Provides the first ever study of this text in a modern language.
Contains introductory essays which set the work in its widest possible intellectual, cultural, and literary contexts.
Offers a wide-ranging commentary which integrates the text with all possible types of ancient evidence (literary and epigraphic), used to illustrate the dramatic extent to which it has been under-appreciated as a source for popular culture and values
Contains Greek text, annotated English translation, and lower register with extracts from parallel texts to facilitate comparisons with related material.
Also available, Books Two, Three and Six
