Literary studies: ancient, classical Books
Cambridge University Press The Triumph of Odysseus Homers Odyssey Books 21 and 22 Reading Greek
Book SynopsisThe Triumph of Odysseus is part of the highly successful Reading Greek series. It presents the complete Greek text of Books 21 and 22 of Homer's Odyssey, faced with a running vocabulary with notes, and followed at the back of the book by a learning vocabulary. It is modelled on the two existing readers: A World of Heroes (1979) and The Intellectual Revolution (1980), and like them is fully illustrated. It makes an excellent introduction to Homer for those new to him, and provides accessible and confidence-building follow-up reading for others. The book can be used by anyone who has completed Reading Greek or is at an intermediate or advanced stage of ancient Greek, and it is ideal for use with students in the upper forms of schools, at university and in summer schools and weekend courses.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Odyssey Book 21; Odyssey Book 22; Learning vocabulary; Details of photographs and drawings.
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Cambridge University Press Cambridge Orations 19821993 A Selection By author James Diggle published on March 1994
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Cambridge University Press A Narratological Commentary on the Odyssey
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Cambridge University Press Reading Old English Texts
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Cambridge University Press The Literature of AlAndalus
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Cambridge University Press Medieval Reading Grammar Rhetoric and the Classical Text 27 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 27
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Cambridge University Press The Passions in Roman Thought and Literature
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Cambridge University Press Herodotus Histories Book VII
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Cambridge University Press Old English Biblical Verse Studies in Genesis Exodus and Daniel 16 Cambridge Studies in AngloSaxon England Series Number 16
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Cambridge University Press Foucaults Virginity
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Cambridge University Press Rhetoric Hermeneutics Translation Academic Traditions and Vernacular Texts 11 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 11
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Cambridge University Press Images of Community in Old English Poetry 18 Cambridge Studies in AngloSaxon England Series Number 18
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Cambridge University Press Lies Slander and Obscenity in Medieval English Literature Pastoral Rhetoric and the Deviant Speaker 31 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 31
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Cambridge University Press Greek and Latin Letters An Anthology with Translation Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
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Cambridge University Press The Assumed Authorial Unity of Luke and Acts A Reassessment of the Evidence 145 Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series Series Number 145
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Cambridge University Press From Hittite to Homer
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Cambridge University Press Women and Marriage in German Medieval Romance 74 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 74
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Cambridge University Press Colloquial and Literary Latin
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Introduction to the Old NorseIcelandic Saga
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Bede
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Cambridge University Press Rhetoric beyond Words Delight and Persuasion in the Arts of the Middle Ages 78 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 78
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Cambridge University Press Greek Tragedy and Political Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Apollo Augustus and the Poets
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Cambridge University Press Allegories of Farming from Greece and Rome
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Cambridge University Press Cinema and Classical Texts Apollos New Light
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Cambridge University Press Critical Moments in Classical Literature
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Cambridge University Press Aristophanes the Democrat
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Cambridge University Press John Skelton and the Politics of the 1520s
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Cambridge University Press Mannerism in Arabic Poetry
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Cambridge University Press Propertius
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Cambridge University Press Ovid Epistulae ex Ponto Book I Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Horace Cambridge Companions to Literature
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Cambridge University Press Christine de Pizan and the Moral Defence of Women
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Cambridge University Press Homer The Odyssey Author Jasper Griffin published on November 2003
Book SynopsisThis handy guide to The Odyssey will introduce students to a text, which has been fundamental to literature for nearly 3000 years. Readers will be introduced to the world in that the Odyssey was produced, to the text itself and to its origins in oral poetry. This volume gives a summary of the poem and examines its structure. The unity, values and techniques of the poem are clearly outlined, as are the reasons for its longstanding appeal. This guide delves into the diverse world of the story; that of monsters, gods, and enchantresses which interacts with the very different world of the home, marriage and the family. Students will be introduced to the essential themes of loyalty and betrayal, and guided through the narrative of Odysseus' adventures, which also illustrate the workings of the world and the justice of heaven. Readers will also find a very helpful guide to further reading.Trade Review'… students and teachers alike will still find Griffin's Guide a lively and erudite vade mecum. Griffin's aim is to 'put the Odyssey into its historical setting, and to bring out its individual character', both of which he achieves with an admirably accessible level of high scholarship … this reprint of an outstanding little book is a must-have.' The Journal of Classics TeachingTable of ContentsPreface; Part I. The Making of the Odyssey: 1. The background of the Odyssey; 2. The date of the Odyssey; 3. Bards and oral poetry; 4. The language of the Odyssey and the 'formulaic system'; 5. Is the Odyssey an oral poem?; 6. Alternative Odysseys?; 7. How the poem comes down to us; Part II. The Poem: 8. Summary; 9. Translating Homer; 10. Shape and unity; 11. The epic style: grandeur and realism; 12. The epic: technique and variety; 13. The Odyssey and the Iliad; 14. Myth and folklore; 15. Some problems; 16. Men and gods; 17. Men and women; 18. Society and geography; 19. The values of the Odyssey; Part III. The Odyssey and After: 20. The after-life of the Odyssey; Guide to further reading.
