Classics – Page 3 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Ancient Women in Modern Media

Edited By: K. S. Burns, W. S. S. Duffy

£41.99

The heroines of ancient myth remain potent today, challenging popular beliefs about the roles of women. This collection of essays examines their legacy from page to stage to screen to understand how they have evolved to retain and increase their power.

Characterisation in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses

Nine Studies

Edited By: Stephen Harrison

£41.99

In the first volume on characterisation in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, distinguished international scholars explore the novel’s significant human and divine figures. This book is a substantial contribution to the interpretation of the most important Latin novel to survive complete.

A Translation and Interpretation of Horace’s Iambi

By: Andy Law

From £41.99

In his most controversial poetry, Horace is a writer in torment. This new interpretation reveals an artwork forged from the agony of expression—a book he may never have wanted to write. His fate is to be forever persecuted by his own masterpiece.

The British Myth of Russia

By: Svetlana Koroleva

From £41.99

This book explores the British myth of Russia—a collection of images, stereotypes, and plots formed over centuries by cultural and historical forces. It describes the major stages of the myth's development and analyzes the forms it takes in British fiction.

This book explores the British myth of Russia—a collection of images, stereotypes, and plots formed over centuries by cultural and historical forces. It describes the major stages of the myth’s development and analyzes the forms it takes in British fiction.

Aspects of Ecphrastic Technique in Ovid’s Metamorphoses

By: Liz Norton

£44.99

This study examines Ovid’s use of ecphrasis in the Metamorphoses, exploring his determination to outdo his predecessors. It argues that Ovid's preoccupation with artists makes the epic itself an extended commentary on his own artistry.

This study examines Ovid’s use of ecphrasis in the Metamorphoses, exploring his determination to outdo his predecessors. It argues that Ovid’s preoccupation with artists makes the epic itself an extended commentary on his own artistry.

Space, Identity and Discourse in Anglophone Studies

Crossing Boundaries

Edited By: Attila Dósa, Ágnes Maguczné Godó, Anett Schäffer, Robin Lee Nagano

From £44.99

This book explores the intersections where cultures, languages, and spaces converge to shape identities. Examining literary works, political narratives, and language use, this collection contributes to scholarly dialogues on identity construction through border crossings.

Ancient Epic

Literary and Linguistic Essays

Edited By: Concepción Cabrillana, Cecilia Criado, Mercedes Díaz de Cerio Díez

£47.99

This book adopts a broad approach to the Epic, from archaic Greece to imperial Rome, with comparisons to Vedic, Sanskrit, and Medieval poetry. It explores the hero, the bard, and myth, and traces the influence of Homer on authors like Virgil, Ovid, and Seneca.

Greek Philosophy and Mystery Cults

Edited By: María José García Blanco, María José Martín-Velasco

£47.99

The authors here centre their attention on such thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoic philosophers, who used doctrinal elements from Mystery Cults, adapting them to their own thinking, and, as such, offer a new way of looking at various renowned Greek philosophers.

Islands in the Sky

The Four-Dimensional Journey of Odysseus through Space and Time

By: Rose Hammond

£49.99

This study uses mythology and shamanism to recast the Odyssey's sea voyage in cosmic terms. The hero’s journey becomes a celestial one, where the 'wine-dark sea' is the night sky, revealing Homer as both philosopher and student of the cosmos.

This study uses mythology and shamanism to recast the Odyssey’s sea voyage in cosmic terms. The hero’s journey becomes a celestial one, where the ‘wine-dark sea’ is the night sky, revealing Homer as both philosopher and student of the cosmos.

Poetic Language and Religion in Greece and Rome

Edited By: J. Virgilio García, Angel Ruiz

£49.99

This collection of essays combines Indo-European and Classical Studies to explore poetic language and religion in Greece and Rome. It tracks the remnants of Indo-European tradition and delves into ritual poetry, hymns, oracles, and magic.

The Philosophizing Muse

The Influence of Greek Philosophy on Roman Poetry

Edited By: David Konstan, Myrto Garani

£49.99

Despite the Romans’ reputation, Latin poetry was deeply permeated by Greek philosophy. This volume of original essays is the first to fully investigate this influence, analysing how poets from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD absorbed and transformed their sources.

Virgo to Virago

Medea in the Silver Age

By: Kirsty Corrigan

£49.99

Virgo to Virago offers a study of the formidable Medea in the Silver Age. Examining her portrayal in Ovid, Seneca, and Valerius Flaccus, it explores whether this mighty female character has any claim to sympathy or admiration in these texts.

Isaeus’ On the Estate of Pyrrhus (Oration 3)

Edited By: Rosalia Hatzilambrou

£61.99

This edition of the third speech of the orator Isaeus offers a new Greek text, English translation, and detailed commentary. It demonstrates the skill of the under-appreciated orator and casts light on complex aspects of Athenian family law. Accessible without knowledge of Greek.

A Study in Guilt

The Supreme Manifestation of the Mind-Forged Manacle

By: Mohan Gopinath, Edwin Castelino

£70.99

Why do some feel the crushing weight of guilt while others feel none? This book investigates the psychology of remorse through harrowing events like WWII and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, and the literary complicity of Hamlet's friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

Activism in the Works of the Beat Generation

Mapping Spaces

By: Andreea Cosma

£72.99

For the Beat Generation, the city was the stage. This book traces the literary maps of writers like Kerouac and Ginsberg, revealing how they used urban spaces to challenge norms on gender, race, and class, and uncovering their lasting legacy on modern culture.

Cultural Representations of Food and Drinks in World Literature

Edited By: Monica Manolachi, Lorena Clara Mihăeș

£72.99

This collection explores literary portrayals of food and drinks to reveal how they shed light on the complexities of identity and belonging. At the same time, it argues that food and drinks are a unifying force that transcends boundaries, pointing to universal human experiences.

Atticism and Koine in Greek Prose Texts by Jewish Authors

Linguistic and Stylistic Studies

By: Jordi Redondo

£77.99

This book evaluates the Bible's linguistic and literary background, revealing its Hebrew and Greek traditions. It offers valuable information for scholars of religion and language, and a wider audience interested in the controversial language of Jesus and the first Christians.

This book evaluates the Bible’s linguistic and literary background, revealing its Hebrew and Greek traditions. It offers valuable information for scholars of religion and language, and a wider audience interested in the controversial language of Jesus and the first Christians.