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The Complete Euripides, Volume III
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 11.99Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Collected here for... more...
Reading Sin in the World
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 90.00New study of the Hamartigenia in the context of Prudentius' work overall, covering its theological and literary contributions. more...
Character, Narrator, and Simile in the Iliad
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 76.00This book presents the first comprehensive examination of Homer's similes in the Iliad as arenas of heroic competition. more...
The Georgics: A Poem of the Land
Penguin Books Ltd 2009; Not AvailableOne of the greatest poems of the classical world, Virgil?s Georgics is a glorious celebration of the eternal beauty of the natural world, now brought vividly to life in a powerful new translation. ?Georgic? means ?to work the earth?, and this poetic guide to country living combines practical wisdom on tending the land with exuberant fantasy and... more...
Callimachus in Context
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 79.00New, provocative treatment of the Alexandrian poet Callimachus and his reception, approaching his work from four varied yet complementary angles. more...
Tragic Pathos
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 79.00An examination of pity and fear as responses to tragedy in ancient Greek thought. more...
Simile and Identity in Ovid's Metamorphoses
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 76.00The first monograph on Ovid's epic simile, offering fresh perspectives on central episodes of this important work. more...
Cosmology and the Polis
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 88.00In the earliest drama the clash between the old world of ritual and the new world of money is revealed. more...









