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The Student’s Catullus
Third Edition
By Daniel H. Garrison
Now in its third edition, The Student’s
Catullus makes Catullus’s famous poems
more accessible than ever to students of
the Latin language. This book includes an introduction,
English commentary, Latin-English Catullan vocabulary,
and other aids to help students read and understand
the works of this important author.
$26.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3635-6 · 256 pages
Selections from Herodotus
Edited by Amy L. Barbour
The writings of Herodotus—historian,
observer, and delightful storyteller—have
long been favorites among teachers and
students of the Greek language. Barbour
has included as many of the incidental stories.
$32.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-1427-9 · 402 pages
Selections from Homer’s Iliad
By Allen Rogers Benner
First published in 1903, Selections from
Homer’s Iliad has become a classic Greek
textbook. Benner presents selections from
twelve books of the Iliad in both Greek and
English, as well as short summaries to aid the student in
gaining a comprehensive view of the Iliad as a work of
literature and art.
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A Lexicon of the
Homeric Dialect
By Richard John Cunliffe
In the forty years since it was first com-
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the Homeric Dialect is unmatched wherever
English-speaking scholars and students pursue the
Homeric epics in the original form.
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The Poems of Hesiod
By R.M. Frazer
“Unique to this work are the Comments,
interspersed at regular intervals, on the
names of divinities, the movement of the
plot, other versions of the myths. . . .These
notes should reduce the frustrations of teaching Hesiod
in translation and invite students to appreciate the rich-
ness of detail in [Hesiod’s] poetry.”—Classical Outlook
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Horace
Epodes and Odes, A New Annotated
Latin Edition
By Daniel H. Garrison
This fully annotated Latin edition of
Horace’s Epodes, Odes, and Carmen
Saeculare is the first comprehensive English commen-
tary on these works since 1903. Garrison offers help
with meter, vocabulary, and difficult points of grammar.
$26.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3057-6 · 398 pages
Cleopatra
A Sourcebook
By Prudence J. Jones
This fascinating sourcebook documents
what we know of the historical Cleopatra
and also shows how she has evolved
through the lens of interpretation.
$24.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-3741-4 · 304 pages
Xenophon’s Anabasis
Books I - IV
By Maurice W. Mather and
Joseph William Hewitt
In Xenophon’s Anabasis, Joseph William
Hewitt and Maurice W. Mather present a
clearly written historical and literary introduction to the
life of Xenophon.
$32.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-1347-0 · 522 pages
Homeric Greek, Revised Edition
A Book for Beginners
By Clyde Pharr and John Wright
This revised edition adds concise sections
on grammar that will help immensely the
student who has not learned Latin gram-
mar. With a judicious hand, Wright has removed some
extraneous commentary on the Iliad, but the essence of
Pharr’s text—which has stood the test of time—has been
left untouched.
$32.95 Paper · 978-0-8061-1937-3 · 414 pages
Warfare in the Classical World
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of
Weapons, Warriors and Warfare in the
Ancient World
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By John Warry
This superbly illustrated volume traces the
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