (except parts of 41 and 43–45), fragments, and short summaries remain.
Livy’s history is a source for the De Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens (fourth
century CE).
234.Timaeus. Critias. Cleitophon. Menexenus.
Epistles
Plato
Bury, R. G.
The great Athenian philosopher Plato was
born in 427 BCE 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 Republic, which
concerns righteousness and also treats education, gender, society, and
slavery.
235.The Learned Banqueters, Volume IV: Books
8-10.420e
Athenaeus
Olson, S. Douglas
In The Learned Banqueters
(late-2nd century CE), Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which
the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations
from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information
about Greek culture.
236.Anabasis of Alexander, Volume I: Books
1-4
Arrian
Brunt, P. A.
The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian (ca. 95–175
BCE) is the best extant account of Alexander the Great’s adult life. A
description of India, and of Nearchus’ voyage thence, was to be a
supplement.
237.Republic, Volume I: Books 1-5
Plato
Emlyn-Jones,
Christopher
Preddy, William
The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born
in 427 BCE 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 Republic, which concerns
righteousness and also treats education, gender, society, and
slavery.
238.Orations, Volume I: Orations 1-17 and 20: Olynthiacs 1-3.
Philippic 1. On the Peace. Philippic 2. On Halonnesus. On the Chersonese.
Philippics 3 and 4. Answer to Philip's Letter. Philip's Letter. On Organization.
On the Navy-boards. For the Liberty of the Rhodians. For the People of
Megalopolis. On the Treaty with Alexander. Against
Leptines
Demosthenes
Vince, J. H.
Demosthenes (384–322 BCE), orator at
Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became also a champion of Athenian
greatness and Greek resistance to Philip of Macedon. His steadfastness, pungent
argument, and severe control of language gained him early reputation as the best
of Greek orators, and his works provide vivid pictures of contemporary
life.
239.Select Letters
Augustine
Baxter, James Houston
The Letters
of Augustine (354–430 CE) are important for the study of ecclesiastical history
and Augustine’s relations with other theologians.
240.Pro Quinctio. Pro
Roscio Amerino. Pro Roscio Comoedo. On the Agrarian Law
Cicero
Freese, J.
H.
We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering republic.
241.Geography, Volume
VII: Books 15-16
Strabo
Jones, Horace Leonard
In his seventeen-book
Geography, Strabo (c. 64 BCE–c. 25 CE) discusses geographical method, stresses
the value of geography, and draws attention to the physical, political, and
historical details of separate countries. Geography is a vital source for
ancient geography and informative about ancient geographers.
242.Jewish
Antiquities, Volume I: Books 1-3
Josephus
Thackeray, H. St. J.
The
major works of Josephus (c. 37–after 97 CE) are History of the Jewish War, from
170 BCE to his own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from creation to 66 CE. Also by
him are an autobiographical Life and a treatise Against Apion.
243.Letters,
Volume III: Letters 186-248
Basil
Deferrari, Roy J.
Basil the Great was
born into a family noted for piety. About 360 he founded a convent in Pontus and
in 370 succeeded Eusebius in the archbishopric of Caesarea. His reform of
monastic life in the east is the basis of modern Greek and Slavonic
monasteries.
244.Lysias
Lysias
Lamb, W. R. M.
Lysias (c. 458–c. 380
BCE) took the side of democracy against the Thirty Tyrants in 404 BCE. Of a much
larger number about thirty complete speeches by him survive. Fluent, simple, and
graceful in style yet vivid in description, they suggest a passionate partisan
who was also a gentle, humorous man.
245.Moralia, Volume III: Sayings of
Kings and Commanders. Sayings of Romans. Sayings of Spartans. The Ancient
Customs of the Spartans. Sayings of Spartan Women. Bravery of
Women
Plutarch
Babbitt, Frank Cole
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) 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 information
concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and
religion.
246.Ecclesiastical History, Volume I: Books 1-3
Bede
King, J.
E.
Historical works by Bede (672 or 673–735 CE) include his Ecclesiastical
History of the English Nation, Lives of the Abbots of Bede’s monastery, accounts
of Cuthbert, and the Letter to Egbert, Bede’s pupil.
247.On the
Unchangeableness of God. On Husbandry. Concerning Noah's Work As a Planter. On
Drunkenness. On Sobriety
Philo
Colson, F. H.
Whitaker, G. H.
The
philosopher Philo, born about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria,
was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to reconcile
biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had wide
influence on Christian and Jewish religious thought.
248.Ecclesiastical
History, Volume II: Books 4-5. Lives of the Abbots. Letter to
Egbert
Bede
King, J. E.
Historical works by Bede (672 or 673–735 CE)
include his Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Lives of the Abbots of
Bede’s monastery, accounts of Cuthbert, and the Letter to Egbert, Bede’s
pupil.
249.Histories: Books 4-5. Annals: Books 1-3
Tacitus
Moore,
Clifford H.
Jackson, John
Tacitus (c. 55–c. 120 CE), renowned for
concision and psychology, is paramount as a historian of the early Roman empire.
What survives of Histories covers the dramatic years 69–70. What survives of
Annals tells an often terrible tale of 14–28, 31–37, and, partially,
47–66.
250.Apology. De Spectaculis. Minucius Felix:
Octavius
Tertullian
Minucius Felix
Glover, T. R.
Rendall, Gerald
H.
Tertullian (c. 150–222 CE) founded a Christian Latin language and
literature, strove to unite the demands of the Bible with Church practice,
defended Christianity, attacked heresy, and pondered morality. Octavius by
Minucius, an early Christian writer of unknown date, is a debate between belief
and unbelief that depicts Roman religion and society.
251.On Architecture,
Volume I: Books 1-5
Vitruvius
Granger, Frank
On Architecture, completed
by Vitruvius sometime before 27 CE and the only work of its kind to survive
antiquity, serves not professionals but readers who want to understand
architecture. Topics include town planning, building materials, temples, the
architectural orders, houses, pavements, mosaics, water supply, measurements,
and machines.
252.Pro Milone. In Pisonem. Pro Scauro. Pro Fonteio. Pro
Rabirio Postumo. Pro Marcello. Pro Ligario. Pro Rege
Deiotaro
Cicero
Watts, N. H.
We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero
(106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering
republic.
253.Fasti
Ovid
Frazer, James G.
In Fasti, Ovid (43 BCE–17
CE) 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 religious
practices.
254.Moral Essays, Volume II: De Consolatione ad Marciam. De Vita
Beata. De Otio. De Tranquillitate Animi. De Brevitate Vitae. De Consolatione ad
Polybium. De Consolatione ad Helviam
Seneca
Basore, John W.
In Moral
Essays, Seneca (c. 4–65 CE) expresses his Stoic philosophy on providence,
steadfastness, anger, forgiveness, consolation, the happy life, leisure,
tranquility, the brevity of life, and gift-giving.
255.Physics, Volume II:
Books 5-8
Aristotle
Wicksteed, P. H.
Cornford, F. M.
Nearly all the
works Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless
ones extant are lecture materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious).
They can be categorized as: practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art;
other; or fragments.
256.Philostratus the Elder, Imagines. Philostratus the
Younger, Imagines. Callistratus, Descriptions
Philostratus the
Elder
Philostratus the Younger
Callistratus
Fairbanks,
Arthur
Sixty-five descriptions, ostensibly of paintings in a gallery at
Naples, are credited to an Elder Philostratus (born c. 190 CE); to a Younger
Philostratus, apparently his grandson, seventeen similar descriptions. Fourteen
descriptions of statues in stone or bronze attributed to Callistratus were
probably written in the fourth century CE.
257.Discourses 1-11
Dio
Chrysostom
Cohoon, J. W.
Dio Chrysostomus (c. 40–c. 120 CE) was a
rhetorician hostile to philosophers, whose Discourses (or Orations) 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 century
CE.
258.Greek Elegiac Poetry: From the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries
BC
Gerber, Douglas E.
Tyrtaeus
Solon
Theognis
Mimnermus
The
Greek poetry of the seventh to the fifth century BCE that we call elegy was
composed primarily for banquets and convivial gatherings. Its subject matter
consists of almost any topic, excluding only the scurrilous and obscene. Most
substantial in this volume is the collection of elegiac verses to which
Theognis’s name is attached (the Theognidea).
259.Greek Iambic Poetry: From
the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries BC
Gerber, Douglas
E.
Archilochus
Semonides
Hipponax
The poetry of the seventh to the
fifth centuries BCE that the Greeks called iambic seems connected with cult
songs used in religious festivals, but its purpose is unclear.
260.The Little
Carthaginian. Pseudolus. The Rope
Plautus
de Melo, Wolfgang
The
comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c.
205–184 BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones
of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Molière to modern
times. Twenty-one of his plays are extant.
261.On the Confusion of Tongues.
On the Migration of Abraham. Who Is the Heir of Divine Things? On Mating with
the Preliminary Studies
Philo
Colson, F. H.
Whitaker, G. H.
The
philosopher Philo, born about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria,
was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to reconcile
biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had wide
influence on Christian and Jewish religious thought.
262.Select
Letters
Jerome
Wright, F. A.
The letters of Saint Jerome (c. 345–420
CE) are an essential source for our knowledge of Christian life in the fourth
and fifth centuries CE; they also provide insight into one of the most striking
and complex personalities of the time.
263.Historia Augusta, Volume III: The
Two Valerians. The Two Gallieni. The Thirty Pretenders. The Deified Claudius.
The Deified Aurelian. Tacitus. Probus. Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus.
Carus, Carinus and Numerian
Magie, David
The Historia Augusta (or
Scriptores Historiae Augustae) is a series of biographies of Roman emperors,
heirs, and claimants from Hadrian to Numerianus (117–284 CE) modeled on
Suetonius’s Lives of the Caesars (second century CE). Of uncertain reliability
and authorship, it is now attributed by many authorities to one late fourth
century CE author.
264.Politics
Aristotle
Rackham, H.
Nearly all the
works Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless
ones extant are lecture materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious).
They can be categorized as: practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art;
other; or fragments.
265.Ecclesiastical History, Volume II: Books
6-10
Eusebius
Oulton, J. E. L.
Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea from about
315 CE, was the most important writer in the age of Constantine. His history of
the Christian church from the ministry of Jesus to 324 CE is a treasury of
information, especially on the Eastern centers.
266.Select Papyri, Volume I:
Private Documents
Hunt, A. S.
Edgar, C. C.
This is the first of two
volumes giving a selection of Greek papyri relating to private and public
business. They cover a period from before 300 BCE to the eighth century CE. Most
were found in rubbish heaps or remains of ancient houses or in tombs in Egypt.
From such papyri we get much information about administration and social and
economic conditions in Egypt, and about native Egyptian, Greek, Roman and
Byzantine law, as well as glimpses of ordinary life. This volume contains:
Agreements (71 examples); these concern marriage, divorce, adoption,
apprenticeship, sales, leases, employment of labourers. Receipts (10). Wills
(6). Deed of disownment. Personal letters from men and women, young and old
(82). Memoranda (2). Invitations (5). Orders for payment (2). Agenda (2).
Accounts and inventories (12). Questions of oracles (3). Christian prayers (2).
A Gnostic charm. Horoscopes (2).
