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The first complete study of Roman verse satire to appear since 1976, this book provided a fresh and exciting survey of the field. It studies... Læs mere
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Although traditionally derided by critics, this study argues that Statius' Silvae offer fascinating insights into the history, politics, art and literature of... Læs mere
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Book III of Ovid's Ars Amatoria teaches women how to catch and keep men and is here presented in the first full modern edition. Considerable attention is paid in the... Læs mere
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Tacitus' Histories covers the sequence of civil wars that erupted in AD 68–9 across the Roman Empire after the Emperor Nero committed suicide. This edition includes an... Læs mere
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The historical tragedy Octauia focuses on Nero's divorce from the princess Octavia and subsequent marriage to Poppaea Sabina. This 2003 book includes a full-length... Læs mere
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This book provides a complete English translation - together with introduction and notes - of the Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, the main encyclopedic resource... Læs mere
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Greek athletics flourished more in the Roman Empire than it ever had before. This book offers an exciting cultural history of the athletics of that period,... Læs mere
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Until the Reformation, almost all sermons were written down in Latin. Based on the extant manuscripts, this... Læs mere
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This works represents a new departure in the treatment of Ovid's Heroides, letters by women deserted by men. It portrays the... Læs mere
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This 2007 Companion is both an introduction to, and a series of thought-provoking essays on, one of the greatest of Latin poets, Lucretius. It gives equal space to... Læs mere
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Just as it compels writers today, the question of male and female relations preoccupied Ovid. This work investigates his obsession with the... Læs mere
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Generations of authors, scholars and students have embraced the sophisticated scurrility of Apuleius and Petronius, the elegance of Chariton and... Læs mere