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Book cover for Eva Brann: Homeric Moments

Homeric Moments : Clues to Delight in Reading the Odyssey and the Iliad

Eva Brann
Paperback - $32.95

"Written with wit and clarity, this book will be of value to those reading the "Odyssey" and the "Iliad" for the first time and to those teaching it to beginners."-"Library Journal"

In 48 brief chapters, Eva Brann delves beneath the captivating su ...

Book cover for Luc Brisson: Sexual Ambivalence

Sexual Ambivalence

Luc Brisson
Paperback - $37.95

"Sexual ambivalence in antiquity was both deeply threatening to the social order and profoundly attractive. Especially in a culture in which gender roles seemed so fundamental, hermaphroditism was monstrous, a portent of disorder. But in the myths an ...

Book cover for William Jennings Bryan: Famous Roman Orations

Famous Roman Orations

William Jennings Bryan
Paperback - $60.95



Book cover for E. A. Wallis Budge: Literature of the Ancient Egyptians

Literature of the Ancient Egyptians

E. A. Wallis Budge
Paperback - $45.95

This book is intended to serve as an elementary introduction to the study of Egyptian literature. Its object is to present a short series of specimens of Egyptian composition, which represent all the great periods of literary activity in Egypt under ...

Book cover for E. A. Wallis Budge: Literature of the Ancient Egyptians with Their Tales and Romances

Literature of the Ancient Egyptians with Their Tales and Romances

E. A. Wallis Budge
Paperback - $80.95

Literature of the Ancient Egyptians and Egyptian Tales and Romances.

Book cover for Theodore C. Burgess: Epideictic Literature

Epideictic Literature

Theodore C. Burgess
Hardcover - $59.95

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional ...

Book cover for Theodore C. Burgess: Epideictic Literature

Epideictic Literature

Theodore C. Burgess
Paperback - $36.95

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional ...

Book cover for Walter Burkert: Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis

Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis : Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture

Walter Burkert
Hardcover - $42.95

At the distant beginning of Western civilization, according to European tradition, Greece stands as an insular, isolated, near-miracle of burgeoning culture. This book traverses the ancient world's three great centers of cultural exchange?Babylonian ...

Book cover for Walter Burkert: Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis

Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis : Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture

Walter Burkert
Paperback - $26.95

At the distant beginning of Western civilization, according to European tradition, Greece stands as an insular, isolated, near-miracle of burgeoning culture. This book traverses the ancient world's three great centers of cultural exchange--Babylonian ...

Book cover for Samuel Butler: The Authoress of the Odyssey

The Authoress of the Odyssey : Where and When She Wrote, Who She Was, the Use She Made of the Iliad and How the Poem Grew Under Her Hands

Samuel Butler
Paperback - $48.95

An Early Attempt To Prove That A Woman Wrote The Odyssey.

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