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Oxford University Press Aristotle Metaphysics Lambda
Book SynopsisLambda, the twelfth book of Aristotle's Metaphysics, is an outline for a much more extended work in metaphysics or, more accurately, in what Aristotle calls 'first philosophy', the inquiry into 'the principles and causes of all things'. Lindsay Judson provides a rigorous translation of this important book and a detailed philosophical commentary.Table of ContentsAbbreviations Introduction Translation Notes on the text Commentary Chapter 1: 1069a18-b2 1069b3-7 and Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapters 4-5 Chapters 6-7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Select bibliography English-Greek glossary Greek-English glossary Index locorum General index
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Oxford University Press Aristotle on the Sources of the Ethical Life Oxford Aristotle Studies Series
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Oxford University Press Inc The Complete Aeschylus
Book SynopsisBased on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals.Aeschylus'' Oresteia, the only ancient tragic trilogy to survive, is one of the great foundational texts of Western culture. It begins with Agamemnon, which describes Agamemnon''s return from the Trojan War and his murder at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra, continues with her murder by their son Orestes in Libation Bearers, and concludes with Orestes'' acquittal at a court founded by Athena in Eumenides. The trilogy thus traces the evolution of justice in human society from blood vengeance to the rule of law, Aeschylus'' contribution to a Greek legend steeped in murder, adultery, human sacrifice, cannibalism, and endless intrigue. This new translationTable of ContentsBIBLIOGRAPHY
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Oxford University Press Callimachus
Book SynopsisCallimachus was arguably the most important poet of the Hellenistic age, for two reasons: his engagement with previous theorists of poetry and his wide-ranging poetic experimentation. Of his poetic oeuvre, which exceeded what we now have of Theocritus, Aratus, Posidippus, and Apollonius combined, only his six hymns and around fifty of his epigrams have survived intact. His enormously influential Aetia, the collection of Iambi, the Hecale, and all of his prose output have been reduced to a handful of citations in later Greek lexica and handbooks or papyrus fragments. In recent years excellent commentaries and synthetic studies of the Aetia, the Iambi, and the Hecale have appeared or are about to appear. But there is no modern study in English of the collection of hymns. And while there are excellent commentaries in English on three of the hymns (Apollo, Athena, Demeter), the commentaries on Zeus and on Delos are limited in scope, and there is no commentary at all on the Artemis hymn. SyTrade Review[Stephens] has now given us a welcome ... entry into a relatively unfamiliar part of the Parnassian grove occupied by Callimachus. * Colin Leach, Classics for All *this volume provides a needed and accessible edition of the collection. Stephens's scholarship and sensitivity to Callimachus's poetry suffuse every page. Invaluable for those interested in Hellenistic poetry; important for students of mythology, history of religion, and Greek literature ... Highly recommended * P. E. Ojennus, CHOICE *Table of ContentsAbbreviations ; Maps ; Introduction ; 1. Hymn to Zeus ; 2. Hymn to Apollo ; 3. Hymn to Artemis ; 4. Hymn to Delos ; 5. Hymn to Athena or The Bath of Pallas ; 6. Hymn to Demeter ; Works Cited ; Index Locorum ; General Index
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OUP USA The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean provides a comprehensive overview of our current understanding of the Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000 BC) and describes the most important debates and discussions within the discipline. Presented in four separate sections within the Handbook, the sixty-six commissioned articles cover topics ranging from chronological and geographical to thematic to site-specific. The volume will be indispensable for scholars andadvanced students alike.Trade ReviewThe Handbook is certainly an impressive achievement ... handbooks like this will continue to be indispensible tools for the Bronze Age Aegean archaeologist. * Curtis Runnels, International Journal of Classical Tradition *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Contributors ; Abbreviations ; Preface, Eric H. Cline ; Section I: Background and Definitions ; 1. History of Research, James D. Muhly ; 2. Chronology and Terminology, Sturt W. Manning ; Section II: Chronology and Geography ; 3. Neolithic Antecedents, Peter Tomkins ; Early Bronze Age ; 4. Mainland Greece, Jeannette Forsen ; 5. Crete, Peter Tomkins and Ilse Schoep ; 6. Cyclades, Colin Renfrew ; Middle Bronze Age ; 7. Mainland Greece, Sofia Voutsaki ; 8. Crete, Ilse Schoep ; 9. Cyclades, Robin L. N. Barber ; Late Bronze Age ; 10. Mainland Greece, Kim Shelton ; 11. Crete, Erik Hallager ; 12. Cyclades, Robin L. N. Barber ; 13. End of the Bronze Age, Reinhard Jung ; Section III: Thematic Topics - Art and Architecture ; 14. Minoan Architecture, Louise Hitchcock ; 15. Mycenaean Architecture, Louise Hitchcock ; 16. Figurines, Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst ; 17. Frescoes, Anne P. Chapin ; Society and Culture ; 18. State and Society, Dimitri Nakassis, Michael L. Galaty, and William A. Parkinson ; 19. Minoan Religion, Susan Lupack ; 20. Mycenaean Religion, Susan Lupack ; 21. Death and Burial, Christopher Mee ; 22. Trade, Bryan E. Burns ; 23. Weapons and Warfare, Ioannis Georganas ; Seals and Writing/Administrative Systems ; 24. Minoan Seals and Sealings, Judith Weingarten ; 25. Mycenaean Seals and Sealings, John G. Younger ; 26. Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A, Helena Tomas ; 27. Linear B, Thomas G. Palaima ; 28. Cypro-Minoan, Nicolle Hirschfeld ; Material Crafts ; 29. Materials and Industries, Doniert G. Evely ; 30. Minoan Pottery, Birgitta Hallager ; 31. Mycenaean Pottery, Jeremy B. Rutter ; 32. Textiles, Brendan Burke ; 33. Jewellery, Robert Laffineur ; Events ; 34. Eruption of Thera/Santorini, Sturt W. Manning ; 35. Trojan War, Trevor Bryce ; 36. The Collapse at the End of the Bronze Age, Oliver Dickinson ; Section IV: Specific Sites and Regions - Crete ; 37. Ayia Triada Vincenzo La Rosa ; 38. Kato Zakros Lefteris Platon ; 39. Khania (Kydonia), Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki ; 40. Knossos, Colin Macdonald ; 41. Kommos, Joseph and Maria Shaw ; 42. Malia, Jan Driessen ; 43. Palaikastro, J. Alexander MacGillivray and L. Hugh Sackett ; 44. Phaistos, Vincenzo La Rosa ; Mainland Greece ; 45. Argolid, Sofia Voutsaki ; 46. Boeotia, Anastasia Dakouri-Hild ; 47. Central and Southern Peloponnese, William G. Cavanagh ; 48. Northern Aegean, Stelios Andreou ; 49. Lerna, Martha Wiencke ; 50. Mycenae, Elizabeth French ; 51. Pylos, Jack L. Davis ; 52. Thebes, Anastasia Dakouri-Hild ; 53. Thorikos, Robert Laffineur ; 54. Tiryns, Joseph Maran ; Cyclades, Dodecanese, and Saronic Islands ; 55. Aegina Kolonna, Walter Gauss ; 56. Akrotiri, Christos Doumas ; 57. Dodecanese, Toula Marketou ; 58. Rhodes, Toula Marketou ; Wider Mediterranean ; 59. Cape Gelidonya shipwreck, George F. Bass ; 60. Cyprus, Louise Steel ; 61. Egypt, Jacke Phillips ; 62. Levant, Assaf Yasur-Landau ; 63. Troy, Peter Jablonka ; 64. Uluburun shipwreck, Cemal Pulak ; 65. Western Anatolia, Alan M. Greaves ; 66. Western Mediterranean, Lucia Vagnetti
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Oxford University Press Dragons Serpents and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds
Book SynopsisStories about dragons, serpents, and their slayers make up a rich and varied tradition within ancient mythology and folklore. In this sourcebook, Daniel Ogden presents a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of dragon myths from Greek, Roman, and early Christian sources. Some of the dragons featured are well known: the Hydra, slain by Heracles; the Dragon of Colchis, the guardian of the golden fleece overcome by Jason and Medea; and the great sea-serpent from which Perseus rescues Andromeda. But the less well known dragons are often equally enthralling, like the Dragon of Thespiae, which Menestratus slays by feeding himself to it in armor covered in fish-hooks, or the lamias of Libya, who entice young men into their striking-range by wiggling their tails, shaped like beautiful women, at them. The texts are arranged in such a way as to allow readers to witness the continuity of and evolution in dragon stories between the Classical and Christian worlds, and to understand the genTrade ReviewAn exacting overview of serpentine lore in word and illustration, this sourcebook by Ogden .. applies the author's considerable expertise to differentiation of sources of monsters, dragon-slaying episodes, and their conclusions ... Recommended. * M.E. Snodgrass, CHOICE *Table of ContentsDedication ; Acknowledgements ; List of Figures ; Abbreviations ; Quick Key to Some Special Terms and Conventions Used in this Book ; Introduction ; Schema of motifs ; PART ONE: THE CLASSICAL DRAGON ; i. The Genealogy of the Great Dragons ; ii. Typhon, Slain by Zeus ; iii. Python, Slain by Apollo ; iv. Heracles' Dragons (i): Baby Heracles and the Dragon-pair Sent by Hera ; v. Heracles' Dragons (ii): the Hydra ; vi. Heracles' Dragons (iii): Ladon, the Dragon of the Hesperides ; vii. Heracles' Dragons (iv): Cerberus, the Hound of Hades ; viii. The Chimaera, Slain by Bellerophon ; ix. Medusa, Slain by Perseus ; x. Lamia, Slain by Eurybatus and Others ; xi. The Dragon of Ares, Slain by Cadmus ; xii. The Dragon of Nemea, Slain by the Seven against Thebes ; xiii. The Dragon of Colchis, Slain or Put to Sleep by Jason and Medea ; xiv. The Dragon-pair Sent against Laocoon and his Sons ; xv. The Dragon of the River Bagrada, Slain by Regulus and his Army ; xvi. Some Unique Dragon-slaying and Dragon-averting Narratives in Later Greek Sources ; xvii. The Sea-monster of Troy, Slain by Heracles ; xviii. The Sea-Serpent of Ethiopia, Slain by Perseus ; xix. Scylla, Slain by Heracles and Encountered by Odysseus ; PART TWO: THE CHRISTIAN DRAGON ; xx. The Serpents of the Bible and its Apocrypha ; xxi. The Dragons of the Early Hagiographical Tradition ; xxii. St Philip, the Echidna and the Ophianoi ; xxiii. St Silvester and the Dragon of Rome ; xxiv. Saintly Tales Originating between the Fourth and Sixth Centuries AD ; xxv. Saintly Tales of the Central Medieval Period ; xxvi. St Patrick and St George ; APPENDICES ; Appendix A: World-foundational Dragon-slaying Tales from the Ancient Near East and India ; Appendix B: Germanic Dragon fights of the eighth to thirteenth centuries AD ; Appendix C: A Selection of Dragon- and Serpent-slaying Tales of Folkloric Interest ; List of Editions Used ; References ; Source Index ; General Index
