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Aeschylusby Aeschylus, Herbert Weir SmythISBN 0674991605 (0-674-99160-5)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aeschylus'Book summary:Aeschylus (ca. 525456 BCE), author of the first tragedies existing in European literature, was an Athenian born at Eleusis. He served at Marathon against Darius in 490, and again during Xerxes' invasion, 480479. Between 478 and 467 he visited Sicily, there composing by request Women of Aetna. At Athens he competed in production of plays more than twenty times, and was rewarded on at least thirteen occasions, becoming dominant between 500 and 458 through the splendour of his language and his dramatic conceptions and technique.
Of his total of 8090 plays seven survive complete. The Persians (472), the only surviving Greek historical drama, presents the failure of Xerxes to conquer Greece. Seven against Thebes (467) was the second play of its trilogy of related plays on the evil fate of the Theban House. Polyneices tries to regain Thebes from his brother Eteocles; both are killed. In Suppliant Maidens, the first in a trilogy, the daughters of Danaus arrive with him at Argos, whose King and people save them from the wooing of the sons of their uncle Aegyptus. In Prometheus Bound, first or second play of its trilogy about Prometheus, he is nailed to a crag, by order of Zeus, for stealing fire from heaven for men. Defiant after visitors' sympathy and despite advice, he descends in lightning and thunder to Hell. The Oresteia (458), on the House of Atreus, is the only Greek trilogy surviving complete. In Agamemnon, the King returns from Troy, and is murdered by his wife Clytaemnestra. In Libation-Bearers, Orestes with his sister avenges their father Agamemnon's death by counter-murder. In Eumenides, Orestes, harassed by avenging Furies, is arraigned by them at Athens for matricide. Tried by a court set up by Athena, he is absolved, but the Furies are pacified.
We publish in Volume I four plays; and in Volume II the Oresteia and some fragments of lost plays.
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Apollodorus: The Libraryby James George FrazerISBN 0674991362 (0-674-99136-2)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Apollodorus: The Library'Book summary:The Library provides in three books a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends. Written in clear and unaffected style, the compendium faithfully follows the Greek literary sources. It is thus an important record of Greek accounts of the origin and early history of the world and their race. This work has been attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born c. 180 BCE), a student of Aristarchus. But the text as we have it was written by an author probably living in the first or second century of our era.
In his highly valued notes to the Loeb Classical Library edition (which is in two volumes) J. G. Frazer cites the principal passages of other ancient writers where each particular story is told and compares the various versions to those in the Library.
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Apollodorus; The Libraryby Apollodorus, James George FrazerISBN 0674991354 (0-674-99135-4)
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Apostolic Fathers: Shepherd of Hermas, Martyrdom of Polycarp, Epistle to DiogentusISBN 0674990285 (0-674-99028-5)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Aristophanes: Samtliche Komodienby Aristophanes, Jeffrey HendersonISBN 0674995376 (0-674-99537-6)
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Aristotle: On the Soul Parva Naturalia on Breath/Loeb No. 288by AristotleISBN 0674993187 (0-674-99318-7)
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Aristotle: Parts of Animals, Movement of Animals, Progression of Animalsby Aristotle, A. L. PeckISBN 0674993578 (0-674-99357-8)
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Aristotle Poetics/Longinus on the Sublime/Demetrius on Styleby Aristotle, Donald Russell, Demetrius, Longinus, Stephen Halliwell, Dorren C. Innes, W. H. FyfeISBN 0674995635 (0-674-99563-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle Poetics/Longinus on the Sublime/Demetrius on Style'Book summary:This volume brings together the three most influential ancient Greek treatises on literature. Aristotle's Poetics contains his treatment of Greek tragedy: its history, naturne, and conventions, with details on poetic diction. Stephen Halliwell makes this seminal work newly accessible with a reliable text and a translation that is both accurate and readable. His authoritative introduction traces the work's debt to earlier theorists (especially Plato), its distinctive argument, and the reasons behind its enduring relevance.
