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Vergil
A fresh new translation of Vergil’s Aeneid by a renowned classicist and scholar of Latin literature.
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Many modern critics have treated Seneca as an innovator in historical understandings of 'selfhood' and self-awareness. This volume of essays by internationally well-known scholars promises to reshape our understanding of…
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Shadi Bartsch
This is a book about language, theatricality, and empire–about how the Roman emperor dramatized his rule and how his subordinates in turn staged their response. Informed by theories of dramaturgy…
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The surprising story of how Greek classics are being pressed into use in contemporary China to support the regime’s political agenda
As improbable as it may sound, an illuminating way…
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Using a reader-oriented approach, Shadi Bartsch reconsiders the role of detailed descriptive accounts in the ancient Greek novels of Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius and in so doing offers a new…
People in the ancient world thought of vision as an ethical tool and a tactile sense. Gazing upon someone was treated as a path to philosophical self-knowledge, but the question…
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People in the ancient world thought of vision as both an ethical tool and a tactile sense, akin to touch. The author traces this complex notion of self from Plato’s…
A consideration of the Roman poet, Lucan’s epic, Civil War.
Shadi Bartsch (University of Chicago)
Features poems of a Roman poet and satirist. This book argues that author sets his own bizarre metaphors of food, digestion, and sexuality against more appealing imagery to show that…
Vergil,Virgil
Tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Cathage, descends to the world of the…
‘Erotikon’ brings together leading contemporary intellectuals from a variety of fields for an expansive debate on the full meaning of eros. Restricted neither by historical period nor by genre, these…
Many modern critics have treated Seneca as an innovator in historical understandings of ‘selfhood’ and self-awareness. This volume of essays by internationally well-known scholars promises to reshape our understanding of…
A comprehensive, up-to-date overview of Senecan studies, this Companion thoroughly examines the complete works of the Roman statesman, philosopher and playwright, emphasizing the aspects of his writings that challenge interpretation…
Martial
In his epigrams, Martial (c. 40 c. 103 CE) is a keen, sharp-tongued observer of Roman scenes and events, including the new Colosseum, country life, a debauchee s banquet, and…
The age of Nero has appealed to the popular imagination more than any other period of Roman history. This volume provides a lively and accessible guide to the various representations…
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Volume 2 comprises the following tragedies attributed to Seneca: Oedipus, Hercules Mad, Hercules on Oeta, Thyestes, Agamemnon–the guys.
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Volume 1 contains the following plays attributed to Seneca: Medea, The Phoenician Women, Phaedra, The Trojan Women, Octavia–obviously it has a slightly female spin.
