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The Loeb Classical Library: LysiasLysias (ca. 458ca. 380 BC), born at Athens, son of a wealthy Syracusan settled in Attica, lived in Piraeus, where with his brother he inherited his fathers shield factory. Being a loyal supporter of democracy, Lysias took the side of the democrats at Athens against the Thirty Tyrants in 404, supplying shields and money. After one political speech in accusation of Eratosthenes (one of the Thirty) in 405, he became at Athens a busy professional speech

told in a detailed and fresh way to alight the interest of any child or adult with an interest in the gods and heroes of Ancient Greece

using his aunt's funeral to brag about his descent from gods and kings—and hiding his bald head with a comb-over and a laurel crown

Cicero’s Consolation was recreated in the Renaissance from hints in Cicero’s other writings and the Greek and Latin consolatory tradition

Most likely written by an advisor of Nero

Αυτό που ο Πουαρό δεν αντιλήφθηκε ήταν ότι πίσω του

lost his property

Its aim is to enable students to read fifth- and fourth-century Attic Greek

He covers in turn the Greek novels of this period

Trapped between two mad kings

Katharina Volk offers a vivid new translation of selections from Cicero’s work

a Roman speciality

as well as grammatical reminders to help readers deal with both the trickier elements of unseen prose and with A-Level grammatical analysis questions