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Aelian: On the Characteristics of Animals, Books I-Vby AelianISBN 0674994914 (0-674-99491-4)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr - Aelian: On the Characteristics of Animals, Books Xii-XVII: ISBN 0674994949 (0-674-99494-9)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr - Aelian: On the Characteristics of Animals, Books I-V: ISBN 0674994914 (0-674-99491-4)
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The Apostolic Fathers: Epistle of Barnabas, Papias and Quadratus, Epistle to Diognetus, the Shepherd of Hermasby Bart D. EhrmanISBN 0674996089 (0-674-99608-9)
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Here are the Letters of Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, among the most famous documents of early Christianity; these letters, addressing core theological questions, were written to a half dozen different congregations while Ignatius was en route to Rome as a prisoner, condemned to die in the wild-beast arena. Also in this collection is a letter to the Philippian church by Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna and friend of Ignatius, as well as an account of Polycarp's martyrdom. There are several kinds of texts in the Apostolic Fathers collection, representing different religious outlooks. The manual called the Didache sets forth precepts for religious instruction, worship, and ministry. The Epistle of Barnabas searches the Old Testament, the Jewish Bible, for testimony in support of Christianity and against Judaism. Probably the most widely read in the early Christian centuries was The Shepherd of Hermas, a book of revelations that develops a doctrine of repentance.
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The Apostolic Fathers: I Clement, II Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp , Didacheby Bart D. EhrmanISBN 0674996070 (0-674-99607-0)
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Aristophanes: Samtliche Komodienby Aristophanes, Jeffrey HendersonISBN 0674995376 (0-674-99537-6)
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In Birds Aristophanes turns from the pointed political satire characteristic of earlier plays to a fantasy that soars literally into the air in search of a carefree world. Here the enterprising protagonists create a utopian counter-Athens, called Cloudcuckooland, ruled by birds. Lysistrata blends boisterous comedy and an earnest call for peace. Lysistrata, our first comic heroine, organizes a panhellenic conjugal strike of young wives until their husbands end the war between Athens and Sparta. Athenian women again take center stage in Women at the Thesmophoria, this time to punish Euripides for portraying them as wicked. Parody of Euripides' plots enlivens this witty confrontation of the sexes.
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Before Sexuality: The Construction of Erotic Experience in the Ancient Greek Worldby David M. Halperin, John J. Winkler, Froma I. ZeitlinISBN 0691002215 (0-691-00221-5)
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The Best of Gourmet 1997 : Featuring the Flavors of Greeceby Gourmet Magazine EditorsISBN 0679457356 (0-679-45735-6)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Beyond the Edge of the Sea: Sailing With Jason and the Argonauts, Ulysses, the Vikings, and Other Explorers of the Ancient Worldby Mauricio ObregonISBN 067978344X (0-679-78344-X)
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Candideby Voltaire, Rockwell KentISBN 0679642587 (0-679-64258-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, Voltaire, Candide is steeped in the political and philosophical controversies of the 1750s. But for the general reader, the novel's driving principle is clear enough: the idea (endemic in Voltaire's day) that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and apparent folly, misery and strife are actually harbingers of a greater good we cannot perceive, is hogwash.
Telling the tale of the good-natured but star-crossed Candide (think Mr. Magoo armed with deadly force), as he travels the world struggling to be reunited with his love, Lady Cunegonde, the novel smashes such ill-conceived optimism to splinters. Candide's tutor, Dr. Pangloss, is steadfast in his philosophical good cheer, in the face of more and more fantastic misfortune; Candide's other companions always supply good sense in the nick of time. Still, as he demolishes optimism, Voltaire pays tribute to human resilience, and in doing so gives the book a pleasant indomitability common to farce. Says one character, a princess turned one-buttocked hag by unkind Fate: "I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our most melancholy propensities; for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one's very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?"--Michael Gerber [via]
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Candide : Or, Optimismby Peter Constantine, Voltaire, Diane JohnsonISBN 0679643133 (0-679-64313-3)
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Voltaire may have cast a jaundiced eye on eighteenth-century Europea place that was definitely not the best of all possible worlds. But amid its decadent society, despotic rulers, civil and religious wars, and other ills, Voltaire found a mother lode of comic material. And this is why Peter Constantines thoughtful translation is such a pleasure, presenting all the books subtlety and ribald joys precisely as Voltaire had intended.
