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Menander, II, Heros. Theophoroumene. Karchedonios. Kitharistes. Kolax. Koneiazomenai. Leukadia. Misoumenos. Perikeiromene. Perinthia
W. Geoffrey Arnott
Hardcover - $52.95
Volume II contains the surviving portions of ten Menander plays. Among these are the recently published fragments of "Misoumenos" ("The Man She Hated"), which sympathetically presents the flawed relationship of a soldier and a captive girl; and the s ...
The Classical Greek Reader
Kenneth J. Atchity
Paperback - $54.95
The wonders of the Greek world are presented in a modern, accessible manner, perfect for those looking to refresh their acquaintance with the classics and for those who have yet to explore the exciting intellectual energy of ancient Greece. Atchity f ...
Athenaeus : The Learned Banqueters
Athenaeus
Hardcover - $52.95
In "The Learned Banqueters," Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work (which dates to the very end of the second century ad) is amusing reading and of extraordinary value as ...
The Learned Banqueters : Volume IV
Athenaeus
Hardcover - $52.95
In "The Learned Banqueters," Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work (which dates to the very end of the second century CE) is amusing reading and of extraordinary value as ...
Greek Lyric, IV, Bacchylides, Corinna, and Others
Bacchylides
Hardcover - $52.95
Bacchylides, nephew of Simonides and rival of Pindar, wrote choral poetry of many types. We have a number of his victory odes--poems celebrating victories in athletic contests--as well as dithyrambs and other hymns. He was a master of the captivating ...
British Poetry and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars : Visions of Conflict
Simon Bainbridge
Hardcover - $317.95
This book argues that poetry played a major role in the mediation of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars to the British public, and that the wars had a significant impact on poetic practices and theories in the Romantic period. It examines a wide r ...
Introduction to Old English
Peter S. Baker
Paperback - $92.95
Introduction to Old English is the leading text available designed to help students engage with Old English literary and historical texts for the first time. This new edition builds on the success of the original and includes an expanded anthology an ...
Pointing at the Past : From Formula to Performance in Homeric Poetics
Egbert J. Bakker
Paperback - $40.95
With numerous fresh linguistic observations Bakker shows that the epic narrator makes the epic past come to the present: epic is not only a verbal artifact that points to the past; it also is a performer's act of pointing at a past that has become pr ...
Specimens of Roman Literature : Passages Illustrative of Roman Thought and Style
Peake Banton
Paperback - $78.95
1879. A text for students consisting of two divisions, the first embodying the main results of Roman thought on the three great subjects of Religion, Philosophy and Science and Art and Letters; the second containing numerous examples of the Styles ad ...