Literary studies: ancient, classical Books

Book SynopsisAncient epics remain a fount of inspiration for poets, dramatists, and musicians not only because they tell good stories in an aesthetically beautiful way, but also because they speak to contemporary hearts and minds still wrestling with timeless issues of human limitation, passion, violence, and uses and abuses of power.Trade Review"[King] also draws connections between the works so the reader can see the epics in the context of their genre and historical period." (CHOICE, February 2010) “Provides a comprehensive idea [of] ancient epic, showing how this literary genre is not only an invaluable cultural asset in itself, but the bearer of messages and values far remote or dead … .The brilliant and dense general introduction identifies the preliminary concepts necessary to address the overall theme of the book … .Truly admirable consistency [and] effort [for] a topic so broad and multifaceted. The fact that the text is addressed to an audience of non-specialists … does not reduce … the scope and importance: on the contrary. Ancient Epic is the result of a well-calibrated balance between methodological rigor [and] accuracy of content … .This volume, which deserves to be considered among the best introductions to ancient epic appeared in recent years, has all the characteristics to … fascinate a very wide number of readers (not necessarily native English speakers) who want to know epic poetry.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, February 2010) "If you already enjoy the Classical epics, you should read this to challenge your assumptions. If you aren't familiar with Classical epic, you should read this to learn about the topic. Ancient Epic straddles beautifully the need to provide value for people who have already read the epics and the needs of a reader unacquainted with the genre." (N.S. Gill, About.com)Table of ContentsChronologies viii Map x Introduction 1 1 The Epic of Gilgamesh 14 2 The Context of Homeric Epic 33 3 The Iliad 52 4 The Odyssey 81 5 The Argonautika of Apollonios of Rhodes 106 6 The Context of Roman Epic 125 7 The Aeneid of Virgil 143 8 The Metamorphoses of Ovid 172 Appendix: Chart of Olympian Gods and their Akkadian Counterparts 189 Glossary of Greek and Latin terms 192 Index 193

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Book SynopsisPetronius: A Handbook unravels the mysteries of the Satyrica, one of the greatest literary works that antiquity has bequeathed to the modern world. Includes a dozen original essays by a team of leading Petronius and Roman history scholars Features the first multi-dimensional approach to Satyricon studies by exploring the novel''s literary structure, social and historic contexts, and modern reception Supplemented by illustrations, plot outline, glossary, map, bibliography, and suggestions for further reading Trade Review"Each chapter includes useful discussion of further readings." (CHOICE, September 2009)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Contributors x Preface and Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xiv IntroductionJonathan Prag and Ian Repath 1 Map 15 1 Reading the SatyricaNiall W. Slater 16 2 Petronius and Greek LiteratureJ. R. Morgan 32 3 Petronius and the Roman Literary TraditionCostas Panayotakis 48 4 Letting the Page Run OnPoetics, Rhetoric, and Noise in the SatyricaVictoria Rimell 65 5 Sex in the SatyricaOutlaws in LiteraturelandAmy Richlin 82 6 The Satyrica and Neronian CultureCaroline Vout 101 7 Freedmen in the SatyricaJean Andreau 114 8 A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the MarketReading Petronius to Write Economic HistoryKoenraad Verboven 125 9 At Home with the DeadRoman Funeral Traditions and Trimalchio's TombValerie M. Hope 140 10 Freedmen's CribsDomestic Vulgarity on the Bay of NaplesShelley Hales 161 11 Petronius's Satyrica and the Novel in EnglishStephen Harrison 181 12 Fellini-SatyriconPetronius and FilmJoanna Paul 198 Bibliography 218 Index locorum 234 General Index 244

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Book SynopsisThis revised edition of A History of Old English Literature draws extensively on the latest scholarship to have evolved over the last decade. The text incorporates additional material throughout, including two new chapters on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and incidental and marginal texts.Trade Review"A new generation of students and their professors will undoubtedly apprecite the currency of what has proven to be a widely respected, comprehensive historical treatment of Old English literature." (Choice, 1 December 2013)Table of ContentsList of IIIustrations vi Preface to the First Edition (2003) vii Preface to the Second Edition ix Abbreviations x Introduction Anglo-Saxon England and Its Literature: A Social History 1 1 The Chronology and Varieties of Old English Literature 42 2 Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts 58 3 Literature of the Alfredian Period 83 4 Homilies 112 5 Saints’ Legends (Rachel S. Anderson) 133 6 Biblical Literature 157 7 Liturgical and Devotional Texts 177 8 Legal Texts 211 9 Scientific and Scholastic Texts 227 10 Wisdom Literature and Lyric Poetry 241 11 Germanic Legend and Heroic Lay 278 12 Additions, Annotations, and Marginalia 329 Conclusion Making Old English New: Anglo-Saxonism and the Cultural Work of Old English Literature 354 Works Cited 367 Index 481

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Book SynopsisThis newly updated second edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to third century BC.Trade Review“Whether the student has a good grasp of the language, or little (even none), they will find this an invaluable source book and study aid. It will help students of classical literature to understand the context and content of ancient Greek drama more thoroughly and more productively. Although not stated as an aim of the book, it will also help students of related subjects who need some instruction in or background to ancient Greek drama.” (Reference Reviews, 1 October 2014)Table of ContentsPreface to the First Edition xi Preface to the Second Edition xiii List of Figures xv List of Maps and Plans xvi Abbreviations and Signs xvii 1 Aspects of Ancient Greek Drama 1 Drama 1 The Dramatic Festivals 13 The Theatrical Space 24 The Performance 36 Drama, Dionysos and the Polis 51 2 Greek Tragedy 73 On the Nature of Greek Tragedy 79 Aeschylus 93 Sophokles 110 Euripides 133 The Other Tragedians 153 3 The Satyr-Drama 159 Cyclops 170 4 Greek Comedy 173 Origins 173 Old Comedy (486 – ca. 385) 177 The Generations of Old Comedy 197 Aristophanes 210 Greek Comedy and the Phlyax-vases 219 Middle Comedy 221 Menander and New Comedy 226 5 Approaching Greek Drama 237 Formal Criticism 237 Interdisciplinary Approaches 241 Visual Interpretations 247 Reception Studies 252 6 Play Synopses 256 Aeschylus’ Persians 257 Aeschylus’ Seven against Thebes 258 Aeschylus’ Suppliants 259 Aeschylus’ Oresteia 260 Aeschylus’ Agamemnon 261 Aeschylus’ Libation-Bearers (Choephoroe) 262 Aeschylus’ Eumenides (Furies) 263 Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound 264 Sophokles’ Ajax 265 Sophokles’ Antigone 266 Sophokles’ Trachinian Women 267 Sophokles’ Oedipus Tyrannos 268 Sophokles’ Elektra 269 Sophokles’ Philoktetes 270 Sophokles’ Oedipus at Kolonos 271 Euripides’ Alkestis 272 Euripides’ Medea 273 Euripides’ Children of Herakles 274 Euripides’ Hippolytos 275 Euripides’ Andromache 276 Euripides’ Hecuba 277 Euripides’ Suppliant Women 278 Euripides’ Elektra 279 Euripides’ Herakles 280 Euripides’ Trojan Women 281 Euripides’ Iphigeneia among the Taurians 282 Euripides’ Ion 283 Euripides’ Helen 284 Euripides’ Phoenician Women 285 Euripides’ Orestes 286 Euripides’ Iphigeneia at Aulis 287 Euripides’ Bacchae 288 Euripides’ Cyclops 289 [Euripides’] Rhesos 290 Aristophanes’ Acharnians 291 Aristophanes’ Knights 292 Aristophanes’ Wasps 293 Aristophanes’ Peace 294 Aristophanes’ Clouds 295 Aristophanes’ Birds 296 Aristophanes’ Lysistrate 297 Aristophanes’ Women at the Thesmophoria 298 Aristophanes’ Frogs 299 Aristophanes’ Assembly-Women 300 Aristophanes’ Wealth 301 Menander’s The Grouch 302 Menander’s Samian Woman 303 A Note on Meter 304 Glossary of Names and Terms 307 Timeline 311 Further Reading 316 Index 324

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Book Synopsis*A Handbook to Classical Reception in Eastern and Central Europe is the first comprehensive English ]language study of the reception of classical antiquity in Eastern and Central Europe.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations x Notes on Contributors xii Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 Zara Martirosova Torlone, Dana LaCourse Munteanu, and Dorota Dutsch Part I Croatia 13 Neven Jovanovic ́ 1 Classical Reception in Croatia: An Introduction 15 Neven Jovanovic ́ 2 Pula and Split: The Early Modern Tale(s) of Two Ancient Cities 21 Jasenka Gudelj 3 Croatian Neo‐Latin Literature and Its Uses 35 Neven Jovanović 4 The First Dalmatian Humanists and the Classics: A Manuscript Perspective 46 Luka Špoljarić 5 The Swan Song of the Latin Homer 57 Petra Šoštarić Part II Slovenia 67 Marko Marinčič 6 Classical Reception in Slovenia: An Introduction 69 Marko Marinčič 7 Collecting Roman Inscriptions Beyond the Alps: Augustinus Tyfernus 74 Marjeta Šašel Kos 8 Sta. Maria sopra Siwa: Inventing a Slavic Venus 88 Marko Marincǐ č 9 Images from Slovenian Dramatic and Theatrical Interpretations of Ancient Drama 99 Andreja N. Inkret Part III Czech Republic 113 Jan Bažant 10 Classical Reception in the Czech Republic: An Introduction 115 Jan Bažant 11 Classical Antiquity in Czech Literature between the National Revival and the Avant‐Garde 121 Daniela Čadkova 12 The Classical Tradition and Nationalism: The Art and Architecture of Prague, 1860–1900 133 Jan Bažant 13 The Case of the Oresteia: Classical Drama on the Czech Stage, 1889–2012 146 Alena Sarkissian Part IV Poland 159 Dorota Dutsch 14 Classical Reception in Poland: An Introduction 161 Dorota Dutsch 15 From Fictitious Letters to Celestial Revolutions: Copernicus and the Classics 166 Dorota Dutsch and Francois Zdanowicz 16 Respublica and the Language of Freedom: The Polish Experiment 179 Anna Grzesḱ owiak‐Krwawicz 17 Two Essays on Classical Reception in Poland 190 Jerzy Axer 18 Parallels between Greece and Poland in Juliusz Słowacki’s Oeuvre 207 Maria Kalinowska Part V Hungary 223 Farkas Gabor Kiss 19 Classical Reception in Hungary: An Introduction 225 Farkas Gabor Kiss 20 Classical Reception in Sixteenth‐Century Hungarian Drama 233 Agnes Juhasz‐Ormsby 21 Truditur dies die: Reading Horace as a Political Attitude in Nineteenth‐ and Twentieth‐Century Hungary 245 Abel Tamas 22 The Shepherdess and the Myrmillo: The Sculptor Istvan Ferenczy and the Reception of Classical Antiquity in Hungary 260 Nora Veszpremi Part VI Romania 277 Dana LaCourse Munteanu 23 Classical Reception in Romania: An Introduction 279 Radu Ardevan, Florin Berindeanu, and Ioan Piso 24 Loving Vergil, Hating Rome: Coşbuc as Translator and Poet 287 Carmen Fenechiu and Dana LaCourse Munteanu 25 Noica’s Becoming within Being and Meno’s Paradox 300 Octavian Gabor 26 Reception of the Tropaeum Traiani: Former Paths and Future Directions 312 Allison L.C. Emmerson Part VII Bosnia‐Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro 327 Nada Zečević 27 Classical Reception in Bosnia‐Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro: An Introduction 329 Nada Zecě vić and Nenad Ristović 28 Classical Antiquity in the Franciscan Historiography of Bosnia (Eighteenth Century) 336 Nada Zečević 29 Innovative Impact of the Classical Tradition on Early Modern Serbian Literature 347 Nenad Ristovic ́ 30 Classical Heritage in Serbian Lyric Poetry of the Twentieth Century: Jovan Dučić, Miloš Crnjanski, and Ivan V. Lalić 360 Ana Petković 31 The Ancient Sources of Njegoš’s Poetics 373 Darko Todorovic ́ Part VIII Bulgaria 387 Yoana Sirakova 32 Classical Reception in Bulgaria: An Introduction 389 Yoana Sirakova 33 Bulgarian Lands in Antiquity: A Melting Pot of Thracian, Greek, and Roman Culture 396 Mirena Slavova 34 In the Labyrinth of Allusions: Ancient Figures in Bulgarian Prose Fiction 411 Violeta Gerjikova 35 “Bulgarian” Orpheus between the National and the Foreign, between Antiquity and Postmodernism 423 Yoana Sirakova 36 Staging of Ancient Tragedies in Bulgaria and Their Influence on the Process of Translation and Creative Reception 437 Dorothea Tabakova Part IX Russia 449 Judith E. Kalb 37 Classical Reception in Russia: An Introduction 451 Judith E. Kalb 38 “Men in Cases”: The Perception of Classical Schools in Prerevolutionary Russia 457 Grigory Starikovsky 39 Homer in Russia 469 Judith E. Kalb 40 Vergil in Russia: Milestones of Identity 480 Zara Martirosova Torlone 41 Russian Encounters with Classical Antiquities: Archaeology, Museums, and National Identity in the Tsarist Empire 493 Caspar Meyer Part X Armenia and Georgia 507 Zara Martirosova Torlone 42 Armenian Culture and Classical Antiquity 509 Armen Kazaryan and Gohar Muradyan 43 Medieval Greek–Armenian Literary Relations 516 Gohar Muradyan 44 The “Classical” Trend of the Armenian Architectural School of Ani: The Greco‐Roman Model and the Conversion of Medieval Art 528 Armen Kazaryan 45 Classical Reception in Georgia: An Introduction 541 Ketevan Gurchiani 46 Greek Tragedy on the Georgian Stage in the Twentieth Century 548 Ketevan Gurchiani Index 560

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Sophocles presents a comprehensive collection of original essays by leading scholars that address all aspects of the life, works, and critical reception of Sophocles. Initial essays introduce Sophocles extant tragedies, as well as fragments of his lost plays including the Ichneutae.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations x List of Abbreviations xi Notes on Contributors xv Acknowledgments xx 1 Introduction 1Kirk Ormand PART I Text and Author 7 2 The Textual Transmission of Sophocles’ Dramas 9P. J. Finglass 3 Sophocles’ Biography 25Ruth Scodel 4 Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides 38John Davidson Part II The Plays and the Fragments 53 5 Antigone 55André Lardinois 6 Polyphonic Ajax 69Peter Burian 7 Oedipus Tyrannus 84Vayos Liapis 8 Electra 98Francis Dunn 9 The Divided Worlds of Sophocles’ Women of Trachis 111Margaret Rachel Kitzinger 10 The Philoctetes of Sophocles 126Paul Woodruff 11 Last Things: Oedipus at Colonus and the End of Tragedy 141Thomas Van Nortwick 12 Sophocles’ Ichneutae or How to Write a Satyr Play 155Willeon Slenders 13 Sophoclean Fragments 169Carolin Hahnemann Part III Sophoclean Techniques 185 14 Sophocles Didaskalos 187C. W. Marshall 15 Poetic Speakers in Sophocles 204Sarah H. Nooter 16 Sophocles’ Choruses 220Sheila Murnaghan 17 Lament as Speech Act in Sophocles 236Casey Dué Part IV Sophocles and Fifth-Century Political, Religious, and Intellectual Thought 251 18 Sophocles and Class 253Peter W. Rose 19 Sophocles and Contemporary Politics 270Robin Osborne 20 Sophocles and Athenian Law 287Edward M. Harris 21 The Necessity and Limits of Deliberation in Sophocles’ Theban Plays 301Edith Hall 22 Heroic Pharmacology: Sophocles and the Metaphors of Greek Medical Thought 316Robin Mitchell-Boyask 23 Sophocles and Hero Cult 331Bruno Currie Part V Gender and Sexuality 349 24 Cutting to the Bone: Recalcitrant Bodies in Sophocles 351Nancy Worman 25 Staging Mothers in Sophocles’ Electra and Oedipus the King 367Laura McClure 26 Marriage in Sophocles: A Problem for Social History 381Cynthia Patterson 27 Masculinity and Freedom in Sophocles 395Bruce M. King Part VI Historical Interpretations 409 28 Aristotle on Sophocles 411John T. Kirby 29 Sophocles and Homer 424Seth L. Schein 30 Facing Up to Tragedy: Toward an Intellectual History of Sophocles in Europe from Camerarius to Nietzsche 440Michael Lurie 31 Virginia Woolf, Richard Jebb, and Sophocles’ Antigone 462Denise Eileen McCoskey and Mary Jean Corbett 32 Freud and the Drama of Oedipal Truth 477Richard H. Armstrong 33 Sophocles with Lacan 492Mark Buchan Part VII Influence and Imitation 505 34 Oedipus on Oedipus: Sophocles, Seneca, Politics, and Therapy 507Alex Dressler 35 Jean Anouilh’s Antigone 523Jed Deppman 36 Enter Antigone, Let the Agones Begin: Sophocles’ Antigone in Nineteenth-Century Greece 538Gonda Van Steen 37 Tony Harrison’s The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus 557Hallie Rebecca Marshall 38 Black Oedipus 572Emily Wilson Index Locorum 586 Index 590

