Classical History from

Madison, WI.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1920. Classic text presents a detailed study of Lucilian and Horatian satirical relationships utilizing theories of literary imitation prevalent in the age of Augustus, and examining and interpreting fragments of both Greek and Roman literature. Topics covered include the classical theory of imitation; the relation of Lucilius and the scipionic circle to the new… Read more about this item

Roma, Italy: Edizioni Di Storia e Letteratura, 1984. Classic two-volume text presents a selection of 38 classical studies contributed by renown scholars in honor of Joseph Billanovich, one of the founders of twentieth-century scholarship on Renaissance humanism. Includes a chronologic bibliography of Billanovich's works from 1937-1984. Text in Italian. 826 pgs. collectively. Illustrated. Deckled edges. Some of the pages are… Read more about this item

Boston, MA.: Allyn and Bacon, 1948. Classic revised and expanded text contains sections covering the life and writings of Tacitus; De Vita Iluii Agricolae and De Germanica with notes; critical appendix; index Nominum et Rerum. Detailed appendices include the literary character and purpose of the Agricola; Tacitus's sources of information; the purpose, sources, and trustworthiness of the Germania; style and… Read more about this item

London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1959. Classic scholarly text examines classical education in England, Scotland, and Ireland during the four centuries since the Renaissance, including schools and universities in each country, main foundations, innovations, and reforms. Includes details recorded by teachers and pupils about textbooks, techniques of teaching, influence of social pressures, the great teachers and the great reforms. 234… Read more about this item

London, England: Oxford University Press, 1973. Classic text contains two introductory essays on the Prefecture of Rome and on the life of Quintus Aurelius Symmachus. The Latin text is that of Seeck (without his apparatus criticus) and on the opposite page is the English translation. Includes a short introduction which prefaces each dispatch, brief historical notes, and a glossary which… Read more about this item

Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1979. Classic text presents a detailed commentary by Prof. Chilver on the first two books of Cornelius Tacitus' first major historical work known as the Histories. In these books I & II, Tacitus describes the fall of the first emperor, Galba, and an account of the war in which the second emperor, Otho, was defeated… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA.: American Philological Association, 1941. Classic scholarly treatise presents a detailed study of the manner in which the problem of method was expressed by the empirically oriented philosophy of the Epicureans and Sceptics, and by their rationalistic opponents, the Stoics. Each of these schools developed a theory of signs, as the basis for both epistemological and logical speculations. Philodemus'… Read more about this item

London, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1913. Classic text considered to be one of the finest scholarly achievements, contains the third installment of Desiderius Erasmus' famous historic letters written during the early era of the Renaissance. Prof. Allen has meticulously reproduced these volumes of letters from the earliest sourcesof manuscripts and books, with minimal corrections due to deprivation of the original… Read more about this item

Leipzig, Germany: B.G. Teubner, 1961. Scholarly two-volume set presents the works of Publius Cornelius Tacitus, which includes the Histories- annalistic history of the Roman realm of Galba (69) to Domitian (96); and the Annals- annalistic history of the Roman realm of the Julio-Claudian period up to the death of Nero (68). Tacitus was considered one of the most important speakers… Read more about this item

Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1957. Scholarly classic text presents a commentary on one of the great Orestes Plays of Aeschylus, "Agamemnon", written in 458 BC. This commentary was begun by the late Dr.Denniston, and completed with expansions by Denys Page. Includes an introduction; text and apparatus criticus; commentary; the metres; and appendix. 240 pgs. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on… Read more about this item

Oxford, U.K.: Basil Blackwell Ltd., 1969. Classic scarce text covers the period from 1300 to 1527, when the sack of Rome by the troops of Charles V brought the Italian Renaissance to an end. Includes sections on the topography and the destruction of Ancient Rome; the discovery of the Greek world during the Quattrocentro; the antiquities of Italy; the rise… Read more about this item

London, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1906. Classic text considered to be one of the finest scholarly achievements, contains the first installment of Desiderius Erasmus' famous historic letters written during the early Renaissance era. Prof. Allen has meticulously reproduced these volumes of letters from the earliest sources of manuscripts and books, with minimal corrections due to deprivation of the original text,… Read more about this item

Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 1954. Comprehensive classic text presents a detailed study by Dr.Hunt of all of Cicero's series of main philosophic works from the "Academica" to the "De Officiis", and argues that, contrary to the commonly accepted view, there is "an orderly sequence in the series and a sustained argument". Topics include: the Academica; the De Finibus; the… Read more about this item

London, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1961. Classic scarce scholarly text is the first full-length book in English on Sallust, a well known Roman historian and politician, for more than one hundred years. Dr. Earl examines "The Prologues" and similar generalizing passages, and shows that Sallust's chief concern was with a certain concept of "virtus". He considers the development of the… Read more about this item

U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1961. Classic scarce text, vol. two, contains the letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero written to Pomponius Atticum between 68-43 B.C. Cicero, leader in the last half of the Roman Republic, was generally considered the greatest Latin prose stylist, and noted for his speeches against Cataline. Text is entirely in Latin and includes annotations and critical commentary… Read more about this item

London, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1972. Classic scholarly text contains a collection of the surviving attested fragments of Posidonius, the leading stoic philosopher of his time in the first half of the first century, B.C. This exhaustive work was begun by Prof. Edelstein, a preeminant authority on Posidonius, and subsequently completed and edited after his death by Ian Kidd. There… Read more about this item

Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1952. Rare classic scholarly text is a monumental work undertaken by the highly acclaimed Greek-Latin scholar-author, Ben Perry, consuming more than fifteen years of research and special studies such as the scarce ancient manuscripts of Rinuccio Aretino, "Vita of Aesop". The "Vita of Aesop", the legendary slave born around 620 B.C., is preserved in… Read more about this item

London, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1977. Classic highly acclaimed scholarly work presents the second major part of Cicero's correspondence- his letters to his friends. Unlike the Atticus volumes, this edition no translation, which allows the complete letters and commentary to be contained in only two volumes. Includes a reassessment of the manuscript tradition in the introduction, followed by a completely… Read more about this item

Paris, France: Librairie Hachette, 1891. Classic comprehensive French-Latin dictionary revised, corrected and enlarged from the original edition. Includes classical, medieval, and modern age Latin terminology. 1551 pgs. Mild foxing along edges; some shelfwear. Tight binding. Prior owner's name plate pastedown on inside front cover. Heavy Item.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Pantheon Classic scholarly text originally translated by Stephen MacKenna, currently revised by B.S. Page, with a new translation and several hundred modifications to the first edition. Includes an appendix of alternative renderings and a detailed amount of work on text and interpretation. 635 pgs. Clean, unmarked text. Tiny scuff to outer edge. Gilt spine. Publication date not specified.… Read more about this item