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Seneca's "Hercules Furens"
A Critical Text with Introduction and Commentary
Av Seneca
Inbunden, 1987
1194 kr
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John G. Fitch's new Latin text of Seneca's play, Hercules Furens, is based on a collation of the chief manuscripts, including the Paris manuscript T.
Origin of Sin
An English Translation of the "Hamartigenia"
Av Prudentius
Häftad, 2011
445 kr
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Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (348–ca. 406) is one of the great Christian Latin writers of late antiquity. Born in northeastern Spain during an era of momentous change for both the Empire and the Christian religion, he was well educated, well connected, and a successful member of the late Roman …
Soldier's Choice
City and Soul in the Life of Classical Athens
Av Hayden Pelliccia, Hayden Pelliccia m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
660 kr
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In the pitch of battle, according to Pericles, the Athenian citizen-soldier chooses to die rather than leave undefended the democratic principles that Athens embodies: this defines The Soldier's Choice. The great war between Sparta and Athens dominated the Greek world for twenty-seven years …
Culture and National Identity in Republican Rome
Inbunden, 1993
720 kr
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Few encounters in antiquity have had more profound consequences than that between Greek culture and Republican Rome. Focusing on the ruling elites of the middle and later Republic, for whom Hellenic literature, religion, and visual arts were at once intimidating and appealing, Erich S. Gruen offers …
Animal Minds and Human Morals
The Origins of the Western Debate
Inbunden, 1993
1030 kr
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"They don't have syntax, so we can eat them." According to Richard Sorabji, this conclusion attributed to the Stoic philosophers was based on Aristotle's argument that animals lack reason. In his fascinating, deeply learned book, Sorabji traces the roots of our thinking about animals back to …
Platonic Ethics, Old and New
Av Julia Annas
Inbunden, 1998
715 kr
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Julia Annas here offers a fundamental reexamination of Plato's ethical thought by investigating the Middle Platonist perspective, which emerged at the end of Plato's own school, the Academy. She highlights the differences between ancient and modern assumptions about Plato's ethics—and stresses the …
Ammianus Marcellinus and the Representation of Historical Reality
Inbunden, 1998
1247 kr
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Much of what we know today of Rome in the fourth century has its source in Res Gestae, the sole surviving work of the historian Ammianus Marcellinus. The accuracy of Ammianus' reporting has come under question over the past fifty years, however, and Timothy D. Barnes here offers new grist for …
Mourning Voice
An Essay on Greek Tragedy
Inbunden, 2002
1032 kr
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In The Mourning Voice, Nicole Loraux presents a radical challenge to what has become the dominant view of tragedy in recent years: that tragedy is primarily a civic phenomenon, infused with Athenian political ideology, which envisions its spectators first and foremost as citizens, members of the …
Origin of Sin
An English Translation of the "Hamartigenia"
Av Prudentius
Inbunden, 2011
1646 kr
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Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (348–ca. 406) is one of the great Christian Latin writers of late antiquity. Born in northeastern Spain during an era of momentous change for both the Empire and the Christian religion, he was well educated, well connected, and a successful member of the late Roman …
Care of the Dead in Late Antiquity
Inbunden, 2009
713 kr
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In this provocative book Éric Rebillard challenges many long-held assumptions about early Christian burial customs. For decades scholars of early Christianity have argued that the Church owned and operated burial grounds for Christians as early as the third century. Through a careful reading of …
On Greek Religion
Inbunden, 2011
1646 kr
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"There is something of a paradox about our access to ancient Greek religion. We know too much, and too little. The materials that bear on it far outreach an individual's capacity to assimilate: so many casual allusions in so many literary texts over more than a millennium, so many direct or …
Mind of Thucydides
Inbunden, 2012
1695 kr
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The publication of Jacqueline de Romilly's Histoire et raison chez Thucydide in 1956 virtually transformed scholarship on Thucydides. Rather than mining The Peloponnesian War to speculate on its layers of composition or second-guess its accuracy, it treated it as a work of art deserving rhetorical …
Libanius the Sophist
Rhetoric, Reality, and Religion in the Fourth Century
Inbunden, 2013
837 kr
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Libanius of Antioch was a rhetorician of rare skill and eloquence. So renowned was he in the fourth century that his school of rhetoric in Roman Syria became among the most prestigious in the Eastern Empire. In this book Raffaella Cribiore draws on her unique knowledge of the entire body of …
Space That Remains
Reading Latin Poetry in Late Antiquity
Inbunden, 2014
1167 kr
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In The Space That Remains, Aaron Pelttari offers the first systematic study of the major fourth-century poets since Michael Robert's foundational The Jeweled Style. It is the first book to give equal attention to both Christian and Pagan poetry and the first to take seriously the issue of …
Theater and Spectacle in the Art of the Roman Empire
Häftad, 2016
641 kr
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Theater, spectacle, and performance played significant roles in the political and social structure of the Roman Empire, which was diverse in population and language. A wide and varied range of entertainment was available to a Roman audience: the traditional festivals with their athletic contests …
Seneca's "Hercules Furens"
A Critical Text with Introduction and Commentary
Av Seneca
Häftad, 2009
788 kr
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John G. Fitch's new Latin text of Seneca's play, Hercules Furens, is based on a collation of the chief manuscripts, including the Paris manuscript T.
