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Hellenistic Collection by J. L. Lightfoot
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $26.73A miscellany of learned literature from Alexandria and beyond.This volume presents a selection of Hellenistic prose and poetry, ranging chronologically from Philitas of Cos through Alexander of... -
Thebaid, Volume I: Books 1-7 Statius 9780674012080
SciFier: $33.71Fraternal strife.Statius published his Thebaid in the last decade of the first century. This epic recounting the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the kingship of Thebes is his... -
Dionysiaca, Volume II: Books 16-35 Nonnos 9780674993914
SciFier: $33.71Epic revels.Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt, who lived in the fifth century of our era, composed the last great epic poem of antiquity. The Dionysiaca, in forty-eight books, has for its chief theme the... -
Dionysiaca, Volume I: Books 1-15 Nonnos 9780674993792
SciFier: $33.71Epic revels.Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt, who lived in the fifth century of our era, composed the last great epic poem of antiquity. The Dionysiaca, in forty-eight books, has for its chief theme the... -
Dionysiaca, Volume III: Books 36-48 Nonnos 9780674993938
SciFier: $33.71Epic revels.Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt, who lived in the fifth century of our era, composed the last great epic poem of antiquity. The Dionysiaca, in forty-eight books, has for its chief theme the... -
Heroides. Amores by Ovid
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $26.73Two early works by the consummate Latin love poet.Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BC-AD 17), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and... -
Metamorphoses, Volume I by Ovid
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $26.73The poetry of change.Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BC-AD 17), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to... -
Odyssey, Volume II by Homer
SciFier: $33.51The hero's journey home from war.Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the resplendent epic tale of Odysseus' long journey home from the Trojan War and the legendary temptations, delays,... -
Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume I: Books 1-5 Valerius Maximus 9780674995413
SciFier: $26.73Exemplary wisdom from ancient Rome.Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings during the reign of Tiberius (AD 14-37). The collection was admired in antiquity and has... -
Daphnis and Chloe. Anthia and Habrocomes by Longus
SciFier: $33.71Two racy Greek romances.In Longus' ravishing Daphnis and Chloe (second or early third century AD), one of the great works of world literature, an innocent boy and girl gradually discover their... -
The Library, Volume II by Apollodorus
SciFier: $33.71Antiquity's most influential mythological handbook.The Library provides in three books a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends. Written in clear and unaffected style, the ... -
Eclogues. Georgics. Aeneid: Books 1-6 by Virgil
SciFier: $33.55"The classic of all Europe." -T. S. EliotVirgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) was born in 70 BC near Mantua and was educated at Cremona, Milan, and Rome. Slow in speech, shy in manner, thoughtful in mind,... -
Aeneid: Books 7-12. Appendix Vergiliana by Virgil
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $26.73"The classic of all Europe." -T. S. EliotVirgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) was born in 70 BC near Mantua and was educated at Cremona, Milan, and Rome. Slow in speech, shy in manner, thoughtful in... -
The Library, Volume I by Apollodorus
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $26.73Antiquity's most influential mythological handbook.The Library provides in three books a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends. Written in clear and unaffected style, the... -
History of Rome, Volume I by Livy
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $26.73Rome, from the beginning.Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BC; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium, in AD 12 or 17... -
The Downward Journey or The Tyrant. Zeus Catechized. Zeus Rants. The Dream or The Cock. Prometheus. Icaromenippus or The Sky-man. Timon or The Misanthrope. Charon or The Inspectors. Philosophies for Sale by Lucian
SciFier: $33.71Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful... -
The Passing of Peregrinus. The Runaways. Toxaris or Friendship. The Dance. Lexiphanes. The Eunuch. Astrology. The Mistaken Critic. The Parliament of the Gods. The Tyrannicide. Disowned by Lucian
SciFier: $33.71Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful... -
Phalaris. Hippias or The Bath. Dionysus. Heracles. Amber or The Swans. The Fly. Nigrinus. Demonax. The Hall. My Native Land. Octogenarians. A True Story. Slander. The Consonants at Law. The Carousal (Symposium) or The Lapiths by Lucian
SciFier: $33.71Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful... -
Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), Volume II by Apuleius
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $33.03A beguiling tale of mistaken transformation.In the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, also known as The Golden Ass, we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful... -
Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume II: Books 6-9 Valerius Maximus 9780674995420
SciFier: $33.71Exemplary wisdom from ancient Rome.Valerius Maximus compiled his handbook of notable deeds and sayings during the reign of Tiberius (AD 14-37). The collection was admired in antiquity and has... -
Roman History, Volume IV: Books 41-45 Dio Cassius 9780674990739
SciFier: $33.71A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of... -
Roman History, Volume I: Books 1-11 Dio Cassius 9780674990364
SciFier: $33.71A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia)... -
Astronomica by Manilius
SciFier: $33.71Poetry of the sky and stars.Marcus Manilius, who lived in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, is the author of the earliest treatise on astrology we possess. His Astronomica, a Latin didactic poem... -
Roman History, Volume III: Books 36-40 Dio Cassius 9780674990593
SciFier: $33.71A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of... -
Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), Volume I by Apuleius
SciFier: $33.71A beguiling tale of mistaken transformation.In the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, also known as The Golden Ass, we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful... -
Roman History, Volume II: Books 12-35 Dio Cassius 9780674990418
SciFier: $33.71A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of... -
Elegies by Propertius
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $26.73Learned love poems from the early Augustan age.The passionate and dramatic elegies of Propertius gained him a reputation as one of Rome's finest love poets. Here he portrays the exciting, uneven... -
Cyropaedia, Volume II: Books 5-8 Xenophon 9780674990586
SciFier: $33.71A royal education.Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BC) was a wealthy Athenian and friend of Socrates. He left Athens in 401 and joined an expedition including ten thousand Greeks led by the Persian... -
Cyropaedia, Volume I: Books 1-4 Xenophon 9780674990579
SciFier: $26.73A royal education.Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BC) was a wealthy Athenian and friend of Socrates. He left Athens in 401 and joined an expedition including ten thousand Greeks led by the Persian... -
Leucippe and Clitophon by Achilles Tatius
SciFier: $33.71A charming Greek romance narrated by its hero.Achilles Tatius was a Greek from Alexandria in Egypt; he is now believed to have flourished in the second century AD. Of his life nothing is known,... -
Historical Miscellany Aelian 9780674995352
SciFier: $33.71A literary cabinet of curiosities.Aelian's Historical Miscellany is a pleasurable example of light reading for Romans of the early third century. Offering engaging anecdotes about historical figures,... -
The Shield. Catalogue of Women. Other Fragments by Hesiod
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $33.03Antiquity's original didactic poet.Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but he has often been... -
Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia by Hesiod
RRP: $33.43SciFier: $26.73Antiquity's original didactic poet.Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but he has often been... -
Works: v. 6 Lucian 9780674994744
SciFier: $33.71Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful... -
Fables by Babrius
SciFier: $33.71Fabulous verse.Babrius is the reputed author of a collection (discovered in the 19th century) of more than 125 fables based on those called Aesop's, in Greek verse. He may have been a Hellenized... -
Lucian, Volume I: Phalaris I-II. Hippias. Dionysus. Heracles. On Amber. The Fly. Nigrinus. Demonax. On the Hall. Encomium of the Fatherland. The Long-Lived. True Stories I-II. Slander. Lawsuit of the Consonants. Symposium Lucian 9780674997707
SciFier: $30.07Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian of Samosata on the Euphrates (fl. AD 160-190) ranks among the most dazzlingly creative, virtuosic, and boldly original writers of antiquity. Although he more than... -
The Dead Come to Life or the Fisherman: The Double Indictment: v. 3 Lucian 9780674991446
SciFier: $33.71Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful... -
Works: v. 4 Lucian 9780674991798
SciFier: $33.71Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful... -
Roman History: v. 5 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674990913
SciFier: $33.71A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of... -
Roman History: v. 6 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674990920
SciFier: $33.71A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of...