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Description of Greece, Volume I: Books 1-2 by Pausanias
Category: History | Series: The\Loeb Classical Library
Pausanias, born probably in Lydia in Asia Minor, was a Greek of the 2nd century CE, about 120-180, who travelled widely not only in Asia Minor, Palestine, Egypt and North Africa, but also in Greece and in Italy, including Rome. He left a description of Greece in ten books, which is like a topographical ...Show more
Olympian Odes. Pythian Odes by William H. Race (Edited and Translated by); Pindar
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The\Loeb Classical Library
Of the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. 518-438 BCE) was "by far the greatest for the magnificence of his inspiration" in Quintilian's view; Horace judged him "sure to win Apollo's laurels." The esteem of the ancients may help explain why a good portion of his work was carefully preserved. Most of the Gre ...Show more
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