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Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome
Ancient Ideas for Modern Times
Av Christopher Pelling, Maria Wyke
Häftad, 2016
206 kr
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Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome is a book for all readers who want to know more about the literature that underpins Western civilization. Chistopher Pelling and Maria Wyke provide a vibrant and distinctive introduction to twelve of the greatest authors from ancient Greece and Rome, writers whose …
Classical Scholarship and Its History
From the Renaissance to the Present. Essays in Honour of Christopher Stray
Av Stephen Harrison, Christopher Pelling
Häftad, 2022
346 kr
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It is unusual for a single scholar practically to reorient an entire sub-field of study, but this is what Chris Stray has done for the history of UK classical scholarship. His remarkable combination of interests in the sociology of scholars and scholarship, in the history of the book and of …
Plutarch: Alexander
Translated with an Introduction and Commentary
Inbunden, 2025
3805 kr
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Alexander the Great changed the world that he knew--but how he did it, and how much of his story is truth and how much is invented, is hard to tell. One of our most important sources for his achievements and personality is Plutarch's Life of Alexander, and this is the first detailed commentary in …
Plutarch Caesar
Translated with an Introduction and Commentary
Av Christopher Pelling, Christopher Pelling
Inbunden, 2011
4181 kr
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Plutarch's Life of Caesar deals with the best known Roman of them all, Julius Caesar, and his vivid narrative covers most of the major events of the last generation of the Republic, as well as painting an insightful picture of this man who sacrificed everything for power. Pelling's volume gives a …
Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome
Ancient Ideas for Modern Times
Av Maria Wyke, Christopher Pelling
E-bok, 2014
141 kr
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Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome is a book for all readers who want to know more about the literature that underpins Western civilization. Chistopher Pelling and Maria Wyke provide a vibrant and distinctive introduction to twelve of the greatest authors from ancient Greece and Rome, writers whose …
New Worlds from Old Texts
Revisiting Ancient Space and Place
Av Leif Isaksen, Christopher Pelling m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
1539 kr
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Maps dominate the modern sense of place and geography. Yet, so far as we can tell, maps were rare in the Greco-Roman world and, when mentioned in sources, are mistrusted and criticized. Today, technological advances have brought to the fore an entirely new set of methods for representing and …
New Worlds from Old Texts
Revisiting Ancient Space and Place
Av Leif Isaksen, Christopher Pelling m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
1539 kr
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Maps dominate the modern sense of place and geography. Yet, so far as we can tell, maps were rare in the Greco-Roman world and, when mentioned in sources, are mistrusted and criticized. Today, technological advances have brought to the fore an entirely new set of methods for representing and …
Rediscovering E. R. Dodds
Scholarship, Education, Poetry, and the Paranormal
Av Stephen Harrison, Christopher Pelling m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
1666 kr
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Rediscovering E. R. Dodds offers the first comprehensive assessment of a remarkable classical scholar, who was also a poet with extensive links to twentieth-century English and Irish literary culture, the friend of Auden and MacNeice. Dodds was born in Northern Ireland, but made his name as Regius …
Rediscovering E. R. Dodds
Scholarship, Education, Poetry, and the Paranormal
Av Stephen Harrison, Christopher Pelling m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
1666 kr
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Rediscovering E. R. Dodds offers the first comprehensive assessment of a remarkable classical scholar, who was also a poet with extensive links to twentieth-century English and Irish literary culture, the friend of Auden and MacNeice. Dodds was born in Northern Ireland, but made his name as Regius …
Ancient Historiography and Its Contexts
Studies in Honour of A. J. Woodman
Av Christopher Pelling, John Marincola m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
1588 kr
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This is a collection of studies on ancient (especially Latin) poetry and historiography, concentrating especially on the impact of rhetoric on both genres, and on the importance of considering the literature to illuminate the historical Roman context and the historical context to illuminate the …
Ancient Historiography and Its Contexts
Studies in Honour of A. J. Woodman
Av Christopher Pelling, John Marincola m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
1588 kr
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This is a collection of studies on ancient (especially Latin) poetry and historiography, concentrating especially on the impact of rhetoric on both genres, and on the importance of considering the literature to illuminate the historical Roman context and the historical context to illuminate the …
Ethics and Rhetoric
Classical Essays for Donald Russell on his Seventy-Fifth Birthday
Av Hine Pelling Innes, Doreen C. Innes m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
4391 kr
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Donald Russell, Emeritus Professor of Classical Literature at Oxford University, has been a leading figure in several fields of classical scholarship over the last few decades. The present volume collects essays written in his honour by scholars who have worked closely with him. The essays fall …
Greek Tragedy and the Historian
Av Christopher Pelling, Christopher Pelling
Inbunden, 1997
4363 kr
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The tragic theme was no mere diversion for a fifth-century Athenian: it was a focal part of the experience of being a citizen. Tragedy explores fundamental issues of religion, of ethics, of civic ideology, and we should expect it to be a central source for the reconstruction and analysis of the …
Rediscovering E. R. Dodds
Scholarship, Education, Poetry, and the Paranormal
Av Christopher Stray, Christopher Stray m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1813 kr
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Rediscovering E. R. Dodds offers the first comprehensive assessment of a remarkable classical scholar, who was also a poet with extensive links to twentieth-century English and Irish literary culture, the friend of Auden and MacNeice. Dodds was born in Northern Ireland, but made his name as Regius …
Ancient Historiography and Its Contexts
