Volume 2 is available as Project Gutenberg ebook number 51444.

THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY

FOUNDED BY JAMES LOEB, LL.D.

EDITED BY

† T. E. PAGE, C.H., LITT.D.

† E. CAPPS, PH.D., LL.D. † W. H. D. ROUSE, LITT.D. L. A. POST, L.H.D. E. H. WARMINGTON, M.A., F.R.HIST.SOC.

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

PAGE

INTRODUCTION vii

POEMS--

PANEGYRIC ON THE CONSULS PROBINUS AND OLYBRIUS 2

THE FIRST BOOK AGAINST RUFINUS--

PREFACE 24