The essay On the Sublime, usually attributed to "Longinus" (identity uncertain), was probably composed in the first century CE; its subject is the appreciation of greatness ("the sublime") in writing, with analysis of illustrative passages ranging from Homer and Sappho to Plato. In this edition, Donald Russell has revised and newly annotated the text and translation by W. Hamilton Fyfe, and supplied a new introduction.
The treatise On Style, ascribed to an (again unidentifiable) Demetrius, was perhaps composed during the secod century BCE. It is notable particularly for its theory and analysis of four distinct styles (grand, elegant, plain, and forceful). Doreen Innes' fresh rendering of the work is based on the earlier Loeb translation by W. Rhys Roberts. Her new introduction and notes represent the latest scholarship.
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Aristotle: Posterior Analytics Topicaby Hugh Tredennick, Edward Seymour ForsterISBN 0674994302 (0-674-99430-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle: Posterior Analytics Topica'Book summary:Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BCE, was the son of a physician. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367347); subsequently he spent three years at the court of a former pupil, Hermeias, in Asia Minor. After some time at Mitylene, in 3432 he was appointed by King Philip of Macedon to be tutor of his teen-aged son Alexander. After Philip's death in 336, Aristotle became head of his own school (of 'Peripatetics'), the Lyceum at Athens. Because of anti-Macedonian feeling there after Alexander's death in 323, he withdrew to Chalcis in Euboea, where he died in 322.
Nearly all the works Aristotle prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture-materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as follows. I Practical: Nicomachean Ethics; Great Ethics (Magna Moralia); Eudemian Ethics; Politics; Economics (on the good of the family); On Virtues and Vices. II Logical: Categories; Analytics (Prior and Posterior); Interpretation; Refutations used by Sophists; Topica. III Physical: Twenty-six works (some suspect) including astronomy, generation and destruction, the senses, memory, sleep, dreams, life, facts about animals, etc. IV Metaphysics: on being as being. V Art: Rhetoric and Poetics. VI Other works including the Constitution of Athens; more works also of doubtful authorship. VII Fragments of various works such as dialogues on philosophy and literature; and of treatises on rhetoric, politics and metaphysics.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Aristotle is in twenty-three volumes.
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Aristotle: The Athenian Constitutionby H. Translator RackhamISBN 0674993152 (0-674-99315-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle: The Athenian Constitution'Book summary:Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BCE, was the son of Nicomachus, a physician, and Phaestis. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367347); subsequently he spent three years at the court of a former pupil, Hermeias, in Asia Minor and at this time married Pythias, one of Hermeias's relations. After some time at Mitylene, in 3432 he was appointed by King Philip of Macedon to be tutor of his teen-aged son Alexander. After Philip's death in 336, Aristotle became head of his own school (of 'Peripatetics'), the Lyceum at Athens. Because of anti-Macedonian feeling there after Alexander's death in 323, he withdrew to Chalcis in Euboea, where he died in 322.
Nearly all the works Aristotle prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture-materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as follows: I Practical: Nicomachean Ethics; Great Ethics (Magna Moralia); Eudemian Ethics; Politics; Economics (on the good of the family); On Virtues and Vices. II Logical: Categories; Analytics (Prior and Posterior); Interpretation; Refutations used by Sophists; Topica. III Physical: Twenty-six works (some suspect) including astronomy, generation and destruction, the senses, memory, sleep, dreams, life, facts about animals, etc. IV Metaphysics: on being as being. V Art: Rhetoric and Poetics. VI Other works including the Constitution of Athens; more works also of doubtful authorship. VII Fragments of various works such as dialogues on philosophy and literature; and of treatises on rhetoric, politics and metaphysics.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Aristotle is in twenty-three volumes.