Studies in Honour of A. J. Woodman
Av KRAUS ET AL, Christina S. Kraus m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
2863 kr
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This is a collection of studies on ancient (especially Latin) poetry and historiography, concentrating especially on the impact of rhetoric on both genres, and on the importance of considering the literature to illuminate the historical Roman context and the historical context to illuminate the …
Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome
Ancient Ideas for Modern Times
Av Christopher Pelling, Maria Wyke
Inbunden, 2014
300 kr
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Twelve Voices from Greece and Rome is a book for all readers who want to know more about the literature that underpins Western civilization. Chistopher Pelling and Maria Wyke provide a vibrant and distinctive introduction to twelve of the greatest authors from ancient Greece and Rome, writers whose …
Plutarch Caesar
Translated with an Introduction and Commentary
Av Christopher Pelling, Christopher Pelling
Häftad, 2011
1514 kr
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Plutarch's Life of Caesar deals with the best known Roman of them all, Julius Caesar, and his vivid narrative covers most of the major events of the last generation of the Republic, as well as painting an insightful picture of this man who sacrificed everything for power. Pelling's volume gives a …
New Worlds from Old Texts
Revisiting Ancient Space and Place
Av Elton Barker, Stefan Bouzarovski m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1853 kr
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Maps dominate the modern sense of place and geography. Yet, so far as we can tell, maps were rare in the Greco-Roman world and, when mentioned in sources, are mistrusted and criticized. Today, technological advances have brought to the fore an entirely new set of methods for representing and …
Literary Texts and the Greek Historian
Häftad, 1999
675 kr
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Our knowledge of Greek history rests largely on literary texts - not merely historians (especially Herodotus, Thucylides and Xenephon), but also tragedies, comedies, speeches, biographies and philosophical works. These texts are themselves among the most skilled and highly wrought productions of a …
Herodotus: Histories Book VI
Av Simon Hornblower, Christopher Pelling
Inbunden, 2017
1704 kr
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Book VI of the Histories is one of Herodotus' most varied books, beginning with the final collapse of the Ionian Revolt and moving on to the Athenian triumph at Marathon (490 BC); it also includes fascinating material on Sparta, full of court intrigue and culminating in Kleomenes' grisly death, and …
Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book VI
Inbunden, 2022
1444 kr
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In Books 6 and 7 Thucydides' narrative is, as Plutarch puts it, 'at its most emotional, vivid, and varied' as he describes the Sicilian Expedition that ended so catastrophically for Athens (415-413 BCE). Book 6 features tense debates both at Athens, with cautious Nicias no match for risk-taking …
Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book VII
Inbunden, 2022
1358 kr
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In Books 6 and 7 Thucydides' narrative is, as Plutarch puts it, 'at its most emotional, vivid, and varied' as he describes the Sicilian Expedition that ended so catastrophically for Athens (415-413 BCE). Book 7 opens with Athens seemingly on the point of victory, but the arrival of the Spartan …
Herodotus: Histories Book VI
Av Simon Hornblower, Christopher Pelling
Häftad, 2017
560 kr
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Book VI of the Histories is one of Herodotus' most varied books, beginning with the final collapse of the Ionian Revolt and moving on to the Athenian triumph at Marathon (490 BC); it also includes fascinating material on Sparta, full of court intrigue and culminating in Kleomenes' grisly death, and …
Herodotus: Histories Book VI
Av Christopher Pelling, Simon Hornblower
E-bok, 2017
532 kr
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Book VI of the Histories is one of Herodotus'' most varied books, beginning with the final collapse of the Ionian Revolt and moving on to the Athenian triumph at Marathon (490 BC); it also includes fascinating material on Sparta, full of court intrigue and culminating in Kleomenes'' grisly death, …
Herodotus: Histories Book VI
Av Christopher Pelling, Simon Hornblower
E-bok, 2017
527 kr
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Book VI of the Histories is one of Herodotus'' most varied books, beginning with the final collapse of the Ionian Revolt and moving on to the Athenian triumph at Marathon (490 BC); it also includes fascinating material on Sparta, full of court intrigue and culminating in Kleomenes'' grisly death, …
Literary Texts and the Greek Historian
E-bok, 2002
857 kr
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Our knowledge of Greek history rests largely on literary texts - not merely historians (especially Herodotus, Thucylides and Xenephon), but also tragedies, comedies, speeches, biographies and philosophical works. These texts are themselves among the most skilled and highly wrought productions of a …
Literary Texts and the Greek Historian
E-bok, 2002
768 kr
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Our knowledge of Greek history rests largely on literary texts - not merely historians (especially Herodotus, Thucylides and Xenephon), but also tragedies, comedies, speeches, biographies and philosophical works. These texts are themselves among the most skilled and highly wrought productions of a …
Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book VI
Av Christopher Pelling, Christopher Pelling
Häftad, 2022
485 kr
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In Books 6 and 7 Thucydides' narrative is, as Plutarch puts it, 'at its most emotional, vivid, and varied' as he describes the Sicilian Expedition that ended so catastrophically for Athens (415-413 BCE). Book 6 features tense debates both at Athens, with cautious Nicias no match for risk-taking …
Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book VII
Av Christopher Pelling, Christopher Pelling
Häftad, 2022
452 kr
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In Books 6 and 7 Thucydides' narrative is, as Plutarch puts it, 'at its most emotional, vivid, and varied' as he describes the Sicilian Expedition that ended so catastrophically for Athens (415-413 BCE). Book 7 opens with Athens seemingly on the point of victory, but the arrival of the Spartan …
Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War Book VI
E-bok, 2022
460 kr
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In Books 6 and 7 Thucydides'' narrative is, as Plutarch puts it, ''at its most emotional, vivid, and varied'' as he describes the Sicilian Expedition that ended so catastrophically for Athens (415–413 BCE). Book 6 features tense debates both at Athens, with cautious Nicias no match for risk-taking …
