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Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus c. Seven of his eighty or so plays survive complete, including the Oresteia trilogy and the Persians , the only extant Greek historical drama. Oresteia: Agamemnon. Ancient Medicine. Airs, Waters, Places. Epidemics 1 and 3.

The Oath. Regimen in Acute Diseases. The Sacred Disease. The Art. Physician Ch. On Wounds in the Head. In the Surgery. On Fractures. On Joints. Nature of Man. Regimen in Health. Regimen Heracleitus: On the Universe. Compendium of Roman History. Res Gestae Divi Augusti. Ecclesiastical History, Volume I: Books Eusebius , Bishop of Caesarea from about CE, was the most important writer in the age of Constantine. His history of the Christian church from the ministry of Jesus to CE is a treasury of information, especially on the Eastern centers.

On Old Age. On Friendship. On Divination. Demosthenes — BCE , orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who also became a champion of Athenian greatness and Greek resistance to Philip of Macedon. His steadfastness, pungent argument, and control of language gained him early reputation as the best of Greek orators, and his works provide vivid pictures of contemporary life.

Aeneas Tacticus, Asclepiodotus, and Onasander. The surviving work of Aeneas fourth century BCE is on defense against siege. Asclepiodotus first century BCE wrote a work on tactics as though for the lecture room, based on earlier manuals, not personal experience. Julian, Volume 3: Letters.

Against the Galilaeans. Pro Archia. Post Reditum in Senatu. Post Reditum ad Quirites. De Domo Sua. De Haruspicum Responsis. Pro Plancio. The main part of his history covers the years — BC, describing the rise of Rome, the destruction of Carthage, and the eventual domination of the Greek world.

It is a vital achievement despite the incomplete survival of all but the first five of forty books. For this six-volume edition of The Histories , W. All but the first five of forty volumes survive in an incomplete state. Volume VI includes fragments unattributed to particular books of The Histories.

Anacharsis or Athletics. Menippus or The Descent into Hades. On Funerals. A Professor of Public Speaking. Alexander the False Prophet. Essays in Portraiture. Essays in Portraiture Defended. The Goddesse of Surrye. The Merchant. The Braggart Soldier. The Ghost.

The Persian. In Lysis , Socrates meets two young men at a wrestling school; in Symposium , he joins a company of accomplished men at a drinking party; and in Phaedrus , experimental speeches about love lead to a discussion of rhetoric. Greater Hippias. Lesser Hippias. In Memorabilia and in Oeconomicus , a dialogue about household management, we see the philosopher Socrates through the eyes of his associate, Xenophon. In the Symposium , we obtain insight on life in Athens. The Aqueducts of Rome , written in 97—98, gives some historical details and a description of the aqueducts for the water supply of the city, with laws relating to them.

Aristophanes c. In Acharnians a small landowner, tired of the Peloponnesian War, magically arranges a personal peace treaty; Knights is perhaps the most biting satire of a political figure Cleon ever written. Women at the Thesmophoria. The protagonists of Birds create a utopian counter-Athens. In Lysistrata wives go on conjugal strike until their husbands end war. Women in Women at the Thesmophoria punish Euripides for portraying them as wicked.

Traditional Aeschylus and modern Euripides compete in Frogs. In Assemblywomen , Athenian women plot against male misgovernance. Lucretius lived ca. In his didactic poem De Rerum Natura On the Nature of Things he expounds Epicurean philosophy so as to dispel fear of the gods and death, and promote spiritual tranquility. Constitution of the Lacedaemonians. Ways and Means. Cavalry Commander.

Art of Horsemanship. On Hunting. Constitution of the Athenians. Minor works by Xenophon c. The Constitution of the Athenians , though not by Xenophon, is an interesting document on Athenian politics. Diogenes Laertius probably early third century BCE compiled his compendium on the lives and doctrines of the ancient philosophers from hundreds of sources. It ranges over three centuries, from Thales to Epicurus, portraying 45 important figures, and is enriched by numerous quotations.

The major works of Josephus c. Also by him are an autobiographical Life and a treatise Against Apion. Basil the Great was born into a family noted for piety. About he founded a convent in Pontus and in succeeded Eusebius in the archbishopric of Caesarea. His reform of monastic life in the east is the basis of modern Greek and Slavonic monasteries. Aristotle — BC , the great Greek thinker, researcher, and educator, ranks among the most important and influential figures in the history of philosophy, theology, and science.

In the Satires Horace mocks himself as well as the world. His verse epistles include the Art of Poetry , in which he famously expounds his literary theory.

Aulus Gellius ca. Moralia, I: The Education of Children. On Listening to Lectures. How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend. His extant works other than the Parallel Lives are varied, about sixty in number, and known as the Moralia Moral Essays. They reflect his philosophy about living a good life, and provide a treasury of information concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion. Pro Lege Manilia.

