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Taking at its centre Lucan’s violent and subversive military epic on the Roman Civil War, this volume responds to an eme......more
The questions posed by disability studies scholarship are increasingly of interest to medieval studies scholars and ther......more
This Routledge Critical Thinker is an introduction to the literary thought of three major classical thinkers: Plato, Ari......more
Metafiction, the practice in fictional texts of displaying an awareness of their fictional status, highlighting it, or e......more
This volume brings together scholars of Roman history, archaeology, history of political thought, Italian literature, an......more
The volume offers a study of Antiquity in a dialectic, wide social perspective, stressing the role of popular classes as......more
Offering for the first time a student introduction to Aristophanes’ most explosive political satire, this volume is an e......more
Recent decades have seen a flourishing of interest in Hellenistic epigram (short poems usually in elegiac couplets), an ......more
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influe......more
This volume starts from a reconsideration of the idea that ancient perceptions of the non-human world rested on the prof......more
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In 432 BCE the powerful city-state of Sparta on the peninsula of t......more
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The epic is an ancient and universal form of artistic expression. ......more
This book positions Ovid’s Metamorphoses as a foundational text in the western history of environmental thought. The poe......more
The poetry of the late Roman world has a fascinating history. Sometimes an object of derision, sometimes an object of ad......more
This book makes available Ronald Knox’s hitherto unpublished lectures on Virgil’s Aeneid delivered at Trinity College, O......more
A Companion to Ancient Education presents a series of essays from leading specialists in the field that represent the mo......more
This book provides a short and accessible introduction to Strabo’s life, times and cultural context. It outlines the imp......more
This book provides a short and accessible introduction to Strabo’s life, times and cultural context. It outlines the imp......more
Focusing on the Greek world during the high Roman Empire between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE, this edited volume examin......more
A revealing look at how the Orpheus myth helped Renaissance writers and thinkers understand the force of eloquence In an......more
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An ancient Greek guide to the heavens, translated in a new accessible modern English edition. A poetic guide to the heav......more
This book focuses on Lucian of Samosata, a Syrian writer of the Greek language in the second century CE, and his engagem......more
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Books I-II of Julius Caesar’s The Gallic War narrate the campaigns of Caesar’s first two years in Gaul (58-57 BCE). Thes......more
The seventh-century BCE Greek poet Mimnermus of Smyrna, whom C. M. Bowra called "the most accomplished and the most musi......more
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Classical and Medieval Literature CriticismM assembles and contextualizes critical responses to the works of writers of ......more
Throughout his career, Derek Walcott turned to the literature and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. His book-length p......more
Book ten of the Man’yōshū (’Anthology of Myriad Leaves’) continues Alexander Vovin’s new English translation of this 20-......more
With the exception of Paul Moraux’s Die Aristotelismus bei den Griechen (in German), the most recent books on the histor......more
Gender was not theorised as such in Greco-Roman culture. Nonetheless, the concept of gender was never static or stable o......more
About 25 years have passed since the publication of the Supplementum Hellenisticum by Hugh Lloyd-Jones and Peter J. Pars......more
With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in Eng......more
With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in Eng......more
With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in Eng......more
With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in Eng......more
With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in Eng......more
With this three-volume companion, students can access the full literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in Eng......more
Mindful of the present state of discourse on ancient Greek historiography, this edited volume explores the major themes ......more
This is a vital and accessible overview of Greek drama from its origins to its later reception, including chapters on au......more
This is a vital and accessible overview of Greek drama from its origins to its later reception, including chapters on au......more
Through an examination of paratextuality in late antique literature, this collection of essays reconsiders the importanc......more
Classical and Medieval Literature CriticismM assembles and contextualizes critical responses to the works of writers of ......more
Turn to this authoritative international resource for complete critical coverage of the careers and works of the greates......more
Translating Europe in lfric’s ’Lives of Saints’ is the first study of the representation of European peoples, places, an......more
