Classical Studies

John Jacobs, Montclair Kimberley Academy, USA "An excellent introduction and a vital resource for anyone interested in Flavian epic, Roman history and post-Augustan politics." Dalida Agri, Teaching Fellow in Classics, University of Birmingham, UK A much-needed comprehensive introduction to Silius Italicus and the Punica, John Jacobs invites students and scholars alike to read the epic as a thoughtful and considered treatment of Rome’s past, present, and (perilous) future. After introductory chapters for those new to the poet and poem, Jacobs' close reading of the epic narrative guides readers through the Punica. All Greek and Latin passages are translated to ensure accessibility for those reading in English.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 288 pages • 6 bw illus PB 9781350191679 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350071049 ePub 9781350071063 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350071056 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic Steven Hunt, University of Cambridge, UK

"A must-read for Latin teachers and those who train them. Informed by the latest theory and practice, Hunt’s accessible and engaging volume admirably supports teachers in the task of making the best choices for how they teach."

Ronnie Ancona, Professor of Classics, Hunter College, USA As the sequel to Starting to Teach Latin, this book is a guide for both new and more experienced school teachers of Latin. It draws on multiple examples of real teachers and students as they develop the knowledge and understanding of how to comprehend frequently used, adapted and original texts from beginners’ to advanced levels. Steven Hunt considers deductive, inductive and communicative methods which support teachers in making the best choices for their students’ needs and their own personal preferences.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 240 pages • 30 bw illus PB 9781350161375 • £24.99 / $34.95 • HB 9781350161382 • £75.00 / $100.00 ePub 9781350161405 • £22.49 / $29.96 ePdf 9781350161399 • £22.49 / $29.96 Bloomsbury Academic

Technical Automation in Classical Antiquity

Maria Gerolemou, University of Exeter, UK Technical automation, the ability of manmade (or god-made) objects to move and act autonomously, is not just the province of science fiction – in this book Maria Gerolemou demonstrates how ancient literature, performance and engineering were often concerned with the way nature and artifice interacted. She starts with the earliest Greek literature of Homer and Hesiod, where Hephaestus has ‘robots’ in his forge and Pandora is brought to life. The second chapter looks at tragedy and comedy, where automation is used to augment and undermine nature not only through staging and costume but also in plot devices where statues come to life. Finally, Gerolemou considers how the engineers of the 4th century with their puppets and mechanical devices contributed to a growing dialogue around technical automation and how it could help but also trick its creators.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 208 pages HB 9781350077591 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350077614 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350077607 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Sophrosune in the Greek Novel

Reading Reactions to Desire

Rachel Bird, Swansea University, UK This book offers the first comprehensive evaluation of ancient novels in terms of their ethics, demonstrating how their representation of the cardinal virtue sophrosune positions these texts in their literary, philosophical and cultural contexts. In this book, Rachel Bird focuses on the extant examples of the genre, which have the virtue of sophrosyne at their heart. As each pair of lovers strive to retain their chastity in the face of adversity, and under extreme pressure from eros, it is essential to understand the nuances of how this cardinal virtue is represented in the major characters within each of these novels.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 242 pages PB 9781350193147 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350108646 ePub 9781350108653 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350108660 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Euripides: Electra

Rush Rehm, Stanford University, USA This new student introduction to Euripides' fascinating re-interpretation of the story of Orestes and his sister shows through an emphasis on its theatricality just how compelling the play remains to this day. Rush Rehm addresses the most important questions about Electra, from how its shift in tone between tragedy and humour should be interpreted, to why Euripides arranged the plot as he did, in contrast with earlier versions of the myth.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 200 pages • 5 bw illus PB 9781350191617 • £22.99 / $30.95 Previously published in HB 9781350095670 ePub 9781350095694 • £63.00 / $83.38 ePdf 9781350095687 • £63.00 / $83.38 Series: Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy • Bloomsbury Academic

