This accessible one-volume survey of the literature of Greece and Rome covers the period between Homer around 700 BC and Augustine around AD 410.

• Highlights what is important historically and of continuing interest and value in classical literature.
• An introduction by the editor presents essential information in a concise, accessible way.
• Each chapter focuses on a particular genre or area of literature.
• This structure allows readers to see continuities between different periods and to move easily between the Greek and Roman worlds.
• Includes extensive quotations in English.
• A timeline and an index of authors help to make the material as accessible as possible.

Richard Rutherford is Tutor in Greek and Latin Literature at Christ Church, Oxford, and a University Lecturer at Oxford. His previous publications include The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: A Study (1989), The Art of Plato (1995) and Homer (1996).