Pro Caecina. Pro Cluentio. Pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo. Longinus: On the Sublime. Demetrius: On Style. Hamilton Demetrius Innes, Doreen C. Rhys Roberts, W. The subject of On the Sublime , attributed to an unidentifiable Longinus and probably composed in the first century CE, is greatness in writing.

On Style , attributed to an unidentifiable Demetrius and perhaps composed in the second century BCE, analyzes four literary styles. Alcibiades I and II. The Lovers. Isaeus c. He shares with Lysias pure Attic and lucidity of style, but his more aggressive and flexible presentation undoubtedly influenced Demosthenes. Of at least fifty attributed orations, there survive eleven on legacy cases and a large fragment dealing with a claim of citizenship.

In The Learned Banqueters late-2nd century CE , Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work provides quotations from works now lost, and preserves information about wide range of information about Greek culture. Letters to Friends, Volume I: Letters The verse is light in touch, with a distinct pictorial quality.

Mozley, is now reissued with corrections by Christopher A. Greek literary education and Roman political reality are evident in the poetry of Statius c. His Silvae are thirty-two occasional poems. His masterpiece, the epic Thebaid , recounts the struggle for kingship between the two sons of Oedipus. To Demonicus. To Nicocles.

Nicocles or the Cyprians. To Philip. Twenty-one discourses by Isocrates survive; these include political essays, treatises on education and on ethics, and speeches for legal cases. Nine letters, more on public than private matters, are also extant. De Constantia. De Ira. De Clementia. In Moral Essays , Seneca c. History of the Wars, Volume V: Books 7. Discourses, Books The Encheiridion.

In Fishing , Oppian of Cilicia, who flourished in the latter half of the second century CE, discusses fish and gives angling instructions. The Chase , on hunting, may be the work of a Syrian imitator. The poem is also called Pharsalia. Against Verres, Part 1; Part 2, Books 1—2. On Having Many Friends.

Virtue and Vice. Letter of Condolence to Apollonius. Advice About Keeping Well. Advice to Bride and Groom. The Dinner of the Seven Wise Men. Herodas: Mimes. Sophron and Other Mime Fragments. Fictionalized faults are the focus of Characters by Theophrastus c. The Hellenistic poet Herodas wrote mimes in which everyday life is portrayed and character—as opposed to plot—depicted.

Mimes by Sophron fifth century BCE and anonymous mime fragments also represent that genre. On the Creation. Allegorical Interpretation of Genesis 2 and 3. In attempting to reconcile biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had wide influence on Christian and Jewish religious thought.

On the Cherubim. The Sacrifices of Abel and Cain. The Worse Attacks the Better. On the Posterity and Exile of Cain. On the Giants. On the Peace. Against the Sophists. Florus second century CE wrote, in brief pointed rhetorical style, a two-book summary of Roman history especially military in order to show the greatness and decline of Roman morals.

Art of Love. Remedies for Love. Sea Fishing. His Ibis is an elegiac curse-poem. History of Rome, Volume V: Books 21— This Loeb edition replaces the original by B. Anabasis of Alexander, Volume I: Books The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian ca. Orations, Volume I: Orations and Olynthiacs Philippic 1. Philippic 2. On Halonnesus.

On the Chersonese. Philippics 3 and 4. Answer to Philip's Letter. Philip's Letter. On Organization. On the Navy-boards. For the Liberty of the Rhodians. For the P. Pro Quinctio. Pro Roscio Amerino. Pro Roscio Comoedo. On the Agrarian Law. Jewish Antiquities, Volume I: Books Lysias c. Of a much larger number about thirty complete speeches by him survive. Fluent, simple, and graceful in style yet vivid in description, they suggest a passionate partisan who was also a gentle, humorous man.

Sayings of Romans. Sayings of Spartans. The Ancient Customs of the Spartans. Sayings of Spartan Women. Bravery of Women. Ecclesiastical History, Volume I: Books 1—3. On the Unchangeableness of God. On Husbandry. Concerning Noah's Work As a Planter.

On Drunkenness. On Sobriety. Lives of the Abbots. Letter to Egbert. Histories: Books Annals: Books De Spectaculis. Minucius Felix: Octavius. Tertullian c. Octavius by Minucius , an early Christian writer of unknown date, is a debate between belief and unbelief that depicts Roman religion and society. On Architecture , completed by Vitruvius sometime before 27 CE and the only work of its kind to survive antiquity, serves not professionals but readers who want to understand architecture.

Topics include town planning, building materials, temples, the architectural orders, houses, pavements, mosaics, water supply, measurements, and machines. Pro Milone. In Pisonem. Pro Scauro. Pro Fonteio. Pro Rabirio Postumo. Pro Marcello. Pro Ligario. Pro Rege Deiotaro.

In Fasti , Ovid 43 BCE—17 CE sets forth explanations of the festivals and sacred rites that were noted on the Roman calendar, and relates in graphic detail the legends attached to specific dates. The poem is an invaluable source of information about religious practices. De Vita Beata. De Otio. De Tranquillitate Animi. De Brevitate Vitae. De Consolatione ad Polybium. De Consolatione ad Helviam.

