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Daily Life in the Hellenistic Age

From Alexander to Cleopatra


By James Allan Evans

Caesars Gallic War


A Commentary
By Herbert W. Benario

A classic of western literature, Julius


CaesarsGallic Waris also a staple of Latin
language. This new edition for students, prepared
by a senior classical scholar and translator, is among the
most comprehensive available and will be especially valuable
because Caesar is one of the two authors chosen for the
new Advanced Placement curriculum in high school Latin.
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Syntactical Mechanics

A New Approach to English, Latin, and Greek


By Bruce A. McMenomy

Syntax, Bruce McMenomy would like the


beleaguered student to know, is not a
collection of inconsistent and arbitrary
rules, but rather an organic expression of meaning
that evolved over time. Aimed at students of classical
languages, this book shows how understanding
grammatical concepts as channels for meaning makes
learning them that much easier and, in a word, natural.

For students of Latineven those at an


advanced levelreading original works by
Latin authors can be daunting. Students
must remember a seemingly endless array of grammatical
rules and vocabulary, and often the material to be
translated seems dull and lengthy beyond endurance. Here
P. L. Chambers overcomes these challenges through her
engaging presentation of the writings of Pliny the Elder.

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The Students Catullus


Fourth Edition
By Daniel H. Garrison

Acharnians, Knights, and Peace


By Aristophanes
Translated and with Theatrical
Commentaries by Michael Ewans

Most readers nowadays encounter the plays


of Aristophanes in the classroom, not the
theater. Yet the father of comedy wrote his plays for
the stage, not as literary texts. Here Michael Ewans offers
new and lively translations of three of Aristophanes
earliest surviving plays: Acharnians, Knights, and Peace.
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The Arena of Satire

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An Advanced Reader and Grammar Review


By P. L. Chambers

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The Arena of Satire presents the satirist as flaneur


traversing the streets of Rome in search of its
authentic corethose distinctly Roman virtues
that have disappeared amid the corruption of the age.
What the vengeful, punishing satirist does to his victims,
as Larmour shows, echoes what the Roman state did to
outcasts and criminals in the arena of the Colosseum.

The Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder

Although his audacious, erotic, and


satirical verses survived the Middle Ages
in only a single copy, Catullus has become
in our time a canonical author, ranking in popularity
and importance with Virgil, Horace, and Ovid. And for
students and teachers of Latin, Daniel H. GarrisonsThe
Students Catullusis a definitive introductory text.

In ancient Greece, the epics of Homer and


the tragic dramas performed each spring
in the Theater of Dionysus offered citizens
valuable lessons concerning the necessity and proper
application of compassionate action. This book is the first
full-length examination of compassion (eleos or oiktos in
Greek) as a dramatic theme in ancient Greek literature.

Juvenals Search for Rome


By David H. J. Larmour

Translated by Patricia A. Johnston

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The Aeneid of Vergil

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Homeric Greek has been a standard textbook


for first-year Greek courses in college and
preparatory schools. It offers students the exciting experience
of learning to read a Homeric poem in the original
language, while introducing them to the fundamentals
of ancient Greek. This fourth edition addresses the needs
of todays teachers and students, while retaining those
elements of the original book responsible for its longevity.

Classical Studies

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In Vergils epic poem the hero Aeneas escapes


from the carnage of the Trojan War and
embarks on a treacherous series of adventures
that eventually lead him to the future site of
Rome. This magnificent new English translation conveys the
force of the original poetry, as well as its subtle undertones.

A Book for Beginners


Fourth Edition
By Clyde Pharr, John Wright, and Paula Debnar

By James Franklin Johnson

Originally written and published in Italian,


this English-language translation ofDeath
in the Greek Worldincludes the most recent scholarship
on newly discovered texts and objects, and engages the
latest theoretical perspectives on the gendered roles of
men and women as agents of mourning. The volume
also features a new section dealing with hero cults and
a new appendix outlining fundamental developments in
modern studies of death in the ancient Greek world.

In lively narrative chapters, Evans explores


such topics as marriage customs; women in
Hellenistic societies; festivals, sports, and
spectacles; symposia (drinking parties); the agricultural
and commercial components of the polis (city-state);
food and drink; education; science and technology; and
the legacy of the Hellenistic age in the modern world.

