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13 Books of Euclids Elementsby Thomas L. HeathISBN 0486600904 (0-486-60090-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Ancient Economyby Moses I. FinleyISBN 0520219465 (0-520-21946-5)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ancient Economy'Book summary:"Technical progress, economic growth, productivity, even efficiency have not been significant goals since the beginning of time," declares M. I. Finley in his classic work. The states of the ancient Mediterranean world had no recognizable real-property market, never fought a commercially inspired war, witnessed no drive to capital formation, and assigned the management of many substantial enterprises to slaves and ex-slaves. In short, to study the economies of the ancient world, one must begin by discarding many premises that seemed self-evident before Finley showed that they were useless or misleading. Available again, with a new foreword by Ian Morris, these sagacious, fertile, and occasionally combative essays are just as electrifying today as when Finley first wrote them.[via] -
Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Timesby Thomas R. MartinISBN 0300069561 (0-300-06956-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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An Anthology of Greek Dramaby Charles Alexander RobinsonISBN 0030094151 (0-03-009415-1)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Antigoneby Jean Anouilh, Barbara BrayISBN 0413695409 (0-413-69540-9)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antigone'Book summary:[via]Jean Anouilh, one of the foremost French playwrights of the twentieth century, replaced the mundane realist works of the previous era with his innovative dramas, which exploit fantasy, tragic passion, scenic poetry and cosmic leaps in time and space. Antigone, his best-known play, was performed in 1944 in Nazi-controlled Paris and provoked fierce controversy. In his allegorical tale, Antigone defies the tyrant Creon and is sent to her death. Antigone conveyed to Anouilh's compatriots a covert message of heroic resistance to Nazi occupation; but the author's characterisaation of Creon also seemed to exonerate Marshal Petain and his fellow collaborators. More ambivalent than his ancient model, Sophocles, Anouilh uses Greek myth to explore the disturbing moral dilemmas of our times.
Commentary and notes by Ted Freeman.
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Aristophanes Acharniansby S. Douglas OlsonISBN 0199275866 (0-19-927586-6)
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Aristotle's Physics: A Revised Text With Introduction and Commentaryby Aristotle, David RossISBN 0198141092 (0-19-814109-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle's Physics: A Revised Text With Introduction and Commentary'Book summary:While the 'nature' which Aristotle announces as the subject of his Physics bears little resemblance or relevance to modern scientific concepts of nature, his treatise dominated science down to the age of Galileo and remains of crucial importance to the historian of the philosophy of science. Ross's edition of the Greek text is accompanied by an introduction, analysis (printed continuously following the text), and commentary. In his substantial Introduction, Ross discusses Aristotle's natural philosophy at some length, as well as describing the structure of the work and details of textual sources. [via]
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Aristotle's Physics: Books 1 & 2;by Aristotle, William CharltonISBN 0198720254 (0-19-872025-4)
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The Athenian Constitutionby Aristotle, P.J. RhodesISBN 0140444319 (0-14-044431-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Athenian Constitution'Book summary:[They were tried] by a court empanelled from among the noble families, and sworn upon the sacrifices. The part of accuser was taken by Myron. They were found guilty of the sacrilege, and their bodies were cast out of their graves and their race banished for evermore. In view of this expiation, Epimenides the Cretan performed a purification of the city. [via]
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Biblical Greekby William D. MounceISBN 0310262941 (0-310-26294-1)
Softcover, Zondervan
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Biblical Words and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Lexical Semanticsby Moises SilvaISBN 0310479819 (0-310-47981-9)
Softcover, Zondervan
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The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagnerby Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheISBN 0394703693 (0-394-70369-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner'Book summary:The Birth of Tragedy (1872) was Nietzsche's first book. Its youthful faults were exposed by Nietzsche in the brilliant "Attempt at a Self-Criticism" which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of the most relevant statements on tragedy ever penned. It exploded the conception of Greek culture that was prevalent down through the Victorian era, and it sounded themes developed in the twentieth century by classicists, existentialists, psychoanalysts, and others.
The Case of Wagner (1888) was one Nietzsche's last books, and his wittiest. In attitude and style it is diametrically opposed to The Birth of Tragedy. Both works transcend their ostensible subjects and deal with art and culture, as well as the problems of the modern age generally.
