Language & Literature

ISBN: 9781905125548
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
Since its first appearance in 2008, this book has changed the landscape of Virgilian studies. Analysing closely the logic and the literary genres of Virgil's three poems, it politely confronts the modern orthodoxy that Virgil sign... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905125562
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
In the Ancient World death came – on average - at a far earlier age than in today’s West, and without the authoritative warnings given by modern medicine. Consolation for the trauma of loss had, accordingly, a more pro... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905125579
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
Eight leading contemporary interpreters of Classical Greek tragedy here explore its relation to the thought of the Archaic Period. Prominent topics are the nature and possibility of divine justice; the influence of the gods on hum... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780856688546
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Classical Texts
This edition of St Augustine's City of God is the only one in English to provide a text and translation as well as a detailed commentary of this most influential document in the history of western Christianity. In these books, written in the a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780856688539
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Classical Texts
This edition of St Augustine's City of God is the only one in English to provide a text and translation as well as a detailed commentary of this most influential document in the history of western Christianity. In these books, written in the a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515102506
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Text und Kontext
Volume: 33
Die epistemologische Wende der Renaissance gruendet unweigerlich auf Institutionen und Organisationsformen von Wissen, die sich als stabil gerieren. Sie modifizieren ihre Mechanismen nur in langsamen Umwälzungsprozessen, die einer anderen Zeitlich... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905125500
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
This volume offers the first comprehensive analysis in English of all the writings of Julian (r. AD 361-363), the last pagan emperor of Rome, noted for his frontal and self-conscious challenge to Christianity. The book also contains treatments ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780856686061
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Classical Texts
Terence's Phormio, based on a Greek original by Apollodorus of Carystus, was produced towards the end of his short dramatic career in 161 BC. With its lively action, based on the traditional elements of love, deception and mistaken identity, t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780856686078
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: Classical Texts
Terence's Phormio, based on a Greek original by Apollodorus of Carystus, was produced towards the end of his short dramatic career in 161 BC. With its lively action, based on the traditional elements of love, deception and mistaken identity, t... .... Learn More