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I am an expert in Italian, Latin and Ancient Greek Literature.

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Over 25 years teaching experience

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I received my Ph.D. from Genova University (Italy). My graduation thesis was about ancient Greek drama: I carried out a detailed research on Aeschylus.

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2009-11-05 translations:

Hello, the best English translations of Ovid’s Metamorphoses are the following two volumes published by Harvard University Press in the Loeb Classical Library, a series of books which presents important

2009-09-27 Maurice Magre:

Hello, Actually I am an expert in Italian, Latin and Ancient Greek Literature, not in the value of a book from the point of view of its economic value, i.e. its current market value. Anyway, you

2009-07-22 Saint Francis of Assisi and Dante:

Hello Verónica, Saint Francis of Assisi is mentioned first in Inferno, canto 27, line 112 where the condemned soul of Guido da Montefeltro tells Dante that when he died, Francis came to take his soul

2009-05-06 Heroes and Villains quote:

Hello, actually the only one quote I can remember immediately is a passage from Homer’s Iliad, book 2, where Homer compares heroes and villains by introducing the character of Thersites (Θ

2009-03-28 Hello:

Hello, The first source of information about Penelope is Homer’s Odyssey, books 1, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, while for Dido and Camilla you must read the books 1, 4 (for Dido) and 7, 11 (for Camilla)

 

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