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Lysias: Selected Speeches
The Greek prose writer Lysias is a fascinating source for the study of Athenian law, society and history in the late fifth century BC. Six of his professional legal speeches are …
Herodotus: Histories Book VIII
The Battle of Salamis was the first great (and unexpected) victory of the Greeks over the Persian forces under Xerxes, whose defeat had important consequences for the subsequent …
Plutarch: How to Study Poetry (De audiendis poetis)
Plutarch's essay 'How to Study Poetry' offers a set of reading practices intended to remove the potential damage that poetry can do to the moral health of young readers. It opens a …
Demosthenes: Selected Political Speeches
Demosthenes, as an emerging political leader in fourth-century Athens, delivered a series of fiery speeches to the citizens in the democratic Assembly, attacking the Macedonian …
Demosthenes: Selected Private Speeches
The four private speeches contained in this collection were functional artefacts whose object was to persuade a jury numbered in hundreds by manipulating both the facts of the case …
Demosthenes: On the Crown
Demosthenes' speech On the Crown is one of the finest artistic achievements of Greek prose. Delivered in an Athenian court in 330 BCE, and circulated in written form soon …
Xenophon on Government
Xenophon of Athens was a pupil of Socrates and a philosopher in his own right. He wrote two of the texts included in this volume, the Hiero (On Tyranny) and the Constitution of the …
A Hellenistic Anthology
This book is an anthology of Greek poetry written during the third to first centuries BC, the Hellenistic period. It is intended to make available to undergraduates and graduate …
Plutarch: Life of Antony
Plutarch's Life of Antony is a work remarkable for its colourful narrative and vivid characterisation of Antony and Cleopatra. This book presents the Greek text of the Life, …
Homer: Odyssey Books XIX and XX
The Odyssey, besides being one of the world’s first and best adventure stories, is a poem of great subtlety, rich in irony and sophisticated characterisation. The poet’s art is …
Plautus: Menaechmi
Menaechmi is one of Plautus’ liveliest and most entertaining comedies, the main inspiration for Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. Dr Gratwick’s edition brings new light to bear …
Juvenal: Satire 6
Juvenal's sixth Satire is a masterpiece of comic hyperbole, an outrageous rant against women and marriage which, in its breadth and density, represents the high point of the …