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Aristotle: The Categories on Interpretationby AristotleISBN 0674993594 (0-674-99359-4)
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Aristotle the Physics: Loeb 255, Books V-VIIIby P.H. Wicksteed, Francis Macdonald CornfordISBN 0674992814 (0-674-99281-4)
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Nearly all the works Aristotle prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture-materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as follows: I Practical: Nicomachean Ethics; Great Ethics (Magna Moralia); Eudemian Ethics; Politics; Economics (on the good of the family); On Virtues and Vices. II Logical: Categories; Analytics (Prior and Posterior); Interpretation; Refutations used by Sophists; Topica. III Physical: Twenty-six works (some suspect) including astronomy, generation and destruction, the senses, memory, sleep, dreams, life, facts about animals, etc. IV Metaphysics: on being as being. V Art: Rhetoric and Poetics. VI Other works including the Constitution of Athens; more works also of doubtful authorship. VII Fragments of various works such as dialogues on philosophy and literature; and of treatises on rhetoric, politics and metaphysics.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Aristotle is in twenty-three volumes.
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Aristotle, Generation of Animals , Loeb 366by AristotleISBN 0674994035 (0-674-99403-5)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Bulfinch's Mythologyby BulfinchISBN 0613997441 (0-613-99744-1)
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Bulfinch's Mythology : The Age of Fable, the Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagneby Thomas BulfinchISBN 0679600469 (0-679-60046-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bulfinch's Mythology : The Age of Fable, the Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne'Book summary:For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known.
The stories are divided into three sections: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (first published in 1855); The Age of Chivalry (1858), which contains King Arthur and His Knights, The Mabinogeon, and The Knights of English History; and Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863). For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, and for the sagas of the north, from Mallet's Northern Antiquities. He provides lively versions of the myths of Zeus and Hera, Venus and Adonis, Daphne and Apollo, and their cohorts on Mount Olympus; the love story of Pygmalion and Galatea; the legends of the Trojan War and the epic wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas; the joys of Valhalla and the furies of Thor; and the tales of Beowulf and Robin Hood.
The tales are eminently readable. As Bulfinch wrote, "Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. . . . Our book is an attempt to solve this problem, by telling the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement."
Thomas Bulfinch, in his day job, was a clerk in the Merchant's Bank of Boston, an undemanding position that afforded him ample leisure time in which to pursue his other interests. In addition to serving as secretary of the Boston Society of Natural History, he thoroughly researched the myths and legends and copiously cross-referenced them with literature and art. As such, the myths are an indispensable guide to the cultural values of the nineteenth century; however, it is the vigor of the stories themselves that returns generation after generation to Bulfinch.
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The Cambridge Companion to Aristotleby Jonathan BarnesISBN 0521422949 (0-521-42294-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophyby A. A. LongISBN 0521446678 (0-521-44667-8)
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The Cambridge Companion to Platoby Richard KrautISBN 0521436109 (0-521-43610-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cambridge Companion to Plato'Book summary:Plato stands as the fount of our philosophical tradition, being the first Western thinker to produce a body of writing that touches upon a wide range of topics still discussed by philosophers today. In a sense he invented philosophy as a distinct subject, for although many of these topics were discussed by his intellectual predecessors and contemporaries, he was the first to bring them together by giving them a unitary treatment. This volume contains fourteen new essays discussing Plato's views about knowledge, reality, mathematics, politics, ethics, love, poetry, and religion. There are also analyses of the intellectual and social background of his thought, the development of his philosophy throughout his career, the range of alternative approaches to his work, and the stylometry of his writing. [via]
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The Cambridge Companion to Plotinusby Lloyd P. GersonISBN 0521476763 (0-521-47676-3)
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Cavafy's Alexandria: Study of a Myth in Progressby Edmund KeeleyISBN 0674104307 (0-674-10430-7)
Hardcover, Harvard University Press
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Chariton Callirhoeby G.P. GooldISBN 0674995309 (0-674-99530-9)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Complete Mythologyby Thomas BulfinchISBN 060056293X (0-600-56293-X)
Hardcover, Spring Publications, Incorporated
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Crowell's Handbook of Classical Literatureby Lillian FederISBN 0690225377 (0-690-22537-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Demosthenes on the Crownby W. Demosthenes, Harvey YunisISBN 0521629306 (0-521-62930-6)
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The Development of Greek Biographyby Arnaldo MomiglianoISBN 0674200411 (0-674-20041-1)
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The Development of Greek Biography: Four Lecturesby Arnaldo MomiglianoISBN 0674200403 (0-674-20040-3)
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Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophersby Diogenes, R.D. HicksISBN 0674992032 (0-674-99203-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers'Book summary:This rich compendium on the lives and doctrines of philosophers ranges over three centuries, from Thales to Epicurus (to whom the whole tenth book is devoted); 45 important figures are portrayed. Diogenes Laertius carefully compiled his information from hundreds of sources and enriches his accounts with numerous quotations.
