Loeb Classical Library
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The Loeb Classical Library is a renowned series of books that presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin literature with the original text and facing-page English translations.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book series
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classical text series ⓘ |
| aim |
to make classical texts accessible to non-specialists
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to provide reliable texts with facing-page translations ⓘ |
| colorCoding |
green covers for Greek authors
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red covers for Latin authors ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| digitalPlatformLaunched | 2014 ⓘ |
| digitalPlatformPublisher | Harvard University Press ⓘ |
| editorialPolicy |
includes introductions and notes by scholars
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provides standardized critical texts ⓘ |
| firstVolumesPublished | 1912 ⓘ |
| founder | James Loeb ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | LCL ⓘ |
| hasEditionType |
digital edition
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print edition ⓘ |
| hasFormat | facing-page translation ⓘ |
| hasGenre | bilingual classical texts ⓘ |
| hasReputation | standard reference for Greek and Latin texts ⓘ |
| inception | 1911 ⓘ |
| includesAuthor |
Aristotle
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Cicero ⓘ Euripides ⓘ Homer ⓘ Livy ⓘ Plato ⓘ Plutarch ⓘ Sophocles ⓘ Tacitus ⓘ Virgil ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
classical scholarship
ⓘ
university classics courses ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| namedAfter | James Loeb ⓘ |
| notableFeature | small, uniform green and red hardback volumes ⓘ |
| originalTextOn | left-hand page ⓘ |
| publisher | Harvard University Press ⓘ |
| subject |
ancient Greek literature
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ancient Latin literature ⓘ classical philology ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers
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scholars ⓘ students of classics ⓘ |
| translationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| translationOn | right-hand page ⓘ |
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Harvard University Press