Oxford Companion to Classical Literature

A comprehensive and illuminating guide to the literature of ancient Greece and Rome focuses on the lives and works of the principal authors and places them within the social, cultural, and political context of the period, with entries covering a wide variety of literary forms, a history of the Greek and Latin languages and alphabets, literary references, a chronology, and other useful features. Reprint. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.