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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher Pelling (Regius Professor of Greek, Oxford University) , Maria Wyke (Professor of Latin, University College London)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.456kg ISBN: 9780199597369ISBN 10: 0199597367 Pages: 290 Publication Date: 30 October 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Homer 2: Sappho 3: Herodotus 4: Euripides 5: Thucydides 6: Plato 7: Caesar 8: Cicero 9: Virgil 10: Horace 11: Juvenal 12: Tacitus Epilogue IndexReviewsA wonderful reader's guide to classical literature: these ancient voices, so vividly brought to life by Pelling and Wyke, speak with freshness, immediacy and urgency. Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian We know now that we are driven to share knowledge and thought because, as a species, we can imagine the potential consequence of communicating ideas. How thrilling then to have the voices - and ideas - of twelve of the very greatest ancients communicated to us by two of the 21st century's finest classical scholars. Through the painstaking and pleasure-rich work of Pelling and Wyke here we learn both about the minds and, critically, the lives and histories of key players in the story of civilisation. Fresh scholarship is combined with a deep and charismatic understanding. What more could anyone ask for in one book? Bettany Hughes A wonderful reader's guide to classical literature: these ancient voices, so vividly brought to life by Pelling and Wyke, speak with freshness, immediacy and urgency. Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian the book's tone is spot on, steering a steady course between concision and garrulousness The Belgravia Residents Journal an interesting book The Writers Drawer splendid book Telegraph [L]ovely little anthology ... an engaging approach to ancient literature Times Higher Education We know now that we are driven to share knowledge and thought because, as a species, we can imagine the potential consequence of communicating ideas. How thrilling then to have the voices - and ideas - of twelve of the very greatest ancients communicated to us by two of the 21st century's finest classical scholars. Through the painstaking and pleasure-rich work of Pelling and Wyke here we learn both about the minds and, critically, the lives and histories of key players in the story of civilisation. Fresh scholarship is combined with a deep and charismatic understanding. What more could anyone ask for in one book? Bettany Hughes A wonderful reader's guide to classical literature: these ancient voices, so vividly brought to life by Pelling and Wyke, speak with freshness, immediacy and urgency. Charlotte Higgins Author InformationChristopher Pelling is Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford. He has worked and published extensively on Classical Greek historiography and biography. Among his numerous publications are Literary Texts and the Greek Historian (2000) and Plutarch and History: Eighteen Studies (2002). Maria Wyke is Professor of Latin at University College London. She has written extensively on Roman love poetry (collected in The Roman Mistress: Ancient and Modern Representations, 2002), on Julius Caesar (Caesar: A Life in Western Culture, 2007, and Caesar in the USA, 2012), and on ancient Rome in cinema (Projecting the Past: Ancient Rome, Cinema and History, 1997). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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