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The Philippics

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

A philippic is a fiery, damning speech delivered to condemn a particular political actor. The term originates with Demosthenes, who delivere…

Publicola pt 1

In Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 1

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Plutarch/Perrin and Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus

Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

Chapter 17, part 1-3

In A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol II

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John Bagnell Bury

J.B. Bury wrote his “History of Greece” before World War I, but it is such a good overview of classical Greek history that the third edition…

Day 9, The Third Story

In The Decameron

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Giovanni Boccaccio

The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and…