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Greek Literature presents a comprehensive introduction to the wide range of texts and literary forms produced in the Greek language over the course of a millennium beginning from the 6th century BCE up to the early years of the Byzantine Empire. Features contributions from a wide range of established experts and emerging scholars of Greek literatureOffers comprehensive coverage of the many genres and literary forms produced by the ancient Greeksincluding epic and lyric poetry, oratory, historiography, biography, philosophy, the novel, and technical literatureIncludes readings that address the production and transmission of ancient Greek texts, historic reception, individual authors, and much moreExplores the subject of ancient Greek literature in innovative waysTable of ContentsList of Illustrations x Notes on Contributors xi Abbreviations xv Introduction: A Companion to Greek Literature 1Martin Hose and David Schenker Part I Production and Transmission 7 1 Mechanics and Means of Production in Antiquity 9Lucio Del Corso 2 A Wound, not a World: Textual Survival and Transmission 27Richard H. Armstrong Part II Greek Literature as a Dynamic System 41 3 Orality and Literacy: Ancient Greek Literature as Oral Literature 43Steve Reece 4 Literature in the Archaic Age 58Timothy Power 5 Literature in the Classical Age of Greece 77James McGlew 6 Literature in the Hellenistic World 89Anatole Mori 7 Greek Literature in the Roman World: Introducing Imperial Greek Literature 112Jason König 8 The Encounter with Christianity 126Jan Stenger Part III Genres 139 9 Greek Epic 141Hanna M. Roisman 10 Lyric: Melic, Iambic, Elegiac 155James Bradley Wells 11 The Ethics of Greek Drama 175Richard Rader 12 Epigram and Minor Genres 190Regina Höschele 13 Oratory: Practice and Theory 205Mike Edwards 14 Historiography and Biography 217Antonis Tsakmakis 15 Philosophical Writing: Treatise, Dialogue, Diatribe, Epistle 235Martin Hose 16 The Novel 256Stefan Tilg 17 Technical Literature 266Thorsten Fögen Part IV The Players 281 18 The Creators of Literature 283Mary Lefkowitz 19 Users of Literature 296René Nünlist 20 Sponsors and Enemies of Literature 310David Schenker Part V The Places 323 21 Places of Production 325Martin Hose 22 Places of Presentation 344Manuel Baumbach 23 Topos and Topoi 353Suzanne Saïd Part VI Literature and Knowledge 371 24 Literature and Truth 373Martin Hose 25 Knowledge of Self 386Daniela Dueck 26 Explicit Knowledge 401Markus Asper 27 Implicit Knowledge 415David Konstan 28 Preserved Knowledge: Summaries and Compilations 427Markus Dubischar Part VII Literature and Aesthetics 441 29 The Language of Greek Literature 443Andreas Willi 30 Poetic Devices in Greek Literature: Pleasure and Creative Appropriation 461Nicholas Baechle 31 The Function of Literature 476Victoria Wohl Part VIII The Reception of Greek Literature 489 32 Trends in Greek Literature in the Contemporary Academy 491Emily Wilson 33 The Reception of Ancient Greek Literature and Western Identity 511Edith Hall Index 534

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Euripides is an up-to-date, centralized assessment of Euripides and his work, drawing from the most recently published texts, commentaries, and scholarship, and offering detailed discussions and provocative interpretations of his extant plays and fragments.Trade Review"This Companion highlights the performative and contextual aspects of old plays, making experienced researchers look afresh to them and presenting itself as a great introduction for students and young scholars." Sofia Frade, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Cadmo – Revista de História Antiga, Cadmo 27Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Acknowledgments xiii List of Abbreviations xiv 1 Introduction 1 Laura K. McClure Part I Text, Author, and Tradition 9 2 Text and Transmission 11 Donald J. Mastronarde 3 The Euripidean Biography 27 Ruth Scodel 4 Euripides and the Development of Greek Tragedy 42 John Gibert Part II Early Plays (438–416 BCE) 59 5 Alcestis 61 Eirene Visvardi 6 Medea 80 Laura Swift 7 Children of Heracles 92 Owen E. Goslin 8 Hippolytus 107 Mary Ebbott 9 Andromache 122 Ian C. Storey 10 Hecuba 136 Daniel Turkeltaub 11 Suppliant Women 152 Laura K. McClure 12 Electra 166 Hanna M. Roisman 13 Heracles: The Perfect Piece 182 C.W. Marshall Part III Later Plays (After 416 BCE) 197 14 Trojan Women 199 Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz 15 Iphigenia in Tauris 214 Jennifer Clarke Kosak 16 Ion: An Edible Fairy Tale? 228 Emma M. Griffiths 17 Significant Inconsistencies in Euripides’ Helen 243 Deborah Boedeker 18 Phoenician Women 258 Anna A. Lamari 19 Orestes 270 Elton Barker 20 Iphigenia at Aulis 284 Isabelle Torrance 21 Bacchae 298 Laurialan Reitzammer Part IV Satyr, Spurious, and Fragmentary Plays 313 22 Cyclops 315 Patrick O’Sullivan 23 Rhesus 334 Vayos Liapis 24 Fragments and Fragmentary Plays 347 Christopher Collard Part V Form, Structure, and Performance 365 25 Form and Structure 367 Markus Dubischar 26 The Theater of Euripides 390 David Kawalko Roselli 27 The Euripidean Chorus 412 Sheila Murnaghan 28 Euripides and the Sound of Music 428 Armand D’Angour Part VI Topics and Approaches 445 29 Euripides and his Intellectual Context 447 Francis M. Dunn 30 Myth 468 Matthew Wright 31 Euripides and Religion 483 Judith Fletcher 32 Gender 500 Melissa Mueller Part VII Reception 515 33 Euripides, Aristophanes, and the Reception of “Sophistic” Styles 517 Nancy Worman 34 Euripides in the Fourth Century BCE 533 Anne Duncan 35 Euripides and Senecan Drama 546 Christopher Star 36 All Aboard the Bacchae Bus: Reception of Euripides in the Twentieth and Twenty‐first Centuries 565 Barbara Goff Index 583

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Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive and systematic treatment of the life and work of Aristophanes A Companion to Aristophanes provides an invaluable set of foundational resources for undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars alike. More than a basic reference text, this innovative volume situates each of Aristophanes' surviving plays within discussion of key themes relevant to the study of the Aristophanic corpus. Throughout the Companion, an international panel of contributors incorporates material culture and performance context, offers methodological and theoretical insights into the study of Aristophanes, demonstrates the relevance of Aristophanes to modern life, and more. Each chapter focused on a particular play is paired with a theme that is exemplified by that play, such as gender, sexuality, religion, ritual, and satire. With an emphasis on understanding Greek comedy and its ancient Athenian context, the text includes approaches to Aristophanes through criticism, performance, trans

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an engaging, systematic introduction to religion in the Roman empire. Covers both mainstream Graeco-Roman religion and regional religious traditions, from Egypt to Western Europe. Examines the shared assumptions and underlying dynamics that characterized religious life as a whole.Trade Review"This is just what Rives's volume does best: to show us where we stand in a thought-provoking manner that invites further questions about "religion" in the Roman empire." (Phoenix, 2011) "The section openings are often carefully and helpfully linked to preceding arguments, within and across chapters." (Journal of Religion, 2009)“Rives sketches a framework containing four largely separate approaches to the divine world: cult, myth, art, and philosophy. This framework provides a clear structure of the book in relation to both theoretical and methodological perspectives, as well as to the variety of evidence.” (New England Classical Journal, May 2009) “The reader who is new to the study of Roman religion will go away greatly enriched with knowledge of specific examples of ancient religious practice and of the kinds of sources available but also with an understanding of what makes ancient religion so different from many of the religions we are familiar with in the modern world. The reader with an existing expertise in the subject will find thought provoking ideas on some of the key areas of debate and some useful clarifications on the exact nature of the issues that are at stake in them.” (Classical Review, 2007) "…the book is important as an attempt to create a textbook in an area normally…left to an appendix because the problems are all too forbidding…" (Greece and Rome, Vol 55 No. 2 2008) "This is the best available introduction to religion in the Roman world, and will be indispensable for classroom use and in library collections." (Choice — A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007) "A dense and stimulating overview of Roman religion." (Bryn Mawr Reviews) "A concise, readable, stimulating, and adroitly organised introduction to a vast cumbersome topic." (Scholia Reviews)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations. List of Maps. List of Text Boxes. Acknowledgments. Maps. Introduction. 1. Identifying ‘Religion’ in the Graeco-Roman Tradition. 2. Regional Religious Traditions of the Empire. 3. The Presence of the Gods. 4. Religion and Community. 5. Religion and Empire. 6. Religious Options. 7. Roman Religious Policy. Epilogue: Religious Change in the Roman Empire. Glossary of Major Deities. Glossary of Authors and Texts. References. Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an engaging, systematic introduction to religion in the Roman empire. Covers both mainstream Graeco-Roman religion and regional religious traditions, from Egypt to Western Europe. Examines the shared assumptions and underlying dynamics that characterized religious life as a whole.Trade Review"This is just what Rives's volume does best: to show us where we stand in a thought-provoking manner that invites further questions about "religion" in the Roman empire." (Phoenix, 2011) "The section openings are often carefully and helpfully linked to preceding arguments, within and across chapters." (Journal of Religion, 2009)"…the book is important as an attempt to create a textbook in an area normally…left to an appendix because the problems are all too forbidding…" (Greece and Rome, Vol 55 No. 2 2008) "This is the best available introduction to religion in the Roman world, and will be indispensable for classroom use and in library collections." (Choice — A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007) "A dense and stimulating overview of Roman religion." (Bryn Mawr Reviews) "A concise, readable, stimulating, and adroitly organised introduction to a vast cumbersome topic." (Scholia Reviews)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations. List of Maps. List of Text Boxes. Acknowledgments. Maps. Introduction. 1. Identifying ‘Religion’ in the Graeco-Roman Tradition. 2. Regional Religious Traditions of the Empire. 3. The Presence of the Gods. 4. Religion and Community. 5. Religion and Empire. 6. Religious Options. 7. Roman Religious Policy. Epilogue: Religious Change in the Roman Empire. Glossary of Major Deities. Glossary of Authors and Texts. References. Index

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods and sources employed in doing ancient history, as opposed to reading it.Trade Review"Detailed but lively, this book offers an introduction to the sources of evidence about ancient history. Hedrick has a keen sense of irony for the varying ways in which ancient and modern people read the same documents and he is an ideal guide to help us bridge the gap." Barry Strauss, Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Monuments and Documents. 2. Geography. 3. Chronology. 4. Literary Texts. 5. Records. 6. Public Writing. 7. Coins. 8. Material Culture. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods and sources employed in doing ancient history, as opposed to reading it.Trade Review"Detailed but lively, this book offers an introduction to the sources of evidence about ancient history. Hedrick has a keen sense of irony for the varying ways in which ancient and modern people read the same documents and he is an ideal guide to help us bridge the gap." Barry Strauss, Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Monuments and Documents. 2. Geography. 3. Chronology. 4. Literary Texts. 5. Records. 6. Public Writing. 7. Coins. 8. Material Culture. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis anthology presents a selection of works that illustrates the traffic between British poetry and classical literature. Gives readers the classical background they need in order to really appreciate British poetry. Divided into two halves the first half presenting a selection of the best British poems, and the second presenting relevant classical works in translation. Notes and introductions highlight the connections between British works and their classical forebears. Trade Review"Anyone seeking a single volume reader on the connections between English and classical literature need look no further. The editors have made a varied and representative choice of texts, which will provide students with a gateway to a tradition of extraordinary richness and fascination." Charles Martindale, University of Bristol "An unusual and imaginative anthology. This refreshingly conceived volume makes vivid to English readers an important selection of both English and classical poets, and shows the deep relationships between them in a manner that bypasses the academic perspectives of 'influence studies.'" Claude Rawson, Yale University “No matter where the reader chances to open the Anthology, he or she will be assisted in understanding and appreciating both the modern selections in the first half of the book and their classical sources in the second.” Bryn Mawr Classical Review “Laudable and respresentative anthology which does an effective job of showing … how English poetry is indebted to classical models … .New and interesting material.” Notes and QueriesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. A Note on the Texts. English Writers. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400). from The Wife of Bath’s Prologue lines 627-822. Edmund Spenser (1552-99). from The Faerie Queene. Book 2, Canto 12. Sir Walter Ralegh (1554-1618). The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd. Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586). Astrophil and Stella 1-3, 47, 83. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593). The Passionate Shepherd to His Love. William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Sonnets 55, 60, 74, 77. Thomas Campion (1567-1620). My Sweetest Lesbia. Ben Jonson (1572-1637). To Penshurst. Inviting a Friend to Supper. John Donne (1572-1631). The Sun Rising. Elegy 19: To His Mistress Going to Bed. Robert Herrick (1591-1674). To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time. To His Muse. John Milton (1608-1674). Lycidas. from Paradise Lost. Book 1, lines 1-74. Book 4, lines 411-91. Richard Lovelace (1618-58). Love Made in the First Age: To Chloris. Andrew Marvell (1621-1678). An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland. To His Coy Mistress. John Dryden (1631-1700). To the Memory of Mr. Oldham. Aphra Behn (1640?-1689). The Disappointment. The Golden Age. John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester (1647-1680). The Imperfect Enjoyment. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). A Description of a City Shower. Alexander Pope (1688-1744). from The RAPE of the LOCK. Canto I. Canto IV. James Thomson (1700-1748). Winter: A Poem (1726). Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). The Vanity of Human Wishes. Thomas Gray (1716-1771). An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard. Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat. Mary Leapor (1722-1746). An Essay on Woman. William Cowper (1731-1800). Epitaph on a Hare. William Wordsworth (1770-1850). Laodamia. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). Kubla Khan. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). Adonais. John Keats (1795-1821). Ode on a Grecian Urn. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). The Lotos-Eaters. Robert Browning (1812-1889). Pan and Luna. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888). Dover Beach. Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936). A Shropshire Lad XV. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). A Thought from Propertius. Two Songs from a Play. Wilfred Owen (1893-1918). Dulce et Decorum Est. Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973). The Shield of Achilles. Derek Walcott (1930-). from Omeros. Book 1, Chapter 1. Seamus Heaney (1939- ). Bann Valley Eclogue. Classical Writers. Homer (8th century BCE?). from the Iliad. Book 1, lines 1-305. Book 18, lines 478-608. from the Odyssey. Book 1, lines 1-10. Book 5, lines 148-281. Book 8, lines 266-366. Book 9, lines 16-124. Book 10, lines 198-347. Book 12, lines 142-259. Hesiod (fl. c. 700 BCE). from Theogony. lines 1-80. from Works and Days. lines 53-201. lines 504-35. Sophocles (c. 496-406 BCE). from Antigone. lines 582-602. from Trachiniae lines 112-38. Thucydides (c. 455-400 BCE). from The Peloponnesian War. Book 7, 44. Plato (c. 429-347 BCE). from Symposium. sections 209e-212a. from Ion. sections 533a-535c. Asclepiades (fl. early 3rd c. BCE). from the Greek Anthology. Book 5, 85. Theocritus (fl. early 3rd c. BCE). Idyll 1. Idyll 11. Bion (fl. late 2nd c. BCE?). Lament for Adonis. Meleager (fl. 100 BCE). from the Greek Anthology. Book 7, 207. Moschus, so-called (1st c. BCE?). Lament for Bion. Lucretius (c. 94-55 BCE). from On the Nature of Things. Book 2, lines 646-60. Book 3, lines 1-30. Book 3, lines 894-911. Catullus (c. 84-54 BCE). Carmen 2. Carmen 3. Carmen 5. Carmen 8. Carmen 13. Carmen 101. Virgil (70-19 BCE). Eclogue 2. Eclogue 4. Eclogue 5. Eclogue 10. from the Georgics. Book 1, lines 299-423. Book 2, lines 458-542. Book 3, lines 384-93. from the Aeneid. Book 1, lines 1-215. Book 2, lines 1-56. Book 4, lines 1-30. Book 5, lines 315-39. Book 6, lines 268-316. Book 6, lines 679-751. Book 6, lines 854-92. Book 11, lines 759-831. Horace (65-8 BCE). from the Satires. Book 2, 6. Epode 2. from the Odes. Book 1, 11. Book 1, 37. Book 2, 18. Book 3, 2. Book 3, 30. Book 4, 7. Book 4, 10. from the Epistles. Book 1, 5. Tibullus (c. 50-19 BCE). from the Elegies. Book 2, 3. Propertius (c. 50-16 BCE). from the Elegies. Book 2, 2. Book 2, 15. Ovid (43 BCE- 17 CE). from the Amores. Book 1, 1. Book 1, 2. Book 1, 3. Book 1, 5. Book 1, 13. Book 2, 6. Book 3, 7. Heroides 13. from the Art of Love. Book 1, lines 269-344. Metamorphoses. Book 1, lines 89-112. Book 1, lines 253-312. Book 1, lines 452-567. Book 2, lines 760-832. Book 3, lines 316-510. Book 15, lines 143-258. Book 15, lines 871-79. Pliny the Elder (c. 23-79 CE). from the Natural History. Book 16, 88. Lucan (39-65 CE). from the Civil War. Book 1, lines 114-57. Book 1, lines 223-43. Martial (c. 40-104 CE). from the Epigrams. Book 1, 3. Book 3, 58. Book 5, 78. Book 10, 48. Book 11, 52. Juvenal (fl. early 2nd c. CE). from Satire 6. lines 1-54. lines 434-507. Satire 10. Cross-reference Tables. I. English-Classical. II. Classical-English. List of Authors. I. English. II. Classical. III. Translators. List of Titles. I. English. II. Classical. Index to the Notes

