Forthcoming aeschylus, euripides, sophocles The Electra Plays Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks Daily Life of the Ancient Romans Translated, with Notes, by Peter Meineck, By Robert Garland By David Matz Cecelia Eaton Luschnig, & Paul Woodruff 2008 272 pp. $14.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-956-5 exam price: free 2008 224 pp. $14.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-957-2 exam price: free Introduction by Justina Gregory Drawing on the most recent scholarship, this engaging, “The book’s use of primary sources to illustrate daily 3/2009 224 pp. $11.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-964-0 exam price: free accessible volume brings ancient Greek society—from food experiences makes it valuable both for the historical and and drink to literacy, the plight of the elderly, the treatment cultural background it presents and for the wide array of SOPHOCLES of slaves, and much more—vividly to life; it also explores the Roman voices it includes. Its chapter arrangement and mentalities and morals of ordinary ancient Greek citizens at direct, informative style make it an excellent supplementary Four Tragedies all social levels. More than forty illustrations are included, text for courses on classical literature. The chronology and Ajax, Women of Trachis, Electra, Philoctetes as are maps, a chronology, a glossary of Greek terms, and brief biographies of Roman authors are valuable and Translated, with Introduction and Notes, by suggestions for further reading. uncomplicated resources.” Peter Meineck & Paul Woodruff —Okey Goode, Lewis-Clark State College 2007 312 pp. $9.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-763-9 exam price: free “In these new translations Meineck and Woodruff have struck a near-ideal balance between accuracy and readability, formality and colloquialism. Their versions are simply a pleasure to read, conveying with remarkable vividness the EURIPIDES APULEIUS powerful characterizations and poetic variety of the originals. The addition of succinct but illuminating notes makes this Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus The Golden Ass an exemplary volume for anyone interested in Sophocles’ Translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien Or, A Book of Changes dramatic art.” Introduction and Notes by Robin Mitchell-Boyask Translated, with Introduction, by Joel C. Relihan —Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Wesleyan University 2007 248 pp. $9.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-822-3 exam price: $2.00 2007 328 pp. $12.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-887-2 exam price: $2.00 “The translations are lively, vigorous, colorful, and direct, “Learned and lively, smart and sassy, and fun from beginning to Theban Plays while remaining very close to the Greek; I laughed out loud end—that is Apuleius’ Golden Ass, and Joel Relihan’s new American Translated by Paul Woodruff & Peter Meineck more than once when I realized that, yes, this was exactly translation captures the spirit, the style, and the pleasureof it. Here Introduction by Paul Woodruff what Euripides had said. Arnson Svarlien has also taken care is a version to savor and enjoy, as you accompany the world’s 2003 304 pp. $10.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-585-7 exam price: $2.00 with the meter. Iambic trimeter, the ‘spoken’ meter of Greek, cleverest donkey on his journey to enlightenment.” has been represented with iambic pentameter in English; but —David Konstan, Brown University “This edition of the Theban Plays is bound to excite. . . . The even in the lyric passages, whose meters do not translate into translations and the quality and directness of Woodruff’s English, responsion within odes has been preserved. Yet all of discussions are enough to ensure that.” this attention to such details of meter and accuracy sacrifices Forthcoming —James Robson, The Joint Association of Classical Teachers Review nothing in clarity or pace. Arnson Svarlien’s translations are The Tale of Cupid and Psyche “Presents a readable, clear translation with the assistance an ideal introduction to Euripides for students with no Greek Translated, with Introduction, by Joel C. Relihan students will need to understand these plays and the society and little knowledge of the ancient world. They remind me of 3/2009 136 pp. $8.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-972-5 exam price: free that produced them....A worthy addition to Hackett’s growing why I love Euripides.” series of translations of classical literature in accessible editions.” —Laurel Bowman, University of Victoria Includes some useful and illustrative parallels, and an engaging —Anne Mahoney, New England Classical Journal discussion of what to make of this classic story.

