the ancient historian Livy tells the story of a Roman girl named Cloelia who was taken prisoner by Larth Porsena

Lynn Hunt is Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History at the University of California

100 color and 20 b/w illustrations

Architecture

He is the author of The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art I: Italian Painting

The Art of Ancient Greek Theater ACTIVE the ancient historian Livy tellsEdited by Mary Louise Hart The Art of Ancient Greek Theater considers the vibrant imprint that ancient Greek tragedy and comedy left on the visual arts of classical Greece. Theatrical performance as we know it originated in the mid sixth century BCE with choral dances held in honor of Dionysos, the Greek god of wine and patron of the theater. The great tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, as well as the comedies of Aristophanes and