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Ovid: Fasti Book IVCambridge Greek and Latin Classics Book IV of the Fasti, Ovid's celebration of the Roman calendar and its associated legends, is the book of April and honours the festivals of Venus, Cybele, Ceres, and their cult, as well as the traditional date of the foundation of Rome and many religious and civic anniversaries. Elaine Fantham accompanies her commentary with a revised text and an extended introduction. Besides including surveys of language, style,

This invaluable new commentary on a central book of the poem explores Ovid's playful inversion of genre

the first five of which comprise The Early History of Rome

Galen attended the court of Marcus Aurelius

and how the Trojan horse came to be

" His wise counsel remains as relevant as ever

It then moves on to analyse the development and workings of Athenian democracy

mystical’ BETTANY HUGHES

Στα μονοπάτια της ζωής

And justice is a useful word

The first work of any great historian has always commanded attention

he belonged to a group of young poets who embraced Hellenistic forms to forge a new literary style

and perils he faced at every turn