Veritatis Amicitiaeque Causa: Essays in Honor of Anna Lydia Motto and John R. Clark

Author	Shannon N. Byrne
ISBN	9780865164543
Publisher	Bolchazy-carducci Publishers
Manufacturer	Bolchazy-carducci Publishers

This is a collection of essays in honor of Anna Lydia Motto and John R. Clark, two classical scholars who have made many contributions to the field of classical studies. The essays cover a wide range of topics, from the fifth century BC to Late Antiquity. Special features of the book include essays on Augustus, Rome, and the Romans, Maecenas in Seneca and Other Post-Augustan Authors, Pisspots and Pumpkins: Three Notes to the Apocolocyntosis, The Art and Myth of Cupid and Psyche, Tiberius' Roman Retirement: Antecedents and Implications, Latinitas in the Late Antique Greek East: Cultural Assimilation and Ethnic Distinctions, Claudian Castores: Seneca and Crispus, Wine, Women, and What? Some Vices in Seneca's De Ira, The Dual Citizenship of the Roman Stoics, Imperial Rome and the Habitations of Cruelty, Hans-Friedrich Mueller, Me Cheiron Patros: The Rising Generation in Euripides' Heracleidae, J. D. Noonan, Concerning the Plane Trees in Seneca's Twelfth Epistle, Michele Valerie Ronnick, Elephants, Pompey, and the

This collection of essays is a tribute to two respected scholars of classical antiquity whose contributions were many and distinguished. The subject matter runs the gamut of classical studies, ranging from the fifth century BC to Late Antiquity. Special Features * Augustus, Rome, and the Romans -- Herbert W. Benario * Maecenas in Seneca and Other Post-Augustan Authors -- Shannon N. Byrne * Pisspots and Pumpkins: Three Notes to the Apocolocyntosis -- John Scott Campbell * The Art and Myth of Cupid and Psyche -- Edmund P. Cueva * Tiberius' Roman Retirement: Antecedents and Implications -- Linda W. Rutland Gillison * Latinitas in the Late Antique Greek East: Cultural Assimilation and Ethnic Distinctions -- Linda Jones Hall * Claudian Castores: Seneca and Crispus -- George W. Mallory Harrison * Wine, Women, and What? Some Vices in Seneca's De Ira -- Alexander MacGregor * The Dual Citizenship of the Roman Stoics -- Mark Morford * Imperial Rome and the Habitations of Cruelty -- Hans-Friedrich Mueller * Me Cheiron Patros: The Rising Generation in Euripides' Heracleidae -- J. D. Noonan * Concerning the Plane Trees in Seneca's Twelfth Epistle -- Michele Valerie Ronnick * Elephants, Pompey, and the Reports of Popular Displeasure in 55 BC -- Jo-Ann Shelton * Roman Religion: Fragments and Further Questions -- W. Jeffrey Tatum * Seneca and the Empire of Signs -- Daniel R. White * Seneca's Second Exile: Seneca and the Romantics -- William E. WycisloAlso available:Why Horace?: A Collection of Interpretations - ISBN 0865164177 Why Vergil? A Collection of Interpretations - ISBN 0865164185For over 30 years Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has produced the highest quality Latin and ancient Greek books. From Dr. Seuss books in Latin to Plato's Apology, Bolchazy-Carducci's titles help readers learn about ancient Rome and Greece; the Latin and ancient Greek languages are alive and well with titles like Cicero's De Amicitia and Kaegi's Greek Grammar. We also feature a line of contemporary eastern European and WWII books. Some of the areas we publish in include: Selections From The Aeneid Latin Grammar & Pronunciation Greek Grammar & Pronunciation Texts Supporting Wheelock's Latin Classical author workbooks: Vergil, Ovid, Horace, Catullus, Cicero Vocabulary Cards For AP Selections: Vergil, Ovid, Catullus, Horace Greek Mythology Greek Lexicon Slovak Culture And History