Nicholas Horsfall lives in Rome and has published numerous books and articles on Latin literature, mythology and the Roman world, including: La villa sabina di Orazio (Venosa 1993); Virgilio: L'epopea in alambicco (Napoli 1991); Cornelis Nepos: A selection, including the lives of Cato and Atticus; translated with introductions and commentary (Oxford 1989); Vir bonus discendi peritus; studies in celebration of Otto Skutsch's eightieth birthday (London 1988); Roman myth and mythography with J.N. Bremmer (London 1987)

• Virgil - his life and times; "Bucolics"; "Georgics"; "Aeneid"; style, language and metre; Virgil's impact at Rome - the non-literary evidence; Virgil - the literary impact (Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Lucanus, Valerius Flaccus, Statius' "Thebaid", Statius' "Achilleid", Silius Italicus); the transmission of Virgil's works in antiquity and the Middle Ages.

From reviews of the hardcover edition'This is a book for teachers to recommend to their students. More senior scholars too must have this book on their shelves. They will appreciate the clear and balanced surveys - and the huge quantity of useful information.'Oliver Lyne, Classical Review, 1999.