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Dio Chrysostom (surname literally means "golden-mouthed") was part of the Second Sophistic school of Greek philosophers which reached its peak in the early 2nd century. He was considered one of the most eminent of the Greek rhetoricians and sophists by the ancients who wrote about him, such as Philostratus, Synesius, and Photius. Eighty of his Discourses are extant, as well as a few Letters and a funny mock essay "In Praise of Hair", as well as a few other fragments. These orations appear to be written versions of his oral teaching, and are like essays on political, moral, and philosophical subjects. Discourses Encomium on hair Fragments

A man of unusually complex character, Julian the Apostate was a military commander, philosopher, social reformer and man of letters. He was the last non-Christian ruler of the Roman Empire and it was his wish to bring the Empire back to its ancient Roman values in order to save it from ‘dissolution’. He purged the top-heavy state bureaucracy and attempted to revive traditional Roman religious practices at the expense of Christianity. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents Julian’s complete extant works, with illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Julian's life and works * Features the complete extant works of Julian, in both English translation and the original Greek * Concise introductions to the texts * Features Wilmer C. Wright’s translation, previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Julian * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the works you want to read with individual contents tables * Includes Julian's rare fragments, first time in digital print * Provides a special dual English and Greek text of the major works, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph – ideal for students * Features a bonus biography – learn about Julian's ancient world * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to explore our range of Ancient Classics titles or buy the entire series as a Super Set CONTENTS: The Translations ORATIONS LETTERS TO THEMISTIUS TO THE SENATE AND PEOPLE OF ATHENS TO A PRIEST THE CAESARS MISOPOGON LETTERS EPIGRAMS AGAINST THE GALILAEANS FRAGMENTS The Greek Texts LIST OF GREEK TEXTS The Dual Texts DUAL GREEK AND ENGLISH TEXTS The Biography INTRODUCTION TO JULIAN by Wilmer C. Wright Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

Cassius Dio’s ‘Roman History’ in 80 Books spans the founding of Rome, the formation of the Republic, the creation of the Empire and charts some of the Romans greatest achievements up until AD 229. Composed over 22 years, the monumental work provides modern readers with an intriguing perspective on Roman history. The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete extant works of Cassius Dio, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dio's life and works * Features the complete works of Dio, in both English translation and the original Greek * Includes Herbert Baldwin Foster’s translation, fully indexed with a table of contents * Excellent formatting of the texts * Features a bonus biography – discover Cassius Dio's ancient world * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: some Kindle software programs cannot display Greek characters correctly; however the characters do display correctly on Kindle devices. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Translations ROMAN HISTORY The Greek Texts LIST OF GREEK TEXTS The Biography INTRODUCTION TO CASSIUS DIO by Earnest Cary Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

The celebrated Dr. Johnson made a lasting contribution to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer and lexicographer. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Samuel Johnson, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Johnson’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major works * ALL the essays, articles, pamphlets, biographies and critical works * Rare works often missed out of collections * Includes the posthumous collection PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS, appearing here for the first time in digital print * Includes a generous selection of entries for the original 1755 Dictionary, with many definitions for all letters of the alphabet, as well as the original plan and preface * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Johnson’s contribution to literature * Features four biographies – immerse yourself in Johnson’s world! * Includes the complete edition of Boswell’s seminal biography, as well as a useful abridged version * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres CONTENTS: The Essays and Pamphlets A VOYAGE TO ABYSSINIA MARMOR NORFOLCIENSE A COMPLEAT VINDICATION OF THE LICENSERS OF THE STAGE THE PLAN OF A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THE RAMBLER THE ADVENTURER THE IDLER THE FALSE ALARM THOUGHTS ON THE LATE TRANSACTIONS RESPECTING FALKLAND’S ISLANDS THE PATRIOT TAXATION NO TYRANNY A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT A CONVERSATION BETWEEN HIS MOST SACRED MAJESTY GEORGE III AND SAMUEL JOHNSON LID MISCELLANEOUS PAMPHLETS, REVIEWS AND ESSAYS PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS The Novella THE PRINCE OF ABISSINIA: A TALE The Dictionary PREFACE TO A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SELECTED DICTIONARY ENTRIES The Biographies AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MR RICHARD SAVAGE THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS THE LIVES OF EMINENT MEN The Literary Criticism MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS ON THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING THE DRAMATICK WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE PREFACE TO THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE NOTES TO SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE The Play IRENE The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Criticism DR. JOHNSON AND HIS CIRCLE by John Bailey SAMUEL JOHNSON by Richard Claverhouse Jebb SAMUEL JOHNSON by Leslie Stephen STUDIES OF A BIOGRAPHER by Leslie Stephen A POETICAL REVIEW OF THE LITERARY AND MORAL CHARACTER OF JOHNSON by John Courtenay SAMUEL JOHNSON by Nathaniel Hawthorne SAMUEL JOHNSON by C. E. Vaughan ANECDOTES OF THE LATE SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. by Hester Lynch Piozzi THE REAL DR. JOHNSON by G. K. Chesterton A REMINISCENCE OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON by H. P. Lovecraft The Biographies THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D. by James Boswell BOSWELL’S LIFE OF JOHNSON (ABRIDGED) by Charles Grosvenor Osgood MACAULAY’S LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON by Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON by ‎Arthur Murphy

