Language & Literature
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Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily [Hardback]
Olga Tribulato (Editor)
£65.00ISBN: 9781107029316
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Within the field of ancient bilingualism, Sicily represents a unique terrain for analysis as a result of its incredibly rich linguistic history, in which 'colonial' languages belonging to branches as diverse as Italic (Oscan and L... .... Learn More -
Seneca: Oedipus [Paperback]
A J Boyle (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9780199660506
Published by : Oxford University Press
Seneca's Oedipus is the only surviving Roman play based on the story of Oedipus, and this is the first full edition and commentary to appear in English. Boyle begins by discussing Seneca himself, the Roman theatrical tradition, and previous v... .... Learn More -
Catullus: Poems, Books, Readers [Hardback]
Ian Du Quesnay (Editor); T Woodman (Editor)
£60.00ISBN: 9781107000834
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Ten leading Latin scholars provide specially commissioned in-depth discussions of the poetry of Catullus, one of ancient Rome's most favourite and best loved poets. Some chapters focus on the collection as a whole and the interrel... .... Learn More -
Emperor and Author: The Writings of Julian 'the Apostate' [Hardback]
Nicholas J. Baker-Brian (Editor); Shaun Tougher (Editor)
£55.00ISBN: 9781905125500
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis in English of all the writings of Julian (r. AD 361-363), the last pagan emperor of Rome, noted for his frontal and self-conscious challenge to Christianity. The book also contains treatments ... .... Learn More -
Valorizing the Barbarians: Enemy Speeches in Roman Historiography [Paperback]
Eric Adler (Author)
£16.99ISBN: 9780292744035
Published by : University of Texas Press
Eric Adler explores the degree to which ancient historians of Rome were capable of valorizing foreigners and presenting criticisms of their own society. By examining speeches put into the mouths of barbarian leaders by a variety of writers, he ... .... Learn More -
Terence: Phormio [Hardback]
Robert Maltby (Editor)
£50.00ISBN: 9780856686061
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Classical Texts
Terence's Phormio , based on a Greek original by Apollodorus of Carystus, was produced towards the end of his short dramatic career in 161 BC. With its lively action, based on the traditional elements of love, deception and mistaken identity, ... .... Learn More -
Terence: Phormio [Paperback]
Robert Maltby (Editor)
£19.99ISBN: 9780856686078
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Classical Texts
Terence's Phormio , based on a Greek original by Apollodorus of Carystus, was produced towards the end of his short dramatic career in 161 BC. With its lively action, based on the traditional elements of love, deception and mistaken identity, ... .... Learn More -
Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire [Paperback]
William A Johnson (Author)
£22.50ISBN: 9780199926718
Published by : Oxford University Press
In Readers and Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire, William Johnson examines the system and culture of reading among the elite in second-century Rome. The investigation proceeds in case-study fashion using the principal surviving witnesses... .... Learn More -
Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar, Fifteenth Volume, 2012 [Hardback]
Francis Cairns (Editor)
£55.00ISBN: 9780905205557
Published by : Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd
Series: ARCA, Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs
Volume: 51
The fifteenth volume of PLLS (and the fifth in the Langford series) contains major papers on early Greek epic and tragedy, aspects of ekphrasis, Roman republican culture and politics, and astrology in the imperial period. .... Learn More -
Exemplum and Myth, Criticism and Creation: Papers on Early Greek Literature [Hardback]
J G Howie (Author); J.G. Howie (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9780905205540
Published by : Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd
Series: COLLECTED CLASSICAL PAPERS
Volume: 3
J. Gordon Howie's seminal papers on Homer, Hesiod, Sappho, Pindar, Euripides, Thucydides, and Xenophon document the vitality and influence of cultural and intellectual patterns first visible in early Greek epic and lyric, and reveal the impact ... .... Learn More