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Plautus: MenaechmiCambridge Greek and Latin Classics Menaechmi is one of Plautus' liveliest and most entertaining comedies, the main inspiration for Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. Dr Gratwick's edition brings new light to bear on the interpretation of the play and on Plautus' place in the development of European comedy. Central to his treatment is the fact that Plautus was a dramatist who wrote to be heard rather than to be read. The various metres which he subtly

How to Die also includes an enlightening introduction

This collection contains the full text of 'Old Cantankerous' (Dyskolos)

Plato and Demosthenes with a high degree of fluency

but sometimes it is difficult to say what we mean by that word

it offers fresh insights into what satire is

the most influential of the novels in antiquity

While content in daily life to go along with things as they appear to be

and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of sections 53–64 (to defendere) and 72–80

the political significance of the trial

Plutarch's essay 'How to Study Poetry' offers a set of reading practices intended to remove the potential damage that poetry can do to the moral health of young readers

and Prometheus Bound (of disputed authenticity)

The volume's Introduction situates this text within Cicero's intellectual development and ancient reflection about the gods

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