Fifty Key Classical Authors

Alison Sharrock, Rhiannon Ash

Psychology Press, 2002 - History - 421 pages

A chronological guide to influential Greek and Roman writers, Fifty Key Classical Authors is an invaluable introduction to the literature, philosophy and history of the ancient world. Including essays on Sappho, Polybius and Lucan, as well as on major figures such as Homer, Plato, Catullus and Cicero, this book is a vital tool for all students of classical civilization.

Contents

• Hesiod: 7
• Apollonius Rhodius 154: 11
• Archilochus: 18
• Aristophanes: 84
• Lysias: 95
• 33: 103
• CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF CONTENTS Demosthenes: 118
• Aristotle: 128
• HELLENISTIC: 137
• Menander: 139
• Callimachus: 145
• Aeschylus: 147
• Petronius 310: 152
• Apollonius Rhodius: 154
• Theocritus: 160
• EARLY ROMAN: 169
• Ennius: 171
• Plautus: 177
• Polybius: 185
• Terence: 192
• LATE REPUBLICAN: 201
• Cicero: 203
• Demosthenes 118: 212
• Julius Caesar: 214
• Lucretius: 221
• Ennius 171: 225
• Catullus: 228
• Sallust: 234
• AUGUSTAN: 243
• Virgil: 245
• Sophocles: 252
• Horace: 260
• Livy: 269
• Herodotus: 275
• Propertius: 276
• Ovid: 282
• Sulpicia: 291
• NERONIAN AND FLAVIAN: 297
• Seneca the Younger: 299
• Euripides: 304
• Petronius: 310
• Longus 393: 312
• Quintilian: 316
• Lucan: 322
• Martial: 329
• Statius: 334
• TRAJAN AND HADRIAN: 343
• Plutarch: 345
• Tacitus: 350
• Thucydides: 357
• Pliny the Younger: 358
• Suetonius: 365
• Juvenal: 370
• Aristophanes: 371
• NOT THE END: 377
• Lucian: 379
• Apuleius: 384
• Longus: 393
• FOURTH CENTURY: 394
• Cassius Dio: 401
• Lysias: 407
• Index: 413
• 95: 415
• Sulpicia 291: 420

Bibliographic information

• Title: Fifty Key Classical Authors; Routledge key guides
• Authors: Alison Sharrock, Rhiannon Ash
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0415165113, 9780415165112
• Length: 421 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / General; Literary Collections / Ancient & Classical; Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical