Online Libanius Translation Project

Libanius Translation Project

You are invited to join this open, collaborative project to translate the writings of the the fourth-century CE orator Libanius of Antioch. The first phase is the translation of the fifty-one Declamations, short orations on historical and mythological subjects. Most of these have never been translated into English.

To get started:
1. e-mail the editors to create an account (libaniuseditor @ gmail . com)
2. see the Quick Start Guide and download PDF's, scanned by Google, of the Foerster critical editions:

* 1-12 at Google Books

* 13-30 and at Google Books
* Scanned edition of Libanii opera volume 7, containing Declamations 31-52, in process.

3. For navigation, see the Index of Declamations, Summary of Declamations and Index of Commentaries to the Declamations.

For previously translated declamations and editions of the text, see a short Bibliography.

The Libanius Translation Project is one of the arms of [http://www.hephaistos-text.org/ Hephaistos Text], a springboard for free, open, and collaborative scholarship in the classics.