The Violent Hero

Heracles in the Greek Imagination

Katherine Lu Hsu, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, USA Uses the mythological hero Heracles as a lens through which to investigate the nature of heroic violence in Archaic and Classical Greek literature, from Homer through to Aristophanes. Katherine Lu Hsu argues that as the tradition of his apotheosis becomes established in the 6th century BCE and his religious and political status grows, Heracles’ violence becomes more problematic and requires greater intellectual scrutiny. Lu Hsu also explores the evolving attitudes towards individual violence in the ancient Greek world while also shedding light on timeless debates about the nature of violence itself.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 264 pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781350191709 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350153714 ePub 9781350153738 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350153721 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Rob Tordoff, York University, Canada A student introduction to Aristophanes’ most explosive political satire, this volume is an essential guide to the context, themes and later reception of Cavalry. The ancient comedy is a fascinating insight into power relations between slaves and slaveholders and the upper and lower classes in classical Athens, and its political and social themes resonate with a modern audience now more than ever before.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 208 pages • 6 bw illus PB 9781350065680 • £16.99 / $22.95 • HB 9781350065673 • £50.00 / $68.00 ePub 9781350065697 • £15.29 / $20.83 ePdf 9781350065703 • £15.29 / $20.83 Series: Bloomsbury Ancient Comedy Companions • Bloomsbury Academic

The Spirited Horse

Equid–Human Relations in the Bronze Age Near East

Laerke Recht, University of Cambridge, UK Presenting a new perspective on human–animal relations in the ancient Near East, this volume considers how we should understand equids (horses, donkeys, onagers and various hybrids) as animals that are social actors. Recht brings together a wealth of new data, including Bronze Age Near Eastern material culture from a range of archaeological contexts with equid remains as well as iconography and texts. She looks in particular at finds of equids themselves from burials, sacred space and settlements alongside associated artefacts such as chariots and harnesses.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 256 pages • 40 bw illus HB 9781350158917 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350158931 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350158924 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Ancient Environments • Bloomsbury Academic Rosie Wyles, University of Kent, UK This volume answers the question 'How did Athenian drama shape ideas about civic identity?' through the medium of three case studies focusing on props. Wyles explores the on-stage and offstage symbolism of the chosen objects (voting urns and pebbles, swords, and masks) to produce a micro-history of the construction of Athenian identity through theatre, acknowledging both how dramas shaped the city’s self-reflective thinking and were enriched by it. This innovative approach to the relationship between Athenian theatre and society also brings fresh insights to two further areas: the dynamics between dramatic genres and the interaction of theatre with iconography.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 280 pages • 25 bw illus PB 9781350186477 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350143975 ePub 9781350143999 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350143982 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Gendered Politics in Sophocles’ Trachiniae

Gesthimani Seferiadi, Independent Scholar, Greece

This is the first book-length examination of the gendered politics in Sophocles’ Trachiniae. Making use of feminist theory and tackling the political nature of the categories of identity, culture, and sexuality, Gesthimani Seferiadi brings the interpretation of Sophocles’ play up-to-date with the most recent scholarly developments. Contributing to the topic of rape in the ancient world, this book focuses on sexual violence and the intertwinement of marriage and rape from the perspective of tragedy.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 208 pages HB 9781350260313 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350260337 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350260320 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Textiles and Gender in Antiquity

From the Orient to the Mediterranean

Edited by Mary Harlow, University of Leicester, UK, Cecile Michel, CNRS, Archéologie et Sciences de l’Antiquité, France & Louise Quillien, University of Paris I PanthéonSorbonne, France.

