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Penguin Books Ltd Hiero the Tyrant and Other Treatises
Book SynopsisXenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C.Translated by Robin Waterfield with introductions and notes by Paul CartledgeTranslated by Robin Waterfield with introductions and notes by Paul Cartledge
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Penguin Books Ltd Phaedra and Other Plays
Book SynopsisLiving in Rome under Caligula and later a tutor to Nero, Seneca witnessed the extremes of human behaviour. His shocking and bloodthirsty plays not only reflect a brutal period of history but also show how guilt, sorrow, anger and desire lead individuals to violence. The hero of Hercules Insane saves his own family from slaughter, only to commit further atrocities when he goes mad. The horrifying death of Astyanax is recounted in Trojan Women, and Phaedra deals with forbidden love. In Oedipus a nervous man discovers himself, while Thyestes recounts the bitter family struggle for a crown. Of uncertain authorship, Octavia dramatizes Nero's divorce from his wife and her deportation. The only Latin tragedies to have survived complete, these plays are masterpieces of vibrant, muscular language and psychological insight.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more t
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Penguin Books Ltd In Defence of the Republic
Book SynopsisCicero (106-43BC) was the most brilliant orator in Classical history. Even one of the men who authorized his assassination, the Emperor Octavian, admitted to his grandson that Cicero was: ''an eloquent man, my boy, eloquent and a lover of his country''. This new selection of speeches illustrates Cicero''s fierce loyalty to the Roman Republic, giving an overview of his oratory from early victories in the law courts to the height of his political career in the Senate. We see him sway the opinions of the mob and the most powerful men in Rome, in favour of Pompey the Great and against the conspirator Catiline, while The Philippics, considered his finest achievements, contain the thrilling invective delivered against his rival, Mark Antony, which eventually led to Cicero''s death.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Tale of Princess Fatima Warrior Woman The
Book SynopsisPublished in English for the first time, and the only Arabic epic named for a woman, The Tale of Princess Fatima recounts the thrilling adventures of a legendary medieval warrior universally known throughout the Middle East and long overdue to join world literature's pantheon of female heroes.A Penguin ClassicA fearsome, sword-slinging heroine who defeated countless men in stealth attacks on horseback, Dhat al-Himma, or Princess Fatima, was secretly given away at birth because she wasn't male, only to triumph as the most formidable warrior of her time. Known alternately as she-wolf, woman of high resolve, and calamity of the soul, she lives on in this rousing narrative of female empowerment, in which she leads armies of more than seventy thousand men in clashes between rival tribes and between Muslims and Christians; reconciles with her father after taking him prisoner; and fends off her infatuated cousin, who challenges her to a battle for the right to maTrade ReviewA gift and a wonder, deftly capturing the nuance and flavour of these tales for a new generation. As someone who's waited untold years to read these stories: thank you, thank you, thank you -- Jason Porath, author of Rejected PrincessesThis powerful epic with its all-conquering heroine brings the world of Arab chivalry to blazing life, in a wonderful translation with a very informative introduction. -- Humphrey Davies, award-winning translator of Naguib Mahfouz, Elias Khoury, and Alaa Al-AswanyAn emotive, dynamic rendering that exquisitely captures the spirit of the original text, the variety of its characters, and the versatility of its messages. The Tale of Princess Fatima has much to tell us about what it has meant -- in different times and places -- to be a hero -- Rachel Schine, University of Colorado BoulderThis engaging and reader-friendly translation brings to life a very important moment in world history, capturing through epic proportions the timeless social issues of race, gender, and class -- Heidi Morrison, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
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Oxford University Press The Uley Tablets
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Oxford University Press Inc The Alternative Augustan Age
