Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds: Ways of Telling the Self: (Oxford University Press) "Publisher's Comments: Metamorphosis is a dynamic principle of creation, vital to natural processes of generation and evolution, growth and decay, yet it also threatens personal identity if human beings are subject to a continual process of bodily transformation. Shape-shifting ... Details...

Flavius Josephus and Flavian Rome: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Flavian Rome has most often been studied without serious attention to its most prolific extant author, Titus Flavius Josephus. Josephus, in turn, has usually been studied for what he is writing about (mainly, events in Judaea) rather than for the context in... Details...

From Arrian to Alexander: Studies in Historical Interpretation: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book provides a new perspective on the sources of Alexander's reign by rigorously examining the methods of historians of the time, particularly those of Arrian. Revealing Arrian's attitude toward his subject matter, approach to sources, techniques in w... Details...

From Augustus to Nero: An Intermediate Latin Reader: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book presents a narrative of the reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors, namely Augustus to Nero, with passages in original Latin from Tacitus, Suetonius and Seneca. Their works portray a dark world of murder and debauchery: Augustus with his firm moral... Details...

From Augustus to Nero: An Intermediate Latin Reader: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book presents a narrative of the reigns of the Julio-Claudian emperors, namely Augustus to Nero, with passages in original Latin from Tacitus, Suetonius and Seneca. Their works portray a dark world of murder and debauchery: Augustus with his firm moral... Details...

From Myth to Reason? Studies in the Development of Greek Thought: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: It is often said that Greek civilization underwent a transition from myth to reason. But what does this assertion mean? Is it true? Were the Greeks special in having evolved our sort of reason, or is that a mirage? In this book, some of the world's leading ... Details...

From Myth to Reason? Studies in the Development of Greek Thought: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: It is often said that Greek civilization underwent a transition from myth to reason. But what does this assertion mean? Is it true? Were the Greeks special in having evolved our sort of reason, or is that a mirage? In this book, some of the world's leading ... Details...

Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City': The Historian and his Reputation, 1776-1815: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The subject of this book is the story of the conflict between Gibbon and those he mockingly dubbed the "Watchmen of the Holy City," and it explores the ramifications of an elusive aspect of authorship. By considering the sequence of interactions between the... Details...

God: Myths of the Male Divine: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: He has been a trickster, a shaman, a divine child; he has been a sacrifice for the rebirth of nature, a consort with the earth goddess, a warrior, a sky king; he is the creator, a distant and impersonal immensity. He is the male divine, seen in the many god... Details...

Gods and Heroes in Pompeii: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The deities and heroes of the ancient Romans were popular subject matter for the frescoes that decorated the elaborate villas of Pompeii's wealthy citizens. This richly illustrated volume highlights various depictions of the heavenly and heroic pantheon of ... Details...