"This essential volume provides a much-needed

study of textiles, dress, and gender in the ancient world." Kelly Olson, Professor of Classical Studies, University of Western Ontario, Canada This volume looks at how the issues of textiles and gender intertwine across three millennia in antiquity, and examines the continuities and differences across time and space – with surprising resonances for the modern world. The detailed analysis of textual source material and rich illustrations ably demonstrate how dress and gender are intimately linked in the visual and written records of antiquity.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 328 pages • 82 bw illus and 16 colour illus PB 9781350189737 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350141490 ePub 9781350141513 • £108.00 / $142.01 ePdf 9781350141506 • £108.00 / $142.01 Bloomsbury Academic

The Roman Castrati

Eunuchs in the Roman Empire

Shaun Tougher, University of Cardiff, UK This book is the first to be devoted to the range of Roman eunuchs who existed as slaves, court officials, religious figures and free men. Across seven chapters (spanning the third century BC to the sixth century AD), Shaun Tougher examines the history of Roman eunuchs, focusing on key texts and specific individuals. A key theme of the chapters is gender, inescapable when studying castrated males. Ultimately this book is as much about the eunuch in the Roman imagination as it is the reality of the eunuch in the Roman empire.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 232 pages PB 9781350188235 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781847251688 ePub 9781350164048 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781441174413 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Edited by Ioannis Ziogas, Durham University, UK & Erica M. Bexley, Durham University, UK This volume offers a long overdue appraisal of the dynamic interactions between Roman law and Latin literature. Despite their being periods of massive tectonic shifts in the legal and literary landscapes, the Republic and Empire of Rome have not until now been the focus of interdisciplinary study in this field. Bringing together a group of experts from across the globe, this volume brings vital new material to the attention of the law and literature movement.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 320 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350276635 • £95.00 / $130.00 ePub 9781350276659 • £85.50 / $112.04 ePdf 9781350276642 • £85.50 / $112.04 Bloomsbury Academic Philip Waddell, University of Arizona, USA Combining the studies of modern film, traditional narratology, and Roman art, this interdisciplinary work explores the complex and highly visual techniques of Tacitus' Annales. The volume opens with a discussion of current research in narratology, as applied to Roman historians. Narratology is a helpful and insightful tool, but is often inadequate to deal with specifically visual aspects of ancient narrative. In order to illuminate Tacitus’ techniques, and to make them speak to modern readers, this book focuses on drawing and illustrating parallels between Tacitus’ historiographical methods and modern film effects.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 256 pages • 25 bw illus PB 9781350191525 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350097001 ePub 9781350097025 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350097018 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Tacitus’ History of Politically Effective Speech

Truth to Power

Ellen O'Gorman, University of Bristol, UK

"This bold book is a mustread for scholars and

students of Roman historiography." Eric Adler, Associate Professor of Classics, University of

Maryland, USA This major new perspective on Tacitus' work focuses on his presentation of speeches as tools in the political sphere. While senators under the rule of emperors experienced limitations and changes to what they could achieve in public life, they could hope to create a dimension of political power through oratory. Exploring Tacitus' evaluation of the various modes of speech - from flattery to independent truth-telling - this volume goes beyond literary analysis of the texts to create a new framework for studying this essential period in ancient Roman history.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 232 pages PB 9781350195011 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350095496 ePub 9781350095519 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350095502 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

The Treatment of the War Dead in Archaic Athens

An Ancestral Custom

Cezary Kucewicz, University of Cambridge, UK

"This is a stimulating and dynamic book … Engagingly written, it should appeal to any

student of the Greek world." Classics for All Exploring the representations of the war dead in early Greek mythology, particularly the Homeric poems and the Epic Cycle, alongside iconographic images on black-figure pottery and the evidence of funerary monuments adorning the graves of early Athenian elites, this book provides much-needed insight into the customs associated with the war dead in Archaic Athens. Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach, and incorporating sources from mythology, art and archaeology, it opens up an important new perspective in ancient warfare studies.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 296 pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781350191631 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350151543 ePub 9781350151567 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350151550 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Aspar and the Struggle for the Eastern Roman Empire, AD 421–471

Ronald A. Bleeker, Independent Scholar, US The first biographical history of the late-Roman general Aspar, this book delves into understudied aspects of his role and broadens out to discuss issues across the period. Taking a chronological approach, Bleeker guides us through what is known of Aspar's life and rise to a position of central importance in the army and at court, before analysing the most important campaigns of his career. Subsequent chapters treat the wars he oversaw in Eastern Europe, Africa, Persia and Italy, and the succession crises of Marcian, Leo and Zeno.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 272 pages • 10 bw illus HB 9781350279261 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350279285 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350279278 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 1.1–2

