The Loeb Classical Library: Enquiry into Plants, Volume II : Books 6–9

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The Loeb Classical Library: Enquiry into Plants, Volume II : Books 6–9Theophrastus of Eresus in Lesbos, born about 370 BC, is the author of the most important botanical works that have survived from classical antiquity. He was in turn student, collaborator, and successor of Aristotle. Like his predecessor he was interested in all aspects of human knowledge and experience, especially natural science. His writings on plants form a counterpart to Aristotles zoological works. In the Enquiry into Plants Theophrastus

Of his life nothing is known

9: Astronomy

and place in society

how to end strikes

μια κλεμμένη κορνίζα

Appian is unusually objective about Rome’s shortcomings along the way

Tacitus' Histories hold a crucial place in the history of Latin literature

το άλλο στο σπίτι κλείστηκε καλά

η Έμμα τον απορρίπτει υπεροπτικά

a confidential secretary to Cicero

but also provides up-to-date scholarly materials for graduate students and professional classicists

a description and history of Egypt