Homeric Greek

Acts of Compassion in
Greek Tragic Drama

Classical Studies

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From Homer to the Classical Age


By Maria Serena Mirto
Translated by A. M. Osborne

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Drawing on his extensive classroom experience


and linguistic expertise, Paul Ryan offers
a commentary that is both rich in detail
andin contrast to earlier, more austere commentaries
on the Phaedrusfully engaging. Line by line, he explains
subtle points of language, explicates difficulties of
syntax, and brings out nuances of tone and meaning that
students might not otherwise notice or understand.

Death in the Greek World

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The Odyssey

Translated by Herbert Jordan

One of the two major ancient Greek epics,


HomersOdyssey, has been a classic of
Western Literature for centuries. This new
translation into spare, elegant blank verse,
is certain to attract the same praise and admiration
as Herbert Jordans translation of HomersIliad.
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From Republic to Empire

Rhetoric, Religion, and Power in the


Visual Culture of Ancient Rome
By John Pollini

Political image-making is the focus of this


masterful study of Roman culture. John
Pollini explores how various artistic and ideological
symbols of religion and power, based on Roman
Republican values and traditions, were taken over or
refashioned to convey new ideological content in the
constantly changing political world of imperial Rome.
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A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect


Expanded Edition
By Richard John Cunliffe

For nearly a century, Lexicon of the Homeric


Dialecthas served as an invaluable
resource for students and scholars of
HomersIliadandOdyssey. As both an English-Homeric
dictionary and a concordance, theLexiconlists and
defines in English all instances of Greek words that
appear in the two epics. Now, with the inclusion of
Cunliffes Homeric Proper and Place Namesa fortytwo page supplement to theLexiconthis expanded
edition will be even more useful to readers of Homer.
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Eros at the Banquet

Reviewing Greek with Platos Symposium


By Louise Pratt

This intermediate-level textbook reinforces the


first-year lessons and enables students to read
Platos Symposium, one of the most engaging works
in Attic Greek, the dialect taught in most first-year courses.
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Euripides Electra

A Commentary
By H. M. Roisman and C. A. E. Luschnig

This book is a new edition of this seminal


tragedy designed for twenty-first-century
classrooms. Included with the Greek text
are a useful introduction, line-by-line commentary,
and other materials in English, all intended to support
intermediate and advanced undergraduate students.
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Lysistrata, The Womens Festival, and Frogs


Translated and with Theatrical
Commentaries by Michael Ewans

Michael Ewans offers new and lively translations


of three of Aristophanes finest plays:Lysistrata,
The Womens Festival, and Frogs. While remaining
faithful to the original Greek, these translations are
accessible to a modern audienceand actable on stage.

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Ovids Amores, Book One

A Commentary
By Maureen B. Ryan and Caroline A. Perkins

This edition of the first book of the Amoresthe only


one available for both intermediate- and advancedlevel classesaddresses the needs of students of
varying abilities and experience, helping them comprehend,
and more fully enjoy, the rich complexities of Ovids poetry.
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Selections from Herodotus

Second Edition
By Amy Barbour and Megan O. Drinkwater

The writings of Herodotus, historian,


observer, and delightful storyteller, have
long been favorites among teachers and
students of the Greek language. The selections in this book
will provide reading in the second year for the student
who has begun his or her Greek with Homer and who
presumably has had no acquaintance with Attic Greek.
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The Essentials of Greek Grammar

A Reference for Intermediate Readers of Attic Greek


By Louise Pratt

Designed for intermediate-level students and


based on the authors many years of classroom
experience, this textbook presents an outline
of the essential forms and syntax of ancient Attic Greek.
Louise Pratt also includes a handy appendix listing two
hundred common Attic verbs and their principal parts
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Platos Apology of Socrates

A Commentary
By Paul Allen Miller and Charles Platter

Platos account of the famous trial of


Socrates in 399 b.c., appeals to historians,
philosophers, political scientists, and
classicists. It is also essential reading for students of
ancient Greek. Paul Allen Miller and Charles Platter
provide running commentary, glosses of unfamiliar words,
introductions that address historical and philosophical
issues, and thought-provoking essays on each chapter.
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Sport in Ancient Times


