Sacred biography : saints and their biographers in the Middle Ages / Thomas J. Heffernan.

Poetic garlands : Hellenistic epigrams in context / Kathryn J. Gutzwiller.

Aesopic conversations : popular tradition, cultural dialogue, and the invention of Greek prose / Leslie Kurke.

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Sacred biography : saints and their biographers in the Middle Ages / Thomas J. Heffernan.

Poetic garlands : Hellenistic epigrams in context / Kathryn J. Gutzwiller.

Aesopic conversations : popular tradition, cultural dialogue, and the invention of Greek prose / Leslie Kurke.