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University of Chicago Press The Odyssey
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Lulu.com Meditations
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Random House USA Inc Greek Myths
Book SynopsisA brilliantly original, landmark retelling of Greek myths, recounted as if they were actual scenes being woven into textiles by the women who feature prominently in them—including Athena, Helen, Circe and Penelope“Greek myths were full of powerful witches, unpredictable gods and sword-wielding slayers. They were also extreme: about families who turn murderously on each other; impossible tasks set by cruel kings; love that goes wrong; wars and journeys and terrible loss. There was magic, there was shape-shifting, there were monsters, there were descents to the land of the dead. Humans and immortals inhabited the same world, which was sometimes perilous, sometimes exciting. “The stories were obviously fantastical. All the same, brothers really do war with each other. People tell the truth but aren’t believed. Wars destroy the innocent. Lovers are parted. Parents endure the grief of losing children. Women suffer violence at the hands of
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iUniverse A Selected ChineseEnglish Ancient Chinese Stories Volume I Volume 1
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Indigo Dragon Innovations Pty Ltd The Path of Shadows Chthonic Gods Oneiromancy Necromancy in Ancient Greece
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Theban Plays Oedipus the King Oedipus at Colonus Antigone
Book SynopsisThis elegant and uncommonly readable translation will make these seminal Greek tragedies accessible to a new generation of readers.Trade Review"I would recommend the translation without reservations. I expect that students and the general public will find these works newly exciting. This is clearly a translation well suited to success both in the classroom and in the theater." - Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Temple University"Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionMapTime LineOedipus the KingOedipus at ColonusAntigoneNotesGlossary of Terms from Greek TragedyGlossary of NamesSuggested for Further Reading
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Ohio State University Press Virginia Woolf Jane Ellen Harrison and the Spirit of Modernist Classicism
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Sapere Books Fortress of Steel
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Forests of Death
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American Federation of Astrologers Inc Paul of Alexandria Introduction to Astrology
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Quidzunc Aristophanes PEACE
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Erebus Society Alices Cabinet of Curiosities Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice found there
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Neo Perennial Press Heroines Anthology
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Bastian & West Spirit Walking for the Rune Mystic An Introduction to Working in the Spirit Realms Arts of Seidr
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Cambridge University Press Disability and Healing in Greek and Roman Myth
Book SynopsisThis Element places stories of disability and healing in Greek and Roman Myth in context, with due attention to close reading, and pays careful attention to concepts and terminology regarding disability. One of the focuses is the people behind the stories and their 'lived' religion. It also encourages its readers to 'live' their ancient mythology.
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Cambridge University Press The Gospel of Truth
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Cambridge University Press Herodotus and the Greek Poetic Tradition
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Cambridge University Press Aelius Aristides and the Poetics of Lyric in Imperial Greek Culture
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Cambridge University Press Writing in Bronze Age Crete
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Cambridge University Press Ovid and Plato
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Legare Street Press Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca. Edita Consilio Et Auctoritate Academiae Litterarum Regiae Borussicae .. 1 pt.1
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Legare Street Press Studia Scenica. Part I. Section I
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Legare Street Press The History of Zenophon 4
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Legare Street Press Virgils Æneid Books IVI the Original Text With a Literal Interlinear Translation
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Legare Street Press The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher ... c.1
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Legare Street Press The Histories With an English Translation by W.R. Paton. In Six Volumes 6
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Legare Street Press Roman Africa an Outline of the History of the Roman Occupation of North Africa Based Chiefly Upon Inscriptions and Monumental Remains in That Country. With 30 Reproductions of Original Drawings by the Author and Two Maps
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