" That is why Greco-Roman themes can be endlessly stimulating, why Yeats could call the Greek and Roman writers "the builders of my soul.

The concepts of Ireland and 'Irishness' are in constant flux in the wake of an ever-increasing reappraisal of the notion of cultural and national specificity in a world assailed from all angles by the forces of globalisation and uniformity.

This is an introduction to the poetry of Catullus, establishing a number of contexts within which Catullus functioned.

This book aims at providing a brief but comprehensive introduction to the poetry of Propertius, one of the major writers of the Augustan era.

This book aims to provide a comprehensive, but succinct analysis of the tragedies and comedies written by Greek and Roman dramatists.