By Nigel B. Crowther

Taking in twenty premodern societies on


five continentswith particular emphasis on
ancient Greece and Rome and the Byzantine
EmpireCrowther traces connections to
modern sporting attitudes, practices, and institutions
as he describes how athletics figured in cultural arenas
that extended beyond physical prowess to ritual,
social status, military associations, and politics.
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The Erotics of Domination

Male Desire and the Mistress in Latin Love Poetry


By Ellen Green

In The Erotics of Domination, Ellen Greene


re-examines long-held scholarly attitudes
concerning the representation of male
sexual desire and female subjection in the Latin
love poetry of Catullus, Propertius, and Ovid.
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The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius

An Intermediate Reader and Grammar Review


By P. L. Chambers

This classroom-tested, accessible text will


motivate second-year Latin students to
continue their study. Aulus Gellius, a welleducated nobleman, began his observations during the
long winter nights spent in Attica. These selections touch
on diverse aspects of Roman culture and can be easily
understood and translated by intermediate students.
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Daily Life in the Roman City


Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia
By Gregory S. Aldrete

Although most Romans lived outside urban


centers, the core of Roman civilization lay in
its cities. In Gregory S. Aldretes exhaustive
account, readers can peer into the inner workings of
daily life in ancient Rome and examine the history,
infrastructure, government, and economy of Rome.
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Roman Political Thought and the


Modern Theoretical Imagination
By Dean Hammer

This book offers provocative reading for classicists,


political scientists, and anyone interested in
political theory and philosophy. It is also a
timely meditation on the hidden ways in which democracy
can give way to despotism when the animating spirit of
politics succumbs to resignation, cynicism, and fear.
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The Iliad

Translated by Herbert Jordan

A classic of Western literature for three


millennia, HomersIliadcaptivates modern
readersas it did ancient listenerswith its
tale of gods and warriors at the siege of Troy.
Now Herbert Jordans line-for-line translation brilliantly
renders the original Greek into English blank versethe
poetic form most closely resembling our spoken language.
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Clodia

A Sourcebook
By Julia Dyson Hejduk

Latin Alive and Well


An Introductory Text
By P. L. Chambers

Latin Alive and Well is designed for both high


school and university classes, in both twosemester courses and intensive one-semester
courses. Clear and direct, it avoids lengthy explanations in
teaching grammar, instead introducing modern students to this
venerable language by focusing on exercises and translations
that make fine points of grammar more readily understandable.
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A Concise Guide to Teaching


Latin Literature
Edited by Ronnie Ancona

Bringing together works by Cicero, Catullus, and


others in which Clodia plays a part, Julia Dyson
Hejduk has produced a striking portrait of one of
the most fascinating women in Roman history. Her accurate and
accessible English translations include not only all the classical
texts that mention Clodia, but also a substantial selection
of Roman erotic poetry by Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid.

Catullus, Horace, Ovid, Cicero, and Vergil


are the official Advanced Placement Program
Latin authors as well as standard reading for
college and advanced secondary students of Latin. This book
provides accessible information about recent scholarship
on these authors to show how an awareness of current
academic debates can enhance the teaching of their work.

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Caesar and the Crisis of the Roman


Aristocracy
A Civil War Reader
By James S. Ruebel

Propertius

Elegies I-IV
Edited by L. Richardson, Jr.

A Students Seneca

Ten Letters and Selections from


De Providentia and De Vita Beata
Edited by M. D. Usher

Despite a common perception that most writing in


antiquity was produced by men, some important
literature written by women during this period has survived.
Edited by I. M. Plant,Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Romeis
a comprehensive anthology of the surviving literary texts of
women writers from the Graeco-Roman world that offers new
English translations from the works of more than fifty women.

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Selections from Plato

With Introduction and Notes by


Lewis Leaming Forman

Formans detailed and helpful notes enhance


appreciation of how Greek proseparticularly
Platosproduces its effects. They include helpful
discussions of syntax, the uses of particles, the effects of
word order, and rhetorical devices. Forman also includes an
appendix with an additional set of notes containing information
chiefly on various syntactic patterns in the Greek language.
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O Tempora! O Mores!

Ciceros Catilinarian Orations


A Student Edition with Historical Essays
By Susan O. Shapiro

Through an in-depth introduction and


explanatory notes, Richardson strives to
make the poems as readable as possible,
at the same time examining the complexities and textual
difficulties of the texts. Each elegy is accompanied by an
introductory note providing a literary interpretation of
the poem, followed by full and detailed commentary.

