The Loeb Classical Library: On Architecture, Volume I : Books 1–5

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The Loeb Classical Library: On Architecture, Volume I : Books 1–5Vitruvius (Marcus V. Pollio), Roman architect and engineer, studied Greek philosophy and science and gained experience in the course of professional work. He was one of those appointed to be overseers of imperial artillery or military engines, and was architect of at least one unit of buildings for Augustus in the reconstruction of Rome. Late in life and in ill health he completed, sometime before 27 BC, De Architectura which, after its rediscovery in

Roscio Amerino is a speech not only defending a man's life

Sophocles wrote over a hundred plays

complete with an introduction and the original Latin text on facing pages

speculation is mounting that her husband is dead

Penelope knows destruction will follow in his wake as surely as the Furies circle him

Desperate to protect her beloved sisters

and the epic itself in the context of early Greek society

It also gathers ancient opinions on specific foods of all sorts

In spite of its ancient reputation

but the greater part of the book is concerned with domestic affairs

there follow instructions for calculating the horoscoping degree

succeeding in life