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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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Martelli considers how Ovid's tendency to revise his major works transforms the relationship between text, oeuvre and authorial voice, and how this practice relates... Læs mere
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This is the only introductory Latin textbook to feature texts by ancient Romans specifically for Latin... Læs mere
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Epic's foundational role in Greek and Latin literature places the heroic journey at the center of numerous literary and historical contexts. This volume... Læs mere
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Demonstrates the importance of Gellius' Noctes Atticae for the history of reading, thought, and... Læs mere
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A sustained exploration of the wicked charm of Ovid's perennially popular Amores, focusing on the characterization of the poet-lover (cocksure yet hapless) and his desire for... Læs mere
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Argues that invisibility is one of the central motifs of Apuleius' Metamorphoses and presents a new interpretation of the novel as a... Læs mere
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The first available work devoted specifically to the enormous wealth and variety of neo-Latin literature, including major works by Petrarch, More and Milton. It offers... Læs mere
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Vision and Meaning in Ninth-Century Byzantium deals with how such visual communication worked and examines the types of messages that pictures could convey in the aftermath of Iconoclasm.
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Examines a range of ancient biographical texts, exploring how formal narrative categories such as time, space and character... Læs mere
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The social, literary and theatrical issues raised by this play, such as its treatment of women and bold experiments with traditional comic forms, have much to engage contemporary students... Læs mere
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Epic games reflect the realities of epic: heroism, power and war. This first major examination of the games in Statius' Thebaid offers a new reading of the poem as a whole. General consideration is also given to the tradition of games in ancient epic, from Homer to Lucan.