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First published by Macmillan in 1972 as a sequel to the successful
Two Centuries of Roman Poetry, this volume is also designed to
introduce students to a wider range of Latin prose than they would
normally encounter in a single-author prescription. From the first
century BC the authors represented are Cicero (including letters
and philosophy as well as oratory) Sallust, Livy and Cornelius
Nepos; from silver Latin of the first century AD, Seneca,
Petronius, Tacitus and the younger Pliny. Apart from the range of
prose styles and genres included, all the passages are chosen for
their intrinsic interest: Tacitus on the British (Agricola),
Petronius on the werewolf (Satyricon), Livy on Hannibal in the alps
(Book XXX) Taciltus on the death of Agrippina (Annals XIV), Pliny
on the landscape at the source of the Clitumnus (Letters 8, 8).
There are extensive notes on language, content and a full
vocabulary.
This selection includes 450 lines of Martial and 580 of Pliny the
Younger. The introduction deals with scansion and gives an outline
of Martial's life and this relations with Pliny. Thirty-three
epigrams follow, arranged by their traditional numbering, with
copious notes on each extract. The extracts from Pliny follow,
covering topics such as the eruption of Vesuvius and the Christians
in Bithynia.
Book VI of Caesar's description of his campaigns in Gaul deals with
events of 53 BC, teh year after his major expedition to Britain. He
suppresses revolts in Northern Gaul and crosses the Rhine to deal
with maurauding Germans, then pursues the chieftain Ambiorix into
the Ardennes, leaving Q. Cicero (the orator's younger brother) at
Arduatuca with the Fourteenth Legion where the camp is attacked and
casualties inflicted by German forces. The central section contains
a description of the customs of the northern Gauls and Germans, in
particular the practices of Druidism.Full annotation on linguistic
matters, and a comprehensive vocabulary, makes this book ideal for
post-beginners tackling their first Latin prose, or preparing for
examination.
Book III of Caesar's "de Bello Civili" is arguably the most
interesting he ever wrote, containing as it does the two major
campaigns of Dyrrachium and of Pharsalus - Caesar's titanic
struggle with his arch-rival Pompey. This edition, first published
in 1941, remains an extremely serviceable introduction. It was
designed with the comparative beginner in mind. An introduction
contains the historical background; extensive annotation gives
assistance with linguistic difficulties; and there is a full
vocabulary. There are full chapter headings in English enabling the
reader to follow the narrative and easily select sections of most
interest.
First published by Macmillian in 1964, this volume is designed to
introduce students to a wider range of Latin poetry than they would
encounter in a simple author prescription. The first century BC is
represented by Lucretius and Catullus, the Augustan era by Virgil,
Horace and Ovid, and the Silver age by Juvenal and Martial.
Passages are chosen for their own intrinsic interest - Ovid on
Romulus and Remus, Juvenal on the dangers of Rome at night, the
sheild of Aeneas from Virgil Aeneid VIII; they cover a wide variety
of genres and styles - both Satires and Odes of Horace, elegiacs
from the Fasti and hexameters from the Metamorphoses of Ovid. There
are extensive notes on language and content, an introduction on
metre and a full vocabulary.
This school edition gives the Latin text of Book II of Julius
Caesar's "De Bello Gallico," with an Introduction givingbackground
information on Gaul, the military situation, the Roman army, the
author and his book. The extensive grammatical notes give
considerable help to the student. A vocabulary is included.
This volume provides a thorough philological and dramatic
commentary on Euripides' Phoenissae, the first detailed commentary
in English since 1911. An introduction surveys the play, its
possible date, features of the original production, the background
of Theban myth, the general problem of interpolation, and the
textual tradition. The commentary treats the constitution of the
text, noteworthy features of diction and style, dramatic technique
and structure, and the controversies over possible later additions
to the text.
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