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Aeschylus : The Persiansby Aeschylus, Edith HallISBN 0856685976 (0-85668-597-6)
Softcover, Aris & Phillips
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Age of Chivalry or Legends of King Arthur 1858by Thomas Bulfinch, Edward Everett HaleISBN 0766159167 (0-7661-5916-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Approaches to Greek Mythby Lowell EdmundsISBN 0801838649 (0-8018-3864-9)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worldsby Georg LuckISBN 0801825482 (0-8018-2548-2)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds a Collection of Ancient Textsby Georg LuckISBN 0801883466 (0-8018-8346-6)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Aristotle and Xenophon on Democracy and Oligarchyby Aristotle, Xenophon, J. M. MooreISBN 0701127031 (0-7011-2703-1)
Softcover, Hogarth Press
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Best of the Achaeans: Concepts of the Hero in Archaic Greek Poetryby Gregory NagyISBN 0801860156 (0-8018-6015-6)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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The Black Hunter: Forms of Thought and Forms of Society in the Greek Worldby Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Andrew Szegedy MaszakISBN 0801859514 (0-8018-5951-4)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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The black hunter travels through the mountains and forests of Greek mythology, living on the frontier of the city-state, of adulthood, of class, of ethics, of sexuality. Taking its title from this figure, The Black Hunter approaches the Greek world from its margins and charts the elaborate system of oppositions that pervaded Greek culture and society: cultivated and wild, citizen and foreigner, real and imaginary, god and man. Organizing his discussions around four principle themes -- space and time; youth and warriors; women, slaves, and artisans; and the city of vision and of reality -- Pierre Vidal-Naquet focuses on the congruence of the textual and the actual, on the patterns that link literary, philosophical, and historical works with such social activities as war, slavery, education, and commemoration. The Black Hunter probes the interplay of world view, language, and social practice "to bring into dialogue that which does not naturally communicate according to the usual criteria of historical judgement."
"A brilliant demonstration of structural analysis and its usefulness in illuminating well-known texts and providing fresh insights... What strikes the reader of this book is its daring, innovative interpretations. This is not a book that merely collects new information or synthesizes old views. It bursts into the heart of important themes and floods them with bright light." -- Modern Greek Studies Yearbook
"One of the liveliest intellects in the field... There is a wealth of learning in this book; specialists... will wish to consult individual articles while the general reader will not only learn but enjoy its contents and tenor." -- Classical World
"Excellent... Vidal-Naquet's book is a gem. It will stimulate further thoughts, discussions and writings on the Greek politeia and politikon. It should be read by all those who are involved in classical and comparative studies. It puts into circulation a structuralist reading which is provocative and simultaneously rings true." -- V. Y. Mudimbe, Journal of Ritual Studies
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Bulfinch's Mythologyby BulfinchISBN 0808501747 (0-8085-0174-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable/the Legend of Charlemagne/the Age of Chivalryby Thomas Bulfinch, Edmund FullerISBN 0808501186 (0-8085-0118-6)
Hardcover, Dell Yearling
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This editon contains all three volumes.
