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Book The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus  Vol  7 of 7  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus Vol 7 of 7 Classic Reprint written by Dionysius Of Halicarnassus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Vol. 7 of 7 The present translation of the excerpts is the first to appear in English. Spelman did not translate the few that had been published in his day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book A Short History of Greek Literature

Download or read book A Short History of Greek Literature written by Jacqueline de Romilly and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers profiles of ancient Greek writers, including Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, and Plutarch, and traces the development of Greek literature.

Book The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus  Vol  2 of 7  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus Vol 2 of 7 Classic Reprint written by Dionysius Of Halicarnassus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Vol. 2 of 7 The two nations.1. This man, after taking part with Romulus, in many wars and performing mightydeeds in the battles with the Sabines, died, leaving an only son, a young child at the time, and was buried by the kings in the prin cipal part of the-forum and honoured with a monument and an inscription testifying to his valour. His only son, having come to manhood and married a woman of distinction, had by her Tullus Hostilius, a man of action, the same who was now chosen king by a vote passed by the citizens concerning him according to the laws; and the decision of the people was confirmed by favourable omens from Heaven. The year in Which he assumed the sovereignty was the second Of the twenty-seventh Olympiad,2 the one in which Eurybates, an Athenian, won the prize in the foot-race, Leostratus being archon at Athens. Tullus, immediately upon his accession, gained the hearts of all the labouring class and of the needy among the populace by performing an act Of the most Splendid kind. It was this: The kings before him' had possessed much fertile land, especially reserved for'them, from the revenues of which they not only offered sacrifices to the gods, but also had abundant provision for their private needs. This land Romulus had acquired in war by.dispossessing the former owners, and when he died childless, Numa Pompilius, his successor, had enjoyedits use; it was no longer the property of the state, but the inherited possession of the successive kin s. Tullus now permitted this land to be divider? Equally among. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus  Vol  5 of 7

Download or read book The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus Vol 5 of 7 written by Dionysius Of Halicarnassus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Vol. 5 of 7: With an English Translation The only army which was then a match for the Romans was that of the Volscians, if these would agree to gether and make war upon them under an able general. He reasoned, therefore, that if he could prevail on the Volscians to receive him and to entrust to him the command of the war, his purpose would easily be accomplished. On the other hand, he was disturbed by the consciousness that he had often brought calamities upon them in battle and had forced many cities to forsake their alliance with them. However, he did not desist from the attempt because of the greatness of the danger, but resolved to en counter these very perils and suffer whatever might be the consequence. Having waited, therefore, for a night - and a dark one - he went to Antium, the most important city of the Volscians, at the hour when the inhabitants were at supper and going to the house of an influential man named Tullus Attius, who by reason of his birth, his wealth and his military exploits had a high opinion of himself and generally led the whole nation, he became his suppliant by sitting down at his hearth. Then, having related to him the dire straits which had forced him to take refuge with his enemies, he begged of him to enter tain sentiments of moderation and humanity toward a suppliant and no longer to regard as an enemy one who was in his power, nor to exhibit his strength against the unfortunate and the humbled, bearing in mind that the fortunes of men are subject to change. And this, he said, you may learn most clearly from my own case. For though I was once looked upon as the most powerful of all men in the greatest city, I am now cast aside, forsaken, exiled and abased. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Download or read book The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus written by Dionisio de Halicarnaso and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus  With an English Translation by Earnest Cary  Ph  D   on the Basis of the Version of Edward Spelman  1

Download or read book The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus With an English Translation by Earnest Cary Ph D on the Basis of the Version of Edward Spelman 1 written by Of Halicarnassus Dionysius and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1879, this book offers a comprehensive look at the Roman antiquities as described by Dionysius of Halicarnassus. With an English translation by Edward Spelman and Ernest Cary, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of ancient Rome. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Library of Congress Author Catalog

Download or read book The Library of Congress Author Catalog written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Among the Gentiles

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  • Author : Luke Timothy Johnson
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2009-01-01
  • ISBN : 0300156499
  • Pages : 480 pages

Download or read book Among the Gentiles written by Luke Timothy Johnson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a fresh inquiry into early Christianity and Greco-Roman paganism, Luke Timothy Johnson begins with a broad definition of religion as a way of life organized around convictions and experiences concerning ultimate power.

Book Before Religion

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  • Author : Brent Nongbri
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2013-01-22
  • ISBN : 0300154178
  • Pages : 315 pages

Download or read book Before Religion written by Brent Nongbri and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining a wide array of ancient writings, Brent Nongbri dispels the commonly held idea that there is such a thing as ancient religion. Nongbri shows how misleading it is to speak as though religion was a concept native to pre-modern cultures.

