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Serie: Understanding classics
PaperbackEngels9781780765563
17-12-2013
Placing Eusebius in the context of his age the author provides a full account his life, including the period when Eusebius controversially sought to assist the heretic Arius. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781780766379
2-9-2015
Marcus Valerius Martialis is celebrated for his droll, frequently salacious, portrayal of Roman high and low society during first century rule of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781784533304
18-12-2018
PaperbackEngels9781848856684
30-1-2019
PaperbackEngels9781780763187
20-2-2017
PaperbackEngels9781780764023
28-11-2014
In her authoritative survey, Gesine Manuwald evokes the many faces of Cicero, as well as his complexities and seeming contradictions. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781848859302
2-9-2015
Gives new attention to the dramatic political and historical circumstances behind Ovid's poetic output. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781848858633
13-11-2014
Tracing their transmission through the ancient, medieval and modern periods, the author further examines questions of later reception and the use made of Homer in colonialism and imperialism. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781784533618
2-9-2015
Offering nuanced readings of Sappho s poems, written in an archaic Aeolic dialect, DuBois skillfully draws out their sharp images and rhythmic melody. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781780761855
17-12-2013
In this first work on the subject for many years, Richard Stoneman shows that Pindar's works, while at first seeming obscure and fragmentary, reward further study. Meer
GebondenEngels9781780761909
17-12-2013
It examines the literary origins of Latin elegy, highlights the poets' key themes and traces their reception by later writers and readers. Introducing the chief Latin elegists, as well as these poets' main sources of inspiration, the book shows that love elegy is the defining genre of Roman poetry. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781780761916
17-12-2013
This book examines the literary origins of Latin elegy, highlights the poets' key themes and traces their reception by later writers and readers. Introducing the chief Latin elegists, as well as these poets' main sources of inspiration, the book shows that love elegy is the defining genre of Roman poetry. Meer