It is a classic work of mythology. Includes an extensive glossary and detailed table of contents. The original book contains hundreds of pages full of essential information for anyone interested in the study of mythology. [via]More editions of Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable/the Legend of Charlemagne/the Age of Chivalry:
Callimachusby Stanley Lombardo, Diane J. RayorISBN 0801832810 (0-8018-3281-0)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Cavafy: A Critical Biographyby Robert Liddell, Peter MacKridgeISBN 0715632086 (0-7156-3208-6)
Softcover, Intl Pub Marketing Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cavafy: A Critical Biography'Book summary:Constantine Cavafy lived in relative obscurity for most of his 70 years, but is now considered one of the most powerful and important poets of the twentieth century. This timely biographical re-issue, updated for students and poetry lovers alike, explores the man behind the words, and reveals a scintillating life shaped by beauty, complexity and love. A new generation of poets and scholars can now attempt to capture the deceptively simple and penetrating charm of Cavafys work. [via]
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Cavafy's Alexandriaby Edmund KeeleyISBN 0691044988 (0-691-04498-8)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Classic Treasury of Bulfinch's Mythologyby Steve Zorn, Giles GreenfieldISBN 0762414979 (0-7624-1497-9)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Classic Treasury of Bulfinch's Mythology'Book summary:Young readers will relish the adventure and magic that fill these legendary tales, retold for readers ages 4 through 8. This exquisite illustrated hardcover contains ten of the most beloved Greek and Roman myths, including The Trojan War, Ulysses, King Midas, Orpheus and Euridice; Medusa, Pegasus, and the Chimera; Hercules, Daedalus, and Icarus; Cupid and Psyche, Baucis and Philemon, and Atalanta. Each story is illustrated with an evocative full-color plate and additional spot art.[via]More editions of The Classic Treasury of Bulfinch's Mythology:
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The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Lettersby Edith Hamilton, Huntington CairnsISBN 0691097186 (0-691-09718-6)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Dictionary of Mythology, Mainly Classicalby Bergen EvansISBN 0822016001 (0-8220-1600-1)
Hardcover, Centennial Press
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The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius Pamphilusby EusebiusISBN 0801033063 (0-8010-3306-3)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius Pamphilus'Book summary:Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History is one of the classics of early Christianity and of equal stature with the works of Flavius Josephus. Eusebius chronicles the events of the first three centuries of the Christian church in such a way as to record a vast number of vital facts about early Christianity that can be learned from no other ancient source. When Eusebius wrote his Ecclesiastical History, his vital concern was to record facts before they disappeared, and before eye-witnesses were killed and libraries were burned and destroyed in persecutions by Rome. He faithfully transcribed the most important existing documents of his day so that future generations would have a collection of factual data to interpret. Thus Eusebius (c. A.D. 260-340) richly deserves the title "father of Church history."
"More readable." This is the only full edition of "Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History" that has been retypeset in modern, easy-to-read type. Archaic words have been modernized and the punctuation has been updated according to contemporary standards.
"Easier to use." The Loeb numbering system (now the standard way to cite "Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History)" has been added to make it easier to locate passages referred to in other reference works. Also, all citations and cross-references have been updated from Roman numerals to the modern form of citation.
"More complete." The complete text of all ten books of Eusebius is included. Also included is "Historical View of the Council of Nicea" as well as translations of related documents. [via]
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Economy of the Unlost: Reading Simonides of Keos With Paul Cby Anne CarsonISBN 0691091757 (0-691-09175-7)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Economy of the Unlost: Reading Simonides of Keos With Paul C'Book summary:The ancient Greek lyric poet Simonides of Keos was the first poet in the Western tradition to take money for poetic composition. From this starting point, Anne Carson launches an exploration of the idea of poetic economy. She offers a reading of certain Simonides' texts and aligns these with writings of the modern Romanian poet Paul Celan, a Jew and survivor of the Holocaust, whose "economies" of language are notorious. Asking such questions as, "what is lost when words are wasted?" and "who profits when words are saved?", Carson reveals the two poets' striking commonalities. In Carson's view, Simonides and Celan share a similar mentality or disposition toward the world, language and the work of the poet. "Economy of the Unlost" begins by showing how each of the two poets stands in a state of alienation between two worlds. In Simonides' case, the gift economy of 5th-century BC Greece was giving way to one based on money and commodities, while Celan's life spanned pre- and post-Holocaust worlds, and he himself, writing in German, became estranged from his native language. Carson goes on to consider various aspects of the two poets' techniques for coming to grips with the invisible through the visible world. A focus on the genre of the epitaph grants insights into the kinds of exchange the poets envision between the living and the dead. Assessing the impact on Simonidean composition of the material fact of inscription on stone, Carson suggests that a need for brevity influenced the exactitude and clarity of Simonides' style, and proposes a comparison with Celan's interest in the "negative design" of printmaking: both poets, though in different ways, employ a kind of negative image making, cutting away all that is superfluous. This book's juxtaposition of the two poets illuminates their differences - Simonides' fundamental faith in the power of the word, Celan's ultimate despair - as well as their similarities; it provides fertile ground for the interplay of Carson's scholarship and her poetic sensibility. [via]
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The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of the Meditationsby Marcus Aurelius, David V. Hicks, C. Scot HicksISBN 0743233832 (0-7432-3383-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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MEASURE OF A MAN IS THE WORTH OF THE THINGS HE CARES ABOUT.