The globe-trotting misadventures of the youthful Candide; his tutor, Dr. Pangloss; Martin, and the exceptionally trouble-prone object of Candides affections, Cunégonde, as they brave exile, destitution, cannibals, and numerous deprivation, provoke both belly laughs and deep contemplation about the roles of hope and suffering in human life.
The transformation of Candides outlook from panglossian optimism to realism neatly lays out Voltaires philosophythat even in Utopia, life is less about happiness than survivalbut not before providing us with one of literatures great and rare pleasures. [via]More editions of Candide : Or, Optimism:
Chariton Callirhoeby G.P. GooldISBN 0674995309 (0-674-99530-9)
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Children of Odinby Padraic Colum, Willy PoganyISBN 0689868855 (0-689-86885-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Classical Gods and Heroes: Myths As Told by the Ancient Authorsby Rhoda A. HendricksISBN 0688052797 (0-688-05279-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Classical Greeksby Michael GrantISBN 0684191261 (0-684-19126-1)
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Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina: The Troublesome Reign of Tiberius Claudius Caesar, Emperor of the Romans (Born 10 B.C., Died A.D. 54), as Described by Himself, Also His Murder at the Hands of the Notorious Agrippina (Mother of the Emperor Nero) and His Subsequent Deification, as Describby Robert GravesISBN 0679725733 (0-679-72573-3)
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Coins, Bodies, Games, and Gold: The Politics of Meaning in Archaic Greeceby Leslie KurkeISBN 0691007365 (0-691-00736-5)
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Constantine the Great: The Man and His Timesby Michael GrantISBN 0684195208 (0-684-19520-8)
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Corelli's Mandolinby Louis De Bernieres, Robin DesserISBN 067976397X (0-679-76397-X)
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Cornelius Neposby Cornelius NeposISBN 0674995147 (0-674-99514-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cornelius Nepos'Book summary:Cornelius Nepos was born in Cisalpine Gaul but lived in Rome and was a friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Catullus. Most of his writings, which included poems, moral examples from history, a chronological sketch of general history, a geographical work, Lives of Cato the Elder and Cicero, and other biographies, are lost. Extant is a portion of his 'De Viris Illustribus': (i) part of his parallel lives of Roman and non-Roman famous men, namely the portion containing lives of non-Roman generals (all Greeks except three) and a chapter on kings; and (ii) two lives from the class of historians. The lives are short popular biographies of various kinds, written in a usually plain readable style, of value today because of Nepos's use of many good sources.
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Crowell's Handbook of Classical Dramaby Richmond Yancey HathornISBN 0690225016 (0-690-22501-6)
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Crowell's Handbook of Classical Literatureby Lillian FederISBN 0690225377 (0-690-22537-7)
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Cupid and Psycheby M. Charlotte Craft, Kinuko CraftISBN 0688131638 (0-688-13163-8)
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Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Artby Sarah P. MorrisISBN 069100160X (0-691-00160-X)
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Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Critical Essaysby Dionysius of HalicarnassusISBN 0674995120 (0-674-99512-0)
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Dionysius of Halicarnassus: The Critical Essaysby Stephen UsherISBN 0674995139 (0-674-99513-9)
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Early Christian Fathersby Cyril C. RichardsonISBN 0684829517 (0-684-82951-7)
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Eros in Pompeii: The Secret Rooms of the National Museum of Naplesby Michael Grant, Antonia MulasISBN 0688029167 (0-688-02916-7)
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The Flood from Heaven: Deciphering the Atlantis Legendby Eberhard ZanggerISBN 0688113508 (0-688-11350-8)
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The Gardens of Adonisby Marcel Detienne, Janet LloydISBN 0691001049 (0-691-00104-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Glorious Foods of Greece: Traditional Recipes from Islands, Cities, and Villagesby Diane KochilasISBN 0688154573 (0-688-15457-3)
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Following an introduction in which Kochilas details, among other fascinating information, the nature of each region's cuisine (Rooumali and Epirus are shepherds' domains, she writes, "where the reigning food is pita, as in savory pie, hundreds of them...."), she then offers chapter-by-chapter observations with straightforward recipes. These range from mezze (appetizers) and soups to breads, main dishes, sweets, and drinks. From the olive country of Peloponnesus, for example, readers are offered the likes of Roast Leg of Lamb with Wine, Garlic, Allspice, and Cheese. The Italian-influenced Ionian islands provide Chicken Stewed in Fragrant Tomato Sauce with Thick Pasta, among other dishes. Snd from Macedonia and Thrace come such fare as Roasted Potato Salad with Hot Pepper and Mint, and Leek and Yogurt Pie.
