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Virgil: Aeneid IV
In Book IV of Virgil's "Aeneid", one of the most studied books of that epic poem, Dido, queen of Carthage, is inflamed by love for Aeneas. The goddesses Juno and Venus plot to …
Caesar: Gallic War I
Book I of Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War starts with an account of Gaul and goes on to cover Caesar's defeat of first the Helvetians and then the Germans under Ariovistus. …
Catullus: Poems
Catullus, who lived from about 84 to 54 BC, was one of ancient Rome’s most gifted, versatile and passionate poets. Living at a time of radical social change at the end of the Roman …
Horace: Odes
The Odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. This edition of the Odes was first published in the outstanding ‘red Macmillan’ series, in which it …
Livy: Book V
Book V of Livy’s history of Rome is one of the most stirring. It contains a double climax: the capture by the Romans of their Etruscan neighbour, Veii; and the sack of Rome by the …
Plautus: Amphitruo
This school edition was first published in 1960. It includes an introduction discussing date, sources, revivals, manuscripts, metre, arguments and prologues. The Latin text is …
Two Centuries of Roman Poetry
First published by Macmillian in 1964, this book is designed to introduce students to a wider range of Latin poetry than they would encounter in a simple author prescription. The …
Tacitus: Annals XIV
This edition of the fourteenth book of Tacitus’ Annals remains one of the most thorough editions of any book of Tacitus for use by school adn undergraduate students. Its …
Pliny the Elder: The Natural History Book VII (with Book VIII 1-34)
Pliny the Elder's Natural History is a vast encyclopaedia, surveying natural phenomena from cosmology to biology, medicine to magic. Direct observation, informed speculation and …
Cicero: In Catilinam I and II
This edition, first published by Macmillan in 1943, has the straightforward utilitarian aims of all those prepared by H.E. Gould and J.L. Whiteley: a basic introduction, reliable …
Ovid: Amores III, a Selection: 2, 4, 5, 14
Introductory essays by Jennifer Ingleheart discuss Ovid's historical and literary context, and offer an overview of the Amores as a whole. In addition, each poem is accompanied by …