Introducing the work of 20 of the ancient world's greatest authors, this work presents brief, readable essays, fully illustrated with quotations from modern (and some ancient) translations. The writers covered include Homer, Sappho, Herodotus, the Greek tragedians, the comic poets, sexy and subtle love poets such as Catullus, and vicious but witty satirists like Martial and Juvenal.
| ISBN: | 9780715628683 |
| Publication date: | 12th November 1998 |
| Author: | Peter Jones |
| Publisher: | Bristol Classical Press an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 162 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |
Introducing the work of 20 of the ancient world's greatest authors, this work presents brief, readable essays, fully illustrated with quotations from modern (and some ancient) translations. The writers covered include Homer, Sappho, Herodotus, the Greek tragedians, the comic poets, sexy and subtle love poets such as Catullus, and vicious but witty satirists like Martial and Juvenal.
Classics in Translation features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
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Classics in Translation was written by Peter Jones and published by Bristol Classical Press an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Classics in Translation has 162 pages
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