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18 produkter
Homer's Odyssey
A Companion to the English Translation of Richard Lattimore
Häftad, 1991
348 kr
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This series of "Companions" is designed for readers who approach the authors of the ancient world with little or no knowledge of Latin or Greek, or of the classical world. The commentaries accompany readily available translations, and the series should be of value to students of Classical …
Aeneid of Virgil
Häftad, 1991
348 kr
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The Aeneid of Virgil is one of thegreatest works of Classical antiquity. This study by the Virgilian scholar R.Deryck Williams, first published in 1987 and long unavailable, sets the Aeneid in its historical literarybackground and shows how Virgil related his own world of the newlyestablished Roman …
Statesman
Av Plato
Häftad, 2002
445 kr
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Plato's "Politicus" (Statesman) stands, both in date and in political thought, between the "Republic" and the "Laws". It presents his thought at the point when he was chastened by disappointment with his attempts to put theory into practice at Syracuse. The dialogue reflects contemporary …
Fronto: Selected Letters
Av Caillan Davenport, Jennifer Manley
E-bok, 2013
520 kr
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M. Cornelius Fronto was a Roman senator from North Africa, and the foremost Latin orator and legal advocate of the mid-second century A.D. Fronto''s talent and fame led to his appointment as tutor to Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, the adoptive sons of the emperor Antoninus Pius, in the late 130s …
Fronto: Selected Letters
Av Caillan Davenport, Jennifer Manley
E-bok, 2013
520 kr
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M. Cornelius Fronto was a Roman senator from North Africa, and the foremost Latin orator and legal advocate of the mid-second century A.D. Fronto''s talent and fame led to his appointment as tutor to Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, the adoptive sons of the emperor Antoninus Pius, in the late 130s …
Antigone Uninterrupted
Antigone's Biographical Tale of Learning from Tragic Counsel
Häftad, 2021
607 kr
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Fronto: Selected Letters
Av Caillan Davenport, Jennifer Manley
Häftad, 2013
478 kr
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M. Cornelius Fronto was a Roman senator from North Africa, and the foremost Latin orator and legal advocate of the mid-second century A.D. Fronto’s talent and fame led to his appointment as tutor to Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, the adoptive sons of the emperor Antoninus Pius, in the late 130s …
Diodorus Siculus: Philippic Narrative
Av Diodorus Siculus, E. I. McQueen
Häftad, 1998
411 kr
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This edition, one of the BCP Classics Companion Series, provides a translation and detailed commentary of the Greek and Macedonian narrative of Diodorus Book XVI. An outstanding general, statesman and diplomat, Philip II inherited a kingdom near collapse and transformed it into the greatest power …
Suetonius: The Flavian Emperors
Häftad, 2002
396 kr
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Nero's suicide in AD 68 was followed by a disastrous civil war that left the empire in a parlous state and saw the demise, in quick succession, of another three emperors (Galba, Otho and Vitellius). Normality returned with Vespasian and his sons, Titus and Domitian who ruled from 69 to 96. They …
Propertius: Elegies I
Av Propertius
Häftad, 2002
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445 kr
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Propertius' celebration of his love for Cynthia broke new ground in Latin poetry: sensuous, passionate, witty, yet complex and allusive. The appeal of his 'Monobiblos' (Book I) is direct and immediate but his profound grasp of the violent and contradictory emotions of the relationship pushed his …
Solon of Athens
New Historical and Philological Approaches
Av Josine Blok, André Lardinois
Häftad, 2011
816 kr
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This volume offers a range of innovative approaches to Solon of Athens, legendary law-giver, statesman, and poet of the early sixth century B.C. In the first part, Solon’s poetry is reconsidered against the background of oral poetics and other early Greek poetry. The connection between Solon’s …
Brill's Companion to Propertius
Häftad, 2011
840 kr
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The present volume provides a comprehensive guide to one of the most difficult authors of classical antiquity. All the major aspects of Propertius' work, its themes, the poetical technique, its sources and models, as well as the history of Propertian scholarship and the vexed problems of textual …
Brill's Companion to Greek and Latin Pastoral
Av Marco Fantuzzi, Theodore D. Papanghelis
Häftad, 2011
859 kr
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This volume comprises articles by an international team of twenty-three scholars. The contributions focus on the historical genesis, stylistic and narrative features and evolution of pastoral, both as genre and mode, from Theocritus to the Byzantine period.Special attention has been paid to the …
Brill's Companion to Apollonius Rhodius
Second, Revised Edition
Av Theodore D. Papanghelis, Antonios Rengakos
Häftad, 2011
832 kr
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This volume on Apollonius of Rhodes, whose Argonautica is the sole full-length epic to survive from the Hellenistic period, comprises articles by eighteen leading scholars from Europe and America. Their contributions cover a wide range of issues from the history of the text and the problems of the …
New Companion to Homer
Av Ian Morris, Barry B. Powell
Häftad, 2011
859 kr
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This volume is the first English-language survey of Homeric studies to appear for more than a generation, and the first such work to attempt to cover all fields comprehensively. Thirty leading scholars from Europe and America provide short, authoritative overviews of the state of knowledge and …
Companion to the Greek Lyric Poets
Av Gerber
Häftad, 2011
840 kr
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This handbook for the reading of early Greek poetry is intended to be both a manual for teachers and a guide for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. It covers poetry in the elegiac and iambic genres, as well as melic poetry which is provisionally divided into the personal and the public. …
Brill's Companion to Ovid
Häftad, 2012
840 kr
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This volume on the Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE – 17 CE) comprises articles by an international group of fourteen scholars. Their contributions cover a wide range of topics, including a biographical essay, a survey of the major manuscripts and textual traditions, and a comprehensive discussion of Ovid’s …
