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Ctesias' 'History of Persia'

Tales of the Orient

By LLoyd Llewellyn-Jones, James Robson

Towards the end of the fifth century BC Ctesias of Cnidus wrote his 23 book History of Persia. Ctesias is a remarkable figure: he lived…

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2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36411-9 (Routledge)

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Latin for the Illiterati, Second Edition

A Modern Guide to an Ancient Language, 2nd Edition

By Jon R. Stone

This revised and updated edition includes a brand new foreword by Richard LaFleur and more than fifteen hundred new entries and abbreviations. Organized alphabetically within…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77767-4 (Routledge)

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The Roman Garden

Space, Sense, and Society

By Katharine T. von Stackelberg

This innovative book is the first comprehensive study of ancient Roman gardens to combine literary and archaeological evidence with contemporary space theory. It applies a…

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2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-43823-0 (Routledge)

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The Routledge Introduction to Literary Ottoman

By Korkut Bugday

This represents the first modern introduction to literary Ottoman available in English. The author has devised this textbook to provide a course of lessons, readings…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49438-0 (Routledge)

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Athena

By Susan Deacy

In this definitive assessment of the various representations and approaches to Athena, Susan Deacy does what no other has done before and brings all the…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30066-7 (Routledge)

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Empedocles Redivivus

Poetry and Analogy in Lucretius

By Myrto Garani

Despite the general scholarly consensus about Lucretius’ debt to Empedocles as the father of the genre of cosmological didactic epic, there is a major disagreement…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-98849-0 (Routledge)

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Oedipus

By Lowell Edmunds

An indispensable guide to the myth of Oedipus this book is the first to analyze its long and varied history from ancient times to the…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32935-4 (Routledge)

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Ancient Greek Literary Letters

Selections in Translation

By Patricia A. Rosenmeyer

The first referenece to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers,…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-28551-3 (Routledge)

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Medea

By Emma Griffiths

Giving access to the latest critical thinking on the subject, Medea is a comprehensive guide to sources that paints a vivid portrait of the Greek…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30070-4 (Routledge)

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Prometheus

By Carol Dougherty

With no recent publications discussing Prometheus at length, this book provides a much-needed introduction to the Promethean myth of this rebellious god who defied Zeus…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32406-9 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Prophecy and Sibylline Imagery in the Renaissance: Shakespeare’s Sibyls
By Jessica L. Malay
To be published March 23rd 2010

Three Plays by Aristophanes: Staging Women
By Jeffrey Henderson
To be published April 2nd 2010

Pliny on Art and Society: The Elder Pliny's Chapters On The History Of Art
By Jacob Isager
To be published April 12th 2010

Aspects of Roman History 82BC–AD14: A Source-based Approach
By Mark Davies, Hilary Swain
To be published May 27th 2010

Classical Literature: An Introduction
Edited by Neil Croally, Roy Hyde
To be published September 1st 2010

The Women of Pliny's Letters
By JoAnn Shelton
To be published January 1st 2011

Sights and Sounds of the Athenian Court
By Craig Cooper
To be published January 1st 2011

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