Oxford University Press

Collected Papers on Latin PoetryA generous selection from more than three decades of scholarly articles by a world-class scholar and interpreter of Latin poetry which displays both his diverse interests and his concern with the texts of first-century BC Augustan poets, their language and literary texture....

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Does our available evidence show that some particular religion is correct? It seems unlikely, given the great diversity of religious - and non-religious - views of the world. But if no religious beliefs can be shown true on the evidence, can it be right to make a religious commitment? Should people make 'leaps of faith'? Or would we all be better...

How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting MenChallenging the widely accepted view that gender politics began with men exploiting and oppressing women, Baumeister says that men and women have mostly been partners, and gender inequalities arose because wealth, knowledge, and power were created by men in the often rough and brutal competition that was the...

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This study of the Roman reaction to foreign cults offers an exploration of how religion contributed to the reshaping of the Roman community and its sense of identity during the transition from a single city to the dominant power in the Mediterranean basin....