Classica

"The Firm of Nucingen" by Honore de Balzac is a quintessential French realist novel that delves deep into the intricacies of Parisian society. Balzac’s literary classic offers a captivating …

Compiled by a team of international experts, this volume showcases the best of the huge abundance of literature written in Latin in Europe from about 1500 to 1800. A general introduction provides …

Launching a much-needed new series discussing each comedy that survives from the ancient world, this volume is a vital companion to Terence”s earliest comedy, Andria, highlighting its context, …

This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Horace”s Odes, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for Odes 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, …

The third-century BC Greek poet Herodas had been all but forgotten until a papyrus of eight of his Mimiambs (plus fragments) turned up in the Egyptian desert at the end of the 19th century. They have …

With its ribald chorus of ithyphallic, half-man / half-horse creatures, satyr drama was a peculiar part of the Athenian theatrical experience. Performed three times each year after a trilogy of …

This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Ovid”s Amores, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for Amores 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, …

"Ferragus" is an ancient French literature classic book written by Honore de Balzac. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, this literary realism masterpiece delves into the …

First published in 1987, this is a critical edition of the 1647 text by the Scottish author Alexander Ross which offered the Renaissance reader not only a wealth of factual information concerning the …

Agamemnon is the first of the three plays within the Oresteia trilogy and is considered to be one of Aeschylus” greatest works. This collection of 12 essays, written by prominent international …