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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...
Demosthenesby Ian Worthington
Routledge 2000; US$ 44.95Demosthenes is still quoted in speeches by modern politicians, and is often viewed as the supreme example of the patriot. This book examines why his speeches came to be regarded so highly and asks whether his reputation is justified. more...
Plutarch and the Historical Traditionby Philip A. Stadter
Routledge 1992; US$ 135.00These essays offer diverse perspectives on the biographical techniques and appropriation of sources for the use and reshaping of historical tradition by one of the most prominent philosophers and biographers of the ancient world. more...
Women on the Edgeby Ruby Blondell; Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz; Bella Vivante; Mary-Kay Gamel
Routledge 1999; US$ 39.95Women on the Edge is an exciting exploration of women and their roles in the work of Euripides. The four of Euripides' plays covered are Medea, Alcestis, Helen and Iphigenia at Aulis. 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...
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Loveby Jill Conner Browne
Crown Publishing Group 2004; US$ 9.99To know the Sweet Potato Queens is to love them, and if you haven't heard about them yet, you will. Since the early 1980s, this group of belles gone bad has been the toast of Jackson, Mississippi, with their glorious annual appearance in the St. Patrick's Day parade. In The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love , their royal ringleader, Jill Conner Browne, introduces the Queens to the world with this sly, hilarious manifesto about love, life, men, and the importance of being prepared. Chapters include: The True Magic Words Guaranteed to Get Any Man to Do Your Bidding The Five Men You Must Have in Your Life at All Times Men Who May Need Killing, Quite Frankly What to Eat When Tragedy Strikes, or Just for Entertainment And, of course: The Best... 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...