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Book SynopsisThis anthology presents a selection of works that illustrates the traffic between British poetry and classical literature. Gives readers the classical background they need in order to really appreciate British poetry. Divided into two halves the first half presenting a selection of the best British poems, and the second presenting relevant classical works in translation. Notes and introductions highlight the connections between British works and their classical forebears. Trade Review"Anyone seeking a single volume reader on the connections between English and classical literature need look no further. The editors have made a varied and representative choice of texts, which will provide students with a gateway to a tradition of extraordinary richness and fascination." Charles Martindale, University of Bristol "An unusual and imaginative anthology. This refreshingly conceived volume makes vivid to English readers an important selection of both English and classical poets, and shows the deep relationships between them in a manner that bypasses the academic perspectives of 'influence studies.'" Claude Rawson, Yale University “No matter where the reader chances to open the Anthology, he or she will be assisted in understanding and appreciating both the modern selections in the first half of the book and their classical sources in the second.” Bryn Mawr Classical Review “Laudable and respresentative anthology which does an effective job of showing … how English poetry is indebted to classical models … .New and interesting material.” Notes and QueriesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. A Note on the Texts. English Writers. Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400). from The Wife of Bath’s Prologue lines 627-822. Edmund Spenser (1552-99). from The Faerie Queene. Book 2, Canto 12. Sir Walter Ralegh (1554-1618). The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd. Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586). Astrophil and Stella 1-3, 47, 83. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593). The Passionate Shepherd to His Love. William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Sonnets 55, 60, 74, 77. Thomas Campion (1567-1620). My Sweetest Lesbia. Ben Jonson (1572-1637). To Penshurst. Inviting a Friend to Supper. John Donne (1572-1631). The Sun Rising. Elegy 19: To His Mistress Going to Bed. Robert Herrick (1591-1674). To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time. To His Muse. John Milton (1608-1674). Lycidas. from Paradise Lost. Book 1, lines 1-74. Book 4, lines 411-91. Richard Lovelace (1618-58). Love Made in the First Age: To Chloris. Andrew Marvell (1621-1678). An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland. To His Coy Mistress. John Dryden (1631-1700). To the Memory of Mr. Oldham. Aphra Behn (1640?-1689). The Disappointment. The Golden Age. John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester (1647-1680). The Imperfect Enjoyment. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). A Description of a City Shower. Alexander Pope (1688-1744). from The RAPE of the LOCK. Canto I. Canto IV. James Thomson (1700-1748). Winter: A Poem (1726). Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). The Vanity of Human Wishes. Thomas Gray (1716-1771). An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard. Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat. Mary Leapor (1722-1746). An Essay on Woman. William Cowper (1731-1800). Epitaph on a Hare. William Wordsworth (1770-1850). Laodamia. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). Kubla Khan. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). Adonais. John Keats (1795-1821). Ode on a Grecian Urn. Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). The Lotos-Eaters. Robert Browning (1812-1889). Pan and Luna. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888). Dover Beach. Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936). A Shropshire Lad XV. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). A Thought from Propertius. Two Songs from a Play. Wilfred Owen (1893-1918). Dulce et Decorum Est. Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973). The Shield of Achilles. Derek Walcott (1930-). from Omeros. Book 1, Chapter 1. Seamus Heaney (1939- ). Bann Valley Eclogue. Classical Writers. Homer (8th century BCE?). from the Iliad. Book 1, lines 1-305. Book 18, lines 478-608. from the Odyssey. Book 1, lines 1-10. Book 5, lines 148-281. Book 8, lines 266-366. Book 9, lines 16-124. Book 10, lines 198-347. Book 12, lines 142-259. Hesiod (fl. c. 700 BCE). from Theogony. lines 1-80. from Works and Days. lines 53-201. lines 504-35. Sophocles (c. 496-406 BCE). from Antigone. lines 582-602. from Trachiniae lines 112-38. Thucydides (c. 455-400 BCE). from The Peloponnesian War. Book 7, 44. Plato (c. 429-347 BCE). from Symposium. sections 209e-212a. from Ion. sections 533a-535c. Asclepiades (fl. early 3rd c. BCE). from the Greek Anthology. Book 5, 85. Theocritus (fl. early 3rd c. BCE). Idyll 1. Idyll 11. Bion (fl. late 2nd c. BCE?). Lament for Adonis. Meleager (fl. 100 BCE). from the Greek Anthology. Book 7, 207. Moschus, so-called (1st c. BCE?). Lament for Bion. Lucretius (c. 94-55 BCE). from On the Nature of Things. Book 2, lines 646-60. Book 3, lines 1-30. Book 3, lines 894-911. Catullus (c. 84-54 BCE). Carmen 2. Carmen 3. Carmen 5. Carmen 8. Carmen 13. Carmen 101. Virgil (70-19 BCE). Eclogue 2. Eclogue 4. Eclogue 5. Eclogue 10. from the Georgics. Book 1, lines 299-423. Book 2, lines 458-542. Book 3, lines 384-93. from the Aeneid. Book 1, lines 1-215. Book 2, lines 1-56. Book 4, lines 1-30. Book 5, lines 315-39. Book 6, lines 268-316. Book 6, lines 679-751. Book 6, lines 854-92. Book 11, lines 759-831. Horace (65-8 BCE). from the Satires. Book 2, 6. Epode 2. from the Odes. Book 1, 11. Book 1, 37. Book 2, 18. Book 3, 2. Book 3, 30. Book 4, 7. Book 4, 10. from the Epistles. Book 1, 5. Tibullus (c. 50-19 BCE). from the Elegies. Book 2, 3. Propertius (c. 50-16 BCE). from the Elegies. Book 2, 2. Book 2, 15. Ovid (43 BCE- 17 CE). from the Amores. Book 1, 1. Book 1, 2. Book 1, 3. Book 1, 5. Book 1, 13. Book 2, 6. Book 3, 7. Heroides 13. from the Art of Love. Book 1, lines 269-344. Metamorphoses. Book 1, lines 89-112. Book 1, lines 253-312. Book 1, lines 452-567. Book 2, lines 760-832. Book 3, lines 316-510. Book 15, lines 143-258. Book 15, lines 871-79. Pliny the Elder (c. 23-79 CE). from the Natural History. Book 16, 88. Lucan (39-65 CE). from the Civil War. Book 1, lines 114-57. Book 1, lines 223-43. Martial (c. 40-104 CE). from the Epigrams. Book 1, 3. Book 3, 58. Book 5, 78. Book 10, 48. Book 11, 52. Juvenal (fl. early 2nd c. CE). from Satire 6. lines 1-54. lines 434-507. Satire 10. Cross-reference Tables. I. English-Classical. II. Classical-English. List of Authors. I. English. II. Classical. III. Translators. List of Titles. I. English. II. Classical. Index to the Notes

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Book SynopsisThis concise companion provides a succinct introduction to Chaucer's major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and to medieval thought more generally. * Opens with a general introductory section discussing London life and politics, books and authority, manuscripts and readers.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Acknowledgements viii Notes on Contributors ix Note on Edition xii Introduction 1 Part I: Chaucer in Context 11 1 Politics and London Life 13Marion Turner 2 Manuscripts and Audience 34Julia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards 3 Books and Authority 51R. F. Yeager Part II: Dream Visions 69 4 Dreaming 71Steven F. Kruger 5 Courtly Writing 90Barry Windeatt Part III: Troilus and Criseyde 111 6 Love in Wartime: Troilus and Criseyde as Trojan History 113Andrew Lynch 7 Love and the Making of the Self: Troilus and Criseyde 134Corinne Saunders 8 Tragedy and Romance in Chaucer’s ‘Litel Bok’ of Troilus and Criseyde 156Norm Klassen Part IV: The Canterbury Tales 177 9 Genre in and of the Canterbury Tales 179Judith Ferster 10 Morality and Immorality 199Richard Firth Green 11 Marriage, Sexuality and the Family 218Neil Cartlidge 12 Christianity and the Church 241John C. Hirsh Part V: The Sound of Chaucer 261 13 Reading Chaucer Aloud 263David Fuller Index 285

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Book SynopsisThis concise companion examines contexts that are essential to understanding and interpreting writing in English produced in the period between approximately 1100 and 1500. The essays in the book explore ways in which Middle English literature is 'different' from the literature of other periods.Trade Review"This new concise companion engages with the difficulties of periodization but nonetheless asserts that there is a scholarly volue to considering 'Middle English Literature' as a discrete body of texts, written between c.1100 and c.1500. And indeed, this wonderfully erudite and readable volume proves this point." (Notes and Queries, 1 June 2011) "All of the essays examine canonical writers and texts but also discuss writers and works that are infrequently taught in traditional undergraduate (or even graduate) survey courses, and this is an encouraging move." (CHOICE, 2009)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii List of Contributors viii Acknowledgements xi Introduction 1Marilyn Corrie Part I Key Contexts 7 1 Signs and Symbols 9Barry Windeatt 2 Religious Belief 32Marilyn Corrie 3 Women and Literature 54Catherine Sanok 4 The Past 77Andrew Galloway Part II The Production of Middle English Literature 97 5 Production and Dissemination 99Alexandra Gillespie 6 The Author 120Jane Griffiths Part III Writing in Middle English; Writing in England 143 7 Language 145Jeremy J. Smith 8 Translation and Adaptation 166Helen Cooper 9 Contemporary Events 188Helen Barr Part IV Middle English Literature in the Post- Medieval World 209 10 Manuscripts and Modern Editions 211Daniel Wakelin 11 The Afterlife of Middle English Literature 232David Matthews Index 253

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Book Synopsis* A revealing look at the Renaissance in Ireland, Wales and Scotland. * Written by leading scholars in the field. * Covers a wide range of topics, such as the printing press and book trade in Reformation Scotland, and the debate between the old and the new in Welsh poetry.Table of ContentsNote from the Series Editor. Preface. Chapters. 1. Richard Stanihurst’s De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis (John Barry). 2. John Owen the Epigrammatist: A Library and Historical Context (Byron Harries). 3. The Poetic Debate of Edmwnd Prys and Wiliam Cynwal (Gruffydd Aled Williams). 4. Classical Voices in Buchanan’s Hexameter Psalm Paraphrases (Roger P.H. Green). 5. A Spirit of Literature - Melville, Baille, Wodrow and a Cast of Thousands: The Clergy in Scotland’s Long Renaissance (Alastair J. Mann). Index.

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Book Synopsis* Introduces Old English texts and considers their relation to Anglo--Saxon culture. * Responds to renewed emphasis on historical and cultural contexts in the field of medieval studies. * Treats virtually the entire range of textual types preserved in Old English.Trade Review“Now the oldest English texts have a literary history for the twenty-first century. One of the chief virtues of A History of Old English Literature is the rich elaboration of contexts, extending from the manuscripts to the literary and intellectual world of Anglo-Saxon England, to the early modern criticism, and to the most recent critical reception.” Professor Daniel Donoghue, HarvardUniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vi Preface vii Introduction Anglo-Saxon England and Its Literature: A Social History 1 1 The Chronology and Varieties of Old English Literature 36 2 Literature of the Alfredian Period 48 3 Homilies 70 4 Saints’ Legends, by Rachel S. Anderson 87 5 Biblical Literature 106 6 Liturgical and Devotional Texts 120 7 Legal, Scientific, and Scholastic Works 148 8 Wisdom Literature and Lyric Poetry 164 9 Germanic Legend and Heroic Lay 193 Conclusion Making Old English New: Anglo-Saxonism and the Cultural Work of Old English Literature 225 Notes 235 Works Cited 269 Index 339