Throughout, Kochilas also provides interesting sidebars (The Sardines of Lesvos, for example, profiles this local treasure known for its sweetness), ingredient sketches, and preparation suggestions. A section that explores cooking techniques and a useful source list concludes the book, which is a tribute to a widely undiscovered cuisine and the author's steady yet exuberant powers of investigation. --Arthur Boehm [via]
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Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athensby Neils JeniferISBN 0691002231 (0-691-00223-1)
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religionby James George FrazerISBN 0684826305 (0-684-82630-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion'Book summary:Before Joseph Campbell became the world's most famous practitioner of comparative mythology, there was Sir James George Frazer. The Golden Bough was originally published in two volumes in 1890, but Frazer became so enamored of his topic that over the next few decades he expanded the work sixfold, then in 1922 cut it all down to a single thick edition suitable for mass distribution. The thesis on the origins of magic and religion that it elaborates "will be long and laborious," Frazer warns readers, "but may possess something of the charm of a voyage of discovery, in which we shall visit many strange lands, with strange foreign peoples, and still stranger customs." Chief among those customs--at least as the book is remembered in the popular imagination--is the sacrificial killing of god-kings to ensure bountiful harvests, which Frazer traces through several cultures, including in his elaborations the myths of Adonis, Osiris, and Balder.
While highly influential in its day, The Golden Bough has come under harsh critical scrutiny in subsequent decades, with many of its descriptions of regional folklore and legends deemed less than reliable. Furthermore, much of its tone is rooted in a philosophy of social Darwinism--sheer cultural imperialism, really--that finds its most explicit form in Frazer's rhetorical question: "If in the most backward state of human society now known to us we find magic thus conspicuously present and religion conspicuously absent, may we not reasonably conjecture that the civilised races of the world have also at some period of their history passed through a similar intellectual phase?" (The truly civilized races, he goes on to say later, though not particularly loudly, are the ones whose minds evolve beyond religious belief to embrace the rational structures of scientific thought.) Frazer was much too genteel to state plainly that "primitive" races believe in magic because they are too stupid and backwards to know any better; instead he remarks that "a savage hardly conceives the distinction commonly drawn by more advanced peoples between the natural and the supernatural." And he certainly was not about to make explicit the logical extension of his theories--"that Christian legend, dogma, and ritual" (to quote Robert Graves's summation of Frazer in The White Goddess) "are the refinement of a great body of primitive and barbarous beliefs." Whatever modern readers have come to think of the book, however, its historical significance and the eloquence with which Frazer attempts to develop what one might call a unifying theory of anthropology cannot be denied. --Ron Hogan [via]
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Gray's Anatomyby Henry GrayISBN 0679751785 (0-679-75178-5)
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Gray's Anatomy: The Classic First Editionby Henry GrayISBN 0681004215 (0-681-00421-5)
Softcover, Longmeadow Pr
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Greek Elegiac Poetry: From the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries Bcby Douglas E. GerberISBN 0674995821 (0-674-99582-1)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Greek Epic Fragments: From the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries Bcby Martin L. WestISBN 0674996054 (0-674-99605-4)
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Greek Iambic Poetry: From the Seventh to Fifth Centuries Bcby Douglas E. GerberISBN 0674995813 (0-674-99581-3)
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Greek Lyric: The New School of Poetry and Anonymous Songs and Hymnsby David A. CampbellISBN 0674995597 (0-674-99559-7)
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Greek Lyric III: Stesichorus, Ibycus, Simonides and Othersby David A. CampbellISBN 0674995252 (0-674-99525-2)
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Greek Lyric IV: Bacchylides, Corinna, and Othersby David A. CampbellISBN 0674995082 (0-674-99508-2)
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Greek Mythsby Geraldine McCaughrean, Emma Chichester ClarkISBN 0689505833 (0-689-50583-3)
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Helenby David KovacsISBN 0674996003 (0-674-99600-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Helen'Book summary:Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. In this fifth volume of the new Loeb Classical Library Euripides, David Kovacs presents a freshly edited Greek text and a faithful and deftly worded translation of three plays.
