Classics in Translation, Volume II: Latin Literature [Paperback]

Paul L. MacKendrick (Editor), Herbert M. Howe (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 0299808963 | ISBN-13: 978-0299808969 | Publication Date: July 15, 1959

Here, translated into modern idiom, are many works of the authors whose ideas have consitituted the mainstream of classical thought. This volume of new translations was born of necessity, to answer the needs of a course in Greek and Roman culture offered by the Department of Integrated Liberal Studies at the University of Wisconsin. Since its original publication in 1952, Classics in Translation has been adopted by many different academic insititutions to fill similar needs of their undergraduate students. This new printing is further evidence of this collection's general acceptance by teachers, students, and the reviewing critics.

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"The distinctive feature of these two volumes is the fact that the translations are new and in contemporary English." —Quarterly Journal of Speech

"A stimulating comprehensive survey of classical antiquity." —Classical Philology

"... atttractive, well-organized, and stimulating." —The Phoenix

"... a valuable addition to any private library." —The Classical Journal

" ... much superior to any previous anthologies of the kind." —The Journal of General Education

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• Paperback: 454 pages
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press (July 15, 1959)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0299808963
• ISBN-13: 978-0299808969
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4.0 out of 5 stars Table of contents and comments, June 5, 2008

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D. Domingo-Foraste (Long Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classics in Translation, Volume II: Latin Literature (Paperback)

Since this venerable book (originally published 1952) remains a good compendium of Latin literature including both prose and poetry, and since one cannot view the table of contents on line, I have reproduced the TOC taking some liberties with the titles to put them in a form classicists would recognize. I've included the (translators) of each section. The compendium is notable for its lack of material from Caesar and Martial and any of Ovid's love poetry. Moreover, in keeping with its times, the poetry of Catullus and Juvenal is bowdlerized. I recommend a review by Edward J. Bassett, CP 48 (1953) 109-112, http://www.jstor.org/stable/265407. It lists the many misprints in the book in footnote 1. I remain dissatisfied with the other possibilities for a text for a course on Latin literature in translation. Atchity is too thin on material, Russell has only prose. I do find Lombardo's Essential Aeneid very useful.

