INTRODUCTION 

Katerina Carvounis and Richard Hunter

CATALOGUE TECHNIQUE IN DIONYSIUS PERIEGETES

J.L. Lightfoot

THE POETICS OF KNOWLEDGE IN OPPIAN'S HALIEUTICA

Emily Kneebone

TRANSFORMING THE HOMERIC MODELS: QUINTUS' BATTLE AMONG THE GODS IN THE POSTHOMERICA

Katerina Carvounis

'SUGARING THE PILL': GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS' ADVICE TO OLYMPIAS (CARM. 2.26)

Mary Whitby

THE POLITICS OF POETICS: NONNUS' DIONYSIACA AND THE WORLD OF LATE ANTIQUITY

Robert Shorrock

THE DEATH OF LOVE IN NONNUS' DIONYSIACA: THE RAPES OF NICAEA AND AURA

Fotini Hadjittofi

THE ABDUCTION OF HELEN: A REAPPRAISAL

Michael Paschalis

COLLUTHUS' 'HOMERIC' EPYLLION

Enrico Magnelli

COLLUTHUS' PASTORAL TRADITIONS: NARRATIVE STRATEGIES AND BUCOLIC CRITICISM IN THE ABDUCTION OF HELEN

Lucia Prauscello

LITERARINESS AND LEVELS OF STYLE IN EPIGRAPHICAL POETRY OF LATE ANTIQUITY

Gianfranco Agosti