Diogenes Laertius lived probably in the earlier half of the 3rd century CE, his ancestry and birthplace being unknown. His history, in ten books, is divided unscientifically into two 'Successions' or sections: 'Ionian' from Anaximander to Theophrastus and Chrysippus, including the Socratic schools; 'Italian' from Pythagoras to Epicurus, including the Eleatics and sceptics. It is a very valuable collection of quotations and facts.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Diogenes Laertius is in two volumes.
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Epictetus Discourse Books 1 and 2by EpictetusISBN 0674991451 (0-674-99145-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Epictetus Discourse Books 1 and 2'Book summary:Epictetus was a crippled Greek slave of Phrygia during Nero's reign (5468 CE) who heard lectures by the Stoic Musonius before he was freed. Expelled with other philosophers by the emperor Domitian in 89 or 92 he settled permanently in Nicopolis in Epirus. There, in a school which he called 'healing place for sick souls', he taught a practical philosophy, details of which were recorded by Arrian, a student of his, and survive in four books of Discourses and a smaller Encheiridion, a handbook which gives briefly the chief doctrines of the Discourses. He apparently lived into the reign of Hadrian (117138 CE).
Epictetus was a teacher of Stoic ethics, broad and firm in method, sublime in thought, and now humorous, now sad or severe in spirit. How should one live righteously? Our god-given will is our paramount possession, and we must not covet others'. We must not resist fortune. Man is part of a system; humans are reasoning beings (in feeble bodies) and must conform to god's mind and the will of nature. Epictetus presents us also with a pungent picture of the perfect (Stoic) man.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Epictetus is in two volumes.
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Epictetus: Discourses, Books 3 and 4by EpictetusISBN 0674992407 (0-674-99240-7)
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Euripides Bacchae Iphigenia at Aulis Rhesusby Euripides, David KovacsISBN 0674996011 (0-674-99601-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Euripides Bacchae Iphigenia at Aulis Rhesus'Book summary:One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. This volume completes the new six-volume Loeb Classical Library edition of his plays.
In Bacchae, a masterpiece of tragic drama, Euripides tells the story of king Pentheus's resistance to the worship of Dionysus and his horrific punishment. Iphigenia at Aulis recounts the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter to Artemis, the price exacted by the goddess for favorable sailing winds. Rhesus (probably not by Euripides) dramatizes a pivotal incident in the Trojan War. David Kovacs presents a faithful and skillfully worded translation of the three plays, facing a freshly edited Greek text.
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Eusebius: Ecclesiastical Historyby OultonISBN 0674992938 (0-674-99293-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History'Book summary:Eusebius of Caesarea, ca. 260340 CE, born in Palestine, was a student of the presbyter Pamphilus whom he loyally supported during Diocletian's persecution. He was himself imprisoned in Egypt, but became Bishop of Caesarea about 314. At the Council of Nicaea in 325 he sat by the emperor, led a party of moderates, and made the first draft of the famous creed.
