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Book cover for Allardyce Nicoll: Chapman's Homeric Hymns and Other Homerica

Chapman's Homeric Hymns and Other Homerica

Allardyce Nicoll
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Book cover for Nonnos: Dionysiaca, I

Dionysiaca, I : Books 1-15

Nonnos
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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 48 books, has for its chief theme the expedition of Dionysus against the Indians; but the poet contrives to i ...

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Dionysiaca, II : Books 16-35

Nonnos
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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 48 books, has for its chief theme the expedition of Dionysus against the Indians; but the poet contrives to i ...

Book cover for Oppian: Papyri, I, Private Documents

Papyri, I, Private Documents

Oppian
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This is the first of two volumes giving a selection of Greek papyri relating to private and public business. They cover a period from before 300 BC to the eighth century AD. Most were found in rubbish heaps or remains of ancient houses or in tombs in ...

Book cover for Ovid: The Love Books of Ovid (the Loves, the Art of Love, Love's Cure, and the Art of Beauty)

The Love Books of Ovid (the Loves, the Art of Love, Love's Cure, and the Art of Beauty)

Ovid
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'The Love Books of Ovid' is a combination of four books of the Roman poet's verse translated into prose. This volume includes 'Amores' or 'The Loves', 'Ars Amatoria' or 'The Art of Love', 'Remedia Amoris' or 'Love's Cure', and 'Medicamina Faciei Femi ...

Book cover for W. R. Paton: Greek Anthology, I, Book 1

Greek Anthology, I, Book 1 : Christian Epigrams. Book 2

W. R. Paton
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"The Greek Anthology ('Gathering of Flowers') is the name given to a collection of about 4500 short Greek poems (called epigrams but usually not epigrammatic) by about 300 composers. To the collection (called 'Stephanus', wreath or garland) made and ...

Book cover for W. R. Paton: Greek Anthology, V, Book 13

Greek Anthology, V, Book 13 : Epigrams in Various Metres. Book 14

W. R. Paton
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"The Greek Anthology ('Gathering of Flowers') is the name given to a collection of about 4500 short Greek poems (called epigrams but usually not epigrammatic) by about 300 composers. To the collection (called 'Stephanus', wreath or garland) made and ...

Book cover for Philo: Philo, II, on the Cherubim. the Sacrifices of Abel and Cain. the Worse Attacks the Better. on the Posterity and Exile of Cain. on the Giants

Philo, II, on the Cherubim. the Sacrifices of Abel and Cain. the Worse Attacks the Better. on the Posterity and Exile of Cain. on the Giants

Philo
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The philosopher Philo was born about 20 BC to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, the chief home of the Jewish Diaspora as well as the chief center of Hellenistic culture; he was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to reco ...

Book cover for Plato: Plato, II, Laches. Protagoras. Meno. Euthydemus

Plato, II, Laches. Protagoras. Meno. Euthydemus

Plato
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Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BC. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time a ...

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