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The Caesars

Suetonius

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Description:OC Donna Hurley has done a sterling job in providing us with both an Introduction to Suetonius and a translation of The Caesars that we can confidently recommend to students. Her Introduction summarizes a complex topic succinctly and is informative without being overwhelming, set at an ideal level for the student and intelligent enthusiast. Her translation is accurate and contemporary. Her primary goal is faithfulness to the original, which she achieves, but at the same time she recognizes the need to make her text clear, entertaining, and comprehensible to the modern reader, and she strikes exactly the right balance.OCO. OCoAnthony Barrett, Emeritus, University of British Columbia. OC Hurley, who has written extensively and with authority on Suetonius, knows her author and his text thoroughly, and her Introduction to them is a model of presentation. Annotation (footnotes, not endnotes) is concise and to the point; essential background is gracefully sketched in a preliminary section on Roman institutions; maps and plans are clear and full. This thoughtful concern for the readerOCOs needs justifies confidence in the translation itself: for its combination of accuracy, clarity, and readability, it is the best.OCO. OCoEdward Champlin, Princeton University. OC HurleyOCOs most readable English translation of Suetonius' Caesars is only the second to be attempted in over fifty years, and represents an outstanding achievement. Set clearly in context by her concise footnotes and full explanatory materials, it will fascinate readers eager to encounter the outsize personalities, heady pleasures, and sinister perils within that most alluring of lost worldsOCothe Roman imperial court.OCO. OCoRichard Talbert, University of North Carolina. Donna W. Hurley has taught at Columbia, Princeton, and Rutgers universities. She is the author of articles on Roman historical subjects and of two commentaries on Suetonius: An Historical and Historiographical Commentary of SuetoniusOCO Life of C. Caligula (Scholars Press, 1993) and Suetonius: Divus Claudius (Cambridge University Press, 2001)."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Caesars. To get started finding The Caesars, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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ISBN: 1603846034

Description: OC Donna Hurley has done a sterling job in providing us with both an Introduction to Suetonius and a translation of The Caesars that we can confidently recommend to students. Her Introduction summarizes a complex topic succinctly and is informative without being overwhelming, set at an ideal level for the student and intelligent enthusiast. Her translation is accurate and contemporary. Her primary goal is faithfulness to the original, which she achieves, but at the same time she recognizes the need to make her text clear, entertaining, and comprehensible to the modern reader, and she strikes exactly the right balance.OCO. OCoAnthony Barrett, Emeritus, University of British Columbia. OC Hurley, who has written extensively and with authority on Suetonius, knows her author and his text thoroughly, and her Introduction to them is a model of presentation. Annotation (footnotes, not endnotes) is concise and to the point; essential background is gracefully sketched in a preliminary section on Roman institutions; maps and plans are clear and full. This thoughtful concern for the readerOCOs needs justifies confidence in the translation itself: for its combination of accuracy, clarity, and readability, it is the best.OCO. OCoEdward Champlin, Princeton University. OC HurleyOCOs most readable English translation of Suetonius' Caesars is only the second to be attempted in over fifty years, and represents an outstanding achievement. Set clearly in context by her concise footnotes and full explanatory materials, it will fascinate readers eager to encounter the outsize personalities, heady pleasures, and sinister perils within that most alluring of lost worldsOCothe Roman imperial court.OCO. OCoRichard Talbert, University of North Carolina. Donna W. Hurley has taught at Columbia, Princeton, and Rutgers universities. She is the author of articles on Roman historical subjects and of two commentaries on Suetonius: An Historical and Historiographical Commentary of SuetoniusOCO Life of C. Caligula (Scholars Press, 1993) and Suetonius: Divus Claudius (Cambridge University Press, 2001)."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Caesars. To get started finding The Caesars, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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