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Ovid: FastiPenguin Classics Written after he had been banished to the Black Sea city of Tomis by Emperor Augustus, the Fasti is Ovid's last major poetic work. Both a calendar of daily rituals and a witty sequence of stories recounted in a variety of styles, it weaves together tales of gods and citizens together to explore Rome's history, religious beliefs and traditions. It may also be read as a subtle but powerful political manifesto which derides Augustus'

for whom the home was in many ways the center of public and private life

Socrates counters the arguments of friends urging him to escape

an awkward young prince

All the passages have been taken from original sources

Volumes IV–V present western Greek thinkers from the Pythagoreans to Hippo

the passages help build students' knowledge and confidence in a notoriously difficult element of Latin language learning

international audience

This comprehensive edition includes the complete

How and why did the Athenians invent democracy

the commonest words are indicated with an asterisk so they can be mastered in the first year

have thought about coups and political conspiracies

inventive and charming