Aris & Phillips Imprint

Founded in 1980, Aris & Phillips has been an imprint of Oxbow Books since 2002. Aris & Phillips publishes two prestigious series; Classical Texts, edited by Professor Christopher Collard (The Queens College Oxford) and Hispanic Classics edited by Dr Jonathan Thacker, (Merton College Oxford). The Classical Texts series publishes modern editions of Classical Greek and Latin texts, with substantial introductions and commentaries as well as the original text with facing-page English translation. The Hispanic Classics series publishes editions of Hispanic texts from the Medieval texts through the Golden Age to 21st century literature including plays, poetry and novels, with wide-ranging introductions, translators note and notes as well as the Spanish text with facing-page English translation. In addition the list includes books on Classical literature, Hispanic literature and books on the archaeology of ancient Egypt, the Near East and the Mediterranean.

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Apuleius' Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass
£19.99
Apuleius’ Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass, our only complete Latin novel, tells the story of Lucius, a young man turned into a donkey by magic because of his unfettered curiosity. After many adventures he is finally saved by the goddess Isis, whose follower he becomes.
Apuleius' Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass
£50.00
Apuleius’ Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass, our only complete Latin novel, tells the story of Lucius, a young man turned into a donkey by magic because of his unfettered curiosity. After many adventures he is finally saved by the goddess Isis, whose follower he becomes.
Plato: Republic I and II (-368c)

Regular Price: £40.00

Special Price: £9.95

Republic , Plato's best known and most frequently read dialogue, although receiving a flood of translations and philosophical analysis over the last 100 years, has in recent times been quite short of detailed commentaries.
Galdos: Meow
£15.00
Benito Pérez Galdós’ finely-crafted novel, Meow, is a tragi-comedy.
Lorca: Mariana Pineda
£40.00
Mariana Pineda (1925) was Lorca's first success in the theatre. Based on a popular Andalusian ballad, it tells the story of Mariana Pineda who was garrotted in 1831 under the reactionary regime of Ferdinand VII for embroidering a Liberal flag and refusing to betray her lover.
Plautus: Bacchides

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Plautus' Bacchides is one of the best and most typical of his plays which in its treatment of character, theme and dialogue provides an excellent introduction to Plautus.
Euripides: Iphigenia in Tauris

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Iphigenia in Tauris tells the story of the princess Iphigenia who was sacrificed by her father Agamemnon to expedite his campaign against Troy but was rescued by the goddess Artemis and transported to the land of the Taurians. There she herself must perform human sacrifices as a priestess of Artemis in the local cult.
Euripides: Electra
£19.99
King Agamemnon is long dead and his murderers rule at Argos. His son Orestes returns from exile to kill them his own mother Clytemnestra and her seducer Aegisthus. Thus he will release his sister Electra from oppression and reclaim his home and kingdom.

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  1. Augustine: De Civitate Dei Books XIII and XIV

    Augustine: De Civitate Dei Books XIII and XIV [Hardback]

    P. G. Walsh (Author); Peter Walsh (Editor)

    £50.00

    ISBN: 9780856688775
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    Series: CLASSICAL TEXTS
    After completing the first ten books of De Civitate Dei , in which Augustine sought to refute the claim that pagan deities had ensured that Rome enjoyed unbroken success and prosperity in this life and guaranteed its citizens a blessed life aft... .... Learn More
  2. Augustine: De Civitate Dei Books XIII and XIV

    Augustine: De Civitate Dei Books XIII and XIV [Paperback]

    P. G. Walsh (Author); Peter Walsh (Editor)

    £24.99

    ISBN: 9780856688829
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    Series: CLASSICAL TEXTS
    After completing the first ten books of De Civitate Dei , in which Augustine sought to refute the claim that pagan deities had ensured that Rome enjoyed unbroken success and prosperity in this life and guaranteed its citizens a blessed life aft... .... Learn More
  3. Augustine: De Civitate Dei Books XI and XII

    Augustine: De Civitate Dei Books XI and XII [Hardback]

    P. G. Walsh (Author); Peter Walsh (Editor)

    £50.00

    ISBN: 9780856688720
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    Series: CLASSICAL TEXTS
    In Books I-V of De Civitate Dei , Augustine rejects the claim that worship of the pagan gods had brought success in this life, and in Books VI-X, the prospect of a happy afterlife. In Books XI-XII, the sixth volume in Peter Walsh's series, Augu... .... Learn More
  4. Augustine: De Civitate Dei Books XI and XII

    Augustine: De Civitate Dei Books XI and XII [Paperback]

    P. G. Walsh (Author); Peter Walsh (Editor)

    £24.99

    ISBN: 9780856688713
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    Series: CLASSICAL TEXTS
    In Books I-V of De Civitate Dei , Augustine rejects the claim that worship of the pagan gods had brought success in this life, and in Books VI-X, the prospect of a happy afterlife. In Books XI-XII, the sixth volume in Peter Walsh's series, Augu... .... Learn More
  5. Augustine: De Civitate Dei X

    Augustine: De Civitate Dei X [Hardback]

    P. G. Walsh (Author)

    £50.00

    ISBN: 9780856688492
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    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 do... .... Learn More
  6. Augustine: De Civitate Dei X

    Augustine: De Civitate Dei X [Paperback]

    P. G. Walsh (Author)

    £24.99

    ISBN: 9780856688485
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    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 do... .... Learn More
  7. Calderón: Jealousy the Greatest Monster

    Calderón: Jealousy the Greatest Monster [Hardback]

    Ann L. Mackenzie (Editor); José María Ruano de la Haza (Editor); Kenneth Muir (Editor)

    £50.00

    ISBN: 9780856683695
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    Series: Hispanic Classics
    As the title indicates, Pedro Calderón de la Barca's Jealousy tragically dramatizes the same key themes and emotions that preoccupied Shakespeare in Othello. His portrayal of the mind and passion of King Herod, a ruler traditional... .... Learn More
  8. Calderón: Jealousy the Greatest Monster

    Calderón: Jealousy the Greatest Monster [Paperback]

    Ann L. Mackenzie (Editor); José María Ruano de la Haza (Editor); Kenneth Muir (Editor)

    £18.00

    ISBN: 9780856683701
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    Series: Hispanic Classics
    As the title indicates, Pedro Calderón de la Barca's Jealousy tragically dramatizes the same key themes and emotions that preoccupied Shakespeare in Othello. His portrayal of the mind and passion of King Herod, a ruler traditional... .... Learn More
  9. Galdos: Meow

    Galdos: Meow [Paperback]

    Ruth Crispin (Translator); Benito Perez Galdos (Author)

    £15.00

    ISBN: 9781908343734
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    Series: Hispanic Classics
    Benito Pérez Galdós’ finely-crafted novel, Meow, is a tragi-comedy. It is the story of a middle-aged, middle class middle-manager who does not know how to pull the strings that could get him reinstated to his ... .... Learn More
  10. The Inquisitor's Handbook (Copilacion Instructiones Sancta Inquisicion)

    The Inquisitor's Handbook (Copilacion Instructiones Sancta Inquisicion) [Hardback]

    Tyler Fisher (Author); Greg Fisher (Editor)

    £35.00

    ISBN: 9780856688904
    Published by : Aris & Phillips
    Series: Hispanic Classics
    The Inquisitor's Handbook , a translation of a 1537 compilation of rules for inquisitorial personnel, introduces today's reader to the Spanish Inquisition in the same way a sixteenth-century inquisitor would have been introduced to his duties. ... .... Learn More

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