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Cover of Vincent Tomasso: Nostalgias for Homer in Greek Literature of the Roman Empire

Vincent Tomasso: Nostalgias for Homer in Greek Literature of the Roman Empire

This volume investigates how versions of Trojan War narratives written in Greek in the first through fifth centuries C.E. created nostalgias for audiences. In ancient education, the Iliad and the …

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William M. Barton: The Pervigilium Veneris

This study provides a critical edition of the Pervigilium Veneris with a Latin text, translation and commentary. This late-antique poem, the ”Vigil of Venus”, is of unknown date and authorship. It …

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Robin Headlam Wells: Spenser’s Faerie Queene and the Cult of Elizabeth

First published in 1983, Spenser’s Faerie Queene and the Cult of Elizabeth presents The Faerie Queene as a central document in the cult of Elizabeth. It shows how Spenser combines the resources of …

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Michael Crawford: ROMAN REPUBLIC EPUB TEXT ON_EB

Between the Sack of Rome by the Gauls in 390 BC and the middle of the second century BC, a part-time army of Roman peasants, under the leadership of the ruling oligarchy, conquered first Italy and …

Cover of Daniel (King's College London, UK) Hadas & Dr. Gesine (Senior Lecturer in Latin Language and Literature, University College London, UK) Manuwald: An Anthology of European Neo-Latin Literature

Daniel (King’s College London, UK) Hadas & Dr. Gesine (Senior Lecturer in Latin Language and Literature, University College London, UK) Manuwald: An Anthology of European Neo-Latin Literature

Compiled by a team of international experts, this volume showcases the best of the huge abundance of literature written in Latin in Europe from about 1500 to 1800. A general introduction provides …

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Dr John Jacobs: An Introduction to Silius Italicus and the Punica

In a much-needed comprehensive introduction to Silius Italicus and the Punica, Jacobs offers an invitation to students and scholars alike to read the epic as a thoughtful and considered treatment of …

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Christopher Tanfield: Cicero Philippic II: A Selection

This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Cicero”s Philippic II sections 44–50 (… viri tui similis esses) and 78 ( C. …

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Benedict Gravell & Dr Ellen O’Gorman: Tacitus Histories I: A Selection

This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Histories Book I sections 4 ( finis Neronis …) to 7, 12–14, 17–23 and 26, and the …

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David (Independent Scholar, UK) Stuttard: Looking at Agamemnon

Agamemnon is the first of the three plays within the Oresteia trilogy and is considered to be one of Aeschylus” greatest works. This collection of 12 essays, written by prominent international …

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Professor Katherine Lu Hsu: The Violent Hero

This book uses the mythological hero Heracles as a lens for investigating the nature of heroic violence in Archaic and Classical Greek literature, from Homer through to Aristophanes. Heracles was …