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This book remains the standard edition of the Dialogus, providing a comprehensive treatment of the problems of authorship, date, form and style. This volume is intended to meet the needs of students...

A historical-archaeological and linguistic commentary of Tacitus's"Germania". Updated to include the findings of archaeologicalinvestigation over the century, it serves to lift the veil thatshrouded...

This book, keyed to the Penguin translation, introduces three of Terence's most entertaining and widely read plays. The selection demonstrates his versatility as a playwright: the brilliant farce of...

The lively action and well-constructed plot of the "Phormio" make it an ideal introduction to Terence and to the Roman comic genre. It well illustrates Terence's subtle handling of plot and character...

It is a commonplace to say that in antiquity philosophy was conceived as a way of life or an art of living, but precisely what such claims amount to has remained unclear. If ancient philosophers did...

The Art of the AeneidAuthor: William S. AndersonPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 1998Number of Pages: 128 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853991317ISBN-13:...

The Art of the OdysseyAuthor: Howard W. ClarkePublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Feb 24, 1994Number of Pages: 128 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853990523ISBN-13:...

Examining the revolution wrought by Catullus in Latin poetry, this volume encapsulates the way in which principles of modern literary criticism could be applied to classical poetry, without ditching...

Chayka (1896) is the first of Anton Chekhov's four celebrated plays. While its first performance was a fiasco, the play was revived in 1898 and staged by the newly founded Moscow Art Theatre, who...

Some of the best evidence for the early development of literary criticism before Plato and Aristotle comes from Athenian Old Comedy. Playwrights such as Eupolis, Cratinus, Aristophanes and others...

In 1986, reviewing recent work on the Bucolics, William S. Anderson wrote, 'Van Sickle, Design, has produced the most persuasive portrait of the Eclogues, arguing cogently for what he calls an...

This book, published in its first edition in 1989, is aimed primarily, but not exclusively, at readers who know ancient Greek. It aims to show how accessible Modern Greek is, once the basic...

For the people of antiquity, the dominant force in shaping their life, economy and culture was the natural environment. This is an exploration of the direct influence of the geography, climate and...

This engrossing book was the first ever investigation into the plight of the disabled and deformed in Graeco-Roman society, drawing on a wealth of material, including literary texts, medical tracts,...

The Gogol: The NoseAuthor: Nikolai Vasilievich GogolPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 1998Number of Pages: 128 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853994073ISBN-13:...

The Overcoat which is generally acknowledged as the finest of Gogol'smemorable Saint Petersburg stories, is a tale of the absurd andmisplaced obsessions.Author: Nikolai Vasilievich GogolPublisher:...

What did 'history' mean to the Greeks and the Romans? This volume traces the development of conceptions of history and its practice from Homer to the writers of the Roman Empire. It serves as an...

This text sets out to bring to life the Greek and Roman plays and their staging, evoking the visual and emotional character of performances and dramatic festivals and offering a clear account of the...

Part of the Advanced Language Series, this is a revised edition of "The Greek Dialects" published by ChicagoUniversity Press in 1955. Its virtues were comparativeclarity and conciseness on a subject...

This study of the Greek language is divided into two parts. The first is an outline history of the language and the second is a comparative-historical account of the grammar. The chapters in the...

This study presents a collection of the influential Greek philosophical texts which provide a broad cross-section of ancient Greek thought. Full notes on the translation and the philosophical content...

This volume is part of a series of key monographs on topics central to the study of the classical world. It looks at Theocritus as both a source for Vergil and later writers and as a significant poet...

Stoicism, which came to be closely identified with the Roman establishment, began as a radical doctrine. Indeed Zeno, the first Stoic (335-263BC), embarrassed his Roman successors by advocating the...

These are paperback editions of important works on Greek and Roman literature, history, philosophy and archaeology. New introductions bring the works up to date in the light of more recent...

Mary R. Lefkowitz has extensively revised and rewritten her classic study to introduce a new generation of students to the lives of the Greek poets. Thoroughly updated with references to the most...

This introduction to the Mycenaean world brings together the latest research on its history and on the real Bronze Age cities that lie behind the Homeric legends. Economy and society, technology and...

Comprising of a collection of reading passages from the Russian press, this book is intended for students of Russian language who are interested in the process of change which took place in Russia in...

The Piraeus was one of the largest and most impressive ancient ports in the Mediterranean. During the fifth century BC it was laid out on a grid pattern by the urban planner Hippodamos and linked by...

Cicero's poetry has often been adversely, but unfairly criticised on the basis of the unfortunate line "O fortunam natam ne consule Roman". But this book argues there is much to admire in his...

Lucan's epic on the Civil War has dodged in and out of fashion. Widely admired in the 17th and 18th centuries, it came in the 19th and 20th to be criticised by comparison with Virgil's Aeneid. The...