Book SynopsisThe princeps Augustus (63 BCE - 14 CE), recognized as the first of the Roman emperors, looms large in the teaching and writing of Roman history. Major political, literary, and artistic developments alike are attributed to him. This book deliberately and provocatively shifts the focus off Augustus while still looking at events of his time. Contributors uncover the perspectives and contributions of a range of individuals other than the princeps. Not all thought they were living in the Augustan Age. Not all took their cues from Augustus. In their self-display or ideas for reform, some anticipated Augustus. Others found ways to oppose him that also helped to shape the future of their community. The volume challenges the very idea of an Augustan Age by breaking down traditional turning points and showing the continuous experimentation and development of these years to be in continuity with earlier Roman culture. In showcasing absences of Augustus and giving other figures their due, the papers here make a seemingly familiar period startlingly new.Trade Review...so great and distinct... * Lindsay Powell, Ancient Warfare *The Alternative Augustan Age, has the desire to explore the 'underside' of this crucial period, and is appropriately dedicated to the memory of Powell...this long period of history has subsequently been treated in either a homogenized or a linear way, which not only flattens out nuance, but promotes teleological interpretations. This volume instead shifts the spotlight onto other actors, not just by giving them their moment in the sun, but by not defining their importance in relation to Augustus. This allows us to see a 'a series of alternatives- alternative spaces, alternative worldviews, and alternative narratives'. * Greece & Rome *Table of ContentsPreface List of contributors Table of figures 1. The alternative Augustan age Hannah Mitchell, Kit Morrell, Josiah Osgood, and Kathryn Welch 2. Augustus as magpie Kit Morrell 3. Hopes and aspirations: res publica, leges et iura, and alternatives at Rome Eleanor Cowan 4. Rebuilding Romulus' Senate: The lectio senatus of 18 BCE Andrew Pettinger 5. The good wife: fate, fortune, and familia in Augustan Rome Bronwyn Hopwood 6. At magnus Caesar, and Yet! Social resistance against Augustan legislation Werner Eck 7. C. Asinius Pollio and the politics of cosmopolitanism Joel Allen 8. For Rome or for Augustus? Triumphs beyond the imperial family in the post-civil war period Carsten Hjort Lange 9. Egyptian victories: the praefectus Aegypti and the presentation of military success in the age of Augustus Wolfgang Havener 10. African alternatives Josiah Osgood 11. The reputation of L. Munatius Plancus and the idea of "serving the times" Hannah Mitchell 12. How do you solve a problem like Marcus Agrippa? James Tan 13. Acting "republican" under Augustus: the coin types of the gens Antistia Megan Goldman-Petri 14. Saecular discourse: qualitative periodization in first century BCE Rome Paul Hay 15. Maecenas and the Augustan poets: the background of a cultural ambition Philippe Le Doze 16. Gauls on top: provincials ruling Rome on the shield of Aeneas Geraldine Herbert-Brown 17. The rise of the centumviral court in the Augustan age: an alternative arena of aristocratic competition Matthew Roller 18. Shields of Virtue(s) Kathryn Welch 19. The popular reception of Augustus and the self-infantilization of Rome's citizenry Tom Hillard 20. Inventing the imperial Senate Amy Russell Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Italian Renaissance Tales
Book Synopsis''Thus she was decapitated, and this was the end to which she was brought by her unbridled lusts.''For over two centuries after Boccaccio''s groundbreaking Decameron, the Italian novella exercised a crucial influence over European prose fiction. With thirty-nine stories by nineteen authors, many translated for the first time, this anthology presents tales from the whole genre and period. Here we meet a rich cast of humble peasants and shrewd craftsmen, frustrated wives, libidinous friars, ill-fated lovers, and vengeful nobles. These works had a considerable impact in English, and the selection includes tales that have provided sources for Chaucer, Shakespeare, Webster, Marston, Dryden, Byron and Keats.The typical novella is situated in a precise time and place and features people who either existed historically or are presumed to have done so. The subject-matter, whether ribald or sentimental, comic or tragic, often reflects the social and economic conditions of its age and thus the noTable of ContentsIntroduction A Note on the Text and Acknowledgements Select Bibliography Giovanni Boccaccio Proem The Conversion of Abraham Alibech and Rustico Tancredi and Ghismonda The Pot of Basil Madonna Filippa's Defence Peronella and the Jar Patient Griselda Ser Giovanni Fiorentino Giannetto and the Lady of Belmont Franco Sacchetti Piero Brandani's Son A Sermon on Usury Giovanni Gherardi da Prato The Tale of Catellina Gentile Sermini Anselmo Salimbeni and Angelica Montanini Antonio Manetti The Fat Woodworker Masuccio Salernitano Saint Griffin's Drawers The Castilian Student Sabbadino degli Arienti The Priest and the Friar Niccolò Machiavelli A Fable Giovan Francesco Straparola Fortunio Margherita Spolatina Luigi da Porto The Story of Two Noble Lovers Giovanni Brevio Madonna Lisabetta Matteo Bandello The Countess of Challant Giulia of Gazzuolo Timbreo and Fenicia The Duchess of Amalfi Niccolò d'Este Anton Francesco Grazzini Introduction Fazio the Goldsmith Lazzero and Gabriello Pietro Fortini Antonio Angelini Cristoforo Armeno The Metamorphoses of an Emperor Giovambattista Giraldi Cinzio The Moorish Captain Nigella and the Doctor Iuriste and Epitia Giambattista Basile Cinderella Sun, Moon, and Talia Francesco Pona Armilla Lindori Explanatory Notes Notes on the Authors
