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As the oldest literary Latin preserved in any quantity, the language of Livius shows many features of linguistic interest and raises intriguing questions of phonolgy, morphology and syntax.
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For most of the modern era, Virgil was the most admired poet in the classical curriculum. This study tells the story of how poets and scholars interpreted Virgil during the period of his greatest influence, from Dante to the Elizabethans.
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Covering the beginnings of critical consciousness in Greece and proceeding to the writings of Aristophanes, Plato, Aristotle, and... Læs mere
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The first detailed single-volume commentary in any language on the final book of Virgil's epic masterpiece, with an introduction discussing larger issues and situating the poem in... Læs mere
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This is a complete critical edition of Cicero's Cato Maior de Senectute (On Old Age) with an introduction and commentary. The text is based on a fresh examination of the... Læs mere
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This is an in-depth treatment of Juvenal's third book of Satires, which gives a welcome overview of the development of Juvenal's satiric output.
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Renowned poet Fleur Adcock provides modern verse translations of the complete work of two of the most exciting poets of the twelfth century, beside the Latin originals,... Læs mere
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De vulgari eloquentia is the only known work of medieval literary theory to have been produced by a practising poet, and the first to assert the superiority of living,... Læs mere
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Reinterpretation of the significance of the figure of St Bernard in Dante's Commedia.
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This pioneering work explores how legal disputes were settled out of court in fourth-century BC Athens and second-century BC Rome.
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This is a book-length study of the poetic style of Aldhelm of Malmesbury, 'the first English man of letters' and one of the earliest Anglo-Saxons whose writings survive. Andy... Læs mere
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This book attempts to provide a more positive assessment of Lucretius' aims and methodology by considering the poet's attitude to myth, and the role which it plays in the De Rerum Natura, against the background of earlier and contemporary views.