Classics scholars from Europe and North America place the three famous literary exiles--Cicero, Ovid, and Seneca--within the larger context of writing about exile, not only during the period from Cynicism to Late Antiquity, but also going back to concepts and motifs from the oral antecedents of the Iliad and Odyssey, and forward to the age of Petrarch. Quotations are in the original Latin or Greek with English translation. Earlier versions of six of the 11 essays were presented at an autumn 2001 seminar at the University of Oxford. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)