An Anthology of Latin Prose

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Donald Andrew Russell
Clarendon Press, 1990 - 251 pagine
Filling a major gap in the literature, this useful collection of Latin prose offers ninety-six short passages ranging from the second century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. The book allows students to sample a wide variety of Latin prose texts and illustrates both development and generic differences. Each text is accompanied by a short introduction and brief notes that explain difficult words and draw attention to linguistic and stylistic points. The selections include works by Cato the Censor, C. Gracchus, the annalists, Cicero, Sallust, Livy, Tacitus, Seneca, Vitruvius, and Pliny; some early Patristic texts; and extracts from the Vulgate. Chosen for their diversity and interesting content, the passages are completely accessible to both teachers and students of Latin language and literature, making this anthology invaluable in the teaching and study of Latin prose composition.

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Sommario

THE BEGINNINGS
1
Torquatus and the Gaul Claudius Quadrigarius
7
The parricides punishment pro Sex Roscio
15
Defence of a young man pro Caelio 378
28
A letter to a historian ad familiares 5 12 15
38
The immortality of the soul ibid 278
47
An introductory conversation de legibus 1 15 18
49
The hand de natura deorum 2 1502
51
The trial of Cremutius Cordus ibid 4 345
170
The murder of Agrippina ibid 14 35
172
The fire of Rome ibid 15 389
175
A Tiber flood ibid 8 17
180
The young Trajan Pliny Panegyricus 15
181
THE ANTONINE
183
The death of Galba Suetonius Galba 1920
185
The bloody handprints on the wall Quintilian Declamationes maiores 1 1112
187

Socrates life and willing death Tusculanae disputationes 1 714
53
Fraudulent behaviour de officiis 3 5860
57
A poets apology Martial Epigrammata
59
CAESAR SALLUST AND SOME CONTEMPORARIES 23 Caesar and Ariovistus de bello Gallico 1 426
61
Caesars Britain ibid 5 1214
66
25
67
The Druids ibid 6 1314
70
The relief of Ulia de bello Hispaniensi
71
Jugurtha Sallust Bellum Jugurthinum 57
77
Legal problems Digest 9 2
79
LIVY AND OTHER AUGUSTANS
89
praef 155
104
FROM TIBERIUS TO NERO
111
Alexander turns back Q Curtius 9 3 119
117
On bearing insults Seneca de constantia
124
Corruption of style ibid 114 112
130
Trimalchio and his guests Petronius Satyricon
136
FLAVIAN TIMES
144
Bereavement ibid 6 praef 612
150
TACITUS AND PLINY 60 Apology for poetry Tacitus Dialogus 1213
158
Tacitus Britain Agricola 1012
161
The death of Galba Histories 1 401 49
164
A successful retreat Annals 1 658
167
A princes day Fronto ad M Caesarem 4 5
189
The war with Antony Florus Epitome 2 21
190
Apuleius in his own defence Apuleius Apologia 6364
193
Psyche in the Underworld Apuleius Metamorphoses 6 1719
195
The vision of Isis ibid 11 36
197
The death of Philemon Apuleius Florida 16
201
TERTULLIAN AND MINUCIUS FELIX
204
THE FOURTH CENTURY
213
The Huns Ammianus Marcellinus 31 2 111
219
The rape and death of Lucretia Livy ab urbe condita 1 57 459
224
Rules for the clergy ibid 52 5
226
The Lord is my Shepherd Psalm 22 23
232
A FIFTHCENTURY LETTER
238
The Gauls in Rome ibid 5 412
243
68
244
72
245
74
246
85
247
Torquatus and the Gaul ibid 7 810
248
97
249
Grammatical and Stylistic Index
250
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Informazioni sull'autore (1990)

D. A. Russell is at St John's College, Oxford.

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