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Ovid
K. Sara Myers
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Ovid Introduction All of Ovid’s poetry bears the hallmarks of his distinctive style: humor, wit (often expressed through word play), great ...
Papyrology: Literary and Documentary
Rodney Ast
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Papyrology: Literary and Documentary Introduction Papyrology owes its name to the paper-like writing material produced from the papyrus plant o...
Parthenon
Jenifer Neils
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Parthenon Introduction The Parthenon, the largest and most highly decorated temple of Athena on the Acropolis of Athens, and its sculptures hav...
Pausanias
William Hutton
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Pausanias Introduction Pausanias was a Greek author of the second century ce (b. c. 115–d. c. 180), whose only known work is the Periegesis Hel...
Petronius
Costas Panayotakis
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Petronius Introduction The Satyricon of Petronius, whom most scholars nowadays identify with emperor Nero’s courtier Titus Petronius Niger,...
Philosophy, Greek
Anthony Preus
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Greek Philosophy Introduction The title “Ancient Greek Philosophy” may be applied to philosophical texts written in Greek over a period of som...
Philosophy, Roman
Gretchen Reydams-Schils
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Roman Philosophy Introduction In the ancient world, the term “philosophy” meant primarily “Greek philosophy.” Philosophy was invented and devel...
Pindar
Mary R. Lefkowitz
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Pindar Introduction Pindar has been admired since antiquity for the dramatic brilliance of his poetry. Of the various genres in which he wr...
Plato
Luc Brisson, Richard Dufour
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Plato Introduction Born at Athens in a family of noble descent, Plato (b. c. 428–427– d. c. 348–347 bce), naturally sought throughout his life...
Plato's Apology of Socrates
Charles Platter
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Plato’s Apology of Socrates Introduction The Apology of Socrates takes its name from Plato’s version of the defense speech (Greek, apologia) g...
Plautus
Susanna Braund
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Plautus Introduction Titus Maccius Plautus, from Sarsina in Umbria, wrote plays at the turn of the 3rd into the 2nd century bce; only two can ...
Plotinus
Richard Dufour
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Plotinus Introduction Plotinus (205–270 ce) is considered to be the founder of Neoplatonism. Pupil of Ammonius Saccas, he taught in Rome fr...
Poetry, Greek: Elegiac and Lyric
Ian Rutherford
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Greek Poetry: Elegiac and Lyric Introduction Although the best-known genres are epic and drama, most Greek poetry took the form of shorter ...
Poetry, Greek: Epigrams
Ruth Scodel
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Greek Poetry: Epigrams Introduction Very soon after Greeks adapted the Phoenician alphabet, they began writing inscriptions in verse, most ofte...
Poetry, Greek: Iambos
Christopher G. Brown
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Greek Poetry: Iambos Introduction The word iambos (sometimes Latinized as iambus; the plural is iamboi or iambi) is a word of uncertain etymolo...
Poetry, Latin: From the Beginnings through the End of the Republic
Gesine Manuwald
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Latin Poetry: From the Beginnings through the End of the Republic Introduction Setting precise period boundaries within the development o...
Poetry, Latin: Imperial
Charles McNelis
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Latin Poetry: Imperial Introduction “Imperial” Rome is an arbitrary—but useful—designation that may take as its starting point the years 30–27
Political Philosophy, Greek and Roman
Jed W. Atkins
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Greek and Roman Political Philosophy Introduction In this bibliography “Greek and Roman political philosophy” is taken to mean philosophical r...
Polybius
Craige Champion
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Polybius Introduction Polybius is the most important source for the rise of Roman imperialism during the Middle Roman Republic (c. 265–c. 150
Pompeii
Christopher A. Gregg
Subject: Classics »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Pompeii Introduction Founded around the 6th century bce, perhaps by the Italic Ausonian tribe, Pompeii rests on a plateau overlooking both the ...
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