Pengarang: John Davie

‘No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity.’In these dialogues and essays the Stoic philosopher Seneca outlines his thoughts on how to live in a troubled world. …

‘No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity.’In these dialogues and essays the Stoic philosopher Seneca outlines his thoughts on how to live in a troubled world. …

‘What’s the harm in using humour to put across what is true?’ Gluttony, lust, and hypocrisy are just a few of the targets of Horace’s Satires. Writing in the 30s BC, Horace exposes the vices and foll …

‘What’s the harm in using humour to put across what is true?’ Gluttony, lust, and hypocrisy are just a few of the targets of Horace’s Satires. Writing in the 30s BC, Horace exposes the vices and foll …

‘any service I may have rendered my countrymen in my active life I may also extend to them… now that I am at leisure’Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), Rome’s greatest orator, had a career of inten …

‘any service I may have rendered my countrymen in my active life I may also extend to them… now that I am at leisure’Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), Rome’s greatest orator, had a career of inten …

Alcestis/Medea/The Children of Heracles/Hippolytus’One of the best prose translations of Euripides I have seen’ Robert Fagles This selection of plays shows Euripides transforming the titanic figures …

‘…in suspecting General Tilney of either murdering or shutting up his wife, she had scarcely sinned against his character, or magnified his cruelty.’ Northanger Abbey is about the misadventures of …

‘…in suspecting General Tilney of either murdering or shutting up his wife, she had scarcely sinned against his character, or magnified his cruelty.’Northanger Abbey is about the misadventures of C …

Harry Mount and John Davie unlock the wisdom of the past in this light-hearted and fascinating book, revealing how ancient Latin can help us to live better in the present.There are so many Latin phra …

Harry Mount and John Davie unlock the wisdom of the past in this light-hearted and fascinating book, revealing how ancient Latin can help us to live better in the present.There are so many Latin phra …