Readings in Classical Literature

"This revised and updated edition of Readings in Classical Literature contains the shorter texts for the paper in European Classical Literature as currently prescribed for both the University of Delhi and for the CBCS syllabus of the UGC All the texts are annotated and have new Introductions, and a few related readings have been included. Selections of Sappho's poetry from Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works, by Diane Rayor and André Lardinois. Plato, ""The Simile of the Cave' from Republic, Book VII, and Republic Book X, translated by Davies and Vaughan. Aristotle's Poetics, translated by T. S. Dorsch. Horace's Satire 1. 4, from The Satires of Horace and Persius, translated by Niall Rudd. Horace's Ars Poetica, translated by H. Rushton Fairclough, with a helpful summary by the editor. Selections from Books III, IV and VI of Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Mary M. Innes. CRITICAL ESSAYS Curtis Bennett Concerning ""Sappho Schoolmistress"" Ellen Greene Apostrophe and Women's Erotics in the Poetry of Sappho Harold Zellner Sappho's Sparrows Jack Winkler Gardens of Nymphs: Public and Private in Sappho's Lyrics Leon Golden Toward a Definition of Tragedy Cynthia Dessen The Poetic Unity of Horace's Sermo 1.4 Catherine Schlegel Horace and His Fathers: Satires 1.4 and 1.6. Joanne McNamara The Frustration of Pentheus Amy Richlin Philomela's Tongue Elissa Marder Reading ""Philomela"" as a Feminist HARRIET RAGHUNATHAN retired as Associate Professor after teaching for 35 years in the Department of English, Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University"