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Seneca
Oxford University Press, UK 2009; US$ 54.99The first full philological edition in English of the Roman philosopher Seneca's De Clementia. It includes the Latin text with apparatus criticus, a new English translation, a substantial introduction, and a commentary on matters of textual and literary criticism and issues of socio-political, historical, cultural, and philosophical significance.... more...
Seneca
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 54.99Soon after Nero's accession in 54 CE, his tutor, the philosopher Seneca, addressed to his young pupil an essay called De Clementia in which he offered advice on how to behave in his new role. This is the first full philological edition of the De Clementia in English. It includes the text with apparatus criticus, a new translation, a substantial... more...
Latin Literature
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 33.95This highly accessible, user-friendly work provides a fresh and illuminating introduction to the most important aspects of Latin prose and poetry. Readers are constantly encouraged to think for themselves about how and why we study the texts in question. They are stimulated and inspired to do their own further reading through engagement with a wide... more...
Ancient Anger
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 60.00Anger is found everywhere in the ancient world, starting with the very first word of the Iliad and continuing through all literary genres and every aspect of public and private life. This volume brings together several significant new studies on literary, philosophical, medical, and political aspects of ancient anger. 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...
A Companion to Persius and Juvenal
Wiley 2012; US$ 195.00A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "satiric successors"; detailed individual contributions suggest original perspectives on their work, and provide an in-depth exploration of Persius' and Juvenal's afterlives. Provides detailed and up-to-date guidance on the texts and contexts of Persius... more...
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