Book Religions of Rome  Volume 2  A Sourcebook

Download or read book Religions of Rome Volume 2 A Sourcebook written by Mary Beard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume two reveals the extraordinary diversity of ancient Roman religion. A comprehensive sourcebook, it presents a wide range of documents illustrating religious life in the Roman world - from the foundations of the city in the eighth century BC to the Christian capital more than a thousand years later. Each document is given a full introduction, explanatory notes and bibliography, and acts as a starting point for further discussion. Through paintings, sculptures, coins and inscriptions, as well as literary texts in translation, the book explores the major themes and problems of Roman religion, such as sacrifice, the religious calendar, divination, ritual, and priesthood. Starting from the archaeological traces of the earliest cults of the city, it finishes with a series of texts in which Roman authors themselves reflect on the nature of their own religion, its history, even its funny side. Judaism and Christianity are given full coverage, as important elements in the religious world of the Roman empire.

Book Norton s Literary Gazette and Publishers  Circular

Download or read book Norton s Literary Gazette and Publishers Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Flavius Josephus  Translation and Commentary  Volume 10  Against Apion

Download or read book Flavius Josephus Translation and Commentary Volume 10 Against Apion written by Flavius Josèphe and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2000 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first English commentary on Josephus’ Against Apion, his apologetic treatise which rebuts Egyptian and Hellenistic slurs on the Judean people. Accompanied by a new translation, the commentary provides full analysis of the historical, literary, and rhetorical features of the treatise, and analyses its engagement with the cultural politics of the ancient world.

Book The Critical Essays

Download or read book The Critical Essays written by Dionysius (of Halicarnassus.) and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS migrated to Rome in 300 B.C., where he lived until his death some time after 8 B.C., writing his Roman Antiquities in twenty books and teaching the art of rhetoric and literary composition to a small group of upper-class Romans. His purpose, both in his own work and in his teaching, was to re-establish the classical Attic standards of purity, invention and taste in order to reassert the primacy of Greek as the literary language of the Mediterranean world. The essays in the present volume display the full range of Dionysius' critical expertise. In the treatise On Literary Composition, his finest and most original work, discussion of the effects produced by the arrangement of words involves minute analysis of phonetics and metre in addition to more general aspects of literary aesthetics such as the difference between poetry and prose, and the tripartite classification of the types of arrangement. The other four essays are on a less ambitious scale. The Dinarchus is primarily a study of authenticity in which Dionysius attempts to identify the genuine speeches of the latest Attic orator from the list of those ascribed to him by the librarians. The three literary letters are all concerned with possible models. In the Letter to Pompeius, Dionysius gives his reasons for criticizing Plato on stylistic and also moral grounds, and appends critiques of Herodotus, whom he greatly admired, and three other historians -- Xenophon, Philistus and Theopompus. Of the two Letters to Ammaeus, the second may be read as an appendix to the Thucydides, but the first concerns literary history, and investigates the question of whether Demosthenes could have learnt his oratorical skills from Aristotle's Rhetoric. Volume I contains the essays On the Ancient Orators, Lysias, Isocrates, Isaeus, Demosthenes, and Thucydides.

Book The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic

Download or read book The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic written by William Warde Fowler and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ancient Libraries

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  • Author : Jason König
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2013-04-25
  • ISBN : 1107244587
  • Pages : 501 pages

Download or read book Ancient Libraries written by Jason König and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. However, books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental reassessment of how ancient libraries came into being, how they were organized and how they were used. Drawing on papyrology and archaeology, and on accounts written by those who read and wrote in them, it presents new research on reading cultures, on book collecting and on the origins of monumental library buildings. Many of the traditional stories told about ancient libraries are challenged. Few were really enormous, none were designed as research centres, and occasional conflagrations do not explain the loss of most ancient texts. But the central place of libraries in Greco-Roman culture emerges more clearly than ever.

Book A Critical History of Early Rome

Download or read book A Critical History of Early Rome written by Gary Forsythe and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A remarkable book,in which Forsythe uses his thorough knowledge of the ancient evidence to reconstruct a coherent and eminently plausible picture which in turn illuminates early Roman society more immediately than any other category of evidence is able to do. Forsythe displays his impressive ability to demonstrate to what extent and why the tradition that dominates the extant historical narratives is not credible."—Kurt Raaflaub, author of The Discovery of Freedom in Ancient Greece "An excellent synthetic treatment of early Roman history found in both modern literary and archaeological materials."—Richard Mitchell, author of Patricians and Plebeians

Book On Thucydides

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  • Author : Dionysius (of Halicarnassus.)
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1975
  • ISBN : 9780520029224
  • Pages : 212 pages

Download or read book On Thucydides written by Dionysius (of Halicarnassus.) and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: