Classics in Translation, Volume II: Latin Literature
edited by Paul L. MacKendrick and Herbert M. Howe
University of Wisconsin Press, 1959 eISBN: 978-0-299-80899-0 | Paper: 978-0-299-80896-9
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Here, translated into modern English, are the works of literature, history, science, oratory, and philosophy that constitute the mainstream of Roman thought and continue to influence world civilizations. This volume includes:
· Complete translations of Plautus’ The Haunted House, Terence’s Woman from Andros, Seneca’s Medea, and the Deeds of the Deified Augustus.
· Selections from Vergil’s Georgics and Aeneid, the poems of Catullus, Horace’s Odes, Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Fasti, the Satyricon of Petronius, and the Sixth Satire of Juvenal.
· Selections from Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things, Cicero’s speeches and philosophical works, and Quintilian’s The Training of the Orator.
· Selections from histories by Sallust, Livy’s History of Rome, Tacitus’ Annals and Germania, and letters of Pliny the Younger.
REVIEWS
“A stimulating, comprehensive survey of classical antiquity.”—Classical Philology
"The distinctive feature of these two volumes is the fact that the translations are new and in contemporary English." —Quarterly Journal of Speech
"... atttractive, well-organized, and stimulating." —The Phoenix
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ROMAN CULTURE: AN ESSAY
MacKendrick,
Paul
THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF PLAUTUS
Leon,
Harry J.
THE WOMAN FROM ANDROS OF TERENCE
Westgate,
R. I. Wilfred
Scudder,
Rogers V.
TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS ON THE NATURE OF THINGS
Winspear,
Alban D.
INVOCATION TO VENUS
LUCRETIUS GIVES REASONS FOR HIS OPPOSITION TO ROMAN INSTITUTIONAL RELIGION
THE CREED OF RELIGION VS. THE CREED OF SCIENCE
THE POET'S THEME
THE TRANQUIL LIFE
THE MOVEMENT OF THE ATOMS
THE SWERVE OF THE ATOMS
ATOMS VARY IN SHAPE
IN PRAISE OF HIS TEACHER EPICURUS: THE MORAL VALUE OF HIS PHILOSOPHY
LUCRETIUS WITH HIS ARGUMENTS TRIES TO BANISH THE FEAR OF DEATH
THE ARGUMENT AGAINST THE FEAR OF DEATH, CONTINUED
LUCRETIUS DISCOURSES ON SEX AND LOVE
IN PRAISE OF EPICURUS AND HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN MORAL ENLIGHTENMENT
THE ARGUMENT OF THE FIFTH BOOK
THE WORLD IS NOT ETERNAL OR DIVINE
THE LIFE OF PRIMITIVE MAN
THE EVOLUTION OF MAN AND HUMAN INSTITUTIONS
ORIGIN OF BELIEF IN THE GODS
THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN INSTITUTIONS, CONTINUED
THE GREAT PLAGUE AT ATHENS
SELECTIONS FROM SALLUST
MacKendrick,
Paul
The Jugurthine War
The Conspiracy of Catiline
To Caesar on the Commonwealth, II
SELECTIONS FROM THE SPEECHES OF CICERO
DeWitt,
Norman J.
Against Rullus
In Defense of Cluentius
In Defense of Sestius
In Defense of Murenu
In Defense of Caelius
In Defense of Milo
Against Antony
Servius Sulpicius Rufus: In Memoriam
SELECTIONS FROM CICERO'S PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS
MacKendrick,
Paul
Scipio's Dream, from On the Republic
On the Laws
On the Chief End of Man
Tusculan Disputations
On the Nature of the Gods
On Divination
On Old Age
On Friendship
On Duty
SELECTIONS FROM THE POEMS OF CATULLUS
Havelock,
Eric A.