For his Helen the poet employs an alternative history in which a virtuous Helen never went to Troy but spent the war years in Egypt, falsely blamed for the adulterous behavior of her divinely created double in Troy. This volume also includes Phoenician Women, Euripides' treatment of the battle between the sons of Oedipus for control of Thebes; and Orestes, a novel retelling of Orestes' lot after he murdered his mother, Clytaemestra. Each play is annotated and prefaced by a helpful introduction.
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Herodian: Books I-IVby HerodianISBN 0674995007 (0-674-99500-7)
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Hippocratesby Hippocrates, Paul PotterISBN 0674995201 (0-674-99520-1)
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Hippocratesby Paul PotterISBN 0674995317 (0-674-99531-7)
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Homeric Hymns, Homeric Apocrypha, Lives of Homerby Martin L. WestISBN 0674996062 (0-674-99606-2)
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The Hymns range widely in length: two are over 500 lines long; several run only a half dozen lines. Among the longest are the hymn To Demeter, which tells the foundational story of the Eleusinian Mysteries; and To Hermes, distinctive in being amusing. The comic poems gathered as Homeric Apocrypha include Margites, the Battle of Frogs and Mice, and, for the first time in English, a fragment of a perhaps earlier poem of the same type called Battle of the Weasel and the Mice. The edition of Lives of Homer contains The Contest of Homer and Hesiod and nine other biographical accounts, translated into English for the first time.
Martin West's faithful and pleasing translations are fully annotated; his freshly edited texts offer new solutions to a number of textual puzzles.
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Horace Odes and Epodesby Horace, Niall RuddISBN 0674996097 (0-674-99609-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Horace Odes and Epodes'Book summary:The poetry of Horace (born 65 BCE) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private concerns, urban and rural settings, Stoic and Epicurean thought. Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the great Roman poet's Odes and Epodes, a fluid translation facing the Latin text.
Horace took pride in being the first Roman to write a body of lyric poetry. For models he turned to Greek lyric, especially to the poetry of Alcaeus, Sappho, and Pindar; but his poems are set in a Roman context. His four books of odes cover a wide range of moods and topics. Some are public poems, upholding the traditional values of courage, loyalty, and piety; and there are hymns to the gods. But most of the odes are on private themes: chiding or advising friends; speaking about love and amorous situations, often amusingly. Horace's seventeen epodes, which he called iambi, were also an innovation for Roman literature. Like the odes they were inspired by a Greek model: the seventh-century iambic poetry of Archilochus. Love and political concerns are frequent themes; here the tone is generally that of satirical lampoons. "In his language he is triumphantly adventurous," Quintilian said of Horace; this new translation reflects his different voices.
