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For this anthology, Michael Grant has selected what he believes to be the best translations of passages that represent and reveal the Roman literary genius. The translators range from Sir Philip Sidney and Alexander Pope to contemporaries; the texts start with Plautus (200 BC and end with St Augustine (AD 400). The pieces demonstrate Latin literature developing from Hellenistic imitations to true originality of thought and style, but always infused with the forthrightness - the clarity of meaning - that is perculiarly Roman.
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About the Author:
Michael Grant was born in 1914. He served as an intelligence officer during the Second World War, and subsequently held academic posts at the universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh, Khartoum and Belfast. Over his lifetime, he published nearly fifty books on the ancient world, ranging from studies of Roman coinage, to biographies of Caesar, Nero and Jesus, to books on Ancient Israel and the Middle Ages. Many of his translations were published in Penguin Classics. Professor Grant moved to Italy in 1966, where he spent most of the rest of his life until his death in 2004.
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- PublisherPenguin Books Ltd
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0140448691
- ISBN 13 9780140448696
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages464
- EditorGrant Michael
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