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Oxford University Press A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and
Book SynopsisJohnson's Journey to the Western Islands and Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides form a natural pair for an OWC because both books, often read and taught alongside each other, focus on the Scottish highlands.Table of ContentsIntroduction Note on the Text A Note about Money Short Titles Chronology Select Bibliography Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands James Boswell, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides Explanatory Notes Monarchs of England, Scotland, and Great Britain Glossary Biographical Index
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Oxford University Press Estate Management and Symposium
Book SynopsisXenophon recounted several Socratic dialogues which included his Symposium and Oeconomicus and both are concerned with Athenian private life. They are literary creations that reveal Xenophon as a skilled literary artist, an innovative thinker, and far from merely reflecting the conventional thinking of the world around him.Trade ReviewThis edition of Xenophon's Oeconomicus and Symposium features a high-quality translation by Anthony Verity and a thought-provoking introduction by Emily Baragwanath. It is Baragwanath's introduction that makes this edition stand out from the competition. * David M. Johnson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Baragwanath guides the reader through the two works, highlighting areas of interest and possible influences upon Xenophon's choice of topics. Baragwanath also provides a succinct description of a Socratic dialogue, which both Estate Management and Symposium are, emphasizing that the genre is most likely one of fiction in which "an author uses Socrates as a vehicle for exploring his own ideas". The repeated comparisons between Xenophon's Symposium and Plato's work of the same name were particularly illuminating in this regard, demonstrating how students of the same teacher could reach vastly different conclusions....Verity has done an admirable job of rendering the Greek in readable English. * Owain Williams, Ancient History *This little book gives a fine account of these two works of Xenophon, both for those who are familiar and unfamiliar with him. * Colin McDonald, Classics for All *Table of ContentsIntroduction Note on the Text Select Bibliography OECONOMICUS SYMPOSIUM Explanatory Notes
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Oxford University Press Introduction to Classical Chinese
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides a comprehensive scholarly introduction to Classical Chinese and its texts. Classical Chinese is the language of Confucius and Mencius and their contemporaries, who wrote the seminal texts of Chinese philosophy more than 2,000 years ago. Although it was used as a living language for only a relatively short time, it was the foundation of Chinese education throughout the Imperial age, and formed the basis of a literary tradition that continues to the present day. This book offers students all the necessary tools to read, understand, and analyse Classical Chinese texts, including: step-by-step clearly illustrated descriptions of syntactic features; core vocabulary lists; introductions to relevant historical and cultural topics; selected readings from classical literature with original commentaries and in-depth explanations; introductions to dictionaries and other reference works on the study of ancient China; and a guide to philological methods used in the critical aTable of ContentsPreface List of figures List of abbreviations Abbreviated book titles Introduction Part I 1: Word Classes and Constituents 2: Noun Phrases 1 3: Nominal Clauses 4: Verbal Clauses 5: Objects and Questions 6: Noun Phrases 2 7: Adverbial Modification 8: Prepositional Phrases I 9: Prepositional Phrases II 10: Reference to Time 11: Complements 12: Nominalization 13: Themes 14: Anteposition and Inversion 15: Complex Sentences 1 16: Complex Sentences 2 Part II 17: Lunyu 18: Mengzi 19: Xunzi 20: Zuozhuan 21: Guoyu 22: Laozi 23: Zhuangzi 24: Mozi 25: Guanzi 26: Military Texts 27: Shangjun shu 28: Han Feizi 29: Lüshi chunqiu 30: Zhanguo ce 31: Shiji 32: Yijing 33: Ritual Texts Glossary Bibliography Index
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Oxford University Press Epigrams from the Greek Anthology
