The Loeb Classical Library: Leucippe and Clitophon

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The Loeb Classical Library: Leucippe and ClitophonA charming Greek romance narrated by its hero. Achilles Tatius was a Greek from Alexandria in Egypt; he is now believed to have flourished in the second century AD. Of his life nothing is known, though the Suidas says he became a Christian and a bishop and wrote a work on etymology, one on the sphere, and an account of great men. He is famous however for his surviving novel in eight books, The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon, one of the best

In the Loeb Classical Library edition of Caesar

the attendants of Dionysus

or criticizing and disrupting current conditions

he provides an Introduction on Thucydides’ history and on the Peloponnesian War

recording the events of his life with incomparable immediacy and power

The Twelve Caesars chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome

Many years ago

The present selection from Book IV tells of Aeneas’ departure from the north African state of Carthage

The first book introduces

From the earliest legends of the kings of Rome through the turbulent events of the Republic to seminal moments from imperial history

In these brief works

A desperate quest begins in the port of Alexandria: site of the great lighthouse