| AUGUSTINE |
| Confessions, Volume I: Books 1–8 |
| Carolyn J.-B. Hammond |
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Confessions is a spiritual autobiography of Augustine’s early life, family, associations, and explorations of alternative religious and theological viewpoints as he moved toward his conversion. Cast as a prayer addressed to God, it offers a gripping personal story and a philosophical exploration destined to have broad and lasting impact. |
| PHILOSTRATUS |
| Heroicus. Gymnasticus. Discourses 1 and 2 |
| Jeffrey Rusten, Jason König |
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Philostratus’s writings embody the height of the renaissance of Greek literature in the second century AD. Heroicus is a vineyard conversation about the beauty, continuing powers, and worship of the Homeric heroes. Gymnasticus is the sole surviving ancient treatise on sports, which reshapes conventional ideas about the athletic body. |