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Essential Latin
Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 42.95This is the ideal introduction, or re-introduction, to the world of ancient Rome for students and armchair enthusiasts alike. With a modern, user-friendly approach, the author presents a comprehensive survey of the language, life, history and customs of a culture that continues to influence our own. Through a variety of authentic texts, the student... more...
More Latin for the Illiterati
Taylor and Francis 1999; US$ 29.95This book demystifies the terminology of modern courtrooms and hospitals, untangles some of the most complex examples of Latin abbreviation, and allows readers to explore the classical roots of law, medicine and the ministry. more...
Greek Mythography in the Roman World
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 99.99This title illustrates the importance of semi-learned mythographic handbooks in the social, literary, and artistic world of Rome. One of the most intriguing features of these works is the fact that they all cite classical sources for the stories they tell, sources which are often forged. more...
Historical Commentary on Herodotus Book 6
BRILL 2006; US$ 199.00This is a historical and factual commentary on Herodotus book 6, which aims to assess the reality behind Herodotus' account of the years from the Ionian revolt to Miltiades' death. Further related material is discussed in a series of appendices. more...
Mythical and Legendary Narrative in Ovid's Fasti
BRILL 2005; US$ 139.00This book analyses the mythical and legendary narratives in the Fasti as narrative. It covers aspects such as aperture, closure, characterization, internal narrators, description, space, time and also the narratives' complex relationship with Virgil, Livy and Ovid's own earlier works. more...
Narrators, Narratees, and Narratives in Ancient Greek Literature
BRILL 2004; US$ 226.00This is the first part of a new narratological history of Greek literature, which deals with the definition and boundaries of narrative and the role of narrators and narratees. more...
Poetic Memory
BRILL 2004; US$ 129.00This study of Callimachus' and Ovid's allusive practice offers a unique view of the application of one theory of allusion (based upon that of Conte, but subsequently expanded upon) to a Greek and Latin poet. more...
The Trajectory of Archaic Greek Trimeters
BRILL 2005; US$ 160.00This volume, through a detailed examination of the themes, morphology, and diction of the archaic Greek trimeters, makes a strong case that this genre is complex and dynamic and that its evolution may be explained in the context of the larger literary developments of the period. more...
Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, Book I
BRILL 2005; US$ 219.00This book is a philological and literary commentary on the first book of the Argonautica, a Latin epic written by Valerius Flaccus in the first century A.D. more...
A Companion to Roman Rhetoric
Wiley 2008; US$ 202.95A Companion to Roman Rhetoric introduces the reader to the wide-ranging importance of rhetoric in Roman culture. A guide to Roman rhetoric from its origins to the Renaissance and beyond Comprises 32 original essays by leading international scholars Explores major figures Cicero and Quintilian in-depth Covers a broad range of topics such as rhetoric... more...