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Book SynopsisRoman Historiography: An Introduction to its Basic Aspects and Development presents a comprehensive introduction to the development of Roman historical writings in both Greek and Latin, from the early annalists to Orosius and Procopius of Byzantium. Provides an accessible survey of every historical writer of significance in the Roman world Traces the growth of Christian historiography under the influence of its pagan adversaries Offers valuable insight into current scholarly trends on Roman historiography Includes a user-friendly bibliography, catalog of authors and editions, and index Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title Trade Review“The book can be used either as a whole or as a reference for individual authors and ages and is well worth owning and studying.” (New England Classical Journal, 1 May 2015) Named CHOICE Outstanding Title for 2012 "Appropriate for advanced undergraduate students, this work provides a foundation for further study of classical historical writing. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)." (Book News, 1 August 2011) Table of ContentsTranslator’s Preface ix Introduction: The Importance of Ancient Historiography and the Purpose of this Book 1 Chapter 1: Ancient Literature and Roman Historiography 9 1.1 Roman Literature and its Relation to Greek Literature 9 1.2 Roman Historiography and the City of Rome 12 1.3 The Claims of Artistry and Truth in Ancient, especially Roman, Historiography 17 1.3.1 Literary Artistry and Moral Preoccupations in Ancient Historiography 18 1.3.2 “History is what Actually Happened” – Ancient Historiography and the Modern Science of History 26 Chapter 2: The Formation and Establishment of Tradition in the Ruling Class of the Early and Middle Roman Republic 33 2.1 Family Histories and Clan Traditions 34 2.2 The Annales Maximi and the Almanacs of Publius Mucius Scaevola 37 Chapter 3: Early Roman Historiography: Self-Justification and Memory in earlier Annalistic Writing 41 3.1 Early Annalistic Writing (I) 43 3.1.1 Quintus Fabius Pictor 43 3.1.2 Later Authors (From Cincius Alimentus to Postumius Albinus) 48 3.2 Early Annalistic Writing (II) 49 3.2.1 Marcus Porcius Cato 51 3.2.2 Other Authors (from Cassius Hemina to Sempronius Asellio) 55 3.3 Early Historical Epic in Rome (Naevius and Ennius) 60 Chapter 4: The Historiography of Rome between the Fronts of the Civil Wars 63 4.1 Later Annalistic Writing: Optimates vs. Populares and Traditional Annalistic Writing vs. Contemporary History 66 4.2 Autobiographies, Memoirs, Hypomnemata, Commentarii, and their Infl uence on the Historiography of Current Events 69 4.2.1 Self-Representations until Cicero 71 4.2.2 Caesar’s Commentarii 72 4.3 The History of Current Events Made to Order and Contemporary Concepts of Historiography (Cicero) 77 4.4 Biography (Cornelius Nepos) 81 4.5 The Experience of the Collapsing and Ruined Republic 84 4.5.1 Gaius Sallustius Crispus 84 4.5.2 Gaius Asinius Pollio 94 4.6 Antiquarian Writings 96 Chapter 5: Augustan Rome, Roman Empire, and other Peoples and Kingdoms 98 5.1 Titus Livius: Roman History from Romulus to Augustus in its Entirety 100 5.2 World History, the History of the World beyond Rome, and Roman History by Non-Romans and New Romans 110 5.2.1 World History and Roman History (from Diodorus to Juba) 111 5.2.2 Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Early Rome and the Greeks 114 5.2.3 Pompeius Trogus: World History round about Rome 116 5.2.4 Universal Chronology (Castor and Dionysius) 119 Chapter 6: Imperial History and the History of Emperors – Imperial History as the History of Emperors 121 6.1 Empire and “Republic”: Senatorial Historiography 127 6.1.1 Gaius (?) Velleius Paterculus 130 6.1.2 Authors of the Julio-Claudian and Flavian Period (from Cremutius Cordus to Pliny the Younger) 133 6.1.3 Publius (?) Cornelius Tacitus 136 6.1.4 Lucius Cl(audius) Cassius Dio Cocceianus 151 6.2 Rome and Foreign Peoples 156 6.2.1 Josephus / Flavius Josephus: Jews and Others 157 6.2.2 Appian of Alexandria: A Retrospective View of the Establishment of Rome’s World Domination 162 6.3 Imperial History as Imperial Biography 165 6.3.1 Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus 166 6.3.2 Marius Maximus and Herodian 170 6.3.3 Historia Augusta / Scriptores Historiae Augustae 171 6.4 Personal History and Biography in the High Empire beyond Roman Emperors 178 6.4.1 Curtius Rufus and Arrian of Nicomedia: Histories of Alexander 178 6.4.2 Plutarch of Chaeronea: Parallel Lives 183 6.5 History in “Pocket-Size” 186 6.5.1 From the Epitome of Livy, the Epitome of Trogus, and Florus to Lucius Ampelius 187 6.5.2 The Historical Epitomes of the Fourth Century A.D. (Aurelius Victor, Eutropius, Festus) 191 6.6 Exempla-Literature and Historical Understanding 197 Chapter 7: Roman History and Universal History between Classical Religion (“Paganism”) and Christianity 199 7.1 Zosimus and his Predecessors: Classically Religious Historiography and Historical Interpretation in a Christian Age 203 7.2 Ammianus Marcellinus: Indifferent to Religion? 207 7.3 Christian Historiography 216 7.3.1 Church History (Eusebius and Rufinus) 219 7.3.2 From Classically Religious Chronography to Christian Universal Chronicle (Eusebius, Jerome, Sulpicius) 223 7.3.3 Orosius: Universal History through the Lens of Theology 229 7.3.4 Procopius of Caesarea: The History of Current Events in Transition from Rome to Byzantium 237 Chapter 8: Some Basic Principles of Ancient Historical Thought 243 Chronological Table 252 Notes 255 Select Bibliography 264 1. General Bibliography 264 1.1 Editions, Translations, and Commentaries for the Historiographical and Biographical Works Treated in this Book 264 1.2 Editions of Historiographical Works and Historical Epics in Greek and Latin that Survive only in Fragments 270 1.3 Histories of Greek and Latin Literature, especially Historiography: Recent Surveys and Collections 271 1.4 Ancient Historiography, especially Roman: its Basic Literary, Social, and Intellectual Contexts 272 2. The Formation and Establishment of Tradition in the Ruling Class of the Early and Middle Roman Republic 275 3. Early Roman Historiography: Self-Justification and Memory in Early Annalistic Writing 276 4. The Historiography of Rome between the Fronts of the Civil Wars 277 5. Augustan Rome, Roman Empire, and other Peoples and Kingdoms 279 6. Imperial History and the History of Emperors – Imperial History as the History of Emperors 280 7. Roman History and Universal History between Classical Religion (“Paganism”) and Christianity 284 Index 287

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Book SynopsisPresents the biography of King Hammurabi, who ruled Babylon from 1792 to 1750 BC. This book describes how Hammurabi dealt with powerful rivals and extended his kingdom. It explores the administration of the kingdom and the legacies of his rule, especially his legal code.Trade Review“Van De Mieroop evokes vividly Hammurabi’s rise from one King among many to Lord of a territory stretching from the Gulf into Syria …. He succeeds in delineating Hammurabi’s remarkable achievements and providing glimpses of his personality.” Amelie Kuhrt, University College London "In an age that featured aggressive militarism and shaky thrones, Hammurabi of Babylon forged clever alliances and practiced patient strategies. In these accessible and well-turned pages, Marc Van De Mieroop explains how Hammurabi created an empire through martial and administrative talents. But he also details another of Hammurabi's major achievements: sponsoring a law code that places him, along with Moses, as one of antiquity's greatest lawgivers. I recommend this book to one and all." Jack M. Sasson, Vanderbilt University "Marc Van De Mieroop brings to history a flair for a story....Mieroop has delivered a readable history of a time strangely familiar as we watch modern Iraqis working towards hopefully, a similarly benign relationship." Insights "This is an excellent book, also easily accessible for the uninitiated. It provides authoritative information on a ruler who was a conqueror, the ancient lawgiver ... One can only look forward to the future volumes in the series on the lives of great men and women of ancient times." Scholia Reviews "Insofar as it is possible to write Hammurabi's story, Van De Mieroop has done so. Based as it is on a thorough knowledge of both long-known and recently published evidence, a solid acquaintance with the most up-to-date scholarship, and a historian's awareness of the varying reliability of the ancient sources, this book is an excellent account of a fascinating ruler, and as near to biography as one is going to get." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. Preface. Map. Chronology. Abbreviations. 1. The Early Years. 2. The Defeat of Elam. 3. The Annexation of Larsa. 4. The Overthrow of Eshnunna. 5. Supremacy in the North. 6. The Sack of Mari. 7. Governing the New State. 8. Hammurabi the Lawgiver. 9. Hammurabi's Character. 10.Hammurabi's Legacy. 11. On Writing's Hammurabi's Biography. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Guide to Further Reading. Index.

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Book Synopsis* The first biography in English of the famous Babylonian lawgiver, King Hammurabi (fl. 1792 to 1750 BC). * Presents a well--rounded view of Hammurabi's accomplishments. * Describes how Hammurabi dealt with powerful rivals and extended his kingdom.Trade Review“Van De Mieroop evokes vividly Hammurabi’s rise from one King among many to Lord of a territory stretching from the Gulf into Syria …. He succeeds in delineating Hammurabi’s remarkable achievements and providing glimpses of his personality.” Amelie Kuhrt, University College London "In an age that featured aggressive militarism and shaky thrones, Hammurabi of Babylon forged clever alliances and practiced patient strategies. In these accessible and well-turned pages, Marc Van De Mieroop explains how Hammurabi created an empire through martial and administrative talents. But he also details another of Hammurabi's major achievements: sponsoring a law code that places him, along with Moses, as one of antiquity's greatest lawgivers. I recommend this book to one and all." Jack M. Sasson, Vanderbilt University "Marc Van De Mieroop brings to history a flair for a story....Mieroop has delivered a readable history of a time strangely familiar as we watch modern Iraqis working towards hopefully, a similarly benign relationship." Insights "This is an excellent book, also easily accessible for the uninitiated. It provides authoritative information on a ruler who was a conqueror, the ancient lawgiver ... One can only look forward to the future volumes in the series on the lives of great men and women of ancient times." Scholia Reviews "Insofar as it is possible to write Hammurabi's story, Van De Mieroop has done so. Based as it is on a thorough knowledge of both long-known and recently published evidence, a solid acquaintance with the most up-to-date scholarship, and a historian's awareness of the varying reliability of the ancient sources, this book is an excellent account of a fascinating ruler, and as near to biography as one is going to get." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. Preface. Map. Chronology. Abbreviations. 1. The Early Years. 2. The Defeat of Elam. 3. The Annexation of Larsa. 4. The Overthrow of Eshnunna. 5. Supremacy in the North. 6. The Sack of Mari. 7. Governing the New State. 8. Hammurabi the Lawgiver. 9. Hammurabi's Character. 10.Hammurabi's Legacy. 11. On Writing's Hammurabi's Biography. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Guide to Further Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisPresents a study of modernity that examines classical influences Incorporates political, economic, social, and psychological theories Highlights writings from a wide range of thinkers, including Adam Smith, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, and Freud.Trade Review"Morley's wide-ranging and ambitious study subjects the mythology of 'modernity' to an incisive critique. This provocative and original book asserts the persistent significance of concepts of antiquity in underpinning the most quintessentially and self-consciously 'modern' disciplines of economics and sociology." Catharine Edwards, Birkbeck College "Morley's study opens a fascinating window onto the history of the shifting ideas of antiquity and the correlative sciences of modernity - onto the ever-changing and still ongoing dilemma of their mutual dependency. Probing the uncertain 'logic of modernity,' Morley obliges us to ask whether, if we have never been modern, was antiquity ever ancient? This is a much-needed reassessment of the classical European traditions of economic, sociological, and political theory." James I. Porter, University of MichiganTable of ContentsPreface. Note on References. 1. Untimely Knowledge. 2. The Great Transformation: ancient and modern economics. 3. Before Alienation: the classical critique of modern society. 4. An Aesthetic Education: the failings of modern culture. 5. History as Nightmare: conceptions of progress and decline. 6. Allusion and Appropriation: the rhetorical uses of antiquity. Bibliography of Sources. Bibliography. Index of Persons. Index of Subjects

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Book SynopsisThis landmark collection presents a wide variety of viewpoints on the value and role of reception theory within the modern discipline of classics. A pioneering collection, looking at the role reception theory plays, or could play, within the modern discipline of classics. Emphasizes theoretical aspects of reception.Trade Review?Classics has a particular stake in critical thought that addresses the problem of our (as classicists and readers) historical alienation from the texts we read.? (Classics Journal Online, September 2009) "In this thought-provoking and pioneering volume, the editors have put together a diverse collection of essays, which amply reflect the range of work currently carried out under the umbrella of classical reception studies. There is refreshingly no 'orthodoxy': instead, we are offered a stimulating series of questions, problems and possible solutions, which will help to provide much needed theoretical rigour to this emergent branch of classical scholarship." Fiona Macintosh, University of Oxford "A first-rate collection, with some of the most exciting and most rigorous of modern studies in classical reception." Mary Beard, University of Cambridge "[A] landmark collection ... The volume as a whole offers readers an enriched theoretical understanding of reception and its uses." Fabula "This body of work is not just a coordinated foray into someone else's territory; students of classical reception are writing a collective autobiography and developing a new charter for our discipline." Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction: Thinking Through Reception 1 Charles Martindale 1 Provocation: The Point of Reception Theory 14 William W. Batstone Part I Reception in Theory 21 2 Literary History as a Provocation to Reception Studies 23 Ralph Hexter 3 Discipline and Receive; or, Making an Example out of Marsyas 32 Timothy Saunders Copyrighted Material 4 Text, Theory, and Reception 44 Kenneth Haynes 5 Surfing the Third Wave? Postfeminism and the Hermeneutics of Reception 55 Genevieve Liveley 6 Allusion as Reception: Virgil, Milton, and the Modern Reader 67 Craig Kallendorf 7 Hector and Andromache: Identification and Appropriation 80 Vanda Zajko 8 Passing on the Panpipes: Genre and Reception 92 Mathilde Skoie 9 True Histories: Lucian, Bakhtin, and the Pragmatics of Reception 104 Tim Whitmarsh 10 The Uses of Reception: Derrida and the Historical Imperative 116 Miriam Leonard 11 The Use and Abuse of Antiquity: The Politics and Morality of Appropriation 127 Katie Fleming Part II Studies in Reception 139 12 The Homeric Moment? Translation, Historicity, and the Meaning of the Classics 141 Alexandra Lianeri 13 Looking for Ligurinus: An Italian Poet in the Nineteenth Century 153 Richard F. Thomas 14 Foucault’s Antiquity 168 James I. Porter 15 Fractured Understandings: Towards a History of Classical Reception among Non-Elite Groups 180 Siobhán McElduff 16 Decolonizing the Postcolonial Colonizers: Helen in Derek Walcott’s Omeros 192 Helen Kaufmann 17 Remodeling Receptions: Greek Drama as Diaspora in Performance 204 Lorna Hardwick 18 Reception, Performance, and the Sacrifice of Iphigenia 216 Pantelis Michelakis 19 Reception and Ancient Art: The Case of the Venus de Milo 227 Elizabeth Prettejohn 20 The Touch of Sappho 250 Simon Goldhill 21 (At) the Visual Point of Reception: Anselm Feuerbach’s Das Gastmahl des Platon; or, Philosophy in Paint 274 John Henderson 22 Afterword: The Uses of “Reception” 288 Duncan F. Kennedy Bibliography 294 Index 325

