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Part III: F-M
Harvard U. Press

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L
FLORUS
EPITOME OF ROMAN HISTORY
Translated by E. S. Forster
1929/6th printing/396 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99254 7
Series No. 231
(See also MINOR LATIN POETS, Volume II)

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FRONTINUS
STRATAGEMS. AQUEDUCTS
Translated by C. E. Bennett and Mary B. McElwain
1925/7th printing/524 pages/2 maps/ 4 illustrations/index
ISBN: 0 674 99192 3
Series No. 174

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FRONTO
CORRESPONDENCE
2 Volumes
Translated by C. R. Haines
VOLUME I.
1919/5th printing/366 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99124 9
Series No. 112
VOLUME II.
1920/5th printing/378 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99125 7
Series No. 113

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GALEN
ON THE NATURAL FACULTIES
Translated by A. J. Brock
1916/7th printing/396 pages/index and glossary
ISBN: 0 674 99078 1
Series No. 71



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GELLIUS
ATTIC NIGHTS
3 Volumes
Translated by John C. Rolfe
An engaging writer of the Antonine period, Aulus Gellius was a man of wide interests and great admiration for Greek culture. His Attic Nights is a collection of absorbing short chapters about notable events, words and questions of literary style, lives of historical figures, points of law, and philosophical issues that served as instructive light reading for the cultivated Roman. The workÕs title derives simply from the fact that Gellius began to write these pieces during stays in Athens. Variety adds to the charm of the miscellany: the author makes use of reminiscence as a literary form, dramatizations, character sketches, dialogues, extensive quotations from other writers (many from works now lost). He was long considered a model of the perennial humanist.
VOLUME I.
BOOKS I-V
1927/7th printing/528 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99215 6
Series No. 195
VOLUME II.
BOOKS VI-XIII
1927/5th printing/570 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99220 2
Series No. 200
VOLUME III.
BOOKS XIV-XX
1927/6th printing/530 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99234 2
Series No. 212



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GRATTIUS
(See MINOR LATIN POETS, Volume I)



G
GREEK ANTHOLOGY
5 Volumes
Translated by W. R. Paton
VOLUME I.
BOOK I: CHRISTIAN EPIGRAMS.
BOOK II: CHRISTODORUS OF THEBES IN EGYPT.
BOOK III: THE CYZICENE EPIGRAMS.
BOOK IV: THE PROEMS OF THE DIFFERENT ANTHOLOGIES.
BOOK V: THE AMATORY EPIGRAMS.
BOOK VI: THE DEDICATORY EPIGRAMS
1916/9th printing/516 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99074 9
Series No. 67
VOLUME II.
BOOK VII: SEPULCHRAL EPIGRAMS.
BOOK VIII: THE EPIGRAMS OF ST. GREGORY THE THEOLOGIAN
1917/8th printing/524 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99075 7
Series No. 68
VOLUME III.
BOOK IX: THE DECLAMATORY EPIGRAMS
1917/8th printing/462 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99093 5
Series No. 84
VOLUME IV.
BOOK X: THE HORTATORY AND ADMONITORY EPIGRAMS.
BOOK XI: THE CONVIVIAL AND SATIRICAL EPIGRAMS.
BOOK XII: STRATO'S MUSA PUERILIS
1918/revision 1971/9th printing/428 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99094 3
Series No. 85
VOLUME V.
BOOK XIII: EPIGRAMS IN VARIOUS METRES.
BOOK XIV: ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS, RIDDLES, ORACLES.
BOOK XV: MISCELLANEA.
BOOK XVI: EPIGRAMS OF THE PLANUDEAN ANTHOLOGY NOT IN THE PALATINE MANUSCRIPT
1918/6th printing/412 pages/indexes/lllustrations
ISBN: 0 674 99095 1
Series No. 86



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GREEK BUCOLIC POETS
(THEOCRITUS, BION, MOSCHUS)
Translated by J. M. Edmonds
1912/12th printing/556 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99031 5
Series No. 28



G
GREEK ELEGY AND IAMBUS
2 Volumes
Translated by J. M. Edmonds
The poetry of the archaic period that the Greeks called iambic is characterized by scornful criticism of friend and foe and by sexual license. The purpose of these poems is unclear, but they seem to have some connection with cult songs used in religious festivals--for example, those honoring Dionysus and Demeter. In this completely new Loeb Classical Library edition of early Greek iambic poetry, Douglas Gerber provides a faithful and fully annotated translation of the fragments that have come down to us.
VOLUME I.
ELEGIAC POETS FROM CALLINUS TO CRITIAS (INCLUDING TYRTAEUS, MIMNERMUS, SOLON, PHOCYLIDES, XENOPHANES, THEOGNIS)
Most substantial in this volume is the collection of elegiac verses to which Theognis' name is attached. Drinking and merry-making are frequent themes in these poems; there are also more reflective and philosophic pieces and love poems. Together they offer an interesting picture of an aristocratic man's views about life, friendship, fate, and daily concerns. Also notable in this volume is the martial verse of the Spartan Tyrtaeus and the poetry of Solon, Athens' famous lawmaker.
1931/6th printing/540 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99284 9
Series No. 258
VOLUME II.
ELEGIAC POETRY OF THE FOURTH CENTURY. IAMBIC POETS (INCLUDING ARCHILOCHUS AND SEMONIDES). ANONYMOUS INSCRIPTIONS AND FRAGMENTS
Major poets in this volume include Archilochus who expressed himself in colorful and vigorous language. Famous throughout antiquity for his winged barbs, he is often considered the archetypal poet of blame. Other major poets in this volume are Semonides, best known for a long misogynistic poem describing ten types of wives; and Hipponax, who was much admired by the poets of Hellenistic Alexandria, in part for his depictions of the licentious and seamy side of society.
1931/6th printing/372 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99285 7
Series No. 259



