Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts – serie
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Greek Theatre in Context
Av Eric Dugdale
Häftad, 2008
453 kr
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An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. This book offers a valuable guide to Greek theatre. It presents a broad selection of key ancient sources, both visual and literary, about all aspects of …
Homer's Odyssey
Häftad, 2012
465 kr
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For Greeks of the Classical period (and onwards) Homer was simply 'the Poet', in much the same way that for centuries in the Western tradition the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures were 'the Book'. Homer came to dominate the Greek literary and cultural tradition and it is difficult to understand …
Roman Theatre
Häftad, 2012
465 kr
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When we think of ancient theatre today, we tend to think of Greek theatre. Yet the Romans also had a lively and varied set of theatrical traditions, which have had a considerable influence on later drama. This book offers an introduction to these traditions, including the origins of Roman theatre, …
Greek Athletics and the Olympics
Av Alan Beale
Häftad, 2011
465 kr
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An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Where did the idea of celebrating the Olympic Games every four years come from? The short answer is ancient Greece. The very name 'Olympic' announces an …
Herodotus and the Persian Wars
Häftad, 2008
465 kr
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An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Herodotus, writing in the second half of the 5th century BC, is the first historian of western civilisation. His narrative tells of the expansion of the …
Virgil, A Poet in Augustan Rome
Häftad, 2007
429 kr
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An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Virgil is to Latin literature what Homer is to Greek and Shakespeare to English. He is both the supreme poet of Rome's greatness and its most profound …
Cicero and the Roman Republic
Av John Murrell
Häftad, 2008
465 kr
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An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Cicero was one of the greatest and most human men of antiquity. He was on the closest terms with political giants such as Pompeius and Caesar and far …
Alexander the Great
Häftad, 2009
465 kr
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An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Alexander the Great famously brought the mighty Persian Empire's two-hundred year rule to an end, but the figure behind this phenomenon often eludes us. …
Lucretius
Poet and Epicurean
Häftad, 2009
465 kr
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An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. What is the world made of? How can we be happy? What happens after death? Drawing on the philosophical teachings of Epicurus, Lucretius seeks to answer …
Tacitus and the Principate
From Augustus to Domitian
Häftad, 2011
345 kr
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An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. As a successful senator, Tacitus was ideally placed to comment on the Roman political system. This selection of extracts from his histories sheds light on …
Horace: A Poet for a New Age
Häftad, 2010
465 kr
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An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Horace's poetry not only sheds light upon his own world, but also provides ways for us to think about our own. This book provides a range of extracts which …
Socrates and Athens
Häftad, 2011
465 kr
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An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Socrates is one of the ancient Greeks that everyone has heard of. He is responsible, more than any other individual, for adding a new urgency and vigour to …
