Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY

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EDITED BY

† T. E. PAGE, C.H., LITT.D.

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CLAUDIAN
I

CLAUDIAN

WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
MAURICE PLATNAUER

SOMETIME HONORARY SCHOLAR OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD
ASSISTANT MASTER AT WINCHESTER COLLEGE

IN TWO VOLUMES

I

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD
MCMLXIII

_First printed_ 1922
_Reprinted_ 1956, 1963

_Printed in Great Britain_

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I

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INTRODUCTION vii

POEMS--

PANEGYRIC ON THE CONSULS PROBINUS AND OLYBRIUS 2

THE FIRST BOOK AGAINST RUFINUS--

PREFACE 24

BOOK I 26

THE SECOND BOOK AGAINST RUFINUS--

PREFACE 56

BOOK II 58

THE WAR AGAINST GILDO--

BOOK I 98

AGAINST EUTROPIUS--

BOOK I 138

BOOK II: PREFACE 178

BOOK II 184

FESCENNINE VERSES IN HONOUR OF THE
MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR HONORIUS 230

EPITHALAMIUM OF HONORIUS AND MARIA--

PREFACE 240

EPITHALAMIUM 242

PANEGYRIC ON THE THIRD CONSULSHIP OF THE
EMPEROR HONORIUS (A.D. 396)--

PREFACE 268

PANEGYRIC 270

PANEGYRIC ON THE FOURTH CONSULSHIP OF THE
EMPEROR HONORIUS (A.D. 398) 286

PANEGYRIC ON THE CONSULSHIP OF FL. MANLIUS
THEODORUS (A.D. 399)--

PREFACE 336

PANEGYRIC 338

ON STILICHO’S CONSULSHIP (A.D. 400)--

BOOK I 364