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Greeks on Greekness: Viewing the Greek Past Under the Roman Empire [Hardback]
David Konstan (Author);Suzanne Saïd (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780906014288
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume
Volume: 29
Karl Marx observed that "just when people seem engaged in revolutionizing themselves..., they anxiously conjure up the spirits of the past to their service". While the Greek east under Roman rule was not revolutionary, perhaps, in the sense tha... .... Learn More -
Paideia Romana: Cicero's Tusculan Disputations [Hardback]
Ingo Gildenhard (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780906014295
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume
Volume: 30
Paideia Romana: Cicero's Tusculan Disputations takes a new look at an unloved text of the western canon to reveal it as a punchy and profoundly original work, arguably Cicero's most ingenious literary response to the tyranny of Caesar. The book... .... Learn More -
Ennius Perennis: the Annals and Beyond [Hardback]
William Fitzgerald (Author);Emily Gowers (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780906014301
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume
Volume: 31
Ennius Perennis: the Annals and Beyond is a collection of eight essays by an international group of scholars on different aspects of the poetry and legacy of Quintus Ennius (239-169 BC). Ennius' epic poem the Annals and his many other works, ... .... Learn More -
Greek and Latin from an Indo-European Perspective [Hardback]
Coulter George (Author); Matthew McCullagh (Author); Benedicte Nielsen (Author); Antonia Ruppel (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780906014318
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume
Volume: 32
This volume presents new work exploring how the study of historical linguistics can advance our understanding of Greek and Latin and, conversely, how the classical languages can help us to reconstruct Proto-Indo-European and the culture of its ... .... Learn More -
Theophrastus and his World [Hardback]
Paul Millett (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780906014325
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume
Volume: 33
This is the first extended study in English of Theophrastus' Characters , one of the briefest but also most influential works to survive from classical antiquity. Since the seventeenth century, the Characters has served as a model and an insp... .... Learn More -
Unclassical Traditions: Volume I, Alternatives to the Classical Past in Late Antiquity [Hardback]
Christopher Kelly (Author); Richard Flower (Editor); Michael Stuart Williams (Editor); Michael Williams (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9780906014332
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: CAMBRIDGE CLASSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENTARY
Volume: 34
Unclassical Traditions: Alternatives to the Classical Past in Late Antiquity is the first of two collections of essays by leading scholars discussing the nature and extent of the late-antique engagement with its classical heritage. This issue ha... .... Learn More -
Unclassical Traditions. Volume II: Perspectives from East and West in Late Antiquity [Hardback]
Christopher Kelly (Editor); Richard Flower (Editor); Michael Stuart Williams (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9780956838100
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: CAMBRIDGE CLASSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENTARY
Volume: 35
Unclassical Traditions. Volume II: Perspectives from East and West in Late Antiquity is the second of two collections of essays by leading scholars discussing the nature and extent of the late-antique engagement with the classical past. Rather t... .... Learn More -
Ratio et res ipsa: Classical essays presented by former pupils to James Diggle on his retirement [Hardback]
Paul Millett (Author); S. P. Oakley (Author); R. J. E. Thompson (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9780956838117
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: CAMBRIDGE CLASSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENTARY
Volume: 36
Since 1966, when James Diggle was elected to his Fellowship at Queen's College, Cambridge, his teaching and scholarly example have inspired many of his pupils to embark on their own academic careers. In this volume fourteen former pupils have c... .... Learn More -
Images of Authority [Paperback]
Charlotte Roueche (Author); Mary Margaret Mackenzie (Author)
Regular Price: £15.00
Special Price: £2.95
ISBN: 9780906014158
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
^DTwelve papers to honour the 70th birthday of Joyce Reynolds, all written by her former students. The essays discuss the precariousness of political and religious authority in the literature and culture of Greece and Rome as well as in Caroli... .... Learn More -
Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Traditions of Augustan Poetry [Paperback]
Peter E. Knox (Author)
Regular Price: £15.00
Special Price: £2.95
ISBN: 9780906014073
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Knox shows how Ovid combined elements from the entire range of Roman verse in the composition of the Metamorphoses and exploited the diction of elegy and epyllion to distinguish his remarkable poem from traditional epic verse. .... Learn More