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  • The Old English Boethiusby Malcolm Godden; Susan Irvine

    Oxford University Press, UK 2009; US$ 365.00

    A critical edition of two Old English versions of one of the most influential literary texts of the Middle Ages, Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy. Includes translation; a detailed editorial introduction; commentary exploring the relationship to the Latin text and to the early medieval commentary tradition; textual notes; and glossary. - ;Boethius's... more...

  • Virgil, Aeneid 2by Nicholas Horsfall

    BRILL 2008; US$ 258.00

    Offers 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 Tyriby G.A.A. Kortekaas

    BRILL 2006; US$ 247.00

    Acts 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 Ästhetizismusby Eckard Lefèvre

    De Gruyter 2009; US$ 147.00

    The 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...

  • Livy's Roman History, Volumes I, II & IIIby Titus Livius

    MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99

    Livy'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" 100-115by Giulio Vannini

    De Gruyter 2010; US$ 168.00

    The 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 Ciceroby Marcus Tullius Cicero

    ReadHowYouWant 2006; US$ 3.99

    The 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...

  • Die Mitleidsindustrieby Linda Polman; Marianne Holberg

    Campus Verlag 2010; US$ 18.33

    Hauptbeschreibung Aktueller könnte das Thema kaum sein. Wenn Hilfsorganisationen zum Spenden auffordern, folgen wir ihrem Ruf nur allzu bereitwillig. Rund 2 Millionen Euro spenden allein die Deutschen jedes Jahr. Doch wissen wir immer, was mit diesem Geld geschieht? Bewirkt es wirklich, was wir damit bezwecken? Wie entscheiden humanitäre Helfer,... more...

  • Declinatioby Daniel J. Taylor

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 1974; US$ 158.00

    Marcus Terentius Varro (116?27 B.C.) was one of the most prolific writers in antiquity. However, of his De Lingua Latina only six of 25 books have survived, and these are neither complete nor free of textual corruption. This study is an attempt to provide an adequate, consistent, and comprehensive account of the linguistic theory with which Varro... more...

  • Defence Speechesby Cicero

    Oxford University Press, UK 2001; US$ 8.99

    This volume presents five of Cicero's most famous defence speeches: of Roscius, accused of murder; of Murena, accused of bribery; of Archias, on a citizenship charge; of Caelius, accused of violence; and of Milo, accused of murdering Cicero's hated enemy Clodius. These new translations achieve new standards of accuracy and introductions and... more...