Statius’ Achilleid is the most extensive treatment of the myth of Achilles hiding disguised as a girl on the island of S......more
Origen was one of the great thinkers of the third-century Church and the most influential of the Greek Church Fathers. H......more
The essays collected in this volume were written to mark the centenary of the birth of Sir Kenneth Dover, one of the twe......more
Heracles and Athenian Propaganda examines how Greece’s most important hero was appropriated and portrayed by Athens in r......more
This new edition of De re publica provides a revised Latin text and a new English translation of all the surviving text ......more
This collection of essays offers an image of Byron not only as a poet - for which he is best known - but as a translator......more
Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction introduces and analyses the reception of classical antiquity in contem......more
In the ancient Mediterranean world, the sea was an essential domain for trade, cultural exchange, communication, explora......more
The four selected speeches were composed by a professional speechwriter, Isaeus, for litigants contesting inheritance cl......more
A reintroduction to the myth of Amphion, recovering an overlooked sphere of lyric tradition. Amphion is the figure in Gr......more
A reintroduction to the myth of Amphion, recovering an overlooked sphere of lyric tradition. Amphion is the figure in Gr......more
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Why does Bassanio compare himself to Jason? What is Hecuba to Hamlet? Is the mechanicals’ staging of the Pyramus and Thi......more
Meanings are realized at the point of reception and this volume intends to offer an in-depth discussion of some of the m......more
The book originates from the papers discussed in three conferences, held in Cassino and Florence. It aims to investigate......more
The present volume collects contributions given at the First Postclassical Greek Conference Cologne (March 24-26, 2021),......more
The final volume in the series synthesizes the research conducted by the Heidelberg Collaborative Research Center 933 (S......more
The Greek Poetry of Summons and Invitation assembles and studies for the first time the numerous poetic invitations and ......more
Desperate Remedies: a Social History of Healthcare in Classical Antiquity is the first wide-ranging social history of an......more
In the ever-growing and evolving field of Digital Papyrology - intending both the set of electronic tools for papyrologi......more
The medical literature of ancient Greece has been much studied during the 20th century, with a particular activity from ......more
The fifteen contributions to the multilingual volume together chart Cicero’s presence in the cultural history of Basel -......more
The debate that has arisen around the concept of the Anthropocene forms the basis of this book. It investigates certain ......more
A fresh and original introduction to the Odyssey--and how it continues to shape literature, film, art and even the ways ......more
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Classical and Medieval Literature CriticismM assembles and contextualizes critical responses to the works of writers of ......more
This book opens up new perspectives on the English fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien, arguing that he was an influential thi......more
This book assesses a narrow but vital - and so far understudied - part of Roman women’s lives: puberty, preparation for ......more
Ovid’s Fasti is a journey through ancient Rome, using the calendar as a guide. The reader of this poem tours the monumen......more
The Dark Side of Statius’ Achilleid explores systematically and for the first time the darker aspects of Statius’ Achill......more
This book provides the first systematic interpretation of what Aristotle thinks occurrent emotions are and points to som......more
Nicolson crafts a geography of the ancient world and a brilliant exploration of our connections to the past. What is the......more
A worldwide exploration of the history, purpose, and inescapable influence of the Iliad and the Odyssey that will inspir......more
This volume contains the collected papers of Albert Henrichs on the subject of Greek literature and textual studies. Org......more
The examination of Lucretian reception in Latin poetry has been served well by scholars. Lucretius’ presence in later pr......more
This is the third volume in the series of commentaries on Early Greek Epic Fragments (EGEF III). It contains introductio......more
The fall of a city is not just an incisive event with often catastrophic, long-term, and wide-ranging consequences, but ......more
From 8th to 11th century, many Greek texts have been translated into Arabic. These testimonia are of great interest for ......more
The Islamic astronomical tradition greatly benefited from the many works produced in different ancient cultures, as well......more
This book demonstrates that the carefully chosen Greek words in Persius’ programmatic passages play a significant role i......more
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Classical and Medieval Literature CriticismM assembles and contextualizes critical responses to the works of writers of ......more
Yiannis Gabriel examines what ancient Greek myths can teach us about the troubles and challenges of our ’post-truth’ tim......more