G
GREEK LYRIC
5 Volumes
Edited and translated by David A. Campbell
"The edition is remarkable for its comprehensiveness, good layout and printing, good textual judgment, and fluent, accurate translation."
--M. L. West, Classical Review
VOLUME I.
SAPPHO AND ALCAEUS
Here are the complete extant works of the two illustrious singers of sixth-century Lesbos: Sappho, the most famous woman poet of antiquity, whose main theme was love; and Alcaeus, poet of wine, war, and politics. Ancient reports about the lives and work of the two are presented along with all readable fragments.
1982/3rd printing/5l0 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99157 5
Series No. 142
VOLUME II.
ANACREON, ANACREONTEA, CHORAL LYRIC FROM OLYMPUS TO ALCMAN
This volume in David Campbell's highly praised edition of the Greek lyric poets contains the work of Anacreon, composer of solo song, as well as the Anacreonta (for which Campbell provides a very helpful in-depth introduction). Here, too, are the earliest writers of choral poetry, notably the seventh-century Spartans Alcman and Terpander. Ancient reports about the lives and work of these poets are represented along with all readable fragments.
1988/576 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99158 3
Series No. 143
VOLUME III.
STESICHORUS, IBYCUS, SIMONIDES, AND OTHERS
The most important poets writing in Greek in the 6th century B.C. came from Sicily and southern Italy. Stesichorus was called by ancient writers "most Homeric"--a recognition of his epic themes and noble style. Ibycus, too, wrote lyrical narratives on mythological themes, and composed erotic poems as well. Simonides was successful in various genres; his work includes victory odes, dirges, and dithyrambic poetry. All the extant verse of these poets is given here, along with the ancients' accounts of their lives and works. Also in this volume are ten contemporary poets, including Arion, Lasus, and Pratinas.
1991/660 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99525 2
Series No. 476
VOLUME IV.
BACCHYLIDES, CORINNA, AND OTHERS
Bacchylides was a master of the captivating narrative and wrote choral poetry of many types. We have a number of his victory odes as well as dithyrambs and other hymns. Also represented in this volume is the Boeotian Corinna, whose work, versions of local myths, survives in greater quantity than that of any other Greek woman poet except Sappho. Other women are here too: Myrtis, Telesilla of Argos, Charixena, and Praxilla of Sicyon. Also included are Timocreon of Rhodes, Diagoras of Melos, and Ion of Chios.
1992/428 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99508 2
Series No. 461
VOLUME V.
THE NEW SCHOOL OF POETRY AND ANONYMOUS SONGS AND HYMNS
Toward the end of the fifth century B.C. Aristophanes and others used contemporary poets as targets for jokes, making fun of their innovations in language and music. The dithyrambs of Melanippides, Cinesias, Phrynis, Timotheus, and Philoxenus are remarkable examples of this new style.The poets of the new school, active from the mid-5th to the mid-4th century, are presented in this final volume of David Campbell's widely praised edition of Greek lyric poetry.
This volume also collects folk songs, drinking songs, and other anonymous pieces. The folk songs include children's ditties, marching songs, love songs, and snatches of cult poetry. The drinking songs are derived mainly from Athenaeus' collection of Attic scolia.
1993/492 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99559 7
Series No. 144
"Campbell... is now giving the Classics world a definitive edition of Greek Lyric."
--Gregory Nagy, Classical Views



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GREEK MATHEMATICAL WORKS
2 Volumes
Selections Illustrating the History of Greek Mathematics.
Translated by Ivor Thomas
VOLUME I.
FROM THALES TO EUCLID
1939/6 printings, rev. 1980/rev. 1991/2nd printing/562 pages
pages
ISBN: 0 674 99369 1
Series No. 335
VOLUME II.
FROM ARISTARCHUS TO PAPPUS
1941/6th printing/revised 1992/694 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99399 3
Series No. 362



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HADRIAN
(See MINOR LATIN POETS, Volume II)



G
HERACLEITUS
(See HIPPOCRATES, Volume IV)



G
HERODAS
(See THEOPHRASTUS, Characters)



G
HERODIAN
HISTORY OF THE EMPIRE
2 Volumes
Translated by C. R. Whittaker
VOLUME I.
BOOKS I-IV
1969/2nd printing/564 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99500 7
Series No. 454
VOLUME II.
BOOKS V-VIII
1971/342 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99501 5
Series No. 455



G
HERODOTUS
THE PERSIAN WARS
4 Volumes
Translated by A. D. Godley
VOLUME I.
BOOKS I-II
l920/10th printing/526 pages/map/index
ISBN: 0 674 99130 3
Series No. 117
VOLUME II.
BOOKS III-IV
1921/9th printing/434 pages/2 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99131 1
Series No. 118
VOLUME III.
BOOKS V-VII
1922/10th printing/588 pages/3 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99133 8
Series No. 119
VOLUME IV.
BOOKS VIII-IX
1924/7th printing/418 pages/2 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99134 6
Series No. 120