Each book in itself gives us an inadequate idea of its author; together, they furnish a striking image of Nietzsche's thought. The distinguished new translations by Walter Kaufmann superbly reflect in English Nietzsche's idiom and the vitality of his style. Professor Kaufmann has also furnished running footnote commentaries, relevant passages from Nietzsche's correspondence, a bibliography, and, for the first time in any edition, an extensive index to each book. [via]More editions of The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner:
Classical Greeceby Cecil Maurice BowraISBN 0316326151 (0-316-32615-1)
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Collected Ancient Greek Novelsby B.P. ReardonISBN 0520043065 (0-520-04306-5)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testamentby Warren C. TrenchardISBN 0310226953 (0-310-22695-3)
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The Consolation of Philosophyby Boethius, Richard H. GreenISBN 002346450X (0-02-346450-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Consolation of Philosophy'Book summary:Boethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against Gothic rule, which he protested as manifestly unjust. Though a Christian, Boethius details the true end of life as the soul's knowledge of God, and consoles himself with the tenets of Greek philosophy, not with Christian precepts. Written in a form called Meippean Satire that alternates between prose and verse, Boethius' work often consists of a story told by Ovid or Horace to illustrate the philosophy being expounded. The Consolation of Philosophy dominated the intellectual world of the Middle Ages; it inspired writers as diverse Thomas Aquinas, Jean de Meun, and Dante. In England it was rendered into Old English by Alfred the Great, into Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, and later Queen Elizabeth I made her own translation. The circumstances of composition, the heroic demeanor of the author, and the Meippean texture of part prose, part verse have been a fascination for students of philosophy, literature, and religion ever since. [via]
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The Consolation of Philosophyby P.G. Walsh, BoethiusISBN 0198152280 (0-19-815228-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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The Consolation of Philosophyby V. E. Watts, BoethiusISBN 0140447806 (0-14-044780-6)
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Constitution of Athens and Related Textsby AristotleISBN 0028404203 (0-02-840420-3)
Softcover, Free Pr
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Conversations of Socratesby Xenophon, Hugh Tredennick, Robin WaterfieldISBN 014044517X (0-14-044517-X)
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Daphnis and Chloeby Longus, Ronald McCailISBN 0192840525 (0-19-284052-5)
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Daphnis and Chloeby Paul Turner, LongusISBN 0140440593 (0-14-044059-3)
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Eumenidesby Aeschylus, Hugh Lloyd-JonesISBN 0132918560 (0-13-291856-0)
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The Greek Achievement: The Foundation of the Western Worldby Charles FreemanISBN 014029323X (0-14-029323-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Greek Achievement: The Foundation of the Western World'Book summary:The idea of an entity called Greece is a modern one, which a Thracian of Homer's time or an Athenian of the age of Pericles would not have recognized. Ancient Greek politics was organized along the lines first of family, then of clan, then of neighborhood, and then finally of town or city; the concept of nationhood, the existence of a nation called Greece, scarcely entered the discussion.
But if there was no Greece in ancient times, there is more than one ancient Greece. One, writes the noted classical historian Charles Freeman, can be found symbolized in the Parthenon of Athens, its graceful architecture and statuary bespeaking ideals of freedom, citizenship, truth. But another, Freeman continues, can be found early in the pages of Thucydides, who writes of, among other atrocities, the Athenians' slaughtering the citizens of Melos upon their surrender after a long siege. "Whatever the achievements of the Greeks might have been," he writes, "they developed against the backdrop of a real world, one in which human beings were degraded by disease and where brutality was an everyday part of life."
