The Lesser Declamations

The Lesser Declamations

Author: Quintilian

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780674996199

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The Lesser Declamations, dating perhaps from the second century CE and attributed to Quintilian, might more accurately be described as emanating from "the school of Quintilian." The collection--here made available for the first time in translation--represents classroom materials for budding Roman lawyers. The instructor who composed these specimen speeches for fictitious court cases adds his comments and suggestions concerning presentation and arguing tactics--thereby giving us insight into Roman law and education. A wide range of scenarios is imagined. Some evoke the plots of ancient novels and comedies: pirates, exiles, parents and children in conflict, adulterers, rapists, and wicked stepmothers abound. Other cases deal with such matters as warfare between neighboring cities, smuggling, historical (and quasi-historical) events, tyrants and tyrannicides. Two gems are the speech opposing a proposal to equalize wealth, and the case of a Cynic youth who has forsworn worldly goods but sues his father for cutting off his allowance. Of the original 388 sample cases in the collection, 145 survive. These are now added to the Loeb Classical Library in a two-volume edition, a fluent translation by D. R. Shackleton Bailey facing an updated Latin text.


The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization

The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization

Author: Simon Hornblower

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 907

ISBN-13: 0198706774

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This Oxford Companion to the ancient classical world is aimed at the general reader interested in learning more about the very bedrock of Western culture, covering such topics as history, morals, mythology, medicine and social life.


The Cambridge Companion to Socrates

The Cambridge Companion to Socrates

Author: Donald R. Morrison

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 0521833426

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Essays from a diverse group of experts providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher.


Plutarch's Life of Themistocles

Plutarch's Life of Themistocles

Author: Plutarch Plutarch

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-07-15

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780282233785

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Excerpt from Plutarch's Life of Themistocles: With Introduction, Critical and Explanatory Notes, Indices and Map I cannot lay down my pen without adding my testimony, in confirmation of that of Prof. Tyrrell, concerning the singular merits of Messrs. R. R. Clark's reader. His unfailing care and unusual accuracy have spared me much labour at a time when I was suffering from prolonged illness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Justice of Zeus

Justice of Zeus

Author: Hugh Lloyd-Jones

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1983-12-28

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780520046887

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Six lectures centered on the Greek idea of divine justice.