O Tempora! O Mores!is designed to fit a variety of


pedagogical approaches. Shapiros historical essays
bring a new dimension to Latin study, explaining the history
and politics behind the texts. The volume is further amplified
by a vocabulary, maps, a bibliography, and appendices.

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By Stanley M. Burstein

In this engaging and multifaceted account, Stanley


M. Burstein displays Cleopatra in the full manifold
brilliance of the multiple cultures, countries,
and people that surrounded her throughout
her compelling life, and in so doing develops a stunning
picture of a legendary queen and a deeply historic reign.
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The Trojan War

By Carol G. Thomas and Craig Conant

Carol G. Thomas and Craig Conants broad


and varied account of the Trojan War allows
readers to investigate the archaeological and
historical foundations that underlie the epic
poems featuring Achilles and Aeneas, and to examine how
the poems altered understanding of the war for the many
cultures and civilizations touched by their narrative power.
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Lucian

Seventy Dialogues
Introduction and Commentary by Harry L. Levy

Lucianis intended for those who have just finished


first-year Greek and are going on to Lucian as
the first author to read in extensor, as well as for
more advanced students who need a refresher course in Greek
based on a rapid but thorough reading of a fairly simple text.
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Cleopatra

A Sourcebook
By Prudence J. Jones

Women Poets in Ancient


Greece and Rome
Edited by Ellen Greene

This fascinating sourcebook documents


what we know of the historical figure and
also shows how she has evolved through the
lens of interpretation. Arranged both chronologically and
thematically, the volume consists of a series of readings
about Cleopatrahistorical, literary, and documentary
extending from ancient times to the twentieth century.

The first collection of essays to examine virtually all


surviving poetry by Greek and Roman women. It
elevates the status of the poems by demonstrating
their depth and artistry. Edited and with an introduction by
Ellen Greene, the volume covers a broad time span, beginning
with Sappho (ca. 630 b.c.e.) in archaic Greece and extending
to Sulpicia (first century B.C.E.) in Augustan Rome.

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Genghis Khans Greatest General


Subotai the Valiant
By Richard A. Gabriel

This book tells the story of Subotai the Valiant, a


warrior for Genghis Khan and one of the greatest
generals in military history. Subotai commanded
armies whose size, scale, and scope of operations surpassed
those led by any other commander in the ancient world.
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An Anthology
Edited by I. M. Plant

Senecas letters and essays are ideally suitable for


intermediate- level Latin students. Written in a clear
and crisp style, they are universal in scope and psychological
in orientation. For this edition, M. D. Usher has arranged the
selections by theme, length, and degree of difficulty. Usher also
provides line-by-line notes on grammar, style, and content,
and a vocabulary listing all Latin words found in the texts.

InCaesar and the Crisis of the Roman Aristocracy, Ruebel


introduces students of Latin to Caesar and the
civil war that Pompey led against him from 49 to 48 B.C. By
presenting the Roman leader in his own words and those of his
contemporaries, the book forces readers to confront the same
choices that Cicero and others faced in this tumultuous period.

The Reign of Cleopatra

Women Writers of Ancient


Greece and Rome

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Cavalry Operations in the


Ancient Greek World
By Robert E. Gaebel

In this comprehensive narrative, Robert E.


Gaebel challenges conventional views of cavalry
operations in the Greek world. Applying both
military and historical perspectives, Gaebel shows that
until the death of Alexander the Great in 323 b.c., cavalry
played a larger role than is commonly recognized.
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Euripides Alcestis

Notes and Commentary by


C. A. E. Luschnig and H. M. Roisman

Euripides Alcestisperhaps the most anthologized


Attic drama--is an ideal text for students reading
their first play in the original Greek. Literary
commentaries and language aids in most editions are too
advanced or too elementary for intermediate students of
the language, but in their new student edition, C. A. E.
Luschnig and H. M. Roisman remedy such deficiencies.
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Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia

The Gilgamesh Epic and Other Ancient Literature


By Rivkah Harris

Rivkah Harriss cross-cultural and


multidisciplinary approach breaks new
ground in assessing Mesopotamian attitudes
toward youth and mature adulthood, aging and the
elderly, generational conflict, gender differences in
aging, relationships between men and women, womens
contributions to cultural activities, and the ideal woman.
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