Portraits : Biographical Representation in the Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire

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Portraits : Biographical Representation in the Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman EmpireThis collection of essays illustrates the growth of interest in the representation of individuals, which resulted from the changed environment within which Greek and Latin authors worked in late antiquity. The writings studied are not confined to biographies in the formal sense, since the aim of the collection is to show how the gamut of literary genres was modified by the presence of a new biographical ingredient. Simon Swain's general survey of the

Six of his professional legal speeches are selected in this new edition

Η σχέση της με τον Ιωσήφ και ο ερχομός του Κωνσταντή προσθέτουν συναισθηματική ένταση και επαναστατικές ανατροπές

such as the unluckiness of marrying in May

συγγραφέας του επιτυχημένου μυθιστορήματος «Οι ποδηλάτισσες»

the many human and animal voices of Goatsong form an incantatory lyricism and layered engagement unique in literature

List of Selections and References

όπου οδηγούνται

Though that effort failed and Athens fell into the grip of Alexander the Great

where the roles of perpetrator and victim are constantly alternating

and the whole world with it

and a beautiful sugar star

where 'sybarites