The Loeb Classical Library (LCL; named after
James Loeb; , ) is a
monographic series of books originally published by
Heinemann and since 1934 by
Harvard University Press. It has bilingual editions of
ancient Greek
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and
Latin literature, with the original Greek or Latin text on the left-hand page and a fairly literal translation on the facing page.
History
Under the inspiration drawn from the book series specializing in publishing classical texts exclusively in the original languages, such as the
Bibliotheca Teubneriana, established in 1849 or the
Oxford Classical Texts book series, founded in 1894, the Loeb Classical Library was conceived and initially funded by the Jewish-German-American banker and philanthropist
James Loeb (1867–1933). The first volumes were edited by
Thomas Ethelbert Page,
W. H. D. Rouse, and
Edward Capps, and published by
William Heinemann, Ltd. (London) in 1912, already in their distinctive green (for Greek text) and red (for Latin) hardcover bindings. Since then scores of new titles have been added, and the earliest translations have been revised several times. In recent years, this has included the removal of
bowdlerization from earlier editions, which often reversed the gender of the subjects of romantic interest to disguise
homosexual references or (in the case of early editions of
Longus's ''
Daphnis and Chloe'') translated sexually explicit passages from the Ancient Greek into Latin, rather than English.
Since 1934, the library has been co-published with
Harvard University
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.
Profit from the editions continues to fund graduate student fellowships at
Harvard University
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.
The Loebs have only a minimal
critical apparatus, when compared to other publications of the text. They are intended for the amateur reader of Greek or Latin, and are so nearly ubiquitous as to be instantly recognizable.
In 1917
Virginia Woolf wrote (in ''
The Times Literary Supplement''):
Harvard University assumed complete responsibility for the series in 1989 and in recent years four or five new or re-edited volumes have been published annually.
In 2001, Harvard University Press began issuing a second series of books with a similar format.
The I Tatti Renaissance Library presents key Renaissance works in Latin with a facing English translation; it is bound similarly to the Loeb Classics, but in a larger format and with blue covers. A third series, the
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, was introduced in 2010 covering works in Byzantine Greek, Medieval Latin, and Old English. Volumes have the same format as the I Tatti series, but with a brown cover. The
Clay Sanskrit Library, bound in teal cloth, was also modeled on the Loeb Classical Library.
As the command of Latin among generalist historians and archaeologists shrank in the course of the 20th century, professionals came increasingly to rely on these texts designed for amateurs. As
Birgitta Hoffmann remarked in 2001 of
Tacitus' ''Agricola'', "Unfortunately the first thing that happens in bilingual versions like the Loebs is that most of this
apparatus vanishes and, if you use a translation, there is usually no way of knowing that there were problems with the text in the first place."
In 2014, the Loeb Classical Library Foundation and Harvard University Press launched the digital Loeb Classical Library, which they described as "an interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing, virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature."
Influence
The Loeb Library serves as a model to be emulated for:
* The
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library (medieval Latin, Byzantine Greek, and Old English; bound in pale brown), published by Harvard University Press.
* The
Library of Arabic Literature (Arabic, bound in dark blue), published by
New York University Press
* The
Clay Sanskrit Library (transliterated Sanskrit; bound in teal), published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation
*
The I Tatti Renaissance Library (Italian Renaissance Latin Literature; bound in pale blue), founded in 2001 and published by
Harvard University Press;
* The
Murty Classical Library of India (various Indian languages and Persian; bound in cerise), founded in 2015 and published by Harvard University Press.
* The , established in 1997 and published by the Kyoto University Press.
* The Biblioteka Renesansowa ("Renaissance Library"), founded in 2008 and published by the
Warsaw University Press.
* The Bibliotheca Graecorum et Romanorum Mexicana, founded in 1944 and published by the Institute for Philological Research of the
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
* The
:ca:Col·lecció Fundació Bernat Metge (Greek and Latin Classics), founded in 1922 for publishing critical bilingual editions of classical Greek and Latin texts with parallel Catalan translations.
* The , founded in 1977 by the publishing house
:es:Editorial Gredos in Barcelona, for publishing critical bilingual editions of classical Greek and Latin texts with parallel Spanish translations.
* The
Collection Budé, founded in 1920 by the publishing house
Les Belles Lettres in Paris, for publishing critical bilingual editions of classical Greek and Latin texts with parallel French translations.
* The , founded in 1923 by the publishing house
:de:Ernst-Heimeran-Verlag, for publishing critical bilingual editions of classical Greek and Latin texts with parallel German translations.
* The book series, founded in 1974 by the publishing house
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore in
Milan
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, for publishing critical bilingual editions of classical Greek and Latin texts with parallel Italian translations. In 1991 the publisher established a paperback series of bilingual edutions of classics , published under the imprint of .
* The Soviet Library of Classical (Greek and Latin) Literature (19631989), published by the publishing house
Khudozhestvennaya Literatura in
Moscow
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, for bringing out critical editions of classical texts in Russian.
* The Library of Classical (Greek and Latin) Literature, founded in 2017 by the publishing house in
Lviv
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, for bringing out critical editions of classical texts in Ukrainian.
* The Clássicos gregos & latinos book series, founded in 1989 by the publishing house in
Lisbon
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, for bringing out critical editions of classical texts in Portuguese.
* The Klassikeroversættelser book series, founded in 2000 by the
University Press of Southern Denmark in
Odense
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, for bringing out critical editions of classical texts in Danish.
* The collection Klassieke bibliotheek, published between 1949 and 1954 by the publishing house
:nl:Uitgeverij en Drukkerij De Spaarnestad in
Haarlem
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, for making the best classical texts available in Dutch.
* The book series Humanitas Yunan ve Latin Klasikleri, founded in the mid-2000s by the publishing house Kabalcı in
Istanbul
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for bringing out critical editions of classical Greek and Latin texts with parallel Turkish translations.
* In
Romania
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, the three following book series have published Greek and Latin originals, alongside Romanian translations, namely, the Biblioteca textelor clasice greceşti şi latineşti (Bucharest: Casa Școalelor, 1919-1928), the Scriitori greci şi latini book series (Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1959-1989), and the Clasici latini și greci – Rubicon book series (Oradea: Ratio et Revelatio, 2021-).
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Volumes
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Greek
Poetry
=
Homer
Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his autho ...
=
* L170N) Iliad
The ''Iliad'' (; , ; ) is one of two major Ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Odyssey'', the poem is divided into 24 books and ...
, Second Edition: Volume I. Books 1–12. .
* L171N) Iliad: Volume II. Books 13–24. .
* L104) Odyssey: Volume I. Books 1–12. .
* L105) Odyssey: Volume II. Books 13–24. .
= Hesiod
=
* L057N) Volume I. Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia. .
* L503) Volume II. The Shield. Catalogue of Women. Other Fragments. .
= Nonnus
=
* L344) Dionysiaca: Volume I. Books 1–15
* L354) Dionysiaca: Volume II. Books 16–35
* L356) Dionysiaca: Volume III. Books 36–48
=Other
epic poetry
In poetry, an epic is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants. With regard t ...
=
* L496) Homeric Hymns. Homeric Apocrypha. Lives of Homer
* L497) Greek Epic Fragments (including the Epic Cycle)
* L001) Apollonius Rhodius: Argonautica
The ''Argonautica'' () is a Greek literature, Greek epic poem written by Apollonius of Rhodes, Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only entirely surviving Hellenistic civilization, Hellenistic epic (though Aetia (Callimachus), Callim ...
