Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome (2 Volumes)

by T. James Luce (Editor)

Hardcover, 1982

Status

Available

Call number

FIC A1

Publication

Charles Scribner's Sons

Pages

1148

Description

Covers ancient Greek and Roman writers of the classical period. Entries include biographical information, as well as discussion of the themes and styles of major works.

Description

This two-volume survey of western literature in the classical period contains 47 chronologically arranged essays.

Table of Contents:
vol. 1. Homer -- Hesiod -- Greek lyric poets -- Aeschylus -- Pindar -- Sophocles -- Herodotus -- Euripides -- Thucydides -- Aristophanes -- Isocrates -- Xenophon -- Plato -- Aristotle -- Demosthenes -- Menander -- Hellenistic poetry at Alexandria -- Theocritus -- Plautus -- Polybius -- Terence -- Cicero -- Caesar -- vol. 2. Lucretius -- Sallust -- Catullus -- Vergil -- Horace -- Livy -- Tibullus and Propertius -- Ovid -- Seneca the Younger -- Petronius -- Persius and Juvenal -- Josephus -- Martial -- Lucan and Statius -- Quintilian -- Plutarch -- Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius -- Tacitus -- Pliny the Younger -- Suetonius -- Longinus -- Lucian -- Apuleius -- Ammianus Marcellinus.

Collection

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

1148 p.; 11.25 inches

ISBN

0684165953 / 9780684165950

Rating

(1 rating; 5)

Call number

FIC A1
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