This volume explores the theme of marginality in the literature and history of the Neronian and Flavian periods. As a co......more

A worldwide exploration of the history, purpose, and inescapable influence of the Iliad and the Odyssey that will inspir......more

Nicolson crafts a geography of the ancient world and a brilliant exploration of our connections to the past. What is the......more

The Sportsman: On Hunting, a Sportsman’s Manual, Commonly Called Cynegeticus, a classical book, was published more than ......more

The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718), a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been conside......more

The Praise of Folly, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considered important throughou......more

The Preface to Aristotle’s Art of Poetry, a classical book, was published more than a century ago and has been considere......more

A unique and entertaining history of the Roman Empire’s first dynasty 14 CE: The first Roman emperor is dead. A second i......more

This book presents the first English translation to appear for over a hundred years of a key text, Books 36-40 of Cassiu......more

A COLLECTION OF POE’S 50 REMARKABLE POEMS Poems included in this collection: The Raven Annabel Lee Alone The Bells Eulal......more

This volume is an essential tool for anyone studying ancient Greek poetry. It contains numerous exercises in iambic mete......more

This book presents a series of college lectures on the Exodus of the Bacchae of Euripides. The lectures cover a wide ran......more

This book delves into the use of chronograms in the Euripidean dramas, providing insight into the production and recepti......more

This book is a scholarly exploration of the themes of superstition and religion in Sophocles’ play, Elektra. The author ......more

This authoritative text offers readers valuable insights into the study of Greek literature and classical texts. The aut......more

This book provides a collection of scholarly texts and commentaries on Juvenal’s life and works, accompanied by an analy......more

In this book, F. A. Paley debunks various myths surrounding the life and work of Homer and presents a clear and concise ......more

This comprehensive guide to Latin literature provides an outline of the major works with references and commentary. It i......more

This fascinating manuscript offers an in-depth study of the poems of the Appendix Vergiliana, including the beloved More......more

First published in 1829, this academic work offers detailed analyses of several works by the Roman poet Ovid. Binsfeld p......more

This is an insightful examination of the role of the clown in Greek literature after Aristophanes. The author provides a......more

An edition of Homer’s Iliad intended for beginners, with notes and commentary by J.S. Phillpotts. The book includes the ......more

This book provides a thorough introduction and commentary on the works of Publius Valerius Cato, a Roman poet and author......more

Lawrence L. Lynch has authored a gripping book titled "The Last Stroke: A Detective Story". The mystery murder at the co......more

"Since it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson’s lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek literatur......more

Ovid’s Metamorphoses has entranced audiences for two thousand years, from Rome under Augustus to humanities classrooms t......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

"Orestes’ parents are at war. A family drama spanning several decades, a huge, moving, bloody saga, Aeschylus’ greatest ......more

Elegies of Chu (in Chinese, Chuci), one of the two surviving collections of ancient Chinese poetry, is a key source for ......more

The Enuma Elish is widely known as the classic Akkadian creation myth, passed down from the Sumerian, and replete with a......more

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Aristophanes, a native Athenian and the leading exponent of Greek comedy, was born c. 450 BCE. Today forty-three of his ......more

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The Odyssey is vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and t......more

One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped betwee......more

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Ovid’s Metamorphoses is one of the most influential works of Western literature, inspiring artists and writers from Titi......more

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Homer’s mythological tales of war and homecoming, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are considered to be two of the most influe......more

Agamemnon, King of Argos, returns to Greece a victor in the Trojan War. He has brought with him the seer Cassandra as hi......more

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Gregory Mobley plunges beneath the Bible’s surface to reveal its "backstories" -- the tales that constitute the backbone......more

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Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and time......more

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can best re-create the celebrated and timeless......more

Here is a whimsical and captivating collection of odd facts, strange beliefs, outlandish opinions, and other highly amus......more

The Egyptian tales witness to some of the great moments in the history of Egyptian literature and represent the earliest......more

The Greek satirist Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a vehicle for satiric......more

Achilles Tatius’ Leucippe and Clitophon is the most bizarre and risqué of the five "Greek novels" of idealized love betw......more

Alain de Botton’s bestselling The Consolations of Philosophy--later made into a six-part TV series--has helped populariz......more

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Drawing on recent advances in Egyptology, R. B. Parkinson’s new translations bring to life for the modern reader the gol......more

Collected here for the first time in the series are three major plays by Euripides: Bacchae, translated by Reginald Gibb......more

The writings of Greek philosopher ARISTOTLE (384BC-322BC)--student of Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great--are among t......more

The Greek poet Pindar (c. 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games, including the Olympics. He......more

Cicero wrote On Obligations (De Officiis) in late 44 BC after the assassination of Julius Caesar to provide principles o......more

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War and the Iliad is a perfect introduction to the range of Homer s art as well as a provocative and rewarding demonstra......more

My aim is to take familiar things and make Poetry of them, and do it in such a way That it looks as if it was as easy as......more

The World of Odysseus is a concise and penetrating account of the society that gave birth to the Iliad and the Odyssey--......more

In this enchanting retelling of Greek myth, Jean-Pierre Vernant combines his deep knowledge of the subject with an origi......more

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated Greek tra......more

Widely adopted for classroom use, this book offers translations of four major works of ancient Greek literature which tr......more

From Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace) to Zeus (chief god of the Greeks), this authoritative handbook covers all the ma......more