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Topic: Ancient Greek/Roman Literature & Sources Posted: 27-May-2005 at 16:18 |
Encyclopedia of Suda
http://www.stoa.org/sol/
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Posted: 13-Jun-2005 at 07:20 |
Despite this huge collection I can't find 5th book of Diodorus Siculus Historia. Can any one help me?
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Posted: 22-Jun-2005 at 17:47 |
Anyone know where I can find Etymologicum Magnum??????
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Posted: 05-Jul-2005 at 04:10 |
Does anyone know where i can find textures of Herodotus in modern Greek?
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Posted: 05-Jul-2005 at 06:05 |
Originally posted by human
Does anyone know where i can find textures of Herodotus in modern Greek?
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http://www.mikrosapoplous.gr
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A mathematician is a person who thinks that if there are supposed to be three people in a room, but five come out, then two more must enter the room in order for it to be empty.
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Posted: 23-Jan-2006 at 18:14 |
Hi all, new to the forum, been reading for a while though! Excellent thread idea Here are two that I had in my bookmark list: http://www.textkit.com/title.phphttp://www.e-classics.com/index.html
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Posted: 14-Jul-2006 at 18:17 |
http://ancientrome.ru/
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Posted: 18-Jul-2006 at 19:03 |
Some excellent historians are
Plutarch
Xenophon
Arrian
Herodotus
Tacitus
Suetonius is excellent for some small interesting quick reading about the Caesars, but he is not as serious as other roman historians. For example, he concentrates mainly on the personal lives of the Caesars and completly ignores Claudius's invasion of Britian and the fact that Vespasian commanded the 2nd Legion from the South East of England.
I find the letters of Pliny the Younger to be an excellent insight into Roman life- they are so vibrant and informative and it also gives you an excellent view into the Psycology and behavior of the Romans
Tacticus is very reliable and solid- not only was he a senator, but also a soldier and scholar- and his histories, particually his "Annals of Imperial Rome" are a great read!
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Posted: 19-Jul-2006 at 05:48 |
You didn`t mention Thucydides. Is he excellent in your opinion? And what about Livius?
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Posted: 19-Jul-2006 at 10:32 |
I have not read Thuycydides, nor Livius. Don't get me wrong- i'm not attempting to judge them- i don't have the knowledge- i'm just saying what the offical opinion of them is. If i want to learn from these books, it's best to understand which can provide you with the best un-bias sources
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Posted: 13-Aug-2006 at 16:03 |
Great links I must say. Keep the links coming.
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Posted: 17-Aug-2006 at 08:22 |
Anyone knows where to find decent links to:
Cornelius Nepos's whatever is his work called.
Titus Livius "Ab urbe condita" the link posted ealier here was broken.
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Posted: 20-Aug-2006 at 19:13 |
I know where to get it in Russian.
Nepos
Livy
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Posted: 21-Aug-2006 at 04:17 |
Livy is supposed to be quite Bias, isn't he?
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Posted: 21-Aug-2006 at 15:41 |
Yeah, like all Roman imperial writers.
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Posted: 11-Sep-2006 at 08:53 |
Its' a pity that only a third of his 147 (150 planned) works survive
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Posted: 27-Sep-2006 at 09:10 |
Yiannis,I have question to you?Do you know any info about sotiria bellou?
efharisto poli
Edit: I have replied to you in PM. Please do not post in irrelevant threads. If you like you can post question and my answer to the Tavern and maybe other can contribute as well. I'll delete this after a couple of days. Thanks! Yiannis
Edited by Yiannis - 27-Sep-2006 at 09:58
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Posted: 02-Oct-2006 at 05:33 |
...I've just read Thucyidides- very insightful and interesting, but obviously quite bias- he was an Athenian commander- despite his claims, it its impossible for him to not be bias!
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Posted: 12-Oct-2006 at 12:26 |
Polybius for history,Epictetus for philosophy.
apparently much of polybius and Plutarch were read alot by the US founding fathers.can see then where they get there ideals of natural law from,and of course cicero.
and yeah it would be great if we had all of Livy's books.
Thanks all for the links too.
should do a topic, on who burned all the books.
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