Ancient Literary Criticism: The Principal Texts in New Translations: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: Ancient literary criticism has always been a particularly inaccessible subject for the non-specialist student. This edition provides for the first time the principal texts in translation, giving the reader a full view of ancient literary criticism and its d... Details...

Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and Introduction: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: The Hermetica are a body of mystical texts written in late antiquity, but believed during the Renaissance (when they became well known) to be much older. Their supposed author, a mythical figure named Hermes Trismegistus, was thought to be a contemporary of... Details...

Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary and mythic tradition and in ritual practice. Recently, ancient magic has hit a high in popularity, both as an area of scholarly ... Details...

Rome and the Greek East to the Death of Augustine (Translated Documents of Greece & Rome #04): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: A fascinating collection of inscriptions, papyri, and other documents in translation which illustrates the history of Roman presence in the Greek east from the last decades of the third century to the death of Augustus in A. D. 14. Much of this documentary ... Details...

Scribes and Scholars: A Guide to the Transmission of Greek and Latin Literature, Third Edition: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: The third edition of Scribes and Scholars takes into account the numerous discoveries in this rapidly-advancing field of knowledge by offering substantial revisions and additions. A note on how to interpret the information given in apparatus critics is als... Details...

Texts and Transmission: A Survey of the Latin Classics: (Oxford University Press) Publisher's Comments: This alphabetically arranged handbook presents a series of concise and up-to-date accounts of the manuscript tradition and transmission of Latin texts. All authors and texts down to Apuleius which have their own independent transmission are included, togeth... Details...

Velleius Paterculus: The Caesarian and Augustan Narrative (2.41-93): (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: The first volume of Professor Woodman’s edition of, and commentary on, Velleius Paterculus was published in the Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries series in 1977. This is the second volume to appear, covering Velleius’ narrative of Julius Caesar... Details...

Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt A Sourcebook: (Cambridge University Press) Publisher's Comments: This book makes available to students and other non specialists a varied collection of over three hundred translated texts and more than fifty illustrations relating to women's lives in Greek and Roman Egypt. These are accompanied by an introductory chapter... Details...