267.Geography, Volume VIII: Book 17. General
Index
Strabo
Jones, Horace Leonard
In his seventeen-book Geography,
Strabo (c. 64 BCE–c. 25 CE) discusses geographical method, stresses the value of
geography, and draws attention to the physical, political, and historical
details of separate countries. Geography is a vital source for ancient geography
and informative about ancient geographers.
268.On the Nature of the Gods.
Academics
Cicero
Rackham, H.
We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero
(106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering
republic.
269.Anabasis of Alexander, Volume II: Books 5-7.
Indica
Arrian
Brunt, P. A.
The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian (ca.
95–175 BCE) is the best extant account of Alexander the Great’s adult life. A
description of India, and of Nearchus’s voyage thence, was to be a
supplement.
270.Letters, Volume IV: Letters 249-368. On Greek
Literature
Basil
Deferrari, Roy J.
McGuire, M. R. P.
Basil the Great
was born into a family noted for piety. About 360 he founded a convent in Pontus
and in 370 succeeded Eusebius in the archbishopric of Caesarea. His reform of
monastic life in the east is the basis of modern Greek and Slavonic
monasteries.
271.Metaphysics, Volume I: Books 1-9
Aristotle
Tredennick,
Hugh
Nearly all the works Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication
are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture materials, notes, and memoranda
(some are spurious). They can be categorized as: practical; logical; physical;
metaphysical; on art; other; or fragments.
272.Description of Greece, Volume
III: Books 6-8.21 (Elis 2, Achaia, Arcadia)
Pausanias
Jones, W. H.
S.
Pausanias (fl. 150 CE), 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 care and an accuracy confirmed by comparison
with monuments that still stand today.
273.Outlines of Pyrrhonism
Sextus
Empiricus
Bury, R. G.
The three surviving works by Sextus Empiricus (c.
160–210 CE) are Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Against Dogmatists, and Against
Professors. Their value as a source for the history of thought is especially
that they represent development and formulation of former skeptic
doctrines.
274.The Learned Banqueters, Volume V: Books
10.420e-11
Athenaeus
Olson, S. Douglas
In The Learned Banqueters
(late-2nd century CE), Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which
the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations
from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information
about Greek culture.
275.On Flight and Finding. On the Change of Names. On
Dreams
Philo
Colson, F. H.
Whitaker, G. H.
The philosopher Philo,
born about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, was trained in
Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to reconcile biblical teachings
with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had wide influence on Christian
and Jewish religious thought.
276.Republic, Volume II: Books
6-10
Plato
Emlyn-Jones, Christopher
Preddy, William
The great
Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BCE 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 Republic, which concerns righteousness and also treats education,
gender, society, and slavery.
277.Punica, Volume I: Books 1-8
Silius
Italicus
Duff, J. D.
Silius Italicus (25–101 CE) composed an epic Punica
in 17 books on the Second Punic War (218–202 BCE). Silius’s poem relies largely
on Livy’s prose for facts. It also echoes poets, especially Virgil, and employs
techniques traditional in Latin epic.
278.Punica, Volume II: Books
9-17
Silius Italicus
Duff, J. D.
Silius Italicus (25–101 CE) composed
an epic Punica in 17 books on the Second Punic War (218–202 BCE). Silius’s poem
relies largely on Livy’s prose for facts. It also echoes poets, especially
Virgil, and employs techniques traditional in Latin epic.
279.Library of
History, Volume I: Books 1-2.34
Diodorus Siculus
Oldfather, C.
H.
Diodorus’s Library of History, written in the first century BCE, is the
most extensively preserved history by an ancient Greek author. The work is in
three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death
(323 BCE); and history to 54 BCE. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest
in fragments.
280.On Architecture, Volume II: Books
6-10
Vitruvius
Granger, Frank
On Architecture, completed by Vitruvius
sometime before 27 CE and the only work of its kind to survive antiquity, serves
not professionals but readers who want to understand architecture. Topics
include town planning, building materials, temples, the architectural orders,
houses, pavements, mosaics, water supply, measurements, and
machines.
281.Jewish Antiquities, Volume III: Books
7-8
Josephus
Marcus, Ralph
The major works of Josephus (c. 37–after 97
CE) are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BCE to his own time, and Jewish
Antiquities, from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an autobiographical Life
and a treatise Against Apion.
282.Select Papyri, Volume II: Public
Documents
Hunt, A. S.
Edgar, C. C.
Greek papyri relating to private and
public business in Egypt from before 300 BCE to the eighth century CE inform us
about administration; social and economic conditions in Egypt; Egyptian, Greek,
Roman, and Byzantine law. They also offer glimpses of ordinary life.
283.On
Agriculture
Cato
Varro
Hooper, W. D.
Ash, Harrison Boyd
Cato’s
second century BCE 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 Res rustica (37 BCE) is not a practical treatise
but instruction, in dialogue form, about agricultural life meant for prosperous
country gentlemen.
284.Minor Latin Poets, Volume I: Publilius Syrus. Elegies
on Maecenas. Grattius. Calpurnius Siculus. Laus Pisonis. Einsiedeln Eclogues.
Aetna
Duff, J. Wight
Duff, Arnold M.
Aetna
Calpurnius
Siculus
Publilius Syrus
Laus Pisonis
Grattius
Works such as those of
the mime-writer Publilius Syrus, who flourished c. 45 BCE, and Rutilius
Namatianus, who gave a graphic account of his voyage from Rome to Gaul in 416
CE, represent the wide variety of theme that lends interest to Latin poetry
produced during a period of four and a half centuries.
285.Athenian
Constitution. Eudemian Ethics. Virtues and Vices
Aristotle
Rackham,
H.
Nearly all the works Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication are
lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture materials, notes, and memoranda
(some are spurious). They can be categorized as: practical; logical; physical;
metaphysical; on art; other; or fragments.
286.Argonautica
Valerius
Flaccus
Mozley, J. H.
Gaius Valerius Flaccus flourished c. 70–90 BCE and
composed an incomplete epic Argonautica in eight books, on the quest for the
Golden Fleece. Valerius effectively rehandles the story already told by
Apollonius Rhodius, recalls Virgilian language and thought, displays learning,
and alludes to contemporary Rome.
287.Metaphysics, Volume II: Books 10-14.
Oeconomica. Magna Moralia
Aristotle
Tredennick, Hugh
Armstrong, G.
Cyril
Nearly all the works Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication
are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture materials, notes, and memoranda
(some are spurious). They can be categorized as: practical; logical; physical;
metaphysical; on art; other; or fragments.
288.On the Soul. Parva Naturalia.
On Breath
Aristotle
Hett, W. S.
Nearly all the works Aristotle (384–322
BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture
materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as:
practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; or
fragments.
289.On Abraham. On Joseph. On Moses
Philo
Colson, F.
H.
The philosopher Philo, born about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in
Alexandria, was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to
reconcile biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had
wide influence on Christian and Jewish religious thought.
290.The Anecdota or
Secret History
Procopius
Dewing, H. B.
In Secret History, the Byzantine
historian Procopius (late fifth century to after 558 CE) attacks the sixth
century CE emperor Justinian and empress Theodora and alleges their ruinous
effect on the Roman empire. Procopius’s pen is particularly sharp in portraying
Theodora’s lewdness, duplicity, cruelty, spite, vanity and pride.
291.Against
Logicians
Sextus Empiricus
Bury, R. G.
The three surviving works by
Sextus Empiricus (c. 160–210 CE) are Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Against Dogmatists,
and Against Professors. Their value as a source for the history of thought is
especially that they represent development and formulation of former skeptic
doctrines.
292.On Medicine, Volume I: Books 1-4
Celsus
Spencer, W.
G.
Celsus, a layman, provides in On Medicine more information about the
condition of medical science up to his own time (probably first century CE) than
any other author. Book 1 is on Greek schools of medicine and dietetics; Book 2
on prognosis, diagnosis, and general therapeutics; Book 3 on internal ailments;
Book 4 on local bodily diseases.
293.The Verrine Orations, Volume II: Against
Verres, Part 2, Books 3-5
Cicero
Greenwood, L. H. G.
We know more of
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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
Caesar in a tottering republic.
294.Remains of Old Latin, Volume I: Ennius.
Caecilius
Warmington, E. H.
Ennius
Caecilius
Extant early Latin
writings from the seventh or sixth to the first century BCE include epic, drama,
satire, translation and paraphrase, hymns, stage history and practice, and other
works by Ennius, Caecilius, Livius Andronicus, Naevius, Pacuvius, Accius,
Lucilius, and other anonymous authors; the Twelve Tables of Roman law; archaic
inscriptions.
295.History of Rome, Volume IX: Books 31-34
Livy
Sage,
Evan T.
The only extant work by Livy (64 or 59 BCE –12 or 17 CE) is part of
his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books
1–10, 21–45 (except parts of 41 and 43–45), fragments, and short summaries
remain. Livy’s history is a source for the De Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens
(fourth century CE).
296.Poems. Letters: Books 1-2
Sidonius
Anderson,
W. B.
Extant works by Sidonius (born c. 430 CE) are three long panegyrics in
verse, poems addressed to or concerned with friends, and nine books of
letters.
297.Description of Greece, Volume IV: Books 8.22-10 (Arcadia,
Boeotia, Phocis and Ozolian Locri)
Pausanias
Jones, W. H. S.
Pausanias
(fl. 150 CE), 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 care and an accuracy confirmed by comparison with monuments that still
stand today.
298.Description of Greece, Volume V: Maps, Plans, Illustrations,
and General Index
Pausanias
Wycherley, R. E.
Pausanias (fl. 150 CE),
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
care and an accuracy confirmed by comparison with monuments that still stand
today.
299.Orations, Volume III: Orations 21-26: Against Meidias. Against
Androtion. Against Aristocrates. Against Timocrates. Against Aristogeiton 1 and
2
Demosthenes
Vince, J. H.
Demosthenes (384–322 BCE), orator at Athens,
was a pleader in law courts who later became also a champion of Athenian
greatness and Greek resistance to Philip of Macedon. His steadfastness, pungent
argument, and severe control of language gained him early reputation as the best
of Greek orators, and his works provide vivid pictures of contemporary
life.
300.History, Volume I: Books 14-19
Ammianus Marcellinus
Rolfe, J.
C.
Ammianus (c. 325–c. 395 CE), a Greek from Antioch, served many years as an
officer in the Roman army, then settled in Rome, where he wrote a Latin history
of the Roman Empire. The portion that survives covers twenty-five years in the
historian’s own lifetime: the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian
I, and Valens.
301.History of Rome, Volume X: Books 35-37
Livy
Sage,
Evan T.
The only extant work by Livy (64 or 59 BCE –12 or 17 CE) is part of
his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books
1–10, 21–45 (except parts of 41 and 43–45), fragments, and short summaries
remain. Livy’s history is a source for the De Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens
(fourth century CE).
302.The 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
Lucian
Harmon, A.
M.
Lucian (c. 120–190 CE), 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, cynical wit of the dialogues in which he
satirizes human folly, superstition, and hypocrisy.
303.Library of History,
Volume II: Books 2.35-4.58
Diodorus Siculus
Oldfather, C. H.
Diodorus’s
Library of History, written in the first century BCE, is the most extensively
preserved history by an ancient Greek author. The work is in three parts:
mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BCE); and
history to 54 BCE. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in
fragments.
304.On Medicine, Volume II: Books 5-6
Celsus
Spencer, W.
G.
