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11410194 No.11410194 [Reply] [Original]

what's the verdict on this publisher, /lit/? what are these books good for? are they outdated? do better/newer translations exist out there for which one should forsake the LCL?

>> No.11410211

also, post Loebs

>> No.11410222

>>11410194
Loebs are king. Great format, great translations, great footnotes. They refresh and update translations depending on the title, but the oldest ones are early 20th century are they not?

>> No.11410225

>>11410222
yeah thereabouts. just inside the public domain copyright cutoff.

>> No.11410260

>>11410194
Loebs are great. They are the only translation for many works, and just fantastic overall - great binding, great size, good look, original text, scholarly translations. Just fantastic.

>> No.11410379

Picked up the APULEIUS, Apologia. Florida. De Deo Socratis:
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674997110

Fresh 2017 translation. Can recommend. The Apologia is very funny, classical era MEMRI TV fight between Punic/Leb familes calling eachother whores, sluts and witch doctors.