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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
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This book argues that the animal choruses in Greek comedy of the late fifth century may have been conscious revivals of an... Læs mere
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This volume illuminates one underexplored aspect of Plato's Laws: its uniquely rich discussion of cultural matters. This requires the contributions of scholars... Læs mere
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This book emphasises the role of verbal as well as visual allusion in positioning the plays of New Comedy within the context of contemporary polis culture and in... Læs mere
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Longus' Daphnis and Chloe is arguably our finest surviving Greek novel, whose story engages with romantic, pastoral and rhetorical themes. This is the first full commentary to... Læs mere