Classics in Translation Paperback / softback
by Peter Jones
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:162 pages, black & white illustrations
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:12/11/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780715628683
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:162 pages, black & white illustrations
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:12/11/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780715628683