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The Illustrated Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religionby James George Frazer, Robert K.G. TempleISBN 0684818507 (0-684-81850-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illustrated Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion'Book summary:Before Joseph Campbell became the world's most famous practitioner of comparative mythology, there was Sir James George Frazer. The Golden Bough was originally published in two volumes in 1890, but Frazer became so enamored of his topic that over the next few decades he expanded the work sixfold, then in 1922 cut it all down to a single thick edition suitable for mass distribution. The thesis on the origins of magic and religion that it elaborates "will be long and laborious," Frazer warns readers, "but may possess something of the charm of a voyage of discovery, in which we shall visit many strange lands, with strange foreign peoples, and still stranger customs." Chief among those customs--at least as the book is remembered in the popular imagination--is the sacrificial killing of god-kings to ensure bountiful harvests, which Frazer traces through several cultures, including in his elaborations the myths of Adonis, Osiris, and Balder.
While highly influential in its day, The Golden Bough has come under harsh critical scrutiny in subsequent decades, with many of its descriptions of regional folklore and legends deemed less than reliable. Furthermore, much of its tone is rooted in a philosophy of social Darwinism--sheer cultural imperialism, really--that finds its most explicit form in Frazer's rhetorical question: "If in the most backward state of human society now known to us we find magic thus conspicuously present and religion conspicuously absent, may we not reasonably conjecture that the civilised races of the world have also at some period of their history passed through a similar intellectual phase?" (The truly civilized races, he goes on to say later, though not particularly loudly, are the ones whose minds evolve beyond religious belief to embrace the rational structures of scientific thought.) Frazer was much too genteel to state plainly that "primitive" races believe in magic because they are too stupid and backwards to know any better; instead he remarks that "a savage hardly conceives the distinction commonly drawn by more advanced peoples between the natural and the supernatural." And he certainly was not about to make explicit the logical extension of his theories--"that Christian legend, dogma, and ritual" (to quote Robert Graves's summation of Frazer in The White Goddess) "are the refinement of a great body of primitive and barbarous beliefs." Whatever modern readers have come to think of the book, however, its historical significance and the eloquence with which Frazer attempts to develop what one might call a unifying theory of anthropology cannot be denied. --Ron Hogan [via]
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Introduction to Aristotleby Richard P. McKeon, AristotleISBN 0679600272 (0-679-60027-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Introduction to Aristotle'Book summary:Includes the complete Posterior Analytics, De Anima, Nichomachean, Ethics, and Poetics with selections from Physics, Metaphysics, and Politics [via]
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Josephus Jewish Antiquities Books 12 13: Books Xii-Xiiiby JosephusISBN 0674995775 (0-674-99577-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Josephus Jewish Antiquities Books 12 13: Books Xii-Xiii'Book summary:Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about 37 CE. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleading in Rome the cause of some Jewish priests he returned to Jerusalem and in 66 tried to prevent revolt against Rome, managing for the Jews the affairs of Galilee. In the troubles which followed he made his peace with Vespasian. Present at the siege of Jerusalem by Titus, he received favours from these two as emperors and from Domitian and assumed their family name Flavius. He died after 97.
As a historical source Josephus is invaluable. His major works are: History of the Jewish War, in seven books, from 170 BCE to his own time, first written in Aramaic but translated by himself into the Greek we now have; and Jewish Antiquities, in twenty books, from the creation of the world to 66 CE. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the works of Josephus also includes the autobiographical Life and his treatise Against Apion.
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Josephus: Jewish Antiquities, Book XX General Index XISBN 0674995023 (0-674-99502-3)
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Find This BookBook summary:Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about 37 CE. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleading in Rome the cause of some Jewish priests he returned to Jerusalem and in 66 tried to prevent revolt against Rome, managing for the Jews the affairs of Galilee. In the troubles which followed he made his peace with Vespasian. Present at the siege of Jerusalem by Titus, he received favours from these two as emperors and from Domitian and assumed their family name Flavius. He died after 97.
As a historical source Josephus is invaluable. His major works are: History of the Jewish War, in seven books, from 170 BCE to his own time, first written in Aramaic but translated by himself into the Greek we now have; and Jewish Antiquities, in twenty books, from the creation of the world to 66 CE. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the works of Josephus also includes the autobiographical Life and his treatise Against Apion.