Celsus, a layman, provides in On Medicine more information about the
condition of medical science up to his own time (probably first century CE) than
any other author. Book 5 is on treatment by drugs of general diseases, Book 6 on
treatment by drugs of local diseases.
305.Moralia, Volume IV: Roman
Questions. Greek Questions. Greek and Roman Parallel Stories. On the Fortune of
the Romans. On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander. Were the Athenians More
Famous in War or in Wisdom?
Plutarch
Babbitt, Frank Cole
Plutarch (c.
45–120 CE) 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 information concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals,
ethics, and religion.
306.Moralia, Volume V: Isis and Osiris. The E at
Delphi. The Oracles at Delphi No Longer Given in Verse. The Obsolescence of
Oracles
Plutarch
Babbitt, Frank Cole
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) 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 information
concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and
religion.
307.Minor Works: On Colours. On Things Heard. Physiognomics. On
Plants. On Marvellous Things Heard. Mechanical Problems. On Indivisible Lines.
The Situations and Names of Winds. On Melissus, Xenophanes,
Gorgias
Aristotle
Hett, W. S.
Nearly all the works Aristotle (384–322
BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture
materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as:
practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; or
fragments.
308.Minor Attic Orators, Volume I: Antiphon.
Andocides
Maidment, K. J.
Antiphon
Andocides
Antiphon of Athens,
born c. 480 BCE, disliked democracy and was an ardent oligarch. Of his fifteen
extant works three concern real murder cases. The others are academic exercises.
Andocides of Athens, born c. 440 BCE, disliked the extremes of democracy and
oligarchy. Of his four extant speeches, Against Alcibiades is
doubtful.
309.Pro Sestio. In Vatinium
Cicero
Gardner, R.
We know
more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering republic.
310.Moral Essays, Volume III:
De Beneficiis
Seneca
Basore, John W.
In Moral Essays, Seneca (c. 4–65
CE) expresses his Stoic philosophy on providence, steadfastness, anger,
forgiveness, consolation, the happy life, leisure, tranquility, the brevity of
life, and gift-giving.
311.Against Physicists. Against Ethicists
Sextus
Empiricus
Bury, R. G.
The three surviving works by Sextus Empiricus (c.
160–210 CE) are Outlines of Pyrrhonism, Against Dogmatists, and Against
Professors. Their value as a source for the history of thought is especially
that they represent development and formulation of former skeptic
doctrines.
312.Annals: Books 4-6, 11-12
Tacitus
Jackson,
John
Tacitus (c. 55–c. 120 CE), renowned for concision and psychology, is
paramount as a historian of the early Roman empire. What survives of Histories
covers the dramatic years 69–70. What survives of Annals tells an often terrible
tale of 14–28, 31–37, and, partially, 47–66.
313.History of Rome, Volume XI:
Books 38-39
Livy
Sage, Evan T.
The only extant work by Livy (64 or 59
BCE –12 or 17 CE) is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city
to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books 1–10, 21–45 (except parts of 41 and 43–45),
fragments, and short summaries remain. Livy’s history is a source for the De
Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens (fourth century CE).
314.Remains of Old Latin,
Volume II: Livius Andronicus. Naevius. Pacuvius. Accius
Warmington, E.
H.
Livius Andronicus
Naevius
Pacuvius
Accius
Extant early Latin
writings from the seventh or sixth to the first century BCE include epic, drama,
satire, translation and paraphrase, hymns, stage history and practice, and other
works by Ennius, Caecilius, Livius Andronicus, Naevius, Pacuvius, Accius,
Lucilius, and other anonymous authors; the Twelve Tables of Roman law; archaic
inscriptions.
315.History, Volume II: Books 20-26
Ammianus
Marcellinus
Rolfe, J. C.
Ammianus (c. 325–c. 395 CE), a Greek from
Antioch, served many years as an officer in the Roman army, then settled in
Rome, where he wrote a Latin history of the Roman Empire. The portion that
survives covers twenty-five years in the historian’s own lifetime: the reigns of
Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens.
316.Problems, Volume
I: Books 1-19
Aristotle
Mayhew, Robert
Although Problems is an
accretion of multiple authorship over several centuries, it offers a fascinating
technical view of Peripatetic method and thought.
317.Problems, Volume
II: Books 20-38. Rhetoric to Alexander
Aristotle
Mayhew,
Robert
Mirhady, David C.
Although Problems is an accretion of multiple
authorship over several centuries, it offers a fascinating technical view of
Peripatetic method and thought. Rhetoric to Alexander provides practical advice
to orators and was likely composed during the period of Aristotle’s tutorship of
Alexander, perhaps by Anaximenes, another of Alexander’s
tutors.
318.Orations, Volume IV: Orations 27-40: Private
Cases
Demosthenes
Murray, A. T.
Demosthenes (384–322 BCE), orator at
Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became also a champion of Athenian
greatness and Greek resistance to Philip of Macedon. His steadfastness, pungent
argument, and severe control of language gained him early reputation as the best
of Greek orators, and his works provide vivid pictures of contemporary
life.
319.Roman Antiquities, Volume I: Books 1-2
Dionysius of
Halicarnassus
Cary, Earnest
The main aim of Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s
Roman Antiquities, which began to appear in 7 BCE, was to reconcile Greeks to
Roman rule. Of the twenty books (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the
first nine complete; most of 10 and 11; extracts; and an epitome of the
whole.
320.On the Decalogue. On the Special Laws, Books
1-3
Philo
Colson, F. H.
The philosopher Philo, born about 20 BCE to a
prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, was trained in Greek as well as Jewish
learning. In attempting to reconcile biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he
developed ideas that had wide influence on Christian and Jewish religious
thought.
321.Moralia, Volume X: Love Stories. That a Philosopher Ought to
Converse Especially With Men in Power. To an Uneducated Ruler. Whether an Old
Man Should Engage in Public Affairs. Precepts of Statecraft. On Monarchy,
Democracy, and Oligarchy. That We Ought Not to Borrow. Lives of the Ten Orators.
Summary of a Comparison Between Aristophanes and Menander
Plutarch
Fowler,
Harold North
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) 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 information concerning Greco-Roman society,
traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion.
322.Annals: Books
13-16
Tacitus
Jackson, John
Tacitus (c. 55–c. 120 CE), renowned for
concision and psychology, is paramount as a historian of the early Roman empire.
What survives of Histories covers the dramatic years 69–70. What survives of
Annals tells an often terrible tale of 14–28, 31–37, and, partially,
47–66.
323.Parts of Animals. Movement of Animals. Progression of
Animals
Aristotle
Peck, A. L.
Forster, E. S.
Nearly all the works
Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones
extant are lecture materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can
be categorized as: practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; or
fragments.
324.In Catilinam 1-4. Pro Murena. Pro Sulla. Pro
Flacco
Cicero
Macdonald, C.
We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero
(106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering
republic.
325.Categories. On Interpretation. Prior
Analytics
Aristotle
Cooke, H. P.
Tredennick, Hugh
Nearly all the
works Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless
ones extant are lecture materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious).
They can be categorized as: practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art;
other; or fragments.
326.Jewish Antiquities, Volume IV: Books
9-11
Josephus
Marcus, Ralph
The major works of Josephus (c. 37–after 97
CE) are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BCE to his own time, and Jewish
Antiquities, from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an autobiographical Life
and a treatise Against Apion.
327.The Learned Banqueters, Volume VI: Books
12-13.594b
Athenaeus
Olson, S. Douglas
In The Learned Banqueters
(late-2nd century CE), Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which
the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations
from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information
about Greek culture.
328.Stichus. Three-Dollar Day. Truculentus. The Tale of
a Traveling-Bag. Fragments
Plautus
de Melo, Wolfgang
The comedies of
Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205–184 BCE,
are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the
European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Molière to modern times.
Twenty-one of his plays are extant.
329.Remains of Old Latin, Volume III:
Lucilius. The Twelve Tables
Warmington, E. H.
Lucilius
Extant early
Latin writings from the seventh or sixth to the first century BCE include epic,
drama, satire, translation and paraphrase, hymns, stage history and practice,
and other works by Ennius, Caecilius, Livius Andronicus, Naevius, Pacuvius,
Accius, Lucilius, and other anonymous authors; the Twelve Tables of Roman law;
archaic inscriptions.
330.Natural History, Volume I: Books
1-2
Pliny
Rackham, H.
Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) 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, and
horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and gemstones.
331.History,
Volume III: Books 27-31. Excerpta Valesiana
Ammianus Marcellinus
Rolfe, J.
C.
Ammianus (c. 325–c. 395 CE), a Greek from Antioch, served many years as an
officer in the Roman army, then settled in Rome, where he wrote a Latin history
of the Roman Empire. The portion that survives covers twenty-five years in the
historian’s own lifetime: the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian
I, and Valens.
332.History of Rome, Volume XII: Books 40-42
Livy
Sage,
Evan T.
Schlesinger, Alfred C.
The only extant work by Livy (64 or 59 BCE
–12 or 17 CE) is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to
9 BCE. Of its 142 books 1–10, 21–45 (except parts of 41 and 43–45), fragments,
and short summaries remain. Livy’s history is a source for the De Prodigiis of
Julius Obsequens (fourth century CE).
333.On the Latin Language, Volume I:
Books 5-7
Varro
Kent, Roland G.
Of more than seventy works by Varro
(116–27 BCE) we have only his treatise On Agriculture and part of his De Lingua
Latina (On the Latin Language), a work typical of its author’s interest not only
in antiquarian matters but also in the collection of scientific facts, and
containing much of very great value to the study of the Latin
language.
334.On the Latin Language, Volume II: Books 8-10.
Fragments
Varro
Kent, Roland G.
Of more than seventy works by Varro
(116–27 BCE) we have only his treatise On Agriculture and part of his De Lingua
Latina (On the Latin Language), a work typical of its author’s interest not only
in antiquarian matters but also in the collection of scientific facts, and
containing much of very great value to the study of the Latin
language.
335.Greek Mathematical Works, Volume I: Thales to Euclid
Thomas,
Ivor
Greek mathematics from the sixth century BCE to the fourth century CE is
represented by the work of, e.g., Pythagoras; Proclus; Thales; Democritus;
Hippocrates of Chios; Theaetetus; Plato; Eudoxus of Cnidus; Aristotle; Euclid;
Eratosthenes; Apollonius; Ptolemy; Heron of Alexandria; Diophantus; and
Pappus.
336.On Medicine, Volume III: Books 7-8
Celsus
Spencer, W.
G.
Celsus, a layman, provides in On Medicine more information about the
condition of medical science up to his own time (probably first century CE) than
any other author. Books VII and Book VIII deal with surgery and present accounts
of many operations, including amputation.
337.Moralia, Volume VI: Can Virtue
Be Taught? On Moral Virtue. On the Control of Anger. On Tranquility of Mind. On
Brotherly Love. On Affection for Offspring. Whether Vice Be Sufficient to Cause
Unhappiness. Whether the Affections of the Soul are Worse Than Those of the
Body. Concerning Talkativeness. On Being a Busybody
Plutarch
Helmbold, W.
C.
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) 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 information concerning Greco-Roman society,
traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion.
338.On the
Heavens
Aristotle
Guthrie, W. K. C.
Nearly all the works Aristotle
(384–322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are
lecture materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be
categorized as: practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; or
fragments.
339.Discourses 12-30
Dio Chrysostom
Cohoon, J. W.