Translated by Stephen Menn, McGill University, Canada With this translation, all twelve volumes of translation of Simplicius’ commentary on Aristotle’s Physics have been published. In Physics 1.1–2, Aristotle raises the question of the number and character of the first principles of nature and feels the need to oppose the challenge of the paradoxical Eleatic philosophers who had denied that there could be more than one unchanging thing. This volume, part of the groundbreaking Ancient Commentators on Aristotle series, translates into English for the first time Simplicius' commentary on this selected text, and includes a brief introduction, extensive explanatory notes, indexes and a bibliography.

Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 1–8

General Introduction to the 12 Volumes of Translations

Translated by Stephen Menn, McGill University, Canada Supporting the twelve volumes of translation of Simplicius' great commentary on Aristotle's Physics, published between 1992 and 2021, this volume presents a general introduction to the commentary. Written by an acknowledged expert in the field, it covers the philosophical aims of Simplicius' commentaries on the Physics and the related text On the Heaven; Simplicius' methods and his use of earlier sources; key themes and comparison with Philoponus' commentary on the same text.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 256 pages HB 9781350285682 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350285705 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350285699 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle • Bloomsbury Academic UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 208 pages HB 9781350286627 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350286641 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350286634 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle • Bloomsbury Academic

Alexander of Aphrodisias: On Aristotle Topics 2

Edited by Laura M. Castelli, Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany Here translated into English for the first time, Alexander of Aphrodisias develops a careful study of Aristotle’s Topics 2. This commentary is of interest not only for its treatment of ancient logic, rhetoric and debate, but also for its continuing influence on argument in the middle ages and later. Plus the authoritative, engaging translation and detailed explanatory notes included in this volume ensure its accessibility to a broad audience of students and scholars.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 216 pages PB 9781350195028 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350151284 ePub 9781350151307 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350151291 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle • Bloomsbury Academic

Al-Farabi, Syllogism: An Abridgement of Aristotle’s Prior Analytics

Edited by Saloua Chatti, University of Tunis, Tunisia & Wilfrid Hodges, Queen Mary, University of London, UK This book presents Abu Nasr al-Farabi’s discussion of Aristotle’s invention, the syllogism, which aims to codify the deductively valid arguments in all disciplines. Farabi (c. 870-c. 950 CE), a key Arabic intermediary figure, knew Aristotle and his logic through Greek Neoplatonist interpretations translated into Arabic via Syriac, and possibly Persian. This new translation, accompanied by explanatory notes and detailed introduction, sheds new light on the significance and context of his work.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 224 pages PB 9781350194892 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350126992 ePub 9781350127036 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350127012 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle • Bloomsbury Academic

Philoponus: On Aristotle Categories 6-15

Michael Share, University of Tasmania, Australia

"The volume has the merit of rendering accessible to the modern reader a Greek text that, until now, was not available in translation."

The Classical Review This English translation of Philoponus' work completes, starting from chapter 6, the commentary by the young Philoponus on Aristotle’s Categories, previously published in this series. Michael Share makes this philosophical work accessible to a modern readership. The translation is accompanied by an introduction, comprehensive commentary notes, bibliography, glossary of translated terms and a subject index.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 232 pages PB 9781350193161 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350112674 ePub 9781350113145 • £81.00 / $106.83 ePdf 9781350113138 • £81.00 / $106.83 Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle • Bloomsbury Academic

Themistius: On Aristotle Metaphysics 12

Edited by Yoav Meyrav, University of Hamburg, Germany This is the only commentary on Aristotle’s theological work, Metaphysics, Book 12, surviving from the heyday of ancient Greek commentary on Aristotle in the first six centuries CE. Though the Greek is lost, it is now fully translated into English for the first time from Arabic versions of the Greek and a Hebrew version of the Arabic.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 200 pages PB 9781350189294 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350127241 ePub 9781350127265 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350127258 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle • Bloomsbury Academic

