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This book demonstrates that the earliest Greek users of the alphabet conceived of themselves as participants in a performance phenomenon - in the manner of the... Læs mere
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The letters of Seneca are uniquely engaging; they offer an urgent guide to Stoic self-improvement but also cast light on Roman attitudes towards slavery, gladiatorial combat and... Læs mere
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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... Læs mere
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This book presents ten new essays on aspects of the Greek poet Stesichorus, whose works have only recently been rediscovered. It will appeal to everybody interested in Greek poetry and its influence, and in the recovery of long-lost texts.
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Sextus' Against the Physicists offers a detailed discussion of the key concepts and arguments used in ancient physics. This volume is an invaluable companion to... Læs mere
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Sophocles' Antigone comes alive in this new translation that will be useful for both academic study and stage production. Diane Rayor's accurate yet accessible... Læs mere
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This book positions medieval Byzantine rhetorical rhythm at the intersection of prose and poetry and offers an analysis of its role in... Læs mere
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The contact zones between Greece and the Near East represent one of the most exciting and fast-moving areas of ancient-world studies. This new collection of... Læs mere
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We know very little about the authors and cultural context of Greek epic poetry from the Homeric to the Classical period. This book investigates the relative chronology of these texts through linguistic and literary analyses of the internal evidence which they themselves provide.
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This book traces the image of the pregnant male as it evolved in classical Greek literature. Originating as a representation of paternity and, by extension, 'authorship' of creative works, the image later became a way to explore the boundary between the sexes.
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Focusing on key ancient responses to the five-part narrative of human history in Hesiod's Works and Days, this book argues that critical... Læs mere
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A detailed guide to an important book of Ovid's Fasti, in which the poet gives an account of the Roman calendar. The commentary and introduction explore the literary tradition to which... Læs mere