Freeman traces both the real and the ideal Greek world in this comprehensive survey of ancient history, which opens with an up-to-date assessment of the Greek peninsula's Bronze Age cultures and closes with a view of the survival of classical customs and ways of thought in the Western tradition. Gracefully written, Freeman's fine history will find a welcome place on classicists' bookshelves. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Greek Alexander Romanceby Richard StonemanISBN 0140445609 (0-14-044560-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Greek Alexander Romance'Book summary:Mystery surrounds the parentage of Alexander, the prince born to Queen Olympias. Is his father Philip, King of Macedonia, or Nectanebo, the mysterious sorcerer who seduced the queen by trickery? One thing is certain: the boy is destined to conquer the known world. He grows up to fulfil this prophecy, building a mighty empire that spans from Greece and Italy to Africa and Asia. Begun soon after the real Alexander's death and expanded in the centuries that followed, "The Greek Alexander Myth" depicts the life and adventures of one of history's greatest heroes - taming the horse Bucephalus, meeting the Amazons and his quest to defeat the King of Persia. Including such elements of fantasy as Alexander's ascent to heaven borne by eagles, this literary masterpiece brilliantly evokes a lost age of heroism. [via]
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Greek Art and Archaeologyby John G. PedleyISBN 0130981117 (0-13-098111-7)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Greek Art And Archaeologyby John Griffiths PedleyISBN 0132409348 (0-13-240934-8)
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Greek Inscriptionsby B.F. CookISBN 0520061136 (0-520-06113-6)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation: Including the Demotic Spellsby Hans Dieter BetzISBN 0226044475 (0-226-04447-5)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Greek Science in Antiquityby Marshall ClagettISBN 0486419738 (0-486-41973-8)
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Greek Tragediesby David Grene, Richmond LattimoreISBN 0226307751 (0-226-30775-1)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Greek Tragediesby Richmond Lattimore, David GreneISBN 0226307778 (0-226-30777-8)
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Guide to Greece: Southern Greeceby Pausanias, Peter LeviISBN 014044226X (0-14-044226-X)
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Hellenistic Greek Textsby Allen P. WikgrenISBN 0226896889 (0-226-89688-9)
Hardcover, University of Chicago Press
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Hippocratic Writingsby G.E.R. LloydISBN 0140444513 (0-14-044451-3)
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Hippocratic Writingsby John Chadwick, Hippocrates, G.E.R. Lloyd, W. N. MannISBN 0140400311 (0-14-040031-1)
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Homeri Operaby Homer, Thomas W. AllenISBN 0198145349 (0-19-814534-9)
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An Index to the Revised Bauer-Arndt-Gingrich Greek Lexicon, Second Edition, by F. Wilbur Gingrich and Frederick W. Dankerby John R. AlsopISBN 0310440319 (0-310-44031-9)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Index to the Revised Bauer-Arndt-Gingrich Greek Lexicon, Second Edition, by F. Wilbur Gingrich and Frederick W. Danker'Book summary:This revised edition of Alsop's Index brings up to date a proven and valuable reference tool for translators, ministers, and students of New Testament Greek. The first edition was first produced by Wycliffe Bible Translators as an index to the entries in the Bauer-Arndt-Gingrich Greek Lexicon (BAG) and later published by Zondervan. Now that the second edition of BAG by Gingrich and Danker has appeared, the Index has also been completely revised and set in Greek type. Greek professors recommend the new Index because of these salient features: - Readable Greek type saves time for scholars and students. - Proficient students can double their speed in locating references in BAG. - Aids beginning students in learning to use BAG for careful exegesis. - Quickly locates the exact quadrant of the BAG page where the word and reference are treated. - English gloss gives quick reference to the general meaning of words. - Tells at a glance how BAG classifies a particular occurrence of frequently used words. - Eliminates laborious, line-by-line searching for references in BAG. - Highlights nuances of meaning for certain words by giving multiple references to BAG. [via]
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Iphigenia in Taurisby Euripides, Richmond Alexander LattimoreISBN 019507291X (0-19-507291-X)
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Medea and Other Playsby Euripides, R. B. Rutherford, John N. DavieISBN 0140449299 (0-14-044929-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Medea and Other Plays'Book summary:Four plays by the Greek dramatist who started to interpret human behavior without reference to the wisdom of gods.[via]
@GoldenFarce Good, the gals stand outside my house all the time. The constant chanting is creepy, but all agree: Jason crossing the line!