* L019N) Quintus Smyrnaeus: Posthomerica
* L219) Oppian, Colluthus, and Tryphiodorus
=Lyric, iambic and elegiac poetry
=
* L142) Greek Lyric Poetry: Volume I. Sappho and Alcaeus
* L143) Greek Lyric Poetry: Volume II. Anacreon, Anacreontea, Choral Lyric from Olympus to Alcman
* L476) Greek Lyric Poetry: Volume III. Stesichorus, Ibycus, Simonides, and Others
* L461) Greek Lyric Poetry: Volume IV. Bacchylides, Corinna, and Others
* L144) Greek Lyric Poetry: Volume V. The New School of Poetry and Anonymous Songs and Hymns
* L258N) Greek Elegiac Poetry: From the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries BC. Tyrtaeus, Solon, Theognis, and Others
* L259N) Greek Iambic Poetry: From the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries BC. Archilochus, Semonides, Hipponax, and Others
* L056) Pindar
Pindar (; ; ; ) was an Greek lyric, Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes, Greece, Thebes. Of the Western canon, canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, "Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar i ...
: Volume I. Olympian Odes. Pythian Odes. .
* L485) Pindar
Pindar (; ; ; ) was an Greek lyric, Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes, Greece, Thebes. Of the Western canon, canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, "Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar i ...
: Volume II. Nemean Odes. Isthmian Odes. Fragments. .
=Other Hellenistic poetry
=
* L129) Callimachus: Hymns, Epigrams. Phaenomena. Alexandra
* L421) Callimachus: Aetia, Iambi, Hecale and Other Fragments. Hero and Leander
* L550) Callimachus: Miscellaneous Epics and Elegies. Other Fragments. Testimonia
* L028) Greek Bucolic Poets: Theocritus. Bion. Moschus
* L508) Hellenistic Collection: Philitas. Alexander of Aetolia. Hermesianax. Euphorion. Parthenius
=
Greek Anthology
The ''Greek Anthology'' () is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the Classical Greece, Classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature. Most of the material of the ''Greek Anthology'' comes from two manuscripts, the ''Palatine ...
=
* L067) Volume I. Book 1: Christian Epigrams. Book 2: Christodorus of Thebes in Egypt. Book 3: The Cyzicene Epigrams. Book 4: The Proems of the Different Anthologies. Book 5: The Amatory Epigrams. Book 6: The Dedicatory Epigrams
* L068) Volume II. Book 7: Sepulchral Epigrams. Book 8: The Epigrams of St. Gregory the Theologian
* L084) Volume III. Book 9: The Declamatory Epigrams
* L085) Volume IV. Book 10: The Hortatory and Admonitory Epigrams. Book 11: The Convivial and Satirical Epigrams. Book 12: Strato's Musa Puerilis
* L086) Volume V. Book 13: Epigrams in Various Metres. Book 14: Arithmetical Problems, Riddles, Oracles. Book 15: Miscellanea. Book 16: Epigrams of the Planudean Anthology Not in the Palatine Manuscript
Drama
=
Aeschylus
Aeschylus (, ; ; /524 – /455 BC) was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek Greek tragedy, tragedian often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is large ...
=
* L145N) Volume I. Persians. Seven Against Thebes. Suppliant Maidens. Prometheus Bound. .
* L146N) Volume II. Oresteia: Agamemnon. Libation-Bearers. Eumenides. .
* L505) Volume III. Fragments. .
= Sophocles
=
* L020) Volume I. Ajax. Electra. Oedipus Tyrannus
* L021) Volume II. Antigone. The Women of Trachis. Philoctetes. Oedipus at Colonus
* L483) Volume III. Fragments
= Euripides
=
* L012) Volume I. Cyclops. Alcestis. Medea
* L484) Volume II. Children of Heracles. Hippolytus. Andromache. Hecuba
* L009) Volume III. Suppliant Women. Electra. Heracles
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* L010N) Volume IV. Trojan Women. Iphigenia among the Taurians. Ion
* L011N) Volume V. Helen. Phoenician Women. Orestes
* L495) Volume VI. Bacchae. Iphigenia at Aulis. Rhesus
* L504) Volume VII. Fragments: Aegeus-Meleager. .
* L506) Volume VIII. Fragments: Oedipus-Chrysippus. Other Fragments. .
= Aristophanes
=
* L178) Volume I. Acharnians. Knights
* L488) Volume II. Clouds. Wasps
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. Peace
* L179N) Volume III. Birds. Lysistrata. Women at the Thesmophoria
* L180N) Volume IV. Frogs. Assemblywomen. Wealth
* L502) Volume V. Fragments
=Fragments of Old Comedy
=
* L513) Volume I. Alcaeus to Diocles
* L514) Volume II. Diopeithes to Pherecrates
* L515) Volume III. Philonicus to Xenophon. Adespota
= Menander
=
* L132) Volume I. Aspis. Georgos. Dis Exapaton. Dyskolos. Encheiridion. Epitrepontes
* L459) Volume II. Heros. Theophoroumene. Karchedonios. Kitharistes. Kolax. Koneiazomenai. Leukadia. Misoumenos. Perikeiromene. Perinthia
* L460N) Volume III. Samia. Sikyonioi. Synaristosai. Phasma. Unidentified Fragments
Philosophers
= Early Greek Philosophy
=
* L524) Volume I. Introductory and Reference Materials
* L525) Volume II. Beginnings and Early Ionian Thinkers, Part 1
* L526) Volume III. Early Ionian Thinkers, Part 2
* L527) Volume IV. Western Greek Thinkers, Part 1
* L528) Volume V. Western Greek Thinkers, Part 2
* L529) Volume VI. Later Ionian and Athenian Thinkers, Part 1
* L530) Volume VII. Later Ionian and Athenian Thinkers, Part 2
* L531) Volume VIII. Sophists, Part 1
* L532) Volume IX. Sophists, Part 2
= Aetius
=
* L555) Placita
=
Aristotle
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=
* L325) Volume I. Categories. On Interpretation. Prior Analytics
* L391) Volume II. Posterior Analytics. Topica
* L400) Volume III. On Sophistical Refutations. On Coming-to-be and Passing Away. On the Cosmos
* L228) Volume IV. Physics
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, Books 1–4
* L255) Volume V. Physics, Books 5–8
* L338) Volume VI. On the Heavens
* L397) Volume VII. Meteorologica
* L288) Volume VIII. On the Soul. Parva Naturalia. On Breath
* L437) Volume IX. History of Animals, Books 1–3
* L438) Volume X. History of Animals, Books 4–6
* L439) Volume XI. History of Animals, Books 7–10
* L323) Volume XII. Parts of Animals. Movement of Animals. Progression of Animals
* L366) Volume XIII. Generation of Animals
* L307) Volume XIV. Minor Works: On Colours. On Things Heard. Physiognomics. On Plants. On Marvellous Things Heard. Mechanical Problems. On Indivisible Lines. The Situations and Names of Winds. On Melissus, Xenophanes, Gorgias
* L316) Volume XV. Problems, Books 1–21
* L317) Volume XVI. Problems, Books 22–38. Rhetorica ad Alexandrum
* L271) Volume XVII. Metaphysics
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, Books 1–9
* L287) Volume XVIII. Metaphysics, Books 10–14. Oeconomica. Magna Moralia
* L073) Volume XIX. Nicomachean Ethics
* L285) Volume XX. Athenian Constitution. Eudemian Ethics. Virtues and Vices
* L264) Volume XXI. Politics
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* L193) Volume XXII. The Art of Rhetoric
* L199) Volume XXIII. Poetics. Longinus, On the Sublime. Demetrius, On Style
= Athenaeus
=
* L204) The Deipnosophists: Volume I. Books 1–3.106e
* L208) The Deipnosophists: Volume II. Books 3.106e-5
* L224) The Deipnosophists: Volume III. Books 6–7
* L235) The Deipnosophists: Volume IV. Books 8–10
* L274) The Deipnosophists: Volume V. Books 11–12
* L327) The Deipnosophists: Volume VI. Books 13–14.653b
* L345) The Deipnosophists: Volume VII. Books 14.653b-15
* L519) The Deipnosophists: Volume VIII. Book 15
= Epictetus
=
* L131) Volume I. Discourses, Books 1–2
* L218) Volume II. Discourses, Books 3–4. Fragments. The Encheiridion
=
Marcus Aurelius
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=
* L058) Collected works
= Maximus of Tyre
=
* L553) Philosophical Orations: Volume I
* L554) Philosophical Orations: Volume 2
= Philo
=
* L226) Volume I. On the Creation. Allegorical Interpretation of Genesis 2 and 3
* L227) Volume II. On the Cherubim. The Sacrifices of Abel and Cain. The Worse Attacks the Better. On the Posterity and Exile of Cain. On the Giants
* L247) Volume III. On the Unchangeableness of God. On Husbandry. Concerning Noah's Work As a Planter. On Drunkenness. On Sobriety
* L261) Volume IV. On the Confusion of Tongues. On the Migration of Abraham. Who Is the Heir of Divine Things? On Mating with the Preliminary Studies
* L275) Volume V. On Flight and Finding. On the Change of Names. On Dreams
* L289) Volume VI. On Abraham. On Joseph. On Moses
* L320) Volume VII. On the Decalogue. On the Special Laws, Books 1–3
* L341) Volume VIII. On the Special Laws, Book 4. On the Virtues. On Rewards and Punishments
* L363) Volume IX. Every Good Man is Free. On the Contemplative Life. On the Eternity of the World. Against Flaccus. Apology for the Jews. On Providence
* L379) Volume X. On the Embassy to Gaius. General Indexes
* L380) Supplement I: Questions and Answers on Genesis
* L401) Supplement II: Questions and Answers on Exodus
=
Plato
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=
* L036) Volume I. Euthyphro. Apology. Crito. Phaedo. Phaedrus
* L036N) Volume I. Euthyphro. Apology. Crito. Phaedo.
