Yale Classics (Vol. 2): The Rise and Fall of Rome: The Greatest Works of the Roman Classical Literature

Lucius Annaeus Seneca · Julius Caesar · Boethius · Horace · Plutarch · Apuleius · Virgil · Persius · Terence · Ammianus Marcellinus · Sallust · Juvenal · Lucan · Suetonius · Tibullus · Tacitus · Petronius · Cornelius Nepos · Lucretius · Martial · Catullus · Cicero · Claudian · Pliny the Younger · Saint Augustine of Hippo · Plautus · Ennius · Propertius · The Metamorphoses · Augustus · Quintilian

2023年11月 · DigiCat

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This collection is based on the required reading list of Yale Department of Classics. Originally designed for students, this anthology is meant for everyone eager to know more about the history and literature of this period, interested in poetry, philosophy and rhetoric of Ancient Rome. Latin literature is a natural successor of Ancient Greek literature. The beginning of Classic Roman literature dates to 240 BC. From that point on, Latin literature would flourish for the next six centuries. Latin was the language of the ancient Romans, but it was also the lingua franca of Western Europe throughout the Middle Ages. Consequently, Latin Literature outlived the Roman Empire and it included European writers who followed the fall of the Empire, from religious writers like Aquinas, to secular writers like Francis Bacon, Baruch Spinoza, and Isaac Newton. This collection presents all the major Classic Roman authors, including Cicero, Virgil, Ovid and Horace whose work intrigues and fascinates readers until this day. Content: Plautus: Aulularia Amphitryon Terence: Adelphoe Ennius: Annales Catullus: Poems and Fragments Lucretius: On the Nature of Things Julius Caesar: The Civil War Sallust: History of Catiline's Conspiracy Cicero: De Oratore Brutus Horace: The Odes The Epodes The Satires The Epistles The Art of Poetry Virgil: The Aeneid The Georgics Tibullus: Elegies Propertius: Elegies Cornelius Nepos: Lives of Eminent Commanders Ovid: The Metamorphoses Augustus: Res Gestae Divi Augusti Lucius Annaeus Seneca: Moral Letters to Lucilius Lucan: On the Civil War Persius: Satires Petronius: Satyricon Martial: Epigrams Pliny the Younger: Letters Tacitus: The Annals Quintilian: Institutio Oratoria Juvenal: Satires Suetonius: The Twelve Caesars Apuleius: The Metamorphoses Ammianus Marcellinus: The Roman History Saint Augustine of Hippo: The Confessions Claudian: Against Eutropius Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy Plutarch: The Rise and Fall of Roman Supremacy: Romulus Poplicola Camillus Marcus Cato Lucullus Fabius Crassus Coriolanus Cato the Younger Cicero

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BCE – AD 65), known simply as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist of the Silver Age of Latin literature. Renowned for his intellectual breadth and moral philosophy, Seneca's body of work includes tragedies, letters dealing with moral issues, and essays. His contributions are extensively compiled in several volumes, including the 'Yale Classics,' which curates some of the most influential Latin texts, preserving Seneca's thought-provoking treatises (Vol. 2). Seneca's writing style is often noted for its rhetorical brilliance and ethical severity, mirroring the Stoic virtues of wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance. His essays 'De Brevitate Vitae' (On the Shortness of Life) and 'De Consolatione Ad Marciam' (On Consolation to Marcia), along with the letters to his protégé Lucilius, showcase his literary prowess and philosophical insights, foregrounding the idea that virtue is the sole path to tranquility. Seneca's tragedies, such as 'Phaedra' and 'Thyestes,' explore the darker aspects of human nature and the vulnerabilities of the human condition, influencing later Renaissance and Elizabethan drama. As advisor to Emperor Nero, Seneca's political career was fraught with complexity, ending with his forced suicide after being implicated in a plot against the emperor. Despite the tragedies of his life, Seneca's philosophical legacy endures, deeply echoing the Stoic belief in strength of character and ethical living.