On Greek Religion
Häftad, 2011
473 kr
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"There is something of a paradox about our access to ancient Greek religion. We know too much, and too little. The materials that bear on it far outreach an individual's capacity to assimilate: so many casual allusions in so many literary texts over more than a millennium, so many direct or …
Care of the Dead in Late Antiquity
Häftad, 2012
445 kr
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In this provocative book Éric Rebillard challenges many long-held assumptions about early Christian burial customs. For decades scholars of early Christianity have argued that the Church owned and operated burial grounds for Christians as early as the third century. Through a careful reading of …
Culture and National Identity in Republican Rome
Häftad, 1995
560 kr
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Few encounters in antiquity have had more profound consequences than that between Greek culture and Republican Rome. Focusing on the ruling elites of the middle and later Republic, for whom Hellenic literature, religion, and visual arts were at once intimidating and appealing, Erich S. Gruen offers …
Study of Sophoclean Drama
Häftad, 1994
479 kr
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Although many commentators have dealt with various aspects of structure in Sophoclean drama, G. M. Kirkwood contends that "Sophocles' mastery of dramatic form is accepted with casual and superficial deference rather than fully and clearly understood." This book shows how Sophocles' method of …
Hesiod and Aeschylus
Häftad, 1995
609 kr
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Friedrich Solmsen provides a new approach to Hesiod's personality in this book by distinguishing Hesiod's own contributions to Greek mythology and theology from the traditional aspects of his poetry. Hesiod's vision of a better world, expressed in religious language and imagery, pictures the …
Animal Minds and Human Morals
The Origins of the Western Debate
Häftad, 1995
754 kr
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"They don't have syntax, so we can eat them." According to Richard Sorabji, this conclusion attributed to the Stoic philosophers was based on Aristotle's argument that animals lack reason. In his fascinating, deeply learned book, Sorabji traces the roots of our thinking about animals back to …
Platonic Ethics, Old and New
Av Julia Annas
Häftad, 2000
459 kr
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Julia Annas here offers a fundamental reexamination of Plato's ethical thought by investigating the Middle Platonist perspective, which emerged at the end of Plato's own school, the Academy. She highlights the differences between ancient and modern assumptions about Plato's ethics—and stresses the …
Socrates, Ironist and Moral Philosopher
Häftad, 1991
739 kr
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"Gregory Vlastos's book begins from the conviction that Socrates' strangeness is 'the key to his philosophy.' It is a marvelous book, in which no major aspect of Socrates' career is eclipsed. The rigor of his arguments, the depth of his moral commitment and understanding, his complex relationship …
Euripides' Revolution Under Cover
An Essay
Av Pietro Pucci
Inbunden, 2016
970 kr
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In this provocative book, Pietro Pucci explores what he sees as Euripides's revolutionary literary art. While scholars have long pointed to subversive elements in Euripides's plays, Pucci goes a step further in identifying a Euripidean program of enlightened thought enacted through carefully …
On Roman Religion
Lived Religion and the Individual in Ancient Rome
Av Jörg Rüpke
Inbunden, 2016
716 kr
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Provocative reading for anyone interested in Roman culture in the late Republic and early Empire.â• Religious Studies ReviewWas religious practice in ancient Rome cultic and hostile to individual expression? Or was there, rather, considerable latitude for individual initiative and creativity? JÖrg …
Mind of Thucydides
Häftad, 2017
366 kr
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The publication of Jacqueline de Romilly's Histoire et raison chez Thucydide in 1956 virtually transformed scholarship on Thucydides. Rather than mining The Peloponnesian War to speculate on its layers of composition or second-guess its accuracy, it treated it as a work of art deserving rhetorical …
Life of Alcibiades
Dangerous Ambition and the Betrayal of Athens
Inbunden, 2019
357 kr
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This biography of Alcibiades, the charismatic Athenian statesman and general (c. 450–404 BC) who achieved both renown and infamy during the Peloponnesian War, is both an extraordinary adventure story and a cautionary tale that reveals the dangers that political opportunism and demagoguery pose to …
On Roman Religion
Lived Religion and the Individual in Ancient Rome
Av Jörg Rüpke
Häftad, 2019
416 kr
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Provocative reading for anyone interested in Roman culture in the late Republic and early Empire.â• Religious Studies ReviewWas religious practice in ancient Rome cultic and hostile to individual expression? Or was there, rather, considerable latitude for individual initiative and creativity? JÖrg …
Space That Remains
Reading Latin Poetry in Late Antiquity
Häftad, 2020
448 kr
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In The Space That Remains, Aaron Pelttari offers the first systematic study of the major fourth-century poets since Michael Robert's foundational The Jeweled Style. It is the first book to give equal attention to both Christian and Pagan poetry and the first to take seriously the issue of …
