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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...
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...
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...
Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horaceby Tony Woodman; Denis Feeney
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 48.00This book explores the whole range of the output of an exceptionally versatile and innovative poet. Distinguished scholars introduce readers to a variety of critical approaches to Horace and to Latin poetry. Close analysis of the actual text of Horace is placed in several different political, philosophical and historical contexts. more...
The Passions in Playby Alessandro Schiesaro
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 50.00This book subjects the most accomplished of Seneca's tragedies to a sustained critical analysis and argues for its central importance in post-Classical aesthetics. It also discusses several other of his plays, thereby offering a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the main themes and stylistic features of his tragedies. more...
Octaviaby Rolando Ferri; James Diggle; Neil Hopkinson; Jonathan Powell; Michael Reeve; David Sedley; Richard Tarrant
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 41.00The historical tragedy Octauia focuses on Nero's divorce from the princess Octavia and subsequent marriage to Poppaea Sabina. The book includes a full length introduction, a new edition of the text based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts, and a detailed commentary dealing with textual, linguistic, and literary points. more...
Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdomby David N. Sedley
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 44.00This book studies the structure and origins of De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), the great first-century BC poem by Lucretius. By showing how he worked from the literary model set by the Greek poet Empedocles but under the philosophical inspiration of the Greek philosopher Epicurus, the book seeks to characterise Lucretius' unique poetic achievement. It is addressed to those interested both in Latin poetry and in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. more...
Irony and Misreading in the Annals of Tacitusby Ellen O'Gorman
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 40.00This book is a literary analysis of the language and style of Tacitus' Annals. The political context of first-second century AD Rome is also taken into consideration. Issues relating to the study of narrative, Roman politics and theories of history are addressed in the course of the discussion. more...









