The Loeb Classical Library: History of Rome, Volume V : Books 21–22

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The Loeb Classical Library: History of Rome, Volume V : Books 21–22Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BC; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium, in AD 12 or 17. Livys only extant work is part of his history of Rome from the foundation of the city to 9 BC. Of its 142 books, we have just thirty five, and short summaries of all the rest except two. The whole work was, long after his death, divided into Decades or series of ten. Books 110 we

then to the underworld

in the running of Rome

ενώ τρελαίνεται για ό

"Με αιφνιδιαστικά καθαρό βλέμμα και κρυστάλλινη διαύγεια

and his plays

believing that all this is the nonsense of an old woman

and ends with an impressive account of sexual love

is intended to be accessible to any readers interested in Homer as a poet

Ennius cultivated familiar relationships with several of Rome’s most distinguished families

tossing on their beds/ rhymed out in love's despair/ to flatter beauty's ignorant ear' and this selection reveals a writer baring his feelings on the page in lines of unforgettable force

Δυο γυναίκες συγγραφείς ενώνουν τις δυνάμεις τους

Zorba has had a family and many lovers

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