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Aidos : The Psychology and Ethics of Honour and Shame in Ancient Greek Literature
Douglas L. Cairns
Hardcover - $523.95
This is the first study in English to examine one of the most crucial terms in Greek ethical and social discourse, aidos, within a wide range of Greek literature. Commonly rendered "shame," "modesty," or "respect," aidos is one of the most elusive an ...
Callimachus, II, Hymns, Epigrams. Alexandra. Phaenomena
Callimachus
Hardcover - $52.95
Callimachus of Cyrene, 3rd century BC, became after 284 a teacher of grammar and poetry at Alexandria. He was made a librarian in the new library there and prepared a catalogue of its books. He died about the year 240. Of his large published output, ...
The Poems of Callimachus
Callimachus
Hardcover - $254.95
This important new verse translation of the extant works and major fragments of Callimachus includes a full Introduction, covering the poet's life and times, the range of his achievements, and the difficulties in the way of appreciation. It does not ...
The Greek Anthology : From Meleager to Planudes
Rondo Cameron
Hardcover - $474.95
The Greek Anthology is one of the great books of European literature, "a garden containing the flowers and weeds of 1500 years of Greek epigram." Cameron's study adds a wealth of new information about its growth over an even longer period, from the e ...
An Introduction to Virgil's Aeneid
W. A. Camp
Paperback - $107.95
This book is geared primarily to students approaching the Aeneid for the first time. It attempts, through discussion of a wide variety of topics, to convey a balanced impression of the nature of the poem as a whole. An appendix includes a version of ...
Greek Lyric, II, Anacreon, Anacreontea, Choral Lyric from Olympus to Alcman
D. A. Campbell
Hardcover - $52.95
The five volumes in the Loeb Classical Library edition of "Greek Lyric contain the surviving fragments of solo and choral song. This poetry was not preserved in medieval manuscripts, and few complete poems remain. Later writers quoted from the poets, ...
A Guide to Greek Tragedy for English Readers
Lewis Campbell
Hardcover - $72.95
1891. The purpose of this book is to afford some assistance to those who desire to obtain a real hold-whether in studying the originals or by reading translations-of the chief masterpieces of Greek Tragedy, considered as a great and important phase o ...
A Guide to Greek Tragedy for English Readers
Lewis Campbell
Paperback - $50.95
1891. The purpose of this book is to afford some assistance to those who desire to obtain a real hold-whether in studying the originals or by reading translations-of the chief masterpieces of Greek Tragedy, considered as a great and important phase o ...