The Language of Lyric
Dedication to Cornelius Nepos, Historian of Cisalpine Gaul
Drinking Song
Salute to Sirmio
The Language of Love
Bid Me to Live
Lesbia's Kisses
Lesbia's Question
When Lesbia Plays
Lesbia's Tears
Lesbia's Rivals
My True Love Hath My Heart
Amantium Irae
Reunion
Love and Death
World Without End
For Quintilia Dead
The Flower Cut Down
In Memoriam. An Epistle to Allius in Record of Friendship
One Word Profaned
Woman's Faith
Miser Catulle
The Office of My Heart
The Undying Fire
Bondage
Journey's End
She That I Loved
The Last Word
Swan Song
SELECTIONS FROM THE GEORGLCS OF VERGIL
Fitzgerald,
Robert
Bovie,
Smith Palmer
From The First Georgic
From The Second Georgic
SELECTIONS FROM THE AENEID OF VERGIL
Humphries,
Rolfe
THE STORM. DIDO
DIDO'S PASSION AND DEATH
THE FUNERAL GAMES FOR ANCHISES
THE UNDERWORLD
AENEAS IN ITALY
THE SHIELD OF AENEAS
NISUS AND EUPYALUS
TURNUS IN BATTLE
DUELS: PALLAS, LAUSUS, MEZENTIUS
DRANCES AND TURNUS—CAMILLA
AENEAS KILLS TURNUS IN SINGLE COMBAT
SELECTIONS FROM THE ODES OF HORACE
Prize,
Sargent
Shorey,
Paul
Smith,
Goldwin
To Pyrrha
Ignorance of the Future is Bliss
The Pure in Heart
To a Coy Girl
A Hymn to Fortune
The Death of Cleopatra
Simplicity
A Mind Unmoved
Welcome Home
The Golden Mean
A Narrow Escape
The Moving Finger Writes
Regulus
Wealth in Poverty
To a Cask of Wine Made in the Year in which Horace Was Born
To Augustus
Nature and Man
SELECTIONS FROM OVID
White,
Dorrance S.
From the Metamorphoses
From the Fasti
SELECTIONS FROM LIVY'S HISTORY OF ROME
Ryberg,
Inez Scott
THE PREFACE TO THE HISTORY
THE BIRTH OF ROMULUS AND REMUS AT ALBA LONGA
THE FOUNDING OF A NEW CITY BY ROMULUS AND REMUS
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PLACE OF REFUGE
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROMAN SENATE
THE RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN
IN THE WAR ENSUING, THE WOMEN PUT AN END TO THE FIGHTING
AN ETRUSCAN BECOMES KING IN ROME
THE REIGN OF TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS
THE CAPTURE OF GABII BY TREACHERY
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA AND THE OVERTHROW OF THE MONARCHY
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF TRIBUNE OF THE PLEBS
INTERMARRIAGE BETWEEN PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS LEGALIZED
THE FIRST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES IN ROME
THE CHARACTER OF HANNIBAL
HANNIBAL ADDRESSES HIS ARMY BEFORE CROSSING THE ALPS
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE FREEDOM OF GREECE
CATO'S SPEECH AGAINST REPEALING THE OPPIAN LAW
THE CHARACTER OF MARCUS PORCIUS CATO
THE DEEDS OF THE DEIFIED AUGUSTUS
Edson,
Charles F.
Schuler,
Carl
SENECA'S MEDEA
Evans,
Elizabeth C.
SELECTIONS FROM THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS
Chase,
Alston H.
THE WEREWOLF
THE WIDOW OF EPHESUS
THE LEGACY-HUNTERS OF CROTON
TRIMALCHIO'S BANQUET
SELECTIONS FROM QUINTILIAN'S THE TRAINING OF THE ORATOR
MacKendrick,
Paul
PREFACE
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
IS SCHOOL PREFERABLE TO PRIVATE TUTORING?
BOY NATURE: SOME HINTS TO THE TEACHER
LITERATURE
CAN BOYS STUDY A NUMBER OF SUBJECTS AT ONCE?
THE IDEAL TEACHER
THE TEACHER AS THE PARENT OF THE MIND
PROLOGUE: THE LAMENT OF A HUSBAND AND FATHER
WHAT TO READ
THE GOOD ORATOR MUST ALSO BE A GOOD MAN
THE MORALS OF THE ORATOR
SELECTED LETTERS OF THE YOUNGER PLINY
Heironimus,
John Paul
Pliny to Sosius Senecio
Pliny to Avitus
Pliny to Baebius Macer
Pliny to Tacitus
Pliny to Tacitus (continued)
Pliny to the Emperor Trajan
Trajan to Pliny
SELECTIONS FROM TACITUS
Leon,
Harry J.