Aeschylus Medea Oresteia Translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien Translations of Stanley Lombardo Translated, with Notes, by Peter Meineck Introduction and Notes by Robin Mitchell-Boyask Introduction, by Helene P. Foley 2008 104 pp. $5.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-923-7 exam price: free “Lombardo shows in the strength of his verse the talent that 1998 224 pp. $10.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-390-7 exam price: $2.00 “This is the Medea we have been waiting for. It offers clarity marks him as the most Greek and Roman of the modern without banality, eloquence without pretension, meter without “[Meineck’s] rendering is strong and direct, drawing its energy translators of ancient epic.” doggerel, accuracy without clumsiness. No English Medea can from his intimate experience of the Oresteia as live drama. Above —Douglas Domingo-Forasté, Classics, ever be Euripides’, but this is as close as anyone has come so far, all Meineck writes with a fine sense of what is speakable in the California State University, Long Beach theatre. This translation deserves to be widely used and Helene and a good deal closer than I thought anyone would ever come. Foley’s thoughtful Introduction will help readers who want to Arnson Svarlien has shown herself exceedingly skillful in mak- know more about the trilogy and its context.” ing Euripides sound Euripidean.” Homer —David M. Schaps, Bryn Mawr Classical Review —P.E. Easterling, University of Cambridge The Essential Odyssey Introduction by Sheila Murnaghan APOLLODORUS & HYGINUS Forthcoming March 2010 2007 288 pp. $7.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-899-5 exam price: $2.00 Classical Latin: Apollodorus’ Library and Hyginus’ Fabulae Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology Virgil An Introductory Course Translated, with Introduction, by Stephen M. Trzaskoma by J.C. McKeown & R. Scott Smith The Essential Aeneid A streamlined revision of McKeown’s Classical Latin (2008), 2007 328 pp. $13.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-820-9 exam price: $3.00 2006 248 pp. $6.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-790-5 exam price: $1.00 offering an extensively field-tested text with web support for a two-semester introductory Latin sequence. “To refer to this volume as just a translation is misleading, because Smith and Trzaskoma have provided much more, most A PEN CENTER USA 2006 Literary Award Finalist Comments on the 2008 edition: notably the best short introducion to ancient mythography—and these particular authors—available in English....The translations Aeneid “McKeown’s Classical Latin gets two thumbs up: lucidly written, themselves are clear and accurate. [An] admirable volume. Introduction by W. R. Johnson succinct, intelligent, and accessible. The traditional presentation Smith and Trzaskoma are to be commended.” 2005 432 pp. $10.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-731-8 exam price: $2.00 is complemented by a strong cultural component and active —Kris Fletcher, Bryn Mawr Classical Review “No other translator comes close to Lombardo at capturing the language acquisition strategies. This combination of ancient pace and power of the poem sheerly as a piece of narrative.” “golden” texts and oral Latin will appeal to all kinds of language —Joseph Farrell, University of Pennsylvania learners. The length of the book and the length of each chapter Anthology of Classical Myth are manageable and in a classroom setting could be adapted to Primary Sources in Translation a two-semester course or a six-week intensive course with equal Edited, and Translated, by Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Forthcoming success. It could also serve the self-learner and the home school R. Scott Smith & Stephen Brunet Dante market, or anyone else who wants a key to the ancient world in With an Appendix on Linear B Sources by Thomas G. Palaima a single volume.” 2004 576 pp. $17.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-721-9 exam price: $3.00 Inferno —Cynthia White, University of Arizona Introduction by Steven Botterill “This book is a treasure trove....Not only does it provide, under Notes by Anthony Oldcorn J.C. McKeown is Professor of Classics, one cover, good translations of the two complete books essential University of Wisconsin, Madison to every course (Theogony; Homeric Hymns), it also offers 3/2009 512 pp. $12.95 pa. ISBN 978-0-87220-917-6 exam price: $2.00 hundreds of pages of additional primary source material.” —Richard Martin, Stanford University