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HESIOD AND THE HOMERIC HYMNS
EPIC CYCLE. HOMERICA
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White
Herodotus considered the ÒTheogonyÓ of Hesiod to be the only coherent account of Greek theology to survive from early times. A veritable pageant of the divine world, it recounts, in rich complexity, the rise of the primeval gods and the universe from Chaos, the triumph of Zeus, and the history-making interaction of gods and mortals. In closing the poet calls upon the Muses to sing of the Òtribe of women,Ó an invocation that links this work to the ÒCatalogue of WomenÓ (a poem preserved only in part), which focuses on the illustrious heroines of mythology and their children in successive generations to track the descent of the Greek people. This volume also includes the 33 Hymns addressed to individual gods that were traditionally ascribed to Homer.
1914/Appendix added by D. L. Page 1936/ 17th printing/706 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99063 3
Series No. 57



G
HIPPOCRATES
8 Volumes
Hippocrates, said to have been born in Cos in or before 460 B.C., learned medicine and philosophy and traveled widely as a medical doctor and teacher. Of the roughly 70 medical treatises collected under his name--the Hippocratic Collection--many are not by him; even the famous Hippocratic Oath (in Volume I of the Loeb edition) may not be his. But he was undeniably the "Father of Medicine." And the treatises in the Hippocratic Collection are essential sources of information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning the human body.
VOLUME I.
ANCIENT MEDICINE. AIRS, WATERS, PLACES. EPIDEMICS I & III. THE OATH. PRECEPTS. NUTRIMENT
Translated by W. H. S. Jones
1923/8th printing/432 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99162 1
Series No. 147
VOLUME II.
PROGNOSTIC. REGIMEN IN ACUTE DISEASES. THE SACRED DISEASE. THE ART. BREATHS. LAW. DECORUM. PHYSICIAN (Ch.l). DENTITION
Translated by W. H. S. Jones
1923/8th printing/402 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99164 8
Series No. 148
VOLUME III.
ON WOUNDS IN THE HEAD. IN THE SURGERY. ON FRACTURES. ON JOINTS. MOCHLICON
Translated by E.T. Withington
1928/6th printing/484 pages/2 plates
ISBN: 0 674 99165 6
Series No. 149
VOLUME IV.
NATURE OF MAN. REGIMEN IN HEALTH. HUMOURS. APHORISMS. REGIMEN I-III.
DREAMS. HERACLEITUS. ON THE UNIVERSE
Translated by W. H. S. Jones
1931/89th printing/582 pages/general index
ISBN: 0 674 99166 4
Series No. 150
VOLUME V.
AFFECTIONS. DISEASES I. DISEASES II
Edited and translated by Paul Potter
1988/350 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99520 1
Series No. 472
Praise for Volumes V-VI:
"Paul Potter...has brought to his task his considerable philological skills. He has done much more than produce excellent--that is, accurate and readable-- translations. Not only has he engaged in extensive study of the manuscript traditions of all six treatises...but he has also examined and collated the available extant manuscripts of the other three treatises, thus producing a critical text for each."
--Darrel W. Amundsen, Bulletin of Historical Medicine
VOLUME VI.
DISEASES III. INTERNAL AFFECTIONS. REGIMEN IN ACUTE DISEASES
Edited and translated by Paul Potter
1988/372 pages/table of weights and measures/indexes of symptoms, drugs
ISBN: 0 674 99522 8
Series No. 473
VOLUME VII.
EPIDEMICS II, IV-VII
Edited and translated by Wesley D. Smith
In this seventh volume of the ongoing Loeb edition of the Hippocratic Collection, Wesley Smith presents the first modern English translation of Books 2 and 4-7 of the Epidemics (the other two books are already available in the first volume).
In the casebooks and notes that make up the seven books called Epidemics--the title originally meant "visits"--we can watch ancient physicians observing patients, noting and pondering symptoms, evaluating treatments, and developing theories about the body. They appear to be physicians' notebooks from several areas of the Aegean basin.
Praise for Volume VII:
"Since Littré's edition...the texts of the Epidemics, with the exception of I, III and VI, had only appeared in an edition by Pournaropoulos, and this is the first complete English translation...It is thus of enormous value in making all the books of the Epidemics available to those without a sufficient knowledge of Greek or French--or without access to the Littré edition. It is also a welcome further step towards a complete Loeb Hippocrates, and therefore towards a much-needed available and affordable edition of the Hippocratic Corpus."
--C. F. Salazar, The Classical Review
1994/430 pages/map/index
ISBN: 0 674 99526 0
Series No. 477
VOLUME VIII.
PLACES IN MAN. GLANDS. FLESHES. PRORRHETIC I-II. PHYSICIAN. USE OF LIQUIDS. ULCERS. HAEMORRHOIDS AND FISTULAS
Edited and translated by Paul Potter
Paul Potter presents here ten treatises that offer an illuminating overview of Hippocratic medicine. Three theoretical works--Places in Man, General Nature of Glands, and Fleshes--each expound a particular theory of anatomy and physiology and then elaborate on how disease and healing occur in the system they depict. Prorrhetic 1 and 2 and Physician deal with symptoms and prognosis and with other aspects of the physician-patient relationship. And four practical manuals--Use of Liquids, Ulcers, Fistulas, and Haemorrhoids--give specific instruction for treatments. Thus from the writings in this volume we gain insight into the Hippocratic physician's understanding of the body, his approach to his patient, and his methods for dealing with a variety of disorders. Potter's earlier volumes in the Hippocrates edition were praised for their "excellent--that is, accurate and readable--translations"
--Bulletin of the History of Medicine
1995/424 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99531 7
Series No. 482



G
HIPPONAX
(SEE THEOPHRASTUS, Characters)



L
HISTORIA AUGUSTA
(See SCRIPTORES HISTORIAE AUGUSTAE)



