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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Translations from Greek and Latin </TITLE> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name="author" content="Andrew Smith"> <META name="description" content="Translations of selected sources for Greek and Roman history from 323 to 30 B.C."> <META name="keywords" content="Translation,Greek,Latin"> <META NAME="viewport" CONTENT="width=device-width"> <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="../styles.css"> <LINK rel="shortcut icon" href="../favicon2.ico"> </HEAD> <BODY CLASS="bground"> <A HREF="../index.html"><IMG SRC="../back.jpg" ALT="back" ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=133 HEIGHT=48></A> Translations <HR> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript"> if (screen.width > 660) { document.write('<IMG SRC="../drunk.jpg" ALT="Statue of a drunk old woman" ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=290 HEIGHT=480 TITLE="Statue of a drunk old woman, late 3rd Century BC (Roman copy)">'); } </SCRIPT> These are English translations of some sources for Greek and Roman history from 323 to 30 B.C. Translations of some other Greek and Latin authors can be found via the <A HREF="additional.html">additional translations page</A>. Translations marked with a &dagger; have been created especially for this website. Links to collections of inscriptions and papyri can be found on the <A HREF="../docs/index.html">documents index page</A>; links to translations of Greek and Latin poetry can be found on the <A HREF="../poetry/index.html">poetry index page</A>; and links to translations on other websites can be found in the <A HREF="../info/sources.html">list of sources and translations</A>. <UL> <LI> <A HREF="../info/alexander.html">Alexander Romance</A> ("Pseudo-Callisthenes") A widely-read fictional account of the life of Alexander the Great</LI> <LI> Aristeas, <A HREF="aristeas1.html">Letter to Philocrates</A> A fanciful account of the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek</LI> <LI> Athenaeus, <A HREF="../info/athenaeus.html">Deipnosophists</A> A compilation of table talk, full of information about life in ancient Greece</LI> <LI> Cicero, <A HREF="../cicero/brutus1.html">Brutus</A> Candid descriptions of the leading Roman orators, down to the time of Cicero</LI> <LI> Cicero, <A HREF="../info/deoratore.html">De Oratore</A> A dialogue with many anecdotes about Roman orators, set in the year 91 B.C.</LI> <LI> Cicero, <A HREF="cassius.html">Letters to and from Cassius</A> Letters sent before and after the assassination of Caesar</LI> <LI> Cicero, <A HREF="../info/republic.html">On the Republic</A> A dialogue featuring Scipio Aemilianus, set in the year 129 B.C.</LI> <LI> Cicero, <A HREF="../cicero/speeches.html">Speeches</A> All the surviving speeches by Rome's most famous orator</LI> <LI> &dagger; Diodorus Siculus, <A HREF="../info/diodorus.html">Historical Library - Books 33 - 40</A> Fragments of the last section of Diodorus' history of the world, from 145 B.C. onwards <LI> Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers : <A HREF="../old/diogenes7a.html">Book 7</A> (life of Zenon) and <A HREF="../old/diogenes10a.html">Book 10</A> (life of Epicurus)</LI> <LI> &dagger; Eusebius: <A HREF="eusebius.html">Chronicle</A> Here Eusebius presents the evidence for the dates in his chronological tables </LI> <LI> &dagger; <A HREF="barbari.html"> Excerpta Latina Barbari</A> - pages 32A - 36B, 44A, 46A - 55A An eccentric chronicle, dating from about 500 A.D. </LI> <LI> &dagger; <A HREF="exsuper.html">Exsuperantius</A> A very short history of the period 107 to 72 B.C. </LI> <LI> &dagger; <A HREF="extracts.html">Extracts from Other Authors</A> <A CLASS="help" HREF="extracts.html#galen">Galen</A> on the Alexandrian library, <A CLASS="help" HREF="extracts.html#augustus">Augustus</A> on the deification of Julius Caesar; . . . </LI> <LI> &dagger; <A HREF="fasti2.html">Fasti Capitolini</A> A list of the consuls and other Roman magistrates for each year</LI> <LI> &dagger; <A HREF="fasti.html">Fasti Triumphales</A> A list of Roman Triumphs, down to the reign of Augustus </LI> <LI> Festus, <A HREF="festus.html">Breviarium</A> A brief summary of how the Romans won their empire</LI> <LI> &dagger; <A HREF="granius.html">Granius