Classics: New Titles http://www.press.umich.edu/rss/newClassics.xml New Classics Books en-us ump.webmaster@umich.edu Symbols of Wealth and Power: Architectural Terracotta Decoration in Etruria and Central Italy, 640-510 B.C. | by Nancy A. Winter http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=341111 The new definitive text on Etruscan terra-cottas. Excavations in the Area Sacra of Vesta (1987-1996) | by Russell T. Scott, editor http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=219039 The definitive work on the excavation of the Temple of Vesta. Listening to Homer: Tradition, Narrative, and Audience | by Ruth Scodel http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=17078 NEW IN PAPER! A discussion of how ancient Greek bards ensured that their poetry would reach audiences of various backgrounds. Gardens and Neighbors: Private Water Rights in Roman Italy | by Cynthia Jordan Bannon http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=337014 The first in-depth study of Roman water rights in Italy. The Humblest Sparrow: The Poetry of Venantius Fortunatus | by Michael Roberts http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=353844 A long-awaited study of the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus. Livy's Written Rome | by Mary Jaeger http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=15056 The Roman view of history through the eyes of Livy. The Unknown Odysseus: Alternate Worlds in Homer's Odyssey | by Thomas Van Nortwick http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=330831 The most accessible and thorough reading of the dual nature of Odysseus. The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Greece | by Jenifer Neils http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=335391 An authoritative and fully illustrated introduction to the world of ancient Greece. Homer and the Dual Model of the Tragic | by Yoav Rinon http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=337002 A probing and much needed examination of "the tragic" as a concept distinct from tragedy as a genre. Role Models in the Roman World: Identity and Assimilation | edited by Sinclair Bell and Inge Lyse Hansen http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=230472 An inter-disciplinary examination of the use of role models in articulating social and cultural identities in the Roman world. The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Rome | by Nancy H. Ramage and Andrew Ramage http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=287271 An accessible and beautifully illustrated survey of the world of Ancient Rome. The Maritime World of Ancient Rome | edited by Robert L. Hohlfelder http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=214382 An exploration of new research on subjects relating to the maritime life of Rome and its vast empire. Archimedes and the Roman Imagination | by Mary Jaeger http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=300517 An innovative exploration of the cultural reception of the greatest mathematician of the ancient world. Cosa: The Black-Glaze Pottery 2 | by Ann Reynolds Scott http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=170268 New and reconsidered black-glaze pottery from the Roman Republican colony of Cosa. The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors: A Historical Review of the Female Nude in Greek Art | by Christine Mitchell Havelock http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=14837 A revealing survey of Aphrodite.