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Part of the Bristol Classical Press series of Spanish texts, this book looks at the Spanish-American "modernista" poets. The series is designed to meet the needs of the fast-growing A Level and...

The Spanish ballad is well documented from the 16th to the 20th century in substantial, though declining, oral sources, chiefly in Castilian but also in Judeo-Spanish, Catalan and Portuguese. The 70...

Gladiatorial combat, animal displays, naumachiae (staged naval battles) and spectacular executions were all an important part of Roman culture. The provision of a wide range of purpose-built...

The Roman poet Statius' 4th book of "Silvae", published in AD 95, follows its preface with nine poems celebrating occasions from the building of a road to the gift-giving Saturnalian festival. This...

This book contains the complete text in German of Storm's Aquis Submersus with a detailed introduction to the text discussing Storm's life and works, the tragic content and reception as well as notes...

This edition of the Roman historian Suetonius' life of the notorious emperor Caligula includes an introduction giving historical background, the Latin text, and commentary/notes on the text.Author:...

Suetonius: DomitianAuthor: SuetoniusPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Mar 31, 2011Number of Pages: 176 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853994545ISBN-13: 9781853994548

This edition comprises the Roman historian Suetonius' lives of the first three emperors of AD 69, the Year of the Four Emperors. The Latin text is accompanied by an introduction and useful historical...

This new edition of Suetonius' "Nero" is updated to take account of research on Suetonius. It includes the original author's corrections and updating, along with suggestions from regular users of the...

The emperor Vespasian (AD69-79) is universally regarded as one of the better Roman emperors. Coming to the throne after the demise of Nero and the bitterness of a year-long civil war, he restored the...

This version of Goodwin's text is the one enlarged in 1899 from its original 1860 form. The aim of this paperback edition is to make the work available to new generations of Greek scholars who should...

The first book of Tacitus' Annals is concerned with the reign of Tiberius and with Roman campaigns in Germany. Norma Miller's useful edition, first published in the Methuen Classics series (1959),...

This edition of the fourteenth book of Tacitus' Annals remains one of the most thorough editions of any book of Tacitus for use by school adn undergraduate students. Its meticulous commentary and...

This volume, aimed at the student of Latin at sixth form to undergraduate level, contains the Latin text of Tacitus' Annals Book XV, supplemented by a useful introduction and notes on the text...

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:...