The Oxford History of Classical Reception (OHCREL) is designed to offer a comprehensive investigation of the numerous an......more
The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature (OHCREL) is designed to offer a comprehensive investigat......more
The Oxford History of Classical Reception (OHCREL) is designed to offer a comprehensive investigation of the numerous an......more
The Oxford History of Classical Reception (OHCREL) is designed to offer a comprehensive investigation of the numerous an......more
This volume examines for the first time the most important methodological issues concerning Christian poetry - i.e. bibl......more
Six hundred years after Poggio’s retrieval of the De rerum natura, and with the recent surge of interest in Lucretius an......more
This volume explores the tremendous influence of Plato’s Phaedrus on the philosophical, religious, scientific and litera......more
The volume focuses on the relation between Cusanus and Aristotle or the Aristotelian tradition. In recent years the atte......more
While the field of classics has informed and influenced the early developments of the field of psychology, these two dis......more
Although ancient hope has attracted much scholarly attention in the past, this is the first book-length discussion of th......more
The scholarly tendency has too often weakened the conspicuous novelty and originality that characterizes Zeus in the Ili......more
This volume tackles both the apparent lack of unity and the perplexing philosophical content of the Statesman as it expl......more
Recent years have witnessed an increased interest in classical studies in the ways meaning is generated through the medi......more
This study is the first comprehensive analysis of the physical theory of the Islamic philosopher Avicenna (d. 1037). It ......more
This volume includes: Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz, Half Slave, Half Free: Partial Manumission in the Ancient Near East an......more
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This cutting-edge volume demonstrates both the literary quality and the socio-economic importance of works on "the matte......more
This volume focuses on the relationship between Greek medical texts and their audience(s), offering insights into how no......more
Apollonius Rhodius’ Argonautica is a voyage across time as well as space. The Argonauts encounter monsters, nymphs, shep......more
This ground-breaking volume connects the situatedness of genre in English poetry with developments in classical scholars......more
Introducing a largely neglected area of existing interactions between Greco-Roman antiquity and media theory, this volum......more
Though the subject of classical reception in early modern Europe is a familiar one, modern scholarship has tended to ass......more
Oedipus the King is the best-known play we have from the pen of Sophocles and was recognized as a masterpiece in Aristot......more
Oedipus the King is the best-known play we have from the pen of Sophocles and was recognized as a masterpiece in Aristot......more
Euripides’ Electra opened up for its audience an opportunity to become self-aware as to the appeal of tragic Kunstsprach......more
For generations, early Franciscan thought has been widely regarded as unoriginal: a mere attempt to systematize the long......more
The contributions contained in this volume offer a multidisciplinary approach into the history of the parts of speech an......more
This volume, in honour of Angus M. Bowie, collects seventeen original essays on Greek comedy. Its contributors treat que......more
What could Greek poets or Roman historians say in their own language that would be lost in translation? After all, diffe......more
This book aims to offer a unified historical treatment of all that is usually understood as "ancient scholarship" or "an......more
This book is a companion to logical thought and logical thinking in China with a comparative and interdisciplinary persp......more
How can we make sense of the innovative structure of Euripidean drama? And what political role did tragedy play in the d......more
Rome’s internal conflicts, from the Gracchi to the Empire. Appian (Appianus) is among our principal sources for the hist......more
Rome’s internal conflicts, from the Gracchi to the Empire. Appian (Appianus) is among our principal sources for the hist......more
Der Band enthält eine Auswahl von Aufsätzen zu Platon von seinen sokratischen Anfängen bis zu seiner Nachwirkung bei Don......more
The interaction between orator and audience, the passions and distrust held by many concerning the predominance of one i......more
The refreshed insights into early-imperial Roman historiography this book offers are linked to a recent discovery. In th......more
In Cassius Dio’s Speeches and the Collapse of the Roman Republic, Christopher Burden-Strevens provides a radical reinter......more
This Palgrave Pivot examines how prominent thinkers throughout history, from ancient Greece to sixteenth-century France,......more
