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Letters of Marcilio Ficino Volume 1 by Marsilio Ficino
$15.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good
The problems which troubled people's minds during the Italian Renaissance were much the same as today. In trying to cope with them, many deep thinking people turned to Marsilio Ficino for help. Through his letters he advised, encouraged, and occasionally reproved them. Fearlessly he expressed the truth ...Show more
The Aeneid by Virgil
$8.00 NZD
Category: Latin Literature | Reading Level: good
"The Aeneid" of Virgil (70-19 B.C.) describes the legendary origin of the Roman nation. It tells of the Trojan prince Aeneas, who escaped, with some followers, after Troy fell, and sailed to Italy. Here they settled and laid the foundations of Roman power. The Aeneid is a poet's picture of the world, wh ...Show more
The Poems of Catullus by Gaius Valerius Catullus; Peter Whigham (Translator)
$8.00 NZD
Category: Latin Literature | Series: Classics Ser.
Of all Greek and Latin poets Catullus is perhaps the most accessible to the modern reader. Dealing candidly with the basic human emotions of love and hate, his virile, personal tone exerts a powerful appeal on all kinds of readers. The 116 poems collected in this new translation include thefamous Lesbia ...Show more
The Rope & Other Plays by Titus Maccius Plautus
$10.00 NZD
Category: Latin Literature | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus (c. 254 -184 bc ) are the earliest surviving complete works of Latin literature.
The Pot of Gold & Other Plays by Titus Maccius Plautus
$5.00 NZD
Category: Latin Literature | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
One of the supreme comic writers of the Roman world, Plautus (c.254-184 BC), skilfully adapted classic Greek comic models to the manners and customs of his day. This collection features a varied selection of his finest plays, from the light-hearted comedy Pseudolus, in which the lovesick Calidorus and h ...Show more
The Jugurthine War and the Conspiracy of Catiline by Sallust; S. A. Handford (Translator, Foreword by, Introduction by)
$6.00 NZD
Category: Latin Literature | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86-34 BC), or Sallust, was a renowned Roman historian and a decided partisan of Caesar. After his retirement from statesmanship, Sallust devoted his time to the writing of literary and historical works that focused on great persons and events of his age. Although a lesser-known ...Show more
Four Tragedies and Octavia by Seneca
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Category: Latin Literature | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
Based on the legends used in Greek drama, Seneca's plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty ends. Thyestes depicts the menace of an ancestral curse hanging over two feuding brothers, while Phaedra p ...Show more
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