Book SynopsisLush Diodorus sets the lads on fire,But now another has him in his net -Timarion, the boy with wanton eyes . . . Meleager, AP 12.109Encompassing four thousand short poems and more, the ramshackle classic we call the Greek Anthology gathers up a millennium of snapshots from ancient daily life. Its influence echoes not merely in the classic tradition of the English epigram (Pope, Dryden) but in Rudyard Kipling, Ezra Pound, Virgina Woolf, T. S. Eliot, H.D., and the poets of the First World War. Its variety is almost infinite. Victorious armies, ruined cities, and Olympic champions share space with lovers'' quarrels and laments for the untimely dead - but also with jokes and riddles, art appreciation, potted biographies of authors, and scenes from country life and the workplace.This selection of more than 600 epigrams in verse is the first major translation from the Greek Anthology in nearly a century. Each of the Anthology''s books of epigrams is represented here, in manuscript order, anTrade ReviewThis new edition of Greek epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet ... must be counted as a service to society as well as a significant literary achievement. * Robert S. Erickson, The New Criterion *The verse translations are elegant, often witty, and amazingly faithful, and all the explanatory material helpful. * Professor Simon Hornblower, University of Oxford *This lively, learned, witty, yet sometimes melancholy, translation is a thing of great beauty. Dipping in and out of it has been a joy. * Professor Llloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University *My quibbles with Nisbet often concern the Greek text being translated. He accepts that of W.R. Paton, The Greek Anthology, Loeb Classical Library, 5 vols (Cambridge MA 1916-1918), but a look at subsequent textual work might have repaid the effort: for example, Tueller's revision of Paton for the difficult texts of book 3. Nisbet wisely avoids burdening his book with scholarly detail, although the endnotes are helpful on mythical and historical matters, and sometimes on stylistic points hard to convey in translation. He provides further guidance in the introduction and index. Especially for those new to the subject, the introduction (vii-xlii) outlines the history of Greek epigram and the Anthology, reviews its content, sketches modern reception and offers a helpful bibliography. * Joseph W. Day, JHS *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Christian epigrams Epigrams at Cyzicus Erotic epigrams by various poets The dedicatory epigrams Epigrams on tombs Epigrams of Saint Gregory the Theologian Rhetorical epigrams Advisory epigrams Sympotic and scoptic epigrams Strato's Boyish Muse Epigrams in assorted metres Arithmetical problems, riddles, and oracles Miscellaneous epigrams The Planudean Appendix Explantory Notes
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Oxford University Press Euripides Fabulae Vol. II Euripidis Fabulae Tomus II Supplices Electra Hercules Troades Iphigenia in Tauris Ion
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Oxford University Press Silius Italicus Punica Book 17
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Oxford University Press Cicero Academica Academicus Primus Fragmenta et
Book SynopsisThis is the first new critical edition of this text since 1908, and the first to appear in the Oxford Classical Texts series. The edition is informed by a comprehensive analysis of the entire tradition of Lucullus and Academicus Primus, and by a thorough rethinking of the text documented in the accompanying commentary volume.Lucullus and Academicus Primus are a key body of evidence for the development of Academic scepticism, one of the two varieties of scepticism in antiquity. The texts also shed light on the re-emergence of dogmatic Platonic philosophy in the first century BC.Table of ContentsPreface Index editonium Sigla Epistulae ad compositionem Catuli Luculli Academicorum librorum pertinentes ACADEMICUS PRIMUS Fragmenta et testimonia academicorum librorum Vestigia Catuli in Lucullo manifesta LUCULLUS Appendix critica
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Oxford University Press Orestes and Other Plays Oxford Worlds Classics
Book SynopsisThis is the fourth volume of Euripides plays in new translation. The four plays it contains, Ion, Orestes, The Phoenician Women and The Suppliant Women, explore ethical and political themes, contrasting the claims of patriotism with family loyalty, pragmatism with justice, the idea that 'might is right' with the ideal of clemency.Table of ContentsIon ; Orestes ; The Phoenician Women ; The Suppliant Women
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Oxford University Press Piers Plowman
Book SynopsisThis is a new translation into contemporary English of one of the greatest poems of the English Middle Ages. Piers Plowman remains of enduring interest for its vivid picture of the whole life of medieval society, for its deeply imaginative religious vision, and for its passionate concern to see justice and truth prevail in our world.A. V. C. Schmidt's translation of the B-text is provided with an Introduction and extensive Notes which place the work in its contemporary setting and offer a full interpretative commentary on the poem.Trade ReviewExcellent tanslation, excellent notes. * Dr. Anita O'Connell, University of Sunderland. *
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The University of Chicago Press Iphigenia among the Taurians
