Posts Tagged ‘romans’

why did the Romans read Greek texts through translation when they could read them from the originals?

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

the Romans who could read were the educated and the educated Romans could also read in the Greek language.. then why did the educated Romans who also were able to read Greek, read Greek texts through translations such as of Cicero and Horice, when they could read them from the original language? Home | Contact [...]

what are the differences between Old Comedy and the New Comedy from the Greek playwright Aristophanes?

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

i need to talk about The Greek playwright Aristophanes and the differences between Old Comedy (which he wrote along with other Greek comic playwrights) and the New Comedy ( of the Romans).