IF IT IS GOOD TO SAY OR DO
SOMETHING, THEN IT IS
EVEN BETTER TO BE CRITICIZED FOR
HAVING SAID OR DONE IT.
ARE MY GUIDING PRINCIPLES
HEALTHY AND ROBUST? ON THIS HANGS EVERYTHING.
Essayist Matthew Arnold described the man who wrote these words as "the most beautiful figure in history." Possibly so, but he was certainly more than that. Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire at its height, yet he remained untainted by the incalculable wealth and absolute power that had corrupted many of his predecessors. Marcus knew the secret of how to live the good life amid trying and often catastrophic circumstances, of how to find happiness and peace when surrounded by misery and turmoil, and of how to choose the harder right over the easier wrong without apparent regard for self-interest.
The historian Michael Grant praises Marcus's book as "the best ever written by a major ruler," and Josiah Bunting, superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, calls it "the essential book on character, leadership, duty." Never intended for publication, the Meditations contains the practical and inspiring wisdom by which this remarkable emperor lived the life not of a saintly recluse, but of a general, administrator, legislator, spouse, parent, and judge besieged on all sides.
The Emperor's Handbook offers a vivid and fresh translation of this important piece of ancient literature. It brings Marcus's words to life and shows his wisdom to be as relevant today as it was in the second century. This book belongs on the desk and in the briefcase of every business executive, political leader, and military officer. It speaks to the soul of anyone who has ever exercised authority or faced adversity or believed in a better day. [via]
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Epic Singers and Oral Traditionby Albert Bates LordISBN 0801497175 (0-8014-9717-5)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Drawing on his extensive fieldwork in living oral traditions and on the theoretical writings of Milman Parry, Lord concentrates on the singers and their art as manifested in texts of performance. In thirteen essays, some previously unpublished and all of them revised for book publication, he explores questions of composition, transmittal, and interpretation and raises important comparative issues. Individual chapters discuss aspects of the Homeric poems, South Slavic oral-traditional epics, the songs of Avdo Metedovic, Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon poetry, the medieval Greek Digenis Akritas and other medieval epics, central Asiatic and Balkan epics, the Finnish Kalevala, and the Bulgarian oral epic.
The work of one of the most respected scholars of his generation, Epic Singers and Oral Tradition will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students of myth and folklore, classicists, medievalists, Slavists, comparatists, literary theorists, and anthropologists.
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Eros: The Myth of Ancient Greek Sexualityby Bruce S. ThorntonISBN 0813332265 (0-8133-3226-5)
Softcover, Westview Pr
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Essentials of Greek and Roman Classics: A Guide to the Humanitiesby Meyer ReinholdISBN 0812000447 (0-8120-0044-7)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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An Ethiopian Romanceby Heliodorus, Moses HadasISBN 0812216725 (0-8122-1672-5)
Softcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Euripidesby Shirley BarlowISBN 0856682292 (0-85668-229-2)
Softcover, Aris & Phillips
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Euripides: Iphigenia in Taurisby m PlatnauerISBN 0862920388 (0-86292-038-8)
Softcover, Duckbacks
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Euripides: Iphigenia in Taurisby M. J. CroppISBN 0856686522 (0-85668-652-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Euripides: Iphigenia in Tauris'Book summary:Iphigenia in Tauris tells the story of the princess Iphigenia who was sacrificed by her father Agamemnon to expedite his campaign against Troy but was rescued by the goddess Artemis and transported to the land of the Taurians. There she herself must perform human sacrifices as a priestess of Artemis in the local cult. Troy has now been sacked, and Agamemnon murdered by his wife and avenged by his son Orestes. With his mother's blood on his hands, Orestes is guided by Apollo to seek purification through bringing the image of the Tauric Artemis to Greece, and so is reunited with his sister. The drama centers on Iphigenia's near-sacrifice at OrestesAe hands, their recognition in the nick of time, and their ingenious and thrilling escape to bring the cult of Artemis to Halae and Brauron near Athens. [via]
