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The Philippics

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

A philippic is a fiery, damning speech delivered to condemn a particular political actor. The term originates with Demosthenes, who delivere…

06 - Book II ch.1-15

In Commentaries on the Gallic War

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Julius Caesar and Gaius Julius Caesar

Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a…

2 – Dramatis Personae

In The Jew of Malta

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Christopher Marlowe

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. T…

10 - Chapter 5, Part 2

In Metamorphosis or The Golden Ass

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Lucius Apuleius

The Metamorphosis, also known as The Golden Ass, is one of the very few novels of the Ancient World that survived to our days; one of the tw…

02 - Book 1, Part 2

In Metamorphoses

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Publius Ovidius Naso and Publius (Ovid) Ovidius Naso

The Metamorphoses of Ovid is probably one of the best known, certainly one of the most influential works of the Ancient world. It consists o…

Book 08

In The Odyssey

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Homer, transl. Samuel Butler and Homer

The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer. The poem is commonly…

10 - Book 7, Ch 01

In The Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 2

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Flavius Josephus

Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the important Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about the year 93 or 94. Antiquities of the …

12 - Ivy Day in the Committee Room

In Dubliners

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James Joyce

Masterful short stories about life in Dublin at the turn of the century, by James Joyce. (Summary by Hugh McGuire)

Chapter XXXVI: Total Extinction Of The Western Empire Pt. I

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. III

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Edward Gibbon

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…