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Enquiry into Plants and De Causis Plantarum by Theophrastus (ca. 370–ca. 285 BC) are a counterpart to Aristotle’s zoological work and the most important botanical work of antiquity now extant. Meer
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History of the Wars by Procopius (late fifth century to after AD 558) consists largely of sixth-century military history, with much information about peoples, places, and special events. Meer
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Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), ca. AD 150–235, was born in Bithynia. Dio’s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the first four Roman emperors. Meer
GebondenEngels9780674991705
1-7-1989
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Historical works by Bede (672 or 673–735) 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. Meer
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Historical works by Bede (672 or 673–735) 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. Meer
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Of more than seventy works by Varro (116–27 BC) we have only his treatise On Agriculture and part of his 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. Meer
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Of more than seventy works by Varro (116–27 BC) we have only his treatise On Agriculture and part of his 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. Meer
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Plutarch (ca. AD 45–120) 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). Meer
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15-9-2000
Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings in the reign of Tiberius (AD 14–37). His professedly practical work contains a clear moral element and is informative about first-century AD Roman attitudes toward religion and morality. Meer
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1-1-1994
Sophocles (497/6–406 BC), 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. Meer
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1-6-2015
Theocritus (early third century BC) was the inventor of the bucolic genre, also known as pastoral. The present edition of his work, along with that of his successors Moschus (fl. Meer
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5-1-2011
Saturnalia has been prized since the Renaissance as a treasure trove of otherwise unattested lore. Meer
GebondenEngels9780674997295
9-6-2020
Appian (ca. AD 95–161) is a principal source for the history of the Roman Republic. His theme is the process by which Rome achieved her contemporary prosperity, and his method is to trace in individual books the story of each nation’s wars with Rome up through her own civil wars. Meer
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Leucippe and Clitophon, written in the second century AD, is exceptional among the ancient romances in being a first-person narrative: the adventures of the young couple are recounted by the hero himself. Meer
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Cyropaedia is a historical romance on the education of the sixth-century BC Persian king Cyrus the Great that reflects Xenophon’s ideas about rulers and government. Meer
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Nearly all the works that Aristotle (384–322 BC) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture-materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). Meer
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1-7-1989