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‘Irresistibly fascinating’ MARIE CLAIRE GREECE’Essential’ VICTORIA HISLOP’Brilliantly conceived’ PAUL CARTLEDGEAn enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancien …

This book contributes to the literary-theoretical field of Material Ecocriticism, expanding its chronological remit, and is the first to apply it to Classics. Material Ecocriticism has been described …

Romantic ideas centered around art as inspiration, the spiritual and aesthetic dimension of nature, and metaphors of organic growth. Art, rather than science, Romantics argued, could best express uni …

Walking through Elysium stresses the subtle and intricate ways writers across time and space wove Vergil’s underworld in Aeneid 6 into their works. These allusions operate on many levels, from the li …

Elegiac Love and Death in Vergil’s ‘Aeneid’ poses new questions about Vergil’s pervasive engagement with elegy, both amatory and funerary, throughout his final epic endeavor. A foundational discussio …

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Horace was one of the greatest poets during the reign of Augustus and is seen as a mark of cultural sophistication since this time. This Very Sho …