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Sappho is a towering figure in Western culture. This volume takes new steps in scholarship by focusing on Sappho's influence on Roman authors, and explores not only a critical... Læs mere
Lucretius' Epicurean poem De Rerum Natura ('On the Nature of Things') made a fundamental and lasting contribution to the language of Latin philosophy. In this book... Læs mere
In the ancient world, letter-writing not only forged connections between individuals, but also helped to... Læs mere
The Cup of Song explores the symbiotic relationship of the symposion and poetry across Greek literary history. Each chapter discusses one aspect of... Læs mere
Demetrius Poliorcetes, also known as 'The Besieger of Cities', is the most fascinating and high profile of the Successors to Alexander the Great. This biography offers the first... Læs mere
Drawing on cognitive approaches to literary studies, this volume pursues a new approach to ancient Greek narrative that... Læs mere
Greek and Roman epic poetry has always provided creative artists with a rich storehouse of themes: this volume is the first... Læs mere
Explores Iron Age art at a Eurasian scale, as well as its long-distance connections.
This illuminating book remains essential to both ancient historians and students of modern strategy.
Human suffering, the fear of death, war, poverty, ecological destruction and social inequality: Thomas Nail shows that Lucretius proposed an ethics of motion as simple and stunning solution to these ethical problems in his first-century BC didactic poem De Rerum Natura.
Nero always attracts attention. This book, based on the most recent research and offering radically new interpretations of his character and reign - of the Fire, Christian... Læs mere
The first systematic collection of fragmentary Latin historians from the period AD 300–620. Translations... Læs mere