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Books 5-9

Columella
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Columella (Lucius Iunius Moderatus) of Gades (Cadiz) lived in the reigns of the first emperors to about AD 70. He moved early in life to Italy where he owned farms and lived near Rome. It is probable that he did military service in Syria and Cilicia ...

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Narrators and Focalizers : The Presentation of the Story in the Iliad

Irene de Jong
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The most important work on Homer??'s technique as narrator offers an overview of the trends in Homeric narratological scholarship over the last decade.

Book cover for Demosthenes: Demosthenes, VII, Funeral Speech (60). Erotic Essay (61). Exordia. Letters

Demosthenes, VII, Funeral Speech (60). Erotic Essay (61). Exordia. Letters

Demosthenes
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Demosthenes (384- 322 BC), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became also a statesman, champion of the past greatness of his city and the present resistance of Greece to the rise of Philip of Macedon to supremacy. We possess by h ...

Book cover for Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities, VI

Roman Antiquities, VI : Books 9.25-10

Dionysius of Halicarnassus
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Dionysius of Halicarnassus was born before 53 BC and went to Italy before 29 BC. He taught rhetoric in Rome while studying the Latin language, collecting material for a history of Rome, and writing. His "Roman Antiquities began to appear in 7 BC. Dio ...

Book cover for Domosthenes: Demosthenes, V, Private Orations (41-49)

Demosthenes, V, Private Orations (41-49)

Domosthenes
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Demosthenes (384- 322 BC), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became also a statesman, champion of the past greatness of his city and the present resistance of Greece to the rise of Philip of Macedon to supremacy. We possess by h ...

Book cover for John Dryden: Fables Ancient and Modern Translated Into Verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace and Chaucer, with Original Poems

Fables Ancient and Modern Translated Into Verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace and Chaucer, with Original Poems

John Dryden
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In these ancient and modern fables from Homer, Ovid, Boccace and Chaucer, Mr. Dryden has written nothing which favors of immorality or profaneness, at least he was not conscious to his self of any such intention. He endeavored to choose such fables a ...

Book cover for W. E. B. Du Bois: The Quest of the Silver Fleece

The Quest of the Silver Fleece

W. E. B. Du Bois
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Book cover for Alejandro Dumas: Los Tres Mosqueteros

Los Tres Mosqueteros

Alejandro Dumas
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The well-known works of literature in this series constitute the most valuable treasures of universal literature. The affordably priced imitation leather bound books enhance any library, putting the works of Dante, Dumas, Hugo, and Tolstoy within eve ...

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