Description
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* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Varro’s life and works
* Features the complete extant works of Varro, in both English translation and the original Latin
* Concise introductions to the extant works
* Provides two translations of ‘On Agriculture’ (William Davis Hooper and F. H. Belvoir)
* Includes translations previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Varro
* Features the rare translation by ‘On the Latin Language’ by Roland G. Kent, first time in digital print
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the sections you want to read with individual contents tables
* Provides a special dual English and Latin text of ‘On Agriculture’, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph – ideal for students
* Features two bonus biographies – discover Varro’s ancient world
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
CONTENTS:
The Translations
ON AGRICULTURE
ON THE LATIN LANGUAGE
The Latin Texts
LIST OF LATIN TEXTS
The Dual Text
DUAL LATIN AND ENGLISH TEXT
The Biographies
INTRODUCTION TO MARCUS TERENTIUS VARRO by Roland G. Kent
MARCUS TERENTIUS VARRO by F. H. Belvoir