Of Eusebius's many learned publications we have Martyrs of Palestine and Life of Constantine; several apologetic and polemic works; parts of his commentaries on the Psalms and Isaiah; and the Chronographia, known chiefly in Armenian and Syriac versions of the original Greek. But Eusebius's chief fame rests on the History of the Christian Church in ten books published in 324325, the most important ecclesiastical history of ancient times, a great treasury of knowledge about the early Church.
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Foucault's Virginity: Ancient Erotic Fiction and the History of Sexualityby Simon GoldhillISBN 0521479347 (0-521-47934-7)
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The Fragility of Goodness : Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophyby Martha C. NussbaumISBN 0521794722 (0-521-79472-2)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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The Fratricidesby Nikos KazantzakisISBN 0671272217 (0-671-27221-7)
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Freedom or Deathby Nikos KazantzakisISBN 0671492608 (0-671-49260-8)
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Greek and Roman Necromancyby Daniel OgdenISBN 069100904X (0-691-00904-X)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Greek and Roman Philosophy After Aristotleby Saunders, Jason Lewis, EdISBN 0684836432 (0-684-83643-2)
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Greek Dramaby Moses HadasISBN 0553212214 (0-553-21221-4)
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The Iliadby Homer, A.T. Murray, William F. WyattISBN 0674995805 (0-674-99580-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions. The eloquent and dramatic epic poem captures the terrible anger of Achilles, "the best of the Achaeans," over a grave insult to his personal honor and relates its tragic result--a chain of consequences that proves devastating for the Greek forces besieging Troy, for noble Trojans, and for Achilles himself. The poet gives us compelling characterizations of his protagonists as well as a remarkable study of the heroic code in antiquity.
The works attributed to Homer include the two oldest and greatest European epic poems, the Odyssey and the Iliad. These have been published in the Loeb Classical Library for three quarters of a century, the Greek text facing a faithful and literate prose translation by A. T. Murray. William F. Wyatt now brings the Loeb's Iliad up to date, with a rendering that retains Murray's admirable style but is written for today's readers.
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In Search of the Trojan Warby Michael WoodISBN 056353415X (0-563-53415-X)
Softcover, Bbc Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Search of the Trojan War'Book summary:For thousands of years we have been enthralled by tales of Troy and its heroes. Achilles and Hector, Paris and the famed beauty Helen remain some of the most enduring figures in art and literature. But did these titanic characters really walk the earth? Was there ever an actual siege of Troy? In this new, extensively revised edition Michael Wood takes account of the latest dramatic developments in the search for Troy. A new preface, a new final chapter and an addendum to the bibliography bring his wide-ranging study of the complex, archaeological, literary and historical records up to date. Detailing the rediscovery in Moscow of the so-called jewels of Helen and the re-excavation of the site of Troy begun in 1988, which continues to yield new evidence about the historical city, this superbly illustrated book takes a fresh look at some of the most exciting discoveries in archaeology. [via]
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The Invention of Athens: The Funeral Oration in the Classical Cityby Nicole LorauxISBN 0674463625 (0-674-46362-5)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Leucippe & Clitophon Leucippe & Clitophonby AchillesISBN 0674990501 (0-674-99050-1)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Lucianby LucianISBN 0674990153 (0-674-99015-3)
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Marcus Aureliusby C.R. HainesISBN 0674990641 (0-674-99064-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Marcus Aurelius'Book summary:Marcus Aurelius (121180 CE), Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, born at Rome, received training under his guardian and uncle emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned 138161), who adopted him. He was converted to Stoicism and henceforward studied and practised philosophy and law. A gentle man, he lived in agreement and collaboration with Antoninus Pius. He married Pius's daughter and succeeded him as emperor in March 161, sharing some of the burdens with Lucius Verus.
Marcus's reign soon saw fearful national disasters from flood, earthquakes, epidemics, threatened revolt (in Britain), a Parthian war, and pressure of barbarians north of the Alps. From 169 onwards he had to struggle hard against the German Quadi, Marcomani, Vandals, and others until success came in 174. In 175 (when Faustina died) he pacified affairs in Asia after a revolt by Avidius. War with Germans was renewed during which he caught some disease and died by the Danube in March 180.
