Classic

In this first introduction to Plautus” Trinummus, students and non-specialists alike are guided through the themes, context, and enduring humor of this Roman comedy. The play portrays the story of a …

The Metamorphoses or Golden Ass of Apuleius (ca. 170 CE) is a Latin novel written by a native of Madauros in Roman North Africa, roughly equal to modern Tunisia together with parts of Libya and Alger …

That the works of the ancient tragedians still have an immediate and profound appeal surely needs no demonstration, yet the modern reader continually stumbles across concepts which are difficult to i …

This definitive collection of Ved Mehta’s work contains excerpts from nearly all his writings, many of which first appeared in the New Yorker. It begins with his first book, the classic autobiography …

This is the first volume dedicated to Aristophanes” comedy Peace that analyses the play for a student audience and assumes no knowledge of Greek. It launches a much-needed new series of books each d …

In this new student introduction to a Greek tragedy, Isabelle Torrance looks at what makes Iphigenia among the Taurians a successful tragedy in ancient Greek terms, and how dramatic excitement is ach …

This book introduces readers who may have no previous knowledge of Menander”s comedies to Epitrepontes (The Arbitration), arguably the most exquisitely crafted of his better-preserved plays. It expl …

Scientia est potentia (knowledge is power)! More Latin for the Illiterati demystifies the terminology of modern courtrooms and hospitals, untangles some of the most complex and unforgiving examples o …

A central figure in both classical and ancient near Eastern fields, Trevor Bryce presents the first publication to focus on Troy’s neighbours and contemporaries as much as Troy itself. With the help …

This motivational analysis of the protagonists in Thomas Hardy”s three most widely read novels–Tess of the d”Urbervilles, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Jude the Obscure–highlights an often-overl …