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Josephus: Jewish Antiquities, Books Xvi-XVIIby Josephus, Ralph MarcusISBN 0674995783 (0-674-99578-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Josephus: Jewish Antiquities, Books Xvi-XVII'Book summary:Josephus, soldier, statesman, historian, was a Jew born at Jerusalem about 37 CE. A man of high descent, he early became learned in Jewish law and Greek literature and was a Pharisee. After pleading in Rome the cause of some Jewish priests he returned to Jerusalem and in 66 tried to prevent revolt against Rome, managing for the Jews the affairs of Galilee. In the troubles which followed he made his peace with Vespasian. Present at the siege of Jerusalem by Titus, he received favours from these two as emperors and from Domitian and assumed their family name Flavius. He died after 97.
As a historical source Josephus is invaluable. His major works are: History of the Jewish War, in seven books, from 170 BCE to his own time, first written in Aramaic but translated by himself into the Greek we now have; and Jewish Antiquities, in twenty books, from the creation of the world to 66 CE. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the works of Josephus also includes the autobiographical Life and his treatise Against Apion.
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Josephus: The Jewish War Books I-IIby Josephus, H. John ThackerayISBN 0674995686 (0-674-99568-6)
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Language Visible: Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Zby David SacksISBN 0676974872 (0-676-97487-2)
Hardcover, A.A. Knopf Canada
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Language Visible: Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z'Book summary:Subtitled "Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z," Language Visible is an intriguing and accessible study of the "particles" that come together to form language. The pictographic sources of the alphabet are a fascinating story, and Sacks delves into the history and archeology of that tale with a level of erudition that does not exclude the average intelligent reader. Sacks claims, quite justifiably, that the invention of the alphabet "judged on longevity and extent of modern daily use&compares with the wheel." In a long introductory chapter, the author discusses recent discoveries of the earliest alphabetic letters (1800 B.C.) in Egypt at the Wadi El Hol site. Scholars believe that the alphabet was invented there by humble soldiers "who were being excluded from the mysteries of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing." The remainder of the book is taken up with a chapter for each letter, discussing details of how the letter is used today and depicting the historical evolution of the letter shapes (A started out as an ox-head, S as an archer's bow). Numerous sidebars are included, exploring such subjects as the alphabet in the Middle Ages and the history of letters in type. While the historical material is well researched and always of interest, many of the details on the letters themselves are too obvious to justify their inclusion (A represents success in school, F shows failure). Altogether, however, the story of how all the words in all the books are made up of a combination of 26 letters is intellectually stimulating as well as entertaining. --Mark Frutkin [via]
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Larry Conick's the Cartoon History of the Universe, Book 1by Larry GonickISBN 0688010113 (0-688-01011-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Le Mot Juste: A Dictionary of Classical & Foreign Words & Phrasesby John Buchanan-Brown, Jennifer CangISBN 0679734554 (0-679-73455-4)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Mot Juste: A Dictionary of Classical & Foreign Words & Phrases'Book summary:Does the continual influx of foreign words and phrases into the English language make you feel like a dummkopf? Does the proliferation of Greek and Latin leave you completely non compos mentis? Ça ne fait rien. Slough off that angst and stop that kvetching--this is no casus belli. With the assistance of Le Mot Juste, soon you, too, will be spewing mots justes ad hoc and sans souci. All it takes is a little chutzpah. Nota bene: next time you meet someone with a lapsus memoriae for sounds foreign, refrain from schadenfreude. We can't all be so au courant. --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Mr. Semolina-Semolinusby Anthony L. Manna, Christodoula Mitakidou, Giselle PotterISBN 0689866984 (0-689-86698-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Mr. Semolina-Semolinus: A Greek Folktaleby Anthony L. Manna, Christodoula Mitakidou, Giselle PotterISBN 0689810938 (0-689-81093-8)
