Gilbert Lawall, PhD
Gilbert W. Lawall is a classics professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he was instrumental in establishing the MAT program in the classics. Lawall received his BA from Oberlin College and his PhD from Yale University. His research interests include Greek and Latin poetry, Hellenistic Greek poetry and its influence on Latin poetry, Senecan drama, and Greek and Latin pedagogy. Lawall is the author of Petronius: Selections from the Satyricon (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1988), coeditor with Betty Nye Quinn of Plautus' Menaechmi (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1978, 1995, reprint 2002), and coauthor with Sarah Lawall and Gerda Kunkel of The Phaedra of Seneca (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1982).
Books by Gilbert Lawall, PhD
Petronius: Selections from the Satyricon
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- 978-0-86516-288-4
Students will delight in Petronius' highly entertaining stories, including his famous "dinner party," which provide a colorful view of life in first century CE Rome. Some 901 lines of unadapted Latin with facing- and same-page syntax and vocabulary notes make this text an excellent transition to authentic, connected Latin for advanced high school and intermediate college students.
Plautus' Menaechmi
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- 0074
- 978-0-86516-007-1
Easily the best known of Plautus' plays, Menaechmi's popularity has rested on its broad farcical humor and exuberant dialogue. This edition aims to make a first reading the enjoyable experience it was meant to be.
The Phaedra of Seneca
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- 978-0-86516-016-3
Complete with abundant notes and vocabulary aids, this text makes Seneca's masterpiece of Roman tragic poetry an accessible Latin read for advanced high school and college students at the intermediate level. Forty pages of analysis questions and comments and an updated English translation of Euripides' Hippolytus for comparison provide instructors and students a full course unit.
