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April 4, 2022
| ANCIENT LITERATURE. MODERN ACCESS. ENHANCED NAVIGATION. |
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Find it faster! General Editor Jeffrey Henderson previews the digital Loeb Classical Library's much-anticipated Enhanced Navigation feature, coming in Fall 2022. Soon subscribers will be able to access custom divisions for each work in the Library. Watch the video here. |
August 16, 2021
| QUINTILIAN |
| The Major Declamations, Volumes I–III |
| Edited by Antonio Stramaglia |
| Translated by Michael Winterbottom |
| With Notes by Biagio Santorelli and Michael Winterbottom |
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The Major Declamations, attributed to Quintilian in antiquity, exemplify the final stage of Greco-Roman rhetorical training, in which students delivered speeches for the prosecution and defense at imaginary trials. A wide variety of fascinating ethical, social, and legal details animates the fictional world conjured up by these oratorical exercises. |
February 12, 2021
| AELIUS ARISTIDES |
| Orations, Volume II |
| Edited and Translated by Michael Trapp |
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Aelius Aristides (117–after 180), among the most versatile authors of the Second Sophistic and an important figure in the transmission of Hellenism, produced speeches and lectures, declamations on historical themes, polemical works, prose hymns, and essays on a wide variety of subjects. |
| LIVY |
| History of Rome, Volume VIII |
| Edited and Translated by J. C. Yardley |
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Livy (Titus Livius, 64 or 59 BC–AD 12 or 17), the great Roman historian, presents a vivid narrative of Rome’s rise from the traditional foundation of the city in 753 or 751 BC to 9 BC and illustrates the collective and individual virtues necessary to maintain such greatness. The third decad (21–30) chronicles the Second Punic War of 220–205 BC. This Loeb edition replaces the original (1949) by Frank Gardner Moore. |
September 24, 2020
| GALEN |
| On Temperaments. On Non-Uniform Distemperment. The Soul’s Traits Depend on Bodily Temperament |
| Edited and Translated by Ian Johnston |
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In On Temperaments, Galen of Pergamum sets out his concept of the combination of the four elemental qualities (hot, cold, wet, and dry), which is fundamental to his account of the structure and function of human, animal, and plant bodies. Two related works explore disturbances in this combination and their consequences. |
| LIVY |
| History of Rome, Volume VII |
| Edited and Translated by J. C. Yardley |
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Livy (Titus Livius, 64 or 59 BC–AD 12 or 17), the great Roman historian, presents a vivid narrative of Rome’s rise from the traditional foundation of the city in 753 or 751 BC to 9 BC and illustrates the collective and individual virtues necessary to maintain such greatness. The third decad (21–30) chronicles the Second Punic War of 220–205 BC. This Loeb edition replaces the original (1943) by Frank Gardner Moore. |
| PETRONIUS. SENECA |
| Satyricon. Apocolocyntosis |
| Edited and Translated by Gareth Schmeling |
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The Satyrica (Satyricon liber), traditionally attributed to the Neronian courtier Petronius, is a comic-picaresque fiction recalling the narrator’s adventures in the early imperial demimonde, including Trimalchio’s banquet. Apocolocyntosis (Pumpkinification) is a satirical pamphlet lampooning the death and deification of the emperor Claudius. |
June 17, 2020
| APPIAN |
| Roman History, Volume IV: Civil Wars, Books 1–2 |
| Roman History, Volume V: Civil Wars, Books 3–4 |
| Roman History, Volume VI: Civil Wars, Book 5. Fragments |
| Edited and Translated by Brian McGing |
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Appian (ca. AD 95–161) is a principal source for the history of the Roman Republic. His theme is the process by which Rome achieved her contemporary prosperity, and his method is to trace in individual books the story of each nation’s wars with Rome up through her own civil wars. This Loeb edition replaces the original (1912–13) by Horace White. |
| ARISTOTLE |
| Art of Rhetoric |
| Translated by J. H. Freese |
| Revised by Gisela Striker |
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Aristotle (384–322 BC), the great Greek thinker, researcher, and educator, ranks among the most important and influential figures in the history of philosophy, theology, and science. Rhetoric, probably composed while he was still a member of Plato’s Academy, is the first systematic approach to persuasive public speaking and a classic of its kind. |
| LIVY |
| History of Rome, Volume VI |
| Edited and Translated by J. C. Yardley |
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Livy (Titus Livius, 64 or 59 BC–AD 12 or 17), the great Roman historian, presents a vivid narrative of Rome’s rise from the traditional foundation of the city in 753 or 751 BC to 9 BC and illustrates the collective and individual virtues necessary to maintain such greatness. The third decad (21–30) chronicles the Second Punic War of 220–205 BC. This Loeb edition replaces the original (1940) by Frank Gardner Moore. |
March 18, 2020
sit bona librorum et provisae frugis in annum
copia, neu fluitem dubiae spe pendulus horae.
May I have a goodly supply of books and of food to last the year;
nor may I waver to and fro with the hopes of each uncertain hour.
