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Hayden Pelliccia is a Professor of Classics at Cornell. (October 2017)
The Art of Wrath
Two recent translations of the ‘Iliad’
The Iliad
by Homer, translated from the Greek by Peter Green
The Iliad
by Homer, translated from the Greek and with an introduction and notes by Barry B. Powell, and with a foreword by Ian Morris
October 12, 2017 issue
The Ancient Delights of the Epigram
The Greek Anthology, Books 1–5
translated from the Greek by W.R. Paton and revised by Michael A. Tueller
June 8, 2017 issue
Where Does His Wit Come From?
Aesopic Conversations: Popular Tradition, Cultural Dialogue, and the Invention of Greek Prose
by Leslie Kurke
November 8, 2012 issue
‘Let Virgil Be Virgil’
The Aeneid
by Virgil, translated from the Latin by Robert Fagles, with anintroduction by Bernard Knox
Aeneid
by Virgil, translated from the Latin by Stanley Lombardo, with anintroduction by W.R. Johnson
April 12, 2007 issue
Was Jason a Hero?
The Argonautika
by Apollonios Rhodios, translated from the Greek with an introduction, commentary, and glossary by Peter Green
July 19, 2001 issue
As Many Homers As You Please
Poetry as Performance: Homer and Beyond
by Gregory Nagy
Homeric Questions
by Gregory Nagy
November 20, 1997 issue
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