The Roman Poetry of Love : Elegy and Politics in a Time of Revolution

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The Roman Poetry of Love : Elegy and Politics in a Time of RevolutionThe Roman Poetry of Love explores the formation of a key literary genre in a troubled historical and political setting. The short lived genre of Latin love elegy produced spectacular, multi faceted and often difficult poetry. Its proponents Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius and Ovid remain to this day some of the most influential poetic voices of Western civilisation. This accessible introduction combines aesthetic analysis with socio political context

ο γιος της Ρούσσας και του Σεκίρ

Enslaved in Pompeii's brothel

τη γυναίκα που πρόδωσε σε μια πράξη δειλίας με τόσο απόηχο

and raises the question of what a man can do to secure lasting renown

Then Hecuba learns of her sons' treacherous murder by a former ally

Η Έρση: «Μόνο τη νύχτα ακούγεται

and the authors chosen are all regularly set in examination

students will receive a good introduction to Greek culture

he shows how his client did not benefit from the death

Ποιος θα της λύσει τις απορίες

Great interest lies in the imaginative metre and the archaic language of Plautus’ work

and perils he faced at every turn