G
HOMER
ILIAD
2 Volumes
Translated by A. T. Murray
Revised by William F. Wyatt
Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions. The eloquent and dramatic epic poem captures the terrible anger of Achilles, "the best of the Achaeans," over a grave insult to his personal honor and relates its tragic result--a chain of consequences that proves devastating for the Greek forces besieging Troy, for noble Trojans, and for Achilles himself. The poet gives us compelling characterizations of his protagonists as well as a remarkable study of the heroic code in antiquity.
The works attributed to Homer include the two oldest and greatest European epic poems, the Odyssey and the Iliad. These have been published in the Loeb Classical Library for three quarters of a century, the Greek text facing a faithful and literate prose translation by A. T. Murray. William F. Wyatt brings the Loeb's Iliad up to date, with a rendering that retains Murray's admirable style but is written for today's readers.
VOLUME I.
BOOKS 1-12
1924/12th printing/598 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99188 5
Series No. 170
VOLUME II.
BOOKS 13-24
1925/13th printing/652 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99189 3
Series No. 171
ODYSSEY
2 Volumes
Translated by A. T. Murray, revised by George E. Dimock
Homer's Odyssey has been in the Loeb Classical Library for over seventy years, the Greek text facing a faithful and literate prose translation by A. T. Murray. George Dimock now brings the Loeb Odyssey up to date, with a rendering that retains Murray's admirable style but is written for today's readers. Here now in a contemporary translation is the resplendent epic tale of Odysseus' long journey home from the Trojan War and the legendary temptations, delays, and perils he faced at every turn. The two-volume edition includes a new introduction, notes, and index.
VOLUME I.
BOOKS 1-12
1919/13 printings/second edition 1995/2nd printing/490 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99561 9
Series No. 104
VOLUME II.
BOOKS 13-24
1919/13 printings/second edition 1995/2nd printing/476 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99562 7
Series No. 105



G
HOMERICA, HOMERIC HYMNS
(See HESIOD)



L
HORACE
ODES AND EPODES
Translated by C. E. Bennett
Horace (b. 65 BC) claims the lyric poetry of Sappho and Alcaeus as models for his celebrated odes. His four books cover a wide range of moods and topics: friendship is the dominant theme of about a third of the poems; a great many deal with love and amorous situations, often amusingly; others deal with patriotic and political themes. The seventeen epodes, which Horace called iambi, were also inspired by a Greek model: the seventh century iambic poetry of Archilochus. As in the odes, love and politics are frequent themes; some of the epodes also display mockery and ridicule, of a harsher variety than we find in Horace's satires.
1914/revised 1927, 1968/19th printing/ 460 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99037 4
Series No: L33
SATIRES, EPISTLES, ARS POETICA
Translated by H. R. Fairclough
In the style originated by Lucilius, Horace in his satires mocks himself as well as the world's vices and follies. The main purpose of the first book (published about 35 B.C.) is to entertain; attacks on moral and literary faults frequently are directed at specific individuals, but the poet's tone is rarely abusive. The poems in the second book make playful use of dramatic presentation and humorous situations. The verse epistles, addressed to real people, seem to reveal many aspects of the poet's opinions and way of life. This volume also contains the Ars Poetica, a series of often memorably expressed maxims for the guidance of young poets, which famously set forth Horace's literary theory and critical judgments about theater as well as the poet's craft.
1926/13th printing/540 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99214 8
Series No. 194



G
HYPERIDES
(See MINOR ATTIC ORATORS, Volume II)

G
IBYCUS
(See GREEK LYRIC, Volume III)



L
INSCRIPTIONS, LATIN
(See REMAINS OF OLD LATIN, Volume IV)



G
ISAEUS
Translated by E. S. Forster
1927/5th printing/506 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99222 9
Series No. 202



G
ISOCRATES
3 Volumes
VOLUME I.
TO DEMONICUS. TO NICOCLES. NICOCLES OR THE CYPRIANS. PANEGYRICUS. TO PHILIP. ARCHIDAMUS
Translated by George Norlin
1928/6th printing/466 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99231 8
Series No. 209
VOLUME II.
ON THE PEACE. AREOPAGITICUS. AGAINST THE SOPHISTS. ANTIDOSIS. PANATHENAICUS
Translated by George Norlin
1929/6th printing/550 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99252 0
Series No. 229
VOLUME III.
EVAGORAS. HELEN. BUSIRIS. PLATAICUS. CONCERNING THE TEAM OF HORSES. TRAPEZITICUS. AGAINST CALLIMACHUS. AEGINETICUS. AGAINST LOCHITES. AGAINST EUTHYNUS. LETTERS I-IX
Translated by La Rue Van Hook
1945/6th printing/534 pages/general index
ISBN: 0 674 99411 6
Series No. 373



L
ST. JEROME
SELECT LETTERS
Translated by F. A. Wright
The letters of Saint Jerome are an essential source for our knowledge of Christian life in the 4th-5th centuries; they also provide insight into one of the most striking and complex personalities of the time. Jerome's loving encouragement of his friends alternates with fierce invective against his enemies. His reaction to Alaric's sack of Rome shows ambiguity similar to his guilty feelings about continually quoting pagan classics. Seven of the eighteen letters in this selection deal with a primary interest of Jerome's: the morals and proper role of women. Three of these give elaborate portraits of women in marriage; two are concerned with the education of girls; one instructs a widow on maintaining her chastity. The most famous letter here fervently extols virginity.
1933/6th printing/536 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99288 1
Series No. 262



