Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), Vol 1: Books 1-6
10 best books like Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), Vol 1: Books 1-6 (Apuleius): Prometheus Bound and Other Plays, Poetics, The Odes, The Poems of Exile: Tristia and the Black Sea Letters, Theological Tractates/The Consolation of Philosophy, Lives of the Caesars, Volume I: Julius/Augustus/Tiberius/Gaius Caligula, Epigrams, Discourses, Books 1-2, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Vol 1, Books 1-5, Wheelock's Latin
| Author | Aeschylus |
| ISBN | 0140441123 |
This is a review of Prometheus Bound. Reviews of other plays in the same book are found elsewhere (see below)
Peter Paul Rubens
Prometheus, discoursing on his gifts to mankind:
... At first
Mindless, I gave them mind and reason. - What I say
Is not censure...
| Author | Aristotle |
| ISBN | 0140446362 |
‘The plot is the source and the soul of tragedy’
In his near-contemporary account of Greek tragedy, Aristotle examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently...
'What Pindar catches is the joy beyond ordinary emotions as it transcends and transforms them' —C. M. Bowra
Arguably the greatest Greek lyric poet, Pindar (518-438 B.C.) was a controversial figure in fifth-century Greece—a conservative Boiotian aristocrat who studied in Athens and...
In the year A.D. 8, Emperor Augustus sentenced the elegant, brilliant, and sophisticated Roman poet Ovid to exile—permanently, as it turned out—at Tomis, modern Constantza, on the Romanian coast of the Black Sea. The real reason for the emperor's action has never come to light, and all of Ovid's...
| Author | Boethius |
| ISBN | 0674990838 |
Boethius (Boetius)--Anicius Manlius Severinus--Roman statesman and philosopher (ca. 480-524 CE), was son of Flavius Manlius Boetius, after whose death he was looked after by several men, especially Memmius Symmachus. He married Symmachus's daughter, Rusticiana, by whom he had two sons. All...
| Author | Suetonius |
| ISBN | 0674995708 |
Suetonius (C. Suetonius Tranquillus, born ca. 70 CE), son of a military tribune, was at first an advocate and a teacher of rhetoric, but later became the emperor Hadrian's private secretary, 119-121. He dedicated to C. Septicius Clarus, prefect of the praetorian guard, his "Lives of the Caesars."...
| Author | Marcus Valerius Martialis |
| ISBN | 0375760423 |
Martial, the father of the epigram, was one of the brilliant provincial poets who made their literary mark on first-century Rome. His Epigrams can be affectionate or cruel, elegiac or playful; they target every element of Roman society, from slaves to schoolmasters to, above all, the aristocratic...
| Author | Epictetus |
| ISBN | 0674991451 |
I find it near to impossible to rate a work of antiquity as I might try to rank a contemporary work. How does one choose subtraction over addition in ranking an artifact of historical interest? The Discourses of Epictetus possess such a special status and have greater merit at the start than contemporary...
| Author | Diogenes Laërtius |
| ISBN | 0674992032 |
This rich compendium on the lives and doctrines of philosophers ranges over three centuries, from Thales to Epicurus (to whom the whole tenth book is devoted); 45 important figures are portrayed. Diogenes Laertius carefully compiled his information from hundreds of sources and enriches his accounts...
| Author | Frederic M. Wheelock |
| ISBN | 0060956410 |
This review is for Peter.
This is both a review and a very short guide for those interested in jumping off the Latin cliff without a teacher. This is my first review on Goodreads, so please be gentle.
First off, Wheelock is THE text for learning Latin. I have never come across a text that...
| Author | Sallust |
| ISBN | 0140441328 |
"The Conspiracy of Catiline" (his first published work) contains the history of the memorable year 63. Sallust adopts the usually accepted view of Catiline, and describes him as the deliberate foe of law, order and morality, and does not give a comprehensive explanation of his views and intentions....
| Author | Marcus Tullius Cicero |
| ISBN | 0674991567 |
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 10643 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. In his political speeches especially and in his correspondence...
| Author | Catullus |
| ISBN | 0141398590 |
Dazzling modern lyrical poems from Catullus - by turns smutty, abusive, romantic and deeply moving.
Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world...
The Birds and Other Plays
| Author | Aristophanes |
| ISBN | 0140449515 |
Offering a window into the world of ordinary Athenians, Aristophanes' The Birds and Other Plays is a timeless set of comedies, combining witty satire and raucous slapstick to wonderful effect. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Greek by David Barrett and Alan H. Sommerstein.
The...