When he gets home well talk. Im sure we can work it out. But whats the best way to approach this? Any advice, anyone? #wackrelationships
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Medea and Other Playsby Philip Vellacott, EuripidesISBN 0140441298 (0-14-044129-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Medea and Other Plays'Book summary:Euripides was a brilliant and powerful innovator within the traditional framework of Attic drama. The last of the three great Athenian dramatists, and during his lifetime perhaps the most controversial, Euripides was the first playwright to use the chorus as a commentator; the first to put contemporary language into the mouths of heroes; and the first to interpret human suffering without reference to the wisdom of gods. The four plays in this volume all show Euripides to have been a man defiant of established beliefs, and preoccupied with the dichotomy between instinctive and civilized behaviour. And his daring interpretations of ancient myths are enhanced by his brilliance as a lyricist, for Euripides' choral odes are among the most beautiful ever written. Reading plays such as these, it is not difficult to appreciate Aristotle's admiration of him as the most 'tragic' of the Greek poets. @GoldenFarce Good, the gals stand outside my house all the time. The constant chanting is creepy, but all agree: Jason crossing the line! When he gets home we'll talk. I'm sure we can work it out. But what's the best way to approach this? Any advice, anyone? #wackrelationships From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]
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Minoan and Mycenaean Artby Reynold Alleyne HigginsISBN 0500203032 (0-500-20303-2)
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Minoan and Mycenaen Artby Reynolds HigginsISBN 0500201846 (0-500-20184-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Minoan and Mycenaen Art'Book summary:"An excellent short introduction."The Classical Review
The magnificent works of ancient Crete, Mycenae, and the Cycladic Islands are awe-inspiring in their richness and variety. Frescoes, jewelry, sculpture, gold funeral masks, ivories, and countless other beautiful artifacts--all the significant works of art and architecture that are our legacy from those great civilizations in the third and second millennia BC are described and illustrated in Dr. Higgins's distinguished survey. This fully revised and updated edition includes greater coverage of the breathtaking frescoes from Akrotiri on the island of Thera. Other recent findings are also illustrated and described in detail, such as the unique ivory figure from Palaikastro, objects from the palace of Mallia, and the intriguing discovery of Minoan frescoes in Egypt. 241 illustrations, 54 in color [via]More editions of Minoan and Mycenaen Art:
Myths of Greece and Romeby Thomas BulfinchISBN 0140056432 (0-14-005643-2)
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The Oxford Classical Dictionaryby Simon Hornblower, Antony SpawforthISBN 0198606419 (0-19-860641-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Classical Dictionary'Book summary:For almost half a century, the Oxford Classical Dictionary has been the unrivaled one-volume reference work on the Greco-Roman world. Whether one is interested in literature or art, philosophy or law, mythology or science, intimate details of daily life or broad cultural and historical trends, the OCD is the first place to turn for clear, authoritative information on all aspects of ancient culture. Now comes the Third Edition of this redoubtable resource, 20 per cent larger than the previous edition, with virtually every entry rewritten to bring it up to date with current scholarship, and with over 800 new entries that reflect the greatly expanded scope of classical studies.
Here, in over six thousand entries ranging from long articles to brief identifications, readers can find information on virtually any topic of interest--athletics, bee-keeping, botany, magic, Roman law, religious rites, postal service, slavery, navigation, and the reckoning of time. The Dictionary profiles every major figure of Greece and Rome, from Homer and Virgil, to Plato and Aristotle, to Tacitus and Thucydides, to Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great. (The OCD also covers many important but lesser known figures who will not be found in other reference works.) Readers will find entries on mythological and legendary figures, on major cities, famous buildings, and important geographical landmarks, and on legal, rhetorical, literary, and political terms and concepts. Equally important, the OCD features extensive thematic articles that offer superb coverage of topics of interest to both scholars and general readers, exploring everything from medicine and mathematics to music, law, and marriage.
In addition, there are over 800 completely new entries in the Third Edition, additions that reflect the insights and interests of a new generation of classical scholars. Readers will now find substantial coverage of women in the ancient world (with entries on abortion, breast-feeding, childbirth, housework, midwives, menopause, and motherhood, among many others), sexuality (homosexuality, love and friendship, contraception, pornography), the Far East (with entries ranging from Gandhara to the Persian Gulf), Jews (Dead Sea Scrolls, Pharisees, rabbis, Talmud), and early Christians (churches, pilgrimages, St. Paul). In addition, there are many more thematic articles than in previous editions, some of which reflect the new emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches to classical studies (such as Anthropology and the Classics, Marxism and Classical Antiquity, and Literary Theory and Classical Studies), while others examine issues of general interest to modern readers (race, class struggle, ecology, ethnicity, alcoholism, incest, suicide, pollution, propaganda, literacy, and much more).
Finally, the OCD boasts contributions and guidance from some of the finest classical scholars in the world. In addition to the superb efforts of general editors Hornblower and Spawforth, there were fifteen Area Advisors, including such respected figures as Martha Nussbaum (philosophy), Tony Honore (Roman law), Patricia Easterling (Greek literature), John Matthews (late antiquity), Geoffrey Lloyd (maths and sciences), Helen King (women's studies), Ernst Badian (Roman Republican prosopography), and Emily Kearns (Greek myth and religion). And among the many eminent authorities who have offered contributions are Albert Henrichs, Fritz Graf, Gian Biagio Conte, Oswyn Murray, Elaine Fantham, Julia Annas, J.J. Pollitt, Michael Jameson, and over three hundred others--a truly international team. Indeed, the aim throughout has been to secure the best experts on the topics covered, wherever in the world they happen to be. Thus, in the area of Greek religion, for instance, contributions have come from Canada, France, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and the United States.