G
[JOHN DAMASCENE]
BARLAAM AND IOASAPH
Translated by G. R. Woodward and Harold Mattingly
One of the best known examples of the hagiographic novel, this is the tale of an Indian prince who becomes aware of the world's miseries, is converted to Christianity by the monk Barlaam, founds a Christian kingdom, and spends his later years as a hermit in the desert. Not until the mid-nineteenth century was it fully recognized that this Greek romance is actually the legend of the Buddha in a Christianized version. D. M. Lang's Introduction traces the parallels between the two stories, notes the influences of the Manichaean creed, and discusses the importance of Arabic versions of the legend.
1914/6th printing/676 pages/With an introduction by David M. Lang (1967)
ISBN: 0 674 99038 2
Series No. 34



G
JOSEPHUS
13 Volumes
THE LIFE. AGAINST APION
Translated by H. St. J. Thackeray
VOLUME I.
1926/7th printing/448 pages/map/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99205 9
Series No. 186
THE JEWISH WAR
3 Volumes
Translated by H. St. J. Thackeray
The Jewish War, Josephus's eye-witness account of the revolt of 66-70 C.E. against Roman rule, recounts the outbreak of war; the campaign in Galilee--under his command--including the siege of Jotapata; the strategic isolation of Jerusalem, and finally the fall of the city to Titus and destruction of the Temple in 70; the return of the conquerors to Rome in triumphal procession; and the suicidal stand at Masada. This vivid narrative, in polished Greek style, preserves valuable sources and tells us much about Roman military tactics.
VOLUME II.
BOOKS I-II
1927/6 printings/Jewish War in 3 vols. 1997/614 pages/3 maps
ISBN: 674-99568-6
Series No. 203
VOLUME III.
BOOKS III-IV
1927/6 printings/Jewish War in 3 vols. 1997/368 pages/3 maps
ISBN: 0 674 99536 8
Series No. 487
VOLUME IV.
BOOKS V-VII
1927/6 printings/Jewish War in 3 vols. 1997/496 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99569 4
Series No. 210
JEWISH ANTIQUITIES
9 Volumes
In Jewish Antiquities, his classic history of the Jews from the Creation to the start of the Jewish War in 66 C.E., Josephus draws on a wealth of traditional lore to augment and embellish the biblical accounts; describes Jewish laws and institutions for the Hellenistic society in which he lived; and provides an important picture of the diaspora communities under Roman control. His work incorporates invaluable contemporary source material, and is particularly interesting on the period of the Second Commonwealth.
VOLUME V.
BOOKS I-III
Translated by H. St. J. Thackeray
1930/7 printings/Jewish Antiquities in 9 vols. 1998
ISBN: 0 674 99575 9
Series No. 242
VOLUME VI.
BOOKS IV-VI
Translated by H. St. J. Thackeray and R. Marcus
1930/7 printings/Jewish Antiquities in 9 vols. 1998
ISBN: 0 674 99539 2
Series No. 490
VOLUME VII.
BOOKS VII-VIII
Translated by R. Marcus
1934/7 printings/Jewish Antiquities in 9 vols. 1998
ISBN: 0 674 99576 7
Series No. 281
VOLUME VIII
BOOKS IX-XI
Translated by R. Marcus
1937/7 printings/544 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99360 8
Series No. 326
VOLUME IX.
BOOKS XII-XIII
Translated by R. Marcus
1943/6 printings/Jewish Antiquities in 9 vols. 1998/524 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99577-5
Series No. 365
VOLUME X.
BOOKS XIV-XV
Translated by R. Marcus and Allen Mikgren
1943/6 printings/Jewish Antiquities in 9 vols. 1998/494 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99538 4
Series No. 489
VOLUME XI.
BOOKS XVI-XVII
Translated by R. Marcus and A. Mikgren
1963/4 printings/Jewish Antiquities in 9 vols. 1998/392 pages/2 maps, plan, geneology
ISBN: 0 674 99578 3
Series No. 410
VOLUME XII.
BOOKS XVIII-XIX
Translated by L.H. Feldman
1965/5th printing/444 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99477 9
Series No. 433
VOLUME XIII
BOOK XX
Translated by L.H. Feldman
1965/5th printing/396 pages/3 maps/general index
ISBN: 0 674 99502 3
Series No. 456



G
JULIAN
3 Volumes
Translated by Wilmer C. Wright
VOLUME I.
ORATIONS I-V
1913/6th printing/526 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99014 5
Series No. 13
VOLUME II.
ORATIONS VI-VIII. LETTERS TO THEMISTIUS,TO THE SENATE AND PEOPLE OF ATHENS, TO A PRIEST. THE CAESARS. MISOPOGON
Julian's Misopogon (The Beard Hater) is a case of the satirist directing his sharp wit at himself: self-mockery employed to undercut the taunts of critics. When the citizens of Antioch jeered at the emperor's "philosophical" beard, he responded with a satire on his own appearance and austere life style. A work of ironic self-disparagement, Misopogon reflects strikingly on the emperor's personality. JulianÕs conception of the ideal ruler emerges through the satire of The Caesars. He begins with a reference to the Saturnalia, and his treatment of the gods here is appropriate to that festival. The piece contains some echoes of Lucian's satires-Ñbut Julian is nowhere as light-hearted as Lucian.
1913/6th printing/526 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99032 3
Series No. 029
VOLUME III.
LETTERS. EPIGRAMS. AGAINST THE GALILAEANS. FRAGMENTS
1923/6th printing/518 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99173 7
Series No. 157



L
JULIUS OBSEQUENS
(See LIVY, Volume XIV)