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Euripides's Hecuba: Text and Commentaryby Euripides, Justina GregoryISBN 0788506110 (0-7885-0611-0)
Softcover, Amer Philosophical Assn
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Eusebius, the Church History: A New Translation With Commentaryby Paul L. Maier, EusebiusISBN 0825433282 (0-8254-3328-2)
Hardcover, Kregel Pubns
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The Experiences of Tiresias: The Feminine and the Greek Manby Nicole Loraux, Paula WissingISBN 0691017174 (0-691-01717-4)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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God's Pauper: St. Francis of Assisi a Novelby Nikos KazantzakisISBN 0851810500 (0-85181-050-0)
Hardcover, Cassirer
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God's Pauper: St. Francis of Assisi a Novel'Book summary:This distinguished novelist, poet, and translator was born in Crete and educated in Athens, Germany, Italy, and Paris, where he studied philosophy. He found time to write some 30 novels, plays, and books on philosophy, to serve his government, and to travel widely. He ran the Greek ministry of welfare from 1919 to 1921 and was minister of state briefly in 1945. A political activist, he spent his last years in France and died in Germany. Kazantzakis's character Zorba has been called "one of the great characters of modern fiction," in a novel that "reflects Greek exhilaration at its best" (TLS). A film version of 1965, starring Anthony Quinn, made Kazantzakis widely known in the West. Intensely religious, he imbued his novels with the passion of his own restless spirit, "torn between the active and the contemplative, between the sensual and the aesthetic, between nihilism and commitment" (Columbia Encyclopedia). Judas, the hero of The Last Temptation of Christ (1951) is asked by Christ to betray him so that he can fulfill his mission through the crucifixion. For this book Kazantzakis was excommunicated from the Greek Orthodox Church. The Fratricides, Kazantzakis's last novel, portrays yet another religious hero, a priest caught between Communists and Royalists in the Greek Civil War. [via]
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Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquityby Sarah B. PomeroyISBN 080521030X (0-8052-1030-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Great Books of the Western Worldby Encyclopdia Britannica, inc., Robert Maynard HutchinsISBN 0852291639 (0-85229-163-9)
Hardcover, Encyclopdia Britannica
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Books of the Western World'Book summary:The Iliad (Ancient Greek ?????, Ilias) is, together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, a supposedly blind Ionian poet. The epics are considered by most modern scholars to be the oldest literature in the Greek language. The Iliad concerns events during the tenth and final year in the siege of the city of Ilion, or Troy, by the Greeks. The Odyssey (Greek: ????????, Odusseia)is commonly dated circa 800 to 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses) in his long journeys after the fall of Troy and when he at last returns to his native land of Ithaca. [via]
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Great Books of the Western Worldby Mortimer Jerome Adler, Clifton Fadiman, Philip W. GoetzISBN 0852295316 (0-85229-531-6)
Hardcover, Encyclopaedia Britannica
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Books of the Western World'Book summary:There is no better way to own and appreciate the world's greatest written works. Great Books of the Western World is one of the most acclaimed publishing feats of our time. Authoritative, accurate, and complete, this collection represents the essential core of the Western literary canon, compiling 517 of the most significant achievements in literature, history, philosophy, and science into a color-coded set as handsome as it is affordable. From the ancient classics to the newest masterpieces of the 20th century, Great Books traces the ideas, stories, and discoveries that have shaped modern civilization. Volumes 1 and 2 of this collection is the Syntopicon, a unique two-volume guide (not sold separately) that enables you to investigate a particular idea and compare what different authors have to say about it. The Syntopicon comprises a new kind of reference work -- accomplishing for ideas what the dictionary accomplishes for words and the encyclopaedia accomplishes for facts. Also included is the Great Conversation, featuring fascinating background information, extensive timelines, photos, and quotes from the classic works and their authors. 60 volumes Individual Volume Size: 9 1/2" H x 1"-2" W (Across Spine) x 6 1/2" D Overall Width of Set: 65"(5'5") Special colors on the Great Books' spines guide you quickly to the four subject areas - [via]