Sold as a multi-volume set - the individual volumes are not available for purchase. Pero López de Ayala’s Chronicle of K......more
*** Winner of the2019 Flaiano Prize in the category Italian Studies *** In Fellini’s Eternal Rome, Alessandro Carrera ex......more
Classics in Extremisreimagines classical reception. Its contributors explore some of the most remarkable, hard-fought an......more
In Woolf’s writings Greece and Greek tragedy in particular shape an exoticized aesthetic space that both emerges from an......more
This book argues that Old Comedy’s parodic and non-parodic engagement with tragedy, satyr play, and contemporary lyric i......more
The Emergence of Subjectivity in the Ancient and Medieval World: An Interpretation of Western Civilization represents a ......more
In Strategies of Persuasion in Herodotus’ Histories and Genesis-Kings, Eva Tyrell comparatively analyzes narrative means......more
This collection of essays explores the concept and tradition of satire in relation to Dante’s Comedy and his other works......more
Internationale Autorinnen und Autoren aus Europa und den USA pr sentieren den aktuellen Forschungsstand in der griechisc......more
Classics, Computer Science, and Linguistics are brought together in this book, in an attempt to provide an answer to the......more
European pastoral tradition traces its roots to Theocritus’s Idylls and Virgil’s Eclogues/I>, which portrayed herdsmen p......more
The only exam-board approved book for OCR s Greek AS and A-Level set text prescriptions for 2021-23 giving full Greek te......more
The story of Jason and the Argonauts is one of the best known of ancient Greek myths and has captivated people for over ......more
Oedipus’s major handicap in life is not knowing who he is. Unlike the majority of modern and postmodern readings of Oedi......more
A Companion to Greek Architecture provides an expansive overview of the topic, including design, engineering, and constr......more
For generations, early Franciscan thought has been widely regarded as unoriginal: a mere attempt to systematize the long......more
That the Roman republic died is a commonplace often repeated. In extant literature, the notion is first given form in th......more
This contribution by Gesine Manuwald provides an introduction to all varieties of ’Roman comedy’, including primarily fa......more
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This book explores new ways of analysing interactions between different linguistic, cultural, and religious communities ......more
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The volume offers new insights into the intricate theme of silence in Greek literature, especially drama. Even though th......more
The complex matter of Orphism has so far been addressed by scholars through studies focusing on one of its components ea......more
Fifth-century Greek tragedy contains some of the most fascinating and important stage-ghosts in Western literature, whet......more
Theme park studies is a growing field in social and cultural studies. Nonetheless, until now little attention has been d......more
Using new and cutting-edge perspectives, this book explores literary criticism and the reception of Aristotle’s Poetics ......more
The essays in this volume explore the many aspects of the "political" in the plays of Greek comic dramatist Aristophanes......more
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Walking through Elysium traces Vergil’s influence on literary representations of underworlds, souls, afterlives, prophec......more
Greek tragedy occupies a prominent place in the development of early Greek thought. However, even within the partial ren......more
The apostle Peter gradually became one of the most famous figures of the ancient world. His almost undisputed reputation......more
This volume provides a new critical text of the Prologue and the first two books of Venantius Fortunatus’ Vita Sancti Ma......more
Impossible bequests of the soul; an outlawed younger son who rises to become justice of the king’s forests; the artifici......more
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Astyanax is thrown from the walls of Troy; Medeia kills her children as an act of vengeance against her husband; Aias re......more
Anne-Marie Schultz explores Plato’s presentation of Socrates as a philosopher who tells narratives about himself in the ......more
This book examines moments in the Iliad and Odyssey where Theban characters and themes come to the fore. By using eviden......more
The historical and cultural space of the Black Atlantic - a diasporic world of forced and voluntary migrations - has lon......more
This beautiful catalog explores four books that are remarkable survivals of what people read in the Middle Ages - the fi......more
This book collects essays and other contributions by colleagues, students, and friends of the late Diskin Clay, reflecti......more
This is the first modern commentary devoted exclusively to the poems of Hedylus, one of the most important representativ......more