* L165) Volume II. Laches. Protagoras. Meno. Euthydemus
* L166) Volume III. Lysis. Symposium. Gorgias
* L167) Volume IV. Cratylus. Parmenides
Parmenides of Elea (; ; fl. late sixth or early fifth century BC) was a Pre-Socratic philosophy, pre-Socratic ancient Greece, Greek philosopher from Velia, Elea in Magna Graecia (Southern Italy).
Parmenides was born in the Greek colony of Veli ...
. Greater Hippias. Lesser Hippias
* L237) Volume V. The Republic, Books 1–5
* L276) Volume VI. The Republic, Books 6–10
* L123) Volume VII. Theaetetus. Sophist
* L164) Volume VIII. Statesman. Philebus. Ion
* L234) Volume IX. Timaeus. Critias. Cleitophon. Menexenus. Epistles
* L187) Volume X. Laws
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, Books 1–6
* L192) Volume XI. Laws
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, Books 7–12
* L201) Volume XII. Charmides. Alcibiades 1 & 2. Hipparchus
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. The Lovers. Theages. Minos. Epinomis
= Plotinus
=
* L440) Volume I. Porphyry's Life of Plotinus. Ennead 1
* L441) Volume II. Ennead 2
* L442) Volume III. Ennead 3
* L443) Volume IV. Ennead 4
* L444) Volume V. Ennead 5
* L445) Volume VI. Ennead 6.1–5
* L468) Volume VII. Ennead 6.6–9
=
Plutarch
Plutarch (; , ''Ploútarchos'', ; – 120s) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo (Delphi), Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''Parallel Lives'', ...
=
* L197) Moralia: Volume I. The Education of Children. How the Young Man Should Study Poetry. On Listening to Lectures. How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend. How a Man May Become Aware of His Progress in Virtue
* L222) Moralia: Volume II. How to Profit by One's Enemies. On Having Many Friends. Chance. Virtue and Vice. Letter of Condolence to Apollonius. Advice About Keeping Well. Advice to Bride and Groom. The Dinner of the Seven Wise Men. Superstition
* L245) Moralia: Volume III. Sayings of Kings and Commanders. Sayings of Romans. Sayings of Spartans. The Ancient Customs of the Spartans. Sayings of Spartan Women. Bravery of Women
* L305) Moralia: Volume IV. Roman Questions. Greek Questions. Greek and Roman Parallel Stories. On the Fortune of the Romans. On the Fortune or the Virtue of Alexander. Were the Athenians More Famous in War or in Wisdom?
* L306) Moralia: Volume V. Isis and Osiris. The E at Delphi. The Oracles at Delphi No Longer Given in Verse. The Obsolescence of Oracles
* L337) Moralia: Volume VI. Can Virtue Be Taught? On Moral Virtue. On the Control of Anger. On Tranquility of Mind. On Brotherly Love. On Affection for Offspring. Whether Vice Be Sufficient to Cause Unhappiness. Whether the Affections of the Soul are Worse Than Those of the Body. Concerning Talkativeness. On Being a Busybody
* L405) Moralia: Volume VII. On Love of Wealth. On Compliancy. On Envy and Hate. On Praising Oneself Inoffensively. On the Delays of the Divine Vengeance. On Fate. On the Sign of Socrates. On Exile. Consolation to His Wife
* L424) Moralia: Volume VIII. Table-talk, Books 1–6
* L425) Moralia: Volume IX. Table-Talk, Books 7–9. Dialogue on Love
* L321) Moralia: Volume X. Love Stories. That a Philosopher Ought to Converse Especially With Men in Power. To an Uneducated Ruler. Whether an Old Man Should Engage in Public Affairs. Precepts of Statecraft. On Monarchy, Democracy, and Oligarchy. That We Ought Not To Borrow. Lives of the Ten Orators. Summary of a Comparison Between Aristophanes and Menander
* L426) Moralia: Volume XI. On the Malice of Herodotus. Causes of Natural Phenomena
* L406) Moralia: Volume XII. Concerning the Face Which Appears in the Orb of the Moon. On the Principle of Cold. Whether Fire or Water Is More Useful. Whether Land or Sea Animals Are Cleverer. Beasts Are Rational. On the Eating of Flesh
* L427) Moralia: Volume XIII. Part 1. Platonic Essays
* L470) Moralia: Volume XIII. Part 2. Stoic Essays
* L428) Moralia: Volume XIV. That Epicurus Actually Makes a Pleasant Life Impossible. Reply to Colotes in Defence of the Other Philosophers. Is "Live Unknown" a Wise Precept? On Music
* L429) Moralia: Volume XV. Fragments
* L499) Moralia: Volume XVI. Index
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Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (; , ; ; – 160s/170s AD) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine science, Byzant ...
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* L435) Tetrabiblos
= Sextus Empiricus
=
* L273) Volume I. Outlines of Pyrrhonism
* L291) Volume II. Against the Logicians
* L311) Volume III. Against the Physicists. Against the Ethicists
* L382) Volume IV. Against the Professors
=
Theophrastus
Theophrastus (; ; c. 371 – c. 287 BC) was an ancient Greek Philosophy, philosopher and Natural history, naturalist. A native of Eresos in Lesbos, he was Aristotle's close colleague and successor as head of the Lyceum (classical), Lyceum, the ...
=
* L070) Enquiry into Plants: Volume I. Books 1–5
* L079) Enquiry into Plants: Volume II. Books 6–9. Treatise on Odours. Concerning Weather Signs
* L225) Characters. Mimes. Cercidas and the Choliambic Poets
* L225N) Characters. Herodas, Mimes. Sophron and Other Mime Fragments
* L471) De Causis Plantarum: Volume I. Books 1–2
* L474) De Causis Plantarum: Volume II. Books 3–4
* L475) De Causis Plantarum: Volume III. Books 5–6
=Greek Mathematics (extracts)
=
* L335) Greek Mathematical Works: Volume I. From Thales to Euclid
Euclid (; ; BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the '' Elements'' treatise, which established the foundations of geometry that largely domina ...
. .
* L362) Greek Mathematical Works: Volume II. From Aristarchus to Pappus. .
