Description
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dio’s life and works
* Features the complete extant text of Dio’s ‘Discourses’, in both English translation and the original Greek
* Concise introduction to the ‘Discourses’
* Includes J. W. Cohoon’s translation previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Dio
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the discourses you want to read with individual contents tables
* Includes Dio’s rare fragments, first time in digital print
* Provides a special dual English and Greek text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph – ideal for students
* Features a bonus biography – discover Dio’s ancient world
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
CONTENTS:
The Translations
DISCOURSES
ENCOMIUM ON HAIR
FRAGMENTS
The Greek Texts
LIST OF GREEK TEXTS
The Dual Text
THE DUAL GREEK AND ENGLISH TEXT
The Biography
INTRODUCTION TO DIO CHRYSOSTOM by J. W. Cohoon