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Greek and Roman Necromancyby Daniel OgdenISBN 0691119686 (0-691-11968-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Greek Classicsby Mary E. SnodgrassISBN 0822005662 (0-8220-0566-2)
Softcover, Cliff Notes
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Greek Classics'Book summary:This sweeping survey of ancient Greek culture covers the greatest works of Greek poets, dramatists, philosophers, writers, and historians. These writings are the foundation of the way we think and act and are important to the student of the human condition. [via]
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Greek Lyric Poetryby David A. CampbellISBN 0862920086 (0-86292-008-6)
Softcover, Bristol Classical Pr
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Greek Lyric Poetry : Including the Complete Poetry of Sapphoby Willis Barnstone, William E. McCullohISBN 0805208313 (0-8052-0831-3)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Greek Mythsby Robert GravesISBN 0807600547 (0-8076-0054-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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A Handbook of Greek Literature: From Homer to the Age of Lucianby H.J. RoseISBN 0865163219 (0-86516-321-9)
Softcover, Bolchazy Carducci Pub
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Heraclitus: Fragments A Text and Translation With a Commentaryby T. M. RobinsonISBN 0802069134 (0-8020-6913-4)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heraclitus: Fragments A Text and Translation With a Commentary'Book summary:The Phoenix Pre-Socratic series is designed for modern students of the Pre-Socratic philosophers. This volume provides the Greek text of Heraclitus with a new, facing page translation together with a commentary outlining the main problems of interpretation and the philosophical issues raised by Heraclitus' work. The volume also contains an English translation of substantial material from the ancient testimonia concerning Heraclitus' life and teaching, and offers selective bibliographic guidance.
While much of the commentary follows lines of interpretation that have won general acceptance, it differs from many in its claim that the logos of which Heraclitus speaks in fragments 1, 2 and 50 means, essentially, 'statement.' This statement, uttered in words by Heraclitus, reflects that statement everlastingly uttered by the cosmos itself, which descriptively tells of how things are and prescriptively lays don patterns of cosmic activity that serve as the basis for human laws (fragment 114).
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History of Greek Literatureby Albin Lesky, James Willis, Cornelis de HeerISBN 0715627619 (0-7156-2761-9)
Hardcover, G. Duckworth
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The History of the Church from Christ to Constantineby EusebiusISBN 0806615095 (0-8066-1509-5)
Softcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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Bishop Eusebius (c. AD 260339), a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a model for all later ecclesiastical historians. In tracing the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century and ending with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine, his aim was to show the purity and continuity of the doctrinal tradition of Christianity and its struggle against persecutors and heretics, and he supported his account by extensive quotations from original sources.
This edition of G. A. Williamsons clear, fluid translation is accompanied by an introduction by Andrew Louth discussing the life and works of Eusebius, together with notes, bibliography, map of the world of Eusebius and brief biographies of the figures who appear in the work.
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Homerby Jasper GriffinISBN 0809055236 (0-8090-5523-6)
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Homer and the Sacred Cityby Stephen ScullyISBN 080148202X (0-8014-8202-X)
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Homer's Odyssey: A Companion to the Translation of Richmond Lattimoreby P. V. Jones, Richmond Alexander LattimoreISBN 0809315475 (0-8093-1547-5)
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Jones provides a line-by-line commentary that explains the many factual details, mythological allusions, and Homeric conventions that a student or general reader could not be expected to bring to an initial encounter with the Odyssey. His notes also enhance an appreciation of the Odyssey by illuminating epic style, Homers methods of composition, his characterization, and the structure of the work.