The famous Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (not his title; he simply calls them 'The matters addressed to himself') represents reflections written in periods of solitude during the emperor's military campaigns. Originally intended for his private guidance and self-admonition, the Meditations has endured as a potent expression of Stoic belief. It is a central text for students of Stoicism as well as a unique personal guide to the moral life.
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The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmonyby Roberto Calasso, Tim ParksISBN 0679733485 (0-679-73348-5)
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Meditationsby Marcus Aurelius, A.S.L. FarquharsonISBN 0679412719 (0-679-41271-9)
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Money and the Early Greek Mind: Homer, Philosophy, Tragedyby Richard SeafordISBN 0521539927 (0-521-53992-7)
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The Odysseyby Homer, A.T. Murray, George E. DimockISBN 0674995619 (0-674-99561-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the resplendent epic tale of Odysseus's long journey home from the Trojan War and the legendary temptations, delays, and perils he faced at every turn. Homer's classic poem features Odysseus's encounters with the beautiful nymph Calypso; the queenly but wily Circe; the Lotus-eaters, who fed his men their memory-stealing drug; the man-eating, one-eyed Cyclops; the Laestrygonian giants; the souls of the dead in Hades; the beguiling Sirens; the treacherous Scylla and Charybdis. Here, too, is the hero's faithful wife, Penelope, weaving a shroud by day and unraveling it by night, in order to thwart the numerous suitors attempting to take Odysseus's place.
The works attributed to Homer include the two oldest and greatest European epic poems, the Odyssey and Iliad. These texts have long stood in the Loeb Classical Library with a faithful and literate prose translation by A. T. Murray. George Dimock now brings the Loeb's Odyssey up to date, with a rendering that retains Murray's admirable style but is worded for today's readers. The two-volume edition includes a new introduction, notes, and index.
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On the Heavensby Harvard University, William Keith Chambers GuthrieISBN 0674993721 (0-674-99372-1)
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Philostratus and Eunapuis: The Lives of the Sophistsby PhiolstratusISBN 0674991494 (0-674-99149-4)
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Pindar: Nemean Odes, Isthmian Odes, Fragmentsby Pindar, William H. RaceISBN 0674995341 (0-674-99534-1)
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Pindar: Olympian Odes, Pythian Odesby Pindar, William H. RaceISBN 0674995643 (0-674-99564-3)
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Platoby PlatoISBN 0674991850 (0-674-99185-0)
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Plato 1: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrusby PlatoISBN 0674990404 (0-674-99040-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plato 1: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus'Book summary:Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution is probable; that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible; that he was wealthy is likely; that he was critical of 'advanced' democracy is obvious. He lived to be 80 years old. Linguistic tests including those of computer science still try to establish the order of his extant philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing Socrates' mind fused with Plato's thought.
In Laches, Charmides, and Lysis, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In Gorgias, Socrates is estranged from his city's thought, and his fate is impending. The Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In the famous Symposium and Phaedrus, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. Cratylus discusses the nature of language. The great masterpiece in ten books, the Republic, concerns righteousness (and involves education, equality of the sexes, the structure of society, and abolition of slavery). Of the six so-called dialectical dialogues Euthydemus deals with philosophy; metaphysical Parmenides is about general concepts and absolute being; Theaetetus reasons about the theory of knowledge. Of its sequels, Sophist deals with not-being; Politicus with good and bad statesmanship and governments; Philebus with what is good. The Timaeus seeks the origin of the visible universe out of abstract geometrical elements. The unfinished Critias treats of lost Atlantis. Unfinished also is Plato's last work of the twelve books of Laws (Socrates is absent from it), a critical discussion of principles of law which Plato thought the Greeks might accept.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Plato is in twelve volumes.
