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New Ebooks on our Ebook Platforms

The five links below lead to overviews of new ebooks that enter our collection through our publisher package deals.
For individually purchased print books and ebooks from other publishers, please see below.

Brill (Brill and partner presses)
All books in the field of Classical Studies published in 2022 and 2023.
Cambridge Core (Cambridge University Press and partner presses)
All books in the field of Classical Studies published in the last 12 months.
De Gruyter (De Gruyter and partner presses)
All books in the field of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies published in the last 12 months.
Oxford University Press
All books in the field of Classical Studies published in 2022 and 2023.
Taylor & Francis (T&F and partner presses)
All books in the field of Classical Studies published in the last 12 months.

New Books (December 2023)

Ovid: Metamorphoses X

Ovid: Metamorphoses X. Edited by Lee Fratantuono. Bloomsbury Latin Texts. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.

Valerius Flaccus: Argonavtica

Gaius Valerius Flaccus: Argonavtica, Book III. Edited by Gesine Manuwald. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Ovid's Amores, Book One

Ryan, Maureen B. and Caroline A Perkins. Ovid's Amores, Book One: A Commentary. Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture, 41. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011.

Seneca: De otio, De brevitate vitae

Lucius Annaeus Seneca: De otio, De brevitate vitae. Edited by Gareth D. Williams. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Tacitus: Germania

Cornelius Tacitus: Germany = Germania. With an introduction, translation and commentary by Herbert W. Benario. Warminster, England: Aris & Phillips, 1999.

Virgil: Eclogues and Georgics

Virgil: The Eclogues & Georgics. Edited with introduction and notes by R. Deryck Williams. London: Bristol Classical Press, 1996.

Simonides Lyricus: Testimonia und Fragmente

Simonides Lyricus: Testimonia und Fragmente: Einleitung, kritische Ausgabe, Übersetzung und Kommentar. Orlando Poltera (ed.). Schweizerische Beiträge Zur Altertumswissenschaft, 35. Basel: Schwabe, 2008.

Bacchylides: Five Epinician Odes

Bacchylides: Five Epinician Odes (3, 5, 9, 11, 13). Edited by Douglas L Cairns. Translated by J. G Howie. ARCA, Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers, and Monographs, 49. Cambridge: F. Cairns, 2010.

Plato: Gorgias

Plato: Gorgias. Translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Ovid: Fasti

Ovid: Fasti, Book III. Edited by S. J Heyworth. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Ptolemy I Soter

Anson, Edward M. Ptolemy I Soter: Themes and Issues. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

Das 12. Buch der Dionysiaka des Nonnos aus Panopolis

Zuenelli, Simon. Das 12. Buch der Dionysiaka des Nonnos aus Panopolis: Ein literarischer Kommentar. Hypomnemata, 213. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022.

New Books (November 2023)

L'auriga dal breve destino

Onori, Silvia. L'auriga dal breve destino : Commento critico-esegetico ai frammenti del "Fetonte" di Euripide. Drama. Neue Serie, 25. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, 2023.

The Invention of Imagination

Humphreys, Justin. The Invention of Imagination: Aristotle, Geometry, and the Theory of the Psyche. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023.

Aristotelis Ethica Eudemia

Aristotelis Ethica Eudemia. Edited by C. J Rowe. Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis. Oxonii: E typographeo Clarendiano, 2023.

Julius Caesar: The Gallic Wars, Books V-VI

Julius Caesar: The Gallic Wars, Books V-VI. Edited with an introduction, translation, and commentary by Jennifer Gerrish. Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2022.

Seneca: Selected Letters

Seneca: Selected Letters. Edited by Catharine Edwards. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Ennodio ii Pavia

Gasti, Fabio, ed. Ennodio di Pavia: Cultura, letteratura, stile fra V e VI secolo. Nuova biblioteca di cultura comanobarbarica, 3. Firenze: SISMEL · Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2022.

Terence: Andria

Terence: Andria. Edited by Sander M Goldberg. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Virgil: Aeneid Book XI

Virgil: Aeneid, Book XI. Edited by Scott McGill. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Tacitus: Annals

Tacitus: Annals: Book XV. Edited by Rhiannon Ash. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.

New Books (October 2023)

Le "Institutiones humanarum litterarum" di Cassiodoro

Morresi, Ilaria. Le "Institutiones humanarum litterarum" di Cassiodoro: Commento alle redazioni interpolate phi delta. Instrumenta patristica et mediaevalia, 88. Turnhout: Brepols, 2023.

Institutiones Humanarum Litterarum: Textus Φ Δ (CCSL)

Cassiodori Senatoris Institutiones Humanarum Litterarum: Textus Φ Δ. Edited by Ilaria Morresi. Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina, XCIX A. Turnhout: Brepols, 2022.

