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Hermann Diels (1848-1922), professor of classics at Berlin, published this first edition of his authoritative collection of quotations from, and reports about, Presocratic philosophers in 1903. It was designed to enable students taking courses on the beginnings of Greek philosophy to engage with evidence that was fragmentary and unstandardised.

In this 1875 work the German classical scholar Johann Carl Otto Ribbeck (1827-98) gives his account of the emergence and development of Roman tragedy during the Republic, examining its Greek model. In seven parts, he outlines the most important authors and works, including Livius Andronicus and Quintus Ennius.

Published in 1921 and aimed at mathematicians and classicists, this rigorous two-volume work traces ancient Greek mathematics from Thales of Miletus to the achievements of the Alexandrian algebraists. Volume 1 includes an introduction and a section on numerical notation and arithmetical operations. The coverage begins with Thales and extends to Euclid.

Published in 1921 and aimed at mathematicians and classicists, this rigorous two-volume work traces ancient Greek mathematics from Thales of Miletus to the achievements of the Alexandrian algebraists. The coverage in Volume 2 begins with Aristarchus of Samos and Archimedes, extending to the algebra of Diophantus of Alexandria.

The most famous legal work of the ancient world was issued in the period 529-34 at the order of the emperor Justinian. This three-volume edition in Latin by Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903) and his colleagues was first published in 1872-95. Volume 2 contains the Codex Justinianus.

Classical scholar Richard Payne Knight (1751-1824) investigates the original pronunciation of ancient Greek in this 1791 treatise. He uses evidence from ancient inscriptions, literature and coins - several examples of which are reproduced at the end of the text - in attempting to reconstruct the sound of various ancient dialects.

The controversy over the route taken by Hannibal in crossing the Alps in 218 BCE is long-running. This 1867 book considered all the possible routes over the Alps between France and Italy and formed part of the dispute between its author Robert Ellis and his scholarly rival William John Law.

The controversy over the route taken by Hannibal, the Carthaginian army and his famous elephants in their crossing of the Alps to attack Rome in 218 BCE is long-running, but a particular scholarly dispute arose with the publication of this book by classicist Robert Ellis in 1853.

A pioneer in establishing the study of geography in British universities, Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1829-1916) sought to share his deep appreciation of ancient authorities, particularly Strabo. This 1897 textbook traces the progress of geographical writing in Greek and Latin from Homeric times to the end of Rome's western empire.

Controversial for centuries, Hannibal's route over the Alps was the subject of an extended scholarly dispute between William John Law (1786-1869) and Robert Ellis (1820-85). This two-volume 1866 publication, Law's major contribution to the debate, examines several theories and the accounts of Polybius and Livy.

This, the second edition of an influential commentary on the Roman satirist Juvenal by John Mayor (1825-1910), was published in 1872-1879. It features thirteen of Juvenal's satires, followed by detailed notes. Volume 1 contains the thirteen satires, and Mayor's notes on the first five pieces in his selection.

This, the second edition of an influential commentary on the Roman satirist Juvenal by John Mayor (1825-1910), was published in 1872. It features thirteen of Juvenal's satires, followed by detailed notes on these challenging texts. Volume 2 contains Mayor's notes on Satires 8 and 10-16.

In this three-volume set published posthumously in 1877, the influential Cambridge classicist Edward Meredith Cope analyses Aristotle's monumental treatise on the art of persuasion. Volume 1 contains the Greek text of Book 1 and Cope's commentary on Aristotle's classification of the different types of rhetoric.

Sir Richard Jebb's seven-volume edition of the works of Sophocles, published between 1883 and 1896, remains a landmark in Greek scholarship. The text itself is given with an introduction, a parallel English translation, collation and explanatory notes. This volume contains Oedipus Coloneus.

Sir Richard Jebb's seven-volume edition of the works of Sophocles, published between 1883 and 1896, remains a landmark in Greek scholarship. The text itself is given with an introduction, a parallel English translation, collation and explanatory notes. This volume contains Antigone.

