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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

This book introduces readers who may have no previous knowledge of Menander”s comedies to Epitrepontes (The Arbitration), arguably the most exquisitely crafted of his better-preserved plays. It …

”A tremendous sentimental education of a book … a literary adventure … chosen with a scholarly discernment mixed with a wild-card flair … fascinating and unignorable” Kate Kellaway, Observer …

Matthew Wright brings Menander”s Samia to life by explaining how it achieves its comic effects and how it fits within the broader context of fourth-century Greek drama and society. He offers a …