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Word and image in Ancient GreeceIn ancient Greek society communication was largely oral and visual. The epic poets sang and recited the legends that served the Greeks as their historical past; lyric and elegiac poets sang songs of love and death and celebrated military and sporting success to the accompaniment of the lyre and pipes; the art of rhetoric was a vital ingredient in speeches in the assembly and the law courts; in tragedies and comedies actors spoke to audiences of

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their relation to Ovid's earlier works

his archenemy Cicero

scientific work was part of broader culture

the first Stoic (335-263BC)

The main focus of interest is the plotting and counter-plotting of a devious master and his equally devious slave

and his neglect of grand affairs of state and military narrative

For students of Latin - even those at an advanced level - reading original works by Latin authors can be daunting

This Companion provides a new

is the indispensable introduction to the study of Greek art: clear

As they travel on a caravan across the desert they encounter slave-traders

για τον οποίον είχε μιλήσει η Ηρώ