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Loeb Classical Library: Latin Authors #72: Volume I. Gallic War by Julius Caesar Publisher Comments Caesar (C. Iulius, 102–44 BCE), statesman and soldier, defied the dictator Sulla; served in the Mithridatic wars and in Spain; pushed his way in Roman politics as a 'democrat' against the senatorial government; was the real leader of the coalition... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover 
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Epictetus I: The Discourses as Reported by Arrian, Books I-II (Loeb Classical Library 131) by W. A. Oldfather Publisher Comments Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero's reign (54–68 CE) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with other philosophers by the emperor Domitian in 89 or 92 he settled permanently in Nicopolis in... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Loeb Classical Library #452: Libanius: Selected Works II by Libanius Publisher Comments Libanius (314–393 CE) was one of the last great publicists and teachers of Greek paganism. His story, as presented in his Autobiography and the Life by Eunapius, is supplemented by information from a correspondence of over 1500 items and 64 extant... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $18.95 Short Discount Markdown - Hardcover
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Hellenica, & Anabasis, Bks. 1-4 #1: Volume I. Hellenica, Books 1-4 by Xenophon Publisher Comments Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BCE) 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 governor Cyrus against the Persian king. After the defeat of Cyrus, it fell... (read more) List Price $30.95 Your price: $16.50 Short Discount Markdown - Hardcover
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Martial Epigrams Volume 1 by Martial/bailey Publisher Comments Written to celebrate the 80 CE opening of the Roman Colosseum, Martial's first book of poems, "On the Spectacles," tells of the shows in the new arena. The great Latin epigrammist's twelve subsequent books capture the spirit of Roman life in vivid... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Loeb Classical Library #42: Volume III. Metamorphoses, Books 1-8 by Ovid Publisher Comments Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BCE–17 CE), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and to society. Famous at first, he offended the emperor Augustus by... (read more) List Price $30.95 Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Volume II. Art of Love. Cosmetics. Remedies for Love. Ibis. Walnut-Tree. Sea Fishing. Consolation (Loeb Classical Library) by Ovid Publisher Comments Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BCE–17 CE), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and to society. Famous at first, he offended the emperor Augustus by... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Volume II. Aeneid Books 7-12, Appendix Vergiliana (Loeb Classical Library) by Virgil Publisher Comments Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) was born in 70 BCE near Mantua and was educated at Cremona, Milan and Rome. Slow in speech, shy in manner, thoughtful in mind, weak in health, he went back north for a quiet life. Influenced by the group of poets there... (read more) List Price $30.95 Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Loeb Classical Library #073: Aristotle, Volume XIX: Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle Publisher Comments Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BCE, was the son of Nicomachus, a physician, and Phaestis. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367–347); subsequently he spent three years... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Hellenica, & Anabasis, Bks. 5-7 #2: Volume II. Hellenica, Books 5-7 by Xenophon Publisher Comments Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BCE) 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 governor Cyrus against the Persian king. After the defeat of Cyrus, it fell... (read more) List Price $30.95 Your price: $16.50 Short Discount Markdown - Hardcover
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Epictetus II: The Discourses, Books III-IV, Fragments, Encheiridion (Loeb Classical Library 218) by W. A. Oldfather Publisher Comments Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero's reign (54–68 CE) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with other philosophers by the emperor Domitian in 89 or 92 he settled permanently in Nicopolis in... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Homer Iliad II: Books 13-24 (Loeb Classical Library 171) Second Edition by A. T. Murray Publisher Comments Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions. The eloquent and dramatic epic poem captures the terrible anger of Achilles, "the best of the Achaeans," over a grave insult to his... (read more) List Price $30.95 Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Loeb Classical Library #504: Euripides, VII, Fragments: Aegeus-Meleager by Euripides Publisher Comments Eighteen of the ninety or so plays composed by Euripides between 455 and 406 bce survive in a complete form and are included in the preceding six volumes of the Loeb Euripides. A further fifty-two tragedies and eleven satyr plays, including a few of... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Loeb Classical Library #368: History of Alexander: Volume I. Books 1-5 by Quintus Curti Publisher Comments Quintus Curtius was apparently a rhetorician who lived in the first century of the Roman empire and, early in the reign of Claudius (41–54 CE), wrote a history of Alexander the Great in 10 books in clear and picturesque style for Latin readers. The... (read more) List Price $30.95 Your price: $16.50 Short Discount Markdown - Hardcover
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Loeb Classical Library #506: Euripides: Fragments: Oedipus-Chrysippus, Other Fragments by Euripides Publisher Comments Eighteen of the ninety or so plays composed by Euripides between 455 and 406 BCE survive in a complete form and are included in the first six volumes of the Loeb Euripides. A further fifty-two tragedies and eleven satyr plays, including a few of... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Loeb Classical Library #043: Volume IV. Metamorphoses, Books 9-15 by Ovid Publisher Comments Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BCE–17 CE), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and to society. Famous at first, he offended the emperor Augustus by... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Loeb Classical Library #030: Volume XXI. on Duties (de Officiis): de Officiis, C. Philosophical Treatises by Cicero Publisher Comments Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106–43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic.... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Parallel Lives #11: Parallel Lives: Volume XI. Aratus. Artaxerxes. Galba. Otho. General Index by Plutarch Publisher Comments Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45–120 CE, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular rank by the emperor Trajan and a procuratorship in... (read more) List Price $30.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Homer Iliad I: Books 1-12 (Loeb Classical Library 170) Second Edition by A. T. Murray Publisher Comments Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions. The eloquent and dramatic epic poem captures the terrible anger of Achilles, "the best of the Achaeans," over a grave insult to his... (read more) List Price $30.95 Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Loeb Classical Library #041: Volume I. Heroides. Amores by Ovid Publisher Comments The faithful Penelope, the forgiving Briseis, the reproachful Dido, the impassioned Medea--a procession of legendary women express their emotions and narrate their memories in the fictional letters to absent husbands and lovers that constitute Ovid's... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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