This volume offers a full translation and analysis of Vita Malchi, one of the more intriguing works by a figure who is central to our understanding of Late Antiquity and early Christianity: the translator, exegete, and controversialist Jerome (c.347-419/20AD).
In this detailed commentary and translation, Liapis highlights the features of Rhesus, a tragedy traditionally (but wrongly) attributed to Euripides. The volume explores the essential elements of language, style, character-portrayal, and metre, while scrutinizing the play's stagecraft, plot-construction, and authenticity.
The Satyrica is a thrilling piece of literature credited to Petronius and written under the Roman emperor Nero. Schmeling's commentary offers readers an insightful analysis of this historically important text through philological, linguistic, historical, and narratological discussions, while highlighting issues surrounding its authorship.
Simon Hornblower's great commentary on Thucydides has been hailed as a superb accomplishment by a brilliant scholar. Now all three volumes are available in paperback as a specially priced boxed set.
This is the first volume of a three-volume historical and literary commentary on the eight books of Thucydides, the great fifth-century BC historian of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. All Greek is translated, to that the work is accessible to those with little or no knowledge of the ancient language.
This is the second volume of a three-volume historical and literary commentary on Thucydides, the great fifth-century BC Greek historian. Books IV-V. 24 contain the Pylos-Sphakteria narrative and Brasidas' operations in the north of Greece. All the Greek is translated and there is a full index. A valuable feature is the provision of a thematic introduction.
This is the second volume of a three-volume historical and literary commentary on Thucydides, the great fifth-century BC Greek historian. Books iv-v.24 contain the Pylos-Sphakteria narrative and Brasidas' operations in the north of Greece. All the Greek is translated and there is a full index. A new feature is the provision of a thematic introduction.
The third and final volume of a commentary on the history of the first 20 years of the Peloponnesian War written by the great fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides. Volume III covers the years 421-411 BC (Books 5.25 to 8.109). All Greek is translated, and there is a thematic Introduction.