What's in a Name?: The Significance of Proper Names in Classical Latin Literature

"Latin poets and prose writers of the classical period and later used - and withheld - names subtly and to important effect. Here, in eleven new essays, an eminent international cast explore themes which include 'speaking' names, often involving bilingual Latin/Greek play; the ways in which persons and objects are named in contexts of invective or endearment; the significant suppression or changing of names; the religious and historical significances of names; the uses of names in literary catalogues; names as devices to structure a group of shorter poems."--BOOK JACKET.Joan Booth is the author of 'What's in a Name?: The Significance of Proper Names in Classical Latin Literature', published 2007 under ISBN 9781905125098 and ISBN 1905125097.