Golden Verses : Poetry of the Augustan Age / Edition 1

by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

Overview

Golden Verses: Poetry of the Augustan Age is an anthology containing fresh and rhythmic translations of the great poets from the Augustan period and covering a broad range of verse Includes an introduction, maps, chronology, glossary, bibliography and notes. It is also designed to be read in conjunction with major works of the Augustan Age, Ovid’s Metamorphosis and Vergil’s Aeneid.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585100644
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	09/28/2003
Series:	Focus Classical Library
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Paul Alessi (Ph. D. University of Missouri, Columbia) is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has published on the poet Propertius, and his research and interests are with Augustan literature, Roman culture and Etruscan archaeology. He "Golden Prose in the Age of Augustus" and "Golden Verses: Poetry in the Augustan Age," both for Focus Publishing.

Editorial Reviews

...The selections are rich, varied, and broad-ranging enough to satisfy most instructors' (or readers') needs; the translations are sensitive, accurate, and certainly readable. Indeed, the translations alone represent an impressive achievement.

-- Alain Growing, University of Washington

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