Dio
Chrysostomus (c. 40–c. 120 CE) was a rhetorician hostile to philosophers, whose
Discourses (or Orations) 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 century CE.
340.Library of History, Volume III: Books
4.59-8
Diodorus Siculus
Oldfather, C. H.
Diodorus’s Library of History,
written in the first century BCE, is the most extensively preserved history by
an ancient Greek author. The work is in three parts: mythical history to the
Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BCE); and history to 54 BCE. Books
1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in fragments.
341.On the Special
Laws, Book 4. On the Virtues. On Rewards and Punishments
Philo
Colson, F.
H.
The philosopher Philo, born about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in
Alexandria, was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to
reconcile biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had
wide influence on Christian and Jewish religious thought.
342.Brutus.
Orator
Cicero
Hendrickson, G. L.
Hubbell, H. M.
We know more of
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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
Caesar in a tottering republic.
343.On Buildings. General
Index
Procopius
Dewing, H. B.
Downey, Glanville
In On Buildings, the
Byzantine historian Procopius (late fifth century to after 558 CE) describes the
churches, public buildings, fortifications, and bridges Justinian erected
throughout his empire, from the Church of St. Sophia in Constantinople to city
walls at Carthage. The work is richly informative about architecture of the
sixth century CE.
344.Dionysiaca, Volume I: Books 1-15
Nonnos
Rouse, W.
H. D.
The epic Dionysiaca by Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt (fifth century CE)
concerns Dionysus’ earthly career from birth at Thebes to reception on Olympus.
In a poem full of mythology, astrology, and magic, Nonnos relates the god’s
conquest of the East and also, sensually and explicitly, his amorous
adventures.
345.The Learned Banqueters, Volume VII: Books
13.594b-14
Athenaeus
Olson, S. Douglas
In The Learned Banqueters
(late-2nd century CE), Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which
the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations
from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information
about Greek culture.
346.Orations, Volume V: Orations 41-49: Private
Cases
Demosthenes
Murray, A. T.
Demosthenes (384–322 BCE), orator at
Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became also a champion of Athenian
greatness and Greek resistance to Philip of Macedon. His steadfastness, pungent
argument, and severe control of language gained him early reputation as the best
of Greek orators, and his works provide vivid pictures of contemporary
life.
347.Roman Antiquities, Volume II: Books 3-4
Dionysius of
Halicarnassus
Cary, Earnest
The main aim of Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s
Roman Antiquities, which began to appear in 7 BCE, was to reconcile Greeks to
Roman rule. Of the twenty books (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the
first nine complete; most of 10 and 11; extracts; and an epitome of the
whole.
348.On the Orator: Books 1-2
Cicero
Sutton, E. W.
Rackham,
H.
We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering republic.
349.On the Orator:
Book 3. On Fate. Stoic Paradoxes. Divisions of Oratory
Cicero
Rackham,
H.
We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering republic.
350.History of Egypt
and Other Works
Manetho
Waddell, W. G.
Eight works or parts of works
were ascribed to Manetho, a third century BCE Egyptian, all on history and
religion and all apparently in Greek. They survive only as quoted by other
writers and include the spurious Book of Sôthis. The Kings of Thebes (in Egypt)
and the Old Chronicle are doubtful.
351.Orations, Volume VI: Orations 50-59:
Private Cases. In Neaeram
Demosthenes
Murray, A. T.
Demosthenes
(384–322 BCE), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became
also a champion of Athenian greatness and Greek resistance to Philip of Macedon.
His steadfastness, pungent argument, and severe control of language gained him
early reputation as the best of Greek orators, and his works provide vivid
pictures of contemporary life.
352.Natural History, Volume II: Books
3-7
Pliny
Rackham, H.
Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) 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, and
horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and gemstones.
353.Natural
History, Volume III: Books 8-11
Pliny
Rackham, H.
Pliny the Elder
(23–79 CE) 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, and horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and
gemstones.
354.Dionysiaca, Volume II: Books 16-35
Nonnos
Rouse, W. H.
D.
The epic Dionysiaca by Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt (fifth century CE)
concerns Dionysus’ earthly career from birth at Thebes to reception on Olympus.
In a poem full of mythology, astrology, and magic, Nonnos relates the god’s
conquest of the East and also, sensually and explicitly, his amorous
adventures.
355.History of Rome, Volume VI: Books 23-25
Livy
Moore,
Frank Gardner
The only extant work by Livy (64 or 59 BCE –12 or 17 CE) is
part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142
books 1–10, 21–45 (except parts of 41 and 43–45), fragments, and short summaries
remain. Livy’s history is a source for the De Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens
(fourth century CE).
356.Dionysiaca, Volume III: Books
36-48
Nonnos
Rouse, W. H. D.
The epic Dionysiaca by Nonnos of Panopolis
in Egypt (fifth century CE) concerns Dionysus’ earthly career from birth at
Thebes to reception on Olympus. In a poem full of mythology, astrology, and
magic, Nonnos relates the god’s conquest of the East and also, sensually and
explicitly, his amorous adventures.
357.Roman Antiquities, Volume III: Books
5-6.48
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Cary, Earnest
The main aim of
Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities, which began to appear in 7 BCE,
was to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the twenty books (from the earliest
times to 264 BCE) we have the first nine complete; most of 10 and 11; extracts;
and an epitome of the whole.
358.Discourses 31-36
Dio
Chrysostom
Cohoon, J. W.
Crosby, H. Lamar
Dio Chrysostomus (c. 40–c.
120 CE) was a rhetorician hostile to philosophers, whose Discourses (or
Orations) 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 century CE.
359.Remains of Old Latin, Volume IV: Archaic
Inscriptions
Warmington, E. H.
Extant early Latin writings from the
seventh or sixth to the first century BCE include epic, drama, satire,
translation and paraphrase, hymns, stage history and practice, and other works
by Ennius, Caecilius, Livius Andronicus, Naevius, Pacuvius, Accius, Lucilius,
and other anonymous authors; the Twelve Tables of Roman law; archaic
inscriptions.
360.Select Papyri, Volume III: Poetry
Page, Denys
L.
Fragments of ancient literature, from the seventh to the third century
BCE, found on papyri in Egypt include examples of tragedy; satyr drama; Old,
Middle, and New Comedy; mime; lyric, elegiac, iambic, and hexametric
poetry.
361.On Agriculture, Volume I: Books 1-4
Columella
Ash, Harrison
Boyd
Columella (first century CE) included Cato and Varro among many sources
for On Agriculture, but his personal experience was paramount. Written in prose
except for the hexameters on horticulture of Book 10, the work is richly
informative about country life in first century CE Italy.
362.Greek
Mathematical Works, Volume II: Aristarchus to Pappus
Thomas, Ivor
Greek
mathematics from the sixth century BCE to the fourth century CE is represented
by the work of, e.g., Pythagoras; Proclus; Thales; Democritus; Hippocrates of
Chios; Theaetetus; Plato; Eudoxus of Cnidus; Aristotle; Euclid; Eratosthenes;
Apollonius; Ptolemy; Heron of Alexandria; Diophantus; and Pappus.
363.Every
Good Man is Free. On the Contemplative Life. On the Eternity of the World.
Against Flaccus. Apology for the Jews. On Providence
Philo
Colson, F.
H.
The philosopher Philo, born about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in
Alexandria, was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to
reconcile biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had
wide influence on Christian and Jewish religious thought.
364.Roman
Antiquities, Volume IV: Books 6.49-7
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Cary,
Earnest
The main aim of Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities, which
began to appear in 7 BCE, was to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the twenty
books (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the first nine complete; most
of 10 and 11; extracts; and an epitome of the whole.
365.Jewish Antiquities,
Volume V: Books 12-13
Josephus
Marcus, Ralph
The major works of
Josephus (c. 37–after 97 CE) are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BCE to his
own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an
autobiographical Life and a treatise Against Apion.
366.Generation of
Animals
Aristotle
Peck, A. L.
Nearly all the works Aristotle (384–322
BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture
materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as:
practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; or
fragments.
367.History of Rome, Volume VII: Books 26-27
Livy
Moore,
Frank Gardner
The only extant work by Livy (64 or 59 BCE –12 or 17 CE) is
part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142
books 1–10, 21–45 (except parts of 41 and 43–45), fragments, and short summaries
remain. Livy’s history is a source for the De Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens
(fourth century CE).
368.History of Alexander, Volume I: Books 1-5
Quintus
Curtius
Rolfe, J. C.
Quintus Curtius wrote a history of Alexander the
Great in the first or second century CE. The first two of ten books have not
survived and material is missing from books 5, 6, and 10. Curtius narrates
exciting experiences, develops his hero’s character, moralizes, and provides one
of the five extant works that are evidence for Alexander’s
career.
369.History of Alexander, Volume II: Books 6-10
Quintus
Curtius
Rolfe, J. C.
Quintus Curtius wrote a history of Alexander the
Great in the first or second century CE. The first two of ten books have not
survived and material is missing from books 5, 6, and 10. Curtius narrates
exciting experiences, develops his hero’s character, moralizes, and provides one
of the five extant works that are evidence for Alexander’s
career.
370.Natural History, Volume IV: Books 12-16
Pliny
Rackham,
H.
Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) 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, and horticulture; medicine; minerals,
fine arts, and gemstones.
371.Natural History, Volume V: Books
17-19
Pliny
Rackham, H.
Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) 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, and
horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and gemstones.
372.Roman
Antiquities, V: Books 8-9.24
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Cary,
Earnest
The main aim of Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities, which
began to appear in 7 BCE, was to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the twenty
books (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the first nine complete; most
of 10 and 11; extracts; and an epitome of the whole.
373.Evagoras. Helen.
Busiris. Plataicus. Concerning the Team of Horses. Trapeziticus. Against
Callimachus. Aegineticus. Against Lochites. Against Euthynus.
Letters
Isocrates
Van Hook, La Rue
The importance of Isocrates (436–338
BCE) for the study of Greek civilization of the fourth century BCE is
indisputable. Twenty-one discourses by Isocrates survive; these include
political essays, treatises on education and on ethics, and speeches for legal
cases. Nine letters, more on public than private matters, are also
extant.
374.Orations, Volume VII: Orations 60-61: Funeral Speech. Erotic
Essay. Exordia. Letters
Demosthenes
De Witt, N. W.
De Witt, N.
J.
Demosthenes (384–322 BCE), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts
who later became also a champion of Athenian greatness and Greek resistance to
Philip of Macedon. His steadfastness, pungent argument, and severe control of
language gained him early reputation as the best of Greek orators, and his works
provide vivid pictures of contemporary life.
375.Library of History, Volume
IV: Books 9-12.40
Diodorus Siculus
Oldfather, C. H.
Diodorus’s Library
of History, written in the first century BCE, is the most extensively preserved
history by an ancient Greek author. The work is in three parts: mythical history
to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BCE); and history to 54
BCE. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in
fragments.
376.Discourses 37-60
Dio Chrysostom
Crosby, H. Lamar
Dio
Chrysostomus (c. 40–c. 120 CE) was a rhetorician hostile to philosophers, whose
Discourses (or Orations) 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 century CE.
377.Library of History, Volume IX: Books
18-19.65
Diodorus Siculus
Geer, Russel M.
Diodorus’s Library of
History, written in the first century BCE, is the most extensively preserved
history by an ancient Greek author. The work is in three parts: mythical history
to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BCE); and history to 54
BCE. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in fragments.