Historians
= Appian
=
* L002N) Roman History: Volume I. Books 1–7 (New edition by Brian McGing)
* L003N) Roman History: Volume II. Books 8–10 (New edition by Brian McGing)
* L004N) Roman History: Volume III. Books 11–12 (New edition by Brian McGing)
* L005N) Roman History: Volume IV. Civil Wars, Books 1–2 (New edition by Brian McGing)
* L543) Roman History: Volume V: Civil Wars, Books 3–4
* L544) Roman History: Volume VI: Civil Wars, Book 5. Fragments
= Arrian
=
* L236) Volume I. Anabasis of Alexander, Books 1–4
* L269) Volume II. Anabasis of Alexander, Books 5–7. Indica
=
Dio Cassius
Lucius Cassius Dio (), also known as Dio Cassius ( ), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history of ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the ...
=
* L032) Roman History: Volume I. Fragments of Books 1–11
* L037) Roman History: Volume II. Fragments of Books 12–35 and of Uncertain Reference
* L053) Roman History: Volume III. Books 36–40
* L066) Roman History: Volume IV. Books 41–45
* L082) Roman History: Volume V. Books 46–50
* L083) Roman History: Volume VI. Books 51–55
* L175) Roman History: Volume VII. Books 56–60
* L176) Roman History: Volume VIII. Books 61–70
* L177) Roman History: Volume IX. Books 71–80
= Diodorus Siculus
=
* L279) Volume I. Library of History, Books 1–2.34. .
* L303) Volume II. Library of History, Books 2.35–4.58. .
* L340) Volume III. Library of History, Books 4.59–8. .
* L375) Volume IV. Library of History, Books 9–12.40. .
* L384) Volume V. Library of History, Books 12.41–13. .
* L399) Volume VI. Library of History, Books 14–15.19. .
* L389) Volume VII. Library of History, Books 15.20–16.65. .
* L422) Volume VIII. Library of History, Books 16.66–17
* L377) Volume IX. Library of History, Books 18–19.65
* L390) Volume X. Library of History, Books 19.66–20
* L409) Volume XI. Library of History, Fragments of Books 21–32
* L423) Volume XII. Library of History, Fragments of Books 33–40
= Herodian
=
* L454) History of the Empire: Volume I. Books 1–4
* L455) History of the Empire: Volume II. Books 5–8
= Herodotus
=
* L117) The Persian Wars: Volume I. Books 1–2.
* L118) The Persian Wars: Volume II. Books 3–4.
* L119) The Persian Wars: Volume III. Books 5–7.
* L120) The Persian Wars: Volume IV. Books 8–9.
= Josephus
=
* L186) Volume I. The Life of Flavius Josephus. Against Apion
* L203) Volume II. The Jewish War, Books 1–2
* L487) Volume III. The Jewish War, Books 3–4
* L210) Volume IV. The Jewish War, Books 5–7:
* L242) Volume V. Jewish Antiquities, Books 1–3
* L490) Volume VI. Jewish Antiquities, Books 4–6
* L281) Volume VII. Jewish Antiquities, Books 7–8
* L326) Volume VIII. Jewish Antiquities, Books 9–11
* L365) Volume IX. Jewish Antiquities, Books 12–13
* L489) Volume X. Jewish Antiquities, Books 14–15
* L410) Volume XI. Jewish Antiquities, Books 16–17
* L433) Volume XII. Jewish Antiquities, Books 18–19
* L456) Volume XIII. Jewish Antiquities, Book 20
= Manetho
=
* L350) History of Egypt and Other Works
= Polybius
=
* L128) Histories: Volume I. Books 1–2
* L137) Histories: Volume II. Books 3–4
* L138) Histories: Volume III. Books 5–8
* L159) Histories: Volume IV. Books 9–15
* L160) Histories: Volume V. Books 16–27
* L161) Histories: Volume VI. Books 28–39
= Procopius
=
* L048) Volume I. History of the Wars, Books 1–2. (Persian War)
* L081) Volume II. History of the Wars, Books 3–4. (Vandalic War)
* L107) Volume III. History of the Wars, Books 5–6.15. (Gothic War)
* L173) Volume IV. History of the Wars, Books 6.16–7.35. (Gothic War)
* L217) Volume V. History of the Wars, Books 7.36–8. (Gothic War)
* L290) Volume VI. The Anecdota or Secret History
* L343) Volume VII. On Buildings. General Index
=
Thucydides
Thucydides ( ; ; BC) was an Classical Athens, Athenian historian and general. His ''History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts Peloponnesian War, the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been d ...
=
* L108) History of the Peloponnesian War: Volume I. Books 1–2. .
* L109) History of the Peloponnesian War: Volume II. Books 3–4. .
* L110) History of the Peloponnesian War: Volume III. Books 5–6. .
* L169) History of the Peloponnesian War: Volume IV. Books 7–8. General Index. .
=
Xenophon
Xenophon of Athens (; ; 355/354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian. At the age of 30, he was elected as one of the leaders of the retreating Ancient Greek mercenaries, Greek mercenaries, the Ten Thousand, who had been ...
=
* L088) Volume I. Hellenica, Books 1–4
* L089) Volume II. Hellenica, Books 5–7
* L090) Volume III. Anabasis
* L168) Volume IV. Memorabilia
A souvenir (French language, French for 'a remembrance or memory'), memento, keepsake, or token of remembrance is an object a person acquires for the memory, memories the owner associates with it. A souvenir can be any object that can be collecte ...
and Oeconomicus. Symposium and Apologia
* L051) Volume V. Cyropaedia, Books 1–4
* L052) Volume VI. Cyropaedia, Books 5–8
* L183) Volume VII. Hiero. Agesilaus. Constitution of the Lacedaemonians. Ways and Means. Cavalry Commander. Art of Horsemanship. On Hunting. Old Oligarch: Constitution of the Athenians
Attic orators
= Aeschines
=
* L106) Collected works
= Demosthenes
=
* L238) Volume I. Olynthiacs 1–3. Philippic 1. On the Peace. Philippic 2. On Halonnesus. On the Chersonese. Philippics 3 and 4. Answer to Philip's Letter. Philip's Letter. On Organization. On the Navy-boards. For the Liberty of the Rhodians. For the People of Meg
* L155) Volume II. De Corona, De Falsa Legatione (18–19)
* L299) Volume III. Against Meidias. Against Androtion. Against Aristocrates. Against Timocrates. Against Aristogeiton 1 and 2 (21–26)
* L318) Volume IV. Private Orations (27–40)
* L346) Volume V. Private Orations (41–49)
* L351) Volume VI. Private Orations (50–58). Against Neaera (59)
* L374) Volume VII. Funeral Speech (60). Erotic Essay (61). Exordia. Letters
= Isaeus
=
* L202) Collected works
= Isocrates
=
* L209) Volume I. To Demonicus. To Nicocles. Nicocles or the Cyprians. Panegyricus. To Philip. Archidamus
* L229) Volume II. On the Peace. Areopagiticus. Against the Sophists. Antidosis. Panathenaicus
* L373) Volume III. Evagoras. Helen. Busiris. Plataicus. Concerning the Team of Horses. Trapeziticus. Against Callimachus. Aegineticus. Against Lochites. Against Euthynus. Letters
= Lysias
=
* L244) Collected works
=Minor Attic Orators
=
* L308) Minor Attic Orators: Volume I. Antiphon and Andocides
* L395) Minor Attic Orators: Volume II. Lycurgus. Dinarchus. Demades. Hyperides
Biography
=Plutarch
=
* L046) Parallel Lives: Volume I. Theseus and Romulus. Lycurgus and Numa. Solon and Publicola
* L047) Parallel Lives: Volume II. Themistocles and Camillus. Aristides and Cato Major. Cimon
Cimon or Kimon (; – 450BC) was an Athenian '' strategos'' (general and admiral) and politician.
He was the son of Miltiades, also an Athenian ''strategos''. Cimon rose to prominence for his bravery fighting in the naval Battle of Salamis ...
and Lucullus
* L065) Parallel Lives: Volume III. Pericles and Fabius Maximus. Nicias and Crassus
* L080) Parallel Lives: Volume IV. Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Lysander and Sulla
* L087) Parallel Lives: Volume V. Agesilaus and Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey ( ) or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the last decades of the Roman Republic. ...