Book SynopsisFew contemporary poets elicit such powerful responses from readers and critics as the author. The New York Times Book Review calls her work personal, necessary, and important, while Publishers Weekly say she is nothing less than brilliant. This book deals with her works.Trade Review"Carson is a brilliant and original translator." (Publishers Weekly)"
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The University of Chicago Press Euripides III
Book SynopsisOffers translations of Euripides' Medea, The Children of Heracles, Andromache, and Iphigenia among the Taurians, fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' The Trackers. In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond.
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The University of Chicago Press Euripides V
Book SynopsisOffers translations of Euripides' Medea, The Children of Heracles, Andromache, and Iphigenia among the Taurians, fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' The Trackers. In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond.
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The University of Chicago Press Aeschylus I
Book SynopsisOffers translations of Euripides' Medea, The Children of Heracles, Andromache, and Iphigenia among the Taurians, fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' The Trackers. In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond.
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The University of Chicago Press The Iliad of Homer
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MH - Indiana University Press Dantes Vita Nuova New Edition A Translation and
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPREFACETRANSLATOR'S NOTETHE NEW LIFEAN ESSAY ON THE VITA NUOVAI. PATTERNSII. APSPECTSIII. GROWTHNOTES ON THE ESSAY
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WW Norton & Co The Oresteia
Book Synopsis“This critical edition provides a lavish and fulsome picture of ancient Greek tragedy’s most significant surviving document.” —Johanna Hanink, Brown University
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University of California Press The Iliad
Book SynopsisOne of the oldest extant works of Western literature, this book features an epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods.Trade Review"A fine translation, accurate and energetic." -- Thomas L. Cooksey Library Journal "Taken as a whole this is the best line-for-line translation of the poem I know." -- Colin Burrow London Review of Books "By "preserving the strangeness" of Homer, [Peter Green] gives the reader the fullest possible access to the ancient mind, into Homer's distant universe of wine-faced seas, god-like men and bronze skies." -- Kate Havard The Washington Free Beacon "Translating Homer into English is almost a genre of its own... Is there still a gap in the market? Peter Green's new translation shows that there is... his particular merit lies in achieving a clarity and fluidity that carries the reader (or indeed the declaimer) forward... a notable achievement." -- Richard Jenkyns TLS "Readers will learn a great deal about the Iliad from Green's detailed introduction and from comprehensive synopses of each book. A list summarizing the roles of main characters (Achilles to Zeus) and an index of names will benefit new readers as well as pros... Summing Up: Highly recommended." -- R. Cormier CHOICE "Green shows the wonderful things that can happen when Homeric rhythms are combined with a free-flowing and naturalistic English." ARGOTable of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction THE ILIAD Synopsis Glossary Select Bibliography
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Cambridge University Press Plato The Apology of Socrates and Xenophon The
Book SynopsisIn 399 BC Socrates was prosecuted, convicted, sentenced to death and executed. These events were the culmination of a long philosophical career, a career in which, without writing a word, he established himself as the figure whom all philosophers of the next few generations wished to follow. The Apologies (or Defence Speeches) by Plato and Xenophon are rival accounts of how, at his trial, Socrates defended himself and his philosophy. This edition brings together both Apologies within a single volume. The commentary answers literary, linguistic and philosophical questions in a way that is suitable for readers of all levels, helping teachers and students engage more closely with the Greek texts. The introduction examines Socrates himself, the literature generated by his trial, Athenian legal procedures, his guilt or innocence of the crimes for which he was executed, and the rivalry between Xenophon and Plato.Trade Review'… a welcome addition to our tools for understanding Socrates, Plato, and Xenophon.' David M. Johnson, Exemplaria ClassicaTable of ContentsIntroduction; ΠΛΑΤΩΝΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΣΩΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ; ΞΕΝΟΦΩΝΤΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΣΩΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ; Commentary.
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Harvard University Press The Iberian Apollonius of Tyre
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Harvard University Press The Histories Volume VI
Book SynopsisFor this six-volume edition of The Histories, W. R. Paton’s 1922 translation has been thoroughly revised, the Büttner-Wobst Greek text corrected, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added. All but the first five of forty volumes survive in an incomplete state. Volume VI includes fragments unattributed to particular books of The Histories.Trade ReviewPolybius found a brilliant subject for his history in the Roman drive to supremacy in the Mediterranean. As an experienced Greek politician who lived as a hostage among the elite in Rome from 167 to 159 BC, he was ideally positioned to write it. He had formidable organizational powers, and he really did know what he was talking about. Without him, our understanding of the whole period and of the dynamics of Roman imperialism would be inconceivably impoverished. -- Denis Feeney * Times Literary Supplement *
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Harvard University Press Saturnalia Volume III
Book SynopsisSaturnalia has been prized since the Renaissance as a treasure trove of otherwise unattested lore.
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Harvard University Press Stichus. ThreeDollar Day. Truculentus. The Tale
Book SynopsisThe comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences ca. 205–184 BC, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Molière to modern times. Twenty-one of his plays are extant.
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Harvard University Press The Merchant. The Braggart Soldier. The Ghost.
Book SynopsisThe comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences ca. 205–184 BC, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Molière to modern times. Twenty-one of his plays are extant.
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Harvard University Press Fragmentary Republican Latin Volume I
Book SynopsisQuintus Ennius (239–169 BC), widely regarded as the father of Roman literature, was instrumental in creating a new Roman literary identity, domesticating the Greek forms of epic and drama, and pursuing a range of other literary and intellectual pursuits. He inspired major developments in Roman religion, social organization, and popular culture.
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Harvard University Press Fragmentary Republican Latin Volume VI
Book SynopsisLivius Andronicus, Naevius, and Caecilius were highly influential pioneers in the creation and development of Latin poetry, especially tragedy, comedy, historical drama, and epic, not only in the adaptation of Greek models but also in the inclusion of Roman allusions, subjects, and themes.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Oedipus the King
Book SynopsisA Student Edition of Sophocles' greatest tragedy in Don Taylor's acclaimed translation. With full commentary, notes and questions for further study this is the perfect edition for every student of drama, literature and classics.