378.Roman
Antiquities, Volume VI: Books 9.25-10
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Cary,
Earnest
The main aim of Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities, which
began to appear in 7 BCE, was to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the twenty
books (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the first nine complete; most
of 10 and 11; extracts; and an epitome of the whole.
379.On the Embassy to
Gaius. General Indexes
Philo
Colson, F. H.
The philosopher Philo, born
about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, was trained in Greek as
well as Jewish learning. In attempting to reconcile biblical teachings with
Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had wide influence on Christian and
Jewish religious thought.
380.Questions on Genesis
Philo
Marcus,
Ralph
The philosopher Philo, born about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family
in Alexandria, was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to
reconcile biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had
wide influence on Christian and Jewish religious thought.
381.History of
Rome, Volume VIII: Books 28-30
Livy
Moore, Frank Gardner
The only
extant work by Livy (64 or 59 BCE –12 or 17 CE) is part of his history of Rome
from the foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books 1–10, 21–45 (except
parts of 41 and 43–45), fragments, and short summaries remain. Livy’s history is
a source for the De Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens (fourth century
CE).
382.Against Professors
Sextus Empiricus
Bury, R. G.
The three
surviving works by Sextus Empiricus (c. 160–210 CE) are Outlines of Pyrrhonism,
Against Dogmatists, and Against Professors. Their value as a source for the
history of thought is especially that they represent development and formulation
of former skeptic doctrines.
383.Alciphron, Aelian, and Philostratus: The
Letters
Alciphron
Aelian
Philostratus
Benner, A. R.
Fobes, F.
H.
The fictitious, highly literary Letters of Alciphron (second century CE)
are mostly to invented characters. The Letters of Farmers by Aelian (c. 170–235
CE) portray the country ways of their imagined writers. The Erotic Epistles of
Philostratus (perhaps born c. 170 CE) resemble and may have been influenced by
those of Alciphron.
384.Library of History, Volume V: Books
12.41-13
Diodorus Siculus
Oldfather, C. H.
Diodorus’s Library of
History, written in the first century BCE, is the most extensively preserved
history by an ancient Greek author. The work is in three parts: mythical history
to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BCE); and history to 54
BCE. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in
fragments.
385.Discourses 61-80. Fragments. Letters
Dio
Chrysostom
Crosby, H. Lamar
Dio Chrysostomus (c. 40–c. 120 CE) was a
rhetorician hostile to philosophers, whose Discourses (or Orations) 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 century
CE.
386.On Invention. The Best Kind of Orator. Topics
Cicero
Hubbell,
H. M.
We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering republic.
387.Preface. Daily
Round. Divinity of Christ. Origin of Sin. Fight for Mansoul. Against Symmachus
1
Prudentius
Thomson, H. J.
Prudentius (born 348 CE) used allegory and
classical Latin verse forms in the service of Christianity. His works include
the Psychomachia, an allegorical description of the struggle between (Christian)
virtues and (pagan) vices; lyric poetry; and—a valuable source on Christian
iconography—poetic inscriptions for biblical scenes on the walls of a
church.
388.Roman Antiquities, Volume VII: Books 11-20
Dionysius of
Halicarnassus
Cary, Earnest
The main aim of Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s
Roman Antiquities, which began to appear in 7 BCE, was to reconcile Greeks to
Roman rule. Of the twenty books (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the
first nine complete; most of 10 and 11; extracts; and an epitome of the
whole.
389.Library of History, Volume VII: Books 15.20-16.65
Diodorus
Siculus
Sherman, Charles L.
Diodorus’s Library of History, written in the
first century BCE, is the most extensively preserved history by an ancient Greek
author. The work is in three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history
to Alexander’s death (323 BCE); and history to 54 BCE. Books 1–5 and 11–20
survive complete, the rest in fragments.
390.Library of History, Volume X:
Books 19.66-20
Diodorus Siculus
Geer, Russel M.
Diodorus’s Library of
History, written in the first century BCE, is the most extensively preserved
history by an ancient Greek author. The work is in three parts: mythical history
to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BCE); and history to 54
BCE. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in
fragments.
391.Posterior Analytics. Topica
Aristotle
Tredennick,
Hugh
Forster, E. S.
Nearly all the works Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared
for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture materials,
notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as: practical;
logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; or fragments.
392.Natural
History, Volume VI: Books 20-23
Pliny
Jones, W. H. S.
Pliny the Elder
(23–79 CE) 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, and horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and
gemstones.
393.Natural History, Volume VII: Books 24-27
Pliny
Jones, W.
H. S.
Andrews, A. C.
Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) 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, and
horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and gemstones.
394.Natural
History, Volume IX: Books 33-35
Pliny
Rackham, H.
Pliny the Elder
(23–79 CE) 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, and horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and
gemstones.
395.Minor Attic Orators, Volume II: Lycurgus. Dinarchus. Demades.
Hyperides
Burtt, J.
O.
Lycurgus
Dinarchus
Demades
Hyperides
Fourth century BCE
orators were involved in Athenian resistance to Philip of Macedon. Lycurgus was
with Demosthenes in the anti-Macedonian faction. Hyperides was also hostile to
Philip and led Athenian patriots after 325 BCE. But Dinarchus favored an
oligarchy under Macedonian control and Demades supported the Macedonian cause
too.
396.History of Rome, Volume XIII: Books 43-45
Livy
Schlesinger,
Alfred C.
The only extant work by Livy (64 or 59 BCE –12 or 17 CE) is part of
his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books
1–10, 21–45 (except parts of 41 and 43–45), fragments, and short summaries
remain. Livy’s history is a source for the De Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens
(fourth century CE).
397.Meteorologica
Aristotle
Lee, H. D.
P.
Nearly all the works Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication are
lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture materials, notes, and memoranda
(some are spurious). They can be categorized as: practical; logical; physical;
metaphysical; on art; other; or fragments.
398.Against Symmachus 2. Crowns of
Martyrdom. Scenes From History. Epilogue
Prudentius
Thomson, H.
J.
Prudentius (born 348 CE) used allegory and classical Latin verse forms in
the service of Christianity. His works include the Psychomachia, an allegorical
description of the struggle between (Christian) virtues and (pagan) vices; lyric
poetry; and—a valuable source on Christian iconography—poetic inscriptions for
biblical scenes on the walls of a church.
399.Library of History, Volume VI:
Books 14-15.19
Diodorus Siculus
Oldfather, C. H.
Diodorus’s Library of
History, written in the first century BCE, is the most extensively preserved
history by an ancient Greek author. The work is in three parts: mythical history
to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BCE); and history to 54
BCE. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in fragments.
400.On
Sophistical Refutations. On Coming-to-be and Passing Away. On the
Cosmos
Aristotle
Forster, E. S.
Furley, D. J.
Nearly all the works
Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones
extant are lecture materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can
be categorized as: practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; or
fragments.
401.Questions on Exodus
Philo
Marcus, Ralph
The
philosopher Philo, born about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria,
was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to reconcile
biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had wide
influence on Christian and Jewish religious thought.
402.Alexandrian War.
African War. Spanish War
Caesar
Way, A. G.
Aulus Hirtius, friend of and
military subordinate to Caesar (100–44 BCE), may have written the Alexandrian
War. African War and Spanish War are detailed accounts clearly by officers who
had shared in the campaigns. All three works provide important information on
Caesar’s career.
403.Rhetorica ad Herennium
Cicero
Caplan, Harry
The
Rhetorica ad Herrenium was traditionally attributed to Cicero (106–43 BCE), and
reflects, as does Cicero’s De Inventione, Hellenistic rhetorical teaching. But
most recent editors attribute it to an unknown author.
404.History of Rome,
Volume XIV: Summaries. Fragments. Julius Obsequens. General
Index
Livy
Schlesinger, Alfred C.
Julius Obsequens
The only extant
work by Livy (64 or 59 BCE –12 or 17 CE) is part of his history of Rome from the
foundation of the city to 9 BCE. Of its 142 books 1–10, 21–45 (except parts of
41 and 43–45), fragments, and short summaries remain. Livy’s history is a source
for the De Prodigiis of Julius Obsequens (fourth century CE).
405.Moralia,
Volume VII: On Love of Wealth. On Compliancy. On Envy and Hate. On Praising
Oneself Inoffensively. On the Delays of the Divine Vengeance. On Fate. On the
Sign of Socrates. On Exile. Consolation to His Wife
Plutarch
De Lacy,
Phillip H.
Einarson, Benedict
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) 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 information concerning
Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion.
406.Moralia,
Volume XII: Concerning the Face Which Appears in the Orb of the Moon. On the
Principle of Cold. Whether Fire or Water Is More Useful. Whether Land or Sea
Animals Are Cleverer. Beasts Are Rational. On the Eating of
Flesh
Plutarch
Cherniss, Harold
Helmbold, W. C.
Plutarch (c. 45–120
CE) 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
information concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and
religion.
407.On Agriculture, Volume II: Books 5-9
Columella
Forster,
E. S.
Heffner, Edward H.
Columella (first century CE) included Cato and
Varro among many sources for On Agriculture, but his personal experience was
paramount. Written in prose except for the hexameters on horticulture of Book
10, the work is richly informative about country life in first century CE
Italy.
408.On Agriculture, Volume III: Books 10-12. On
Trees
Columella
Forster, E. S.
Heffner, Edward H.
Columella (first
century CE) included Cato and Varro among many sources for On Agriculture, but
his personal experience was paramount. Written in prose except for the
hexameters on horticulture of Book 10, the work is richly informative about
country life in first century CE Italy.
409.Library of History, Volume XI:
Fragments of Books 21-32
Diodorus Siculus
Walton, Francis R.
Diodorus’s
Library of History, written in the first century BCE, is the most extensively
preserved history by an ancient Greek author. The work is in three parts:
mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BCE); and
history to 54 BCE. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in
fragments.
410.Jewish Antiquities, Volume VII: Books
16-17
Josephus
Marcus, Ralph
Wikgren, Allen
The major works of
Josephus (c. 37–after 97 CE) are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BCE to his
own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an
autobiographical Life and a treatise Against Apion.
411.City of God, Volume
I: Books 1-3
Augustine
McCracken, George E.
City of God by Augustine
(354–430 CE) unfolds God’s action in the progress of the world’s history, and
propounds the superiority of Christian beliefs over pagan in
adversity.
412.City of God, Volume II: Books 4-7
Augustine
Green,
William M.
City of God by Augustine (354–430 CE) unfolds God’s action in the
progress of the world’s history, and propounds the superiority of Christian
beliefs over pagan in adversity.
413.City of God, Volume III: Books
8-11
Augustine
Wiesen, David S.
City of God by Augustine (354–430 CE)
unfolds God’s action in the progress of the world’s history, and propounds the
superiority of Christian beliefs over pagan in adversity.
414.City of God,
Volume IV: Books 12-15
Augustine
Levine, Philip
City of God by
Augustine (354–430 CE) unfolds God’s action in the progress of the world’s
history, and propounds the superiority of Christian beliefs over pagan in
adversity.
415.City of God, Volume V: Books 16-18.35
Augustine
Sanford,
Eva M.
Green, William M.
City of God by Augustine (354–430 CE) unfolds
God’s action in the progress of the world’s history, and propounds the
superiority of Christian beliefs over pagan in adversity.
