Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome

Introduction to twelve authors from classical antiquity, whose works still address some of our most fundamental concerns in the world today.

Introduces Xenophon's writings and their importance for Western culture, while explaining the main scholarly controversies.

From the early modern period, Greek historiography has been studied in the context of Cicero's notion historia magistra vitae and considered to exclude concepti

A series of essays exploring tradition and innovation across the full temporal range of Greco-Roman historiography.

PLEASE NOTE that due to the previous text options being set for an extra exam year (summer 2021 for AS; summer 2022 for A Level) the dates given in the title, o

This book examines passages in Plutarch’s works that foil expectations and whose silence invites closer examination. The contributors question omissions of au

Recently the importance for Herodotus' work of contemporary medical and sophistic thought and techniques of argument has been widely recognised, as long had bee

In Books 6 and 7 Thucydides' narrative is, as Plutarch puts it, 'at its most emotional, vivid, and varied' as he describes the Sicilian Expedition that ended so

This book affords new perspectives on urban disasters in the ancient Roman context, attending not just to the material and historical realities of such events,

Taking its cue from Irene de Jong’s groundbreaking narratological analyses of classical texts, this volume studies emotions in a wide range of ancient genres,