Ancient, classical and medieval texts

This book rethinks the relations between reasoning and revelation and, therefore, the nature of philosophy and religion in archaic Greece.

Helps students and instructors read and appreciate this extraordinary piece of historical writing about Nero''s infamous reign as emperor.

This book offers a new interpretation of Augustan literature, focusing on its imaginative reading of Greek musical culture.

This book offers a new interpretation of Augustan literature, focusing on its imaginative reading of Greek musical culture.

A study of the Trojan War as retold in carved images and texts at the dawn of the Roman Empire.

A study of the Trojan War as retold in carved images and texts at the dawn of the Roman Empire.

A unique collaboration between archaeologists and a range of specialists in ritual and religion, looking at the role of religion in early human societies.

Examines the relationship between social networks and religious transmission to reappraise how new religious ideas spread in the Roman Empire.

A unique collaboration between archaeologists and a range of specialists in ritual and religion, looking at the role of religion in early human societies.

Examines the relationship between social networks and religious transmission to reappraise how new religious ideas spread in the Roman Empire.

An innovative case study in religious change in Rome that examines how Cicero explores and experiments with concepts of deification.

An innovative case study in religious change in Rome that examines how Cicero explores and experiments with concepts of deification.

In a paradigm shift, this book redefines Orphism as a polemical label for extra-ordinary religion, good or bad.

Provides an introduction to the major religions of the ancient Mediterranean and explores current research regarding the similarities and differences among them.

The first comprehensive study of theōroi - sacred delegates sent by Greek city-states to represent them at common sanctuaries.

In a paradigm shift, this book redefines Orphism as a polemical label for extra-ordinary religion, good or bad.

Provides an introduction to the major religions of the ancient Mediterranean and explores current research regarding the similarities and differences among them.

This book examines the Hebrew Bible''s numerous laws about sacrificial procedure to understand the significance of gender in sacrificial rituals.

This book examines the Hebrew Bible''s numerous laws about sacrificial procedure to understand the significance of gender in sacrificial rituals.

This book compares the intellectual and social history and past and present contexts of mantic practices (divination) in Chinese and Greek antiquity.

This book compares the intellectual and social history and past and present contexts of mantic practices (divination) in Chinese and Greek antiquity.

The first comprehensive assessment of the intersection between Roman politics, culture and divination in the late Republic.

The first comprehensive assessment of the intersection between Roman politics, culture and divination in the late Republic.

'The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie' was written by the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883).

Boldly argues that magic has throughout the history of Britain been at times as culturally and politically significant as religion.

Boldly argues that magic has throughout the history of Britain been at times as culturally and politically significant as religion.

This is the first book to provide a practical toolkit, grounded in both current educational practice and pedagogical research, on teaching Latin and ancient Greek at primary school with the aim of empowering primary school age children who do not traditionally get access to Classics in education.

This is the first book to provide a practical toolkit, grounded in both current educational practice and pedagogical research, on teaching Latin and ancient Greek at primary school with the aim of empowering primary school age children who do not traditionally get access to Classics in education.

This is the first English translation of Dracontius' Orestes, a Latin poem from Vandal North Africa that tells the mythic story of the cycle of murder and vengeance suffered by the family of Agamemnon.

This is the first English translation of Dracontius' Orestes, a Latin poem from Vandal North Africa that tells the mythic story of the cycle of murder and vengeance suffered by the family of Agamemnon.

This volume offers a modern, accurate, and accessible translation of Claudian's work, published in English for the first time since 1922, and accompanied by detailed notes and a comprehensive glossary.

This volume offers a modern, accurate, and accessible translation of Claudian's work, published in English for the first time since 1922, and accompanied by detailed notes and a comprehensive glossary.

This volume examines Apuleius' comic donkey novel, The Golden Ass, within the context of the popular beliefs and Jewish and Christian writings that were part of the intellectual culture of his own day in 2nd century C.

This volume examines Apuleius' comic donkey novel, The Golden Ass, within the context of the popular beliefs and Jewish and Christian writings that were part of the intellectual culture of his own day in 2nd century C.

This volume closely examines patterns of rhetoric in surviving correspondence by the Roman emperor Constantine on conflicts among Christians that occurred during his reign, primarily the 'Donatist schism' and 'Arian controversy'.

This volume closely examines patterns of rhetoric in surviving correspondence by the Roman emperor Constantine on conflicts among Christians that occurred during his reign, primarily the 'Donatist schism' and 'Arian controversy'.

Winner of the ASTR Translation Prize 2023.

Winner of the ASTR Translation Prize 2023.

The book attempts to trace an overview of the different components that define the cultural landscape of the state of Odisha in relation to its history, religious cults, art, and literature and to link the development of the various aspects to the role played over the centuries by the Geeta Govinda poem in its different manifestations.

The book attempts to trace an overview of the different components that define the cultural landscape of the state of Odisha in relation to its history, religious cults, art, and literature and to link the development of the various aspects to the role played over the centuries by the Geeta Govinda poem in its different manifestations.

William of Moerbeke was a prolific medieval translator of Aristotle and other ancient philosophical and scientific authors from Greek into Latin, and he played a decisive role in the acceptance of Aristotelian philosophy in the Latin world.

William of Moerbeke was a prolific medieval translator of Aristotle and other ancient philosophical and scientific authors from Greek into Latin, and he played a decisive role in the acceptance of Aristotelian philosophy in the Latin world.

Focusing on extant speeches from the Athenian Assembly, law, and Council in the fifth-fourth centuries BCE, these essays explore how speakers constructed or deconstructed identities for themselves and their opponents as part of a rhetorical strategy designed to persuade or manipulate the audience.

Focusing on extant speeches from the Athenian Assembly, law, and Council in the fifth-fourth centuries BCE, these essays explore how speakers constructed or deconstructed identities for themselves and their opponents as part of a rhetorical strategy designed to persuade or manipulate the audience.

This volume offers the first comprehensive treatment of how the five canonical Greek novels represent slaves and slavery.

This volume offers the first comprehensive treatment of how the five canonical Greek novels represent slaves and slavery.

This book explores graphic narratives and comics in India and demonstrates how these forms serve as sites on which myths are enacted and recast.