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  • The State of Speechby Joy Connolly

    Princeton University Press 2008; US$ 55.00

    Rhetorical theory, the core of Roman education, taught rules of public speaking that are still influential today. But Roman rhetoric has long been regarded as having little important to say about political ideas. The State of Speech presents a forceful challenge to this view. The first book to read Roman rhetorical writing as a mode of political thought, it focuses on Rome's greatest practitioner and theorist of public speech, Cicero. Through new readings of his dialogues and treatises, Joy Connolly shows how Cicero's treatment of the Greek rhetorical tradition's central questions is shaped by his ideal of the republic and the citizen. Rhetoric, Connolly argues, sheds new light on Cicero's deepest political preoccupations: the formation... more...

  • Demosthenesby Ian Worthington

    Routledge 2000; US$ 44.95

    Demosthenes 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$ 135.00

    These 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...

  • Tragic Senecaby A. J. Boyle

    Routledge 1997; US$ 135.00

    Tragic 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...

  • Women on the Edgeby Ruby Blondell; Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz; Bella Vivante; Mary-Kay Gamel

    Routledge 1999; US$ 39.95

    Women 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...

  • Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horaceby Tony Woodman; Denis Feeney

    Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 48.00

    This 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 Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Loveby Jill Conner Browne

    Crown Publishing Group 2004; US$ 9.99

    To 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...

  • The Passions in Playby Alessandro Schiesaro

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 50.00

    This 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$ 41.00

    The 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$ 44.00

    This 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...