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In his essay On Anger, the Roman Stoic thinker Seneca argues that anger is the most destructive passion. This splendid new translation of essential selections from On Anger, presented with an enlightening introduction, offers listeners a timeless guide to avoiding and managing anger. Drawing on his great arsenal of rhetoric, including historical examples, anecdotes, quips, and soaring flights of eloquence, Seneca builds his case against anger with mounting intensity.

This volume celebrates six such languages - Ancient Greek, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit, Old Irish, and Biblical Hebrew - by first introducing listeners to their most distinctive features, then showing how these linguistic traits play out in short excerpts from actual ancient texts. It explores, for instance, how Homer's Greek shows signs of oral composition, how Horace achieves striking poetic effects through interlaced word order in his Latin, and how the poet of Beowulf attains remarkable intensity of expression through the resources of Old English.

Descubre con tus hijos el mundo de las fábulas de Esopo... ¡como nunca! Las grandes fábulas de siempre son más mágicas en la colección Colorín colorado porque están locutadas por reconocidos actores de doblaje en Latinoamérica, con una increíble banda sonora y con efectos binaurales. Cada fábula acaba con su aprendizaje en forma de moraleja. Estos audiocuentos de VOCA son ideales tanto para escuchar en casa antes de dormir como en el coche. Más de hora y media de entretenimiento en la que se incluyen un total de 25 fábulas.

In The Life of Cicero, Plutarch details the priceless contributions Cicero made to Roman society. He translated the works of Greek philosophers into Latin, gained acclaim as an orator and lawyer, and was elected to office. Politics ultimately got the better of him, however, and his life ended in assassination while in exile. Cicero’s ideas live on through his body of work, but to learn about the man himself, Plutarch’s biography is an excellent starting point.