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Vergil in the Middle Ages
Domenico Comparetti
Paperback - $53.95
"Vergil in the Middle Ages" depicts a comprehensive history of the medieval conception of Vergil. It follows Vergil's various evolutions and vicissitudes, and determines the nature and causes of these and their connection with the general history of ...
Vergil in the Middle Ages
Domenico Comparetti
Paperback - $105.95
"Vergil in the Middle Ages" depicts a comprehensive history of the medieval conception of Vergil. It follows Vergil's various evolutions and vicissitudes, and determines the nature and causes of these and their connection with the general history of ...
The Poetry of Pathos : Studies in Virgilian Epic
Gian Biagio Conte
Hardcover - $210.95
This volume presents a collection of pieces from a celebrated world-class scholar and interpreter of Latin poetry, focusing on the interpretation of Virgil's Aeneid.. It forms the sequel to two widely influential earlier books on Virgil by the same a ...
Connecting a City to the Sea : The History of the Athenian Long Walls
David H. Conwell
Hardcover - $291.95
Owls to Athens : Essays on Classical Culture Presented to Sir Kenneth Dover
Elizabeth M. Craik
Hardcover - $663.95
In this seventieth-birthday tribute to renowned Greek scholar Sir Kenneth Dover, a diverse group of his former pupils and colleagues contribute a selection of essays, on topics ranging from drama and poetry to history, society, art, language, metre, ...
Theories of Mythology
Eric Csapo
Hardcover - $199.95
Theories of Mythology provides students with both a history of theories of myth and a practical "how-to" guide to interpreting myth.The book offers a critical introduction to the major theories of myth from the nineteenth century to the present day, ...
Rediscovering Homer : Inside the Origins of the Epic
Andrew Dalby
Paperback - $27.95
Dalby delves into the world that first heard "The Odyssey" and "The Iliad," and asks new questions about the poet named Homer. He makes a powerful case that both poems are the work of a single poet and comes to an ultimate conclusion that will surpri ...
Esther's Revenge at Susa : From Sennacherib to Ahasuerus
Stephanie Dalley
Hardcover - $210.95
Why are the names of the chief characters in the biblical Book of Esther those of Mesopotamian deities? Stephanie Dalley argues that the narrative reflects real happenings in seventh-century Assyria, where the widespread belief that revenge belongs t ...
The Buried Book : The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh
David Damrosch
Hardcover - $41.95
Adventurers, explorers, kings, gods, and goddesses come to life in this riveting story of the first great epic— lost to the world for 2,000 years, and rediscovered in the nineteenth century
Composed by a poet and priest in Middle Babylonia a ...