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Catullus: Volume 51

by Monica R. (Trinity College Dublin) Gale

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 This volume examines Catullus' invective and homoerotic verse and theÂ carmina maioraÂ or 'longer poems', alongside the more famous cycle centring on the poet's relationship with Lesbia. It situates Catullus within a range of cultural and literary contexts and takes full account of recent scholarship on gender and sexuality.
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Josephus: Volume 50

by Jonathan (University Of Copenhagen) Davies

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 This book provides an essential introduction to the works of Flavius Josephus, a complex, challenging and rewarding author, situating them in the context of Josephus' life and times in the Roman Empire, providing readings of each of his four surviving texts, and surveying the reception of those texts from antiquity to the present day.
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Sophocles

by P. J. (University Of Bristol) Finglass

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 This volume of New Surveys in the Classics examines Sophocles' reputation as a dramatic poet both in his own day and later in antiquity, and considers how it was that some of his plays survived from his time down to ours. It investigates the qualities of those plays, focusing on key aspects of Sophoclean dramaturgy such as stagecraft, narrative, rhetoric, and heroism.
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Greek Religion: Volume 46

by Jan N. (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands) Bremmer

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 This volume presents an outline of Greek religion in the classical period. It offers a view of the great gods and heroes as well as their sanctuaries and also the main myths, rituals and mysteries. This second edition has been fully updated to account for recent developments in scholarship, and is useful for students and teachers alike.
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Plutarch: Volume 47

by Geert (Ku Leuven, Belgium) Roskam

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 This volume introduces the life and works of Plutarch of Chaeronea, one of classical antiquity's most influential writers. It examines Plutarch's views on philosophy, history and religion, and his method of intellectual enquiry. The book also considers the value of Plutarch's works as sources for understanding the ancient world.
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Early Greek Hexameter Poetry

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 This is the first book to give an introduction to all genres of early hexameter poetry. It introduces readers to extant and fragmentary works, and is an ideal source for up-to-date research on literary criticism and literary form, mythology and genre, language and metre, and performance and music.
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Horace

by S. J. (University Of Oxford) Harrison

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 This book gives a full and authoritative survey of the scholarly literature on the Roman poet Horace. It covers the overall shape of Horace's poetic career and then details his works and their reception in European literature. The author also analyses the poet's style and its variations across different genres.
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Homer

by Richard Rutherford

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 This is a revised version of the survey on Homer which the author originally published in 1996. It is a clear introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey, and the problems of their dating, context and interpretation. An extensive bibliography gives expert guidance on many aspects of these extraordinary poems.
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Roman Landscape: Culture And Identity - Culture And Identity

by Diana (University Of Birmingham) Spencer

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 This survey explores how and why Romans of the late Republic and early Principate were fascinated with landscaped nature. Thematic discussions and case studies work through what 'landscape' represented and how studying Roman identity in terms of place, environment and the natural world helps us better to understand Rome itself.
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Greek Art

by Brian (University Of Southampton) Sparkes

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 This survey of Greek art looks at material culture between 600 and 300 BC, concentrating on research from the past twenty years where new discoveries have queried and overturned old interpretations. Organised chronologically in terms of media, it is accompanied by fifty images, largely in colour.
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Epigram

by Gideon (University Of Birmingham) Nisbet e Niall (University Of Birmingham) Livingstone

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 This book provides an introduction as to what epigram means and why it matters. Subjects covered include the roots in inscriptions on stone, the continuation of Greek epigram under the Roman empire and a chapter discussing new importance in the nineteenth century as material for stories about the classical past.
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Greek Science

by T. E. (University Of Wales, Swansea) Rihll

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 This survey of ancient Greek science sets the ancients scientific ideas and practices in their social and historical context. It clarifies the nature of science in Greek society, surveys the major fields and offers quotes from the primary sources as case studies or worked examples in each field.
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Greek Thought

by Christopher (University Of Exeter) Gill

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 Four related themes in Greek thought are examined in this book.
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Roman Religion

by J. A. (University College London) North

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 This work offers a picture of Roman religion and of some of the current debates about its character and development. The focus of the survey is the religious experience of the Roman people from about the third century BC to the second.
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Comedy

by N. J. (Royal Holloway, University Of London) Lowe e Nick Lowe

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 Comedy offers a concise, accessible guide to the study of Greek and Roman comedy. It surveys the literary, theatrical, political, and cultural history of the classical genre from its beginnings to the death of Terence, with an overview of the work of each author and introductions to the surviving plays.
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Roman Oratory

by Catherine (University Of Glasgow) Steel

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 When and why did men speak in public at Rome and why did they subsequently write down what they had said? This book offers an introduction to public speaking at Rome from its origins until the second century AD, looking also at its wider significance for understanding the Roman elite.
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The Invention Of Prose

by Simon (University Of Cambridge) Goldhill e Simon Goldhill

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 Investigates the extraordinary time in the classical city of Athens when the genres of history, philosophy, rhetoric and science were first developed as disciplines. The book looks at the cultural revolution that brought about this new idea of prose, exploring how the different genres evolved.
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Greek Historians

by John (Florida State University) Marincola

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 A substantial survey of the most important Greek historians, including chapters on Herodotus, Thucydides, and Polybius, for both general and specialist readers. The book reflects changes in the way that scholars have been reading the ancient historians during the last 30 years.
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Virgil

by Philip (University Of Oxford) Hardie

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 An introduction to the "Eclogues", "Georgics" and "Aeneid" of Virgil, designed as both a self-contained work on the Latin poet and a guide to further study.
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The Second Sophistic

by Timothy (University Of Exeter) Whitmarsh

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 The 'Second Sophistic' was a major Greek oratorical literary movement of the early Roman empire, involving analysis of questions of class, tradition, gender, cultural identity, and the intellectual's role in society. This book offers insights into this phenomenon, and an overview of the texts, historical context, and scholarship.
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Latin Historians

by A. J. (University Of Virginia) Woodman e C. S. (Yale University, Connecticut) Kraus

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Reception Studies: Volume 49

by Lorna (The Open University, Milton Keynes) Hardwick

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 How classical culture is transplanted into new contexts, and how Greek and Roman values are perceived and used continues to be a force in current debates. The main concepts and explanatory frameworks used in the field are introduced through chapters on reception within antiquity and case studies of more global recent receptions.
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Xenophon: Volume 48

by Carol (Newnham College, Cambridge) Atack

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 Xenophon of Athens wrote on a variety of subjects including history, biography, leadership and philosophical dialogue. This book explores the coherent worldview underlying these apparently disparate works, placing Xenophon's thought in its historical context and making him an important witness to the intellectual life of fourth-century BCE Greece.
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The Stationers' Company And The Printers Of London, 1501-1557 2 Volume Paperback Set

by Peter W. M. Blayney

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 Essential reading for print and book-historians, this study of Tudor Londoners explains for the first time how the Stationers' Company acquired both a charter and a nationwide monopoly of printing. Focusing on the lives and careers of individual book-traders, Blayney also rewrites the early history of book-privileges and press-control in England.
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