. Pelopidas and Marcellus
* L098) Parallel Lives: Volume VI. Dion and Brutus. Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus
* L099) Parallel Lives: Volume VII. Demosthenes and Cicero. Alexander
Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here ar ...
and Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...
* L100) Parallel Lives: Volume VIII. Sertorius and Eumenes. Phocion and Cato the Younger
* L101) Parallel Lives: Volume IX. Demetrius and Antony. Pyrrhus and Gaius Marius
* L102) Parallel Lives: Volume X. Agis and Cleomenes. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Philopoemen and Flamininus
* L103) Parallel Lives: Volume XI. Aratus. Artaxerxes. Galba. Otho. General Index
= Diogenes Laërtius
=
* L184) Lives of Eminent Philosophers: Volume I. Books 1–5
* L185) Lives of Eminent Philosophers: Volume II. Books 6–10
= Philostratus
=
* L016) Life of Apollonius of Tyana: Volume I. Books 1–5
* L017) Life of Apollonius of Tyana: Volume II. Books 6–8. Epistles of Apollonius. Eusebius: Treatise
* L458) Life of Apollonius of Tyana: Volume III. Letters of Apollonius, Ancient Testimonia, Eusebius′s Reply to Hierocles
* L134) Lives of the Sophists. Eunapius: Lives of the Philosophers and Sophists
Ancient Greek novel
* L481) Chariton: Callirhoe
* L045) Achilles Tatius: Leucippe and Clitophon
* L069) Longus: Daphnis and Chloe. Xenophon of Ephesus: Anthia and Habrocomes
Greek Fathers
= Basil
=
* L190) Letters: Volume I. Letters 1–58
* L215) Letters: Volume II. Letters 59–185
* L243) Letters: Volume III. Letters 186–248
* L270) Letters: Volume IV. Letters 249–368. Address to Young Men on Greek Literature
=
Clement of Alexandria
Titus Flavius Clemens, also known as Clement of Alexandria (; – ), was a Christian theology, Christian theologian and philosopher who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria. Among his pupils were Origen and Alexander of Jerusalem. A ...
=
* L092) The Exhortation to the Greeks. The Rich Man's Salvation. To the Newly Baptized (fragment)
= Eusebius
=
* L153) Ecclesiastical History: Volume I. Books 1–5
* L265) Ecclesiastical History: Volume II. Books 6–10
= John Damascene
=
* L034) Barlaam and Ioasaph
= Apostolic Fathers
=
(edited by Bart Ehrman, replacing Kirsopp Lake's edition)
* L024) Apostolic Fathers: Volume I. I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius. Polycarp. Didache. Barnabas
* L025) Apostolic Fathers: Volume II. Shepherd of Hermas. Martyrdom of Polycarp. Epistle to Diognetus
Other Greek prose
= Aelian
=
* L446) On the Characteristics of Animals: Volume I. Books 1–5
* L448) On the Characteristics of Animals: Volume II. Books 6–11
* L449) On the Characteristics of Animals: Volume III. Books 12–17
* L486) Historical Miscellany
=
Aelius Aristides
Publius Aelius Aristides Theodorus (; 117–181 AD) was a Greek orator and author considered to be a prime example as a member of the Second Sophistic, a group of celebrated and highly influential orators who flourished from the reign of Nero unt ...
=
* L533) Orations: Volume I
* L545) Orations: Volume II
= Aeneas Tacticus
=
* L156) Aeneas Tacticus, Asclepiodotus, and Onasander
= Babrius and Phaedrus
=
* L436) Fables
Fable is a literary genre defined as a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse (poetry), verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphized, and that ...
= Alciphron
=
* L383) Alciphron, Aelian, and Philostratus: The Letters
= Apollodorus
=
* L121) The Library: Volume I. Books 1–3.9
* L122) The Library: Volume II. Book 3.10-end. Epitome
= Dio Chrysostom
=
* L257) Discourses 1–11: Volume I
* L339) Discourses 12–30: Volume II
* L358) Discourses 31–36: Volume III
* L376) Discourses 37–60: Volume IV
* L385) Discourses 61–80. Fragments. Letters: Volume V
= Dionysius of Halicarnassus
=
* L319) Roman Antiquities: Volume I. Books 1–2
* L347) Roman Antiquities: Volume II. Books 3–4
* L357) Roman Antiquities: Volume III. Books 5–6.48
* L364) Roman Antiquities: Volume IV. Books 6.49–7
* L372) Roman Antiquities: Volume V. Books 8–9.24
* L378) Roman Antiquities: Volume VI. Books 9.25–10
* L388) Roman Antiquities: Volume VII. Book 11. Fragments of Books 12–20
* L465) Critical Essays: Volume I. Ancient Orators. Lysias. Isocrates. Isaeus. Demosthenes. Thucydides
* L466) Critical Essays: Volume II. On Literary Composition. Dinarchus. Letters to Ammaeus and Pompeius
=
Galen
Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (; September 129 – AD), often Anglicization, anglicized as Galen () or Galen of Pergamon, was a Ancient Rome, Roman and Greeks, Greek physician, surgeon, and Philosophy, philosopher. Considered to be one o ...
=
* L071) On the Natural Faculties
* L516) Method of Medicine: Volume I. Books 1–4
* L517) Method of Medicine: Volume II. Books 5–9
* L518) Method of Medicine: Volume III. Books 10–14
* L523) On the Constitution of the Art of Medicine. The Art of Medicine. A Method of Medicine to Glaucon
* L535) Hygiene: Volume I. Books 1–4
* L536) Hygiene: Volume II. Books 5–6. Thrasybulus. On Exercise with a Small Ball.
* L546) On Temperaments. On Non-Uniform Distemperment. The Soul’s Traits Depend on Bodily Temperament
= Hippocrates
=
* L147) Volume I. Ancient Medicine. Airs, Waters, Places. Epidemics 1 & 3. The Oath. Precepts. Nutriment
* L148) Volume II. Prognostic. Regimen in Acute Diseases. The Sacred Disease. The Art. Breaths. Law. Decorum. Physician (Ch. 1). Dentition
* L149) Volume III. On Wounds in the Head. In the Surgery. On Fractures. On Joints. Mochlicon
* L150) Volume IV. Nature of Man. Regimen in Health. Humours. Aphorisms. Regimen 1–3. Dreams. Heracleitus: On the Universe
* L472) Volume V. Affections. Diseases 1. Diseases 2
* L473) Volume VI. Diseases 3. Internal Affections. Regimen in Acute Diseases (Appendix)
* L477) Volume VII. Epidemics 2, 4–7
* L482) Volume VIII. Places in Man. Glands. Fleshes. Prorrhetic 1–2. Physician. Use of Liquids. Ulcers. Haemorrhoids. Fistulas
* L509) Volume IX. Anatomy. Nature of Bones. Heart. Eight Months' Child. Coan Prenotions. Crises. Critical Days. Superfetation. Girls. Excision of the Fetus. Sight
* L520) Volume X. Generation. Nature of the Child. Diseases 4. Nature of Women. Barrenness
* L538) Volume XI. Diseases of Women 1–2
= Julian
=
* L013) Volume I. Orations 1–5
* L029) Volume II. Orations 6–8. Letters to Themistius, To the Senate and People of Athens, To a Priest. The Caesars. Misopogon
* L157) Volume III. Letters. Epigrams. Against the Galilaeans. Fragments
= Libanius
=
* L451) Selected Orations: Volume I. Julianic Orations
* L452) Selected Orations: Volume II. Orations 2, 19–23, 30, 33, 45, 47–50
* L478) Autobiography and Selected Letters: Volume I. Autobiography. Letters 1–50
* L479) Autobiography and Selected Letters: Volume II. Letters 51–193
= Lucian
=
* L014) Volume I. Phalaris. Hippias or The Bath. Dionysus. Heracles. Amber or The Swans. The Fly. Nigrinus. Demonax. The Hall. My Native Land. Octogenarians. A True Story. Slander. The Consonants at Law. The Carousal (Symposium) or The Lapiths