L
JUVENAL AND PERSIUS
Translated by G. G. Ramsay
Juvenal's is an indignant satire. He moves past the urbanities of irony to pour scorn on the world of Nero and Domitian. In powerful verse Juvenal mockingly entertains his audience with society's vices and castigates the corruption of traditional values. Rome, the fiery satirist wants to show, is sick. Paired with him in this volume is the Neronian satirist Persius, who attacks not public ills but primarily Rome's degenerate literary tastes. The poet's interest in Stoicism is reflected in his focus on ethical ideals. There is comic intensity to Persius' style and also a nobility of spirit that gained him esteem among the Church Fathers.
1918/15th printing/498 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99102 8
Series No. 91



L
LAUS PISONIS
(See MINOR LATIN POETS, Volume I)



G
LIBANIUS
SELECTED ORATIONS
2 Volumes
Translated by A. F. Norman
Here in Volume I are all Libanius's orations that bear directly on the career of Julian the Apostate. The speeches in Volume II open a window into life during the reign of the pious Christian emperor Theodosius.
"Norman's command of his material is complete and remarkable."
--Times Literary Supplement
VOLUME I.
JULIANIC ORATIONS
1969/590 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99496 5
Series No. 451
VOLUME II.
ORATIONS 2, 19-23, 30, 33, 45, 47-50
1977/556 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99497 3
Series No. 452
AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND SELECTED LETTERS
2 Volumes
Translated by A. F. Norman
A professing pagan in an aggressively Christian empire, a friend of the emperor Julian and acquaintance of St. Basil, and a potent spokesman for private and political causes, Libanius has much to tell us about the tumultuous world of the 4th century. Born in Antioch to a wealthy family steeped in the traditions of Hellenism, Libanius rose to fame as a teacher of the classics. In his lifetime, he was an acknowledged master of the art of letter writing, and today his letters offer a vivid picture of the culture and political intrigues of the eastern empire. A. F. Norman selects an eighth of the 1,550 extant letters. The letters are complemented by Libanius's Autobiography (Oration 1), a revealing narrative that begins as a scholar's account and ends as an old man's private journal.
VOLUME I.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY. LETTERS 1-50
1992/540 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99527 9
Series No. 478
VOLUME II.
LETTERS 51-193
1992/496 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99528 7
Series No. 479



L
LIVIUS ANDRONICUS
(See REMAINS OF OLD LATIN, Volume II)



L
LIVY
HISTORY OF ROME (AB URBE CONDITA)
14 Volumes
VOLUME I.
BOOKS 1-2
Translated by B. O. Foster
1919/9th printing/484 pages/2 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99126 5
Series No. 114
VOLUME II.
BOOKS 3-4
Translated by B. O. Foster
1922/7th printing/476 pages/map/index
ISBN: 0 674 99148 6
Series No. 133
VOLUME III.
BOOKS 5-7
Translated by B. O. Foster
1924/7th printing/536 pages/3 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99190 7
Series No. 172
VOLUME IV.
BOOKS 8-10
Translated by B. O. Foster
1926/6th printing/582 pages/2 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99210 5
Series No. 191
VOLUME V.
BOOKS 21-22
Translated by B. O. Foster
1929/8th printing/440 pages/7 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99256 3
Series No. 233
VOLUME VI.
BOOKS 23-25
Translated by F. G. Moore
1940/5th printing/530 pages/5 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99392 6
Series No. 355
VOLUME VII.
BOOKS 26-27
Translated by F. G. Moore
1943/6th printing/434 pages/9 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99404 3
Series No. 367
VOLUME VIII.
BOOKS 28-30
Translated by F. G. Moore
1949/5th printing/574 pages/9 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99419 1
Series No. 381
VOLUME IX.
BOOKS 31, 34
Translated by Evan T. Sage
1935/5th printing/612 pages/3 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99326 8
Series No. 295
VOLUME X.
BOOKS 35-37
Translated by Evan T. Sage
1935/7th printing/504 pages/3 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99332 2
Series No. 301
VOLUME XI.
BOOKS 38-
Translated by Evan T. Sage
1936/5th printing/426 pages/4 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99346 2
Series No. 313
VOLUME XII.
BOOKS 40-42
Translated by Evan T. Sage and A. C. Schlesinger
1938/6th printing/532 pages/4 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99366 7
Series No. 332
VOLUME XIII.
BOOKS 43-45
Translated by A. C. Schlesinger
1951/4th printing/434 pages/6 maps/index
ISBN: 0 674 99435 3
Series No. 396
VOLUME XIV.
SUMMARIES. FRAGMENTS. JULIUS OBSEQUENS. GENERAL INDEX
Translated by A. C. Schlesinger; General Index by R. M. Geer
1959/revised 1967/3rd printing/584 pages/2 maps
ISBN: 0 674 99445 0
Series No. 404



G
LONGINUS
(See ARISTOTLE, Volume XXIII)



G
LONGUS
DAPHNIS AND CHLOE
George Thornley's translation of 1657, revised by J. M. Edmonds
PARTHENIUS, LOVE ROMANCES AND POETICAL FRAGMENTS
Fragments of the NINUS ROMANCE
Translated by Stephen Gaselee
Here is the bucolic story of two foundlings, brought up by goatkeepers and shepherds on the island of Lesbos, who gradually fall in love. Notable among ancient romances for its perceptive characterizations, Daphnis and Chloe traces the development of the protagonists' love for each other from childlike innocence to full sexual maturity, the successive stages marked by adventures. The novel's picture of nature and rural life offers its own enchantments. This volume also contains the Love Romances of Parthenius, a collection of stories in abbreviated form, and fragments of the Ninus Romance.
"You should read [Daphnis and Chloe] anew each year to learn from it over and over again and be influenced by its great beauty."
--Goethe
1916/7th printing/448 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99076 5
Series No. 69



