I.  BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE. Introduction. This article offers to those interested in the life and works of Cicero a translation of twen...

Introduction. Bacchae ('women' of Bacchus', i.e. followers of Bacchus or Dionysus) is one of the last plays Euripides wrote....

Introduction. The following six verse extracts consider different aspects of "Otium", which means "Leisure" or ...

Introduction.  "Philoctetes" is one of Sophocles latest plays. It is unusual in several respects, with a small all-male cast a...

Introduction. The "Bucolics" ("Songs about Herdsmen") which consist of ten short poems, commonly known as "Eclo...