Sir Richard Jebb's seven-volume edition of the works of Sophocles, published between 1883 and 1896, remains a landmark in Greek scholarship. The text itself is given with an introduction, a parallel English translation, collation and explanatory notes. This volume contains Trachiniae.

The notes of English classical scholar Peter Paul Dobree (1782-1825) are collected in this two-volume edition of Adversaria. Volume 1 (1831) includes the praelection which gained Dobree the Regius chair of Greek at Cambridge, as well as his notes on Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, and numerous other subjects.

Volume 3 of Joseph B. Mayor's influential 1880s edition of Cicero's De Natura Deorum contains the text of Cicero's Book 3 and a full commentary. Here, Cicero explores the topics of divination, worship, and mythology and asks whether the worship of deities is compatible with philosophical reason.

Munro's two-volume edition of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, published in Cambridge in 1864, was an important contribution to nineteenth-century classical scholarship. Volume 2 contains Munro's notes and index.

Walter Leaf, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, produced an acclaimed edition of Homer's epic poem, the Iliad. As a scholar, Leaf was interested in the physical reality of antiquity, which set him apart from the thinking of the Cambridge Ritual School. Volume 1 contains books 1-12 of the poem.

Walter Leaf, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, produced an acclaimed edition of Homer's epic poem, the Iliad. As a scholar, Leaf was interested in the physical reality of antiquity, which set him apart from the thinking of the Cambridge Ritual School. Volume 2 contains books 13-24 of the poem.

A leading classical scholar and philologist, Gottfried Hermann conducted his most important work on Greek grammar and poetry, although he also published critical editions of poems and plays. This two-volume academic study was published in Leipzig in 1852. Volume 1 contains the seven tragedies, plus Prometheus Bound, and notes.

In this four-volume set first published in 1871, the leading Greek scholar and academic Benjamin Jowett translates into English the dialogues of one of the world's greatest philosophers. In Volume 4 he discusses Plato's last work, the Laws, together with three additional writings of questionable authorship.

Published in two volumes in 1845 and 1850, Fasti Romani, Henry Fynes Clinton's chronological history of the Roman Empire, made an important contribution to the study of the ancient world. Clinton's strict methodological reading of the sources established high standards for historical research in classical studies.

Galen (129-c. 199 CE) is the most famous physician of the Greco-Roman world whose writings have survived. This monumental 22-volume edition of his complete works by Karl Gottlob Kuhn (1754-1840), originally published in Leipzig between 1821 and 1833 and reissued here, has never yet been rivalled.

Galen (129-c. 199 CE) is the most famous physician of the Greco-Roman world whose writings have survived. This monumental 22-volume edition of his complete works by Karl Gottlob Kuhn (1754-1840), originally published in Leipzig between 1821 and 1833 and reissued here, has never yet been rivalled.

Galen (129-c. 199 CE) is the most famous physician of the Greco-Roman world whose writings have survived. This monumental 22-volume edition of his complete works by Karl Gottlob Kuhn (1754-1840), originally published in Leipzig between 1821 and 1833 and reissued here, has never yet been rivalled.

This six-volume translation of and commentary on the works of Pausanias, the second-century CE traveller and antiquarian, was published in 1898 by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941), best remembered today for his study of religion, The Golden Bough. Volume 4 covers Elis, Achaia and Arcadia.

This six-volume translation of and commentary on the works of Pausanias, the second-century CE traveller and antiquarian, was published in 1898 by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941), best remembered today for his study of religion, The Golden Bough. Volume 3 covers Corinth, Laconia, Messenia and Elis.

Volume 3 of Thomas Arnold's critical edition of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, first published in 1835, contains Books 6-8. Arnold's detailed topographical and historical notes, explaining the geographical and political background to the History, are still an indispensable guide for students and scholars.