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Excerpt from Selections Illustrative of Roman Life From the Letters of Pliny: Adapted for the Use of Beginners, With Vocabulary and Notes The Letters of Pliny are among the most interesting records we have of Roman life in the first century A.D. Pliny was born in 61 A.D., of a wealthy and honourable family at Comum. on the Lacus Larius, now the Lago di Como. He is commonly called the younger Pliny, to distinguish him from his uncle, the elder...

Excerpt from The Thirteenth Book the Metamorphoses of Ovid: With Introduction and Notes Publius Ovidius Naso, born at Sulmo, B.C. 43, died at Tomi, A.D. 17, was one of the most prolific poets of his time. His works may be divided into three periods. In the first he treated of love, in the second he wrote on Greek mythology and Italian legends, in the third he laments his sufferings at Tomi, his place of exile on the Black Sea. The Metamorphos...

Excerpt from Sketches of the Greek Dramatic Poets for English Readers The Lectures contained in this volume were delivered in Cork in 1896, and were not originally intended for publication. The first four formed part of a course of Lectures on Greek Poetry, Epic and Dramatic, prepared for the Cork Society for the Extension of University Teaching, and the remaining Lecture, that on the Classical and the Romantic Drama, was written for the Cork...

Excerpt from The Eclogues of Calpurnius Siculus and M. Aurelius Olympius Nemesianus: With Introduction, Commentary, and AppendixThe elegant and scholarly volume that is before us is a model of careful and accurate work. Wide learning is found united with sound common sense, no difficulty is shirked, the thought is never confused, and the exposition is always as clear as daylight - The Irish Times.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hu...

Excerpt from The Orations of Cicero Against Catiline: With Introduction, Notes, Exercises, and Vocabulary My chief Obligations in the notes and in the account of the Catiline conspiracy are to this_ same edition of halm-laubmann. I have also consulted Professor Wilkins' edition based on halm-laubmann, and Up cott's edition, which contains many concise and spirited renderings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousan...

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