Philostratus the Athenian was a third century AD sophist, who settled in Rome as a member of the learned circle of the Empress Julia Domna. His celebrated ‘Life of Apollonius of Tyana’ is by far the longest biography to survive from classical times and it became one of the most widely discussed literary works of later antiquity. It employs an engaging style that brings to life its charismatic subject — a teacher and religious reformer that travels across the known world, from the Atlantic to the Ganges. His miracles, which include extraordinary cures and inexplicable disappearances, blended with his apparent triumph over death, resulted in many pagans regarding Apollonius as a rival to Jesus of Nazareth. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This eBook presents Philostratus’ collected works, with illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Philostratus’ life and works * Features the collected works of Philostratus, in both English translation and the original Greek * Concise introductions to the works * Includes translations previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library editions of Philostratus * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the sections you want to read with individual contents tables * Includes Philostratus’ rare letters, first time in digital print * Also includes the two ‘Imagines’ by Philostratus’ relatives, Philostratus of Lemnos, and Philostratus the Younger * Provides a special dual English and Greek text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph — ideal for students * Features a bonus biography — discover Philostratus’ ancient world * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: there are no translations available in the public domain of 'Gymnasticus' and 'Heroicus' and so they cannot appear in this edition. CONTENTS: The Translations Life of Apollonius of Tyana (tr. F. C. Conybeare, 1912) Lives of the Sophists (tr. Wilmer C. Wright, 1921) Epistolae (tr. A. R. Benner, 1949) Imagines by Philostratus of Lemnos (tr. Arthur Fairbanks, 1931) Imagines by Philostratus the Younger (tr. Arthur Fairbanks, 1931) The Greek Texts List of Greek Texts The Dual Texts Dual Greek and English Texts The Biography Introduction to Philostratus (1921) by Wilmer C. Wright Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

The greatest danger to Roman emperors was the threat of deadly conspiracies arising among the Senate, the imperial court or even their own families All the emperors that reigned from Augustus to the end of the first century AD faced such efforts to overthrow or assassinate them. John McHugh uncovers these conspiracies, narrating them and seeking to explain them. The underlying cause in many cases was the decline in influence, patronage and status granted by emperors to the Senatorial class, leading some to seek power for themselves or a more generous candidate. Attempted assassinations or coups led the emperors to mistrust the Senate and rely more on freedmen, causing more resentment. Paranoid emperors often reacted to the merest hint of treason, real or imagined, with punishments and executions, leading more of those around them to consider desperate measures out of self-preservation. And of course, amid this vicious circle of poisonous mistrust, there were ambitious family members promoting their own (or their offspring’s) claims to the purple, and the duplicitous Praetorian Guard. John McHugh brings to light a century of assassination, conspiracy and betrayal, exploring the motives and aims of the plotters and the bloody cost of success or failure.