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Book II focuses first on life in Roman Britain before moving further afield to Egypt. The Worksheet Masters for Book II features exercises to consolidate... 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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Unlocks the difficulties and complexities of this challenging yet popular text for students and instructors alike, making Tacitus' Latin more accessible than ever. The introduction... 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.
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Similes are a particular feature of epic, and those of Homer and Virgil's Aeneid have received considerable attention. This is the first book to examine the more numerous similes in Ovid's Metamorphoses and the ways in which they touch on the most profound issues of the poem.
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Explores the vital links between social order and cosmology through an examination of the concept of foedus (ritual alliance) in Roman religion and literature. Examines a wide range of texts from Homer to St Augustine.
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This book sets Prudentius' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of late antique... Læs mere
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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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This edition is designed to facilitate reading of Pseudolus, one of Plautus' most innovative and delightful plays and a lens into Roman slave society. It assumes no specialised... Læs mere
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Demonstrates the creative affinities between ancient verbal and modern visual modes of narrative through the example of Ovid's influence on cinema history in both... Læs mere