The Annals
Germania
SELECTIONS FROM THE SIXTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL
Heironimus,
John Paul
SELECTIONS FROM THE DEIFIED JULIUS OF SUETONIUS
Heironimus,
John Paul
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Classics in Translation, Volume II: Latin Literature
edited by Paul L. MacKendrick and Herbert M. Howe
University of Wisconsin Press, 1959 eISBN: 978-0-299-80899-0 Paper: 978-0-299-80896-9
Here, translated into modern English, are the works of literature, history, science, oratory, and philosophy that constitute the mainstream of Roman thought and continue to influence world civilizations. This volume includes:
· Complete translations of Plautus’ The Haunted House, Terence’s Woman from Andros, Seneca’s Medea, and the Deeds of the Deified Augustus.
· Selections from Vergil’s Georgics and Aeneid, the poems of Catullus, Horace’s Odes, Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Fasti, the Satyricon of Petronius, and the Sixth Satire of Juvenal.
· Selections from Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things, Cicero’s speeches and philosophical works, and Quintilian’s The Training of the Orator.
· Selections from histories by Sallust, Livy’s History of Rome, Tacitus’ Annals and Germania, and letters of Pliny the Younger.
REVIEWS
“A stimulating, comprehensive survey of classical antiquity.”—Classical Philology
"The distinctive feature of these two volumes is the fact that the translations are new and in contemporary English." —Quarterly Journal of Speech
"... atttractive, well-organized, and stimulating." —The Phoenix
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ROMAN CULTURE: AN ESSAY
MacKendrick,
Paul
THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF PLAUTUS
Leon,
Harry J.
THE WOMAN FROM ANDROS OF TERENCE
Westgate,
R. I. Wilfred
Scudder,
Rogers V.
TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS ON THE NATURE OF THINGS
Winspear,
Alban D.
INVOCATION TO VENUS
LUCRETIUS GIVES REASONS FOR HIS OPPOSITION TO ROMAN INSTITUTIONAL RELIGION
THE CREED OF RELIGION VS. THE CREED OF SCIENCE
THE POET'S THEME
THE TRANQUIL LIFE
THE MOVEMENT OF THE ATOMS
THE SWERVE OF THE ATOMS
ATOMS VARY IN SHAPE
IN PRAISE OF HIS TEACHER EPICURUS: THE MORAL VALUE OF HIS PHILOSOPHY
LUCRETIUS WITH HIS ARGUMENTS TRIES TO BANISH THE FEAR OF DEATH
THE ARGUMENT AGAINST THE FEAR OF DEATH, CONTINUED
LUCRETIUS DISCOURSES ON SEX AND LOVE
IN PRAISE OF EPICURUS AND HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN MORAL ENLIGHTENMENT
THE ARGUMENT OF THE FIFTH BOOK
THE WORLD IS NOT ETERNAL OR DIVINE
THE LIFE OF PRIMITIVE MAN
THE EVOLUTION OF MAN AND HUMAN INSTITUTIONS
ORIGIN OF BELIEF IN THE GODS
THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN INSTITUTIONS, CONTINUED
THE GREAT PLAGUE AT ATHENS
SELECTIONS FROM SALLUST
MacKendrick,
Paul
The Jugurthine War
The Conspiracy of Catiline
To Caesar on the Commonwealth, II
SELECTIONS FROM THE SPEECHES OF CICERO
DeWitt,
Norman J.
Against Rullus
In Defense of Cluentius
In Defense of Sestius
In Defense of Murenu
In Defense of Caelius
In Defense of Milo
Against Antony
Servius Sulpicius Rufus: In Memoriam
SELECTIONS FROM CICERO'S PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS
MacKendrick,
Paul
Scipio's Dream, from On the Republic
On the Laws
On the Chief End of Man
Tusculan Disputations
On the Nature of the Gods
On Divination
On Old Age
On Friendship
On Duty
SELECTIONS FROM THE POEMS OF CATULLUS
Havelock,
Eric A.
