Table of Contents

Part 1 Greek literature: Oliver Taplin, Greek hexameter poetry; Leslie Kurke, archaic poetry (down to the New Music); Andrea Nightingale, ideas, science, and "Philosophy" (down to the beginnings of the Hellenistic Schools); Peter Wilson, Fifth Century drama; Leslie Kurke, Herodotus and Thucydides; Christopher Carey, rhetoric; Jane Lightfoot, Alexander to actium; Jane Lightfoot, Greek literature under the Romans. Part 2 Latin Literature: Matthew Leigh, Latin literature before 70 BC; Christina Krauss, oratory and history down to Augustus; Llewelyn Morgan, poetry of the Late republic; Llewelyn Morgan, poetry c.40 BC to c.19 BC; Philip Hardie, poetry from c.19 BC to the death of Tiberius; Matthew Leigh, Imperial epic; Catherine Connors, Imperial poetry and satire down to c.150 AD; Christina Kraus, Imperial prose; Michael Dewar, Latin literature after c.150.

About the Author

Oliver Taplin is Professor of Classical Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College.