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Book SynopsisThis landmark collection presents a wide variety of viewpoints on the value and role of reception theory within the modern discipline of classics. A pioneering collection, looking at the role reception theory plays, or could play, within the modern discipline of classics. Emphasizes theoretical aspects of reception.Trade Review?Classics has a particular stake in critical thought that addresses the problem of our (as classicists and readers) historical alienation from the texts we read.? (Classics Journal Online, September 2009) "There is much of great value scattered throughout the volume." (The Classical Review, 2008) "This collection of essays, a volume in the Classical Reception Series edited by Maria Wyke, deserves the close attention of anyone with an interest in reception studies and in particular in reception theory." (Journal of Hellenic Studies, February 2009) "[A] landmark collection ... The volume as a whole offers readers an enriched theoretical understanding of reception and its uses." (Fabula) "This body of work is not just a coordinated foray into someone else's territory; students of classical reception are writing a collective autobiography and developing a new charter for our discipline." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)Table of ContentsList of Figures. Notes on Contributors. Introduction: Thinking Through Reception (Charles Martindale). 1. Provocation: The Point of Reception Theory (William W. Batstone). Part I. Reception in Theory. 2. Literary History as a Provocation to Reception Studies (Ralph Hexter). 3. Discipline and Receive; or, Making an Example out of Marsyas (Timothy Saunders). 4. Text, Theory, and Reception (Kenneth Haynes). 5. Surfing the Third Wave? Postfeminism and the Hermeneutics of Reception (Genevieve Liveley). 6. Allusion as Reception: Virgil, Milton, and the Modern Reader (Craig Kallendorf). 7. Hector and Andromache: Identification and Appropriation (Vanda Zajko). 8. Passing on the Panpipe: Genre and Reception (Mathilde Skoie). 9. True Histories: Lucien, Bakhtin, and the Pragmatics of Reception (Tim Whitmarsh). 10. The Uses of Reception: Derrida and the Historical Imperative (Miriam Leonard). 11. The Use and Abuse of Antiquity: The Politics and Morality of Appropriation (Katie Fleming). Part II. Studies in Reception. 12. The Homeric Moment? Translation, Historicity, and the Meaning of the Classics (Alexandra Lianeri). 13. Looking for Ligurinus: An Italian Poet in the Nineteenth Century (Richard F. Thomas). 14. Foucault’s Antiquity (James I. Porter). 15. Fractured Understandings: Towards a History of Classical Reception Among Non-Elite Groups (Siobhán McElduff). 16. Decolonizing the Postcolonial Colonizers: Helen in Derek Walcott’s Omeros (Helen Kaufmann). 17. Remodeling Receptions: Greek Drama as Diaspora in Performance (Lorna Hardwick). 18. Reception, Performance, and the Sacrifice of Iphigenia (Pantelis Michelakis). 19. Reception and Ancient Art: The Case of the Venus de Milo (Elizabeth Prettejohn). 20. The Touch of Sappho (Simon Goldhill). 21. (At) the Visual Point of Reception: Anselm Feuerbach’s Das Gastmahl des Platon; or, Philosophy in Paint (John Henderson). 22. Afterword: The Uses of "Reception" (Duncan F. Kennedy). Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book systematically to analyze Kirk Douglas' and Stanley Kubrick's depiction of the slave revolt led by Spartacus from different historical, political, and cinematic perspectives. Examines the film's use of ancient sources, the ancient historical contexts, the political significance of the film, the history of its censorship and restoration, and its place in film history. Includes the most important passages from ancient authors' reports of the slave revolt in translation. Trade Review “Both the range of positions and also the excellent bibliographic notes (especially from Winkler and Ward) provide a fine basis for any student to develop their knowledge of the original events, the making of the movie, or the political and cultural context of the time.” (Art & Archaeology, 2010) “Like [Winkler’s] volumes on Gladiator and Troy, [Spartacus] has fascinating information and impassioned arguments.” (Cineaste, Spring 2009) “The 11 essays by eight authors examine in depth the iconic classic from a variety of fascinating historical, political, and cinematic perspectives.” (Choice) "I thought i was becoming a little bored with Spartacus until I read this book ... it made me remember why I found the subject so fascinating in the first place. This volume is invaluable for everyone interested in epic movies, the Roman Republic, the Cold War or the process of the appropriation of rebels." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review) “Winkler’s Spartacus: Film and History breaks new ground … [an] invaluable volume.” (New England Classical Journal) “An outstanding and innovative volume that will be very useful to teachers and students of Classics and Cinema.” (Classical Outlook) "As a study of a particular age and country in cinema history, the book does indeed make a contribution." (Scholia Reviews) Table of ContentsList of Plates. Notes on Contributors. Introduction (Martin M. Winkler, George Mason University). 1. Who Killed the Legend of Spartacus? Production, Censorship, and Reconstruction of Stanley Kubrick’s Epic Film (Duncan L. Cooper, Independent scholar). 2. Dalton Trumbo vs. Stanley Kubrick: The Historical Meaning of Spartacus (Duncan L. Cooper, Independent scholar). 3. Spartacus, Exodus, and Dalton Trumbo: Managing Ideologies of War (Frederick Ahl, Cornell University). 4. Spartacus: History and Histrionics (Allen M. Ward, University of Connecticut). 5. Spartacus, Rebel Against Rome (C. A. Robinson, Jr). 6. Training + Tactics = Roman Battle Success: From Spartacus: The Illustrated Story of the Motion Picture Production. 7. The Character of Marcus Licinius Crassus (W. Jeffrey Tatum, Florida State University). 8. Roman Slavery and the Class Divide: Why Spartacus Lost (Michael Parenti). 9. The Holy Cause of Freedom: American Ideals in Spartacus (Martin M. Winkler, George Mason University). 10. Spartacus and the Stoic Ideal of Death (Francisco Javier Tovar Paz, University of Extremadura). 11. “Culturally Significant and Not Just Simple Entertainment”: History and the Marketing of Spartacus (Martin M. Winkler, George Mason University). The Principal Ancient Sources on Spartacus. 1. Plutarch, Crassus 8–11 and Pompey 21.1–2. 2. Appian, The Civil Wars 1.14.111 and 116–121.1. 3. Sallust, The Histories 3.96 and 98 (M) = 3.64 and 66 (McG). 4. Livy, Periochae 95–97. 5. Velleius Paterculus, Compendium of Roman History 2.30.5–6. 6. Florus, Epitome of Roman History 2.8 (3.20). 7. Frontinus, Strategies 1.5.20–22 and 7.6, 2.4.7 and 5.34. 8. Orosius, History against the Pagans 5.24.1–8 and 18–19. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe first general introduction to Ovid written in English in over 20 years, this book provides a unique and accessible introduction to the complete works of Ovid. Using a thematic approach, Volk lays out what we know about Ovid's life, presents the author's works within their poetic genres, and discusses central Ovidian themes.Trade Review“The past few years have seen several new translations of [Ovid’s] work appear and a few acute scholarly studies, too. Among the more accessible of the latter category is Katharina Volk’s introduction to Ovid…Volk, a professor of classics at Columbia and the new editor of The Transactions of the American Philological Association,is about as high a star in the American academic firmament as one might find. Her tone is devoid of the jargon and pretense by which many an Ovidian monograph is marred. After concise initial chapters on the poet’s work and life, we find sensible discussions on elegy, women, and Rome, as well as a selective survey of Ovid’s subsequent reception in Western art and literature.” (Sewanee Review, 2012) " ...the book is truly first-class. It will, I believe, become invaluable for any course in which Ovid is a central component..." (BMCR, 6 February 2012) "Katharina Volk's Ovid is a wonderfully deft and spirited introduction to the whole of the poet's oeuvre, covering a remarkable amount of ground in just under 150 pages ." (Times Literary Supplement, 16 September 2011) "That quibble aside, this is an admirable book, suitable as both an up-to-date introduction for tyros and as a refreshing overview of matters Ovidian for advanced scholars." (Acta Classica,1 December 2011) Table of ContentsList of Figures viii Preface ix Abbreviations for Ovid’s Works xi Introduction 1 1 Work 6 2 Life 20 3 Elegy 35 4 Myth 50 5 Art 65 6 Women 81 7 Rome 95 8 Reception 110 Further Reading 128 Notes 141 Ovidian Passages Cited 142 Index 145

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Book SynopsisMore than 30 new essays from an international cast of specialists reflect the most recent developments in Ovidian scholarship. Written in an accessible and lively style, the essays represent a wide range of critical methodologies and approaches to Ovid's literary oeuvre.Trade Review“The result is something quite extraordinary, a coherent and engaging treatment of the full corpus of Ovid’s writing in just under 130 pages . . . V. has produced an eminently readable, highly engaging introduction to Ovid, one that speaks to exactly the audience she had envisaged, in a voice both accessible and smart.” (The Classical Review, 1 October 2012) “Aimed at the general reading public and at newcomers to Ovid, her book is also a delight for experienced Ovidian scholars, providing an engaging, attractive, and thoughtful overview of the poet and his works that shows why his oeuvre remains intellectually valuable as well as an enjoyable read. Fluent and accessible, the volume covers a great deal of ground with lightness of foot. Volk takes a thematic approach that cuts across individual works in productive ways, but the simple titles of the chapters – ‘Work’, ‘Life’, ‘Elegy’, ‘Myth’, ‘Art’, ‘Women’, ‘Rome’, ‘Reception’ – do not adequately convey a sense of the treasures that lie within their pages.” (Greece & Rome, 1 October 2012) Table of ContentsList of Figures viii Notes on Contributors ix Preface xiv List of Abbreviations xv Chronological Table xvii Part I Contexts 1 1. A Poet’s Life 3 Peter E. Knox 2. Poetry in Augustan Rome 8 Mario Citroni 3. Rhetoric and Ovid’s Poetry 26 Elaine Fantham 4. Ovid and Religion 45 Julia Dyson Hejduk Part II Texts 59 5. The Amores: Ovid Making Love 61 Joan Booth 6. The Heroides: Female Elegy? 78 Laurel Fulkerson 7. The Ars Amatoria 90 Roy K. Gibson 8. Remedia Amoris 104 Barbara Weiden Boyd 9. Fasti: The Poet, The Prince, and the Plebs 120 Geraldine Herbert-Brown 10. The Metamorphoses: A Poet’s Poem 140 E. J. Kenney 11. The Metamorphoses: Politics and Narrative 154 Gareth D. Williams 12. Tristia 170 Jo-Marie Claassen 13. Ibis 184 Martin Helzle 14. Epistulae ex Ponto 194 Luigi Galasso 15. Lost and Spurious Works 207 Peter E. Knox Part III Intertexts 217 16. Ovid and Hellenistic Poetry 219 Jane L. Lightfoot 17. Ovid and Callimachus: Rewriting the Master 236 Benjamin Acosta-Hughes 18. Ovid’s Catullus and the Neoteric Moment in Roman Poetry 252 David Wray 19. Propertius and Ovid 265 S. J. Heyworth 20. Tibullus and Ovid 279 Robert Maltby 21. Ovid’s Reception of Virgil 294 Richard F. Thomas Part IV Critical and Scholarly Approaches 309 22. Editing Ovid: Immortal Works and Material Texts 311 Mark Possanza 23. Commenting on Ovid 327 Peter E. Knox 24. Ovidian Intertextuality 341 Sergio Casali 25. Sexuality and Gender 355 Alison Keith 26. Ovid’s Generic Transformations 370 Joseph Farrell 27. Theorizing Ovid 381 Efrossini Spentzou Part V Literary Receptions 395 28. Ovidian Strategies in Early Imperial Literature 397 Charles McNelis 29. The Medieval Ovid 411 John M. Fyler 30. Ovid in Renaissance English Literature 423 Heather James 31. Ovid and Shakespeare 442 Gordon Braden 32. Ovid in the Twentieth Century 455 Theodore Ziolkowski 33. Translating Ovid 469 Christopher Martin Bibliography 485 Index 516

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Book SynopsisThis concise book is a complete and contemporary introduction to Homer and his two master-works, the Iliad and the Odyssey. It explains the Homeric Question, illuminating its current status, and critiques the literary qualities of the Iliad and the Odyssey, analyzing and contrasting their plotting, narrative technique, and characterization. Provides historical background and literary readings of The Iliad and The Odyssey New to the second edition: a section on Homer's reception in ancient Greece; a chapter on Homer and archaeology; additional maps; an updated bibliography; a glossary of key terms; and information on the oral composition of the poems Text is updated throughout Assumes no prior knowledge of Greek Trade Review“Remains the substantial and erudite introduction that it was on first printing. Powell writes with confidence, elegance, and a brisk tone, which means that the book, though aimed at an audience of specialists and non-specialists alike, is still a pleasure for the professional Homerist to read. Powell's book does a superb job of covering a wide range of relevant material, while remaining an entertaining and engaging walk through the state of the art of Homeric scholarship at the opening of the twenty-first century.” New England Classical Journal Praise for the first edition: “Powell admirably wrestles an almost impossible amount of material into a coherent presentation for his target audience ... It is well written in a clear and accessible style. Honest in his aims, Powell admirably introduces the genius and challenge of the Homeric works.” Bryn Mawr Classical Review “The book has a refreshingly personal touch ... Powell succeeds very well in making Homer’s poetry and Homeric problems appealing to his intended readers.” Classical Bulletin “Powell offers an impressive introduction to Homer, focusing on the epic texts for which he is known, the Iliad and the Odyssey … Highly recommended.” Library Journal “…this is a useful book as it introduces a wide range of topics with clarity…will certainly inspire readers to pursue the further study of Homer.” Bryn Mawr Classical Review, February 2008Table of ContentsChronological Chart. Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Introduction. Part I: Background:. 1. The Philologist’s Homer. 2. The Historian’s Homer. 3. The Reader’s Homer. Part II. The Poems:. 4. The Iliad. 5. The Odyssey. 6. Conclusion and Summary: Homer's Complementary Poems. Part III: Reception:. 7. Homer and The Philosophers. 8. Homer and The Poets. Notes. Appendix: For Further Reading. Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides students and scholars of classical literature with a practical guide to modern literary theory and criticism. Using a clear and concise approach, it navigates readers through various theoretical approaches, including Russian Formalism, structuralism, deconstruction, gender studies, and New Historicism. Applies theoretical approaches to examples from ancient literature Extensive bibliographies and index make it a valuable resource for scholars in the field Trade Review"A major aspect of this book is Schmitz's refreshing modesty and candour." (Journal of the Classical Association of Canada, Winter 2009) “…a clear and engaging introduction to some of the most important areas of modern literary theorizing. What sets this apart from a simple introduction, however, is the way that the general theoretical position outlined in each chapter is keyed into the context of modern classical studies…a useful book and one that can be strongly recommended to undergraduates and even intrepid sixth-formers…” (Greece and Rome, Vol 55 No. 2 2008) “Brief description of theoretical approaches …[in] frank manner of discourse … Schmitz tries to help students understand the concepts he explains.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review) "As a reference guide, a bibliographical resource and an engaging read, this book should prove an asset to many." (Journal of Classics Teaching) “Schmitz is clearly an intelligent reader and advocate of theory. It is a solid piece of work which will, I hope, serve as a starting point for acquainting many classicists with the questions and challenges theory has to offer. The field as a whole will only benefit from Schmitz's contribution.” (New England Classical Journal)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Acknowledgments for the English Translation x Introduction 1 What Is, and To What End Do We Study, Literary Theory? 1 Literary Theory and Classics 4 Objections Raised against Literary Theory 6 How to Use This Book 11 Introductions to Literary Theory 13 1 Russian Formalism 17 The Question of Literariness 19 Roman Jakobson’s Model of Linguistic Communication 21 Poetic Language as Defamiliarization 23 Further Reading 25 2 Structuralism 26 The Founder of Structuralism: Ferdinand de Saussure 27 Saussure’s Definition of the Linguistic Sign 29 The Meaning of Differences 30 Structuralism and Subject 33 Structural Anthropology 34 Is Structuralist Interpretation Possible? 38 Structuralist Definitions of Literary Genres 40 Further Reading 42 3 Narratology 43 Vladimir Propp’s Analysis of the Folk Tale 44 Greimas’s Actantial Theory of Narrative 47 Roland Barthes and the Study of Narrative Texts 50 Structuralist Plot-Analysis: Gerard Genette 55 Irene de Jong’s Narratological Analysis of the Homeric Epics 60 Further Reading 62 4 Mikhail Bakhtin 63 Bakhtin’s Life and the Problem of His Writings 64 Dialogism and the Novel 66 The Carnivalization of Literature 69 Menippean Satire and Ancient Carnivalesque Literature 71 Further Reading 76 5 Intertextuality 77 Leading the Way: Julia Kristeva 77 Further Developments of Intertextuality 78 Gerard Genette’s Model of Hypertextuality 80 Intertextuality in Virgil 83 Further Reading 85 6 Reader-Response Criticism 86 Empirical Reception Studies 87 Aesthetics of Reception 88 American Reader-Response Criticism 91 Wheeler’s Analysis of Ovid’s Metamorphoses 94 Further Reading 96 7 Orality – Literacy 98 Oral Cultures: The Theses of Goody and Watt 99 What Does “Orality”Mean? 102 Oral Poetry 104 The Homeric Epics as a Test Case 106 Further Reading 111 8 Deconstruction 113 The Foundations: Derrida’s Criticism of Logocentrism 114 Deconstruction in America 120 Objections to Deconstruction 122 The Role of the Author 124 Stanley Fish’s Model of “Interpretive Communities” 127 The Responsibility of the Interpreter 130 Deconstruction’s Merits and Demerits 136 Deconstruction in Antiquity? Socrates und Protagoras 137 Further Reading 139 9 Michel Foucault and Discourse Analysis 140 The Power of Discourse 141 Objections to Foucault’s Analysis of Discourse 145 Foucault and Antiquity 149 The Debate about Foucault’s Interpretation of Ancient Sexuality 153 Further Reading 157 10 New Historicism 159 New Historicism and Deconstruction 160 New Historicism and Michel Foucault 165 Objections to New Historicism 167 New Historicism and Antiquity 172 Further Reading 174 11 Feminist Approaches/Gender Studies 176 The Feminist Movement and Definitions of “Woman” 176 Feminism in Literary Criticism 178 French Feminism 180 Pragmatic Feminism in Literary Criticism 182 From Images of Women to Gender Studies 187 Queer Theory 189 Gender Studies and Attic Drama 191 Further Reading 193 12 Psychoanalytic Approaches 195 Interpreting Dreams, Interpreting Literature 197 Three Attempts at Psychoanalytic Interpretation 200 Language and the Unconscious: Jacques Lacan 202 Further Reading 204 Conclusions? 205 Whither Now? 207 Additional Notes 209 References and Bibliography 215 Index 233

