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Plutarch: The Life of Cicero
Plutarch has always been one of the most popular Classical authors. Diversity and importance of theme, flexibility and richness of style, descriptive and narrative flair, …
Aristophanes: Frogs
Aristophanes' "Frogs" was produced in 405BC, shortly after the deaths of two great veteran Athenian tragic dramatists Euripides and Sophocles. This edition combines an English …
Plato: Symposium
An examination of the "Symposium" which aims to increase understanding and shed light on the philosophical aspects of the dialogue. This edition includes a substantial body of …
Xenophon: Hellenika II.3.11 - IV.2.8
"It is the best of Xenophon, it is the worst of Xenophon. Readers looking for a carefully researched, well balanced, and reliable narrative of Greek affairs from 404 to 395 (BC) …
Euripides: Trojan Women
Trojan Women is very much a play for our times. Strongly against war, it shows its aftermath through the eyes of a group of women, members of the Trojan royal household. They have …
Greek Orators III: Isocrates, Panegyricus and Ad Nicolem
Two contrasting works, both in style and content, illustrate the versatility of Isocrates, the most accomplished writer of polished periodic Greek prose. The Panegyricus is a …
Hellenica Oxyrhynchia
The Hellenica Oxyrhynchia, substantial fragments of history by an anonymous 4th century writer, cover the years 410 BC and 396 BC a period which is at the heart of most students' …
Greek Orators IV: Andocides
Rational persuasion and appeal to an audience's emotions are elements of most literature, but they are found in their purest form in oratory. The speeches written by the Greek …
Aristophanes: Birds
Birds was produced at the City Dionysia in the spring of 414 BC. It differs from all the other fifth-century plays of Aristophanes that survive in having no strong and obvious …
Lucian: A Selection
Lucian lived in the second century AD and though his mother tongue was probably Aramaic he was famous for his witty satire and polished Greek. The aim of this selection is to …