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Book VIII is one of the most attractive and important books of Virgil's Aeneid. It includes the visit of Aaneas to the site of the future Rome, the story of Hercules and Cacus, the episode between Venus and Vulcan and the description of the great symbolic shield of Aeneas.
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This fascinating 1998 book examines how the poets of classical Rome found artistic inspiration in the words and themes of their poetic predecessors. It combines traditional classical approaches with modern literary-theoretical devices.
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The first commentary in English on the Agricola for almost half a century. Particular attention is paid to the understanding of Tacitus' Latin, but a whole range of generic, historical,... Læs mere
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In this Companion to one of the greatest writers of classical antiquity - and arguably the single most influential ancient poet for post-classical literature and culture... Læs mere
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An edition of Tacitus' work on oratory, with a substantial introduction and commentary. The commentary is designed to elucidate problems of language and reference in the text and to put the reader in the picture as regards late first-century AD society and literature.
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The 78 letters in this Anthology are selected both for their intrinsic interest, and to illustrate the range of functions letters performed in the... Læs mere
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Joseph Solodow tells the story of how Latin developed into modern French, Spanish, and Italian, and also deeply affected English.... Læs mere
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This volume considers representations of space and movement in sources ranging from Roman comedy to late antique verse to explore how poetry in the Roman world is fundamentally shaped by its relationship to travel within and the geography of Rome’s far-reaching empire.
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Virgil's Georgics is considered one of the greatest poems in western literature. It purports to be a didactic poem on agriculture, but its true subject is man and his place in literature and... Læs mere
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When in 80 BC Sextus Roscius was prosecuted for murdering his father, Cicero took on the defense. His speech, pinning responsibility on the men behind the prosecution, won him a... Læs mere
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Explores the ideological use of Carthage in the most authoritative of the Augustan literary texts, the Aeneid of Virgil. Addressed to... Læs mere
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A representative selection of the poems of the first-century AD epigrammatist Martial is presented in this edition, together with a very full introduction and commentary suitable... Læs mere