Focuses on transversions of Ovid's 'Iphis and Ianthe' in both English and French literature Medieval and early modern authors engaged with Ovid's tale of 'Iphis and Ianthe' in a number of surprising ways. From Christian translations to secular retellings on the seventeenth-century stage, Ovid's story of a girl's miraculous transformation into a boy sparked a diversity of responses in English and French from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries. In addition to analysing various translations and commentaries, the volume clusters essays around treatments of John Lyly's Galatea (c. 1585) and Issac de Benserade's Iphis et Iante (1637). As a whole, the volume addresses gender and transgender, sexuality and gallantry, anatomy and alchemy, fable and history, youth and pedagogy, language and climate change. Key Features: The only scholarly monograph to focus on Ovid's 'Iphis and Ianthe' Intervenes in the history of Ovidian reception and literary history, particularly in terms of gender and sexuality Broadens readings of 'Iphis and Ianthe' beyond concerns of gender and sexuality Brings medieval and early modern, English and French appropriations of the tale into productive dialogue Provides new readings of John Lyly's Galathea and Issac Benserade's 'Iphis and Ianthe', and of medieval versions of the story Intervenes in the history of 'trans' phenomena

One of the greatest poems of the classical world, Virgil's Georgics is a glorious celebration of the eternal beauty of the natural world, now brought vividly to life in a powerful new translation. 'Georgic' means 'to work the earth', and this poetic guide to country living combines practical wisdom on tending the land with exuberant fantasy and eulogies to the rhythms of nature. It describes hills strewn with wild berries in 'vine-spread autumn'; recommends watching the stars to determine the right time to plant seeds; and gives guidance on making wine and keeping bees. Yet the Georgics also tells of angry gods, bloody battles and a natural world fraught with danger from storms, pests and plagues. Expansive in its scope, lush in its language, this extraordinary work is at once a reflection on the cycles of life, death and rebirth, an argument for the nobility of labour and an impassioned reflection on the Roman Empire of Virgil's times. Kimberly Johnson's lyrical verse translation captures all the rich beauty and abundant imagery of the original, re-creating this ancient masterpiece for our times.

Horace saw the death of the Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire, and was personally acquainted with the emperor Augustus and the poet Virgil. He was famous during his lifetime, and continued to be posthumously, for his odes and epodes, his satires and epistles, and for Ars Poetica. His lyric poems have been translated into many languages, by an array of famous poets including Jonson, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Cowper, A. E. Houseman, Ezra Pound, Louis McNeice, Robert Lowell--and even Queen Elizabeth I and the Victorian prime minister Gladstone. Also included are excerpts from Ars poetica (The Art of Poetry), an influential work of literary criticism, and the Carmen saeculare (Secular Hymn), a prayer to Apollo commissioned by Augustus for public performance. Horace's injunction to "seize the day" has echoed through the ages. This anthology of superb English translations will show how Horace has permeated English literature for five centuries.

Ciceros Schrift De inventione, die in der Antike unter dem Titel Rhetorica verbreitet war, ist in Antike und Mittelalter das meist benutzte Lehrbuch zur Rhetorik gewesen (uber 1500 Hss. sind noch erhalten). Gelesen wurde die Schrift stets mit 2 Kommentaren des 4. nachchristlichen Jhdt.s, der Exegese des Victorinus und der des Grillius. Die Erstedition des nur teilweise erhaltenen Grillius erfolgte 1927 durch J. Martin. Diese Edition basierte auf unzureichender Kenntnis und fehlerhafter Auswertung der handschriftlichen Uberlieferung. Die neue Ausgabe, die auf einer erstmaligen Recensio der direkten wie indirekten Uberlieferung beruht, unterscheidet sich wie kaum eine andere Teubneriana von einer Vorgangeredition: Die Neuordnung der Uberlieferung fordert auf jeder Seite zahlreiche bisher unbekannte oder missachtete Lesarten zu Tage, so dass de facto ein vollig neuer Text geboten wird, der, befreit von mittelalterlichen Zusatzen und Konjekturen, das Orignal wiedergewinnt."

The private property of the imperial familyis a subject of great importance for the study of the Byzantine Empire. The papyri prove to be a fruitful source for the reconstruction of previously uncertain aspects of the administration and extension of imperial domains. The volume presentsthepapyrological dossier of the domus divina, and undertakes an analysis of the administrators tasks as well as an identification of the estates and their employees."