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The Arena of Satire
Juvenal's Search for Rome
The Arena of Satire presents the satirist as flaneur traversing the streets of Rome in search of its authentic core—those distinctly Roman virtues that have disappeared amid the corruption of the age. What the vengeful, punishing satirist does to his victims, as Larmour shows, echoes what the Roman state did to outcasts and criminals in the arena of the Colosseum.
The Satyrica of Petronius
An Intermediate Reader with Commentary and Guided Review
In The Satyrica of Petronius, Beth Severy-Hoven makes the masterpiece, with its flights of language and vision of Roman culture around the time of Nero, accessible to a new generation of students of Latin.
The Birds and Beasts of Mark Twain
One volume coverage of Twain’s treatment of the ever-popular subject of animals, which includes original paintings and drawings by well-known New England artist Robert Roché.
Plato’s Apology of Socrates
A Commentary
Plato’s account of the famous trial of Socrates in 399 b.c., appeals to historians, philosophers, political scientists, and classicists. It is also essential reading for students of ancient Greek. Paul Allen Miller and Charles Platter provide running commentary, glosses of unfamiliar words, introductions that address historical and philosophical issues, and thought-provoking essays on each chapter.
From the Glittering World
A Navajo Story
The Diné, or Navajo, creation story says there were four worlds before this, the Glittering World. For the present-day Diné this is a world of glittering technology and influences from outside...

The Arena of Satire
Juvenal's Search for Rome
The Arena of Satire presents the satirist as flaneur traversing the streets of Rome in search of its authentic core—those distinctly Roman virtues that have disappeared amid the corruption of the age. What the vengeful, punishing satirist does to his victims, as Larmour shows, echoes what the Roman state did to outcasts and criminals in the arena of the Colosseum.
The Satyrica of Petronius
An Intermediate Reader with Commentary and Guided Review
In The Satyrica of Petronius, Beth Severy-Hoven makes the masterpiece, with its flights of language and vision of Roman culture around the time of Nero, accessible to a new generation of students of Latin.
The Birds and Beasts of Mark Twain
One volume coverage of Twain’s treatment of the ever-popular subject of animals, which includes original paintings and drawings by well-known New England artist Robert Roché.
Plato’s Apology of Socrates
A Commentary
Plato’s account of the famous trial of Socrates in 399 b.c., appeals to historians, philosophers, political scientists, and classicists. It is also essential reading for students of ancient Greek. Paul Allen Miller and Charles Platter provide running commentary, glosses of unfamiliar words, introductions that address historical and philosophical issues, and thought-provoking essays on each chapter.
From the Glittering World
A Navajo Story
The Diné, or Navajo, creation story says there were four worlds before this, the Glittering World. For the present-day Diné this is a world of glittering technology and influences from outside...