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General Interest A Loeb Classical Library Reader Product Details: Category: Books ISBN: 067499616X Title: A Loeb Classical Library Reader The Fast Free Shipping Author: Loeb Classical Library Publisher: Harvard University Press Year Published: 2006 Number of Pages: 240 Book Binding: Paperback / softback Prizes: Book Condition: GOOD SKU: CIN067499616XG Item description A paperback anthology of essential Greek and Latin texts with facing English translations. It is ideal reading for bar, bus, bed or beach. Everyone, teacher and taught alike, should have one. It is this years must-have present.The Journal of Classics Teaching This selection of lapidary nuggets drawn from thirty-three of antiquitys major authors includes poetry, dialogue, philosophical writing, history, descriptive reports, satire, and fictiongiving a glimpse at the wide range of arts and sciences, thought and styles, of Greco-Roman culture.The selections span twelve centuries, from Homer to Saint Jerome. The texts and translations are reproduced as they appear in Loeb volumes.The Loeb Classical Library is the only existing series that, through original text and English translation, gives access to all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. A Loeb Classical Library Reader offers a unique sampling of this treasure trove.In these pages you will find, for example: Odysseus tricking the Cyclops in order to escape from the giants cave; Zeus creating the first woman, Pandora, cause of mortals hardships ever after; the Athenian general Nicias dissuading his countrymen from invading Sicily; Socrates, condemned to die, saying farewell; a description of Herods fortified palace at Masada; Ciceros thoughts on what we owe our fellow men; Livys description of the rape of the Sabine women; Manilius on the signs of the zodiac; and Plinys observation of the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79.Here you can enjoy looking in on people, real and imaginary, who figure prominently in ancient history, and on notable events. Here, too, you can relish classical poetry and comedy, and get a taste of the ideas characteristic of the splendid culture to which we are heir. 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