L
LUCAN
THE CIVIL WAR (PHARSALIA)
Translated by J. D. Duff
Julius Caesar looms as a sinister hero in this stormy chronicle in verse of the war between Caesar and the Republic's forces under Pompey, and later under Cato in Africa--a chronicle of dramatic events carrying us from Caesar's fateful crossing of the Rubicon, through the Battle of Pharsalus and death of Pompey, to Caesar victorious in Egypt. Quintilian called Lucan a poet "full of fire and energy and a master of brilliant phrases." His epic stood next after Virgil's in the estimation of antiquity.
1928/9th printing/658 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99242 3
Series No. 220



G
LUCIAN
8 Volumes
Satire blends with comic art in Lucian's tales, fantasies, and dialogues. With ebullient wit he mocks teachers of literature, the various philosophical schools, popular religions, historians and writers, the Olympian gods, and the foibles of mortals. In The Dream he jocularly recounts his own career. Native of Samosata on the Euphrates, Lucian traveled widely in the Roman Empire as far as Gaul. His 80 extant works (published here in 8 volumes) offer insight on the intellectual world of the second century AD along with mischievous and sophisticated entertainment.
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. SYMPOSIUM, OR THE LAPITHS
Translated by A. M. Harmon
From Lucian comes a comic view of the Greek symposium, in his piece titled Carousal in Harmon's translation. The great satirist crowds into his dinner party Stoics, Epicureans, Peripatetics, and Cynics--but there is as much high-spirited clowning as philosophy to be relished here. This first of the eight-volume edition of Lucian contains fourteen other pieces, including one of the earliest examples of science fiction, A True Story, the tallest of tall stories about a voyage to the moon.
1913/9th printing/486 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99015 3
Series No. 14
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
Translated by A. M. Harmon
1915/7th printing/530 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99060 9
Series No. 54
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
Translated by A. M. Harmon
1921/5th printing/498 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99144 3
Series No. 130
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
Translated by A. M. Harmon
1925/5th printing/430 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99179 6
Series No. 162
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
Translated by A. M. Harmon
l936/5th printing/548 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99333 0
Series No. 302
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
Translated by K. Kilburn
1959/3rd printing/506 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99474 4
Series No. 430
VOLUME VII.
DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD. DIALOGUES OF THE SEA-GODS. DIALOGUES OF THE GODS. DIALOGUES OF THE COURTESANS
Translated by M. D. Macleod
l961/4th printing/488 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99475 2
Series No. 431
VOLUME VIII.
SOLOECISTA. LUCIUS OR THE ASS. AMORES. HALCYON. DEMOSTHENES. PODAGRA. OCYPUS. CYNISCUS. PHILOPATRIS. CHARIDEMUS. NERO
Translated by M. D. Macleod
1967/3rd printing/544 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99476 0
Series No. 432



L
LUCILIUS
(See REMAINS OF OLD LATIN, Volume III)



L
LUCRETIUS
Translated by W. H. D. Rouse, revised by Martin F. Smith
Lucretius's great poetical account of Epicurean philosophy aims at promoting spiritual tranquility, in part by dispelling fear of death. Revising Rouse's translation in 1975, Smith added full explanatory notes and a substantial Introduction. Reprinted with revisions in 1992.
1924/9 printings/Smith's edition 1975/4th printing with revisions 1982, 1992/
664 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99200 8
Series No. 181



G
LYCOPHRON
(See CALLIMACHUS, Hymns)



G
LYCURGUS
(See MINOR ATTIC ORATORS, Volume II)



G
LYSIAS
Translated by W. R. M. Lamb
1930/7th printing/734 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99269 5
Series No. 244



G
MANETHO
HISTORY OF EGYPT AND OTHER WORKS
Translated by W. G. Waddell
1940/7th printing/288 pages/map/index
ISBN: 0 674 99385 3
Series No. 350



L
MANILIUS
ASTRONOMICA
Translated by G. P. Goold
"Perhaps the most ingenious... of Latin poets [is here translated by] a distinguished Latinist, deeply versed in celestial lore... [Manilius] is faithfully conveyed in a style both lucid and elegant."
--D. R. Shackleton Bailey, Classical Philology
Astronomica is the earliest treatise we have on astrology. Here Manilius provides an account of celestial phenomena and the signs of the Zodiac. He also gives witty character sketches of persons born under particular constellations. Explanatory notes, 24 drawings, and two star charts are included.
1977/revised 1992/3rd printing/510 pages/ 1 map/2 star-charts/index
ISBN: 0 674 99516 3
Series No. 469



G
MARCUS AURELIUS
MEDITATIONS
Edited and translated by C. R. Haines
These reflections on ethical, religious, and existential questions were written in periods of solitude during the emperor's military campaigns. Originally intended for his private guidance and self-admonition, the Meditations has endured as a potent expression of Stoic belief (the influence of Epictetus is apparent throughout) as well as a widely influential personal guide to the moral life. This unique text also provides an intimate look at the ideas and convictions of this fascinating philosopher-emperor.
"Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, edited and translated by C.R. Haines, is by far the best edition in English...This is a central text for students of Stoicism as well as a unique personal guide to the moral life."
--Word Trade
1916/revised 1930/9th printing/448 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99064 1
Series No. 58



