This first volume collects orations and essays by Julian, the fourth-century Roman emperor and philosopher, with the Greek text and an English translation. They treat imperial rule, the gods, and classical culture, offering a window into late antique pagan thought and rhetoric.
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Opening of the book
The Works of the Emperor Julian Volume 1 With an English Translation by Wilmer Cave Wright Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts 1913
Contents Introduction Bibliography Oration I Oration II Oration III Introduction To Oration III Oration IV Introduction To Oration IV Oration V Introduction To Oration V Index Footnotes
[Transcriber's Note: The above cover image was produced by the submitter at Distributed Proofreaders, and is being placed into the public domain.] [pg vii] Introduction FƯĵ΄ƗǼǪ CƯĵǼŠƗǼǪ JǼƯƗĵƿǼǪ,1 son of Julius Constantius and nephew of the Emperor Constantine, was born at Constantinople in 331 ĵ.Š. His father, eldest brother, and cousins were slain in the massacre by which Constantius, Constantine II., and Constans secured the empire for themselves on the death of their father Constantine in 337. Julian and his elder brother Gallus spent a precarious childhood and youth, of which six years were
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