Ancient, classical and medieval texts

Proposes a new way of understanding themes such as matter, knowledge, human happiness and the gods in Epicurus and Plotinus.

This book sheds new light on the religious and consequently social changes taking place in late antique Rome.

This book sheds new light on the religious and consequently social changes taking place in late antique Rome.

This book explores how festivals of Rome were celebrated in the Greek East and their transformations in the Christian world.

This book explores how festivals of Rome were celebrated in the Greek East and their transformations in the Christian world.

This book provides a synthesis of the archaeology of Eleusis during the Bronze Age, reconstructing the origins and early development of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

This book provides a synthesis of the archaeology of Eleusis during the Bronze Age, reconstructing the origins and early development of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

This 1999 book describes the religious life of the Greeks from the archaic to the Roman periods.

A broad history of ancient Jewish magic from the Second Temple to the rabbinic period.

An up-to-date translation of Catullus with a contemporary feel that showcases his radical voice and edgy sensibility.

This study explores Marcion''s ideas through his writings and the writings of early Christian polemicists who shaped the idea of heresy.

This study explores Marcion''s ideas through his writings and the writings of early Christian polemicists who shaped the idea of heresy.

This book provides all the tools necessary to read and understand Plato''s Phaedrus in the original Greek.

The first English commentary on De Oratore in more than a century, examining Book III in depth.

This book provides all the tools necessary to read and understand Plato''s Phaedrus in the original Greek.

The first English commentary on De Oratore in more than a century, examining Book III in depth.

You have power over your mind-not outside events.

A reader for intermediate students of ancient Greek, introducing three of ancient Greece''s most important authors, Euripides, Thucydides and Plato.

A collection of fourteen highly influential articles by Michael H.

A reader for intermediate students of ancient Greek, introducing three of ancient Greece''s most important authors, Euripides, Thucydides and Plato.

A collection of fourteen highly influential articles by Michael H.

The first modern literary commentary on Pliny the Younger''s Epistles II, essential reading for students and scholars of Roman literature.

Commentary providing firm grounding in matters of language and text while addressing major literary, dramatic and historical questions.

The first detailed single-volume commentary in any language on the final book of Virgil''s epic masterpiece.

The first modern literary commentary on Pliny the Younger''s Epistles II, essential reading for students and scholars of Roman literature.

Commentary providing firm grounding in matters of language and text while addressing major literary, dramatic and historical questions.

A commentary for students on the four speeches delivered by Cicero during the crisis of 63 BC.

The first detailed single-volume commentary in any language on the final book of Virgil''s epic masterpiece.

A commentary for students on the four speeches delivered by Cicero during the crisis of 63 BC.

A completely revised and considerably enlarged edition of this best-selling edition of Lucretius'' account of why death does not matter.

A completely revised and considerably enlarged edition of this best-selling edition of Lucretius'' account of why death does not matter.

This book considers how religious beliefs and cultic rituals were given expression in the world of the Greek citizen.

In Vergiliana Egil Kraggerud collects together over 100 new, revised, and previously published discussions of textual issues in Vergil's Eclogues, Georgics, and the Aeneid.

In Vergiliana Egil Kraggerud collects together over 100 new, revised, and previously published discussions of textual issues in Vergil's Eclogues, Georgics, and the Aeneid.

Theatrocracy is a book about the power of the theatre, how it can affect the people who experience it, and the societies within which it is embedded.

Theatrocracy is a book about the power of the theatre, how it can affect the people who experience it, and the societies within which it is embedded.

Sallust's Histories and Triumviral Historiography explores the historiographical innovations of the first century Roman historian Sallust, focusing on the fragmentary Histories, an account of the turbulent years after the death of the dictator Sulla.

Sallust's Histories and Triumviral Historiography explores the historiographical innovations of the first century Roman historian Sallust, focusing on the fragmentary Histories, an account of the turbulent years after the death of the dictator Sulla.

Philostratus is one of the greatest examples of the vitality and inventiveness of the Greek culture of his period, at once a one-man summation of contemporary tastes and interests and a strikingly individual re-inventor of the traditions in which he was steeped.

Philostratus is one of the greatest examples of the vitality and inventiveness of the Greek culture of his period, at once a one-man summation of contemporary tastes and interests and a strikingly individual re-inventor of the traditions in which he was steeped.

Accessible edition with commentary of this widely read but highly complex and challenging play.

This book uses the example of a famous sea-monster from Greek myth to offer a new way of understanding mythical symbols.

This book examines the figure of the returning warrior as depicted in the myths of several ancient and medieval Indo-European cultures.

This book uses the example of a famous sea-monster from Greek myth to offer a new way of understanding mythical symbols.

This book examines the figure of the returning warrior as depicted in the myths of several ancient and medieval Indo-European cultures.

Edition for students and scholars of this climactic book in the epic featuring the fatal encounter between Hector and Achilles.

Edition for students and scholars of this climactic book in the epic featuring the fatal encounter between Hector and Achilles.

Explores ''polis religion'' – a leading paradigm in current studies on ancient Greek religion – and shows ways of moving beyond it.

Explores ''polis religion'' – a leading paradigm in current studies on ancient Greek religion – and shows ways of moving beyond it.

The first complete English translation of the Brontoscopic Calendar, providing an understanding of Etruscan Iron Age society as revealed through the ancient text.