Herbert Jennings Rose

Primitive Culture in Greece

Plutarch

A New Translation with Introductory Essays & a Running Commentary

The Roman Questions of Plutarch

Homer

Poem by Homer describing the wanderings of Odysseus after the fall of Troy as he encounters gods and monsters.

The Odyssey

Nonnus (of Panopolis.)

Nonnus Panopolitanus

Levi Robert Lind

Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt, who lived in the fifth century of our era, composed the last great epic poem of antiquity. The Dionysiaca, in 48 books, has for its chief theme the expedition of Dionysus against the Indians; but the poet contrives to include all the adventures of the god (as well as much other mythological lore) in a narrative which begins with chaos in heaven and ends with the apotheosis of Ariadne's crown. The wild ecstasy inspired by the god is certainly reflected in the poet's style, which is baroque, extravagant, and unrestrained. It seems that Nonnos was in later years converted to Christianity, for in marked contrast to the Dionysiaca, a poem dealing unreservedly with classical myths completely redolent of a pagan outlook, there is extant and ascribed to him a hexameter paraphrase of St. John's Gospel.

Dionysiaca

This handbook is a study of Latin literature, including not only the classical and post-classical pagan authors, but also a representative selection of the Christian writers down to the death of St. Augustine.

From the Earliest Times to the Death of St. Augustine

A Handbook of Latin Literature

A Handbook of Latin Literature from the Earliest Times to the Death of St. Augustine

A brief yet comprehensive survey of Greek literature from Homer to Lucian. Rose's stated intention for this companion volume to A Handbook of Latin Literature was that it be a work that "covers the whole field, is of moderate length yet not so short as to include the principle authors only..."

From Homer to the Age of Lucian

A Handbook of Greek Literature

A New Translation, with Introductory Essays & a Running Commentary

Herbert Jennings Rose

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