Classics in Translation

By Peter Jones

Introducing the work of 20 of the ancient world's greatest authors, this work presents brief, readable essays, fully illustrated with quotations from modern (and some ancient) translations. The writers covered include Homer, Sappho, Herodotus, the Greek tragedians, the comic poets, sexy and subtle love poets such as Catullus, and vicious but witty satirists like Martial and Juvenal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715628682
• ISBN13: 9780715628683
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.5"