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  • Complete Works of Statius (Delphi Classics)

    by Statius, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 53 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    Statius is now revered as the greatest poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature, whose epic poem, ‘The Thebaid’, is second only to Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the treasures of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin texts. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Statius for the first time in digital ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Statius: Silvae Book II

    by Statius ...
    Series Book 2 - Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
    With the exception of a poem on the unscripted death of a lion in the Colosseum, Book II of Statius' Silvae is largely domestic in theme. It reflects the more private side of Roman culture, its pleasures, houses, gardens, friendships, and personal losses; it concludes with a provocative tribute to the poet Lucan. Despite its variety, the book is carefully constructed as a unit, and this edition, ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • The Thebaid

    Seven against Thebes

    by Publius Papinius Statius ...
    Translated by Charles Stanley Ross ...
    Series series Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity
    A classical epic of fratricide and war, the Thebaid retells the legendary conflict between the sons of Oedipus—Polynices and Eteocles—for control of the city of Thebes. The Latin poet Statius reworks a familiar story from Greek myth, dramatized long before by Aeschylus in his tragedy Seven against Thebes. Statius chose his subject well: the Rome of his day, ruled by the emperor Domitian, was not ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

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    Achilleid (UNABRIDGED)

    by Publius Papinius STATIUS ...
    Narrated by Hazel Lilly ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 25 min

    The Achilleid is the third and unfinished work by the Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius. In its introduction, it promises to present the life of the hero Achilles from his youth as a pupil under the centaur Chiron to his death at Troy. The author died however before writing most of the poem, leaving only one and a half books completed. The part that remains though holds interest for being ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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    by Velleius Paterculus ...
    Series Book 98 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    The Roman historian Velleius Paterculus lived during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, serving as a military tribune and later as a cavalry officer and legatus in Germany and Pannonia. Written in a highly rhetorical style, his ‘Compendium of Roman History’ is a summary of Roman history from the mythical fall of Troy to AD 29. As Paterculus approaches his own times, he becomes much fuller in his ... Read more

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  • Delphi Complete Works of Eutropius (Illustrated)

    by Flavius Eutropius ...
    Series Book 97 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    The Roman historian Eutropius flourished in the fourth century AD and is the author of ‘Breviarium historiae Romanae’, a compendium of ten books of Roman history, from the foundation of the city to the accession of Valens. It has come down to us complete and was compiled with considerable care and written with impartiality in a succinct style. It is particularly useful to historians for its ... Read more

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  • Delphi Complete Works of Athenaeus (Illustrated)

    by Athenaeus ...
    Series Book 83 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    A rhetorician of the late second century, Athenaeus wrote ‘The Deipnosophistae’ (‘Dinner-Table Philosophers’), a fifteen-book encyclopaedia of information on the ancient world, preserving otherwise lost treasures from many important writers. The text is structured as a dialogue in the vein of Plato, offering an amusing account of a Greek symposium. ‘The Deipnosophistae’ details the many different ... Read more

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  • Delphi Collected Works of Thomas Aquinas (Illustrated)

    by Thomas Aquinas ...
    Series Book 6 - Delphi Series Eleven
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  • Delphi Complete Works of Epictetus (Illustrated)

    by Epictetus ...
    Translated by George Long, W. A. Oldfather ...
    Series Book 86 - Delphi Ancient Classics
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  • Delphi Complete Works of Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Illustrated)

    by Dionysius of Halicarnassus ...
    Series Book 79 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    A historian of the first century BC, Dionysius of Halicarnassus taught rhetoric in Rome while studying the Latin language, collecting material for his magnum opus, ‘Roman Antiquities’. Dionysius states that his objects in writing history were to please lovers of noble deeds and to repay the benefits he had enjoyed while living in Rome, though he wrote also to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Delphi ... Read more

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  • Delphi Collected Norse Sagas (Illustrated)

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    Translated by John Sephton, Samuel Laing, James Johnstone, William Morris, Eiríkr Magnússon, W. C. Green, F. York Powell, G. W. DaSent, Frederick York ...
    Series Book 5 - Delphi Series Nine
    Norse sagas concern tales of ancient Nordic and Germanic history, detailing early Viking voyages, the battles that took place during these voyages, exotic adventures in foreign lands and the migration to Iceland. These prose sagas were written in the Old Norse language, sharing similarities with epic poetry, telling of heroic deeds of days long gone. The tales offer an endless panorama of pagan ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of Pindar (Delphi Classics)

    by Pindar, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 27 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    Pindar, the greatest of the Greek lyric poets, is renowned for his consummate and intricate verses, composed in celebration of victors at the Panhellenic festivals of the ancient world. The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin and Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete extant ... Read more

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