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Book SynopsisThis book provides students and scholars of classical literature with a practical guide to modern literary theory and criticism. Using a clear and concise approach, it navigates readers through various theoretical approaches, including Russian Formalism, structuralism, deconstruction, gender studies, and New Historicism. Applies theoretical approaches to examples from ancient literature Extensive bibliographies and index make it a valuable resource for scholars in the field Trade Review"A major aspect of this book is Schmitz's refreshing modesty and candour." (Journal of the Classical Association of Canada, Winter 2009) “…a clear and engaging introduction to some of the most important areas of modern literary theorizing. What sets this apart from a simple introduction, however, is the way that the general theoretical position outlined in each chapter is keyed into the context of modern classical studies…a useful book and one that can be strongly recommended to undergraduates and even intrepid sixth-formers…” (Greece and Rome, Vol 55 No. 2 2008) “Brief description of theoretical approaches …[in] frank manner of discourse … Schmitz tries to help students understand the concepts he explains.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review) "As a reference guide, a bibliographical resource and an engaging read, this book should prove an asset to many." (Journal of Classics Teaching) “Schmitz is clearly an intelligent reader and advocate of theory. It is a solid piece of work which will, I hope, serve as a starting point for acquainting many classicists with the questions and challenges theory has to offer. The field as a whole will only benefit from Schmitz's contribution.” (New England Classical Journal)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Acknowledgments for the English Translation x Introduction 1 What Is, and To What End Do We Study, Literary Theory? 1 Literary Theory and Classics 4 Objections Raised against Literary Theory 6 How to Use This Book 11 Introductions to Literary Theory 13 1 Russian Formalism 17 The Question of Literariness 19 Roman Jakobson’s Model of Linguistic Communication 21 Poetic Language as Defamiliarization 23 Further Reading 25 2 Structuralism 26 The Founder of Structuralism: Ferdinand de Saussure 27 Saussure’s Definition of the Linguistic Sign 29 The Meaning of Differences 30 Structuralism and Subject 33 Structural Anthropology 34 Is Structuralist Interpretation Possible? 38 Structuralist Definitions of Literary Genres 40 Further Reading 42 3 Narratology 43 Vladimir Propp’s Analysis of the Folk Tale 44 Greimas’s Actantial Theory of Narrative 47 Roland Barthes and the Study of Narrative Texts 50 Structuralist Plot-Analysis: Gerard Genette 55 Irene de Jong’s Narratological Analysis of the Homeric Epics 60 Further Reading 62 4 Mikhail Bakhtin 63 Bakhtin’s Life and the Problem of His Writings 64 Dialogism and the Novel 66 The Carnivalization of Literature 69 Menippean Satire and Ancient Carnivalesque Literature 71 Further Reading 76 5 Intertextuality 77 Leading the Way: Julia Kristeva 77 Further Developments of Intertextuality 78 Gerard Genette’s Model of Hypertextuality 80 Intertextuality in Virgil 83 Further Reading 85 6 Reader-Response Criticism 86 Empirical Reception Studies 87 Aesthetics of Reception 88 American Reader-Response Criticism 91 Wheeler’s Analysis of Ovid’s Metamorphoses 94 Further Reading 96 7 Orality – Literacy 98 Oral Cultures: The Theses of Goody and Watt 99 What Does “Orality”Mean? 102 Oral Poetry 104 The Homeric Epics as a Test Case 106 Further Reading 111 8 Deconstruction 113 The Foundations: Derrida’s Criticism of Logocentrism 114 Deconstruction in America 120 Objections to Deconstruction 122 The Role of the Author 124 Stanley Fish’s Model of “Interpretive Communities” 127 The Responsibility of the Interpreter 130 Deconstruction’s Merits and Demerits 136 Deconstruction in Antiquity? Socrates und Protagoras 137 Further Reading 139 9 Michel Foucault and Discourse Analysis 140 The Power of Discourse 141 Objections to Foucault’s Analysis of Discourse 145 Foucault and Antiquity 149 The Debate about Foucault’s Interpretation of Ancient Sexuality 153 Further Reading 157 10 New Historicism 159 New Historicism and Deconstruction 160 New Historicism and Michel Foucault 165 Objections to New Historicism 167 New Historicism and Antiquity 172 Further Reading 174 11 Feminist Approaches/Gender Studies 176 The Feminist Movement and Definitions of “Woman” 176 Feminism in Literary Criticism 178 French Feminism 180 Pragmatic Feminism in Literary Criticism 182 From Images of Women to Gender Studies 187 Queer Theory 189 Gender Studies and Attic Drama 191 Further Reading 193 12 Psychoanalytic Approaches 195 Interpreting Dreams, Interpreting Literature 197 Three Attempts at Psychoanalytic Interpretation 200 Language and the Unconscious: Jacques Lacan 202 Further Reading 204 Conclusions? 205 Whither Now? 207 Additional Notes 209 References and Bibliography 215 Index 233

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Book SynopsisAn anthology of primary texts in translation, An Introduction to Classical Rhetoric offers an overview of the social, cultural, and intellectual factors that influenced the development and growth of rhetoric during the classical period. Uses primary source material to analyze rhetoric from the Sophists through St. Augustine Provides an in-depth introduction to the period, as well as introductions to each author and each selection Includes study guides to help students develop multiple perspectives on the material, stimulate critical thinking, and provide starting points for dialogue Highlights include Gorgias''s Palamedes, Antiphon''s Truth, Isocrates'' Helen, and Plato''s Protagoras Each selection is followed by suggested writing topics and a short list of suggested additional readings. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xii Introduction 1 Part I: Classical Greek Rhetoric 7 1 Introduction to Greek Rhetoric 9 2 Female Voices 37 3 The Sophists 51 4 Plato on Philosophy and Rhetoric 108 5 Aristotle and the Systemization of Rhetoric 222 Part II: Classical Roman Rhetoric 271 6 Introduction to Roman Rhetoric and Oratory 273 7 Cicero and the Latinization of Greek Rhetoric 316 8 Horace and the Revival of Poetry 376 9 Quintilian the Educator 392 10 The End of the Classical Period: Libanius and Augustine 416 References 527 Sources 536 Index 539 Plates appear between pp. 276 and 277

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Book SynopsisAncient epics remain a fount of inspiration for poets, dramatists, and musicians not only because they tell good stories in an aesthetically beautiful way, but also because they speak to contemporary hearts and minds still wrestling with timeless issues of human limitation, passion, violence, and uses and abuses of power.Trade Review"[King] also draws connections between the works so the reader can see the epics in the context of their genre and historical period." (CHOICE, February 2010) “Provides a comprehensive idea [of] ancient epic, showing how this literary genre is not only an invaluable cultural asset in itself, but the bearer of messages and values far remote or dead … .The brilliant and dense general introduction identifies the preliminary concepts necessary to address the overall theme of the book … .Truly admirable consistency [and] effort [for] a topic so broad and multifaceted. The fact that the text is addressed to an audience of non-specialists … does not reduce … the scope and importance: on the contrary. Ancient Epic is the result of a well-calibrated balance between methodological rigor [and] accuracy of content … .This volume, which deserves to be considered among the best introductions to ancient epic appeared in recent years, has all the characteristics to … fascinate a very wide number of readers (not necessarily native English speakers) who want to know epic poetry.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, February 2010) "If you already enjoy the Classical epics, you should read this to challenge your assumptions. If you aren't familiar with Classical epic, you should read this to learn about the topic. Ancient Epic straddles beautifully the need to provide value for people who have already read the epics and the needs of a reader unacquainted with the genre." (N.S. Gill, About.com)Table of ContentsChronologies viii Map x Introduction 1 1 The Epic of Gilgamesh 14 2 The Context of Homeric Epic 33 3 The Iliad 52 4 The Odyssey 81 5 The Argonautika of Apollonios of Rhodes 106 6 The Context of Roman Epic 125 7 The Aeneid of Virgil 143 8 The Metamorphoses of Ovid 172 Appendix: Chart of Olympian Gods and their Akkadian Counterparts 189 Glossary of Greek and Latin terms 192 Index 193

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Book SynopsisVirgil offers undergraduates, graduate students and general readers a comprehensive and carefully balanced introduction to the works and literary reception of Virgil. Offering a fresh, comprehensive introduction to Virgil in translation, this book traces the poet's literary influence on later authors and his impact on the arts.Trade Review“The real gem of this book comes in Chapter 6, where Smith offers a wonderfully concise and comprehensible overview of the Vergilian manuscripts with examples of textual problems that he teases out carefully to show why and how editors emend; teachers who wish to introduce textual criticism to advanced Latin students or to explain how Vergil got from ancient Rome to modern readers will find this section a superb resource . . . Chapter 8 closes the volume with ample suggestions for further reading that will be especially useful for those teaching Vergil for the first time, including much readily accessible material that can be used to fill those gaps in Smith’s book that will present difficulties to newcomers to Vergil and Classical literature.” (Classical Journal, 1 December 2012) "Overall this is a highly successful volume ... He is to be commended on producing a sensitive, sensible, and thoroughly useful book that will be of great help to students, teachers, and those who would like to gain insights on Vergilian matters and scholarship." (Vergilius, 2011) "The present book contains eight chapters, one of the most valuable of which is a handsomely illustrated guide to the Virgilian manuscript tradition that constitutes a welcome primer with useful analyses of several textual cruces ... While volumes of this sort have little to offer seasoned scholars, S.'s book will be of interest and use to students of Virgil at all levels. The more experienced, too, will care to see how a gifted Virgilian treats both familiar problems and less travelled Maronian byways." (The Classical Review, 2011) "Smith has written a guide that should become a standard for the next generation of Vergilian readers." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 11 June 2011)Table of ContentsList of Figures viii Preface ix Note on Abbreviations xi 1 Generalizing about Virgil: Dialogue, Wisdom, Mission 1 2 Publius Vergilius Maro: A Preamble 26 3 Eclogue Dialogues 40 4 The Georgics: A Repast of Wisdom 75 5 The Aeneid: Mission and Telos 104 6 Virgilian Manuscripts: Codex to Critical Edition 150 7 The Virgilian Legacy 168 8 Further Reading 188 Index 205

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Book SynopsisIn a series of original essays from leading literary scholars, this Companion offers a chronological sweep of medieval poetry from Old English to the great genres of romance, narrative, and alliterative poetry of the 15 th century.Trade Review“It is impossible within the confines of a review article to do justice to every – or, indeed, to any – chapter in this well-thought-out book. As a ‘companion’, it is to be revisited with enjoyment for its many new insights on familiar and well-loved material and its confident handling of new approaches to the study of medieval English poetry.” (Parergon, 2012) "This is, however, a minor quibble; the essays in this book provide very useful introductions to the subjects they cover, and seem well placed to become standard basic reference works on medieval English poetry". (Medium Aevum, 2011) "This Blackwell Companion to Medieval Poetry is a very fine resource for students and teachers alike. It is particularly commendable for its wide scope, ranging from the earliest Old English texts to the poetry of late-medieval England (post-Chaucerian), as well as for its clear attention both to wider context, and to genre, modes and authors, and occasionally to individual texts, such as Chaucer's love visions, Troilus, or The Canterbury Tales (each of which receives its own chapter)." (Routledge ABES, 2011)Table of ContentsList of Figures x Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgements xvi Introduction 1 Corinne Saunders Part I Old English Poetry 11 Contexts 13 1 The World of Anglo-Saxon England 15 Andy Orchard 2 The Old English Language and the Alliterative Tradition 34 Richard Dance 3 Old English Manuscripts and Readers 51 Rohini Jayatilaka 4 Old English and Latin Poetic Traditions 65 Andy Orchard Genres and Modes 83 5 Germanic Legend and Old English Heroic Poetry 85 Hugh Magennis 6 Old English Biblical and Devotional Poetry 101 Daniel Anlezark 7 Old English Wisdom Poetry 125 David Ashurst 8 Old English Epic Poetry: Beowulf141 Daniel Anlezark Part II Middle English Poetry 161 Contexts 163 9 The World of Medieval England: From the Norman Conquest to the Fourteenth Century 165 Conor McCarthy 10 Middle English Language and Poetry 181 Simon Horobin 11 Middle English Manuscripts and Readers 196 Ralph Hanna Genres and Modes 217 12 Legendary History and Chronicle: Lazamon’s Brut and the Chronicle Tradition 219 Lucy Perry 13 Medieval Debate-Poetry and The Owl and the Nightingale 237 Neil Cartlidge 14 Lyrics, Sacred and Secular 258 David Fuller 15 Macaronic Poetry 277 Elizabeth Archibald 16 Popular Romance 289 Nancy Mason Bradbury 17 Arthurian and Courtly Romance 308 Rosalind Field 18 Alliterative Poetry: Religion and Morality 329 John Scattergood 19 Alliterative Poetry and Politics 349 John Scattergood Poets and Poems 367 20 The Poet of Pearl, Cleanness and Patience 369 A. V. C. Schmidt 21 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 385 Tony Davenport 22 Langland’s Piers Plowman 401 Lawrence Warner 23 Chaucer’s Love Visions 414 Helen Phillips 24 Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde 435 Alcuin Blamires 25 Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales 452 Corinne Saunders 26 The Poetry of John Gower 476 R. F. Yeager Part III Post-Chaucerian and Fifteenth-Century Poetry 497 Contexts 499 27 England in the Long Fifteenth Century 501 Matthew Woodcock 28 Poetic Language in the Fifteenth Century 520 A. S. G. Edwards 29 Manuscript and Print: Books, Readers and Writers 538 Julia Boffey Poets and Poems 555 30 Hoccleve and Lydgate 557 Daniel Wakelin 31 Women and Writing 575 C. Annette Grisé 32 Medieval Scottish Poetry 592 Douglas Gray 33 Courtiers and Courtly Poetry 608 Barry Windeatt 34 Drama: Sacred and Secular 626 Pamela King Epilogue: Afterlives of Medieval English Poetry 647 Corinne Saunders Index 661

