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Herodotus: The HistoriesPenguin Classics One of the masterpieces of classical literature, The Histories describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. But while this epic struggle forms the core of his work, Herodotus' natural curiosity frequently gives rise to colourful digressions a description of the natural wonders of Egypt; tales of lake dwellers, dog headed men and gold digging ants. With its

Early Christian monks beat us to it

from the brevity of the epigram to the sustained elegance of the elegy

Building on the progression of Books 1 and 2

A modern translation of the ancient Roman poet Ovid’s Remedies for Love—a witty and irreverent work about how to fall out of love

Pliny the Elder praises the virtuosity of songbirds and the virtuousness of elephants

Listening Comprehension in Greek - Greek language course

Tacitus vividly paints scenes of confused senatorial debates

mathematical proof

Included on the Audio CD/downloadble MP3 audio:

published in three parts

XIVb (Megacles’ marriage)

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

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