Sicut commentatores loquuntur = Authorship and Commentaries on Poetry = Autorproblematik und antike Dichterexegese

Tischer, Ute, Thomas Kuhn-Treichel, and Stefano Poletti (eds). Sicut commentatores loquuntur = Authorship and Commentaries on Poetry = Autorproblematik und antike Dichterexegese. Studi e testi tardoantichi = Profane and Christian Culture in Late Antiquity, 21. Turnhout: Brepols, 2023.

Eugenii Toletani opera omnia (CCSL)

Eugenii Toletani opera omnia. Edited by Paulo F. Alberto. Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina, 114. Turnhout: Brepols, 2005.

Euripides: Cyclops

Euripides: Cyclops. Edited by R. L Hunter and Rebecca Laemmle. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020.

The Athenian Heralds

Vocke, William F. “The Athenian Heralds,” 1970.

Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Environmental Imagination

Sissa, Giulia, and Francesca Martelli (eds). Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Environmental Imagination. Ancient Environments Series. London: Bloomsbury, 2023.

Pratiques du grec dans l'épigraphie de l'occident

Pratiques du grec dans l'épigraphie de l'occident: Contextes, origines et pratiques culturelles: Actes de la XXIIe rencontre franco-italienne sur l'épigraphie du monde romain (Autun, 22-24 Juin 2017). Edited by Chausson François, Antony Hostein, and Rossignol Benoît. Scripta Antiqua, 153. Bordeaux: Ausonius Éditions, 2022.

Erinna: Testimonianze e frammenti

Erinna: Testimonianze e frammenti. Edited by Camillo Neri. Eikasmos. Studi, 9. Bologna: Pàtron Editore, 2003.

Exegesis and Empire in the Early Byzantine Mediterranean

Maas, Michael. Exegesis and Empire in the Early Byzantine Mediterranean: Junillus Africanus and the Instituta regularia divinae legis. Studien und Texte zu antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity, 17. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2003.

New Books (September)

A Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues

Cucchiarelli, Andrea. A Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.

Ilias & Odyssee

Homer. Ilias & Odyssee. Translated by M. A Schwartz. Amsterdam: Athenaeum, 2023.

Conceptions of the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity

Irby, Georgia L. Conceptions of the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

Figures exemplaires de pouvoir sous l'empire dans la litterature greco-latine

Molinier-Arbo, Agnès, J. L Vix, and C Notter., eds. Figures exemplaires de pouvoir sous l'empire dans la littérature gréco-latine. Recherches sur les rhétoriques religieuses (RRR), 35. Turnhout: Brepols, 2022.

Euripides: Cyclops and Major Fragments of Greek Satyric Drama

Euripides: Cyclops and Major Fragments of Greek Satyric Drama. Edited with a translation, introduction and commentary by Patrick O'Sullivan and Christopher Collard. Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2013.

Homer: Odyssey, Books I & II

Homer: Odyssey, Books I & II. With an introduction, translation and commentary by Peter V. Jones. Classical Texts. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1991.

Homer: Iliad Book I

Homer: Iliad, Book I. Edited by Seth L Schein. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Homer: Iliad, Book III

Homer: Iliad, Book III. Edited by Angus M. Bowie. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Homer: Iliad, Book XVIII

Homer: Iliad, Book XVIII. Edited by R. B Rutherford. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Greek Elegy and Iambus

Allan, William, ed. Greek Elegy and Iambus: A Selection. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War, Book VI

Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War, Book VI. Edited by Christopher Pelling. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War, Book VII

Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War, Book VII. Edited by Christopher Pelling. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Euripides: Ion

Euripides: Ion. Edited by John Gibert. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Exemplarität und Exzeptionalität in der griechisch-römischen Antike

Bauer, Sebastian, and Brockkötter Philipp, eds. Exemplarität und Exzeptionalität in der griechisch-römischen Antike. Göttingen: Verlag Antike, 2022.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca: The Complete Tragedies, Volume 2

Lucius Annaeus Seneca: The Complete Tragedies, Volume 2. Translated by Shadi Bartsch, Susanna Morton Braund, Alex Dressler, Elaine Fantham, and David Konstan. The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Juvenal: Satire 6

Juvenal: Satire 6. Edited by Lindsay Watson and Patricia A Watson. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Cicero: Pro Milone

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Pro Milone. Edited by Thomas J Keeline. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Cicero: De Amicitia

Marcus Tullius Cicero: De Amicitia. Edited with introduction, notes & vocabulary by H. E Gould, and J. L Whiteley. Bristol: Bristol Classical Press, 2002. Originally published in 1941.

