Read less than it deserves at the undergraduate level, Apuleius’ Metamorphoses tells the story of Lucius the ass-man and his encounters with sex, magic, robbers, storytellers, slaves, and finally the . . . [more]...

A newly revised and typeset edition of one of the most popular textbooks used for review of grammar and for writing Latin composition.
The gold standard in Latin composition, used . . . [more]...

Caesar Completely Parsed is a primary resource for educators teaching or reading Book I of the De Bello Gallico. A reprint of Completely Parsed Caesar: Gallic War, Book I (1898), . . . [more]...

A mature but accessible Latin, a narrative brimming with historical significance and fascination: these were once touted as obvious advantages of reading Caesar’s Bellum Gallicum. A change in sensibilities, however, . . . [more]...

This Latin reader offers 14 selections from the works of Marcus Tullius Cicero, orator, statesman, philosopher, and man of letters, who lived (106-43 BCE) during the final generations of the . . . [more]...

St. Augustine's work is a masterpiece. It is a spiritual, intellectual, and psychological autobiography that provides a vital link between classical and Christian traditions. This illustrated edition, perfect for college-level . . . [more]...

Informed by the latest in Horatian scholarship and pedagogical expertise, Horace Selected Odes and Satire 1.9 presents the twenty odes and one satire that are required reading for the AP* . . . [more]...

Epic crowned the classical hierarchy of genres, in large part because of the prestige of its subject matter—the establishment and maintenance of divine and human order. In ancient Rome, epic’s . . . [more]...

This short reader offers exposure to Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Horace, Ovid, and Vergil as well as the baroque-era poets Lieven De Meyere and . . . [more]...

The appeal of Livy, the great historian of the Augustan age, lies both in his riveting storytelling and in the sophistication, clarity, and accessibility of his prose. Aiming to preserve . . . [more]...

Lucan’s epic poem, Civil War, portrays the stark, dark horror of the years 49 through 48 BCE, the grim reality of Romans fighting Romans, of Julius Caesar vs. Pompey the . . . [more]...

There are few ancient authors as compelling as Lucretius: scientist, poet, philosopher, passionate observer of nature. While Caesar, Cicero, and Vergil have long vied for first place in the classical . . . [more]...

Martial’s more than 1,500 epigrams, published in fifteen books over several decades, have long been valued for the richly varied glimpses they give into the urban landscape in which the . . . [more]...

This book contains 770 lines from Ars Amatoria, Books I and II, a full introduction on Ovid's life, 148 pages of vocabulary, and commentary that offers insights on Ovid's stylistic . . . [more]...

In his Handbook of Latin Literature H. J. Rose states, "Didactic Poetry had already been tried often enough, and sometimes it had been mildly humorous; Ovid . . . [more]...

Students will delight in Petronius' highly entertaining stories, including his famous "dinner party," which provide a colorful view of life in first century CE Rome. Some 901 lines of unadapted . . . [more]...

Complete with abundant notes and vocabulary aids, this text makes Seneca’s masterpiece of Roman tragic poetry an accessible Latin read for advanced high school and college students at the intermediate . . . [more]...

The comic playscripts by Plautus—the earliest Latin texts we have—made it through the ancient world to reach ours because the moves and verbal jousting found in them have always made . . . [more]...

Easily the best known of Plautus’ plays, Menaechmi’s popularity has rested on its broad farcical humor and exuberant dialogue. This edition aims to make a first reading the enjoyable experience . . . [more]...

This unadapted Latin text of the emperor Augustus' autobiography is designed to allow the intermediate/advanced student at the high school or college level to read Latin rapidly, without having constantly . . . [more]...

The trademark exuberance of Lucilius, gentleness of Horace, abrasiveness of Persius, and vehemence of Juvenal are the diverse satiric styles on display in this Reader. Witnesses to the spectacular growth . . . [more]...

Designed for college and university-level Latin courses, this reader features a range of Latin prose and poetic writings from the second century BCE through the second century CE that represent . . . [more]...

Innovator in the literature of philosophical advising and reshaper of myth in tragedy, at turns inspiring and disturbing: This is Seneca the Younger. A mosaic of readings from four main . . . [more]...

The popular appeal of Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars is obvious. Who would not thrill reading about the great Julius Caesar's delight in the Senate's bestowal of the right to . . . [more]...

Representative selections (total of 598 lines) from the work of the Tacitus, chosen to represent the entire existing corpus of Tacitus: Annales, Historiae, Germania, Agricola, and Dialogus. The reading selections . . . [more]...

This volume, intended for third- and fourth-year college and advanced high-school use, presents a selection of annotated passages in Latin from six plays by Terence: Andria, Heauton, Phormio, Hecyra, Eunuchus, . . . [more]...

Called by Renaissance humanist Conrad Celtes "the German Sappho," Hrotswitha (ca. 935-1000) was a prolific author who wrote eight legends in verse, two historical epics, and six plays in rhythmic . . . [more]...

Albius Tibullus, considered along with Ovid and Propertius one of the canonical elegists of the Augustan period, was in antiquity deemed the most accomplished of the three. Quintilian sums it . . . [more]...

The passion and immediacy of Catullus’ lyrics can for readers obscure the complexity of his poems’ moods and subjects. Informed by the latest in Catullan scholarship, Ronnie Ancona gives Catullus’ . . . [more]...