Philostratus the Elder, Imagines. Philostratus the Younger, Imagines. Callistratus, Descriptions. Sixty-five descriptions, ostensibly of paintings in a gallery at Naples, are credited to an Elder Philostratus born c.

Fourteen descriptions of statues in stone or bronze attributed to Callistratus were probably written in the fourth century CE. Dio Chrysostomus c. What survives of his works make him prominent in the revival of Greek literature in the late first and early second century CE.

The Greek poetry of the seventh to the fifth century BCE that we call elegy was composed primarily for banquets and convivial gatherings. Its subject matter consists of almost any topic, excluding only the scurrilous and obscene.

The poetry of the seventh to the fifth centuries BCE that the Greeks called iambic seems connected with cult songs used in religious festivals, but its purpose is unclear. The Little Carthaginian. The Rope. On the Confusion of Tongues. On the Migration of Abraham. Who Is the Heir of Divine Things? On Mating with the Preliminary Studies. The letters of Saint Jerome c. The Two Gallieni. The Thirty Pretenders.

The Deified Claudius. The Deified Aurelian. Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus. Carus, Carinus and Numerian. This is the first of two volumes giving a selection of Greek papyri relating to private and public business. Most were found in rubbish heaps or remains of ancient houses or in tombs in Egypt. From such papyri we get much information about administration and social and economic conditions in Egypt, and about native Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Byzantine law, as well as glimpses of ordinary life.

This volume contains: Agreements 71 examples ; these concern marriage, divorce, adoption, apprenticeship, sales, leases, employment of labourers. Receipts Wills 6. Deed of disownment. Personal letters from men and women, young and old Memoranda 2. Invitations 5. Orders for payment 2. Agenda 2.

Accounts and inventories Questions of oracles 3. Christian prayers 2. A Gnostic charm. Horoscopes 2. Letters, Volume IV: Letters On Greek Literature. The three surviving works by Sextus Empiricus c. Their value as a source for the history of thought is especially that they represent development and formulation of former skeptic doctrines. On Flight and Finding.

On the Change of Names. On Dreams. It also echoes poets, especially Virgil, and employs techniques traditional in Latin epic. Library of History, Volume I: Books Books 1—5 and 11—20 survive complete, the rest in fragments. Greek papyri relating to private and public business in Egypt from before BCE to the eighth century CE inform us about administration; social and economic conditions in Egypt; Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine law.

They also offer glimpses of ordinary life. Elegies on Maecenas. Calpurnius Siculus. Laus Pisonis. Einsiedeln Eclogues. Duff, J. Wight Duff, Arnold M. Works such as those of the mime-writer Publilius Syrus , who flourished c. Athenian Constitution. Eudemian Ethics. Virtues and Vices. Gaius Valerius Flaccus flourished c. Valerius effectively rehandles the story already told by Apollonius Rhodius , recalls Virgilian language and thought, displays learning, and alludes to contemporary Rome.

Metaphysics, Volume II: Books Magna Moralia. On the Soul. Parva Naturalia. On Breath. In Secret History , the Byzantine historian Procopius late fifth century to after CE attacks the sixth century CE emperor Justinian and empress Theodora and alleges their ruinous effect on the Roman empire. Celsus , a layman, provides in On Medicine more information about the condition of medical science up to his own time probably first century CE than any other author. Book 1 is on Greek schools of medicine and dietetics; Book 2 on prognosis, diagnosis, and general therapeutics; Book 3 on internal ailments; Book 4 on local bodily diseases.

Epic Fragments. Quintus Ennius — , widely regarded as the father of Roman literature, was instrumental in creating a new Roman literary identity, domesticating the Greek forms of epic and drama, and pursuing a range of other literary and intellectual pursuits. He inspired major developments in Roman religion, social organization, and popular culture. Extant works by Sidonius born c.

Against Androtion. Against Aristocrates. Against Timocrates. Against Aristogeiton 1 and 2. Ammianus c. History of Rome, Volume X: Books 35— The Passing of Peregrinus. The Runaways. Toxaris or Friendship. The Dance. The Mistaken Critic. The Parliament of the Gods. The Tyrannicide. Book 5 is on treatment by drugs of general diseases, Book 6 on treatment by drugs of local diseases. Moralia, IV: Roman Questions. Greek Questions. Greek and Roman Parallel Stories.

On the Fortune of the Romans. On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander. Moralia, V: Isis and Osiris. The E at Delphi. The Obsolescence of Oracles. Minor Works: On Colours. On Things Heard. On Plants. On Marvellous Things Heard. Mechanical Problems. On Indivisible Lines. The Situations and Names of Winds. On Melissus, Xenophanes, Gorgias. Antiphon of Athens, born c. Of his fifteen extant works three concern real murder cases.

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