Juvenal: Satires, Book IV

Juvenal: Satires, Book IV. Edited with an introduction, translation & commentary by John Godwin. Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Havertown, PA: Oxbow Books, 2016.

Lucan: De Bello Civili, Book VII

Lucan: De Bello Civili, Book VII. Edited by Paul Roche. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.

New Books (August 2023)

Dictionnaire de l'épigramme littéraire dans l'antiquité grecque et romaine

Urlacher-Becht, Céline, Doris Meyer, Kathryn J Gutzwiller, Alfredo M Morelli, and Prioux Évelyne, eds. Dictionnaire de l'épigramme littéraire dans l'antiquité grecque et romaine. Turnhout: Brepols, 2022.

New Books (July 2023)

Gestaltung, Funktion und Bedeutung Antiker Treppenanlagen

Rickert, Alexa, and Sophie Schlosser, eds. Gestaltung, Funktion und Bedeutung antiker Treppenanlagen: Multiperspektivische Analyse einer transkulturellen Konstante. Kasion, 11. Munster: Zaphon Verlag, 2023.

Greek Tragedy in a Global Crisis

Mario Telò. Greek Tragedy in a Global Crisis: Reading through Pandemic Times. London: Bloomsbury, 2023.

How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today

Goldhill, Simon. How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Visions of Tragedy in Modern American Drama

Palmer, David, ed. Visions of Tragedy in Modern American Drama: From O'Neill to the Twenty-First Century. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2018.

Muze, vertel

Caspers, Christiaan, Jacqueline Klooster, Inger N. I Kuin, and Bram van der Velden. Muze, vertel: De Griekse en Latijnse literatuur van de oudheid. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023.

New Books (June 2023)

Sophocles: Ajax

Sophocles: Ajax. Translated by A. F Garvie. Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1998.

Claudio Mamertino: Panegírico (Gratiarvm actio) al emperador Juliano

Claudio Mamertino: Panegírico (Gratiarvm actio) al emperador Juliano. Edited, translated and commentary by María Pilar García Ruiz. Mundo Antiguo. Series Minor, 4. Pamplona: Ediciones Universidad de Navarra, S.A. (EUNSA), 2006.

Anacreon of Teos

Anacreon of Teos: Testimonia and Fragments. Edited by Hans Bernsdorff. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.

New Books (May 2023)

Looking at Persians

Stuttard, David, ed. Looking at Persians. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Anticipatory Environmental (Hi)Stories from Antiquity to the Anthropocene

Christopher Schliephake; Evi Zemanek (eds). Anticipatory Environmental (Hi)Stories from Antiquity to the Anthropocene. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2023.

Polybius Book I, a Commentary

Phillips, David D. Polybius Book I, a Commentary. Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan Classical Press, 2016.

Classici alla gogna

Lentano, Mario. Classici alla gogna: I Romani, il razzismo e la cancel culture. Aculei, 52. Roma: Salerno Editrice, 2022.

New Books (April 2023)

Aeschylus: Eumenides

Aeschylus. Eumenides. Edited by Anthony J Podlecki. Classical Texts. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1989.

Constantine

Stephenson, Paul. Constantine: Unconquered Emperor, Christian Victor. London: Quercus, 2011.

Procli Diadochi in Platonis Timaeum Commentaria

Procli Diadochi in Platonis Timaeum Commentaria. Edited by Gerd Van Riel. 5 volumes. Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis. Oxonii: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 2022.

Metamorphoses

Ovid: Metamorphoses. Translated by Stephanie McCarter. New York: Penguin Books, 2022.

The Landmark Thucydides

Robert B Strassler, ed. The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War. New York: Free Press, 1996.

New Books (March 2023)

Herodotus: Histories Book I

Herodotus. Histories, Book I. Edited by Carolyn Dewald and Rosaria Vignolo Munson. Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022.

A Cultural History of the Emotions in Antiquity

Cairns, Douglas, ed. A Cultural History of the Emotions in Antiquity. A Cultural History of the Emotions, Volume 1. London, England: Zed Books, 2021.

Apuleius Madaurensis: Metamorphoses Book III

Apuleius. Metamorphoses, Book III : Text, Introduction, Translation, and Commentary. Edited by Leonardo Costantini. Groningen Commentaries on Apuleius. Leiden: Brill, 2021.

Inventing Origins?

Antje Wessels and Jacqueline Klooster, eds. Inventing Origins? Aetiological Thinking in Greek and Roman Antiquity. Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation, 2. Leiden: Brill, 2022.

Lycurgus: Against Leocrates

Lycurgus: Against Leocrates. Introduction and commentary by Joseph Roisman; translation by Michael J. Edwards. Clarendon Ancient History Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.