Books in the New Surveys in the Classics series

When and why did men speak in public at Rome and why did they subsequently write down what they had said? This book offers an introduction to public speaking at Rome from its origins until the second century AD, looking also at its wider significance for understanding the Roman elite.

This volume introduces the life and works of Plutarch of Chaeronea, one of classical antiquity's most influential writers. It examines Plutarch's views on philosophy, history and religion, and his method of intellectual enquiry. The book also considers the value of Plutarch's works as sources for understanding the ancient world.

This is the first book to give an introduction to all genres of early hexameter poetry. It introduces readers to extant and fragmentary works, and is an ideal source for up-to-date research on literary criticism and literary form, mythology and genre, language and metre, and performance and music.

This book gives a full and authoritative survey of the scholarly literature on the Roman poet Horace. It covers the overall shape of Horace's poetic career and then details his works and their reception in European literature. The author also analyses the poet's style and its variations across different genres.

This survey of Greek art looks at material culture between 600 and 300 BC, concentrating on research from the past twenty years where new discoveries have queried and overturned old interpretations. Organised chronologically in terms of media, it is accompanied by fifty images, largely in colour.

This book provides an introduction as to what epigram means and why it matters. Subjects covered include the roots in inscriptions on stone, the continuation of Greek epigram under the Roman empire and a chapter discussing new importance in the nineteenth century as material for stories about the classical past.

This is a short, illustrated introduction to the field of Roman art history. It explores in particular portraiture, public monuments, funerary art, domestic art, and later Roman art. It not only introduces the material, but also offers a critical overview of the range of approaches adopted by Roman art historians.

This survey explores how and why Romans of the late Republic and early Principate were fascinated with landscaped nature. Thematic discussions and case studies work through what 'landscape' represented and how studying Roman identity in terms of place, environment and the natural world helps us better to understand Rome itself.

Comedy offers a concise, accessible guide to the study of Greek and Roman comedy. It surveys the literary, theatrical, political, and cultural history of the classical genre from its beginnings to the death of Terence, with an overview of the work of each author and introductions to the surviving plays.

This is a revised version of the survey on Homer which the author originally published in 1996. It is a clear introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey, and the problems of their dating, context and interpretation. An extensive bibliography gives expert guidance on many aspects of these extraordinary poems.

This book introduces the main concepts used in the growing field of reception studies.

This survey of more recent work on Herodotus, Thucydides and Polybius synthesises some of the most important research from the last few decades.

This book provides authoritative and informative discussions of the three major Latin historians of the classical period: Sallust, Livy and Tacitus.