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Virgil, Aeneid 2
BRILL 2008; US$ 258.00Offers introduction, text and translation, commentary and indices to 'Aeneid 2'. This book discusses the controversial Helen-episode (spurious), matters of linguistic and textual interpretation,, metre, prosody, grammar, lexicon and idiom, as well as Virgil's sources and the literary tradition in which he writes. more...
Commentary on the Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri
BRILL 2006; US$ 247.00Acts as a sequel to Kortekaas' "The Story of Apollonius, King of Tyre: A Study of Its Greek Origin" and an "Edition of the Two Oldest Latin Recensions". This book looks at the problems posed by the text, such as the origin and the interrelationship between various manuscripts, especially between RA and RB, the two main recensions,... more...
Vom Römertum zum Ästhetizismus
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 147.00The renowned Roman politician, Pliny the Younger (c. AD 61-112), was a versatile and productive author, from whom 9 books of letters, an exchange of letters with Trajan and an extensive panegyric for the same emperor are extant. The individual letters of books 1-9 are artistically composed and for the most part deal with general matters, for example... more...
Metamorphoses
Penguin Group US 2004; US$ 12.00Ovid?s sensuous and witty poem brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation?often as a result of love or lust?where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of... more...
Livy's Roman History, Volumes I, II & III
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99Livy's History of Rome was in demand from the publication of the first packet. Livy became so famous that a man from Cadiz travelled to Rome just to see him, and once he had seen, returned home. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. more...
Petronii Arbitri "Satyricon" 100-115
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 168.00The Satyricon of Petronius is a celebrated Latin novel and one of the most influential texts in Western literature. This critical edition and commentary of a section of the novel - the sea voyage episode - makes an important contribution towards a re-examination of the Satyricon as a whole, providing a useful tool for anyone interested in ancient narrative.... more...
Letters of Cicero
ReadHowYouWant 2006; US$ 3.99The letters of Cicero are of a very mixed character. Many sides of Cicero's life, other than the political, are reflected in these letters. The period covered by them is one of the most interesting and momentous in world history. more...
Translating Into Success
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2000; US$ 165.00The boom in international trade has brought with it an increased demand for addressing local consumers in their native language and cultural idiom. Given the complex nature and new media involved in communicating with their constituent markets, companies are developing ever more complex tools and techniques for managing foreign-language communication. This... more...
Creative Imitation and Latin Literature
Cambridge University Press 1979; US$ 48.00The contributors analyse passages from various authors to demonstrate how Latin authors created new works of art by imitating earlier literature. more...
The Passions in Roman Thought and Literature
Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 50.00Understanding the emotions or 'passions' in key literary and intellectual Latin writings. more...









