The Leading eBooks Store Online
for your Apple or Android device, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Most popular at the top
Slavery and the Roman Literary Imaginationby William Fitzgerald; Denis Feeney; Stephen Hinds
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 27.00This book deals with the ways in which the Roman literary imagination explored the phenomenon of slavery. It discusses the ideological relation of Roman literature to the institution of slavery, and the ways in which slavery provided a metaphor for other relationships and experiences, and in particular for literature itself. more...
The Essential Metamorphosesby Ovid; Stanley Lombardo; W. R. Johnson
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2011; US$ 7.95The Essential Metamorphoses , Stanley Lombardo's abridgment of his translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, preserves the epic frame of the poem as a whole while offering the best-known tales in a rendering remarkable for its clarity, wit, and vigor. While making no pretense of offering an experience comparable to that of reading the whole of Ovid's self-styled history "from the world's first origins down to my own time," this practical and judicious selection of myths at the heart of Roman mythology and literature yet manages to relate many of the most fascinating episodes in that worldhistorical march toward the Age of Augustusand is accompanied by an Introduction that deftly sets them in their... more...
Roman Epicby Anthony J. Boyle
Routledge 1996; US$ 125.00Distinguished Latinists examine the formation and evolution of Roman epic from its beginnings in the third century BC to the high Italian Renaissance. more...
Rhetoric at Romeby M. L. Clarke
Routledge 1996; US$ 38.95This new edition of M.L. Clarke's 1953 classics study of Roman rhetoric incorporates corrections and a new introduction by D.H. Berry. The bibliography has been substantially updated and supplemented by suggestions for further reading. more...
Virgil's Aeneidby Richard McDougall; Suzanne Pavlos
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999; US$ 9.99The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on Aeneid takes you on the journey of a band of survivors who leave their destroyed city to seek another home in a faraway country. Woven from myth and legend, the story is about rebirth, about life springing forth from ruin and death. This study guide will help navigate the voyages of the Trojans and uncover their significance in Virgil's time and today. You'll also gain insight into the life and cultural background of the author. Other features that... more...
Ausonius of Bordeauxby Hagith Sivan
Routledge 1993; US$ 140.00Ausonius' life and work are placed firmly within their historical context of forth-century Gaul. His biography and literary output also serve as a point of departure for an overall inquiry into the formation of late Roman Gallic aristocracy. more...
Roman Eloquenceby William J. Dominik
Routledge 1997; US$ 39.95This accessible and critically up-to-date volume will be of interest to Classicists, literary theorists and anyone concerned with the origins, development and influence of Roman rhetorical theory and practice. more...
Linguistic Commentary on Livius Andronicusby Ivy Livingston
Routledge 2004; US$ 164.00As the oldest literary Latin preserved in any quantity, the language of Livius shows many features of linguistic interest and raises intriguing questions of phonolgy, morphology and syntax. more...
Rhetoric in Cicero's Pro Balboby Kimberly A. Barber
Routledge 2004; US$ 133.00This book offers an examination of Cicero's speech, the Pro Balbo . The first detailed study of the speech, this study analyses the work according to the ancient rhetorical categories. more...
Tragic Senecaby A. J. Boyle
Routledge 1997; US$ 44.95Tragic Seneca undertakes a radical re-evaluation of Seneca's plays, their relationship to Roman imperial culture and their instrumental role in the evolution of the European theatrical tradition. more...









