O. Taplin (ed.), Literature in the Greek and Roman Worlds: a New Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp. xvi + 596. ISBN 0-19-210020-3. £35.00.

Abstract

Part 1 Greek literature: Oliver Taplin, Greek hexameter poetry Leslie Kurke, archaic poetry (down to the New Music) Andrea Nightingale, ideas, science, and Philosophy (down to the beginnings of the Hellenistic Schools) Peter Wilson, Fifth Century drama Leslie Kurke, Herodotus and Thucydides Christopher Carey, rhetoric Jane Lightfoot, Alexander to actium Jane Lightfoot, Greek literature under the Romans. Part 2 Latin Literature: Matthew Leigh, Latin literature before 70 BC Christina Krauss, oratory and history down to Augustus Llewelyn Morgan, poetry of the Late republic Llewelyn Morgan, poetry c.40 BC to c.19 BC Philip Hardie, poetry from c.19 BC to the death of Tiberius Matthew Leigh, Imperial epic Catherine Connors, Imperial poetry and satire down to c.150 AD Christina Kraus, Imperial prose Michael Dewar, Latin literature after c.150.