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  • av Denmark) Madsen & Jesper Majbom (University of Southern Denmark
    1 227

  • av Philip D. Hills
    481

    Horace is a poet of surprising contradictions who lived through the most dramatic period of social and political revolution in Rome. From fighting on the losing side in the civil war, he became a confidant of his recent enemies. From humble beginnings as the son of a freedman, he rocketed to the very centre of the Roman establishment.

  • av Marguerite (University of Queensland Johnson
    481

    An account of what remains of the life and works of the Greek poet, Sappho. This book covers Sappho's ancient biography in addition to the post-classical accounts of her life. It discusses Sappho's poetry in a series of thematic chapters that include her religious writings; personal interpretations of mythological themes; and marriage hymns.

  • av Anne Pippin Burnett
    507

    Pindar's odes contain invocations and prayers, but their most characteristic effects are achieved thhrough the depiction of fragments of myth. This work argues that these passages served as a dramatic mechanism by which dancers brought an experience of another world to guests gathered in the banqueting suite of the victor.

  • av Theresa Urbainczyk
    481

    Spartacus has for centuries been revered as an iconic figure, his name a byword for revolution, resistance and freedom. However, there is little known about the man himself. Theresa Urbainczyk sifts the evidence and offers an assessment of the inspiration that remains the legacy of Spartacus to this day.

  • av Amanda Kolson Hurley
    481

    Catullus, who lived from about 84 to 54 BC, was one of ancient Rome's most gifted, versatile and passionate poets.

  • av Dr Genevieve Liveley
    481

    The most prolific of Roman poets, Ovid was born in 43 BC and died in exile on the Black Sea in 17 AD, banished by the Emperor Augustus.

  • av Rhiannon Ash
    477

    Part of a series of books, which introduces major figures of the ancient world to the modern general reader, this book sets Tacitus in context, surveying all his works and clarifying the traditions of ancient writing that informed and shaped his narratives. It also traces how his works have been used and abused in subsequent eras.

  • av Peter Howell
    481

    Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis) was a Spanish writer who lived in Rome in the second half of the first century AD. This book tells what we know about the man's commonsense attitude to life, and his hatred of hypocrisy and malice. It also assesses his debt to literary tradition and the astonishing influence he had on later writers.

  • av Robert (Colgate University Garland
    481

    Few people in history have achieved more yet with such fatal consequences for the cause that they supported than Hannibal. This study explores Hannibal's fascinating but complex personality in the light of his extraordinary military and political career, which made him one of history's greatest survivors.

  • av University Of Liverpool, UK) Hobden & Dr Fiona (Senior Lecturer in Greek Culture
    1 001

  • av Barbara (Emeritus Fellow Levick
    467

  • av James (University of Oxford Morwood
    467

    A lively short biography of one of the best known Roman emperors.

  • av Richard Rawles
    1 077

    Callimachus was one of the most important Greek poets, and can also be one of the most rewarding to read. He was a pivotal figure in the history of ancient literature and an influential presence in later ancient poetry, including Catullus and Vergil. Yet his work is not read and enjoyed as much as it could be. This new volume in the popular Ancients in Action series seeks to bring Callimachus to a wide audience, addressing the problems with currently available scholarship, which assumes a professional level of expertise, including full knowledge of Greek. Rawles presents a much-needed introduction to Callimachus' poetry and is intended for the non-specialist reader and student, assuming no knowledge of Greek. The book is organised in thematic chapters, rich in quotation (in translation), with selective annotations and guidance for further study and reading.

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