This literary study of a Greek tragedy combines scene-by-scene literary analysis with an account of the play’s historical, intellectual, social, and mythical background. It traces adaptations of the play from…

In a fresh interpretation of Lucretius’s On the Nature of Things, Charles Segal reveals this great poetical account of Epicurean philosophy as an important and profound document for the history…

In a series of interconnected essays, Charles Segal studies five of Sophocles’ seven extant plays: Ajax, Oedipus Tyrannus, Philoctetes, Antigone, and the often neglected Trachinian Women.

This volume celebrates 100 years of Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. It contains essays by Harvard faculty, emeriti, currently enrolled graduate students and most recent Ph.D.s. It displays the range…

For readers, actors, students, teachers, and theatrical directors, this new translation of one of the greatest plays in the history of the western world provides the best combination of contemporary…

What is Religion? consists of fourteen essays written by a selection of scholars who represent a wide spectrum of approaches to the academic study of religion.