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This is a 1999 study of one of the most famous poems of Roman literature. By close reading of selected passages from the Georgics the author seeks to understand the work in terms of the cultural and political upheavals which were afflicting Rome at the time of its composition.
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Statius' Thebaid tells the tale of the curse Oedipus places on his sons and the fratricidal war that results. In this 2007 book,... Læs mere
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A. E. Housman's five-volume critical edition of Marcus Manilius's Astronomicon has long been regarded as the definitive work on the subject. This volume contains the... Læs mere
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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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This is a masterly and comprehensive survey of classical literature from about AD 250 to 450. It is mostly concerned with pagan literature, but takes into account Christian texts written in classical forms and directed at classically educated readers.
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This volume covers the first and second centuries AD, the 'Silver' Age of Latin literature. It offers... Læs mere
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This volume covers the first three-quarters of the first century BC; an age which had enduring... Læs mere
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The chapters in this volume describe and analyse the process of creative adaptation which shaped the beginnings of Latin literature and laid the foundations for its future development as one of the great literatures of the world.
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This accessible volume comprises an edition with introduction and commentary of the first book of Epistles of the Roman poet Horace.
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This is the first of Professor Brink's three-volume commentary on Horace's literary epistles, originally published in 1963. The volumes' chief focus... Læs mere
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A literary and historical interpretation of the literary career of the Roman historian Tacitus. It looks at how his writings Agricola, Histories, and Annals project an image of their author, and how they argue for the political importance of writing history.