Gian Biagio (Universita degli studi di Pisa) Conte

Including names, dates, edition citations, and detailed summaries, the work combines the virtues of an encyclopedia with the critical intelligence rea

This is an original collection of exemplary emendations made by ancient and modern scholars. Single examples are analysed in order to extract a method

In this book, conceived as a sort of Prolegomena to his two Teubner editions, Conte gives account of his choices in editing his Virgilian text. Engagi

In the first part of this volume on the literary technique of imitation, the author analyses Virgil's working over the text of Homer which paradoxical

Together with "Critical Notes on Virgil" (De Gruyter 2016), this volume offers an enlightening complement to the critical text of the Georgics and the

"The Satyricon of Petronius", a comic novel written in the first century AD, is famous primarily for its amazing banquet tale, "Trimalchio's Feast."

The historical tragedy Octauia focuses on Nero's divorce from the princess Octavia and subsequent marriage to Poppaea Sabina. This 2003 book includes

This 2003 book is a full-length study of Octauia, the only complete Roman drama of an historical subject, or fabula praetexta. The play deals with Ner

Is music just matter of hearing and producing notes? This book explores different ways in which, in the Roman Imperial period, music was rather a fund

Is music just matter of hearing and producing notes? This book explores different ways in which, in the Roman Imperial period, music was rather a fund

In this groundbreaking book, Alberto Melucci delves into questions about the self, in a globalised, information society, as both a psychological and s

This translation of Alle radici del mondo giuridico europeo published in Italy in 1994 is a comprehensive reappraisal of thinking on the common struct

In an important contribution to educational policy, Daniele Checchi offers an economic perspective on the demand and supply for education. Using an in

This translation of Alle radici del mondo giuridico europeo published in Italy in 1994 is a comprehensive reappraisal of thinking on the common struct

Leading social theorist Alberto Melucci builds on his highly influential Nomads of the Present to consider collective action in the postmodern age of

In this groundbreaking book, Alberto Melucci delves into questions about the self, in a globalised, information society, as both a psychological and s

The study of translation is constantly expanding in a world that is experiencing a flourish of translated texts unparalleled in human history. This bo

Comparing cases in Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland, Restrained Radicals explains the different approaches to local government taken by populist

This Element puts together the arguments of Plato and Aristotle in favor of the positive value of pleasure and in the direction of hedonism. It sets s

This volume of essays by a leading theoretical syntactician explores a wide range of aspects of Italian syntax, and compares Italian with the syntax o