The Classical Roman Reader
Subtitle: New Encounters With Ancient Rome
Contributors: Kenneth John Atchity (Editor); Rosemary McKenna (Editor)
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: September 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9780805039504
Subjects: Literature: Classics; Translations into English; Literary collections; Ancient Rome - History; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Sources; Roman Literature; Civilization, Classical; General; Latin Literature
First sentence: The greatest, and earliest, surviving Latin comic playwright, Plautus was a powerful in his impact on Latin culture as William Shakespeare was on English-and as mysterious in his private life.