Category: Ancient & Classical

In this volume, we are offered a new perspective on Roman literature, based on the conviction that our present appreciation for it should be informed and influenced by how it was originally perceived. From the beginning of the Roman Empire to the end of the classical era, this book focuses on the "receivers" of Roman literature-the readers, spectators, and audiences who first witnessed the works. Six contributors map out the lively and provocative surveys, covering the kinds of literature that have shaped Western culture--epic, lyric, tragedy, comedy, history, philosophy, elegy, satire, biogra...
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Reading Classical Latin: The Second Year

By: Ball, Robert; Ball, Robert J.

Price: $58.14 USD

Publisher: Learning Solutions : 1998-07-16

Seller ID: 0070060703-3-26008897

ISBN-13: 9780070060708

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

A complete second year text that can be used independently or as a follow-on to the author's first year text, READING CLASSICAL LATIN: A REASONABLE APPROACH.
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The Aeneid (Penguin Classics)

By: Virgil; Knight, W. F. Jackson [Translator]; Knight, W. F. Jackson [Introduction];

Price: $3.46 USD

Publisher: Penguin Classics : 1956-12-30

Seller ID: 0140440518-4-19361343

ISBN-13: 9780140440515

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Acceptable

In this fresh prose translation, W. F. Jackson Knight discusses The Aeneid's impact on Western civilization and provides a list of variations from the Oxford text. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date t...
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The Iliad (SparkNotes Literature Guide) (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)

By: Homer; SparkNotes

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: SparkNotes : 2002-01-10

Seller ID: 1586633716-3-18950864

ISBN-13: 9781586633714

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

"Get your "A" in gear They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception "SparkNotes(TM) has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. "SparkNotes'(TM) motto is "Smarter, Better, Faster because: - They feature the most current ideas and themes, written by experts.- They're easier to understand, because the same people who use them have also written them.- The clear writi...
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The Last World: A Novel With an Ovidian Repertory

By: Christoph Ransmayr; John E. Woods [Translator]

Price: $3.47 USD

Publisher: Grove Weidenfeld : 1990-03-31

Seller ID: 080211167X-3-23857720

ISBN-13: 9780802111678

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used: Good

The School of History: Athens in the Age of Socrates

By: Munn, Mark H.

Price: $4.95 USD

Publisher: University of California Press : 2003-01-06

Seller ID: 0520236858-3-26603864

ISBN-13: 9780520236851

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Used: Good

History, political philosophy, and constitutional law were born in Athens in the space of a single generation--the generation that lived through the Peloponnesian War (431-404 b.c.e.). This remarkable age produced such luminaries as Socrates, Herodotus, Thucydides, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and the sophists, and set the stage for the education and early careers of Plato and Xenophon, among others. The School of History provides the fullest and most detailed intellectual and political history available of Athens during the late fifth century b.c.e., as it examines the background, the ...
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Category: Ancient & Classical