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The New Testament: It's Background, Growth, and Contentby MetzgerISBN 0687279143 (0-687-27914-3)
Hardcover, Abingdon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Testament: It's Background, Growth, and Content'Book summary:In this classic text, one of America's most widely respected New Testament scholars provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the New Testament in a straightforward and understandabe style, without distortion or oversimplification. [via]
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New Testament: Its Background, Growth and Contentby Bruce M. MetzgerISBN 0687052637 (0-687-05263-7)
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The Odysseyby Homer, A.T. Murray, George E. DimockISBN 0674995619 (0-674-99561-9)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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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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The Periyali Cookbook: New Classic Greek Cookingby Holly Garrison, Nicola Kotsoni, Steve TzolisISBN 067940385X (0-679-40385-X)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Philostratus: The Life of Apollonius of Tyana; Books I-IVby PhilostratusISBN 0674996135 (0-674-99613-5)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Picture Thisby Joseph HellerISBN 0684868199 (0-684-86819-9)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Picture This'Book summary:Picture this: Rembrandt is creating his famous painting of Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer. As soon as he paints an ear on Aristotle, Aristotle can hear. When he paints an eye, Aristotle can see. And what Aristotle sees and hears and remembers from the ancient past to this very moment provides the foundation for this lighthearted, freewheeling jaunt through 2,500 years of Western Civilization.
Picture This is an incisive fantasy that digs deeply into our illusions and customs. Nobody but Joseph Heller could have thought of a novel like this one. Nobody but Heller could have executed it so brilliantly. [via]
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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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Plotinus, With an English Translation: Enneads, Books 1-5by Plotinus, A. H. ArmstrongISBN 0674994906 (0-674-99490-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plotinus, With an English Translation: Enneads, Books 1-5'Book summary:Plotinus (204/5-270 CE) was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who published them many years after his master's death in six sets of nine treatises each (the Enneads).
Plotinus regarded Plato as his master, and his own philosophy is a profoundly original development of the Platonism of the first two centuries of the Christian era and the closely related thought of the Neopythagoreans, with some influences from Aristotle and his followers and the Stoics, whose writings he knew well but used critically. He is a unique combination of mystic and Hellenic rationalist. His thought dominated later Greek philosophy and influenced both Christians and Moslems, and is still alive today because of its union of rationality and intense religious experience.
In his acclaimed edition of Plotinus, Armstrong provides excellent introductions to each treatise. His invaluable notes explain obscure passages and give reference to parallels in Plotinus and others.
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Plotinus, With an English Translation: Enneads, Books 6-9by Plotinus, A. H. ArmstrongISBN 0674995155 (0-674-99515-5)
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Plutarchby D. A. RussellISBN 0684133512 (0-684-13351-2)
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Plutarch's Moralia: Part Two Stoic Essaysby PlutarchISBN 0674995171 (0-674-99517-1)
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Ptolemy's Almagestby G. J. ToomerISBN 0691002606 (0-691-00260-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Pure Pagan : Seven Centuries of Greek Poems and Fragmentsby Burton Raffel, Guy DavenportISBN 0679642978 (0-679-64297-8)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Report Cardby Andrew ClementsISBN 0689845243 (0-689-84524-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Nora Rose Rowley is a genius, but don't tell anyone. She's managed to make it to the fifth grade without anyone figuring out that she's not just an ordinary kid, and she wants to keep it that way.
But then Nora gets fed up with the importance everyone attaches to test scores and grades, and she purposely brings home a terrible report card just to prove a point. Suddenly the attention she's successfully avoided all her life is focused on her, and her secret is out. And that's when things start to get really complicated....
