Alessandro Schiesaro is Professor of Latin Language and Literature at King's College London. He has co-edited, with Thomas Habinek, The Roman Cultural Revolution (1997; ISBN 0521 580927).

'… this book will be essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in imperial Latin literature.' The Times Literary Supplement

• Acknowledgements; Note on translations; Introduction; 1. Poetry, passions and knowledge; 2. Staging Thyestes; 3. A craftier Tereus; 4. Atreus rex; 5. Fata se vertunt retro; 6. The poetics of passions; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index of passages cited; General index.

Alessandro Schiesaro is Professor of Latin Language and Literature at King's College London. He has co-edited, with Thomas Habinek, The Roman Cultural Revolution (1997; ISBN 0521 580927).

'… this book will be essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in imperial Latin literature.' The Times Literary Supplement

• Acknowledgements; Note on translations; Introduction; 1. Poetry, passions and knowledge; 2. Staging Thyestes; 3. A craftier Tereus; 4. Atreus rex; 5. Fata se vertunt retro; 6. The poetics of passions; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index of passages cited; General index.