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Latin and Greek texts, readers for students, and new writing inspired by the classics. Home of Our Aeneid, Virgil translated by many hands. contubernalesbooks.com

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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 17h
Writing from England to a friend, Erasmus praised a custom there: wherever you go, everyone greets you with kisses, and when you leave, they send you off with kisses. Epistulae Erasmi, his letters in Latin with notes and a full vocabulary, is out now. contubernalesbooks.com/epistulae-erasmi
Cover of Epistulae Erasmi: Quentin Matsys's 1517 portrait of Erasmus writing at his desk, under the title.Two opening pages: Holbein's 1533 roundel portrait of Erasmus on the left; on the right a woodcut and the first passage in Latin, with long vowels marked.
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Our new website is up. Look inside our books, find the right one on a reading map from first-year readers to original texts! contubernalesbooks.com
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Every book in the store is half price with the code GRATIAS through Sunday, October 11.
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
With the code GRATIAS, every book in the store is 50% off through Sunday, October 11.
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Use the code GRATIAS for 50% off every book in the store through Sunday, October 11.
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Utopia and every other book in the store are half price with the code GRATIAS, through Sunday, October 11.
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Through Sunday, October 11, the code GRATIAS takes 50% off every book in the store.
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Brutus, Cassius and Antony, in Latin. Henry Denison translated Shakespeare's Julius Caesar into Latin in 1856. Our new edition sets each speech across from Shakespeare's English, with H. C. Selous's engravings. contubernalesbooks.com/julius-caesar-a-latin-and-english-parallel-reader--zaqeaw
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thomas More's Utopia, in the Latin of 1518. The pictures in our new edition come from the book's early printings, from Froben's Basel edition of 1518 to a French translation of 1715, and More's letter to Peter Giles opens beside the 1518 page. contubernalesbooks.com/utopia-zra8bd
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The whole Odyssey in Latin: Dübner's word-for-word version from the 1838 Didot edition, with Homer's line numbers and every long vowel marked. Theodoor van Thulden's etchings of Ulysses face the lines they show. Now on preorder. contubernalesbooks.com/odyssea
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In 1620 Francis Bacon made his case for a new way of studying nature, built on observation and experiment. Our new edition of the Novum Organum is reset after that first printing, with its headpieces and initials, and Thomas Fowler's introduction. contubernalesbooks.com/novum-organum
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Francis Glass, a schoolmaster in frontier Ohio, wrote a life of George Washington in Latin. Edgar Allan Poe reviewed it and judged its Latin "not one jot inferior to the Latin of Erasmus." Our new edition puts the notes at the foot of the page. contubernalesbooks.com/washingtonii-vita
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Support Our Aeneid. All donations help bring our unique, community-driven translation of Vergil’s Aeneid to life. Your support helps fund the editorial team and project coordination.
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
So many incredible scholars and educators have reached out to participate in Our Aeneid. Over half of the Aeneid has been assigned to translators around the world. Sign up to translate now at our website linked below. contubernalesbooks.com/our-aeneid
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
We are still accepting applications for Our Aeneid. Track our progress and see available sections for translations on our website. See 🔗
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
For the first time ever, The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf is available in Ancient Greek. This faithful and thoughtful translation by Luca Valle Salazar and Rogelio Toledo Martin brings the timeless tale to life for students, enthusiasts, and lovers of classical languages.
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Latin classroom book sets are available at Contubernales Books! Reach out to our email in bio for more information. 📚
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
It’s National Book Day (UK)! All our books are 25% off to celebrate. Use promo code NBD25. We are also giving away two free books from our shop to a follower who reposts this message. 📕📚
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Our winter sale ends Friday. All books 20% off. Use promo code Gaudete. ☃️❄️❄️
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
All our books are 20% off! Use promo code Gaudete. Thank you for all the support. 🙏🏻
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
October Newsletter
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Contubernales Books @contubernales.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
Explore the cemetery in Latin
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