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Plato Laches, Protagoras, Meno, Euthdemusby LambISBN 0674991834 (0-674-99183-4)
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In Laches, Charmides, and Lysis, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In Gorgias, Socrates is estranged from his city's thought, and his fate is impending. The Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In the famous Symposium and Phaedrus, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. Cratylus discusses the nature of language. The great masterpiece in ten books, the Republic, concerns righteousness (and involves education, equality of the sexes, the structure of society, and abolition of slavery). Of the six so-called dialectical dialogues Euthydemus deals with philosophy; metaphysical Parmenides is about general concepts and absolute being; Theaetetus reasons about the theory of knowledge. Of its sequels, Sophist deals with not-being; Politicus with good and bad statesmanship and governments; Philebus with what is good. The Timaeus seeks the origin of the visible universe out of abstract geometrical elements. The unfinished Critias treats of lost Atlantis. Unfinished also is Plato's last work of the twelve books of Laws (Socrates is absent from it), a critical discussion of principles of law which Plato thought the Greeks might accept.
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Plato: Statesmanby Plato, Julia Annas, Robin WaterfieldISBN 052144778X (0-521-44778-X)
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Plato: Statesman and Philebusby PlatoISBN 0674991826 (0-674-99182-6)
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Plato: The Republic ; Books I-V,by Plato, Richard W. Sterling, William C. ScottISBN 0674992628 (0-674-99262-8)
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In Laches, Charmides, and Lysis, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In Gorgias, Socrates is estranged from his city's thought, and his fate is impending. The Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In the famous Symposium and Phaedrus, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. Cratylus discusses the nature of language. The great masterpiece in ten books, the Republic, concerns righteousness (and involves education, equality of the sexes, the structure of society, and abolition of slavery). Of the six so-called dialectical dialogues Euthydemus deals with philosophy; metaphysical Parmenides is about general concepts and absolute being; Theaetetus reasons about the theory of knowledge. Of its sequels, Sophist deals with not-being; Politicus with good and bad statesmanship and governments; Philebus with what is good. The Timaeus seeks the origin of the visible universe out of abstract geometrical elements. The unfinished Critias treats of lost Atlantis. Unfinished also is Plato's last work of the twelve books of Laws (Socrates is absent from it), a critical discussion of principles of law which Plato thought the Greeks might accept.
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Plato: The Republic Books Vi-Xby Paul ShoreyISBN 0674993047 (0-674-99304-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plato: The Republic Books Vi-X'Book summary:Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution is probable; that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible; that he was wealthy is likely; that he was critical of 'advanced' democracy is obvious. He lived to be 80 years old. Linguistic tests including those of computer science still try to establish the order of his extant philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing Socrates' mind fused with Plato's thought.
In Laches, Charmides, and Lysis, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In Gorgias, Socrates is estranged from his city's thought, and his fate is impending. The Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In the famous Symposium and Phaedrus, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. Cratylus discusses the nature of language. The great masterpiece in ten books, the Republic, concerns righteousness (and involves education, equality of the sexes, the structure of society, and abolition of slavery). Of the six so-called dialectical dialogues Euthydemus deals with philosophy; metaphysical Parmenides is about general concepts and absolute being; Theaetetus reasons about the theory of knowledge. Of its sequels, Sophist deals with not-being; Politicus with good and bad statesmanship and governments; Philebus with what is good. The Timaeus seeks the origin of the visible universe out of abstract geometrical elements. The unfinished Critias treats of lost Atlantis. Unfinished also is Plato's last work of the twelve books of Laws (Socrates is absent from it), a critical discussion of principles of law which Plato thought the Greeks might accept.
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Plato: Theaetetus Sophistby PlatoISBN 0674991370 (0-674-99137-0)
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Plato: Timaeus, Critias, Cleitophon, Menexenus, Epistlesby R. BuryISBN 0674992571 (0-674-99257-1)
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Plutarch: Lives of Noble Grecians and Romansby A. H. Clough, John DrydenISBN 0679600086 (0-679-60008-6)
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The present translation, originally published in 1683 in conjunction with a life of Plutarch by John Dryden, was revised in 1864 by the poet and scholar Arthur Hugh Clough, whose notes and preface are also included in this edition.
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Plutarch's Lives: The Dryden Translationby Plutarch, Arthur Hugh Clough, John DrydenISBN 0553585959 (0-553-58595-9)
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Plutarch's Lives Vol. 2 : The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romansby Arthur Hugh Clough, John Dryden, PlutarchISBN 0679600094 (0-679-60009-4)
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The present translation, originally published in 1683 in conjunction with a life of Plutarch by John Dryden, was revised in 1864 by the poet and scholar Arthur Hugh Clough, whose notes and preface are also included in this edition.
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Plutarch's Moraliaby PlutarchISBN 0674994671 (0-674-99467-1)
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Plutarch's Moralia: Table-Talk Books I-IVby PlutarchISBN 0674994663 (0-674-99466-3)
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Poemsby Sappho, Suzy Q. GrodenISBN 0672604647 (0-672-60464-7)
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Poetry As Performance: Homer and Beyondby Gregory NagyISBN 0521558484 (0-521-55848-4)
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Pointing at the Past: From Formula to Performance in Homeric Poeticsby Egbert J. BakkerISBN 0674019555 (0-674-01955-5)
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Report to Grecoby Nikos KazantzakisISBN 0671220276 (0-671-22027-6)
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Saint Francisby Nikos KazantzakisISBN 0671212478 (0-671-21247-8)
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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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Selected Dialogues of Plato : Benjamin Jowett Translationby Plato, Hayden Pelliccia, Benjamin JowettISBN 0679602283 (0-679-60228-3)
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Sophocles: Ajax, Electra, Oedipus Tyrannusby Sophocles, Hugh Lloyd-JonesISBN 0674995570 (0-674-99557-0)
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Sophocles: Antigone, the Women of Trachis, Philoctetes Oedipus at Colonusby Sophocles, Hugh Lloyd-JonesISBN 0674995589 (0-674-99558-9)
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Hugh Lloyd-Jones gives us, in two volumes, a new translation of the seven surviving plays. Volume I contains Oedipus Tyrannus (which tells the famous Oedipus story), Ajax (a heroic tragedy of wounded self-esteem), and Electra (the story of siblings who seek revenge on their mother and her lover for killing their father). Volume II contains Oedipus at Colonus (the climax of the fallen hero's life), Antigone (a conflict between public authority and an individual woman's conscience), The Women of Trachis (a fatal attempt by Heracles' wife to regain her husband's love), and Philoctetes (Odysseus's intrigue to bring an unwilling hero to the Trojan War).
Of his other plays, only fragments remain; but from these much can be learned about Sophocles' language and dramatic art. The major fragmentsranging in length from two lines to a very substantial portion of the satyr play The Searchersare collected in Volume III of this edition. In prefatory notes Lloyd-Jones provides frameworks for the fragments of known plays.
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Theophrastus: Charactersby James DiggleISBN 0521839807 (0-521-83980-7)
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Theophrastus Characters: Mimes Sophron and Other Mime Fragmentsby Theophrastus, Herodas, Jeffrey Rusten, I. C. CunninghamISBN 0674996038 (0-674-99603-8)
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Theophrastus Characters, Herodas Mimes Cercidas and the Choliambic Poetsby Jeffrey Rusten, Ian C. Cunningham, A.D. KnoxISBN 067499244X (0-674-99244-X)
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Tragic Ways of Killing a Womanby Nicole Loraux, Anthony ForsterISBN 0674902262 (0-674-90226-2)
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Xenophon: Scripta Minoraby DoicssusISBN 0674992024 (0-674-99202-4)
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A Loeb Classical Library Readerby Harvard University Press Staff, Loeb Classical Library StaffISBN 067499616X (0-674-99616-X)
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