This book is an anthology of Greek poetry written during the third to first centuries BC, the Hellenistic period. It is intended to make available to undergraduates and graduate …
This volume and its companion volume devoted to the second half of the poem provide a detailed commentary, with text, on the whole of Virgil’s Georgics. Professor Thomas describes …
This volume, the second of two companion volumes which provide a detailed commentary, with text, on the whole of Virgil’s Georgics, is devoted to Books III and IV of the poem. …
The Epodes, with the first book of the Satires, were Horace’s first published work. They consist of a collection of seventeen poems in different versions of the iambus, the metre …
The sixth book of the Iliad includes some of the most memorable and best-loved episodes in the whole poem: it holds meaning and interest for many different people, not just …
Book XXII recounts the climax of the Iliad: the fatal encounter between the main defender of Troy and the greatest warrior of the Greeks, which results in the death of Hector and …
One of the most diverse books in the Iliad, Book III moves between intimate scenes in the heart of Troy and scenes serious and comic on the battlefield. It describes a major ritual …
Book I of the Iliad marks the beginning of the first surviving work of Greek literature. This edition with commentary enables readers at all levels to interpret the poetry with …
The Odyssey, besides being one of the world’s first and best adventure stories, is a poem of great subtlety, rich in irony and sophisticated characterisation. The poet’s art is …
