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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldTheir names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositions on our planet. They were also brilliant adventures of the mind, test cases for the reaches of human imagination. Now only the great pyramid remains

This new translation in free verse conveys the full force of Lucan's writing and his grimly realistic view of the subject

while the Commentary elucidates problems of language as well as interpretation

dense Latin into fine

which replaces the now outdated Loeb translation by John Sargeaunt (first published in 1912)

and its subsequent literary and cultural impact while extensive commentary notes guide students through every line of the Greek text

A step-by-step guide to scansion

presents a brief statement of his methods and goals

This volume comprises an edition with introduction and commentary of the first book of Horace's Epistles

Arrian (Flavius Arrianus)

Plutarch and Prudentius insist that we allow pressure or temptations to get the best of us

The first part of the book introduces new constructions and the translation of sentences from English to Latin

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