As an authoritative one-volume guide to all aspects of the ancient world--political, economic, philosophical, religious, artistic, and social--the Oxford Classical Dictionary has no equal in any language. It is the definitive summation of classical scholarship as it stands today. [via]More editions of The Oxford Classical Dictionary:
The Oxford Classical Dictionaryby Nicholas Geoffrey Lempriere HammondISBN 0198691173 (0-19-869117-3)
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The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Greek: English-Greekby J. T. PringISBN 0198641362 (0-19-864136-2)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Greek: Greek-English and English-Greekby J. T. PringISBN 0198641486 (0-19-864148-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Peloponnesian Warby Donald KaganISBN 0142004375 (0-14-200437-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Peloponnesian War'Book summary:[via]For three decades in the fifth century b.c. the ancient world was torn apart bya conflict that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the world wars of the twentieth century: the Peloponnesian War. Donald Kagan, one of the worlds most respected classical, political, and military historians, here presents a new account of this vicious war of Greek against Greek, Athenian against Spartan. The Peloponnesian War is a magisterial work of history written for general readers, offering a fresh examination of a pivotal moment in Western civilization. With a lively, readable narrative that conveys a richly
detailed portrait of a vanished world while honoring its timeless relevance, The Peloponnesian War is a chronicle of the rise and fall of a great empire and of a dark time whose lessons still resonate today.More editions of The Peloponnesian War:
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The Peloponnesian War: Athens and Sparta in Savage Conflict, 431-404 BCby Donald KaganISBN 0007115059 (0-00-711505-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Peloponnesian War: Athens and Sparta in Savage Conflict, 431-404 BC'Book summary:The Stalingrad of the ancient world, this is an accessible, brutal and vivid history of the greatest and bloodiest war of ancient Greece. The author concentrates on the human cost of this first cataclysmic clash of two great empires, its unprecedented cruelty and the resulting utter destruction of Athenian civilisation. The Peloponnesian War, fought 2500 years ago between oligarchic Sparta and democratic Athens for control of Greece, is brought to life in this study. Kagan demonstrates the relevance of this cataclysmic event to modern times in all its horror and savagery. As two uncompromising empires fight a war of survival from diametrically opposing political, social and cultural positions, the seemingly invincible glory of Athens crumbles in tragedy. Athenian culture and politics was unmatched in originality and fertility, and is still regarded as one of the peak achievements of Western civilisation. Dramatic poets such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes raised tragedy and comedy to a level never surpassed; architects and sculptors were at work on the Acropolis; natural philosophers like Anaxagoras and Democritus were exploring the physical world and philosophers like Socrates were dissecting the realm of human affairs. All this was lost to this bloody conflict. Unprecedented cruelty and brutality marked this war, as anger, frustration and vengeance replaced established codes of behaviour. Bands of marauders murdered innocent children, entire cities were obliterated, men were killed, and women and children were sold as slaves. With such violence came a collapse of the habits, institutions, beliefs and restraints that were the pillars of civilised life. In this work, Kagan illustrates his ability to interpret these events as a part of the universality of human experience. His expertise in both the ancient world and the wars of the 20th century gives a vivid portrait of this pivotal war which has shaped the world as we know it. [via]
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The Persian Boyby Mary RenaultISBN 0394751019 (0-394-75101-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Persian Boy'Book summary:It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior. The Atlantic Monthly
The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexanders life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas was sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but found freedom with Alexander after the Macedon army conquered his homeland. Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes-mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper. After Alexanders mysterious death, we are left wondering if this Persian boy understood the great warrior and his ambitions better than anyone. [via] 
Phaedoby PlatoISBN 0023224002 (0-02-322400-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Phaedo'Book summary:The Phaedo is acknowledged to be one of Plato's masterpieces, showing him both as a philosopher and as a dramatist at the height of his powers. For its moving account of the execution of Socrates, the Phaedo ranks among the supreme literary achievements of antiquity. It is also a document crucial to the understanding of many ideas deeply ingrained in western culture, and provides one of the best introductions to Plato's thought. This new edition is eminently suitable for readers new to Plato, offering a readable translation which is accessible without the aid of a commentary and assumes no prior knowledge of the ancient Greek world or language. [via]