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Cambridge University Press Virgil The Aeneid Landmarks of World Literature New
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Cambridge University Press Aeschylus The Oresteia
Book SynopsisThis is the only general introduction in English to Aeschylus' Oresteia, one of the most important and most influential of all Greek dramas. The volume's clear structure and guide to further reading will make this an invaluable guide for students and teachers alike.Trade Review'… Goldhill's deep knowledge and love of his subject matter is demonstrable and his Guide will prove an excellent starting point for those undergraduates and beyond who are studying Aeschylus either in the original or in translation.' The Journal of Classics TeachingTable of ContentsPreface; Chronology; 1. Drama and the city of Athens; 2. The Oresteia; 3. The influence of the Oresteia.
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Cambridge University Press Money and the Early Greek Mind Homer Philosophy Tragedy
How were the Greeks of the sixth century BC able to invent philosophy and tragedy? In this book Richard Seaford argues that a large part of the answer can be found in another momentous development, the invention and rapid spread of coinage which produced the first ever thoroughly monetised society. By transforming social relations, monetisation contributed to the ideas of the universe as an impersonal system (presocratic philosophy) and of the individual alienated from his own kin and from the gods (in tragedy). Seaford argues that an important precondition for this monetisation was the Greek practice of animal sacrifice, as represented in Homeric Epic, which describes a premonetary world on the point of producing money. This book combines social history, economic anthropology, numismatics and the close reading of literary, inscriptional, and philosophical texts. Questioning the origins and shaping force of Greek philosophy, this is a major book with wide appeal.
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Cambridge University Press Dante The Divine Comedy
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Cambridge University Press Homer The Iliad by Silk M S Author ON Jan122004 Paperback
Book SynopsisThis volume is a distinctive critical introduction to Homer's Iliad, the earliest epic poem, and the earliest known work of literature in ancient Greece. Michael Silk deals with the poem's historical context, its composition and its extensive influence, and relates its literary power to the peculiar coherence and inter-relation of such aspects of the poem as its style, character-portrayal and ideology. Through use of quotation from the original and accompanying English translation, close attention is paid to the distinctive texture of Homeric poetry. This revised edition takes account of recent scholarship in the field and includes a comprehensive updated guide to further reading. It is essential reading for students of literature and classics.Table of ContentsPreface and note; 1. Homer's world and the making of the Iliad; 2. The poem; 3. The Iliad and world literature; Guide to further reading.
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Cambridge University Press Chaucer The Canterbury Tales A Student Guide Landmarks of World Literature New
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Cambridge University Press The Biblical Drama of Medieval Europe
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Cambridge University Press Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom
Book SynopsisThis book studies the structure and origins of De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), the great first-century BC poem by Lucretius.Trade Review'[this] may be recommended unreservedly as a major contribution to the understanding of Lucretius' poetics, [and] must become required reading for all students of Lucretius … [It is] one of the most stimulating works on Lucretius for many years.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review'This is a very rich book, a milestone in Lucretian scholarship and without any doubt a major point of reference for future Lucretian studies.' Phronesis'Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom recommends itself for its overall wealth of detail, as well as for its engaging reconstruction of the relationship between the poems of Lucretius and that of Empedocles … ' The Times Literary Supplement'… fascinating … S gives us a lot of excellent insights into many aspects of the poem … will continue to provoke healthy critical debate and is already required reading in university courses on Lucretius. It is not afraid to raise big questions about Lucretius … scrupulous accuracy and apparently effortless readability … his opinions, and the light his arguments shed on the detail of the poem and its background, cannot be ignored by any serious student - or teacher- of this poem.' The Journal of Classics TeachingTable of Contents1. The Empedoclean opening; 2. Two languages, two worlds; 3. Lucretius the fundamentalist; 4. Epicurus, On Nature; 5. Lucretius' plan and its execution; 6. The imprint of Theophrastus; 7. The transformation of Book I; Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press Helen
Book SynopsisOffers a detailed literary and cultural analysis of Euripides' Helen, a work which arguably embodies the variety and dynamism of fifth-century Athenian tragedy more than any other surviving play. The Commentary's notes on language and style make the play fully accessible to readers of Greek at all levels.Trade Review"Allan's commentary is a valuable and needed contribution to the study and dissemination of Euripides' Helen. It is rich in contextual information, straightforward in its analysis and contentions, and judicious in its treatment of the text. Additionally, it does a significant portion of the necessary work of bringing the last four decades of scholarship to bear upon our reading of the play. For all these reasons, Allan's new commentary will go a long way towards achieving his stated goal of demonstrating that 'Helen is an extraordinary exuberant and inventive drama that deserves to be read (and performed) more widely.'" --BMCRTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Euripides and Athens; 2. The figure of Helen in early Greek culture; 3. Helen on stage; 4. The 'New Helen'; 5. The production; 6. A tragedy of ideas; 7. Genre; 8. Helen transformed; 9. The text and its transmission; Helen; Commentary.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Moliere Cambridge Companions to Literature
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Cambridge University Press Plato Protagoras
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Cambridge University Press Alexis
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Cambridge University Press Heathen Gods in Old English Literature 22 Cambridge Studies in AngloSaxon England Series Number 22
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Cambridge University Press The Annals of Tacitus
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