* L054) Volume II. The Downward Journey or The Tyrant. Zeus Catechized. Zeus Rants. The Dream or The Cock. Prometheus. Icaromenippus or The Sky-man. Timon or The Misanthrope. Charon or The Inspectors. Philosophies for Sale
* L130) Volume III. The Dead Come to Life or The Fisherman. The Double Indictment or Trials by Jury. On Sacrifices. The Ignorant Book Collector. The Dream or Lucian's Career. The Parasite. The Lover of Lies. The Judgement of the Goddesses. On Salaried Posts in Great Houses
* L162) Volume IV. Anacharsis or Athletics. Menippus or The Descent into Hades. On Funerals. A Professor of Public Speaking. Alexander the False Prophet. Essays in Portraiture. Essays in Portraiture Defended. The Goddesse of Surrye
* L302) Volume V. The Passing of Peregrinus. The Runaways. Toxaris or Friendship. The Dance. Lexiphanes. The Eunuch. Astrology. The Mistaken Critic. The Parliament of the Gods. The Tyrannicide. Disowned
* L430) Volume VI. How to Write History. The Dipsads. Saturnalia. Herodotus or Aetion. Zeuxis or Antiochus. A Slip of the Tongue in Greeting. Apology for the "Salaried Posts in Great Houses." Harmonides. A Conversation with Hesiod. The Scythian or The Consul. Hermotimus or Concerning the Sects. To One Who Said "You're a Prometheus in Words." The Ship or The Wishes
* L431) Volume VII. Dialogues of the Dead. Dialogues of the Sea-Gods. Dialogues of the Gods. Dialogues of the Courtesans
* L432) Volume VIII. Soloecista. Lucius or The Ass. Amores. Halcyon. Demosthenes. Podagra. Ocypus. Cyniscus. Philopatris. Charidemus. Nero
=pseudo- Menander Rhetor and pseudo- Dionysius of Halicarnassus
=
* L539) "Menander", Two treatises. "Dionysius", Ars Rhetorica
= Pausanias
=
* L093) Description of Greece: Volume I. Books 1–2 ( Attica and Corinth)
* L188) Description of Greece: Volume II. Books 3–5 ( Laconia, Messenia, Elis 1)
* L272) Description of Greece: Volume III. Books 6–8.21 (Elis 2, Achaia, Arcadia)
* L297) Description of Greece: Volume IV. Books 8.22–10 ( Arcadia, Boeotia, Phocis
Phocis (; ; ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Vardousia on the west, upon the Gu ...
and Ozolian Locris)
* L298) Description of Greece: Volume V. Maps, Plans, Illustrations and General Index
= Philostratus
=
* L521) Heroicus. Gymnasticus. Discourses 1 and 2
= Philostratus the Elder and Philostratus the Younger
=
* L256) Philostratus the Elder, Imagines. Philostratus the Younger, Imagines. Callistratus, Descriptions
= Strabo
=
* L049) Geography
Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...
: Volume I. Books 1–2
* L050) Geography: Volume II. Books 3–5
* L182) Geography: Volume III. Books 6–7
* L196) Geography: Volume IV. Books 8–9
* L211) Geography: Volume V. Books 10–12
* L223) Geography: Volume VI. Books 13–14
* L241) Geography: Volume VII. Books 15–16
* L267) Geography: Volume VIII. Book 17 and General Index
Papyri
* L266) Volume I. Private Documents (Agreements, Receipts, Wills, Letters, Memoranda, Accounts and Lists, and Others)
* L282) Volume II. Public Documents (Codes and Regulations, Edicts and Orders, Public Announcements, Reports of Meetings, Judicial Business, Petitions and Applications, Declarations to Officials, Contracts, Receipts, Accounts and Lists, Correspondence,
* L360) Volume III. Poetry
Latin
Poetry
= Ausonius
=
* L096) Ausonius: Volume I. Books 1–17
* L115) Ausonius: Volume II. Books 18–20. Paulinus Pellaeus Paulinus of Pella (377 – after 461) was a Christian poet of the fifth century. He wrote the autobiographical poem ''Eucharisticos'' ("Thanksgiving"). His poem is frequently used as an example of life in Gaul in the fifth century during the wan ...
: Eucharisticus
= Catullus
=
* L006) Also contains the works of Tibullus; Sulpicia; and ( Tiberianus?): Pervigilium Veneris
= Claudian
=
* L135) Volume I. Panegyric on Probinus and Olybrius. Against Rufinus 1 and 2. War Against Gildo. Against Eutropius 1 and 2. Fescennine Verses on the Marriage of Honorius. Epithalamium of Honorius and Maria. Panegyrics on the Third and Fourth Consulships of Honorius
* L136) Volume II. On Stilicho's Consulship 2–3. Panegyric on the Sixth Consulship of Honorius. The Gothic War. Shorter Poems. Rape of Proserpina
=
Horace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), Suetonius, Life of Horace commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). Th ...
=
* L033) Odes and Epodes
* L194) Satires. Epistles. The Art of Poetry
= Juvenal and Persius
=
* L091) Collected satires
= Lucan
=
* L220) The Civil War (Pharsalia
''De Bello Civili'' (; ''On the Civil War''), more commonly referred to as the ''Pharsalia'' (, neuter plural), is a Latin literature, Roman Epic poetry, epic poem written by the poet Lucan, detailing the Caesar's civil war, civil war between Ju ...
)
= Lucretius
=
* L181) On the Nature of Things
= Manilius
=
* L469) Astronomica
= Martial
=
* L094) Epigrams: Volume I. Spectacles, Books 1–5
* L095) Epigrams: Volume II. Books 6–10
* L480) Epigrams: Volume III. Books 11–14
= Ovid
=
* L041) Volume I. Heroides. Amores
* L232) Volume II. Art of Love. Cosmetics
Cosmetics are substances that are intended for application to the body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering appearance. They are mixtures of chemical compounds derived from either Natural product, natural source ...
. Remedies for Love. Ibis. Walnut-tree. Sea Fishing. Consolation
* L042) Volume III. Metamorphoses, Books 1–8
* L043) Volume IV. Metamorphoses, Books 9–15
* L253) Volume V. Fasti
* L151) Volume VI. Tristia. Ex Ponto
= Propertius
=
* L018N) Elegies
= Sidonius Apollinaris
=
* L296) Volume I. Poems. Letters, Books 1–2
* L420) Volume II. Letters, Books 3–9
= Silius Italicus
=
* L277) Punica: Volume I. Books 1–8
* L278) Punica: Volume II. Books 9–17
= Statius
=
* L206N) Volume I. Silvae
* L207N) Volume II. Thebaid
The Thebaid or Thebais (, ''Thēbaïs'') was a region in ancient Egypt, comprising the 13 southernmost nome (Egypt), nomes of Upper Egypt, from Abydos, Egypt, Abydos to Aswan.
Pharaonic history
The Thebaid acquired its name from its proximit ...
, Books 1–7
* L498) Volume III. Thebaid, Books 8–12. Achilleid
= Valerius Flaccus
=
* L286) Argonautica
The ''Argonautica'' () is a Greek literature, Greek epic poem written by Apollonius of Rhodes, Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only entirely surviving Hellenistic civilization, Hellenistic epic (though Aetia (Callimachus), Callim ...
= Virgil
=
* L063N) Volume I. Eclogues. Georgics
The ''Georgics'' ( ; ) is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE. As the name suggests (from the Greek language, Greek word , ''geōrgiká'', i.e. "agricultural hings) the subject of the poem is agriculture; but far from bei ...
. Aeneid
The ''Aeneid'' ( ; or ) is a Latin Epic poetry, epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Troy, Trojan who fled the Trojan War#Sack of Troy, fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Ancient Rome ...
