'Oxford Reds'; classic commentaries on Latin classics: R.G. Austin on Cicero and Virgil, C.J. Fordyce on Catullus, R.G. and R.G.M. Nisbet on Cicero.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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'Oxford Reds'; classic commentaries on Latin classics: R.G. Austin on Cicero and Virgil, C.J. Fordyce on Catullus, R.G. and R.G.M. Nisbet on Cicero.

Henderson, John.

Duckworth

2006

183 pages

$63.00

Hardcover

PA6003

Henderson (classics, U. of Cambridge) reveals the individual and often surprising stories--including the personalities and the ...

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