Licinianus</A> Parts of a History of Rome, describing various events from 163 B.C. onwards. </LI> <LI> &dagger; <A HREF="chronicles.html">Greek Chronicles</A> <A CLASS="help" HREF="apollodorus.html">Apollodorus</A>, <A CLASS="help" HREF="paschal.html">Chronicon Paschale</A>, <A CLASS="help" HREF="malalas.html">Malalas</A>, etc. </LI> <LI> &dagger; <A HREF="fgh.html">Greek Historians</A> Fragments of <A CLASS="help" HREF="fgh.html#156.0">Arrianus</A>, <A CLASS="help" HREF="philochorus.html">Philochorus</A>, <A CLASS="help" HREF="poseidonius.html">Poseidonius</A> etc. </LI> <LI> &dagger; St. Jerome ( Hieronymus ): <A HREF="jerome1.html">Chronological Tables</A> - Olympiads 111 to 203 The fullest ancient chronicle, based on Eusebius' chronological tables </LI> <LI> Josephus, <A HREF="../info/josephus.html#toc">Jewish Antiquities</A> Part of long history of the Jews: books 12-15 </LI> <LI> Josephus, <A HREF="../info/josephus.html">Jewish War</A> A history of the Jews from 170 B.C. onwards: book 1 </LI> <LI> Justinus: <A HREF="../info/justinus.html">Epitome of Pompeius Trogus' histories</A> A history of the world, with an emphasis on Hellenistic history </LI> <LI> &dagger; <A HREF="../poetry/lives.html">Lives of the Hellenistic poets</A> Short lives of Apollonius, Aratus, Lycophron, Menander and Theocritus </LI> <LI> <A HREF="1macc.html">1st Book of Maccabees</A> The Maccabean family leads the Jews to independence, 175-134 B.C.</LI> <LI> <A HREF="2macc.html">2nd Book of Maccabees</A> Another account of the Maccabean revolt, 180-160 B.C.</LI> <LI> <A HREF="3macc.html">3rd Book of Maccabees</A> The Jews escape from persecution by the Egyptian king, in 217 B.C.</LI> <LI> <A HREF="4macc.html">4th Book of Maccabees</A> Two episodes in the persecution of the Jews by Antiochus Epiphanes</LI> <LI> <A HREF="taanit.html">Megillat Taanit</A> (Scroll of Fasts) A list of 35 memorable days in Jewish history</LI> <LI> &dagger; Memnon: <A HREF="memnon1.html">History of Heracleia</A> A local history, containing much unique material </LI> <LI> Cornelius Nepos, <A HREF="../info/nepos.html">Great Generals of Foreign Nations</A> Brief biographies of famous generals</LI> <LI> Cornelius Nepos, <A HREF="../translate/atticus.html">Life of Atticus</A> A life of Cicero's friend, mostly written during his lifetime</LI> <LI> Nicolaus of Damascus, <A HREF="../translate/nicolaus1.html">Life of Augustus</A> Excerpts from a biography of Augustus, up to the year 44 B.C.</LI> <LI> Julius Obsequens, <A HREF="../translate/obsequens.html">Book of Prodigies</A> A list of many prodigies and omens during the years 190-11 B.C.</LI> <LI> Orosius, <A HREF="../info/orosius.html">Histories against the Pagans</A> A history of Rome, from the earliest times until the 5th century A.D.</LI> <LI> &dagger; Philodemus, <A HREF="../translate/philodemus.html">On Hellenistic Philosophers</A> Histories of three philosophical schools, and a biography of Philonides</LI> <LI> Plutarch, <A HREF="../translate/orators1.html">Lives of the Ten Orators</A> Athenian orators, most of whom lived in the 4th century B.C.</LI> <LI> Plutarch, <A HREF="../translate/sayings1.html">Sayings of kings and commanders</A> A varied collection of sayings, attributed to famous Greeks and Romans</LI> <LI> Polyaenus: <A HREF="../info/polyaenus.html">Stratagems</A> Hundreds of stories of how Greek and Roman generals outwitted their enemies</LI> <LI> &dagger; Porphyrius: <A HREF="daniel.html">Comments on the book of Daniel</A> - FGrH_260 An attempt to explain Daniel by reference to Hellenistic history </LI> <LI> &dagger; Sallust (Sallustius Crispus): <A HREF="sallust.html">Histories</A> Fragments of a detailed history of the Roman world from 78 to 67 B.C.</LI> <LI> &dagger; <A HREF="bobiensia.html">Scholia Bobiensia</A> Extracts from an ancient commentary on the speeches of Cicero</LI> <LI> Valerius Maximus: <A HREF="../info/valerius.html">Memorable Deeds and Sayings</A> 900 examples of virtues and vices, mostly taken from Roman history</LI> <LI> &dagger; [Aurelius Victor]: <A HREF="illustribus.html">De Viris Illustribus</A> Very short biographies of famous Romans, up until the end of the Republic</LI> </UL> Many of these translations are new; and the others have all been re-edited, before being put on this website. 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