The Language of Lyric
Dedication to Cornelius Nepos, Historian of Cisalpine Gaul
Drinking Song
Salute to Sirmio
The Language of Love
Bid Me to Live
Lesbia's Kisses
Lesbia's Question
When Lesbia Plays
Lesbia's Tears
Lesbia's Rivals
My True Love Hath My Heart
Amantium Irae
Reunion
Love and Death
World Without End
For Quintilia Dead
The Flower Cut Down
In Memoriam. An Epistle to Allius in Record of Friendship
One Word Profaned
Woman's Faith
Miser Catulle
The Office of My Heart
The Undying Fire
Bondage
Journey's End
She That I Loved
The Last Word
Swan Song
SELECTIONS FROM THE GEORGLCS OF VERGIL
Fitzgerald,
Robert
Bovie,
Smith Palmer
From The First Georgic
From The Second Georgic
SELECTIONS FROM THE AENEID OF VERGIL
Humphries,
Rolfe
THE STORM. DIDO
DIDO'S PASSION AND DEATH
THE FUNERAL GAMES FOR ANCHISES
THE UNDERWORLD
AENEAS IN ITALY
THE SHIELD OF AENEAS
NISUS AND EUPYALUS
TURNUS IN BATTLE
DUELS: PALLAS, LAUSUS, MEZENTIUS
DRANCES AND TURNUS—CAMILLA
AENEAS KILLS TURNUS IN SINGLE COMBAT
SELECTIONS FROM THE ODES OF HORACE
Prize,
Sargent
Shorey,
Paul
Smith,
Goldwin
To Pyrrha
Ignorance of the Future is Bliss
The Pure in Heart
To a Coy Girl
A Hymn to Fortune
The Death of Cleopatra
Simplicity
A Mind Unmoved
Welcome Home
The Golden Mean
A Narrow Escape
The Moving Finger Writes
Regulus
Wealth in Poverty
To a Cask of Wine Made in the Year in which Horace Was Born
To Augustus
Nature and Man
SELECTIONS FROM OVID
White,
Dorrance S.
From the Metamorphoses
From the Fasti
SELECTIONS FROM LIVY'S HISTORY OF ROME
Ryberg,
Inez Scott
THE PREFACE TO THE HISTORY
THE BIRTH OF ROMULUS AND REMUS AT ALBA LONGA
THE FOUNDING OF A NEW CITY BY ROMULUS AND REMUS
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PLACE OF REFUGE
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROMAN SENATE
THE RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN
IN THE WAR ENSUING, THE WOMEN PUT AN END TO THE FIGHTING
AN ETRUSCAN BECOMES KING IN ROME
THE REIGN OF TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS
THE CAPTURE OF GABII BY TREACHERY
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA AND THE OVERTHROW OF THE MONARCHY
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF TRIBUNE OF THE PLEBS
INTERMARRIAGE BETWEEN PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS LEGALIZED
THE FIRST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES IN ROME
THE CHARACTER OF HANNIBAL
HANNIBAL ADDRESSES HIS ARMY BEFORE CROSSING THE ALPS
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE FREEDOM OF GREECE
CATO'S SPEECH AGAINST REPEALING THE OPPIAN LAW
THE CHARACTER OF MARCUS PORCIUS CATO
THE DEEDS OF THE DEIFIED AUGUSTUS
Edson,
Charles F.
Schuler,
Carl
SENECA'S MEDEA
Evans,
Elizabeth C.
SELECTIONS FROM THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS
Chase,
Alston H.
THE WEREWOLF
THE WIDOW OF EPHESUS
THE LEGACY-HUNTERS OF CROTON
TRIMALCHIO'S BANQUET
SELECTIONS FROM QUINTILIAN'S THE TRAINING OF THE ORATOR
MacKendrick,
Paul
PREFACE
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
IS SCHOOL PREFERABLE TO PRIVATE TUTORING?
BOY NATURE: SOME HINTS TO THE TEACHER
LITERATURE
CAN BOYS STUDY A NUMBER OF SUBJECTS AT ONCE?
THE IDEAL TEACHER
THE TEACHER AS THE PARENT OF THE MIND
PROLOGUE: THE LAMENT OF A HUSBAND AND FATHER
WHAT TO READ
THE GOOD ORATOR MUST ALSO BE A GOOD MAN
THE MORALS OF THE ORATOR
SELECTED LETTERS OF THE YOUNGER PLINY
Heironimus,
John Paul
Pliny to Sosius Senecio
Pliny to Avitus
Pliny to Baebius Macer
Pliny to Tacitus
Pliny to Tacitus (continued)
Pliny to the Emperor Trajan
Trajan to Pliny
SELECTIONS FROM TACITUS
Leon,
Harry J.
The Annals
Germania
SELECTIONS FROM THE SIXTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL
Heironimus,
John Paul
SELECTIONS FROM THE DEIFIED JULIUS OF SUETONIUS
Heironimus,
John Paul
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