Antonine Literature

Product description Review "The papers are scholarly but lively and almost always original....The student and the scholar will learn more of Antonine literature and be stimulated to think harder and perhaps even to read more widely in the literature itself by this collection."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review Review `An interesting menu. One is left reflecting once more on the nature and the richness of this neglected literature'.B.P. Reardon, The Classical Review, vol XLI, no 2, 1991.'it would be hard to think of anyone who has contributed more to the study of this literature ... An interesting menu. One is left reflecting once more on the nature and the richness of this neglected literature - though it is less neglected than it once was.'B.P. Reardon, University of California, Irvine, The Classical Review'In sum this collection is essential reading for students of later Greek and Latin literature.'Simon Swain, All Souls College, Oxford, The Empire'His opening essay explores with great subtlety the shift from a bilingual literary culture to one that is predominantly Greek. The contributors are all accomplished scholars.'G.W. Bowersock, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, Sonderdrucke, Aus Band 64-1992