Those who are able to read Homer in Greek have ample recourse to commentaries, but the vast majority who read the Iliad in translation have not been so well served--the many available translations contain few, if any, notes. For these readers, Malcolm M. Willcock provides a line-by-line commentary that explains the many factual details, mythological allusions, and Homeric conventions that a student or general reader could not be expected to bring to an initial encounter with the Iliad.

The notes, which always relate to particular lines in the text, have as their prime aim...

Cicero's letters are unique, both as evidence for a most important period of ancient history, the end of the Roman Republic, and as a portrayal of the world of Cicero and his numerous correspondents; they make Cicero himself the most intimately known person in the whole classical world. The 147 letters dealt with here cover the years 62 to 43 BC. The book provides a useful introduction and extensive notes on L.P. Wilkinson's selected translation ofthe letters (also published by Bristol Classical Press).