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Book SynopsisWritten by eminent scholar David O. Ross, this guide helps readers to engage with the poetry, thought, and background of Virgil's great epic, suggesting both the depth and the beauty of Virgil's poetic images and the mental images with which the Romans lived. Guides readers through the complexity of Virgil's poetic style and imagery All extracts are translated, with original Latin given when necessary Provides useful historical and social context in which to understand the poem as it was viewed in its time Includes short introductions to important topics such as Roman religion and the Roman concept of character' Features a helpful appendix which clarifies how to read and hear the poem''s Latin hexameter Trade Review“I believe that everyone—professional academic, student, or layperson—will benefit from Ross's lyrical and insightful reading of Vergil's great poem.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, March 2009) “The book says a great many things that need to be said, or said again. It does not seek controversy and avoids much that is easily available elsewhere. What it does say is largely familiar, even comfortable, but it is well said, clear, detailed, moderate.” (New England Classical Journal, February 2009) “Beautifully conceived and nuanced guide…the depth, sensitivity, and accessibility of the volume make it worthy companion to its predecessors. Ross explicates…with exquisite care and clarity.” (Choice) "The ideas and arguments presented in this work are thought provoking." (Journal of Classics Teaching)Table of ContentsPreface vii Introduction 1 1 Virgil’s Hero 11 Three Scenes of Crisis 12 The Hero and Personal Loss 18 The Hero as Warrior (10.510–605) 24 Some Observations on Character 26 2 The Victims 32 Dido 32 Nisus and Euryalus 35 Pallas and Lausus 38 Some Aspects of Turnus 43 Camilla 52 Italy 54 3 Fate and the Gods 61 The Roman Gods 62 The Gods in the Aeneid 67 Fate in the Aeneid 74 4 Virgil’s Troy 77 The Roman Troy 77 The Destruction of Troy (Aeneid, Book II) 82 Other Images of the Destruction of Troy (6.494–547, 1.450–93) 86 Andromache’s Troy Restored (3.294–505) 90 The Trojan Games (5.104–544) 94 The Transformation of Troy (5.485–544) 100 The lusus Troiae (5.545–603) 102 5 Rome, the rerum imago 105 Jupiter’s Revelation (1.254–96) 107 Anchises’ Review (6.756–892) 109 The Shield of Aeneas (8.626–728) 113 6 Virgil, His Life and Works 120 His Life and Times 120 The Eclogues 125 The Georgics 133 Appendix: The Latin Hexameter 143 Word Accent 143 Verse Ictus 144 Accent and Ictus 144 Caesura and Diaeresis 145 The Third-Foot Caesura 145 The First Foot 146 The Hexameter Line 147 The Catullan Molossus 151 General Index 153 Index of Passages 155

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Book SynopsisThis major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture demonstrates the remarkable continuity of Icelandic language and culture from medieval to modern times.Trade Review"In a series that already has a large number and wide range of excellent titles to its credit, I would venture opinion that this volume is one of its best...we have here a major publication of considerable value, not to mention its intrinsic interest. Obviously it will be a necessary acquisition for any specialist collection and for any academic collection where aspects of Old Norse literature and culture may be needed...this will also be a useful addition to major general collections." Reference Reviews "...its chapters are crammed full to bursting with facts and figures, references to primary and secondary sources, swift overviews of past scholarship, and (very importantly) present debates. This is ostensibly a reference book, to be consulted on particular issues and subjects. But as with all the best encyclopedias...browsing becomes addictive...Mc Turk's Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Studies is a great resource for the scholar or graduate student who may think, mistakenly, that he or she is familiar with this field." The Review of English Studies "No one could read the volume and not learn something, indeed a great deal" TLS “A comprehensive guide to Old Norse-Icelandic literature which functions as a basic reference work for scholars in neighboring disciplines, a reliable introduction for students, and an interesting and informative read for Old Norse scholars … a remarkable achievement and a valuable resource.” Carolyne Larrington, St John’s College, Modern Language ReviewTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Maps xii Introduction 1 Rory McTurk 1 Archaeology of Economy and Society 7 Orri Vésteinsson 2 Christian Biography 27 Margaret Cormack 3 Christian Poetry 43 Katrina Attwood 4 Continuity? The Icelandic Sagas in Post-Medieval Times 64 Jón Karl Helgason 5 Eddic Poetry 82 Terry Gunnell 6 Family Sagas 101 Vésteinn Ólason 7 Geography and Travel 119 Judith Jesch 8 Historical Background: Iceland 870–1400 136 Helgi Þorláksson 9 Historiography and Pseudo-History 155 Stefanie Würth 10 Language 173 Michael Barnes 11 Late Prose Fiction (lygiso¨gur) 190 Matthew Driscoll 12 Late Secular Poetry 205 Shaun Hughes 13 Laws 223 Gudmund Sandvik and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson 14 Manuscripts and Palaeography 245 Guðvarður Már Gunnlaugsson 15 Metre and Metrics 265 Russell Poole 16 Orality and Literacy in the Sagas of Icelanders 285 Gísli Sigurðsson 17 Pagan Myth and Religion 302 Peter Orton 18 The Post-Medieval Reception of Old Norse and Old Icelandic Literature 320 Andrew Wawn 19 Prose of Christian Instruction 338 Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir 20 Rhetoric and Style 354 Þórir Óskarsson 21 Romance (Translated riddarasögur) 372 Jürg Glauser 22 Royal Biography 388 Ármann Jakobsson 23 Runes 403 Patrik Larsson 24 Sagas of Contemporary History (Sturlunga saga): Texts and Research 427 Úlfar Bragason 25 Sagas of Icelandic Prehistory (fornaldarsögur) 447 Torfi H. Tulinius 26 Short Prose Narrative (þáttr) 462 Elizabeth Ashman Rowe and Joseph Harris 27 Skaldic Poetry 479 Diana Whaley 28 Social Institutions 503 Gunnar Karlsson 29 Women in Old Norse Poetry and Sagas 518 Judy Quinn Index 536

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Book SynopsisDionysus Resurrected analyzes the global resurgence since the late 1960s of Euripides' The Bacchae. By analyzing and contextualizing these modern day performances, the author reveals striking parallels between transformational events taking place during the era of the play's revival and events within the play itself. Puts forward a lively discussion of the parallels between transformational eventsduring the era of the play's revival and events within the play itself The first comparative study to analyse and contextualize performances of The Bacchae that took place between 1968 and 2009 from the United States, Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia Argues that presentations of the play not only represent liminal states but also transfer the spectators into such states Contends that the play's reflection on various stages of globalization render the tragedy a contemporary play Establishes the importance of The BTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Preface ix Introduction 1 –Rediscovering The Bacchae – Part I: Festivals of Liberation: Celebrating Communality 25 Chapter 1: The Birth Ritual of a New Theatre 27 – Richard Schechner’s Dionysus in 69 in New York (1968) – Chapter 2: Celebrating a Communion Rite? 48 – Wole Soyinka’s The Bacchae of Euripides at London’s National Theatre (1973) – Chapter 3: Sparagmos and Omophagia 72 – Teat(r)o Oficina’s Bacantes in São Paulo (1996) – Part II: Renegotiating Cultural Identities 91 Chapter 4: On the Strangeness and Inaccessibility of the Past 93 – The Antiquity Project at the Schaubühne Berlin (1974) – Chapter 5: Performing or Contaminating Greekness? 116 – Theodoros Terzopoulos’ The Bacchae in Delphi (1986) – Chapter 6: In Search of New Identities 136 – Krzysztof Warlikowski’s The Bacchae in Warsaw (2001) – Part III: Productive Encounter or Destructive Clash of Cultures? 157 Chapter 7: Dismemberment and the Quest for Wholeness 159 – Suzuki Tadashi’s The Bacchae in Japan and on World Tour (1978–2008) – Chapter 8: Transforming Kathakali 186 – The Bacchae by Guru Sadanam P. V. Balakrishnan in Delphi and New Delhi (1998) – Chapter 9: Beijing Opera Dismembered 206 – Peter Steadman and Chen Shi-zheng’s The Bacchae in Beijing (1996) – Epilogue 225 Name Index 231 Subject Index 236

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Sophocles presents a comprehensive collection of original essays by leading scholars that address all aspects of the life, works, and critical reception of Sophocles. Initial essays introduce Sophocles extant tragedies, as well as fragments of his lost plays including the Ichneutae.Trade Review“This volume will indeed serve as an indispensable reference point for the future study of Sophocles.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1 January 2013) “Although the book is scholarly and packed with information, it is accessible to nonspecialists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 November 2012)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations x List of Abbreviations xi Notes on Contributors xv Acknowledgments xx 1 Introduction 1 Kirk Ormand Part I Text and Author 7 2 The Textual Transmission of Sophocles’ Dramas 9 P. J. Finglass 3 Sophocles’ Biography 25 Ruth Scodel 4 Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides 38 John Davidson Part II The Plays and the Fragments 53 5 Antigone 55 André Lardinois 6 Polyphonic Ajax 69 Peter Burian 7 Oedipus Tyrannus 84 Vayos Liapis 8 Electra 98 Francis Dunn 9 The Divided Worlds of Sophocles’ Women of Trachis 111 Margaret Rachel Kitzinger 10 The Philoctetes of Sophocles 126 Paul Woodruff 11 Last Things: Oedipus at Colonus and the End of Tragedy 141 Thomas Van Nortwick 12 Sophocles’ Ichneutae or How to Write a Satyr Play 155 Willeon Slenders 13 Sophoclean Fragments 169 Carolin Hahnemann Part III Sophoclean Techniques 185 14 Sophocles Didaskalos 187 C. W. Marshall 15 Poetic Speakers in Sophocles 204 Sarah H. Nooter 16 Sophocles’ Choruses 220 Sheila Murnaghan 17 Lament as Speech Act in Sophocles 236 Casey Dué Part IV Sophocles and Fifth-Century Political, Religious, and Intellectual Thought 251 18 Sophocles and Class 253 Peter W. Rose 19 Sophocles and Contemporary Politics 270 Robin Osborne 20 Sophocles and Athenian Law 287 Edward M. Harris 21 The Necessity and Limits of Deliberation in Sophocles’ Theban Plays 301 Edith Hall 22 Heroic Pharmacology: Sophocles and the Metaphors of Greek Medical Thought 316 Robin Mitchell-Boyask 23 Sophocles and Hero Cult 331 Bruno Currie Part V Gender and Sexuality 349 24 Cutting to the Bone: Recalcitrant Bodies in Sophocles 351 Nancy Worman 25 Staging Mothers in Sophocles’ Electra and Oedipus the King 367 Laura McClure 26 Marriage in Sophocles: A Problem for Social History 381 Cynthia Patterson 27 Masculinity and Freedom in Sophocles 395 Bruce M. King Part VI Historical Interpretations 409 28 Aristotle on Sophocles 411 John T. Kirby 29 Sophocles and Homer 424 Seth L. Schein 30 Facing Up to Tragedy: Toward an Intellectual History of Sophocles in Europe from Camerarius to Nietzsche 440 Michael Lurie 31 Virginia Woolf, Richard Jebb, and Sophocles’ Antigone 462 Denise Eileen McCoskey and Mary Jean Corbett 32 Freud and the Drama of Oedipal Truth 477 Richard H. Armstrong 33 Sophocles with Lacan 492 Mark Buchan Part VII Influence and Imitation 505 34 Oedipus on Oedipus: Sophocles, Seneca, Politics, and Therapy 507 Alex Dressler 35 Jean Anouilh’s Antigone 523 Jed Deppman 36 Enter Antigone, Let the Agones Begin: Sophocles’ Antigone in Nineteenth-Century Greece 538 Gonda Van Steen 37 Tony Harrison’s The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus 557 Hallie Rebecca Marshall 38 Black Oedipus 572 Emily Wilson Index Locorum 586 Index 590

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Book SynopsisA COMPANION TO AESCHYLUS In A Companion to Aeschylus, a team of eminent Aeschyleans and brilliant younger scholars delivers an insightful and original multi-authored examinationthe first comprehensive one in Englishof the works of the earliest surviving Greek tragedian. This book explores Aeschylean drama, and its theatrical, historical, philosophical, religious, and socio-political contexts, as well as the receptions and influence of Aeschylus from antiquity to the present day. This companion offers readers thorough examinations of Aeschylus as a product of his time, including his place in the early years of the Athenian democracy and his immediate and ongoing impact on tragedy. It also provides comprehensive explorations of all the surviving plays, including Prometheus Bound, which many scholars have concluded is not by Aeschylus. A Companion to Aeschylus is an ideal resource for students encountering the work of Aeschylus for the first time as well as more advanced scholars seTable of ContentsList of Figures xii Preface and Acknowledgements xiii Notes on Contributors xiv Introduction: Aeschylus and His Place in History 1Peter Burian Part I Aeschylus in His Time 13 1 Democracy's Age of Bronze: Aeschylus's Plays and Athenian History, 508/7–454 bce 15Robert W. Wallace 2 Aeschylus, Lyric and Epic 27P. J. Finglass 3 Tragedy before Aeschylus 40P. J. Finglass 4 Aeschylean Drama and Intellectual History 47Jacques A. Bromberg 5 Aeschylus in Sicily between Tyranny and Democracy 61Malcolm Bell, III Part II Aeschylus as Playwright 75 6 Persians 77A. F. Garvie 7 Seven against Thebes 88Isabelle Torrance 8 Fear of Foreign Women in Aeschylus's Suppliants 99Rebecca Futo Kennedy 9 Disorder, Resolution and Language: The Oresteia 114David H. Porter 10 Eumenides: Justice, Gender, the Gods and the City 130Peter Burian 11 Intertheatricality and Narrative Structure in the Electra Plays 145Kirk Ormand 12 Prometheus Bound: The Principle of Hope 158I. A. Ruffell 13 Slices from Aeschylus's Feast: The Fragmentary Works 171Anthony Podlecki 14 Aeschylean Satyr Drama 185Carl Shaw 15 The Tetralogy 201Alan H. Sommerstein 16 Visualising the Stage 214A. C. Duncan 17 The Choruses of Aeschylus 230Eva Stehle 18 Music, Dance and Metre in Aeschylean Tragedy 242Naomi Weiss 19 Aeschylus: Language and Style 254R. B. Rutherford 20 The Long View in Aeschylus: Intergenerational Myth-Making through the "Other" 267Arum Park Part III Aeschylus and Greek Society 281 21 Aeschylus and Subversion of Ritual 283Richard Seaford 22 Ghosts, Demons and Gods: Supernatural Challenges 295Amit Shilo 23 Inscribing Justice in Aeschylean Drama 310Sarah Nooter 24 Race in Aeschylus's Suppliant Women and Persians 323Sarah Derbew 25 Aeschylus's Persians and the "Just War" 334Sydnor Roy 26 Aeschylus and History 346Emily Baragwanath 27 Aeschylus and Athenian Law 361F. S. Naiden 28 Aeschylus's Athens between Hegemony and Empire 373David Rosenbloom Part IV The Influence of Aeschylus 389 29 Critical Approaches to Aeschylus, from the Nineteenth Century to the Present 391Mark Griffith 30 The Reception of Aeschylus in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries 412C. W. Marshall 31 The Transmission of Aeschylus: The Miracle of Survival 425Marsh McCall 32 The Bow of Ulysses: Aeschylus and his Translators 437Deborah H. Roberts 33 Variations on a Theme: Prometheus 455Theodore Ziolkowski 34 Myth, History and Revolution in the Nineteenth-Century Reception of the Oresteia 467Adam Lecznar 35 Three Landmarks in the Reception of the Oresteia in Twentieth-Century Drama 479Vayos Liapis 36 Oresteia on Stage: Koun, Stein, Hall and Mnouchkine 491Hallie Rebecca Marshall 37 Transforming Aeschylus on the Modern Stage 505Helene P. Foley 38 Applied Aeschylus 518Peter Meineck 39 Teaching the Oresteia as a Work for the Theatre 533Robin Mitchell-Boyask Epilogue 544Jacques A. Bromberg Index 558

