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Containing papers presented at Langford Seminars of the Department of Classics of Florida State University as well as supplementary articles, this collection includes research on Greek and Roman poetry and historiography with topics such as poetry from Plato to Plutarch, the legal and social framework of Cistellaria, the ancient etymology of Carmen, the roles of Hercules and Augustus in Propertius, the structure of argument in Lucretius, the transition from opposition to assent amongst the Elegists, and problems in text and interpretation in Juvenal's Satire. Historiographical topics include Thucydides' treatment of events at Pylos and Amphopolis, textual notes on the Annals of Tacitus, and looking to the end of classical historiography. Distributed in the US by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