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Liverpool University Press Euripides Medea Aris Phillips Classical Texts
Book SynopsisEuripides' Medea is a compelling study of love turned to hatred and a rejected woman's burning desire for revenge. This edition presents the Greek text edition with facing-page translation, introduction and commentary.Table of ContentsGeneral Editors Foreword Editors Preface Introduction I. Medea II. Myth III. Play and Trilogy IV. Other Medeas: Intertextuality V. The judgement of character: manipulating the audience VI. Performance and delivery VII. Later Medeas The Text: How do we know what Euripides wrote? Medea Commentary General bibliography for Euripides
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Tippermuir Books Limited Perth Scotts Fair City The Fair Maid of Perth Sir Walter Scott A Celebration Guided Tour
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Aspal Press Limited Arnold Beer The Fate of a Jew
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Cambridge University Press Intertextuality in Plinys Epistles
Book SynopsisEssential reading for anyone interested in the artistry of Pliny's Epistles and, more broadly, in Latin prose intertextuality, in the generic enrichment of Latin epistolography and in the literary and cultural interactions of the Imperial period. The book also serves as an advanced introduction to Latin prose poetics.Table of ContentsIntroduction Margot Neger and Spyridon Tzounakas; Part I. Intertextuality and Interdiscursivity in Pliny's Letters: 1. Pliny, Man of Many Parts (Lucretius, Cicero, Valerius Maximus, Tacitus) Christopher Whitton; 2. Intertextuality in Pliny Epistles 6 Roy Gibson; 3. Discourses of Authority in Pliny, Epistles 10 Alice König; Part II. Models and Anti-Models: Pliny's Interaction with Oratory and Natural History; 4. Oratorical Speeches and the Political Elite in the Regulus Cycle Matthew Mordue; 5. Again on Corinthian Bronzes and Vases and on the Use of Cicero's Verrine Orations in Pliny's Works Stefano Rocchi; 6. The Elder Pliny as source of inspiration: Pliny the Younger's reception of the Naturalis Historia and his uncle's writing by the light of a lamp (lucubratio) Judith Hindermann; Part III. Pliny and Seneca: Discourses of Grief and Posthumous Reputation; 7. Pliny's Seneca and the Intertextuality of Grief Michael Hanaghan; 8. Intertextuality and Posthumous Reputation in Pliny's Letter on the Death of Silius Italicus (Plin. Ep. 3.7) Spyridon Tzounakas; Part IV. Pliny's Villas and their Poetic Models: 9. The Villa and the Monument: Horace in Plin. Ep. 1.3 Alberto Canobbio; 10. The Villas of Pliny and Statius Christopher Chinn; Part V. Pliny Turns Nasty: Satire and the Scoptic Tradition; 11. A Busy Day in Rome: Pliny Ep. 1.9 Satirized by Horace Sat. 1.9 Ábel Tamás; 12. Putting Pallas out of Context: Pliny on the Roman Senate voting Honours to a Freedman (Ep. 7.29 and 8.6) Jakub Pigoń; 13. Risus et indignatio: Scoptic Elements in Pliny's Letters Margot Neger; Part VI. Final Thoughts: Discourses of Representation and Reproduction; 14. Pliny's Calpurnia: Filiation, Imitation, Allusion Ilaria Marchesi.
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Cambridge University Press The Age of Augustus
Book SynopsisOne of a well-established series of sourcebooks catering to the needs of ancient history students at schools and universities. Each volume focuses on a particular period or topic and provides a generous and judicious selection of primary texts in new English translations, with annotation and supporting materials.Table of ContentsPart I. By Sources: 1. Res Gestae Divi Augusti; 2. List of consuls, 31 BC to AD 14; 3. The calendars; 4. Livy; 5. Velleius Paterculus; 6. Tacitus; 7. Augustan poetry; Part II. By Themes: 8. Triumvate to principate; 9. Imperial family; 10. Rome and Italy; 11. Religion; 12. Administration of empire; 13. War and expansion; 14. Conspiracies, scandals, free speech; 15. Maecenas and the arts; 16. Social legislation; 17. Augustan society.
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Cambridge University Press The Athenian Empire
Book SynopsisOne of a well-established series of sourcebooks catering to the needs of ancient history students at schools and universities. Each volume focuses on a particular period or topic and provides a generous and judicious selection of primary texts in new English translations, with annotation and supporting materials.Table of ContentsPart I. The Story of Empire: 1. The formation of the Delian League; 2. The growth, development and changing nature of the Delian League; 3. The Empire from c. 450 to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War; 4. The state of the Empire at the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War; 5. Athens and her Empire during the Arkhidamian War; 6. From the Peace of Nikias to the end of the Empire; Part II. An Institutional Survey of the Empire; 7. Tribute (184-97); 8. Other obligations imposed on all allies (198-206); 9. Athenian interference with individual allies (207-34); 10. The benefits of empire for individuals (235-43); 11. Fourth-century retrospectives on the Athenian Empire (244-6).
