Greek Literature Books

New and Published Books

1. Ctesias' 'History of Persia'

   Tales of the Orient

   By Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, James Robson

   Series: Routledge Classical Translations

   Towards the end of the fifth century BC Ctesias of Cnidus wrote his 23 book History of Persia. Ctesias is a remarkable figure: he lived and worked in the Persian court and, as a doctor, tended to the world’s most powerful kings and queens. His position gave him special insight into the workings of...

   Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. Dreams and Suicides

   The Greek Novel from Antiquity to the Byzantine Empire

   By Suzanne Macalister

   This study discusses the Greek novel through the ages, from the genre's flowering in late Antiquity to its learned revival in twelfth-century Byzantium. Its unique feature is its full coverage of the Byzantine novels, demonstrating that they both depend upon and react against the ancient novel, and...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. Plutarch and the Historical Tradition

   Edited by Philip A. Stadter

   These essays, by experts in the field from five countries, examine Plutarch's interpretative and artistic reshaping of his historical sources in representative lives. Diverse essays treat literary elements such as the parallelism which renders a pair of lives a unit or the themes which unify the...

   Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge
4. Virgil's Homeric Lens

   By Edan Dekel

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   Virgil’s Homeric Lens reevaluates the traditional view of the Aeneid’s relationship to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Almost since the death of Virgil, there has been an assumption that the Aeneid breaks into two discrete halves: Virgil’s Odyssey, and Virgil’s Iliad. Although modified in various ways...

   Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge
5. Classical Literature

   An Introduction

   Edited by Neil Croally, Roy Hyde

   Series: Aspects of Classical Civilization

   Classical Literature: An Introduction provides a series of essays on all the major authors of Greek and Latin literature, as well as on a number of writers less often read. An introductory chapter provides information on important general topics, such as poetic metres, patronage and symposia. The...

   Published May 9th 2011 by Routledge
6. Euripides, Women and Sexuality

   Edited by Anton Powell

   Euripides' interest in the psychology and social position of women is well known. Of the great Greek playwrights, he most directly reflects contemporary philosophical and social debates, and his work is of great value as a source for social history.The important new studies in this volume explore...

   Published February 9th 2011 by Routledge
7. Three Plays by Aristophanes

   Staging Women, 2nd Edition

   By Jeffrey Henderson

   Series: The New Classical Canon

   These three plays by the great comic playwright Aristophanes (c. 446-386 BCE), the well-known Lysistrata, and the less familiar Women at the Thesmophoria and Assemblywomen, are the earliest surviving portrayals of contemporary women in the European literary tradition. These plays provide a unique...

   Published February 3rd 2010 by Routledge
8. Ancient Greek Literary Letters

   Selections in Translation

   By Patricia A. Rosenmeyer

   Series: Routledge Classical Translations

   The first referenece to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a distinct literary genre. Letters were included in the works of historians but they also formed the...

   Published January 18th 2006 by Routledge
9. Prometheus

   By Carol Dougherty

   Series: Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World

   With no recent publications discussing Prometheus at length, this book provides a much-needed introduction to the Promethean myth of this rebellious god who defied Zeus to steal fire for mankind. Seeking to locate the nature of this compelling tale’s continuing relevance throughout history, Carol...

   Published December 12th 2005 by Routledge
10. Zeus

    By Ken Dowden

    Series: Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World

    The first book to capture a complete picture of the most important of Greek gods in one reliable volume for almost seventy years, this masterly and comprehensive study brings a new-millennium examination of the fascinating god Zeus. Broad in scope, the book looks at myth, art, cult,...

    Published December 8th 2005 by Routledge