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The first modern commentary in English on Apollonius' narrative of the Argonauts' return with the Golden Fleece. Completely accessible to advanced undergraduates... Læs mere
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Athenian comedy was written for performance in competitions at religious festivals. This book applies traditional philological techniques to five of... Læs mere
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Examines the relationship of Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica with Herodotus' Histories. Argues that it uses Herodotean historiography as a key intertext... Læs mere
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For over two millennia, the "Cyropaedia", an imaginative biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, was Xenophon's most popular work. This study examines the work, demonstrating its overall coherence and unity and focusing, in particular, on the notoriously difficult ending.
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This text demonstrates how Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War" analyzes both the power and the dramatic weaknesses of... Læs mere
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The Attic orators often filled their speeches with charges of conspiracy involving almost every facet of Athenian life. This work examines the range and nature of the conspiracy charges. It considers their rhetorical, cultural, and psychological significance.
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Combining several critical approaches this study develops a synthetic view of the messenger in Greek tragedy, showing how this role illuminates... Læs mere
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A study traces the tendentiousness of Greek representations by introducing comparative Egyptian material, thus interrogating the Greek texts and authors from a cross-cultural perspective.
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Explores the emergence of Greek tragedy on the American stage from the nineteenth century to the present. This book shows how plays like Oedipus Rex and... Læs mere
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This volume reflects on the late-1990s fascination with Sappho's "afterlife". The essays examine the changing interpretations of scholars and writers who have read the fragmentary remains of Sappho's poetry.
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This volume considers Sappho's poetry as a powerful, influential voice in the western cultural tradition. Contributors focus on literary history, mythic traditions, cultural studies, performance studies, recent work in feminist theory, and more.