Litteraturvetenskap: klassisk, tidig & medeltida litteratur

Plato's Socrates, in prison and being urged to flee execution, raises in acute form, and for the first time in European thought, a central question: is it right to disobey the …

Plutarch's "Lives" and "Morals" are among the formative books of western civilisation, Written around AD 100, in Greece under Roman rule, they reflect conditions of that time: not …

This useful student text, first published in 1893, consists of anintroduction covering the historical background to Milo's trial for themurder of Clodius in 52 BC, the political …

This selection from Livy's Book XXI covers the great Carthaginiangeneral Hannibal's campaigns against Rome, from the siege of Sagintumto the battle of the Trebia.Specifically …

This edition is of Book I of Lucan's epic poem, De Bello Civili, sometimes also known as the Pharsalia, a great work of the Silver Age of Latin literature. Book I summarises the …

Anderson's text includes examinations of each of the books, notes, suggestions for further reading, and a Vergil chronology.

This volume, published in 1968, was the first critical study of Persius in English. This new edition offers a close reading within the framework of criticism which led classics in …

An analysis of Suetonius' account of the emperor Domitian. The book provides a detailed commentary on matters of historical importance in the text, together with a discussion of …

This work describes how Euripides provides, in specific plays, a variety of original treatments of well-known views of his contemporaries, the Sophists. The emphasis is on …

This title contains the full text of Plautus's Rudens, supplemented with an Introduction, extensive vocabulary and detailed textual notes.