Horace, Epistles 1.18.109–10
As the global community confronts the crisis posed by COVID-19, and individuals are increasingly required to limit contact with others, access to digital resources has become more important than ever before. When libraries and other centers of learning close their doors to limit the virus’ spread, students, scholars, and general readers wishing to consult the Greek and Latin classics are left with relatively few options for pursuing their education, research, and interest in the ancient world.
Accordingly, in the spirit of James Loeb’s original vision “to make the beauty and learning, the philosophy and wit of the great writers of ancient Greece and Rome once more accessible” at a time when they are sorely needed, the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library and Harvard University Press announce that subscriptions to the digital Loeb Classical Library are made free to schools and universities impacted by COVID-19 until June 30, 2020. Contact
loebclassics_sales@harvard.edu for more details.
July 23, 2019
| APPIAN |
| Roman History, Volume I |
| Roman History, Volume II |
| Roman History, Volume III |
| Edited and Translated by Brian McGing |
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Appian (ca. AD 95–161) is a principal source for the history of the Roman Republic. His theme is the process by which Rome achieved her contemporary prosperity, and his method is to trace in individual books the story of each nation’s wars with Rome up through her own civil wars. This Loeb edition replaces the original (1912–13) by Horace White. |
| LIVY |
| History of Rome, Volume V |
| Edited and Translated by J. C. Yardley |
| Introduction by Dexter Hoyos and John Briscoe |
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Livy (Titus Livius, 64 or 59 BC–AD 12 or 17), the great Roman historian, presents a vivid narrative of Rome’s rise from the traditional foundation of the city in 753 or 751 BC to 9 BC and illustrates the collective and individual virtues necessary to maintain such greatness. The third decad (21–30) chronicles the Second Punic War of 220–205 BC. This Loeb edition replaces the original (1929) by B. O. Foster. |
January 11, 2019
| FRAGMENTARY REPUBLICAN LATIN |
| Volume III: Oratory, Part 1 |
| Volume IV: Oratory, Part 2 |
| Volume V: Oratory, Part 3 |
| Edited and Translated by Gesine Manuwald |
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Based on the critical edition of Malcovati, this three-volume Loeb edition of Roman Republican oratory begins with Ap. Claudius Caecus (340–273 BC) and with the exceptions of Cato the Elder and Cicero includes all individuals for whom speech-making is attested and for whose speeches quotations, testimonia, or historiographic recreations survive. |
| MENANDER RHETOR. |
| DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS, ARS RHETORICA |
| Edited and Translated by William H. Race |
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The instructional treatises of Menander Rhetor and the Ars Rhetorica, deriving from the schools of rhetoric that flourished in the Greek East from the 2nd through 4th centuries AD, provide a window into the literary culture, educational practices, and social concerns of these Greeks under Roman rule, in both public and private life. |
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July 11, 2018
| HESIOD |
| Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia |
| The Shield. Catalogue of Women. Other Fragments |
| Edited and Translated by Glenn W. Most |
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The two extant poems of Hesiod (eighth or seventh century BC) are Theogony and Works and Days. Though attributed to him in antiquity, the Catalogue of Women and The Shield were likely not composed by Hesiod himself. Glenn W. Most has thoroughly revised his edition to take account of the textual and interpretive scholarship that has appeared since its initial publication. |
| HIPPOCRATES |
| Diseases of Women 1–2 |
| Edited and Translated by Paul Potter |
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This eleventh and final volume in the Loeb Classical Library’s complete edition of Hippocrates contains Diseases of Women 1 and 2, focusing on reproductive life, the pathological conditions affecting the reproductive organs, and their proper terminology and recommended treatments. A lexicon of therapeutic agents is included. |
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March 5, 2018
| LIVY |
| History of Rome, Volume XI |
| Edited and Translated by J. C. Yardley |
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Livy (Titus Livius, 64 or 59 BC–AD 12 or 17), the great Roman historian, presents a vivid narrative of Rome’s rise from the traditional foundation of the city in 753 or 751 BC to 9 BC and illustrates the collective and individual virtues necessary to maintain such greatness. The fourth decad (31–40) focuses on Rome’s growing hegemony in the East. |
| QUINTUS SMYRNAEUS |
| Posthomerica |
| Edited and Translated by Neil Hopkinson |
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Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Posthomerica, composed between the late second and mid-fourth centuries AD, boldly adapts Homeric diction and style to fill in the story of the Trojan expedition between the end of the Iliad and the beginning of the Odyssey. This edition replaces the earlier Loeb Classical Library edition by A. S. Way (1913). |
| SENECA |
| Tragedies, Volume I: Hercules. Trojan Women. Phoenician Women. Medea. Phaedra |
| Tragedies, Volume II: Oedipus. Agamemnon. Thyestes. Hercules on Oeta. Octavia |
| Edited and Translated by John G. Fitch |
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Seneca (ca. AD 4–65) authored verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists. Plots are based on myth, but themes reflect imperial Roman politics. John G. Fitch has thoroughly revised his two-volume edition to take account of scholarship that has appeared since its initial publication. |
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