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The Caesars (Hackett Classics) UK ed. Edition

by Suetonius (Author), Donna W. Hurley (Translator)
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Donna Hurley has done a sterling job in providing us with both an Introduction to Suetonius and a translation of The Caesars that we can confidently recommend to students. Her Introduction summarizes a complex topic succinctly and is informative without being overwhelming, set at an ideal level for the student and intelligent enthusiast. Her translation is accurate and contemporary. Her primary goal is faithfulness to the original, which she achieves, but at the same time she recognizes the need to make her text clear, entertaining, and comprehensible to the modern reader, and she strikes exactly the right balance. --Anthony Barrett, Emeritus, University of British Columbia
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    1603843132
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1603843133
  3. Edition
    UK ed.
  4. Publisher
    Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
  5. Publication date
    March 15, 2011
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
  8. Print length
    432 pages
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Hurley, who has written extensively and with authority on Suetonius, knows her author and his text thoroughly, and her Introduction to them is a model of presentation. Annotation (footnotes, not endnotes) is concise and to the point; essential background is gracefully sketched in a preliminary section on Roman institutions; maps and plans are clear and full. This thoughtful concern for the reader's needs justifies confidence in the translation itself: for its combination of accuracy, clarity, and readability, it is the best. --Edward Champlin, Princeton University

Hurley's most readable English translation of Suetonius' Caesars is only the second to be attempted in over fifty years, and represents an outstanding achievement. Set clearly in context by her concise footnotes and full explanatory materials, it will fascinate readers eager to encounter the outsize personalities, heady pleasures, and sinister perils within that most alluring of lost worlds--the Roman imperial court. --Richard Talbert, University of North Carolina

"This economical, well-produced edition is very welcome and should find an extensive audience. Hurley is known well for her previous editions of individual vitae Caesarum and this new translation is exactly what we expect: precise, idiomatic, and readable. The contextual introduction, chronology, bibliography, and glossary all but make this book a stand-alone text for the early Principate. The index, incidentally, is very helpful." --Paul B. Harvey, Pennsylvania State University

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Donna W. Hurley has taught at Columbia, Princeton, and Rutgers universities.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.; UK ed. edition (March 15, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1603843132
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1603843133
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.13 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
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Marvell
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent edition
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2021
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The translation is lively and the annotations, which conveniently appear at the bottom of the page rather than at the end of the book, are abundant and illuminating.
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Laurie
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Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2020
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Very good. I like this product very much
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Jacob G.
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needed this book for class
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vivian darkbloom
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, an accurate, fluent translation
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2011
Hurley's new Suetonius far surpasses any other translation. The current Penguin version is a revision of the old Robert Graves, which took way too many liberties. The revision improves things, but it's still Graves. The Oxford translation is just plain clunky. Hurley has got it right; a boon for readers who don't have the Latin. The blurbs on the back from leading scholars say it all.
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pushkins
5.0 out of 5 stars as per BMCR
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2011
every so often I look through the reviews as the Bryn Mawr Classical Review. often their reviews are of works that are way too scholarly to be of any use to a neophyte like me, BUT this book, which looks extremely useful to a beginner, just recently got a glowing review from them. BMCR hasn't steered me wrong yet! I haven't purchased this book, but i have put it on my list.
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Anna in OKLA
1.0 out of 5 stars Pure Filth!
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2014
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I have to say this is the filthiest book I have ever read in my whole entire life and I am 60 years old. If any of this is true then the Caesars were the worst low lives that ever walked the face of the earth. I wanted to know what was happening in Rome during the time of Jesus' birth, life and death on the cross. I never imagined how bad it must have been, again, if any of this book is true. The reason I question the validity of what Suetonius wrote is that I don't see how he could have known such detailed information about each of the Caesars and their particular vices. And, even if he did, why write about it? I would not recommend this book to anyone and I am tearing my copy to shreads and throwing it in the trash where it belongs.
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Art Booklover
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on February 25, 2018
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A good translation and an improvement on Robert Graves version.
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