The letters to his friends

Author(s)

• Cicero, Marcus Tullius
• Williams, W. Glynn

Bibliographic Information

The letters to his friends

Cicero ; with an English translation by W. Glynn Williams

（The Loeb classical library, 205, 216, 230, 462）

W. Heinemann , G.P. Putnam, 1926-1929

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• 1 : uk
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Note

Latin text and parallel English translation on opposite pages

Publisher's name "Heinemann" not appears on 1990 printing

"In four volumes"--Vol. 3, 1979 printing

Includes indexes

Later printing published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press and has series no. as Cicero : in twenty-eight volumes ; 25-27

Some copies have no series number

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Cicero's correspondence is unparalleled among classical texts; nowhere else do we get such an intimate look at the life of a prominent Roman and his social world, or such a vivid sense of a momentous period in Roman history. The 435 letters collected here represent Cicero's correspondence with friends and acquaintances over a period of 20 years, from 62 B.C., when Cicero's political career was at its epak, to 43 B.C., the year he was put to death by the forces of Octavian and Mark Antony. They range widely in substance and style, from official dispatches and semi-public letters of political importance to casual notes that chat with close friends about travels and projects, domestic pleasures and books, and questions currently debated. This new Loeb Classical Library edition of the "Letters to Friends," in three volumes, brings together D. R. Shackleton Bailey's standard Latin text, now updated, and a revised version of his much admired translation first published by Penguin. This authoritative edition complements the new Loeb edition of Cicero's "Letters to Atticus,"

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Details

• NCID: BA02820789
• ISBN:
  • 0674992253
  • 0434992054
  • 0674992385
  • 043499216X
  • 0674992539
  • 0434992305
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: englat
• Original Language Code: lat
• Place of Publication: London,New York
• Pages/Volumes: 3 v.
• Size: 17 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC7 : 131.8
  • NDLC : KE211
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00254115