416.City of God,
Volume VI: Books 18.36-20
Augustine
Greene, William Chase
City of God
by Augustine (354–430 CE) unfolds God’s action in the progress of the world’s
history, and propounds the superiority of Christian beliefs over pagan in
adversity.
417.City of God, Volume VII: Books 21-22
Augustine
Green,
William M.
City of God by Augustine (354–430 CE) unfolds God’s action in the
progress of the world’s history, and propounds the superiority of Christian
beliefs over pagan in adversity.
418.Natural History, Volume VIII: Books
28-32
Pliny
Jones, W. H. S.
Pliny the Elder (23–79 CE) 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, and
horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and gemstones.
419.Natural
History, Volume X: Books 36-37
Pliny
Eichholz, D. E.
Pliny the Elder
(23–79 CE) 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, and horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and
gemstones.
420.Letters: Books 3-9
Sidonius
Anderson, W. B.
Extant
works by Sidonius (born c. 430 CE) are three long panegyrics in verse, poems
addressed to or concerned with friends, and nine books of letters.
421.Aetia,
Iambi, Hecale and Other Fragments. Hero and
Leander
Callimachus
Musaeus
Trypanis, C. A.
Gelzer, T.
Whitman,
Cedric H.
Fragments by Callimachus (third century BCE) include those from the
Aetia, Greek aetiological stories; a book of Iambi; and the epic poem Hecale.
Hero and Leander by Musaeus (fifth or sixth century CE) is a short epic
poem.
422.Library of History, Volume VIII: Books 16.66-17
Diodorus
Siculus
Welles, C. Bradford
Diodorus’s Library of History, written in the
first century BCE, is the most extensively preserved history by an ancient Greek
author. The work is in three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history
to Alexander’s death (323 BCE); and history to 54 BCE. Books 1–5 and 11–20
survive complete, the rest in fragments.
423.Library of History, Volume XII:
Fragments of Books 33-40
Diodorus Siculus
Walton, Francis R.
Diodorus’s
Library of History, written in the first century BCE, is the most extensively
preserved history by an ancient Greek author. The work is in three parts:
mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BCE); and
history to 54 BCE. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in
fragments.
424.Moralia, Volume VIII: Table-talk, Books
1-6
Plutarch
Clement, P. A.
Hoffleit, H. B.
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE)
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
information concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and
religion.
425.Moralia, Volume IX: Table-Talk, Books 7-9. Dialogue on
Love
Plutarch
Minar, Edwin L.
Sandbach, F. H.
Helmbold, W.
C.
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) 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 information concerning Greco-Roman society,
traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion.
426.Moralia, Volume XI: On the
Malice of Herodotus. Causes of Natural Phenomena
Plutarch
Pearson,
Lionel
Sandbach, F. H.
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) 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 information concerning Greco-Roman
society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion.
427.Moralia, Volume XIII:
Part 1: Platonic Essays
Plutarch
Cherniss, Harold
Plutarch (c. 45–120
CE) 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
information concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and
religion.
428.Moralia, Volume XIV: That Epicurus Actually Makes a Pleasant
Life Impossible. Reply to Colotes in Defence of the Other Philosophers. Is "Live
Unknown" a Wise Precept? On Music
Plutarch
Einarson, Benedict
De Lacy,
Phillip H.
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) 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 information concerning Greco-Roman society,
traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion.
429.Moralia, Volume XV:
Fragments
Plutarch
Sandbach, F. H.
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) 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 information
concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and
religion.
430.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 Concerning the Sects. To One Who Said
"You're a Prometheus in Words." The Ship or The Wishes
Lucian
Kilburn,
K.
Lucian (c. 120–190 CE), 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, cynical wit of the dialogues in which he
satirizes human folly, superstition, and hypocrisy.
431.Dialogues of the
Dead. Dialogues of the Sea-Gods. Dialogues of the Gods. Dialogues of the
Courtesans
Lucian
MacLeod, M. D.
Lucian (c. 120–190 CE), 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, cynical wit of the
dialogues in which he satirizes human folly, superstition, and
hypocrisy.
432.Soloecista. Lucius or The Ass. Amores. Halcyon. Demosthenes.
Podagra. Ocypus. Cyniscus. Philopatris. Charidemus. Nero
Lucian
MacLeod,
M. D.
Lucian (c. 120–190 CE), 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, cynical wit of the dialogues in which he
satirizes human folly, superstition, and hypocrisy.
433.Jewish Antiquities,
Volume VIII: Books 18-19
Josephus
Feldman, Louis H.
The major works of
Josephus (c. 37–after 97 CE) are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BCE to his
own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an
autobiographical Life and a treatise Against Apion.
434.Minor Latin Poets,
Volume II: Florus. Hadrian. Nemesianus. Reposianus. Tiberianus. Dicta Catonis.
Phoenix. Avianus. Rutilius Namatianus. Others
Duff, J. Wight
Duff, Arnold
M.
Avianus
Hadrian
Florus
Nemesianus
Reposianus
Tiberianus
Phoenix
Rutilius
Namatianus
Works such as those of the mime-writer Publilius Syrus, who
flourished c. 45 BCE, and Rutilius Namatianus, who gave a graphic account of his
voyage from Rome to Gaul in 416 CE, represent the wide variety of theme that
lends interest to Latin poetry produced during a period of four and a half
centuries.
435.Tetrabiblos
Ptolemy
Robbins, F. E.
In Tetrabiblos, a
core text in the history of astrology, the preeminent ancient astronomer Ptolemy
(c. 100–178 CE) treats the practical use of astronomical knowledge: making
predictions about individuals’ lives and the outcome of human
affairs.
436.Fables
Babrius
Phaedrus
Perry, Ben Edwin
Babrius’s
humorous and pointed fables in Greek verse probably date from the first century
CE. From the same period come the lively fables in Latin verse written by
Phaedrus, which satirize social and political life in Augustan
Rome.
437.History of Animals, Volume I: Books 1-3
Aristotle
Peck, A.
L.
Nearly all the works Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication are
lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture materials, notes, and memoranda
(some are spurious). They can be categorized as: practical; logical; physical;
metaphysical; on art; other; or fragments.
438.History of Animals, Volume II:
Books 4-6
Aristotle
Peck, A. L.
Nearly all the works Aristotle (384–322
BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture
materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as:
practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; or
fragments.
439.History of Animals, Volume III: Books
7-10
Aristotle
Balme, D. M.
Nearly all the works Aristotle (384–322
BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture
materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as:
practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; or
fragments.
440.Ennead, Volume I: Porphyry on the Life of Plotinus. Ennead
I
Plotinus
Armstrong, A. H.
Plotinus (204/5–270 CE) was the first and
greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple
Porphyry, who published them sometime between 301 and 305 CE in six sets of nine
treatises each (Enneads), with a biography of his master in which he also
explains his editorial principles.
441.Ennead, Volume
II
Plotinus
Armstrong, A. H.
Plotinus (204/5–270 CE) was the first and
greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple
Porphyry, who published them sometime between 301 and 305 CE in six sets of nine
treatises each (Enneads), with a biography of his master in which he also
explains his editorial principles.
442.Ennead, Volume
III
Plotinus
Armstrong, A. H.
Plotinus (204/5–270 CE) was the first and
greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple
Porphyry, who published them sometime between 301 and 305 CE in six sets of nine
treatises each (Enneads), with a biography of his master in which he also
explains his editorial principles.
443.Ennead, Volume
IV
Plotinus
Armstrong, A. H.
Plotinus (204/5–270 CE) was the first and
greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple
Porphyry, who published them sometime between 301 and 305 CE in six sets of nine
treatises each (Enneads), with a biography of his master in which he also
explains his editorial principles.
444.Ennead, Volume
V
Plotinus
Armstrong, A. H.
Plotinus (204/5–270 CE) was the first and
greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple
Porphyry, who published them sometime between 301 and 305 CE in six sets of nine
treatises each (Enneads), with a biography of his master in which he also
explains his editorial principles.
445.Ennead, Volume VI:
1-5
Plotinus
Armstrong, A. H.
Plotinus (204/5–270 CE) was the first and
greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple
Porphyry, who published them sometime between 301 and 305 CE in six sets of nine
treatises each (Enneads), with a biography of his master in which he also
explains his editorial principles.
446.On Animals, Volume I: Books
1-5
Aelian
Scholfield, A. F.
In On the Characteristics of Animals,
Aelian (c. 170–after 230 CE) collects facts and fables about the animal kingdom
and invites the reader to ponder contrasts between human and animal
behavior.
447.Pro Caelio. De Provinciis Consularibus. Pro
Balbo
Cicero
Gardner, R.
We know more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43
BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering
republic.
448.On Animals, Volume II: Books 6-11
Aelian
Scholfield, A.
F.
In On the Characteristics of Animals, Aelian (c. 170–after 230 CE)
collects facts and fables about the animal kingdom and invites the reader to
ponder contrasts between human and animal behavior.
449.On Animals, Volume
III: Books 12-17
Aelian
Scholfield, A. F.
In On the Characteristics of
Animals, Aelian (c. 170–after 230 CE) collects facts and fables about the animal
kingdom and invites the reader to ponder contrasts between human and animal
behavior.
450.Natural Questions, Volume I: Books 1-3
Seneca
Corcoran,
Thomas H.
Seneca (c. 4–65 CE) devotes most of Naturales Quaestiones to
celestial phenomena. In Book 1 he discusses fires in the atmosphere; in 2,
lightning and thunder; in 3, bodies of water. Seneca’s method is to survey the
theories of major authorities on the subject at hand, so his work is a guide to
Greek and Roman thinking about the heavens.
451.Selected Orations, Volume I:
Julianic Orations
Libanius
Norman, A. F.
Libanius (314–393 CE), who was
one of the last great publicists and teachers of Greek paganism, has much to
tell us about the tumultuous world of the fourth century CE. His works include
Orations, the first of which is an autobiography, and Letters.
452.Selected
Orations, Volume II: Orations 2, 19-23, 30, 33, 45, 47-50
Libanius
Norman,
A. F.
Libanius (314–393 CE), who was one of the last great publicists and
teachers of Greek paganism, has much to tell us about the tumultuous world of
the fourth century CE. His works include Orations, the first of which is an
autobiography, and Letters.
453.Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), Volume II:
Books 7-11
Apuleius
Hanson, J. Arthur
The Metamorphoses (The Golden
Ass) of Apuleius (born c. 125 CE) is a romance combining realism and magic.
Lucius wants the sensations of a bird, but by pharmaceutical accident becomes an
ass. The bulk of the novel recounts his adventures as an animal, but Lucius also
recounts many stories he overhears, including that of Cupid and
Psyche.
454.History of the Empire, Volume I: Books
1-4
Herodian
Whittaker, C. R.
The History of Herodian (born c. 178–179
CE) is one of the few literary historical sources for the period of the Roman
empire from the death of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (180 CE) to the accession
of Gordian III (238), a period in which we can see turbulence and the onset of
revolution.
455.History of the Empire, Volume II: Books
5-8
Herodian
Whittaker, C. R.
The History of Herodian (born c. 178–179
CE) is one of the few literary historical sources for the period of the Roman
empire from the death of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (180 CE) to the accession
of Gordian III (238), a period in which we can see turbulence and the onset of
revolution.
456.Jewish Antiquities, Volume IX: Book
20
Josephus
Feldman, Louis H.
