{"title":"Simon Hornblower","description":"Lykophron Simon Hornblower held teaching and research posts at Oxford and UCL until retirement in 2016. He is a Fellow of the British Academy. His books include a large-scale scholarly edition, with commentary, of Lykophron's Alexandra (2015), and a monograph, Lykophron's Alexandra, Rome, and the Hellenistic World (2018); both Oxford University Press. His most recent book is a co-authored edition of and commentary on Livy Book 22.","products":[{"product_id":"hannibal-and-scipio-hardcover","title":"Hannibal and Scipio - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Second Punic War between Carthage and Rome began in 218 BCE and ended in 202 with the dramatic defeat at the Battle of Zama of Carthage's commander Hannibal by his adversary, the Roman Scipio. The two men were born about a decade apart but died in the same year, 183, following brilliant but ultimately unhappy careers. In this absorbing joint biography, celebrated historian Simon Hornblower reveals how the trajectory of each general illuminates his counterpart. Their individual journeys help us comprehend the momentous historical period which they shared, and which in distinct but interconnected ways they helped to shape. Hornblower interweaves his central military and political narrative with lively treatments of high politics, religious motivations and manipulations, overseas commands, hellenisation, and his subjects' ancient and modern reception. This gripping portrait of a momentous rivalry will delight readers of biography and military history and scholars and students of antiquity alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368454488287,"sku":"9781009453356","price":49.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/iEIDG3qv4Q9781009453356.webp?v=1789128451"},{"product_id":"lykophron-alexandra-paperback","title":"Lykophron: Alexandra - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eTraditionally ascribed to the early third-century BCE tragedian Lykophron, the \u003cem\u003eAlexandra\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful Greek poem by an unknown author, probably written c. 190, when Rome had defeated Hannibal and the Carthaginians and was poised to humble the Seleukid king Antiochos III. The poem is an ingeniously constructed masterpiece, a generic mix with elements of tragedy, epic, and history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePriam's beautiful daughter, the prophetic Kassandra, foresees her rape in Athena's temple by the hateful Greek warrior Ajax after Troy's fall, and warns of disastrous returns (\u003cem\u003enostoi\u003c\/em\u003e) for all the Greek 'heroes'. But Troy will rise again as Rome, founded by Trojan refugees. \u003cem\u003eAlexandra\u003c\/em\u003e (another name for Kassandra), narrates these Mediterranean foundation myths, adopting a bitterly disillusioned female perspective, but culminating in prophecies of Roman rule over land and sea.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376692560095,"sku":"9780198863342","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SrgFLFEbRO9780198863342.webp?v=1789221708"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/simon-hornblower.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}