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Aeschylus - Seven Playsby Aeschylus, James H. Ford , Edward MorsheadISBN 0977340023 (0-9773400-2-3)
Softcover, El Paso Norte Pr
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Aristophanes - Eleven Playsby Aristophanes, James H. Ford , Athenian SocietyISBN 0977340031 (0-9773400-3-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristophanes - Eleven Plays'Book summary:Aristophanes, the great Greek Comedian, wrote perhaps forty comedies of which only the eleven presented here have survived. Renowned in his own time as a master of wit and satire, Aristophanes' comedies are almost modern in their irreverent look at, what was then, contemporary society. No subject was too elevated for Aristophanes' critical insight and sharp barbs. He poked fun at pomposity and posturing wherever he found it. These eleven comedies are a treasury of bawdy humor that still irks straight-laced moralists.
Included in this volume are all eleven of Aristophanes existing plays:
The Knights: 424 B.C. Attacks the political leader Cleon and his war policy.
The Acharnians: 426 B.C. Satirizes the war and makes fun of Euripides.
Peace: 422 B.C. The same theme which enlarges on the blessings of Peace
Lysistrata: 411 B.C. A burlesque conspiracy by the women to force a peace.
The Clouds: 423 B.C. Satirizes Socrates, the Sophists and the New Education.
The Wasps: 422 B.C. Makes fun of the Athenian passion for litigation.
The Birds: 414 B.C. Describes a new and improved city, Cloud-cuckoo-town.
The Frogs: 405 B.C. A satire on Euripides and the New Tragedy.
The Thesmophoriazusae: 412 B.C. Another literary satire of Euripides.
The Ecclesiazusae: 392 B.C. Pokes fun at ideal Utopias, like Plato's Republic.
Plutus: 408 and 388 B.C. A whimsical allegory more than a regular comedy.These plays formed the foundation of the art form of the satire; using humor to make a political or philosophical point at the expense of those persons and institutions too powerful to be directly attacked. They stand as an amusing monument to the ingenuity and wit of the Ancient Greeks. [via]
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Beowulf in Old English And New Englishby James H. Ford , Francis B. GummereISBN 0976072653 (0-9760726-5-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf in Old English And New English'Book summary:Beowulf In Old English And New English contains, just as the title states, both versions as a Facing Page Translation. The original Beowulf manuscript is the oldest surviving document in what has come to be the English Language. It is also an exciting saga - full of action, adventure, heroic deeds, mystery and magic. It is magnificent literature.
The Old English version is a classic masterpiece of Western Literature which, due to the evolution of the language, has become very difficult for most readers. To facilitate understanding, to make it easier for the first time reader to appreciate the beauty of the original language, the New English translation by the renowned scholar Professor Francis B. Gummere is provided on alternate pages facing the original Old English text.
This arrangement makes it possible for the modern reader to immediately grasp the content of the saga and begin to see, on the facing page, the complex beauty of the original poem. It also gives the more advanced students an appreciation of the skill of the translator and the opportunity to extract new shades of meaning from the original text.
By way of introduction, this volume also contains a short summary of the saga. A table of contents, not part of the original, has also been included which, in itself, provides a series of guide posts to help follow the intricacies of the story.
Overcoming the difficulty of understanding the original text is the primary aim of this book. Those who are already familiar with Beowulf will surely agree that it is well worth the effort. [via]
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Caesar's Commentaries: On the Gallic War And on the Civil Warby Julius Caesar, James H. Ford , W. A. MacdevittISBN 0976072610 (0-9760726-1-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Caesar's Commentaries: On the Gallic War And on the Civil War'Book summary:This complete edition of Caesar's Commentaries contains all eight of Caesar's books on the Gallic War as well as all three of his books on the Civil War masterfully translated into English by W. A. MacDevitt. Caesar's Commentaries are an outstanding account of extraordinary events by one of the most exceptional men in the history of the world. Julius Caesar himself was one of the most eminent writers of the age in which he lived. His commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars are written with a purity, precision, and perspicuity, which command approbation. They are elegant without affectation, and beautiful without ornament. Of the two books which he composed on Analogy, and those under the title of Anti-Cato, scarcely any fragment is preserved; but we may be assured of the justness of the observations on language, which were made by an author so much distinguished by the excellence of his own compositions. His poem entitled The Journey, which was probably an entertaining narrative, is likewise totally lost. All of Caesar's works that remain intact are contained in this edition of his commentaries.
It is to the honor of Caesar, that when he had obtained the supreme power, he exercised it with a degree of moderation beyond what was generally expected by those who had fought on the side of the Republic. His time was almost entirely occupied with public affairs, in the management of which, though he employed many agents, he appears to have had none in the character of actual minister.
Caesar deprecated a lingering death, and wished that his own might be sudden and speedy. And the day before he died, the conversation at supper, in the house of Marcus Lepidus, turning upon what was the most eligible way of dying, he gave his opinion in favor of a death that is sudden and unexpected. He died in the fifty-sixth year of his age, and was ranked amongst the Gods. [via]
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Euripides - Nineteen Playsby Euripides, James H. Ford , Athenian SocietyISBN 097734004X (0-9773400-4-X)
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Homer, The Iliad And the Odysseyby Homer, James H. Ford , Samuel ButlerISBN 0977340007 (0-9773400-0-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homer, The Iliad And the Odyssey'Book summary:The history of Homer and his works is lost in doubtful obscurity, as is the history of many of the first minds who have done honor to humanity because they rose amidst darkness. The majestic stream of his song, blessing and fertilizing, flows like a river through many lands and nations. The creations of genius always seem like miracles, because they are, for the most part, created far out of the reach of observation. If we were in possession of all the historical testimonies, we never could wholly explain the origin of the Iliad and the Odyssey. But it must be noted that Homer's great epic poems hold a singular place in literature. Within the knowledge of all of history that has been passed down to us, there is no known predecessor that could lay claim to be the progenitor or equal to these great works. It was Homer who formed the character of the Greek nation. No poet has ever, as a poet, exercised a similar influence over his countrymen. Prophets, lawgivers, and sages have formed the character of other nations; it was reserved to a poet to form that of the Greeks. When lawgivers and sages appeared in Greece, the work of the poet had already been accomplished; and they paid homage to his superior genius. He held up before his nation the mirror, in which they were to behold the world of gods and heroes no less than of feeble mortals, and to behold them reflected with purity and truth. His poems are founded on the first feeling of human nature; on the love of children, wife, and country; on that passion which outweighs all others, the love of glory. His songs were poured forth from a breast which sympathized with all the feelings of man; and therefore they enter, and will continue to enter, every breast which cherishes the same sympathies. The table of contents of this special edition begins with the first line of the text for each chapter and verse. [via]
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The Pirates: A Who's Who Giving Particulars of the Lives & Deaths of the Pirates & Buccaneersby Philip Gosse, James H. FordISBN 1934255009 (1-934255-00-9)
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Siddharthaby Hermann Hesse, James H. FordISBN 0976072645 (0-9760726-4-5)
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La Guia Oficial Al Cielo: Un Libro De Esperanzaby Andrea Bauer, James H. Ford , James IngramISBN 1420861344 (1-4208-6134-4)
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