Reading list for literature translations

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Prose

The Golden Ass 

(Apuleius translated by P.G. Walsh / Paperback / Published 1995 / ISBN 0192824929). This book, which starts out a jokey tale of transformation and ends with a vivid depiction of the Isis cult, has mystified and fascinated scholars for centuries, yet can also be read as a delightful story.

Metamorphoses 

(Ovid, translated by Mary Innes / Paperback / Published 1987 / ISBN 0140440585). An oft-cited source of information on Roman mythology.

The Correspondence of Marcus Cornelius Fronto I 

(Hardcover / Published 1919 / ISBN 0674991249). This book is a collection of the letters of Marcus Cornelius Fronto to various Antonine Emperors of Rome.

The Correspondence of Marcus Cornelius Fronto II with Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Lucius Verus, Antoninus Pius, and Various Friends 

(Hardcover / Published 1920 / ISBN 0674991257). This book is a collection of the letters of Marcus Cornelius Fronto to various Antonine Emperors of Rome.

Poetry

Virgil : Eclogues-Georgics-Aeneid Books I-VI (Loeb Classical Library, 63) 

(G. P. Goold, translator / Hardcover / Published 1999 / ISBN 067499583X).

Virgil : Aeneid Books VII-XII (Loeb Classical Library, 64) 

(G. P. Goold, translator / Hardcover / Published 2001 / ISBN 0674995864).