{"product_id":"latin-lyric-and-elegiac-poetry-an-anthology-of-new-translations-paperback","title":"Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry: An Anthology of New Translations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiane J. Rayor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWilliam W. Batstone\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLatin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, first published almost 25 years ago, offered students accurate and poetic translations of poems from the sudden flowering of lyric and elegy in Rome at the end of the Republic and in the first decades of the Augustan principate. Now updated in this second edition, the volume has been re-edited with both revised and new translations and an updated commentary and bibliography for readers in a new century, ensuring that this much-valued anthology remains useful and relevant to a new generation of students studying ancient literature and western civilization. The volume features an expanded selection of newly translated poetry including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003efresh Catullus translations, with a greater selection including Poem 64\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003efresh Sulpicia translations and the five poems of the \"Garland of Sulpicia\" \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003esix new Propertius poems \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003enew and revised selections from Tibullus, Ovid and Horace.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second edition reflects changing interests and modes of reading while remaining true to the power of the poetry that has influenced the literature of many cultures. The combination of accurate and vibrant translations with thorough commentary makes this an invaluable anthology for those interested in poetry, world literature, Roman civilization, and the history of ideas and sexuality, allowing readers to compare different poets' responses to politics, love and sex, literary innovation, self, and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane J. Rayor \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Classics at Grand Valley State University, USA, in the department that she co-founded in 2000. She has published six book translations of ancient Greek poetry and drama: \u003ci\u003eSappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), the first book to include recent Sappho discoveries; \u003ci\u003eEuripides' \"Medea\" \u003c\/i\u003e(2013); \u003ci\u003eSophocles' \"Antigone\" \u003c\/i\u003e(2011); \u003ci\u003eHomeric Hymns\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSappho's Lyre: Archaic Lyric and Women Poets of Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCallimachus \u003c\/i\u003e(with S. Lombardo). \u003ci\u003eHelen \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHecuba \u003c\/i\u003eare joining the line-up after her stint as a Roe Green Visiting Theater Artist for 2018-19 at the University of Colorado, USA, for the production of \u003ci\u003eHecuba\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam W. Batstone is Professor of Classics at The Ohio State University, USA. He has published widely on the authors of the Republic and Triumviral period, including Plautus, Catullus, Caesar, Cicero, Sallust, and Vergil. He is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eCaesar's Civil Wars \u003c\/i\u003e(with Cynthia Damon), has translated (with introduction and commentary) Sallust's \u003ci\u003eCatiline's Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Jugurthine War\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHistories\u003c\/i\u003e, and edited or co-edited several volumes including \u003ci\u003eDefining Genre and Gender in Latin Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(with Garth Tissol). He is currently working on the \u003ci\u003eOxford Readings in Sallust \u003c\/i\u003e(with Andrew Feldherr) and his article on Sulpicia, \"Sulpicia and the Speech of Men,\" a complement to and extension of the notes here, has recently been published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 428\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127512404103,"sku":"9781138857803","price":100.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/fad68186499c7b468d8a7b7791941449.webp?v=1732589060","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/latin-lyric-and-elegiac-poetry-an-anthology-of-new-translations-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}