The Loeb Classical Library: Geography, Volume I : Books 1–2

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The Loeb Classical Library: Geography, Volume I : Books 1–2Strabo (ca. 64 BC to ca. AD 25), an Asiatic Greek of Amasia in Pontus, studied at Nysa and after 44 BC at Rome. He became a keen traveler who saw a large part of Italy, various near eastern regions including the Black Sea, various parts of Asia Minor, Egypt as far as Ethiopia, and parts of Greece. He was a long time in Alexandria where he no doubt studied mathematics, astronomy, and history. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important

as well as the traditional date of the foundation of Rome and many religious and civic anniversaries

Book 3 continues to support language learning through clear and flexible explanation and exercises

the Commentary examines Pseudolus as a lens into Roman slave society at the time of its debut at the Megalensian festival of 191 BCE

but also of his own weaknesses of character

this classic collection - first published in 1964 - contains forty passages

and detailed contracts regulated by meticulous laws

Explore the nature of love in this charming new translation of selections from Plato’s great dramatic work

including Dyskolos (The Peevish Fellow)

discovered that beneath an account of the Acts of the first Council of Chalcedon in 451 had originally been written a copy of the correspondence between Fronto and members of the imperial family

the predatory cat and the steady tortoise - just as endearingly vivid and relevant now as they were for their very first audience

the final settlements with Greece and Asia

Οι "Ιστορίες σε απλά ελληνικά" είναι πρωτότυπες και απλές

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