The Loeb Classical Library: Punica, Volume I : Books 1–8

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The Loeb Classical Library: Punica, Volume I : Books 1–8Silius Italicus (T. Catius, AD 25101), was consul in 68 and governor of the province of Asia in 69; he sought no further office but lived thereafter on his estates as a literary man and collector. He revered the work of Cicero, whose Tusculan villa he owned, and that of Virgil, whose tomb at Naples he likewise owned and near which he lived. His epic Punica, in seventeen books, on the second War with Carthage (218202 BC), is based for facts largely on

Pliny shows various sides to his character and demonstrates his skill in writing

” When asked why he was called Diogenes the Dog

θα ήθελε να πεθάνει

She can no longer bear the effort she has to make to pretend to be happy

Its central

The extant portion of his unfinished Achilleid is strikingly different in tone: this second epic begins as a charming account of Achilles’ life

ranks among the most important and influential figures in the history of philosophy

and few complete poems remain

An excellent book for beginning Modern Greek

this unique anthology of Cicero's rhetorical and oratorical wisdom will be enjoyed by anyone who ever needs to win arguments and influence people--in other words

Renaissance

με τον οποίο τους «συνδέει» μια αμοιβαία καχυποψία

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