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Book SynopsisClassical slavery provides fascinating, complex, and engaging, albeit sometimes grim, topics for the historian. This book provides the political and historical context for Greek and Roman slavery and briefly surveys the institutions themselves. It conveys the interest of the field of ancient slavery to students of history.Trade Review"Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery is one of the first overviews of the lives of slaves in Greece and Rome aimed at a more general reader [...] an excellent book to use for an undergraduate course on the ancient world, either as a main text or as an adjunct to a more traditional textbook that focuses on the traditional narratives of these societies." - Christian Perring, PhD, Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews"Hunt delivers an introduction to classical slavery that will appeal to a wide range of readers. The book will function equally well as a textbook in courses on ancient slavery, social history, or comparative slavery, and as a reference work for historians working on slavery in other periods. It is difficult to produce a text that serves the needs of these distinct audiences, but Hunt does so successfully by using case studies that guide the reader through the methodology of studying ancient slavery. [...] The greatest compliment that I can pay Hunt is that he has convinced me that a thematic approach [for my course], using his text, will be much more interesting. - Katharine P.D. Huemoeller, University of British Columbia for Bryn Mawr Classical Review“In this wide-ranging and thorough book, Hunt navigates complex and partial sources with great skill to produce a comprehensive account of how slavery operated, varied and changed throughout the ancient world […] Within each of these topics, Hunt is careful to present contrasting scholarly views of the evidence. […] [The book's] treatment of a huge subject is serious and well balanced, and also well written, an easy read. Highly recommended.” - Colin McDonald for Classics for AllTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Modern and Ancient References: Abbreviations xiii 1 Introduction and Historical Context 1 2 Definitions and Evidence 17 3 Enslavement 31 4 Economics 49 5 Politics 67 6 Culture 83 7 Sex and Family Life 99 8 Manumission and Ex-Slaves 117 9 Everyday Conflict 137 10 Revolts 155 11 Representations 173 12 Philosophy and Law 191 13 Decline and Legacy 209 References 221 Index 239

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Book SynopsisClassical slavery provides fascinating, complex, and engaging, albeit sometimes grim, topics for the historian. This title provides the political and historical context for Greek and Roman slavery and briefly surveys the institutions themselves. It conveys the interest of the field of ancient slavery to students of history.Trade Review"Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery is one of the first overviews of the lives of slaves in Greece and Rome aimed at a more general reader [...] an excellent book to use for an undergraduate course on the ancient world, either as a main text or as an adjunct to a more traditional textbook that focuses on the traditional narratives of these societies." - Christian Perring, PhD, Editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews"Hunt delivers an introduction to classical slavery that will appeal to a wide range of readers. The book will function equally well as a textbook in courses on ancient slavery, social history, or comparative slavery, and as a reference work for historians working on slavery in other periods. It is difficult to produce a text that serves the needs of these distinct audiences, but Hunt does so successfully by using case studies that guide the reader through the methodology of studying ancient slavery. [...] The greatest compliment that I can pay Hunt is that he has convinced me that a thematic approach [for my course], using his text, will be much more interesting. - Katharine P.D. Huemoeller, University of British Columbia for Bryn Mawr Classical Review“In this wide-ranging and thorough book, Hunt navigates complex and partial sources with great skill to produce a comprehensive account of how slavery operated, varied and changed throughout the ancient world […] Within each of these topics, Hunt is careful to present contrasting scholarly views of the evidence. […] [The book's] treatment of a huge subject is serious and well balanced, and also well written, an easy read. Highly recommended.” -Colin McDonald for Classics for AllTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Modern and Ancient References: Abbreviations xiii 1 Introduction and Historical Context 1 2 Definitions and Evidence 17 3 Enslavement 31 4 Economics 49 5 Politics 67 6 Culture 83 7 Sex and Family Life 99 8 Manumission and Ex-Slaves 117 9 Everyday Conflict 137 10 Revolts 155 11 Representations 173 12 Philosophy and Law 191 13 Decline and Legacy 209 References 221 Index 239

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Book SynopsisThis broad-ranging Companion comprises original contributions from some of the best Platonic scholars in the world today and reflects the various ways in which they are dealing with Plato's legacy. The contributions are devoted to topics in Platonic philosophy, ranging from perception and knowledge to politics and cosmology.Trade Review"This compendium of 29 essays by leading scholars, on every aspect of Plato from his biography and literary style to his metaphysics and politics to his reception by later philosophical and religious traditions, is a welcome addition to the resources available to students of Plato. A number of essays distill cutting-edge research developed in greater detail in the authors’ monographs. The result is a book every student of Plato will want to consult." Rachana Kamtekar, University of Arizona "This is a valuable collection of essays from a distinguished cast of contributors. It should prove useful to a wide variety of readers." Chris Bobonich, Stanford University "This hefty volume differs from many anthologies on Plato in its comprehensiveness...The essays represent recent scholarship on Plato, with bibliographical references at the end of each essay to literature almost exclusively within the last 50 years...To a lover of Plato, another volume of essays on his thought is always welcome." Choice "A work avowedly for the philosopher and the student philosopher, but accessible too by other students, this will be a welcome addition in a wide range of libraries from undergraduate level upwards." Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Preface xii Abbreviations xiv 1 The Life of Plato of Athens 1 DEBRA NAILS 2 Interpreting Plato 13 CHRISTOPHER ROWE 3 The Socratic Problem 25 WILLIAM J. PRIOR Part I PLATONIC METHOD AND THE DIALOGUE FORM 37 4 Form and the Platonic Dialogues 39 MARY MARGARET MCCABE 5 The Socratic Elenchus 55 CHARLES M. YOUNG 6 Platonic Definitions and Forms 70 R. M. DANCY 7 Plato’s Method of Dialectic 85 HUGH H. BENSON Part II PLATONIC EPISTEMOLOGY 101 8 Socratic Ignorance 103 GARETH B. MATTHEWS 9 Plato on Recollection 119 CHARLES KAHN 10 Plato: A Theory of Perception or a Nod to Sensation? 133 DEBORAH K. W. MODRAK 11 Knowledge and the Forms in Plato 146 MICHAEL FEREJOHN Part III PLATONIC METAPHYSICS 163 12 The Forms and the Sciences in Socrates and Plato 165 TERRY PENNER 13 Problems for Forms 184 MARY LOUISE GILL 14 The Role of Cosmology in Plato’s Philosophy 199 CYNTHIA FREELAND 15 Plato on Language 214 DAVID SEDLEY 16 Plato and Mathematics 228 MICHAEL J. WHITE 17 Platonic Religion 244 MARK L. MCPHERRAN Part IV PLATONIC PSYCHOLOGY 261 18 The Socratic Paradoxes 263 THOMAS C. BRICKHOUSE and NICHOLAS D. SMITH 19 The Platonic Soul 278 FRED D. MILLER, JR. 20 Plato on Eros and Friendship 294 C. D. C. REEVE 21 Plato on Pleasure as the Human Good 308 GERASIMOS SANTAS Part V PLATONIC ETHICS, POLITICS, AND AESTHETICS 323 22 The Unity of the Virtues 325 DANIEL DEVEREUX 23 Plato on Justice 341 DAVID KEYT 24 Plato’s Concept of Goodness 356 NICHOLAS WHITE 25 Plato on the Law 373 SUSAN SAUVÉ MEYER 26 Plato and the Arts 388 CHRISTOPHER JANAWAY Part VI PLATONIC LEGACY 401 27 Learning about Plato from Aristotle 403 CHRISTOPHER SHIELDS 28 Plato and Hellenistic Philosophy 418 A. A. LONG 29 Plato’s Influence on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Philosophy 434 SARA AHBEL-RAPPE Index 452

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Marcus Aurelius presents the first comprehensive collection of essays to explore all essential facets relating to contemporary Marcus Aurelius studies.Table of ContentsList of Figures ix Notes on Contributors xi Preface xvii List of Abbreviations xix The Study of Marcus Aurelius: Introduction 1Marcel van Ackeren Part I The Main Sources 11 1 Cassius Dio and the Historia Augusta 13Anthony R. Birley 2 Archaeological Evidence of the Marcomannic Wars of Marcus Aurelius (AD 166–80) 29Thomas Fischer 3 The Meditations 45Matteo Ceporina 4 Marcus Aurelius’ Letters 62Pascale Fleury 5 Epigraphic Records 77Péter Kovács Part II Biography and Background 93 6 The Political State of the Roman Empire 95Werner Eck 7 Cultural and Intellectual Background and Development 110Leofranc Holford-Strevens 8 Early Life: Family, Youth, and Education 139Anthony R. Birley 9 Marcus’ Life as Emperor 155Anthony R. Birley 10 The Relation of Politics and Philosophy under Marcus Aurelius 171Lukas de Blois Part III Marcus the Emperor 183 11 Administration and Jurisdiction in Rome and in the Provinces 185Werner Eck 12 Religion in the Age of Marcus Aurelius 200Mark J. Edwards 13 The Wars and Revolts 217Anthony R. Birley 14 The Roman Empire after His Death 234Olivier Hekster Part IV Material Forms of Self-Representation 249 15 The Column of Marcus Aurelius 251Martin Beckmann 16 The Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius 264Peter Stewart 17 Coins 278Susanne Börner 18 The Portraits: A Short Introduction 294Dietrich Boschung 19 The Reliefs: Representation of Marcus Aurelius’ Deeds 305Dietrich Boschung Part V Marcus the Philosopher 315 20 The Form and Structure of the Meditations 317Jean-Baptiste Gourinat 21 The Style of the Meditations 333Angelo Giavatto 22 Aspects of Orality in (the Text of) the Meditations 346Michael Erler 23 The Meditations as a (Philosophical) Autobiography 362Irmgard M€annlein-Robert 24 Marcus and Previous Stoic Literature 382Christopher Gill 25 Marcus Aurelius on Physics 396David Sedley 26 Logic and the Meditations 408Angelo Giavatto 27 Ethics 420Jean-Baptiste Gourinat 28 Social Ethics and Politics 437Gretchen Reydams-Schils 29 The Meditations and the Ancient Art of Living 453John Sellars 30 The Self in the Meditations 465Anthony A. Long Part VI Reception 481 31 The Reception of the Philosopher-King in Antiquity and the Medieval Age 483Julia Bruch and Katrin Herrmann 32 The Sanctification of Marcus Aurelius 497Amy Richlin 33 Marcus Aurelius and Neostoicism in Early Modern Philosophy 515Jill Kraye 34 Marcus Aurelius in Contemporary Philosophy 532John Sellars Index 545

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Book SynopsisSatire, written in the verse of heroic epic but focused on the evils of contemporary society, was ancient Rome's original contribution to world literature. Two great practitioners of this art, Persius and Juvenal, wrote under the early emperors. Inspired by their Republican predecessors, both radically reinvented the genre.Trade Review“Braund and Osgood's A Companion to Persius and Juvenalis an excellent book. Specialists, non-specialists, and students alike will find in this volume a comprehensive and spacious approach to these challenging poets.” (Phoenix, 1 May 2014) “The whole book can be recommended, but I will single out a few chapters as especially interesting. . . In general, this is a useful book and a good first port-of-call for those new to the subjects.” (Religious Studies Review, 1 December 2013) “This dense volume makes a stimulating contribution to the study of imperial Latin satire.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1 October 2013) “Graced with a 40-page bibliography, this 600-page work should become indispensable to classical scholars and anyone interested in satire. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-level undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 July 2013)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Abbreviations ix Notes on Contributors x Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Persius and Juvenal as Satiric Successors 1Josiah Osgood Part I Persius and Juvenal: Texts and Contexts 17 1 Satire in the Republic: From Lucilius to Horace 19Ralph M. Rosen 2 The Life and Times of Persius: The Neronian Literary “Renaissance” 41Martin T. Dinter 3 Juvenalis Eques: A Dissident Voice from the Lower Tier of the Roman Elite 59David Armstrong 4 Life in the Text: The Corpus of Persius’ Satires 79Catherine Keane 5 Juvenal: The Idea of the Book 97Barbara K. Gold 6 Satiric Textures: Style, Meter, and Rhetoric 113E.J. Kenney 7 Manuscripts of Juvenal and Persius 137Holt. N. Parker Part II Retrospectives: Persius and Juvenal as Successors 163 8 Venusina lucerna: Horace, Callimachus, and Imperial Satire 165Andrea Cucchiarelli 9 Self-Representation and Performativity 190Paul Roche 10 Persius, Juvenal, and Stoicism 217Shadi Bartsch 11 Persius, Juvenal, and Literary History after Horace 239Charles McNelis 12 Imperial Satire and Rhetoric 262Christopher S. van den Berg 13 Politics and Invective in Persius and Juvenal 283Matthew Roller 14 Imperial Satire as Saturnalia 312Paul Allen Miller Part III Prospectives: The Successors of Persius and Juvenal 335 15 Imperial Satire Reiterated: Late Antiquity through the Twentieth Century 337Dan Hooley 16 Persius, Juvenal, and the Transformation of Satire in Late Antiquity 363Cristiana Sogno 17 Imperial Satire in the English Renaissance 386Stuart Gillespie 18 Imperial Satire Theorized: Dryden’s Discourse of Satire 409Josiah Osgood and Susanna Braund 19 Imperial Satire and the Scholars 436Holt N. Parker and Susanna Braund 20 School Texts of Persius and Juvenal 465Amy Richlin 21 Revoicing Imperial Satire 486Gideon Nisbet 22 Persius and Juvenal in the Media Age 513Martin M. Winkler References 545 Index Locorum 587 General Index 603

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Book SynopsisBy conservatively editing one important witness of Piers Plowman, Vaughan takes a new generation of students to an early version of this great medieval poem.Trade ReviewThroughout he is a reliable and illuminating guide. Indeed, the scope of Professor Vaughan's introduction itself will be of lasting value to all readers of the poem. -- A.S.G. Edwards Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionProloguePassus OnePassus TwoPassus ThreePassus FourPassus FivePassus SixPassus SevenPassus EightPassus NinePassus TenPassus ElevenPassus TwelveTextual NotesNotesSelected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe Poetics of Consent reveals the ways in which consensus and collective decision making determined the authoritative account of the Trojan War that we know as the Iliad.Trade ReviewAn excellent book that puts the boundaries socio-historic interpretation and textual semantics to a serious test. It is of great relevance to both historians and philologists... Overall, this is a great and thought-provoking book with a fascinating argument. -- Werner Tietz Bryn Mawr Classical Review The thesis that the Iliad's conflict-ridden communities in fact reinforce communitarian values is persuasive, the identification of those communities with the interpretive communities that propagated Homeric poetry is intriguing, and both of these ideas are sure to play a significant role in shaping the interpretative of epic poetry in the future. -- James Marks Phoenix If The Poetics of Consent were to find a broad readership, it could, as I believe it should, transform the face of Homeric scholarship. -- Roger Travis New England Classical Journal The book is remarkably well written and engaging, always seeking clear explanations of complex concepts. The book also synthesizes and extends the current state of scholarship on the Iliad, addressing, as well as any recent book, the different (often divergent) approaches to the politics and poetics of the epic. -- Dean Hammer Classical Journal The book is exemplary in approaching large poetic and cultural issues through details of language and patterns of formulaic usage. -- William G. Thalman American Journal of Philology ... The Poetics of consent is an in-depth study of one word, epainos ('approval'), and its occurrence throughout the Iliad. But, in Elmer's expert hands, It becomes the means like an Ariadne thread, of tracing a way through the Iliad's bigger picture, this book will be a trustworthy companion for future generations if Homeric scholars. HermathenaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on Texts, Translations, and TransliterationsAbbreviationsIntroduction: From Politics to PoeticsPart I: Frameworks and Paradigms1. The Grammar of Reception2. Consensus and Kosmos: Speech and the Social World in an Indo- European Perspective3. Achilles and the Crisis of the Exception4. Social Order and Poetic Order: Agamemnon, Thersites, and the Cata logue of ShipsPart II: The Iliad's Political Communities5. In Search of Epainos: Collective Decision Making among the Achaeans6. A Consensus of Fools: The Trojans' Exceptional Epainos7. The View from Olympus: Divine Politics and MetapoeticsPart III: Resolutions8. The Return to Normalcy and the Iliad's "Boundless People"9. The Politics of Reception: Collective Response and Iliadic Audiences within and beyond the TextAfterword: Epainos and the OdysseyNotesBibliographyNotes

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