Bucolica: Georgica
by Virgile
fromBibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana
Law and Love in Ovid challenges the view that legal language in poetry is a sign of frivolity and argues that it signals a radical return to the roots of law's creation.
"In this book, Bill Gladhill studies one of the most versatile concepts in Roman society, the ritual event that concluded an alliance, a foedus (ritual alliance). Foedus signifies the bonds between nations, men, men and women, friends, humans and gods, gods and goddesses, and th…
Poems
by Miller, Clarence H., Vredeveld, Harry, Erasmus, Desiderius
fromCollected Works of Erasmus
"Latin love elegy is one of the most important poetic genres in the Augustan era, also known as the golden age of Roman literature. This volume brings together leading scholars from Australia, Europe and North America to present and explore the Greek and Roman backdrop for Latin…
"Latin love elegy is one of the most important poetic genres in the Augustan era, also known as the golden age of Roman literature. This volume brings together leading scholars from Australia, Europe and North America to present and explore the Greek and Roman backdrop for Latin…