{"product_id":"the-complete-works-of-claudian-translated-with-an-introduction-and-notes-9781032416786","title":"The Complete Works of Claudian: Translated with an Introduction and Notes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a modern, accurate, and accessible translation of Claudian's work, published in English for the first time since 1922, and accompanied by detailed notes and a comprehensive glossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClaudian (active 395-404 CE) was the last of the great classical Latin poets. His best-known work, \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of Proserpina\u003c\/i\u003e, continues to inspire numerous retellings and adaptations. Claudian also wrote poems in praise of rulers, including the emperor Honorius and the regent Flavius Stilicho, which are essential sources for reconstructing politics and society in the late Roman empire. These poems and others are translated here, alongside an introduction offering an overview of Claudian's career, the wider historical and political context of the period, and the poetic traditions in which Claudian wrote: mythological epic, panegyric, invective, and epithalamium. The translations, with explanatory notes, include: \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of Proserpina\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePanegyric on Olybrius and Probinus's Consulship\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePanegyrics on Honorius's Third\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFourth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSixth Consulships\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInvective Against Rufinus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFescennines \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEpithalamium for Honorius and Maria\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe War With Gildo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePanegyric on Manlius Theodorus's Consulship\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInvective Against Eutropius\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStilicho's Consulship\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gothic War\u003c\/i\u003e, and shorter poems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Complete Works of Claudian\u003c\/em\u003e is a vital resource for students and scholars working on late antique literature, particularly Claudian's work, as well as those studying the history and culture of the western Roman Empire in this period. This accessible volume is also suitable for the general reader interested in the works of Claudian and this period more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeil W. Bernstein\u003c\/strong\u003e (Professor, Classics and Religious Studies, Ohio University) is the author of several books on imperial Latin poetry, including \u003ci\u003eSilius Italicus: Punica 9\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), \u003ci\u003eSilius Italicus: Rome's War With Hannibal\u003c\/i\u003e (with Antony Augoustakis, 2021), and \u003ci\u003eSeneca: Hercules Furens\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50865436786962,"sku":"9781032416786","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9ac54b6-4392-4f61-8ced-699d5d8de22a.jpg?v=1737676505","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-complete-works-of-claudian-translated-with-an-introduction-and-notes-9781032416786","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}