From the General Editor

Winged Words and the Digital Library

Over a century ago, James Loeb announced the founding of the Loeb Classical Library and his intention to bring the written treasures of the ancient Greek and Roman world “within the reach of all who care for the finer things of life.” Now it gives us great pleasure to welcome you – old friends and newcomers, scholars, students, and general readers alike – to the digital Loeb Classical Library, and to invite you to enjoy its Greek and Latin texts alongside English translations, in the familiar ways and in surprisingly new ones.

Praise for the Digital Loeb Classical Library

“The Loeb Library… remains to this day the Anglophone world’s most readily accessible collection of classical masterpieces… Now, with their digitization, [the translations] have crossed yet another frontier.”—Wall Street Journal

“The digital Loeb Classical Library will be a transformative experience for professionals doing research and provide everyone else with a wonderful buffet of reading to browse.”—Weekly Standard

News

April 22, 2025

Forthcoming Loebs (June 2025)

CICERO
Pro Quinctio. Pro Roscio Amerino. Pro Roscio Comoedo. Pro Tullio. De Lege Agraria
Edited and Translated by Andrew R. Dyck
Cicero, Pro Quinctio. Pro Roscio Amerino. Pro Roscio Comoedo. Pro Tullio. De Lege Agraria This volume contains four speeches from Cicero’s pre-consular, and one from his consular period. It replaces the original Loeb edition by John Henry Freese (1930), which did not include Pro Tullio. The texts have been freshly edited and translated, with full introductions and ample notation.

August 20, 2024

New Loebs (February 2025)

VELLEIUS PATERCULUS
Edited and Translated by A. J. Woodman
Velleius Paterculus The histories of Velleius Paterculus chronicle the story of Rome and Roman culture from the fall of Troy to AD 30, providing much valuable information especially about the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius (30 BC–AD 37), for which he provides our only extant historical depiction by a contemporary witness. This edition replaces that of F. W. Shipley, offering a new translation, ample annotation, and a freshly edited text.