Language & Literature
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Kostas Varnalis's Papers: The Poet's Workshop and History (Modern Greek) [Paperback]
Theano Michailidou (Editor)
£17.00ISBN: 9789608696099
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: New Griffon
Volume: 11
Kostas Varnalis (1884-1974) was a Bulgarian-born Greek writer and member of the demoticist movement in Greece. An important contemporary of Angelos Sikelianos and Nikos Kazantzakis, Varnalis’s floruit as a poet was in the interwar period. His most... .... Learn More -
To Mega Biblion: Book-ends, End-Titles, and Coronides in Papyri with Hexametric Poetry [Hardback]
Francesca Schironi (Author)
£44.00ISBN: 9780979975806
Published by : American Society of Papyrologists
Series: American Studies in Papyrology
Volume: 48
A systematic and chronological investigation into the nature and development of end-titles in papyrus rolls and codices of hexameter poetry from the 3rd century BC to the 6th century AD. The bulk of the evidence for presentation o... .... Learn More -
JJP Supplement 13 (2010) Journal of Juristic Papyrology: Qasr Ibrim: The Greek and Coptic Inscriptions Published on Behalf of the Egypt Exploration Society [Hardback]
Adam Lajtar (Author); Jacques vad der Vliet (Author); A. Lajtar (Author); J. van der Vliet (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9788392591924
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Series: JJP Supplements
Volume: 13
This book contains the publication of the Greek and Coptic inscriptions that were brought to light during archaeological work on the site of Qasr Ibrim (Egyptian Nubia) carried out by the Egypt Exploration Society from 1963 onwards. .... Learn More -
Bacchylides [Hardback]
D. L. Cairns (Author); J. G. Howie (Author); D. L. Cairns (Editor); J. C. Howie (Translator)
£80.00ISBN: 9780905205526
Published by : Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd
Series: ARCA, Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs
Volume: 49
Among the works of the fifth-century BC lyric poet Bacchylides are epinician odes celebrating victors in the cycle of Greek Games, which were occasions of major political, cultural and religious significance in the Greek world. Fourteen of Bac... .... Learn More -
Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar, Fourteenth Volume, 2010: Health and Sickness in Ancient Rome; Greek and Roman Poetry and Historiography [Hardback]
Francis Cairns (Editor); Miriam Griffin (Editor)
£60.00ISBN: 9780905205533
Published by : Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd
Series: ARCA, Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs
Volume: 50
Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar 14 contains (in revised, usually enlarged, and annotated form) papers presented at Langford Seminars of the Department of Classics of The Florida State University over the years 2004 to 2008, together with ... .... Learn More -
Aeschylus: Eumenides [Paperback]
Robin Mitchell-Boyask (Author)
Regular Price: £18.99
Special Price: £3.95
ISBN: 9780715636428
Published by : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.
The "Eumenides", the concluding drama in Aeschylus' sole surviving trilogy, the "Oresteia", is not only one of the most admired Greek tragedies, but also one of the most controversial and contested, both to specialist scholars and public intel... .... Learn More -
Critical Moments in Classical Literature [Hardback]
Richard Hunter (Author)
Regular Price: £52.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9780521519854
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Through a series of innovative critical readings Richard Hunter builds a picture of how the ancients discussed the meaning of literary works and their importance in society. He pays particular attention to the interplay of criticism and creativ... .... Learn More -
Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus [Paperback]
Adrian Kelly (Author)
Regular Price: £18.99
Special Price: £3.95
ISBN: 9780715637135
Published by : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.
In his final play, Sophocles returns to the ever-popular character of Oedipus, the blind outcast of Thebes, the ultimate symbol of human reversal, whose fall he had so memorably treated in the 'Oedipus Tyrannus'. In this play, Sophocles brings the... .... Learn More -
Greek Literature in the Roman Empire [Paperback]
Jason Konig (Author)
Regular Price: £16.99
Special Price: £4.95
ISBN: 9781853997136
Published by : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.
In this book Jason Konig offers for the first time an accessible yet comprehensive account of the multi-faceted Greek literature of the Roman Empire, focusing especially on the first three centuries AD. He covers in turn the Greek novels of this p... .... Learn More -
Euripides: Phoenician Women [Paperback]
Thalia Papadopoulou (Author)
Regular Price: £18.99
Special Price: £4.95
ISBN: 9780715634646
Published by : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.
Phoenician Women, one of Euripides later tragedies, is an intriguing play which displays some of his finest dramatic technique. Rich in cast and varied in incident, it is an example of Euripides experimentation with structure. Thalia Papadopoul... .... Learn More
