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Opera Publius Vergilius Maro · 1502 · 567p · ≈ 18h · Demanding A timeless exploration of humanity's connection to nature, The Georgics of Virgil delves into the art and labor of agriculture while weaving in the grandeur of Roman patriotism and mythology. Composed by Virgil over seven years and completed in 29 B.C.E., this masterful poetic work offers meditations on the cycles of cultivation and their profound alignment with the natural and divine order. Its… Shares: Aeneas, Latin Epic poetry, Latin Didactic poetry, Agriculture

P. Vergilii Maronis opera Publius Vergilius Maro · 1532 · 610p · ≈ 20h · Demanding 4to. ff. [2] (blank), [1] (plates), [14] (prelims), pp. 246, 588, [192], ff. [2] (blank). Signatures: â4, ê4, î4, ô2, A-Z4, Aa-Gg4, Hh3, 2A-Z4, 2Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, AAaa-DDdd4, EEee2, a-z4, aa4. Contemporary French calf. Gilt filet on boards’ edges. Gilded spine on 5 bars, red panel. Red edges. Signature “A.G.” on first blank. Manuscript note on second blank in French, stating this is a first… Shares: Aeneas, Latin Epic poetry, Latin Didactic poetry, Agriculture

Aeneid Publius Vergilius Maro · 1839 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Challenging i don't think anybody else has ever read this book without first being forced to learn latin. yet it is worth reading in translation .the setting, sicily, libya, italy some twenty-five hundred years ago comes alive as communities of farmers and small towns united by person-sized culture. the land, the government, the value of father-son, husband-wife bonds, sports, hand-to hand combat, all… Shares: Aeneas, Latin Epic poetry, Legends, Poetry

Aeneidos Publius Vergilius Maro · 1517 · 215p · ≈ 7h · Demanding Shares: Aeneas, Latin Epic poetry, Legends, Poetry

The Georgics of Virgil translated by Thomas Neville, .. Publius Vergilius Maro · 1523 · ★ 4.0 · 91p · ≈ 3h · Demanding Virgil's classic poem extols the virtues of work, describes the care of crops, trees, animals, and bees, and stresses the importance of moral values. Shares: Latin Didactic poetry, Agriculture, Country life, Legends

Virgils Eclogues translated into English: by W.L. Gent Publius Vergilius Maro · 1556 · ★ 3.5 · 46p · ≈ 1h · Demanding "The Eclogues of Virgil gave definitive form to the pastoral mode, and these magically beautiful poems, so influential in so much subsequent literature, perhaps best exemplify what pastoral can do."--BOOK JACKET. "These songs made a world; it is a world all the more beautiful for being vulnerab1e to the intrusions of power and of natural calamity and loss."--BOOK JACKET. "A bilingual edition,… Shares: Latin Didactic poetry, Agriculture, Country life, History and criticism

De rerum natura Titus Lucretius Carus · 1486 · ★ 4.0 · 311p · ≈ 10h · Demanding This is regarded as a seminal text of Epicurean science and philosophy. Epicurians discarded both the idea of immortality and the superstitious worship of wilful gods for a life of serene contentment in the available pleasures of nature. Lucretius (c100-c55BC), in elucidating this belief, steers the reader through an extraordinary breadth of subject matter, ranging from the indestructibility of… Shares: Latin Didactic poetry, Classical literature, Poetry, History

Prometheus Bound Aeschylus · 1559 · ★ 3.9 · 72p · ≈ 2h · Demanding An ancient Greek tragedy attributed to Aeschylus. The play follows the sufferings of the Titan Prometheus who has been fastened to a rock by Zeus as punishment for giving the knowledge of fire to mankind. Shares: Classical literature, History and criticism, Drama, History

Silvae Publius Papinius Statius · 1472 · ★ 3.8 · 217p · ≈ 7h · Demanding Statius' Silvae, thirty-two occasional poems, were written probably between 89 and 96 AD. Here the poet congratulates friends, consoles mourners, sends thanks, admires a memorable scene. The verse is light in touch, with a distinct picture quality. Statius gives us in these impromptu poems clear images of Domitian's Rome. Statius published his Thebaid in the last decade of the first century. This… Shares: Latin Epic poetry, History and criticism, Poetry, History

Euripidis Fabulae Euripides · 1844 · 482p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Greek text with critical apparatus of plays by Euripides: Cyclops, Alcestis, Medea, Children of Herakles, Hippolytus, Andromache, Hecuba. Shares: Classical literature, Drama

Marmion Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Challenging It is a poetry book. Sir Walter Scott’s love of the country induced him, after his marriage in 1797, to settle in a cottage at the pretty village of Lasswade, near Edinburgh. Four years after leaving this district he took Mr. Morritt of Rokeby to see the little dwelling, telling him that, though not worth looking at, ‘it was our first house when newly married, and many a contrivance it had to… Shares: Poetry, History

Ars poetica Horace · 1536 · ★ 3.6 · 82p · ≈ 2h · Demanding Horace was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus, now celebrated for being one of the greatest poets the world has ever known. The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin and Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Horace in English and Latin, with… Shares: Latin Didactic poetry, History and criticism, Poetry

The golden asse of Lucius Apuleius Ovid · 1469 · ★ 3.9 · 59p · ≈ 1h · Demanding "These rhetorical texts by Apuleius, second-century Latin writer and author of the famous novel Metamorphoses or Golden Ass, have not been translated in English since 1909. They are some of the very few Latin speeches surviving from their period, and constitute important evidence for Latin and Roman North African social and intellectual culture in the second century A.D. They are the work of a… Shares: Classical literature, History and criticism

Ὀδύσσεια Όμηρος · 1488 · ★ 3.9 · 297p · ≈ 9h · Demanding The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second oldest extant work of Western literature, the Iliad being the oldest. Scholars believe it was composed near the end of the 8th century BC,… Shares: Classical literature, Poetry, Drama

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare · 1597 · ★ 3.7 · 108p · ≈ 3h · Demanding Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young Italian star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers. Shares: Classical literature, Drama, History

Pharsalia Lucan · 1486 · ★ 3.9 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Demanding "In this edition Professor Fantham offers the first full-scale commentary on the neglected second book of Lucan's epic poem on the war between Caesar and Pompey: De bello civili. Book II presents all three leading figures - Cato, Caesar and Pompey - in speech and action. It expresses the moral and political dilemma of civil war and portrays Pompey's loss of authority during his withdrawal from… Shares: Latin Epic poetry, Poetry, History

Fasti Ovid · 1482 · ★ 3.8 · 301p · ≈ 10h · Demanding "One of the fullest and most enjoyable sources of information on Roman myth and religion, the Fasti is both a calendar of daily rituals and a witty sequence of stories recounted in a variety of styles and genres, comic, tragic, elegiac, epic and erotic. Yet many of them contain uncomfortable political echoes. Augustus tried to control his subjects by imposing his own version of history and annual… Shares: Latin Didactic poetry, History and criticism, Poetry

Les contemplations Victor Hugo · 1856 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Les Contemplations est un recueil de poésie de Victor Hugo, publié en 1856. Il est composé de 158 poèmes rassemblés en six livres. La plupart de ces poèmes ont été écrits entre 1841 et 1855, mais les poèmes les plus anciens de ce recueil datent de 1830. Les Contemplations est un recueil du souvenir, de l’amour, de la joie mais aussi de la mort, du deuil et même d'une certaine foi mystique. Le… Shares: Poetry

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