Andrew Gregory, University College London, UK This radical examination of the philosophies of nature of the early Greek thinkers argues that a significant and thoroughgoing shift is required in our understanding of them. Andrew Gregory argues that there has been a tendency to overestimate the extent to which these early Greek philosophies of nature can be described as ‘mechanistic’. We have underestimated how far they were committed to other modes of explanation and ontologies, and we have underestimated, underappreciated and indeed underexplored how plausible and good these philosophies would have been in context.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 256 pages PB 9781350194915 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350080973 ePub 9781350080997 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350080980 • £76.50 / $100.32 Bloomsbury Academic

Ancient Violence in the Modern Imagination

The Fear and the Fury

Edited by Irene Berti, Karls Universität, Germany, Maria G. Castello, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy & Carla Scilabra, Independent Researcher, Italy A global assembly of contributors, from Europe to Brazil and from the US to New Zealand, consider historical and mythical violence in Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus and the 2010 TV series of the same name, in Frank Miller’s 300, in the work of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Lars von Trier, in Soviet ballet and the choreography of Martha Graham and Jérôme Bel, and in videogames from Age of Empires to Total War and recent comics. Interviews with two artists and a producer offer insight into the way practitioners understand the complex reception of these themes.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 328 pages • 25 bw illus PB 9781350195035 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350075405 ePub 9781350075412 • £81.00 / $106.83 ePdf 9781350075399 • £81.00 / $106.83 Series: IMAGINES – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts • Bloomsbury Academic

Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception

Kinaesthesia and Classical Antiquity 1750–1820

Moved by Stone

Helen Slaney, Roehampton University, UK

"[In] this important book Slaney gives us a glimpse of what few of us even know we have lost. For that alone, this book is an essential

purchase for anyone who cares about the Classical past." Sun News Tucson In the late 18th century, the reception of classical antiquity had been transformed by interactions with material culture such as ruins, sculpture, and artefacts. This book shows how ideas about classical antiquity in the volatile milieu of the late 18th century developed as a result of diverse kinaesthetic relationships.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 288 pages • 15 bw illus PB 9781350194885 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350144026 ePub 9781350144040 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350144033 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception • Bloomsbury Academic Reading through Stoppard, Auden, Wordsworth, Heaney

Juan Christian Pellicer, University of Oslo, Norway Through four case studies, bookended by wideranging introductory and concluding chapters, this book shows how interpreting the Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid through modern responses can serve to focus on aspects of Virgil that would otherwise be differently perceived or else escape notice altogether. Juan Christian Pellicer probes our perceptions of the three Virgilian genres (pastoral, georgic, and epic) and analyzes the ways in which modern reconfigurations of these genres can inform our readings of Virgil’s works, as well as help us realize how our own ideas about Virgil reflect the literary receptions through which we approach his texts.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 240 pages PB 9781848856523 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781848856516 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350198234 • £17.99 / $23.44 ePdf 9781350198227 • £17.99 / $23.44 Series: New Directions in Classics • Bloomsbury Academic

Virgil’s Map

Geography, Empire, and the Georgics

Charlie Kerrigan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Virgil’s Map combines a detailed survey of the literary, economic and political geography of the Georgics with a case study of its British imperial reception 1850-1930. Virgil’s Georgics depicts the world and its peoples in great detail, but this geographical interest has received little scholarly attention. Hundreds of years later, readers in the British empire used the poem to reflect upon their travels in acts of imagination no less political than Virgil’s own. Drawing attention to the depoliticization of the poem in scholarly discourse, and using newly discovered archival material, this interdisciplinary work re-politicizes both the poem and its history in service of an emancipatory pedagogy.

UK April 2022 • US April 2022 • 216 pages PB 9781350194908 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781350151505 ePub 9781350151529 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781350151512 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception • Bloomsbury Academic