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Archestratos of Gela : Greek Culture and Cuisine in the Fourth Century Bce Text, Translation, and Commentary

Archestratus
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Archestratos of Gela's Life of Luxury is a fundamental source for our understanding not only of fourth-century literature but also of the significance of food and dining, and the reception of epic poetry in the late classical period. This edition is ...

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Four Comedies

Aristophanes
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This text provides translations of four of Aristophanies' comedies: Lysistrata, The Acharnians, The Congresswomen, and The Frogs.

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Aristotle's Poetics

Aristotle
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Introduced by Francis Fergusson, the "Poetics, written in the fourth century B.C., is still an essential study of the art of drama, indeed the most fundamental one we have. It has been used by both playwrights and theorists of many periods, and inter ...

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Physics

Aristotle
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The book begins with an analysis of change, which introduces us to Aristotle's central concepts of matter and form, before moving on to an account of explanation in the sciences and a defence of teleological explanation. Aristotle then turns to detai ...

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Physics

Aristotle
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Poetics

Aristotle
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Aristotle's "Poetics" is the world's first treatise on literature. Written in the fourth century B.C. Poetics is a detailed analysis of drama and poetry with its greatest emphasis on tragedy. Aristotle outlines the elements of good drama drawing upon ...

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Poetics

Aristotle
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Poetics is a work by Greek Philosopher Aristotle that aims to give an account of what he refers to as poetry. Poetry in this case is made up of the lyric, the epos and the drama. Aristotle works to explain the first principles of poetry by discerning ...

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The Categories - Aristotle

Aristotle
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The Poetics

Aristotle
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On the Study of Celtic Literature and on Translating Homer

Mathew Arnold
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Penetrating insight into the mystical aspects of Celtic literature and Homer.

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