Jeffrey S Rusten (Edited by) Oxford University Press 2009 Hardback
This collection of 19 essays is designed to accompany, instruct and stimulate readers of Thucydides (whether in English or Greek) by making accessibleThis collection of 19 essays is designed to accompany, instruct and stimulate readers of Thucydides (whether in English or Greek) by making accessible some classic and influential studies - a third of them in English translation for the first time. Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. ...more
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Seneca - Selected Philosophical Letters Translated with Introduction and Commentary Brad Inwood Clarendon 2007 Hardback
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The Protean Ass The Metamorphoses of Apuleius from Antiquity to the Renaissance Robert HF Carver Oxford University Press 2007 Hardback
This Oxford Classical Monograph gives a comprehensive account of the reception of Apuleius' The Golden Ass (or Metamorphoses), tracing readers' responThis Oxford Classical Monograph gives a comprehensive account of the reception of Apuleius' The Golden Ass (or Metamorphoses), tracing readers' responses from 3rd century pagan and patristic reactions to the English Renaissance, with case studies of Sidney, Spenser and Shakespeare. ...more
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Livy
Jane D Chaplin; Christina S Kraus (Edited by) Oxford University Press 2009 Hardback
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Horace: Satires and Epistles
Kirk Freudenburg (Edited by) Oxford University Press 2009 Hardback
This Oxford Reading in Classical Studies volume contains 19 articles, including some of the finest writing on Horace's Sermones Epistulae from the pasThis Oxford Reading in Classical Studies volume contains 19 articles, including some of the finest writing on Horace's Sermones Epistulae from the past 50 years. With the first English translations of articles by Klinger, Labate, Pasoli, La Penna and Traina. ...more
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Guilt by Descent Moral Inheritance and Decision Making in Greek Tragedy NJ Sewell-Rutter Oxford University Press 2007 Hardback
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Presocratics Natural Philosophers before Socrates James Warren California University Press 2007 Paperback
From Ionian thinkers such as Thales (who claimed that magnets have souls) to Democritus (who outlived Socrates and developed the atomist theory), the From Ionian thinkers such as Thales (who claimed that magnets have souls) to Democritus (who outlived Socrates and developed the atomist theory), the earliest Greek philosophers exhibited a wide-ranging scientific curiosity about the physical world around them. In this stimulating introduction to the Presocratics, Warren discusses the key points of their thought, suggests how to deal with the problems of the meagre surviving evidence and shows that their often surprising and challenging claims continue to be of philosophical interest. ...more
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Collected Papers on Latin Poetry
ROAM Lyne Oxford University Press 2007 Hardback
Comprising 19 articles on Latin poetry by the late Oliver Lyne, this volume displays both his diverse interests as a scholar and his consistent concerComprising 19 articles on Latin poetry by the late Oliver Lyne, this volume displays both his diverse interests as a scholar and his consistent concern with Augustan texts, their language and literary texture. ...more
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Virgil's great epic tells of Aeneas' journey from Troy to found the new Roman race in Italy, meeting with storms, Cyclopes and the Carthaginian queen Virgil's great epic tells of Aeneas' journey from Troy to found the new Roman race in Italy, meeting with storms, Cyclopes and the Carthaginian queen Dido along the way. JW Mackail's 1885 prose translation appears here in a smart pocket-sized edition with a brief afterword by Coco Stevenson on the themes of the poem. ...more
Theseus' battle with the Minotaur, the tragedy of Oedipus, Arachne transformed into a spider... Greek and Roman mythology is full of unforgettable stoTheseus' battle with the Minotaur, the tragedy of Oedipus, Arachne transformed into a spider... Greek and Roman mythology is full of unforgettable stories, steeped in symbolism. These strange and powerful tales of love and betrayal, war and heroism - from the earliest creation myths to the Metamorphoses of Ovid - are retold by Jenny March, with translated and quoted passages showing how the stories were treated in ancient literature and how they have continued to inspire writers up to the present day. Hardback edition, exclusive to Postscript....more
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Classical Constructions Papers in Memory of Don Fowler, Classicist and Epicurean S J Heyworth (Edited by) Oxford University Press 2007 Hardback
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The New Posidippus A Hellenistic Poetry Book Kathryn Gutzwiller (Edited by) Oxford University Press 2008 Paperback Illustrated
One of the most exciting literary discoveries of recent years has been the Milan Papyrus which contains previously unknown epigrams by the 3rd centuryOne of the most exciting literary discoveries of recent years has been the Milan Papyrus which contains previously unknown epigrams by the 3rd century BCE poet, Posidippus of Pella, and is also our earliest example of a Greek poetry book that is roughly contemporary with its author. Fifteen scholars have contributed to this volume of essays on the poems, their arrangement within the book, and the author in his Ptolemaic context; plus a complete translation of all Posidippus' surviving poetry by Frank Nisetich. ...more
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The Wooden Horse The Liberation of the Western Mind, from Odysseus to Socrates Keld Zeruneith Overlook 2007 Hardback
Keld Zeruneith puts forward a bold and provocative reassessment of Greek mythological, religious and philosophical thought, tracing the emergence of aKeld Zeruneith puts forward a bold and provocative reassessment of Greek mythological, religious and philosophical thought, tracing the emergence of a new 'structure of consciousness' which continues to shape our minds. Beginning with Homer's Odysseus, who resolves conflict through the stratagem of the Trojan Horse, and ending with Plato's vision of utopia, he argues for a view of Greek thought which identifies a development from archaic mother-cults to a patriarchal world ruled by laws. ...more
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Women in Greek Myth Second edition Mary R Lefkowitz Duckworth 2007 Paperback
Mark Lefkowitz' influential study challenges assumptions about female characters in Greek mythology by focusing on ancient authors rather than modern Mark Lefkowitz' influential study challenges assumptions about female characters in Greek mythology by focusing on ancient authors rather than modern literary and anthropological theories. ...more
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