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The Homeric Narratorby Scott RichardsonISBN 0826512364 (0-8265-1236-4)
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Iamblichus: On the Pythagorean Lifeby Gillian ClarkISBN 0853233268 (0-85323-326-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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In Search of the Trojan Warby Michael WoodISBN 0816013551 (0-8160-1355-1)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliadby Richard P. MartinISBN 0801480701 (0-8014-8070-1)
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Lectures on the Republic of Platoby Richard Lewis NettleshipISBN 0841462879 (0-8414-6287-9)
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Lempriere's Classical Dictionary of Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors Writ Large: With a Chronological Tableby F. A. Adams, John LempriereISBN 0710200684 (0-7102-0068-4)
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Lempriere's Classical Dictionary of Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors Writ Large, With Chronological Table: With a Chronological Tableby F. A. Wright, F. A. Adams, John LempriereISBN 071020843X (0-7102-0843-X)
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Lysias: Selected Speeches XII, XVI, XIX, XXII, XXIV, XXV, XXXII, XXXIVby Lysias, Charles Darwin AdamsISBN 0806109254 (0-8061-0925-4)
Hardcover, University of Oklahoma Press
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Meditationsby Marcus Aurelius, Gregory HaysISBN 0812968255 (0-8129-6825-5)
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (a.d. 121180) succeeded his adoptive father as emperor of Rome in a.d. 161and Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With a profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus provides insights, wisdom, and practical guidance on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity to interacting with others. Consequently, the Meditations have become required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. In Gregory Hayss new translationthe first in a generationMarcuss thoughts speak with a new immediacy: never before have they been so directly and powerfully presented.More editions of Meditations:
The Meters of Greek and Latin Poetryby Martin Ostwald, Thomas G. Rosenmeyer, James W. HalpornISBN 0806115580 (0-8061-1558-0)
Softcover, University of Oklahoma Press
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Myth and Philosophy: A Contest of Truthsby Lawrence J. HatabISBN 0812691164 (0-8126-9116-4)
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The Odyssey in Athens: Myths of Cultural Originsby Erwin F. CookISBN 0801431212 (0-8014-3121-2)
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Olynthiacsby Demosthenes, John Marshall MacGregor, E. I. McQueenISBN 0862920736 (0-86292-073-6)
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On Great Writingby LonginusISBN 0872200809 (0-87220-080-9)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Oresteiaby Aeschylus, Hugh Lloyd-JonesISBN 0715613677 (0-7156-1367-7)
Hardcover, Duckworth & Company, Limited, Gerald
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Plato: Statesmanby PlatoISBN 0856686123 (0-85668-612-3)
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Plato the Statesmanby J.B. SkempISBN 0862922429 (0-86292-242-9)
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The Poems of Hesiodby R. M. FrazerISBN 0806118466 (0-8061-1846-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Poems of Hesiod'Book summary:[via]"Besides Homer, there is Hesiod." These words still contain much truth today. Hesiod is a very important poet, and for this reason his two surviving poems, Theogony and Works and Days, deserve to be presented as accurately and attractively as possible. R. M. Frazer has done this: His new translations are faithful to the matter and spirit of the originals, and his commentary makes the poems understandable and enjoyable.
Hesiod is the first Greek and, therefore, the first European we can know as a real person, for, unlike Homer, he tells us about himself in his poems. Hesiod seems to have been a successful farmer and a rather gloomy though not humorless man. One suspects from his concern for the bachelor's lot and some rather unflattering remarks about women that he was never married. A close study of both poems reveals the same personality -that of a deeply religious man concerned with the problems of justice and fate.
The Theogony represents the first codification of the Greek pantheon. Hesiod, of course, did not invent the gods, but he gave the Greeks a clear picture of their forms, functions, and relationships. Thus, the poem deals with the high epic theme of the creation of the divine order of the world under the direction of Zeus. Works and Days, by contrast, considers justice and work in the context of Hesiod's own life. The difference in subject matter produces a difference in style: Theogony is strongly influenced by the epic conventions; Works and Days is more modern and freewheeling.
To get a fuller picture of Hesiod and his poems, we must try to understand him in relation to his times. The eighth century, when Hesiod lived, was the time of the great Greek awakening after the period of relative darkness ushered in by the fall of the old Mycenaean kingdoms around 1125 B.C. Hesiod thus lived at the beginning of the Greek classical period, and his poems influenced not only that age but also Western culture in our day.
