The six sophisticated comedies by the Roman dramatist portray still-engaging domestic problems and romantic escapades of an upper-middle-class society[...]
The philosophy of the ancient Syrian-Roman Publius Syrus defies easy categorization. Part Stoic, part Epicurean, and even part Skeptic and Cynic, the wit and wisdom of this former slave turned playwright transcends doctrine and embraces humanism. His celebrated dramatic works are all but lost - what[...]
Part Stoic, part Epicurean, and even part Skeptic and Cynic, the wit and wisdom of the former Roman slave turned playwright Publius Syrus transcends doctrine and embraces humanism. The dramatic works of Syrus are all but lost - what remains is a collection of over a thousand one-line quotations know[...]
Jason Frank's Publius and Political Imagination is the first volume of the Modernity and Political Thought series to take as its focus not a single author, but collaboration between political philosophers, in this very special case the collective known by the pseudonym: Publius. Publius, of course, [...]
Metamorphose is a Latin narrative poem in fifteen books by the Roman poet Ovid, describing the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework. Completed in AD 8, it is recognized as a masterpiece of Golden Age Latin literature.[...]
A new edition of the Aeneid requires not only a systematic and reliable assessment of the text, but also a satisfactory and, if possible, complete description of the manuscripts transmission.Here, not only were the seven Late Antique codices studied anew, but the recensio was also extended by drawin[...]
For første gang på dansk foreligger nu denne skønne, frække og sjove samling, der er en af kærlighedsdigtningens klassikere.[...]
Ovids klassiske råd om elskov i ny oversættelse.
Hvor møder man en kvinde? Hvordan undgår man, at hendes ægtemand opdager noget! Her er også råd til kvinderne: Hvordan plejer man sin krop og hvordan dækker man over visse mangler?[...]
En af litteraturhistoriens største klassikere i en ny, flot udgave. Gennemillustreret af Peter Brandes og på dansk ved af Otto Steen Due, der har revideret sin oversættelse fra 1996.[...]
Ledsager til Otto Steen Dues oversættelse af Vergils Aeneiden. Indeholder en indledning om selve værket og udførlige noter, registre og kort, der er en uvurderlig hjælp for den interesserede læser.[...]