Seeing the Text: Exegesis for Students of Greek and Hebrewby Perry B. Yoder, Mary H. SchertzISBN 0687091144 (0-687-09114-4)
Softcover, Abingdon Pr
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seneca: Oedipus, Agamemnon, Thyestes, Hercules on Oeta, Octaviaby Seneca, John G. FitchISBN 0674996100 (0-674-99610-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'seneca: Oedipus, Agamemnon, Thyestes, Hercules on Oeta, Octavia'Book summary:Seneca is a figure of first importance in both Roman politics and literature: a leading adviser to Nero who attempted to restrain the emperor's megalomania; a prolific moral philosopher; and the author of verse tragedies that strongly influenced Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists. This volume completes the Loeb Classical Library's new two-volume edition of Seneca's tragedies. John Fitch's annotated translation, which faces Latin text, conveys the force of Seneca's dramatic language and the lyric quality of his choral odes.
Seneca's plots are based on mythical episodes, in keeping with classical tradition. But the political realities of imperial Rome are also reflected here, in an obsessive concern with power and dominion over others. The "Octavia" is our sole surviving example of a Roman historical play; set at Nero's court, it was probably written by an admirer of Seneca as statesman and dramatist.
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A Social History of Greece and Romeby Michael GrantISBN 0684193094 (0-684-19309-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Sophocles: Fragmentsby Sophocles, Hugh Lloyd-JonesISBN 0674995325 (0-674-99532-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sophocles: Fragments'Book summary:Sophocles (497/6406 BCE), the second of the three great tragedians of Athens and by common consent one of the world's greatest poets, wrote more than 120 plays. Only seven of these survive complete, but we have a wealth of fragments, from which much can be learned about Sophocles' language and dramatic art. This volume presents a collection of all the major fragments, ranging in length from two lines to a very substantial portion of the satyr play The Searchers. Prefatory notes provide frameworks for the fragments of known plays.
Many of the Sophoclean fragments were preserved by quotation in other authors; others, some of considerable size, are known to us from papyri discovered during the past century. Among the lost plays of which we have large fragments, The Searchers shows the god Hermes, soon after his birth, playing an amusing trick on his brother Apollo; Inachus portrays Zeus coming to Argos to seduce Io, the daughter of its king; and Niobe tells how Apollo and his sister Artemis punish Niobe for a slight upon their mother by killing her twelve children. Throughout the volume, as in the extant plays, we see Sophocles drawing his subjects from heroic legend.
This is the final volume of Lloyd-Jones's new Loeb Classical Library edition of Sophocles. In volumes I and II he gives a faithful and very skilful translation of the seven surviving plays. Volume I contains Oedipus Tyrannus, Ajax, and Electra. Volume II contains Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone, The Women of Trachis, and Philoctetes. [via]More editions of Sophocles: Fragments:
Temple on a Hill; The Building of the Parthenonby Anne F. RockwellISBN 0689206194 (0-689-20619-4)
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Theseus and the Minotaurby Warwick HuttonISBN 068950473X (0-689-50473-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Vegetarian Times Cooks Mediterranean : More Than 250 Recipes for Pizzas, Pastas, Grains, Beans, Salads, and Moreby Vegetarian Times Magazine EditorsISBN 0688162096 (0-688-16209-6)
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The Visible Past: Greek and Roman History from Archaeology, 1960-1990by Michael GrantISBN 0684191245 (0-684-19124-5)
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Women Warriors: Myths and Legends of Heroic Womenby Marianna Mayer, Julek HellerISBN 0688155227 (0-688-15522-7)
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A Wonder Book for Boys & Girlsby Nathaniel Hawthorne, Arthur RackhamISBN 067943643X (0-679-43643-X)
Hardcover, Everymans Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Wonder Book for Boys & Girls'Book summary:Six legends of Greek mythology, retold for children by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Included are The Gorgons Head, The Golden Touch, The Paradise of Children, The Three Golden Apples, The Miraculous Pitcher, and The Chimaera. In 1838, Hawthorne suggested to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that they collaborate on a story for children based on the legend of the Pandoras Box, but this never materialized. He wrote A Wonder Book between April and July 1851, adapting six legends most freely from Charles Antons A Classical Dictionary (1842). He set out deliberately to modernize the stories, freeing them from what he called cold moonshine and using a romantic, readable style that was criticized by adults but proved universally popular with children. With full-color illustrations throughout by Arthur Rackham. [via]
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