Classics (Antiquity)

The Natural History Volume 5

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Pliny the Elder


Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

History of Animals

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Aristotle


(Greek: Τῶν περὶ τὰ ζῷα ἱστοριῶν, Ton peri ta zoia historion, "Inquiries on Animals"; Latin: Historia Animalium, "History of …

Iphigenia in Tauris (Dramatic Reading)

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Euripides


Orestes, coming into Tauri in Scythia, in company with Pylades, had been commanded to bear away the image of Diana, after which he was to me…

Georgics

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Virgil


Virgil's Georgics are the second of the three major poetic works ascribed to the poet. It was published probably around 29 BC and, as the na…

The Odes and Carmen Saeculare

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus


Flawlessly hammered out, as if from eternal bronze—"aere perennius"—The Odes of Horace are the consummate expression of the pride,…

Fairy Prince and Other Stories

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Eleanor Hallowell Abbott


A charming family story told from the viewpoint of a nine-year-old girl. “You don't seem to understand," I whispered. "It's Christ…

The Junior Classics Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome

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Varioustranslated Bywilliam Patten


The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, sto…

Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars

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Lucan


Lucan's only surviving work, De Bello Civili, more generally known as the Pharsalia, is an epic poem about the civil war between Julius Caes…

Octavius

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Marcus Minucius Felix


This ancient Roman dialogue plays out as a religious debate between the Christian lawyer Octavius, and his close friend, a skeptical pagan n…

Trostschrift an Marcia

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca


Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 v. Chr.–65 n. Chr.) gibt stoische Grundsätze zum Tod und zur Trauer. Übersetzung durch Albert Forbiger (1…

Alcestis (Way Translation)

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Euripides


Alcestis, queen of Pherae, is one of the noblest heroines in all of Greek drama. Her husband Admetus is the supposedly virtuous king of Pher…

Metamorphoses (Howard Version)

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Publius (Ovid) Ovidius Naso


Translated from Latin into English blank verse, this classic Roman text gives an account of a series of fabulous episodes from creation thro…

The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 2

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Pliny the Elder and John S. White


The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of …

The Natural History Volume 6

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Pliny the Elder


Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

Briefe (Epistolae)

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus


Veröffentlichung dieser Ausgabe 1893Horaz, eigentlich Quintus Horatius Flaccus, ist neben Vergil einer der bedeutendsten römischen…

The Public Orations of Demosthenes

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Demosthenes


This book, originally published in two volumes, collects the most important complete public orations by Demosthenes, arguably the most famou…

Plato's Definitions and Epigrams / Πλάτωνος Ὅροι καὶ Ἐπιγράμματα

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Plato


Definitions is a dictionary of 184 terms, originated in Plato’s Academy. Until late antiquity Plato was named as the author of this work, bu…

Anabasis

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Xenophon


Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave hi…

Duizend en één Nacht, Tweede deel

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Duizend en één Nacht, Derde deel

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Koning Schahriar denkt door zijn vrouw bedrogen te zijn. Om herhaling te voorkomen besluit hij voortaan elke avond een nieuwe vrouw te trouw…

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