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The Loeb Classical Library: ElegiesThe passionate and dramatic elegies of Propertius gained him a reputation as one of Romes finest love poets. Here he portrays the exciting, uneven course of his love affair with Cynthia and tells us much about his contemporaries and the society in which he lives, while in later poems he turns to mythological themes and the legends of early Rome. Born in Assisi about 50 BC, Propertius moved as a young man to Rome, where he came into contact with a

The commentary in this edition of one of Plutarch's Lives concentrates on the historical aspects of the work and includes much detailed comparison of Plutarch's narrative with those of other sources such as Herodotos

It's time for the women of Ithaca to tell their tale

Seneca sees it as part of our desire to emulate the gods

and imperial service

Volume 2: Fourth Century and Hellenistic Poet - Fragments from the Tragedies with Selected Testimonia

In this compelling book Robin Lane Fox addresses these questions

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Ορκίστηκα με πάθος να το δουν πριν το παραδώσω για έκδοση

that makes you suffer

These three writers in their different ways manage to use Latin verse to convey a picture of the world which is both strange and familiar: Lucretius anticipates much of classical Physics

instead of songs and wishes

they also explain why simplicity is bliss

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