, Books 1–6
* L064N) Volume II. Aeneid Books 7–12, Appendix Vergiliana
=Minor Latin Poets edited by J. W. Duff
=
* L284) Minor Latin Poets: Volume I. Publilius Syrus. Elegies on Maecenas. Grattius. Calpurnius Siculus. Laus Pisonis. Einsiedeln Eclogues. Aetna
* L434) Minor Latin Poets: Volume II. Florus. Hadrian
Hadrian ( ; ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian was born in Italica, close to modern Seville in Spain, an Italic peoples, Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his branch of the Aelia gens, Aelia '' ...
. Nemesianus. Reposianus. Tiberianus. Distichs of Cato. Phoenix. Avianus. Rutilius Claudius Namatianus. Others
Drama
= Plautus
=
* L060) Volume I. Amphitryon. The Comedy of Asses. The Pot of Gold. The Two Bacchises. The Captives
* L061) Volume II. Casina. The Casket Comedy. Curculio. Epidicus. The Two Menaechmuses
* L163) Volume III. The Merchant. The Braggart Soldier. The Ghost. The Persian
* L260) Volume IV. The Little Carthaginian. Pseudolus. The Rope
* L328) Volume V. Stichus. Trinummus. Truculentus. Vidularia, or the Tale of a Traveling-Bag. Fragments
= Terence
=
* L022N) Volume I. The Woman of Andros. The Self-Tormentor. The Eunuch
* L023N) Volume II. Phormio. The Mother-in-Law. The Brothers
= Seneca the Younger
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* L062N) Volume VIII, Tragedies I. Hercules Furens. Troades. Medea. Hippolytus. Oedipus.
* L078N) Volume IX, Tragedies II. Agamemnon. Thyestes. Hercules Oetaeus. Phoenissae. Octavia.
Philosophy
=
Boethius
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius (; Latin: ''Boetius''; 480–524 AD), was a Roman Roman Senate, senator, Roman consul, consul, ''magister officiorum'', polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middl ...
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* L074) Theological Tractates. The Consolation of Philosophy
= Cicero
=
* L213) Volume XVI. On the Republic ( De re publica). On the Laws ( De Legibus)
* L040) Volume XVII. On Ends ( De Finibus)
* L141) Volume XVIII. Tusculan Disputations
* L268) Volume XIX. On the Nature of the Gods ( De Natura Deorum). Academics ( Academica)
* L154) Volume XX. On Old Age ( De Senectute). On Friendship ( De Amicitia). On Divination ( De Divinatione)
* L030) Volume XXI. On Duties ( De Officiis): De Officiis
= Seneca the Younger
=
* L214) Volume I. Moral Essays: De Providentia. De Constantia. De Ira. De Clementia
* L254) Volume II. Moral Essays: De Consolatione ad Marciam. De Vita Beata. De Otio. De Tranquillitate Animi. De Brevitate Vitae. De Consolatione ad Polybium. De Consolatione ad Helviam
* L310) Volume III. Moral Essays: De Beneficiis
* L450) Volume VII. Natural Questions, Books 1–3
* L457) Volume X. Natural Questions, Book 4–7
History
= Ammianus Marcellinus
=
* L300) Roman History: Volume I. Books 14–19
* L315) Roman History: Volume II. Books 20–26
* L331) Roman History: Volume III. Books 27–31. Excerpta Valesiana
= Bede
=
* L246) Historical Works: Volume I. Ecclesiastical History, Books 1–3
* L248) Historical Works: Volume II. Ecclesiastical History, Books 4–5. Lives of the Abbots. Letter to Egbert
=
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...
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* L072) Volume I. Gallic War
* L039) Volume II. Civil Wars
* L402) Volume III. Alexandrian, African, and Spanish Wars
= Curtius
=
* L368) History of Alexander: Volume I. Books 1–5
* L369) History of Alexander: Volume II. Books 6–10
= Florus
=
* L231) Epitome of Roman History
= Justin
=
* L557) Epitome of Pompeius Trogus: Volume I. Books 1–20
* L558) Epitome of Pompeius Trogus: Volume II. Books 21-44
= Livy
=
* L114) History of Rome: Volume I. Books 1–2
* L133) History of Rome: Volume II. Books 3–4
* L172) History of Rome: Volume III. Books 5–7
* L191) History of Rome: Volume IV. Books 8–10
* L233) History of Rome: Volume V. Books 21–22
* L355) History of Rome: Volume VI. Books 23–25
* L367) History of Rome: Volume VII. Books 26–27
* L381) History of Rome: Volume VIII. Books 28–30
* L295N) History of Rome: Volume IX. Books 31, 34
* L301N) History of Rome: Volume X. Books 35–37
* L313N) History of Rome: Volume XI. Books 38–39
* L332) History of Rome: Volume XII. Books 40–42
* L396) History of Rome: Volume XIII. Books 43–45
* L404) History of Rome: Volume XIV. Summaries. Fragments. Julius Obsequens. General Index
= Sallust
=
* L116N) Volume I. War with Catiline. War with Jugurtha.
* L522N) Volume II. Fragments of the Histories. Letters to Caesar
= Tacitus
=
* L111) Volume II. Histories 1–3
* L249) Volume III. Histories 4–5. Annals 1–3
* L312) Volume IV. Annals 4–6, 11–12
* L322) Volume V. Annals 13–16
= Velleius Paterculus
=
* L152N) Compendium of Roman History. Res Gestae Divi Augusti
=The Augustan History, edited by D. Magie
=
* L139) Scriptores Historiae Augustae: Volume I. Hadrian. Aelius. Antoninus Pius. Marcus Aurelius. L. Verus. Avidius Cassius. Commodus. Pertinax. Didius Julianus. Septimius Severus. Pescennius Niger. Clodius Albinus
* L140) Scriptores Historiae Augustae : Volume II. Caracalla. Geta. Opellius Macrinus. Diadumenianus. Elagabalus. Severus Alexander. The Two Maximini. The Three Gordians. Maximus and Balbinus
* L263) Scriptores Historiae Augustae: Volume III. The Two Valerians. The Two Gallieni. The Thirty Pretenders. The Deified Claudius. The Deified Aurelian. Tacitus. Probus. Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus. Carus, Carinus and Numerian
Oratory
=
Apuleius
Apuleius ( ), also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (c. 124 – after 170), was a Numidians, Numidian Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher and rhetorician. He was born in the Roman Empire, Roman Numidia (Roman province), province ...
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* L534) Apologia. Florida. De Deo Socratis
= Cicero
=
* L240N) Volume VI. Pro Quinctio. Pro Roscio Amerino. Pro Roscio Comoedo. The Three Speeches on the Agrarian Law Against Rullus
* L221) Volume VII. The Verrine Orations I: Against Caecilius. Against Verres, Part 1; Part 2, Books 1–2
* L293) Volume VIII. The Verrine Orations II: Against Verres, Part 2, Books 3–5
* L198) Volume IX. Pro Lege Manilia. Pro Caecina. Pro Cluentio. Pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo
* L324) Volume X. In Catilinam 1–4. Pro Murena. Pro Sulla. Pro Flacco
* L158) Volume XI. Pro Archia. Post Reditum in Senatu. Post Reditum ad Quirites. De Domo Sua. De Haruspicum Responsis. Pro Cn. Plancio
* L309) Volume XII. Pro Sestio. In Vatinium
* L447) Volume XIII. Pro Caelio. De Provinciis Consularibus. Pro Balbo
* L252) Volume XIV. Pro Milone. In Pisonem. Pro Scauro. Pro Fonteio. Pro Rabirio Postumo. Pro Marcello. Pro Ligario. Pro Rege Deiotaro
* L189) Volume XVa. Philippics 1-6
* L507) Volume XVb. Philippics 7-14
* L556) Volume XXX. Fragmentary Speeches
= Quintilian
=
* L500) The Lesser Declamations: Volume I
* L501) The Lesser Declamations: Volume II
*L547) The Major Declamations: Volume I
*L548) The Major Declamations: Volume II
*L549) The Major Declamations: Volume III
= Seneca the Elder
=
* L463) Declamations: Volume I. Controversiae, Books 1–6
* L464) Declamations: Volume II. Controversiae, Books 7–10. Suasoriae. Fragments
Biography
= Cornelius Nepos
=
* L467) Collected works
= Suetonius
=
* L031) The Lives of the Caesars: Volume I. Julius. Augustus. Tiberius. Gaius. Caligula
* L038) The Lives of the Caesars: Volume II. Claudius. Nero. Galba, Otho, and Vitellius. Vespasian. Titus, Domitian. Lives of Illustrious Men: Grammarians and Rhetoricians. Poets (Terence. Virgil. Horace. Tibullus. Persius. Lucan). Lives of Pliny the Elder and Passienus Crispus
= Tacitus
=
* L035) Volume I. Agricola. Germania
Germania ( ; ), also more specifically called Magna Germania (English: ''Great Germania''), Germania Libera (English: ''Free Germania''), or Germanic Barbaricum to distinguish it from the Roman provinces of Germania Inferior and Germania Superio ...
