Two Centuries of Roman Prose
2nd Edition
Published on 1. January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
281 pages
978-1-85399-495-1 (ISBN)
Description
First published by Macmillan in 1972 as a sequel to the successful Two Centuries of Roman Poetry, this volume is also designed to introduce students to a wider range of Latin prose than they would normally encounter in a single-author prescription. From the first century BC the authors represented are Cicero (including letters and philosophy as well as oratory) Sallust, Livy and Cornelius Nepos; from silver Latin of the first century AD, Seneca, Petronius, Tacitus and the younger Pliny. Apart from the range of prose styles and genres included, all the passages are chosen for their intrinsic interest: Tacitus on the British (Agricola), Petronius on the werewolf (Satyricon), Livy on Hannibal in the alps (Book XXX) Taciltus on the death of Agrippina (Annals XIV), Pliny on the landscape at the source of the Clitumnus (Letters 8, 8). There are extensive notes on language, content and a full vocabulary.
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Series
Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85399-495-1 (9781853994951)
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Persons
E.C. Kennedy was Classics Master at Malvern College, UK. With A.R. Davis, he co-edited Two Centuries of Roman Poetry, Euripides: Scenes from "Rhesus" and "Helen".
Content
Preface
How To Read Latin
Putting Latin Prose To Work
Table of Dates
Part I
1 CICERO 'Brave Men Despise Death' (Tusculan Disputations I, 96-102)
2 CORNELIUS NEPOS The Life of Aristides
3 SALLUST The Early History of Rome (Catiline 6, 7, 9)
4 LIVY How Servius Tullius Became King of Rome (I, 39-4I)
5 PETRONIUS The Werewolf (Satyricon 6I, 6-62)
6 SENECA Thoughts in a Tunnel (Epistulae Morales 57)
7 PLINY THE YOUNGER PAGE (a) A Mysterious Spring (4, 30) 6I
(b) The Source of the Clitumnus (S, S) 64
8. TACITUS Britain and the British (Agricola I0-12)
Part II
9 CICERO (a) An Orator Defies Death (Philippic II, I IS to end)
(b) Ethics of a Salesman (De Officiis III, 54-55)
(c) Domestic Design (Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem III I, I-2, 4-5)
(d) Domestic Discord (Ad Atticum V, r, 3-4)
(e) Concern for the Health of a Former Slave (Ad Familiares XVI, 4, r-3)
(f) An Author's Lapse (Ad Atticum XVI, 6, 4)
10 CORNELIUS NEPOS Hannibal's Adventures after the Defeat of Carthage (Hannibal9-rr)
11 SALLUST Caesar and Cato Compared (Catiline 53, 6 and 54)
12 LIVY Hannibal at the Summit of the Alps (XXI, 35, 4-37) ro7
13 PETRONIUS A Proud Father (Satyricon 46) III
14 SENECA The Psychology of Noise (Epistulae Morales s6, r-6, 14 to end) II4
15 PLINY THE YOUNGER (a) The First Grammar School at Comum (4, 13) uS
(b) Convalescence of a Sick Slave (5, 19) 122
16 TACITUS A Murder Ship Miscarries (Annals XIV,
NOTES
Vocabulary
How To Read Latin
Putting Latin Prose To Work
Table of Dates
Part I
1 CICERO 'Brave Men Despise Death' (Tusculan Disputations I, 96-102)
2 CORNELIUS NEPOS The Life of Aristides
3 SALLUST The Early History of Rome (Catiline 6, 7, 9)
4 LIVY How Servius Tullius Became King of Rome (I, 39-4I)
5 PETRONIUS The Werewolf (Satyricon 6I, 6-62)
6 SENECA Thoughts in a Tunnel (Epistulae Morales 57)
7 PLINY THE YOUNGER PAGE (a) A Mysterious Spring (4, 30) 6I
(b) The Source of the Clitumnus (S, S) 64
8. TACITUS Britain and the British (Agricola I0-12)
Part II
9 CICERO (a) An Orator Defies Death (Philippic II, I IS to end)
(b) Ethics of a Salesman (De Officiis III, 54-55)
(c) Domestic Design (Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem III I, I-2, 4-5)
(d) Domestic Discord (Ad Atticum V, r, 3-4)
(e) Concern for the Health of a Former Slave (Ad Familiares XVI, 4, r-3)
(f) An Author's Lapse (Ad Atticum XVI, 6, 4)
10 CORNELIUS NEPOS Hannibal's Adventures after the Defeat of Carthage (Hannibal9-rr)
11 SALLUST Caesar and Cato Compared (Catiline 53, 6 and 54)
12 LIVY Hannibal at the Summit of the Alps (XXI, 35, 4-37) ro7
13 PETRONIUS A Proud Father (Satyricon 46) III
14 SENECA The Psychology of Noise (Epistulae Morales s6, r-6, 14 to end) II4
15 PLINY THE YOUNGER (a) The First Grammar School at Comum (4, 13) uS
(b) Convalescence of a Sick Slave (5, 19) 122
16 TACITUS A Murder Ship Miscarries (Annals XIV,
NOTES
Vocabulary