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Cambridge University Press Interaction in Poetic Imagery
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Cambridge University Press Diachronic Narratology in Greek Myth
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Cambridge University Press God Slavery and Early Christianity
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Cambridge University Press Hieratic
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Taylor & Francis The Meaning of Myth in Uncertain Times
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Cambridge University Press Platos Gorgias
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Cambridge University Press Cicero Laelius de amicitia
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Plautus Trinummus
Book SynopsisIn this first introduction to Plautus' Trinummus, students and non-specialists alike are guided through the themes, context, and enduring humor of this Roman comedy. The play portrays the story of an elaborate game of keep-away involving a hidden treasure, a hot-blooded spendthrift youth, his pious sister, her would-be fiancee, a con-artist, and the most unlikely of comic schemers-a group of overly pious old men. The conflict of the plot focuses on whether a pair of old men can help their absent friend Charmides by getting a dowry to his daughter without Charmides' wastrel son Lesbonicus first spending the money on the usual comic debauchery. The money is taken from a treasure hidden by Charmides when he left and a sycophant is hired to pretend to bring letters from Charmides along with the cash for the dowry. Comic confusion ensues when Charmides returns from abroad just in time to intercept the con-artist and overturn the scheming of his friends. Long neglected, TrinummusTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1. Introduction 2. Playing against Type: Trinummus as Roman Comedy Remix 3. What’s Roman about Plautus’ Trinummus? 4. Religion in Trinummus 5. A Moral Play or a Play on Morals? Conclusion Appendix A: Music in Trinummus Appendix B: A Textual Note on Line 831 Appendix C: Moral Sententiae in Trinummus Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Looking at Agamemnon
Book SynopsisAgamemnon is the first of the three plays within the Oresteia trilogy and is considered to be one of Aeschylus' greatest works. This collection of 12 essays, written by prominent international academics, brings together a wide range of topics surrounding Agamemnon from its relationship with ancient myth and ritual to its modern reception. There is a diverse array of discussion on the salient themes of murder, choice and divine agency. Other essays also offer new approaches to understanding the notions of wealth and the natural world which imbue the play, as well as a study of the philosophical and moral questions of choice and revenge. Arguments are contextualized in terms of performance, history and society, discussing what the play meant to ancient audiences and how it is now received in the modern theatre. Intended for readers ranging from school students and undergraduates to teachers and those interested in drama (including practitioners), this volume includeTrade Review[T]his volume allows the reader to examine Agamemnon from many different angles. Each chapter provides a fresh perspective on an aspect of the play, each written by an expert in the field. * The Journal of Classics Teaching *Table of ContentsIntroduction – Agamemnon in Context (David Stuttard, Independent Scholar, UK) 1. Eating Children is Bad for You: The Offspring of the Past in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon (Edith Hall, King’s College London, UK) 2. Agamemnon at Aulis: hard choice or no choice? (Alan Sommerstein, University of Nottingham, UK) 3. The Homecoming of Agamemnon (Alex Garvie, University of Glasgow, UK) 4. Clytemnestra and Cassandra (Hanna Roisman, Colby College, USA) 5. Ritual in Agamemnon (Richard Seaford, University of Exeter, UK) 6. Let the Good Prevail (Sophie Mills, University of North Carolina at Asheville, USA) 7. Agency in Agamemnon (Robert Garland, Colgate University, UK) 8. Wealth and Injustice in Agamemnon (Michael Carroll, University of St Andrews, UK) 9. ‘There is the sea – who can drain it dry?’ Natural and Unnatural Cycles in Agamemnon (Rush Rehm, Stanford University, USA) 10. Similes and Other Likenesses in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon (Anna Uhlig, University of California, Davis, USA) 11. Agamemnon, Warfare and its Aftermath (Isabelle Torrance, Aarhus University, Denmark) 12. Revenge for Murder Seen Through Modern Eyes: Recent Reception of Aeschylus’ Oresteia (Betine van Zyl Smit, University of Nottingham, UK) Aeschylus Agamemnon, translated by David Stuttard (David Stuttard, Independent Scholar, UK) Notes Bibliography Index
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