. Dialogue on Oratory
Latin Novel
=
Apuleius
Apuleius ( ), also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (c. 124 – after 170), was a Numidians, Numidian Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher and rhetorician. He was born in the Roman Empire, Roman Numidia (Roman province), province ...
=
* L044) Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass): Books 1–11, ''(1965 printing)''
* L044N) Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass): Volume I. Books 1–6
* L453) Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass): Volume II. Books 7–11
= Petronius
=
* L015) Satyricon, with Seneca the Younger's Apocolocyntosis
Letters
= Cicero
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* L007N) Volume XXII. Letters to Atticus 1–89
* L008N) Volume XXIII. Letters to Atticus 90–165A
* L097N) Volume XXIV. Letters to Atticus 166–281
* L205N) Volume XXV. Letters to Friends 1–113
* L216N) Volume XXVI. Letters to Friends 114–280
* L230N) Volume XXVII. Letters to Friends 281–435
* L462N) Volume XXVIII. Letters to Quintus and Brutus. Letter Fragments. Letter to Octavian. Invectives. Handbook of Electioneering
* L491) Volume XXIX. Letters to Atticus 282–426
=Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Fronto
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* L112) Correspondence: Volume I
* L113) Correspondence: Volume II
=Jerome
=
* L262) Select Letters
=Pliny the Younger
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* L055) Letters and Panegyricus: Volume I. Books 1–7
* L059) Letters and Panegyricus: Volume II. Books 8–10. Panegyricus
= Seneca the Younger
=
* L075) Volume IV. Epistles 1–65
* L076) Volume V. Epistles 66–92
* L077) Volume VI. Epistles 93–124
Church Fathers
=Augustine of Hippo, Augustine
=
* L026) Confessions (St. Augustine), Confessions: Volume I. Books 1–8
* L027) Confessions: Volume II. Books 9–13
* L239) Select Letters
* L411) City of God (book), City of God: Volume I. Books 1–3
* L412) City of God: Volume II. Books 4–7
* L413) City of God: Volume III. Books 8–11
* L414) City of God: Volume IV. Books 12–15
* L415) City of God: Volume V. Books 16–18.35
* L416) City of God: Volume VI. Books 18.36–20
* L417) City of God: Volume VII. Books 21–22
=Prudentius
=
* L387) Volume I. Preface. Daily Round. Divinity of Christ. Origin of Sin. Psychomachia, Fight for Mansoul. Against Symmachus 1
* L398) Volume II. Against Symmachus 2. Crowns of Martyrdom. Scenes From History. Epilogue
=Tertullian and Marcus Minucius Felix
=
* L250) ''Apologeticus, Apology'' and ''De Spectaculis''. ''Octavius (dialogue), Octavius''
Other Latin Prose
=Cato the Elder, Cato and Marcus Terentius Varro, Varro
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* L283) On Agriculture
* L551) Cato: Testimonia. Origines
* L552) Cato: Orations. Other Fragments
=Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Celsus
=
* L292) On Medicine: Volume I. Books 1–4
* L304) On Medicine: Volume II. Books 5–6
* L336) On Medicine: Volume III. Books 7–8
= Cicero
=
* L403) Volume I. Rhetorica ad Herennium
* L386) Volume II. On Invention (De Inventione). The Best Kind of Orator (De Optimo Genere Oratorum). Topics (Writings of Cicero, Topica)
* L348) Volume III. On the Orator (De Oratore) Books 1–2
* L349) Volume IV. On the Orator (De Oratore) Book 3. On Fate (De Fato). Stoic Paradoxes (Paradoxa Stoicorum). On the Divisions of Oratory (De Partitione Oratoria)
* L342) Volume V. Brutus (Cicero), Brutus. Orator (Cicero), Orator
=Columella
=
* L361) On Agriculture: Volume I. Books 1–4
* L407) On Agriculture: Volume II. Books 5–9
* L408) On Agriculture: Volume III. Books 10–12. On Trees
=Frontinus
=
* L174) Strategemata, Stratagems. De aquaeductu
=Gellius
=
* L195) Attic Nights: Volume I. Books 1–5
* L200) Attic Nights: Volume II. Books 6–13
* L212) Attic Nights: Volume III. Books 14–20
=Macrobius
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* L510) Saturnalia (Macrobius), Saturnalia: Volume I. Books 1-2
* L511) Saturnalia: Volume II. Books 3-5
* L512) Saturnalia: Volume III. Books 6-7
=Pliny the Elder, Pliny
=
* L330) Natural History (Pliny), Natural History: Volume I. Books 1–2
* L352) Natural History: Volume II. Books 3–7
* L353) Natural History: Volume III. Books 8–11
* L370) Natural History: Volume IV. Books 12–16
* L371) Natural History: Volume V. Books 17–19
* L392) Natural History: Volume VI. Books 20–23
* L393) Natural History: Volume VII. Books 24–27. Index of Plants
* L418) Natural History: Volume VIII. Books 28–32. Index of Fishes
* L394) Natural History: Volume IX. Books 33–35
* L419) Natural History: Volume X. Books 36–37
= Quintilian
=
* L124N) The Orator's Education: Volume I. Books 1–2
* L125N) The Orator's Education: Volume II. Books 3–5
* L126N) The Orator's Education: Volume III. Books 6–8
* L127N) The Orator's Education: Volume IV. Books 9–10
* L494N) The Orator's Education: Volume V. Books 11–12
=Valerius Maximus
=
* L492) Memorable Doings and Sayings : Volume I. Books 1–5
* L493) Memorable Doings and Sayings: Volume II. Books 6–9
=Marcus Terentius Varro, Varro
=
* L333) On the Latin Language: Volume I. Books 5–7
* L334) On the Latin Language: Volume II. Books 8–10. Fragments
=Vitruvius
=
* L251) De Architectura, On Architecture: Volume I. Books 1–5. .
* L280) On Architecture: Volume II. Books 6–10. .
Fragmentary Collections
=Old Latin, edited by E.H. Warmington, Warmington, E.H.
=
* L294) Remains of Old Latin: Volume I. Ennius. Caecilius Statius, Caecilius
* L314) Remains of Old Latin: Volume II. Livius Andronicus. Gnaeus Naevius, Naevius. Pacuvius. Lucius Accius, Accius
* L329) Remains of Old Latin: Volume III. Gaius Lucilius, Lucilius. The Law of the Twelve Tables
* L359) Remains of Old Latin: Volume IV. Archaic Inscriptions
=Fragmentary Republican Latin
=
* L294N) Volume I. Ennius: Testimonia. Epic Fragments.
* L537) Volume II. Ennius: Dramatic Fragments. Minor Works.
* L540) Volume III. Oratory, Part 1. Beginning with Appius Claudius Caecus (340–273 BCE).
* L541) Volume IV. Oratory, Part 2.
* L542) Volume V. Oratory, Part 3.
* L314N) Volume VI. Livius Andronicus. Gnaeus Naevius, Naevius. Caecilius Statius, Caecilius.
References
Further reading
*James Loeb
The Loeb Classical Library: a word about its purpose and scope
(1912)
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