L
MARTIAL
EPIGRAMS
3 Volumes
Edited and translated by D. R. Shackleton Bailey
"The publication of a new edition in the Loeb Classical Library of the poems of Martial--Latin verse and English prose face à face...offers an occasion for thinking about the way Martial's presence shows itself in English poetry and about the poet in person...A reliable English version is always good to possess and here we have one that gives us access to many a dark and difficult corner of the original Latin."
--Charles Tomlinson, New Criterion
"Shackleton Bailey's is a remarkable achievement, and from now on his 'Loebs' will be the best means by which anyone can get to know Martial, as well as the essential first work of reference for scholars."
--P. Howell, The Classical Review
Written to celebrate the A.D. 80 opening of the Roman Colosseum, Martial's first book of poems, "On the Spectacles," tells of the shows in the new arena. The great Latin epigrammist's twelve subsequent books capture the spirit of Roman life in vivid detail. Fortune hunters and busybodies, orators and lawyers, schoolmasters and acrobats, doctors and plagiarists, beautiful slaves and generous hosts populate his witty verses. We glimpse here the theater, public games, life in the countryside, banquets, lions in the amphitheater, the eruption of Vesuvius. Martial's epigrams are sometimes obscene, sometimes affectionate and amusing, and always pointed. Like his contemporary Statius, though, Martial shamelessly flatters his patron Domitian, one of Rome's worst-reputed emperors.
Shackleton Bailey's translation of Martial's often difficult Latin eliminates many misunderstandings in previous versions. The text is mainly that of his highly praised Teubner edition of 1990 ("greatly superior to its predecessors," R. G. M. Nisbet wrote in Classical Review).
These volumes replace the earlier Loeb edition with translation by Walter C. A. Ker (1919).
VOLUME I.
SPECTACLES
BOOKS I-V
1993/440 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99555 4
Series No. 94
VOLUME II.
BOOKS VI-X
1993/432 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99556 2
Series No. 95
VOLUME III.
BOOKS XI-XIV
1993/400 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99529 5
Series No. 480



G
MENANDER
3 Volumes projected
Translated by W. G. Arnott
"The new Loeb Menander...has received a warm welcome...It is a work of solid and meticulous scholarship, the mature production of an acknowledged authority on Greek Comedy."
--Classical Review
Menander, the dominant figure in New Comedy, wrote over 100 plays. By the Middle Ages they had all been lost. Happily papyrus finds in Egypt beginning at the turn of this century have thus far recovered one complete play, substantial portions of six others, and smaller but still interesting fragments. Menander was highly regarded in antiquity and his plots, set in contemporary Greece, were adapted for the Roman world by Plautus and Terence. The Loeb edition being prepared by Geoffrey Arnott will be in three volumes. Volume I contains six plays, including the only complete one extant, Dyskolos (The Peevish Fellow), which won first prize in Athens in 317 B.C., and Dis Expaton (Twice a Swindler), the original of Plautus' Two Bacchises.
VOLUME I.
ASPIS. GEORGOS. DIS EXAPATON. DYSKOLOS. ENCHEIRIDION. EPITREPONTES
1979/2nd printing/582 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99147 8
Series No. 132
VOLUME II.THEOPHOROUMENE. KARCHEDONIOS. KITHARISTES. KOLAX. KONEIAZOMENAI. LEUKADIA. MISOUMENOS. PERIKEIROMENE. PERINTHIA.
1997/512 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99506 6
Series No. 459
"Seventeen years after Arnott's first volume...comes vol. II, a worthy addition to the trilogy, which continues to display all the meticulous scholarship one has come to expect of the editor, combined with an admirable clarity in taking his readers through the pitfalls that beset much of the evidence presented...Arnott's achievement is a considerable one. He has shouldered the challenge of making accessible to his readers the worn and tattered fragments of many of the plays included here and has succeeded, combining scholarly acumen in terms of text with a rare ability to elucidate dramatic movement in circumstances that to many appear impenetrable fog. The third and final volume of the series, scheduled to appear in the year 2000, is awaited with eager anticipation."
--Stanley Ireland, Classical Review



G
MIMNERMUS
(See GREEK ELEGY AND IAMBUS, Volume I)



G
MINOR ATTIC ORATORS
2 Volumes
VOLUME I.
ANTIPHON AND ANDOCIDES
Translated by K. J. Maidment
1941/5th printing/600 pages/index
ISBN: 0 674 99340 3
Series No. 308
VOLUME II.
LYCURGUS. DINARCHUS. DEMADES. HYPERIDES
Translated by J. 0. Burtt
1954/4th printing/636 pages/indexes
ISBN: 0 674 99434 5
Series No. 395



L
MINOR LATIN POETS
2 Volumes
Translated by J. W. Duff and A. M. Duff
VOLUME I.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS, ELEGIES ON MAECENAS, GRATTIUS, CALPURNIUS SICULUS, LAUS PISONIS, EINSIEDELN ECLOGUES, AETNA
1934/revised 1935/7th printing/434 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99314 4
Series No. 284
VOLUME II.
FLORUS, HADRIAN, NEMESIANUS, REPOSIANUS, TIBERIANUS, DICTA CATONIS, PHOENIX, AVIANUS, RUTILIUS NAMATIANUS AND OTHERS
1934/revised 1935/7th printing/424 pages
ISBN: 0 674 99478 7
Series No. 434



L
MINUCIUS FELIX
(See TERTULLIAN)



G
MOSCHUS
(See GREEK BUCOLIC POETS)



G
MUSAEUS
(See CALLIMACHUS, Aetia)


 

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