The major works of Josephus (c. 37–after
97 CE) are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BCE to his own time, and Jewish
Antiquities, from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an autobiographical Life
and a treatise Against Apion.
457.Natural Questions, Volume II: Books
4-7
Seneca
Corcoran, Thomas H.
Seneca (c. 4–65 CE) devotes most of
Naturales Quaestiones to celestial phenomena. In Book 1 he discusses fires in
the atmosphere; in 2, lightning and thunder; in 3, bodies of water. Seneca’s
method is to survey the theories of major authorities on the subject at hand, so
his work is a guide to Greek and Roman thinking about the
heavens.
458.Apollonius of Tyana, Volume III: Letters of Apollonius. Ancient
Testimonia. Eusebius's Reply to Hierocles
Philostratus
Jones, Christopher
P.
In his Life of Apollonius, Philostratus (second to third century CE)
portrays a first-century CE teacher, religious reformer, and perceived rival to
Jesus. Apollonius’s letters, ancient reports about him, and a letter by Eusebius
(fourth century CE) that is now central to the history of Philostratus’s work
add to the portrait.
459.Heros. Theophoroumene. Karchedonios. Kitharistes.
Kolax. Koneiazomenai. Leukadia. Misoumenos. Perikeiromene.
Perinthia
Menander
Arnott, W. G.
Menander (?344/3–292/1 BCE), the
dominant figure in New Comedy, wrote over 100 plays, of which one complete play,
substantial portions of six others, and smaller but interesting fragments have
been recovered. The complete play, Dyskolos (The Peevish Fellow), won first
prize in Athens in 317 BCE.
460.Samia. Sikyonioi. Synaristosai. Phasma.
Unidentified Fragments
Menander
Arnott, W. G.
Menander (?344/3–292/1
BCE), the dominant figure in New Comedy, wrote over 100 plays, of which one
complete play, substantial portions of six others, and smaller but interesting
fragments have been recovered. The complete play, Dyskolos (The Peevish Fellow),
won first prize in Athens in 317 BCE.
461.Greek Lyric, Volume IV:
Bacchylides, Corinna, and Others
Campbell, David
A.
Bacchylides
Corinna
Bacchylides wrote masterful choral poetry of
many types. Other fifth-century BCE lyricists included Myrtis, Telesilla of
Argos, Timocreon of Rhodes, Charixena, Diagoras of Melos, Ion of Chios, Praxilla
of Sicyon. More of Boeotian Corinna’s (third-century BCE?) poetry survives than
that of any other Greek woman poet except Sappho.
462.Letters to Quintus and
Brutus. Letter Fragments. Letter to Octavian. Invectives. Handbook of
Electioneering
Cicero
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
The correspondence of
Cicero (106–43 BCE) with his brother, Quintus, and with Brutus is a window onto
their world. Two invective speeches linked with Cicero are probably anonymous
exercises. The Letter to Octavian likely dates from the third or fourth century
CE. The Handbook of Electioneering was said to be written by Quintus to
Cicero.
463.Declamations, Volume I: Controversiae, Books 1-6
Seneca the
Elder
Winterbottom, Michael
Seneca the Elder (?55 BCE–40 CE) collected ten
books devoted to controversiae (some only preserved in excerpt) and at least one
(surviving) of suasoriae. Extracts from famous declaimers of Seneca’s illuminate
influences on the styles of most pagan (and many Christian) writers of the
Empire.
464.Declamations, Volume II: Controversiae, Books 7-10. Suasoriae.
Fragments
Seneca the Elder
Winterbottom, Michael
Seneca the Elder (?55
BCE–40 CE) collected ten books devoted to controversiae (some only preserved in
excerpt) and at least one (surviving) of suasoriae. Extracts from famous
declaimers of Seneca’s illuminate influences on the styles of most pagan (and
many Christian) writers of the Empire.
465.Critical Essays, Volume I: Ancient
Orators. Lysias. Isocrates. Isaeus. Demosthenes. Thucydides
Dionysius of
Halicarnassus
Usher, Stephen
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, born c. 60 BCE,
aimed in his critical essays to reassert the primacy of Greek as the literary
language of the Mediterranean world. They constitute an important development
from the somewhat mechanical techniques of rhetorical handbooks to more
sensitive criticism of individual authors.
466.Critical Essays, Volume II: On
Literary Composition. Dinarchus. Letters to Ammaeus and Pompeius
Dionysius of
Halicarnassus
Usher, Stephen
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, born c. 60 BCE,
aimed in his critical essays to reassert the primacy of Greek as the literary
language of the Mediterranean world. They constitute an important development
from the somewhat mechanical techniques of rhetorical handbooks to more
sensitive criticism of individual authors.
467.On Great Generals. On
Historians
Cornelius Nepos
Rolfe, J. C.
Cornelius Nepos (c. 99–c. 24
BCE) is the earliest biographer in Latin whose work we have. Extant are parts of
his De Viris Illustribus, including biographies of mostly Greek military
commanders and of two Latin historians, Cato and Atticus.
468.Ennead, Volume
VI: 6-9
Plotinus
Armstrong, A. H.
Plotinus (204/5–270 CE) was the first
and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his
disciple Porphyry, who published them sometime between 301 and 305 CE in six
sets of nine treatises each (Enneads), with a biography of his master in which
he also explains his editorial
principles.
469.Astronomica
Manilius
Goold, G. P.
In Astronomica
(first century CE), the earliest extant treatise we have on astrology, Manilius
provides an account of celestial phenomena and the signs of the Zodiac. He also
gives witty character sketches of persons born under particular
constellations.
470.Moralia, Volume XIII: Part 2: Stoic
Essays
Plutarch
Cherniss, Harold
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE) 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 information concerning
Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion.
471.De Causis
Plantarum, Volume I: Books 1-2
Theophrastus
Einarson, Benedict
Link,
George K. K.
Enquiry into Plants and De Causis Plantarum by Theophrastus (c.
370–c. 285 BCE) 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. Books 1 and 2 are concerned with generation,
sprouting, flowering and fruiting, and the effects of
climate.
472.Affections. Diseases 1. Diseases 2
Hippocrates
Potter,
Paul
Of the roughly seventy treatises in the Hippocratic Collection, many are
not by Hippocrates (said to have been born in Cos in or before 460 BCE), but
they are essential sources of information about the practice of medicine in
antiquity and about Greek theories concerning the human body, and he was
undeniably the “Father of Medicine.”
473.Diseases 3. Internal Affections.
Regimen in Acute Diseases
Hippocrates
Potter, Paul
Of the roughly
seventy treatises in the Hippocratic Collection, many are not by Hippocrates
(said to have been born in Cos in or before 460 BCE), but they are essential
sources of information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about
Greek theories concerning the human body, and he was undeniably the “Father of
Medicine.”
474.De Causis Plantarum, Volume II: Books
3-4
Theophrastus
Einarson, Benedict
Link, George K. K.
Enquiry into
Plants and De Causis Plantarum by Theophrastus (c. 370–c. 285 BCE) 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.
In Books 3 and 4, Theophrastus studies cultivation and agricultural
methods.
475.De Causis Plantarum, Volume III: Books
5-6
Theophrastus
Einarson, Benedict
Link, George K. K.
Enquiry into
Plants and De Causis Plantarum by Theophrastus (c. 370–c. 285 BCE) 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.
In Books 5 and 6, he discusses plant breeding; diseases and other causes of
death; and distinctive flavours and odours.
476.Greek Lyric, Volume III:
Stesichorus, Ibycus, Simonides, and Others
Campbell, David
A.
Stesichorus
Ibycus
Simonides
The most important poets writing in
Greek in the sixth century BCE came from Sicily and southern Italy. They
included Stesichorus, Ibycus, and Simonides, as well as Arion, Lasus, and
Pratinas.
477.Epidemics 2, 4-7
Hippocrates
Smith, Wesley D.
Of the
roughly seventy treatises in the Hippocratic Collection, many are not by
Hippocrates (said to have been born in Cos in or before 460 BCE), but they are
essential sources of information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and
about Greek theories concerning the human body, and he was undeniably the
“Father of Medicine.”
478.Autobiography and Selected Letters, Volume I:
Autobiography. Letters 1-50
Libanius
Norman, A. F.
Libanius (314–393
CE), who was one of the last great publicists and teachers of Greek paganism,
has much to tell us about the tumultuous world of the fourth century CE. His
works include Orations, the first of which is an autobiography, and
Letters.
479.Autobiography and Selected Letters, Volume II: Letters
51-193
Libanius
Norman, A. F.
Libanius (314–393 CE), who was one of the
last great publicists and teachers of Greek paganism, has much to tell us about
the tumultuous world of the fourth century CE. His works include Orations, the
first of which is an autobiography, and Letters.
480.Epigrams, Volume III:
Books 11-14
Martial
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
In his epigrams, Martial
(c. 40–c. 103 CE) is a keen, sharp-tongued observer of Roman scenes and events,
including the new Colosseum, country life, a debauchee’s banquet, and the
eruption of Vesuvius. His poems are sometimes obscene, in the tradition of the
genre, sometimes affectionate or amusing, and always
pointed.
481.Callirhoe
Chariton
Goold, G. P.
Chariton’s Callirhoe,
subtitled “Love Story in Syracuse,” is a fast-paced historical romance of the
first century CE and the oldest extant novel.
482.Places in Man. Glands.
Fleshes. Prorrhetic 1-2. Physician. Use of Liquids. Ulcers. Haemorrhoids and
Fistulas
Hippocrates
Potter, Paul
Of the roughly seventy treatises in
the Hippocratic Collection, many are not by Hippocrates (said to have been born
in Cos in or before 460 BCE), but they are essential sources of information
about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning
the human body, and he was undeniably the “Father of
Medicine.”
483.Fragments
Sophocles
Lloyd-Jones, Hugh
Sophocles
(497/6–406 BCE), considered one of the world’s greatest poets, forged tragedy
from the heroic excess of myth and legend. Seven complete plays are extant,
including Oedipus Tyrannus, Ajax, Antigone, and Philoctetes. Among many
fragments that also survive is a substantial portion of the satyr drama The
Searchers.
484.Children of Heracles. Hippolytus. Andromache.
Hecuba
Euripides
Kovacs, David
Euripides (c. 485–406 BCE) has been
prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his
ninety or so plays survive complete, including Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae,
one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays
also survive.
485.Nemean Odes. Isthmian Odes. Fragments
Pindar
Race,
William H.
Pindar (c. 518–438 BCE), highly esteemed as lyric poet by the
ancients, commemorates in complex verse the achievements of athletes and
powerful rulers at the four great Panhellenic festivals—the Olympic, Pythian,
Nemean, and Isthmian games—against a backdrop of divine favor, human failure,
heroic legend, and aristocratic Greek ethos.
486.Historical
Miscellany
Aelian
Wilson, Nigel G.
Aelian’s Historical Miscellany
(Varia Historia) is a pleasurable example of light reading for Romans of the
early third century. Offering engaging anecdotes about historical figures,
retellings of legendary events, and enjoyable descriptive pieces, Aelian’s
collection of nuggets and narratives appealed to a wide reading
public.
487.The Jewish War, Volume II: Books 3-4
Josephus
Thackeray, H.
St. J.
The major works of Josephus (c. 37–after 97 CE) are History of the
Jewish War, from 170 BCE to his own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from creation
to 66 CE. Also by him are an autobiographical Life and a treatise Against
Apion.
