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Octavia Praetexta (in Latin) – Seneca

KLEINE TEXTE FÜR VORLESUNGEN UND ÜBUNGEN HERAUSGEGEBEN VON HANS LIETZMANN ——————-147——————- OCTAVIA PRAETEXTA CVM ELEMENTIS COMMENTARII EDIDIT CAROLVS HOSIVS BONN A. MARCUS UND E. WEBER’S VERLAG 1922 OCTAVIA Iam vaga caelo sidera fulgens Aurora fugat, surgit Titan radiante coma mundoque diem reddit clarum. age tot tantis onerata malis, 5 repete assuetos iam tibi questus atque […]

L. Annaeus Seneca On Benefits – Seneca

L. ANNAEUS SENECA, ON BENEFITS   By Seneca   Edited by Aubrey Stewart PREFACE Seneca, the favourite classic of the early fathers of the church and of the Middle Ages, whom Jerome, Tertullian, and Augustine speak of as “Seneca noster,” who was believed to have corresponded with St. Paul, and upon whom [Footnote: On the […]

Apocolocyntosis – Seneca

SENECA APOCOLOCYNTOSIS WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY W.H.D. ROUSE, M.A. LITT. D. MCMXX   INTRODUCTION This piece is ascribed to Seneca by ancient tradition; it is impossible to prove that it is his, and impossible to prove that it is not. The matter will probably continue to be decided by every one according to his […]

Alcibiades II – Plato

ALCIBIADES II   by An Imatator of Plato (see Appendix II) Translated by Benjamin Jowett Contents APPENDIX II. ALCIBIADES II APPENDIX II. The two dialogues which are translated in the second appendix are not mentioned by Aristotle, or by any early authority, and have no claim to be ascribed to Plato. They are examples of […]

Lesser Hippias – Plato

LESSER HIPPIAS   by Plato (see Appendix I)  Translated by Benjamin Jowett Contents APPENDIX I. LESSER HIPPIAS INTRODUCTION. APPENDIX I. It seems impossible to separate by any exact line the genuine writings of Plato from the spurious. The only external evidence to them which is of much value is that of Aristotle; for the Alexandrian […]

Alcibiades I – Plato

ALCIBIADES I   by Plato (see Appendix I)   Translated by Benjamin Jowett APPENDIX I. It seems impossible to separate by any exact line the genuine writings of Plato from the spurious. The only external evidence to them which is of much value is that of Aristotle; for the Alexandrian catalogues of a century later […]

Eryxias – Plato

ERYXIAS   By a Platonic Imitator Translated by Benjamin Jowett Contents APPENDIX II. INTRODUCTION. ERYXIAS APPENDIX II. The two dialogues which are translated in the second appendix are not mentioned by Aristotle, or by any early authority, and have no claim to be ascribed to Plato. They are examples of Platonic dialogues to be assigned […]

Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates – Plato

PLATO’S APOLOGY, CRITO AND PHÆDO OF SOCRATES. Literally Translated By HENRY CARY, M.A., Worcester College, Oxford With An Introduction By EDWARD BROOKS, JR. CONTENTS. Introduction The Apology Of Socrates Introduction to the crito Crito; Or, The Duty Of A Citizen Introduction To The Phædo Phædo; Or, The Immortality Of The Soul INTRODUCTION. Of all writers […]

The Republic – Plato

Theaetetus – Plato

THEAETETUS   By Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett Contents INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS. THEAETETUS INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS. Some dialogues of Plato are of so various a character that their relation to the other dialogues cannot be determined with any degree of certainty. The Theaetetus, like the Parmenides, has points of similarity both with his earlier and […]