This striking hardback edition presents Homer’s legendary epic, The Odyssey, with striking gold cover embossing and sten......more

Collector’s Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket The Divine Comedy follows Dante on a symbolic journey through the rea......more

Collector’s Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket Step into a world where the grass beneath your feet whispers the secr......more

A rich anthology of pre-Islamic and early Islamic poetry on the beauties and perils of the hunt In the poems of Fate the......more

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From the UK Poet Laureate and bestselling translator of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a complete verse translation of......more

Virgil remains one of the most important poets in the history of literature. This emerges in the rich translation histor......more

William Morris’ The Earthly Paradise is an epic poem that offers readers a rich tapestry of mythological and folkloric t......more

This volume offers a broad introduction to one of the most exciting chapters of Late Antiquity through direct testimony ......more

Леонид Бершидский перевёл Пушкина так, как будто он не национализирован Российской Федерацией, как будто он жив-здоров и......more

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A coy tease, enchantress, adulteress, irresponsible mother, hard-hearted wife--such are the possible images of Penelope ......more

The works of Titus Flavius Josephus ben Matthias on biblical history and the Jewish war were read and studied throughout......more

In this collected volume, members of the Kalīla and Dimna project discuss, from different perspectives, a core aspect of......more

This volume of The Earthly Paradise continues William Morris’ masterful exploration of Northern and Classical mythology,......more

Elisa Gonzalez’s thrilling debut makes one "feel as if poems have never before been written" (Louise Glück). Grand Tour,......more

This epic poetry book is a combo of two the great war epic of Western literature "The Aeneid by Virgil" and "The Iliad b......more

"A bullet / then a siren / then ruins / then a bird song telling the truth"--Dunya Mikhail In her marvelous new poetry c......more

This volume considers representations of space and movement in sources ranging from Roman comedy to late antique verse t......more

A new translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and friendship, bringing Tiruvalluvar’s poetry an......more

Samuel Butler’s translation of The Iliad, first published in 1898, is a prose rendition of this ancient Greek epic. The ......more

A beautiful Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy classic edition, featuring 135 large original illustrations. The Divine ......more

The Metamorphoses, written by the Roman poet Ovid, has fascinated readers ever since it was written in the first century......more

This book, Aruz is a teaching-methodical guide used in the organization of final examinations in the subject of classica......more

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Penned in the early 14th century, this epic poem is an extraordinary journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Dant......more

Delve into the ancient and mystical world of pre-classical Europe with The Hymns of Orpheus. These poetic compositions, ......more

The prose poem is the literary sphinx, the literary chimera, minotaur, gryphon-part one thing, part another and at their......more

The Music of Tragedy offers a new approach to the study of classical Greek theater by examining the use of musical langu......more

Bringing the work of a highly influential medieval French writer to English-speaking audiences for the first time This b......more

A vivid and musical rendering of the poetry of Catullus, whose passionate verses have captivated readers for centuries I......more

Nahj al-Balāghah, the celebrated compendium of orations, letters, and sayings of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 40/661) compiled......more

Hopeful, passionate, and full of sharp discoveries about the dangers of the world, Fire on a Circle is an exploration of......more

The complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the world’s first known author, newly translated from the original Sumeri......more

In his exciting new book of poems and retrospective reflection, West Coast poet and devout philhellene Joe Safdie engage......more

First published in 1988, Priapea is a collection of eighty Latin epigrams, English translated, that make up the corpus P......more

This study uses examinations of Exeter riddles, Old English religious verse and Beowulf to formulate the poetics of spol......more

This is one of the most remarkable translations of an ancient Greek text ever made. Scrupulously faithful to every line ......more

The greatest single narration of what the mythic world of antiquity looked, thought, and felt like at its climax in a st......more

Attend! Here comes Wort, Arthurs and all! As if sprung from a centuries long incantation, Arthur, in ink and blood, achi......more

This volume offers the first comprehensive literary and philological commentary on the Lydia, in any language. At its co......more

Beowulf, composed around 700 A.D., is the first great epic poem in the English language. It tells the timeless story of ......more

The monograph series Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture showcases the plurilingual and multicultural qual......more

How medieval poems sparked discussions on women’s agency, love, marriage, and honor that prefigured modern feminism  Th......more

Leeds Medieval Studies is an international, refereed journal based in the University of Leeds Institute for Medieval Stu......more

Augustan love elegy represents one of the most important and most distinctive Roman contributions to European and world ......more

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY Published here in a stunning edition with images created by Cars......more

RITONA is pleased to announce the publication of And If I Go With Child?: Re-imagining the Mysteries of Tam Lin, by poet......more

The Poetry of Ennodius offers the first translation into English verse of the entire eclectic corpus of sacred and secul......more

Demons are real. Richard knows because he has listened to them his entire life. No longer able to bear their screams ech......more

Odyssey is perhaps the greatest adventure story ever told, but it is more even than that. It is the story of a man’s hom......more

Classical-style poetry in modern China and other Sinitic-speaking localities is attracting greater attention with the re......more

A new English translation of Raghuvaṃśa by the celebrated Sanskrit poet Kalidasa, who inspired such modern writers as Go......more

Leeds Medieval Studies is an international, refereed journal based in the University of Leeds Institute for Medieval Stu......more

The Liber de duobus monachis, a late example of the creative Latin surge of the long twelfth century, has lain undetecte......more

The Liber de duobus monachis, a late example of the creative Latin surge of the long twelfth century, has lain undetecte......more

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A major new interpretation of Vergil’s epic poem as a struggle between two incompatible versions of the Homeric hero Thi......more

Two poetry collections in one convenient paperback! Beginning from the front, Icarus: and other poems features both clas......more

Seven Poems and a Fragment, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human hist......more

"It is a story known around the world. Born of an Arabic tale, it has been interpreted hundreds of times in Persian, Tur......more

A wheel of ravens revelled loudly Over a bitter battle of bold fighters Who lost their lives and lay in mud, A feast of ......more

Virgil’s Eclogues are a fundamental text of Western literature that served as a model for the nascent poetry of the Augu......more

Published in 1789, this collection of poems by William Blake (1757-1827) has the poet’s own etchings as illustrations. I......more

This volume, the 37th year of published proceedings, contains five papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area ......more

This volume, the 37th year of published proceedings, contains five papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area ......more

Didymus of Alexandria (also known as Chalcenterus, ’bronze-guts’, for his outstanding ability to ’digest’ and rework the......more

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD IN POETRY "Only when a man becomes all naked do you know the shades o......more

This collection of essays examines the ways Ovid’s diverse œuvre has been translated, rewritten, adapted, and responded ......more

Ulysses, Dante, and Other Stories presents a unique form of creative scholarship. It employs Dante’s late medieval take ......more

Ulysses, Dante, and Other Stories presents a unique form of creative scholarship. It employs Dante’s late medieval take ......more

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at......more

The Iliad reveals a traditional oral poetic style, but many researchers believe that the poem cannot be treated as solel......more

A poetry collection examining masculinity, aggression, and violence. In his fourth poetry collection, Matthew Minicucci ......more

Here is the great medieval German poem, the Nibelungenlied, derived from ancient Germanic legend, as translated by Alice......more