488.Clouds. Wasps. Peace
Aristophanes
Henderson,
Jeffrey
Aristophanes (c. 450–c. 386 BCE) has been admired since antiquity for
his wit, fantasy, language, and satire. Socrates’s “Thinkery” is at the center
of Clouds, which spoofs untraditional techniques for educating young men. Wasps
satirizes Athenian enthusiasm for jury service. Peace is a rollicking attack on
war-makers.
489.Jewish Antiquities, Volume VI: Books
14-15
Josephus
Marcus, Ralph
Wikgren, Allen
The major works of
Josephus (c. 37–after 97 CE) are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BCE to his
own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from creation to 66 CE. Also by him are an
autobiographical Life and a treatise Against Apion.
490.Jewish Antiquities,
Volume II: Books 4-6
Josephus
Thackeray, H. St. J.
Marcus, Ralph
The
major works of Josephus (c. 37–after 97 CE) are History of the Jewish War, from
170 BCE to his own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from creation to 66 CE. Also by
him are an autobiographical Life and a treatise Against Apion.
491.Letters to
Atticus, Volume IV
Cicero
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
In letters to his
friend Atticus, Cicero (106–43 BCE) reveals himself as to no other of his
correspondents except, perhaps, his brother, and vividly depicts a momentous
period in Roman history, marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of
the Republic.
492.Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume I: Books
1-5
Valerius Maximus
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
Valerius Maximus compiled
his handbook of notable deeds and sayings in the reign of Tiberius (14–37 CE).
Valerius’s professedly practical work contains a clear moral element and is
informative about first-century CE Roman attitudes toward religion and
morality.
493.Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume II: Books 6-9
Valerius
Maximus
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of
notable deeds and sayings in the reign of Tiberius (14–37 CE). Valerius’s
professedly practical work contains a clear moral element and is informative
about first-century CE Roman attitudes toward religion and morality.
494.The
Orator's Education, Volume V: Books 11-12
Quintilian
Russell, Donald
A.
Quintilian, born in Spain about 35 CE, became a renowned and successful
teacher of rhetoric in Rome. In The Orator’s Education (Institutio Oratoria), a
comprehensive training program in twelve books, he draws on his own rich
experience. It provides not only insights on oratory, but also a picture of
Roman education and social attitudes.
495.Bacchae. Iphigenia at Aulis.
Rhesus
Euripides
Kovacs, David
Euripides (c. 485–406 BCE) has been
prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his
ninety or so plays survive complete, including Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae,
one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays
also survive.
496.Homeric Hymns. Homeric Apocrypha. Lives of Homer
West,
Martin L.
The earliest poems extant under the title Homeric Hymns date from
the seventh century BCE. Comic poems in the Homeric Apocrypha include the Battle
of Frogs and Mice (probably not earlier than first century CE). Lives of Homer
include a version of The Contest of Homer and Hesiod that dates from the second
century BCE.
497.Greek Epic Fragments: From the Seventh to the Fifth
Centuries BC
West, Martin L.
Heroic epic of the eighth to the fifth
century BCE includes poems about Hercules and Theseus, as well as the Theban
Cycle and the Trojan Cycle. Genealogical epic of that archaic era includes poems
that create prehistories for Corinth and Samos. These works are an important
source of mythological record.
498.Thebaid, Volume II: Books 8-12.
Achilleid
Statius
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
Greek literary education and
Roman political reality are evident in the poetry of Statius (c. 50–96 CE). His
Silvae are thirty-two occasional poems. His masterpiece, the epic Thebaid,
recounts the struggle for kingship between the two sons of Oedipus. The extant
portion of his Achilleid begins an account of Achilles’s life.
499.Moralia,
Volume XVI: Index
Plutarch
O'Neil, Edward N.
Plutarch (c. 45–120 CE)
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
information concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and
religion.
500.The Lesser Declamations, Volume I
Quintilian
Shackleton
Bailey, D. R.
The Lesser Declamations perhaps date from the second century CE
and are perhaps derived from Quintilian. The collection originally consisted of
388 sample cases for legal training. 145 survive. Comments and suggestions the
instructor adds to his model speeches for fictitious court cases offer insight
into Roman law and education.
501.The Lesser Declamations, Volume
II
Quintilian
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
The Lesser Declamations perhaps
date from the second century CE and are perhaps derived from Quintilian. The
collection originally consisted of 388 sample cases for legal training. 145
survive. Comments and suggestions the instructor adds to his model speeches for
fictitious court cases offer insight into Roman law and
education.
502.Fragments
Aristophanes
Henderson,
Jeffrey
Aristophanes (c. 450–c. 386 BCE) has been admired since antiquity for
his wit, fantasy, language, and satire. Over forty of his plays were read in
antiquity, from which nearly a thousand fragments survive. These provide a
fuller picture of the poet’s comic vitality and a wealth of information and
insights about his world.
503.The Shield. Catalogue of Women. Other
Fragments
Hesiod
Most, Glenn W.
Though attributed to Hesiod (eighth or
seventh century BCE) in antiquity, the Catalogue of Women, a presentation of
legendary Greek heroes and episodes according to maternal genealogy; The Shield,
a counterpoint to the Iliadic shield of Achilles; and certain poems that survive
as fragments were likely not composed by Hesiod himself.
504.Fragments:
Aegeus-Meleager
Euripides
Collard, Christopher
Cropp,
Martin
Euripides (c. 485–406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his
emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive
complete, including Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae, one of the great
masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also
survive.
505.Fragments
Aeschylus
Sommerstein, Alan H.
Aeschylus (c.
525–456 BCE) is the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world’s great
art forms. Seven of his eighty or so plays survive complete, including the
Oresteia trilogy and the Persians, the only extant Greek historical drama.
Fragments of his lost plays also survive.
506.Fragments: Oedipus-Chrysippus.
Other Fragments
Euripides
Collard, Christopher
Cropp,
Martin
Euripides (c. 485–406 BCE) has been prized in every age for his
emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive
complete, including Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae, one of the great
masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also
survive.
507.Philippics 7-14
Cicero
Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
We know
more of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE), 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 Caesar in a tottering republic.
508.Hellenistic Collection:
Philitas. Alexander of Aetolia. Hermesianax. Euphorion. Parthenius
Lightfoot,
J. L.
Works by authors such as Philitas of Cos, Alexander of Aetolia,
Hermesianax of Colophon, Euphorion of Chalcis and, especially, Parthenius of
Nicaea, who composed the mythograpical Sufferings in Love, represent rich
inventiveness in Hellenistic prose and poetry from the fourth to the first
century BCE.
509.Coan Prenotions. Anatomical and Minor Clinical
Writings
Hippocrates
Potter, Paul
Of the roughly seventy treatises in
the Hippocratic Collection, many are not by Hippocrates (said to have been born
in Cos in or before 460 BCE), but they are essential sources of information
about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning
the human body, and he was undeniably the “Father of
Medicine.”
510.Saturnalia, Volume I: Books 1-2
Macrobius
Kaster, Robert
A.
Macrobius’s Saturnalia, an encyclopedic celebration of Roman culture
written in the early fifth century CE, has been prized since the Renaissance as
a treasure trove of otherwise unattested lore. Cast in the form of a dialogue it
treats diverse topics while showcasing Virgil as master of all human knowledge,
from diction to religion.
511.Saturnalia, Volume II: Books
3-5
Macrobius
Kaster, Robert A.
Macrobius’s Saturnalia, an encyclopedic
celebration of Roman culture written in the early fifth century CE, has been
prized since the Renaissance as a treasure trove of otherwise unattested lore.
Cast in the form of a dialogue, it treats diverse topics while showcasing Virgil
as master of all human knowledge, from diction to religion.
512.Saturnalia,
Volume III: Books 6-7
Macrobius
Kaster, Robert A.
Macrobius’s
Saturnalia, an encyclopedic celebration of Roman culture written in the early
fifth century CE, has been prized since the Renaissance as a treasure trove of
otherwise unattested lore. Cast in the form of a dialogue, it treats diverse
topics while showcasing Virgil as master of all human knowledge, from diction to
religion.
513.Fragments of Old Comedy, Volume I: Alcaeus to
Diocles
Storey, Ian C.
The era of Old Comedy (c. 485–c. 380 BCE), when
theatrical comedy was created and established, is best known through the extant
plays of Aristophanes. But the work of many other poets, including Cratinus and
Eupolis, the other members, with Aristophanes, of the canonical Old Comic Triad,
survives in fragments.
514.Fragments of Old Comedy, Volume II: Diopeithes to
Pherecrates
Storey, Ian C.
The era of Old Comedy (c. 485–c. 380 BCE), when
theatrical comedy was created and established, is best known through the extant
plays of Aristophanes. But the work of many other poets, including Cratinus and
Eupolis, the other members, with Aristophanes, of the canonical Old Comic Triad,
survives in fragments.
515.Fragments of Old Comedy, Volume III: Philonicus to
Xenophon. Adespota
Storey, Ian C.
The era of Old Comedy (c. 485–c. 380
BCE), when theatrical comedy was created and established, is best known through
the extant plays of Aristophanes. But the work of many other poets, including
Cratinus and Eupolis, the other members, with Aristophanes, of the canonical Old
Comic Triad, survives in fragments.
516.Method of Medicine, Volume I: Books
1-4
Galen
Johnston, Ian
Horsley, G. H. R.
In Method of Medicine,
Galen (129–199 CE) provides a comprehensive and influential account of the
principles of treating injury and disease. Enlivening the detailed case studies
are many theoretical and polemical discussions, acute social commentary, and
personal reflections.
517.Method of Medicine, Volume II: Books
5-9
Galen
Johnston, Ian
Horsley, G. H. R.
In Method of Medicine,
Galen (129–199 CE) provides a comprehensive and influential account of the
principles of treating injury and disease. Enlivening the detailed case studies
are many theoretical and polemical discussions, acute social commentary, and
personal reflections.
***
518.Method of Medicine, Volume III: Books
10-14
Galen
Johnston, Ian
Horsley, G. H. R.
In Method of Medicine,
Galen (129–199 CE) provides a comprehensive and influential account of the
principles of treating injury and disease. Enlivening the detailed case studies
are many theoretical and polemical discussions, acute social commentary, and
personal reflections.
519. "The Learned Banqueters", Volume VIII: Book 15.
General Indexes -- Athenaeus -- Olson, S. Douglas -- In The Learned Banqueters,
Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote
extensively from Greek literature. The work (which dates to the very end of the
second century AD) is amusing reading and of extraordinary value as a treasury
of quotations from works now lost.
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520.
"Generation". "Nature of the Child". "
Diseases 4". "Nature of Women and Barrenness" -- Hippocrates -- Potter,
Paul -- This volume, the tenth of Hippocrates’ invaluable texts on the practice
of medicine in antiquity, provides essential information about human
reproduction and reproductive disorders and expounds a general theory of
physiology and pathology, in five Greek treatises presented with facing English
translation.
*****
521.
"Heroicus". "Gymnasticus". "Discourses 1 and
2" -- FILOSTRATO -- Rusten, Jeffrey -- König, Jason. Philostratus’s writings
embody the height of the renaissance of Greek literature in the second century
CE. "Heroicus" is a vineyard conversation about the beauty, continuing powers, and
worship of the Homeric heroes. "Gymnasticus" is the sole surviving ancient
treatise on sports, which reshapes conventional ideas about the athletic
body.
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