Editing Loeb Classical Library (section)

{{Short description|Series of Greek and Latin texts with English translations}}
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[[File:Loeb Classical Library, Waterstones, Gower Street.jpg|thumb|Greek (green) and Latin (red) volumes of the Loeb Classical Library in a London bookshop]]
[[File:Loeb Classical Library Homer.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Volume 170N of the Greek collection, revised edition]]

[[File:Loeb Classical Library.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Volume 6 of the Latin collection, second edition 1988]]
The '''Loeb Classical Library''' ('''LCL'''; named after [[James Loeb]]; {{IPAc-en|l|oʊ|b}}, {{IPA|de|løːp|lang}}) is a [[monographic series]] of books originally published by [[Heinemann_(publisher)|Heinemann]] and since 1934 by [[Harvard University Press]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hup.harvard.edu/features/loeb/digital.html|title=Loeb Classical Library {{!}} Harvard University Press|website=Harvard University Press|quote=The Loeb Classical Library® is published and distributed by Harvard University Press.}}</ref> It has bilingual editions of [[ancient Greek literature|ancient Greek]] and [[Latin literature]], with the original Greek or Latin text on the left-hand page and a fairly literal translation on the facing page.
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