TOC
Roman Culture: An Essay (MacKendrick) p.3
Mostellaria of Plautus (Harry J. Leon) p.13
Andria of Terence (R. I. Wilfred Westage & Rogers V. Scudder) p.38
De Rerum Natura of Lucretius (Alban D. Winspear) p.60
-Invocation to Venus
-Lucretius gives reasons for opposition to Roman institutional religion
-The creed of religion vs. the creed of science
-The poet's theme
-The tranquil life
-The movement of the atoms
-Atoms vary in shape
-In praise of his teacher Epicurus: The moral value of his philosophy
-Lucretius with his arguments tries to banish the rear of death
-The argument against the fear of death, continued
-Lucretius discourses on sex and love
-In praise of Epicurus and his achievements in moral enlightenment
-The argument of the fifth book
-The world is not eternal or divine
-The life of primitive man
-The evolution of man and human institutions
-Origin of belief in the gods
-The evolution of human institutions, continued
-The great plague at Athens
Selections from Sallust (MacKendrick) p.85
-The Jugurthine War p.86
-The Conspiracy of Catiline p.92
-To Caesar on the Republic, II p.99
Selections from the speeches of Cicero (Norman J. DeWitt) p.100
-Against Rullus (De lege agraria II contra Rullum ) p.102
-Pro Cluentio p.106
-Pro Sestio p.112
-Pro Murena p.115
-Pro Caelio p.120
-Pro Milone p.126
-Philippic II p.134
-Philippic IX p.140
Selections from philosophical works (MacKendrick) p.146
-Scipio's Dream from De Republica p.147
-De legibus p.153
-De finibus bonorum et malorum p.162
-Tusculan disputations p.171
-De natura deorum p.176
-On divination p.185
-On old age p.187
-On friendship p.190
-On duty p. 193
Selections from the poems of Catullus (Eric A. Havelock) p.204
-1 p.205
-27, 31, 41, 5 p.206
-7, 2, 3 p.207
-43, 86, 87, 92, 107, 101 p.208
-96, 68b p.209
-70, 8 p.210
-75,72, 85, 76 p.211
-58, 11, 38 p.212
Selections from the Georgics of Vergil (Robert Fitzgerald & Smith Palmer Bovie) p.213
-From the first Georgic p.213
-From the second Georgic p.217
Selections from the Aeneid of Vergil (Rolfe Humphries) p. 219
-The storm, Dido
-Dido's passion and death
-The funeral games for Anchises
-The underworld
-Aeneas in Italy
-The shield of Aeneas
-Nisus and Euryalus
-Turnus in battle
-Duels: Pallas, Lausus, Mezentius
-Drances and Turnus
-Camilla
-Aeneas kills Turnus in single combat
Selections from the Odes of Horace (Paul Shorey & Godwin Smith) p.264
-1.5, 1.11, 1.22 p.265
-1.23, 1.35 p. 266
-1.37, 1.38,2.3 p.267
-2.7, 2.10, 2.13 p.268
-2.14, 3.5 p.269
-3.16 p.270
-3.21, 4.5 p.271
-4.7 p.272
Selections from Ovid (Dorrance S. White) p.273
-From the Metamorphoses p.273
--Apollo and Daphne p.273
--Philemon and Baucis p.275
-From the Fasti p.277
--April 4 Cybele
Selections from Livy's History of Rome (Inez Scott Ryberg) p.280
-The preface to the history
-The birth of Romulus and Remus at Alba Longa
-The founding of a new city by Romulus and Remus
-The establishment of a place of refuge
-The establishment of the Roman Senate
-The rape of the Sabine women
-In the war ensuing, the women put an end to the fighting
-An Etruscan becomes king in Rome
-The reign of Tarquinius Superbus
-The capture of Gabii by treachery
-The rape of Lucretia and the overthrow of the monarchy
-The struggle between the patricians and the plebeians
-Establishment of the office of tribune of the plebs
-Intermarriage between patricians and plebeians legalized
-The first dramatic performances in Rome
-The character of Hannibal
-Hannibal addresses his army before crossing the Alps
-Proclamation of the freedom of Greece
-Cato's speech against repealing the Oppian Law
-The character of Marcus Porcius Cato
Augustus' Res Gestae (Charles F. Edson & Carl Schuler) p.302
Seneca's Medea (Elizabeth C. Evans) p.309
Selections from the Satyricon of Petronius (Alston H. Chase) p.324
-The werewolf
-The widow of Ephesus
-The legacy-hunters of Croton
-Trimalchio's banquet
Selections from Quintilian's The Training of the Orator (MacKendrick) p.335
-Preface
-Elementary education
-Is school preferable to private tutoring?
-Boy nature: some hints to the teacher
-The teacher as the parent of the mind
-Prologue: The lament of a husband and father
-What to read
-The good orator must also be good man
-The morals of the orator
Selected letters of the Younger Pliny (John Paul Heironimus) p.361
-Pliny to Soius Senecio 1.13 p.361
-Pliny to Avitus 2.6 p.362
-Pliny to Baebius Macer 3.5 p.362
-Pliny to Tacitus 6.16 p.364
-Pliny to Tacitus cont. 6.20 p.365
-Pliny to Trajan 10.96 p.366
-Trajan to Pliny 10.97 p.367
Selections from Tacitus (Harry J. Leon) p.369
-The Annals p.371
-The Germania p.405
Selections from the Sixth Satire of Juvenal (John Paul Heironimus) p.415
Selections from the Deified Julius of Suetonius (John Paul Heironimus) p.426

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent anthology of Latin literature, March 30, 2000

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Todd W (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classics in Translation, Volume II: Latin Literature (Paperback)

MacKendrick and Howe have taken passages from some of the most famous, the most enticing, and the most influential authors and works and compiled them in this wonderful book. This is a must have volume for anyone interested in classics, in history, or in literature. The selections are well edited and well chosen for their significance to both the ancient and modern worlds. Highly recommended to any student or teacher who wishes to broaden their knowledge and understanding.