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Poetry and Its Public in Ancient Greece: From Homer to the Fifth Centuryby Bruno Gentili, A. Thomas ColeISBN 0801840198 (0-8018-4019-8)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Power and Preparedness in Thucydidesby June W. AllisonISBN 0801838215 (0-8018-3821-5)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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The Pre-Socratics: A Collection of Critical Essaysby Alexander P.D. MourelatosISBN 0691020884 (0-691-02088-4)
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Protagorasby Plato, Stanley Lombardo, Karen BellISBN 0872200949 (0-87220-094-9)
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Puerilities: Erotic Epigrams of the Greek Anthologyby Daryl HineISBN 0691088209 (0-691-08820-9)
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Saint Francisby Nikos Kazantzakis, John Michael TalbotISBN 0829421297 (0-8294-2129-7)
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The protean Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis retells the story of the most beloved of saintsFrancis of Assisi, who permanently changed the way people think about following God. Drawing on the traditional stories of the saints life, Kazantzakis infuses the tale with a fervent vision that is uniquely his own, highlighting the saints heroic
single-mindedness in the face of extreme physical and spiritual suffering. He portrays the saint as a great lover and inspiring leader who embraced radical poverty in the face of many obstacles and temptations while achieving a way of life marked by epic generosity.
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Sappho : Poems and Fragmentsby Sappho, Josephine BalmerISBN 0821620002 (0-8216-2000-2)
Softcover, Carol Publishing Group
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Selected Poemsby Constantine CavafyISBN 0691062285 (0-691-06228-5)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Selected Poems'Book summary:The Dedalus Press series of budget pamphlets presents key works by major voices in world poetry. Constantine Peter Cavafy was born in Alexandria in Egypt in 1963 and died there in 1933, though he lived in English for a number of his early year, an experience which left him with a distinctly English accent and an infatuation with English sartorial style. During his lifetime, Cavafy's poems appeared mostly in small private editions circulated among friends, and generally his importance as a poet went unnoticed until well after his death. Today, however, he is recognised as a major figure in modern European poetry. Originally issued in 1998, the present volume was the first translation of his poetry to be made by an Irish poet. The translator, Desmond O'Grady, while travelling widely, taught for two years at Alexandria University. He has published more than a dozen collections of his own poems, most recently On My Way (Dedalus Press, 2006), while a survey of his work is available in The Road Taken 1956-1996 (1996) and of his volume of poetry in translation, Trawling Tradition 1954-1994 (1994), both from the University of Salzburg Press. [via]
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Selected Fragmentary Playsby B. CollardISBN 0856682373 (0-85668-237-3)
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Selections from Homer's Iliad: With an Introduction, Notes, a Short Homeric Grammar, and a Vocabularyby Allen Rogers Benner, Mark W. EdwardsISBN 0806133635 (0-8061-3363-5)
Softcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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Sons of the Gods, Children of Earth: Ideology and Literary Form in Ancient Greeceby Peter W. RoseISBN 0801499836 (0-8014-9983-6)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Sophocles' Oedipus: Evidence and Self Convictionby Frederick AhlISBN 0801499291 (0-8014-9929-1)
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The Speeches of Periclesby Thucydides, Harry G. EdingerISBN 0804469083 (0-8044-6908-3)
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Theocritus: Select Poemsby Kenneth J. DoverISBN 0865162042 (0-86516-204-2)
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Thucydidesby W. Robert ConnorISBN 0691102392 (0-691-10239-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Traffic in Praise: Pindar and the Poetics of Social Economyby Leslie KurkeISBN 0801423503 (0-8014-2350-3)
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Tragedy and Philosophyby Walter KaufmannISBN 0691020051 (0-691-02005-1)
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Ulysses Foundby Ernle BradfordISBN 0750937254 (0-7509-3725-4)
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The World of Odysseusby M. I. FinleyISBN 0701122447 (0-7011-2244-7)
Hardcover, Chatto and Windus
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