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Philoctetesby Sophocles, Diskin Clay, Carl PhillipsISBN 0195136578 (0-19-513657-8)
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Philosophy of Aristotleby Renford Bambrough, Aristotle, J. L. Creed, A. E. WardmanISBN 0451627830 (0-451-62783-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philosophy of Aristotle'Book summary:Publication Date: June 1, 1963 | Series: Mentor Over two thousand years ago Aristotle's investigation into these fields established unique standards of philosophic inquiry, observation, judgment. This book offers a new selection in a new translation, along with a contemporary reevaluation of the philosophy of the master of Western thought, and shows his vital, continuing influence in our modern world. [via]
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Physicsby Aristotle, David Bostock, Robin WaterfieldISBN 0192835866 (0-19-283586-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Physics'Book summary:For many centuries, Aristotle's Physics was the essential starting point for anyone who wished to study the natural sciences. Now, in the first translation into English since 1930, Aristotle's thought is presented accurately, with a lucid introduction and extensive notes to explain the general structure of each section of the book, and shed light on particular problems. It simplifies and expands the style of the original, making for easier reading and better comprehension. [via]
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Plato's Phaedoby John BurnetISBN 0198140142 (0-19-814014-2)
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Plato's Phaedoby R. HackforthISBN 0521097029 (0-521-09702-9)
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Platonis Opera: Minos, Leges, Epinomis, Epistulae, Definitionesby John BurnettISBN 0198145462 (0-19-814546-2)
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The Plays and Fragmentsby Norma Miller, MenanderISBN 0140445013 (0-14-044501-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Plays and Fragments'Book summary:Menander (c. 341-291 BC) was the foremost innovator of Greek New Comedy, a dramatic style that moved away from the fantastical to focus upon the problems of ordinary Athenians. This collection contains the full text of Old Cantankerous (Dyskolos), the only surviving complete example of New Comedy, as well as fragments from works including The Girl from Samos and The Rape of the Locks, all of which are concerned with domestic catastrophes, the hazards of love and the trials of family life. Written in a poetic style regarded by the ancients as second only to Homer, these polished worksprofoundly influential upon both Roman playwrights such as Plautus and Terence, and the wider Western traditionmay be regarded as the first true comedies of manners.[via]More editions of The Plays and Fragments:
Portable Platoby PlatoISBN 0140150404 (0-14-015040-4)
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Reading Greekby Joint Association of Classical TeachersISBN 0521219760 (0-521-21976-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reading Greek'Book summary:The JACT Reading Greek Course has been written for beginners in the upper school, at university and in adult education. It aims to enable students to read fifth- and fourth-century Attic Greek, Homer and Herodotus, with some fluency and intelligence in one to two years. The main medium of learning is a continuous, graded Greek text, adapted from original sources. [via]
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The Rise of the Roman Empireby Polybius, Ian Scott-KilvertISBN 0140443622 (0-14-044362-2)
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The Romance of Alexander the Greatby Pseudo-Callisthenes, Albert Mugrdich WolohojianISBN 0231032978 (0-231-03297-8)
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Tales of Greek Heroesby Roger Lancelyn Green, Alan LangfordISBN 0140366830 (0-14-036683-0)
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Three Comediesby William ArrowsmithISBN 0472061534 (0-472-06153-4)
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Three Plays by Aristophanes: Staging Womenby Aristophanes, Jeffrey HendersonISBN 0415907446 (0-415-90744-6)
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The Trojan Womenby EuripidesISBN 0048820423 (0-04-882042-3)
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Aristophanes Acharniansby S. Douglas OlsonISBN 0198141955 (0-19-814195-5)
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Platonis Opera: Tetralogias I-II Continens Insunt Euthyphro Apologia Crito Phaedo Cratylus Theaetetus Sophista Politicusby E.A. Duke, W.F. Hicken, W.S.M. Nicoll, J.C.B. Strachan, Donald B. RobinsonISBN 0198145691 (0-19-814569-1)
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Sophocles : Philoctetesby Sophocles, T. B. L. Webster, P. E. Easterling, Philip Hardie, Richard HunterISBN 0521098904 (0-521-09890-4)
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