Livy Reader, A
Selections from Ab Urbe Condita
Note: This title is a February eLitterae special. This offer is valid for one copy, prepaid, no returns, special price is not available to distributors. Offer expires 03/15/11.
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 the memory of Rome’s achievements and morally rejuvenate his contemporaries, Livy takes readers on a tour of Rome’s past as he thinks deeply about historiography, its uses, and its challenges.
Selections in this volume convey the liveliness and variety of Livy’s style, with its permutations and combinations of narrative and speech, and with its portrayal of Romans and foreigners, men and women, aristocrats and ex-slaves. Selections include such favorites as the story of Horatius at the Bridge, which inspired the historian Macaulay’s Lays of Ancient Rome and was studied by generations of Latin students, as well as others not often included in readers—such as Livy’s account of the so-called “Bacchic conspiracy.”
The best way to understand the Roman period is to understand its literature. A Livy Reader: Selections from Ab Urbe Condita is a scholarly examination of Livy and his work. . .Serving as a study guide to better understanding the Latin, A Livy Reader is a scholarly pick for any student of the Latin language and culture. . .
Selections from Ab Urbe Condita
Description
Note: This title is a February eLitterae special. This offer is valid for one copy, prepaid, no returns, special price is not available to distributors. Offer expires 03/15/11.
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 the memory of Rome’s achievements and morally rejuvenate his contemporaries, Livy takes readers on a tour of Rome’s past as he thinks deeply about historiography, its uses, and its challenges.
Selections in this volume convey the liveliness and variety of Livy’s style, with its permutations and combinations of narrative and speech, and with its portrayal of Romans and foreigners, men and women, aristocrats and ex-slaves. Selections include such favorites as the story of Horatius at the Bridge, which inspired the historian Macaulay’s Lays of Ancient Rome and was studied by generations of Latin students, as well as others not often included in readers—such as Livy’s account of the so-called “Bacchic conspiracy.”
Special Features
- Introduction to Livy, to his work, sources, ideas, artistry, and reception
- 566 lines of unadapted Latin text from Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita: Preface 6–10; Book 1: 6.3–7.3; Book 2: 10.1–13, 12.1–16, 13.6–11; Book 7: 9.6–10.14; Book 21: 1.1–2.2, 35.4–12, 40.6–11, 41.13–17, 42–43.10, 44.1–9; Book 22: 51.1–9; Book 39: 9.1–7, 10.1–8, 13.1–14, 15.1–14, 16.1–13
- Notes at the back
- Two maps and one photograph
- Bibliography
- Complete vocabulary
| Author Bio |
Mary Jaeger is Professor of Classics at the University of Oregon. Previous publications are Livy’s Written Rome (University of Michigan, 1997), Archimedes and the Roman Imagination (University of Michigan, 2008), and essays on several Latin authors. |
Comments and Reviews
The best way to understand the Roman period is to understand its literature. A Livy Reader: Selections from Ab Urbe Condita is a scholarly examination of Livy and his work. . .Serving as a study guide to better understanding the Latin, A Livy Reader is a scholarly pick for any student of the Latin language and culture. . .
— James A. Cox
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