Anthology of Latin Prose

Name: Anthology of Latin Prose
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ISBN: 9780198721215

ISBN-10: 0198721218

ISBN-13: 9780198721215

Edition: 1990

Authors: D. A. Russell, D. A. Russell

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This anthology fills a gap which has been widely felt. It gives students - at sixth-form, undergraduate or junior graduate level - the opportunity of sampling a very wide variety of Latin prose texts, chosen to illustrate both development and generic differences. Each of the 96 passages is accompanied by a short introduction, and there are brief notes explaining difficult words and drawing attention to linguistic and stylistic points occurring in the extracts. The extracts range from the second century BC to the fifth century AD: Cato the Censor, C. Gracchus, and the annalists; Cicero (oratory, letters, philosophical treatises); the historians (Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus); non-historical…

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List price: $91.00
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/22/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Donald A. Russell is Emeritus Professor of Classical Literature, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford.