‎Language‎

‎Cicero; A. G. Peskett Ed.‎

‎M. TULLI CICERONIS CICERO: ORATIO PHILIPPICA SECUNDA‎

‎Cambridge At the University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1905. Hardcover. Some pencil notes. 1 ink stain to text. Former owner's names to inner covers and ffep. Boards a bit edgeworn. ; Pitt Press Series; 155 pages . Cambridge At the University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30180

‎Statius; Dewar Michael‎

‎STATIUS: THEBAID IX Edited with an English Translation and Commentary‎

‎Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0198144806 . DJ has some creasing along top edge. A few pencil notes by R. E. Fantham. Scholar's name to ffep R. E. Fantham. ; Oxford Classical Monographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pages; With Latin text and English translation The epic poem the Thebaid was composed by Statius about AD 80 to 92 in twelve books. The subject is the expedition of the Seven against Thebes in support of the attempt by Oedipus' son Polyneices to recover the throne from his brother Eteocles. Book IX is set in the midst of the fighting before the eventual death of the two brothers. In this new edition of Book IX Dr Dewar accompanies the Latin text with apparatus criticus a translation and an extensive introduction and commentary. The introduction contains sections on Statius' life and works a summary of the epic its themes and characters and poetry the textual tradition and Statius' influence on later European literature. The commentary the first on the ninth book to be published in Britain this century is written in the light of recent scholarship. It examines in close detail Statius' style and language use of models especially Homer Hellenistic Greek poetry Virgil Lucan and Seneca and literary intentions. It is Dr Dewar's hope that this edition will help to explain the poem's great popularity in the Middle Ages and even restore something of its lost prestige. . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30192 ISBN : 0198144806 9780198144809

‎Quinn Kenneth; Foreword by Charles Martindale‎

‎THE CATULLAN REVOLUTION‎

‎Bristol Classical Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2001. Second Edition. Softcover. 1853996009 . Creasing to top corners. Old price sticker to front wrap. Spine has minor discoloration with rubbing and creasing. Scholar's small bookplate to ffep Hugh J. Mason. ; Bcpaperbacks; 8.3 X 5.4 X 0.7 inches; 132 pages; Examining the revolution wrought by Catullus in Latin poetry this volume encapsulates the way in which principles of modern literary criticism could be applied to classical poetry without ditching the sound philological scholarship of the classical tradition. In its day this book led the way in showing the philogically trained student how to be a critic; equally it can show the critically trained student the importance of a sound philogical base today . Bristol Classical Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 30183 ISBN : 1853996009 9781853996009

‎Vergil; R. D. Williams Ed.‎

‎THE AENEID OF VIRGIL: BOOKS 1-6 I-VI Edited with Introduction and Notes‎

‎St. Martin's Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0333118731 . Upper corner very lightly bumped. Former owner's blindstamp to ffep; 524 pages . St. Martin's Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30177 ISBN : 0333118731 9780333118733

‎Balme M. G.‎

‎THE MILLIONAIRE'S DINNER PARTY An Adaptation of the Cena Trimalchionis of Petronius‎

‎Oxford University Press. Good. 1987. Softcover. 0199120250 . Minor rubbing to wraps. Some pen notes and underlining. Else VG. ; 96 pages . Oxford University Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 30184 ISBN : 0199120250 9780199120253

‎Propertius; Robert J. Baker Ed.‎

‎PROPERTIUS: BOOK I Edited with Introduction Translation & Commentary‎

‎Oxbow Books. Very Good. 2015. Hardcover. 0856687308 . Minor shelfwear. ; Aris And Phillips Classical Texts; 8.2 X 6.1 X 0.5 inches; 208 pages . Oxbow Books hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30228 ISBN : 0856687308 9780856687303

‎Barchiesi Alessandro‎

‎THE POET AND THE PRINCE Ovid and Augustan Discourse‎

‎University of California Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0520202236 . Former owner's blindstamp on ffep. Else book is fine. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear. ; Joan Palevsky Classical Literature Book; 1.01 x 9.29 x 6.26 Inches; 285 pages; In this fresh assessment of Ovid's fascinating poem Fasti Alessandro Barchiesi provides a new vision of the interaction between Ovid and the renowned ruler Augustus. Fasti a poem about the holidays and feast days of the Roman calendar was written while Ovid was in Rome and revised while he was in exile on the barbarian frontier banished by Augustus from the cultured society of Rome. Ovid's work in exile evinces complicated motives; he addresses Augustus and begs him to lift the despised exile but at the same time covertly critiques Augustus's "New Rome. " Although recent scholarship has concentrated on the oppositions between poet and ruler revealed in Ovid's work Barchiesi's analysis transcends the opposition of pro-Augustan or anti-Augustan readings. In a lively vigorous narrative that relies on close textual analysis Barchiesi underscores the important poetic choices as well as the political considerations made by Ovid in Fasti. Ultimately his analysis leads us to a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between patrons and poets. Both scholars and general readers will find a newly meaningful and interesting Ovid in these pages. Translated with revisions from Il poeta e il principe: Ovido e il discorso Augusteo 1994. . University of California Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30213 ISBN : 0520202236 9780520202238

‎Propertius; W. A. Camps Ed.‎

‎PROPERTIUS: ELEGIES BOOK I‎

‎Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 2001. Softcover. 0521292107 . Light shelfwear. ; English Introduction and Commentary with Latin Text. Digitally reprinted. ; Vol. 1; 101 pages . Cambridge University Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 30225 ISBN : 0521292107 9780521292108

‎Merrill Elmer Truesdell Ed‎

‎CATULLUS‎

‎Ginn & Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1893. Hardcover. Pencil and some ink notes to some pages. Former owner's name to ffep. Inking to endpapers. Spine cover torn and missing. Boards worn. Fair to good. ; English Introduction and notes with Latin Text. ; College Series of Latin Authors; 273 pages . Ginn & Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30207

‎Ramsey J. T.‎

‎SALLUST'S BELLUM CATILINAE‎

‎Scholars Press. Very Good. 1984. Softcover. 0891305602 . 1 corner of wraps creased. ; Latin text with extensive commentary in English. ; American Philological Association Textbook Series; 0.69 x 9.02 x 6.04 Inches; 272 pages . Scholars Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 30224 ISBN : 0891305602 9780891305606

‎Hardie Philip Ed.‎

‎THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO OVID‎

‎Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2002. Softcover. 0521775280 . Former owner's blindstamp on ffep. Else minor shelfwear. ; A Companion to one of the greatest writers of classical antiquity and arguably the single most influential ancient poet for post-classical literature and culture is long overdue. Chapters by leading authorities discuss the backgrounds and contexts for Ovid the individual works and his influence on later literature and art. Coverage of essential information is combined with exciting new critical approaches. The book is essential reading for all interested in Ovid and his influence. ; Cambridge Companions to Literature; 428 pages . Cambridge University Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 30214 ISBN : 0521775280 9780521775281

‎Propertius; Harold Edgeworth Butler & Eric Arthur Barber Eds.‎

‎THE ELEGIES OF PROPERTIUS Edited with an Introduction and Commentary‎

‎Oxford At the Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1933. Hardcover. Spine cover torn and affixed with cellotape. Gift plate to scholar on ffep Brian Reardon. Inner hinges cracked. Spine cover torn along one side and almost detached. Spine ends and corners edgeworn. Some bumping and faint spotting to boards. ; Latin Text with English Commentary and Introduction. ; 407 pages . Oxford At the Clarendon Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30211

‎Paul George MacKay & Michael Ierardi eds.‎

‎ROMAN COINS AND PUBLIC LIFE UNDER THE EMPIRE E. Togo Salmon Papers II‎

‎University of Michigan Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0472108751 . 0.72 x 9.48 x 6.2 Inches; 216 pages; Roman coins often shed light on Roman public life and society through the legends portraits and images they bear. The papers collected in this volume were originally presented at the Second E. Togo Salmon Conference on Roman Studies. The eight contributors are specialists in Roman coins or Roman history and in the relations between them. Coins are a unique source of information about the Roman world. In the case of the Roman Empire they were issued by or with the approval of the ruling power. The representations and legends they show therefore present an official view of contemporary affairs. The coins themselves minted for official purposes such as paying the army when studied carefully can help reconstruct official policies. They can also occasionally reveal what monuments now lost may have looked like. It is not infrequent to come across pleas that the ancient historian should make more frequent use of numismatic evidence. These essays make clear that efforts are being made both by numismatists and by historians to bring the two disciplines together. At the same time the papers reveal that the task is by no means a straightforward one. The survival of Roman coins is variable and so attempts to reconstruct the size and distribution of issues calls for skilled and experienced analysis. This collection of papers provides evidence for the kind of deductions that the historian may make from Roman coins as well as the illustrations of the pitfalls that await the unwary. Those interested in Roman history amateur coin collectors and professional numismatists will all find much here to widen their knowledge of the public context of Roman coins. Contributors: William E. Metcalf P. Bruun Barbara Levick R. P. Duncan-Jones Anthony Barrett Duncan Fishwick C. E. King Andrew Burnett. . University of Michigan Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30218 ISBN : 0472108751 9780472108756

‎Catullus; Phyllis Young Forsyth Ed.‎

‎THE POEMS OF CATULLUS A Teaching Text‎

‎University Press of America. Very Good. 1986. Softcover. 0819151513 . Pencil notes to about 10 pages. Small pen mark to textblock. Minor shelfwear. ; 8.6 X 5.9 X 1.4 inches; 584 pages . University Press of America paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 30209 ISBN : 0819151513 9780819151513

‎White John Williams‎

‎THE FIRST GREEK BOOK‎

‎Ginn & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. Previous owner's name to ffep. Light ink notes and underlining to a few pages. Else VG. ; Xi 292 pp 62 pp; 365 pages . Ginn & Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30223

‎Wilhelm Robert M. & Howard Jones Eds. & Alexander Gordon McKay‎

‎THE TWO WORLDS OF THE POET New Perspectives on Vergil‎

‎Wayne State University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0814324509 . Very light shelfwear to book and DJ else fine. ; This collection of essays honors Alexander Gordon McKay one of the most respected names in Vergilian studies. Written by some of the world's leading scholars the essays offer new perspectives on the larger Vergilian world which Dr. McKay's scholarship has so richly illuminated. The Two Worlds of the Poet focuses primarily on Vergil and Augustan literature and art with several essays that expand the Vergilian theme and reflect the wide research interests of Professor McKay in such areas of classical studies as literature art architecture painting and sculpture. Vergil's world presents two faces each inseparable from the other-the world which formed the poet and the world which the poet himself created�and it is proper that a volume which commemorates a scholar whose own work has elucidated both of these worlds should address itself to each. Several essays examine the poet's modus creandi�his use of the simile; his assimilation of the language and motifs of Roman comic drama; his exploitation of the rich store of Greek Etruscan and Roman mythological legendary and historical material; and his treatment of a variety of themes which touch upon the very essence of the human condition. Other essays touch upon various aspects of Vergil's material and cultural environment enabling readers to place his created work in a broader perspective. Contributors offer new perspectives on the post-classical treatment of Vergilian themes illustrating how the reception of Vergil varied with successive generations. The volume concludes with the reflections of the senior statesman of Vergilian criticism upon the scholar's art and mission. Vergil knew that to understand the present it was essential to break out of the narrow circle of the moment and to reach into the past thereby affirming our own humanity and our place in the world and finding paths into the future. Vergil and his poetry create evocative connections that cut across time and place and culture providing a glimpse at the universal human experience. The essays in The Two Worlds of the Poet explore Vergil's own struggle to find his place in the world chronicle the pathway by which we gain entry into the world of the poet and examine how the world of the poet has influenced and enriched our world. ; Classical Studies Pedagogy Series; 548 pages . Wayne State University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30234 ISBN : 0814324509 9780814324509

‎McEvedy Colin‎

‎THE PENGUIN ATLAS OF ANCIENT HISTORY Maps Devised by the Author and Drawn by John Woodcock.‎

‎Penguin Books. Very Good. 1981. Paperback. 0140708324 . Light Creasing and scratches to wraps. ; 96 pages . Penguin Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 30242 ISBN : 0140708324 9780140708325

‎Fort J. A. & Pref. by J. W. Mackail‎

‎THE PERVIGILIUM VENERIS In Quatrains‎

‎Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford. Very Good. 1922. Softcover. Wraps have creasing to lower corners with a few pages. Closed tear to lower section of spine. ; Latin Text with English Notes Appendix and Introduction. ; 43 pages . Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 30251

‎Brugnoli Giorgio & Fabio Stok A Cura Di‎

‎POMPEI EXITUS. VARIAZIONI SUL TEMA DALL'ANTICHIT� ALLA CONTRORIFORMA‎

‎Edizioni ETS. Very Good. 1996. Softcover. 887741913X . Gift inscription from Fabio Stok to R. E. Fantham in ink on ffep. Minor pen marginalia and notes by R. E. Fantham to about 5 pages. Top edges and spine of wraps a bit browned. ; Testi E Studi Di Cultura Classica 15; 8.6 X 5.5 X 0.9 inches; 255 pages; Signed by Editor . Edizioni ETS paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 30256 ISBN : 887741913X 9788877419132

‎Aldrete Gregory S.‎

‎GESTURES AND ACCLAMATIONS IN ANCIENT ROME‎

‎The Johns Hopkins University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0801861322 . Very light wear to DJ. ; Life in Rome was relentlessly public and oratory was at its heart. Orations were dramatic spectacles in which the speaker deployed an arsenal of rhetorical tricks and strategies aimed at arousing the emotions of the audience and spectators responded vigorously and vocally with massed chants of praise or condemnation. Unfortunately many aspects of these performances have been lost. In the first in-depth study of oratorical gestures and crowd acclamations as methods of communication at public spectacles Gregory Aldrete sets out to recreate these vital missing components and to recapture the original context of ancient spectacles as interactive dramatic and contentious public performances. At the most basic level this work is a study of communication -- how Roman speakers communicated with their audiences and how audiences in turn were able to reply and convey their reactions to the speakers. Aldrete begins by investigating how orators employed an extraordinarily sophisticated system of hand and body gestures in order to enhance the persuasive power of their speeches. He then turns to the target of these orations -- the audience -- and examines how they responded through the mechanism of acclamations that is rhythmically shouted comments. Aldrete finds much in these ancient spectacles that is relevant to modern questions of political propaganda manipulation of public image crowd behavior and speechmaking. Readers with an interest in rhetoric urban culture or communications in any period will find the book informative as will those working in art history archaeology history and philology. ; Ancient Society and History; 0.97 x 8.85 x 5.85 Inches; 256 pages . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30254 ISBN : 0801861322 9780801861321

‎O'Hara James J.‎

‎DEATH AND THE OPTIMISTIC PROPHECY IN VERGIL'S AENEID‎

‎Princeton University Press. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0691068151 . Minor Soiling to foreedges of about 5 pages. Dampstaining to lower corners of boards. Gift inscription from author to R. E. Fantham: "For Elaine with thanks and hospitality Jim" in pencil to ffep. Else book is VG. DJ spine sunned. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Here James O'Hara shows how the deceptive nature of prophecy in the Aeneid complicates assessment of the poem's attitude toward its hero's achievement and toward the future of Rome under Augustus Caesar. This close study of the language and rhetorical context of the prophecies reveals that they regularly suppress discouraging material: the gods send promising messages to Aeneas and others to spur them on in their struggles but these struggles often lead to untimely deaths or other disasters only darkly hinted at by the prophecies. O'Hara finds in these prophecies a persistent subtext that both stresses the human cost of Aeneas' mission and casts doubt on Jupiter's promise to Venus of an "endless empire" for the Romans. O'Hara considers the major prophecies that look confidently toward Augustus' Rome from the standpoint of Vergil's readers who like the characters within the poem must struggle with the possibility that the optimism of the prophecies of Rome is undercut by darker material partially suppressed. The study shows that Vergil links the deception of his characters to the deceptiveness of Roman oratory politics and religion and to the artifice of poetry itself. In response to recent debates about whether the Aeneid is optimistic or pessimistic O'Hara argues that Vergil expresses both the Romans' hope for the peace of a Golden Age under Augustus and their fear that this hope might be illusory. ; 224 pages . Princeton University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30255 ISBN : 0691068151 9780691068152

‎Phillips Eustace Dockray‎

‎GREEK MEDICINE‎

‎Thames and Hudson. Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0500400210 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and traces of removed pocket. Ffep has following in pen: "Gift of Prof. A. M. Young". Else VG. ; Contents: Medical Topics and Conceptions in Earlier Lay Writers; The Beginnings of Professional Medicine and the Hippocratic Corpus; Medicine between the Hippocratics and the Alexandrians; Alexandrian school of medicine; Medicine from the Alexandrians to Galen; Galen; Medical Career; The cult of Asclepius. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman life; 240 pages . Thames and Hudson hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30288 ISBN : 0500400210 9780500400210

‎Slater William J.‎

‎ROMAN THEATER AND SOCIETY E. Togo Salmon Papers I‎

‎University of Michigan Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0472107216 . DJ has very light shelfwear. ; Roman Theater & Society; 9.75 x 0.75 x 6.5 Inches; 200 pages; William Slater's new volume Roman Theater and Society brings an important perspective to the much-maligned status of the Roman theater which has only recently been reappraised and appreciated as uniquely Roman rather than criticized for not being Greek. From this point of embarkation William Slater and the nine contributors discuss theater in Rome and the Greek east with a definition of performance incorporating not only stage performances but also dinnertime entertainment sporting events and political events. Contributors are T. D. Barnes K. M. Coleman J. C. Edmonson E. R. Gebhard J. R. Green E. J. Jory W. D. Lebek and D. S. Potter. Individual chapters combine literary evidence with archaeological thereby engendering a deeper appreciation for the social and political roles of Roman theater. It becomes clear that these roles were of great influence in giving voice to the popular demands of the average Roman. In examining the roles of theater the contributors turn to the players and audience themselves for deeper understanding. . University of Michigan Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 30283 ISBN : 0472107216 9780472107216

‎Fox David Scott‎

‎MEDITERRANEAN HERITAGE‎

‎London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 071008840X . Former owner's name on ffep. Else unmarked VG in foxed dustjacket. ; illustrated. The influence of Greece and Italy on Britain. ; 179 pages . Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 21848 ISBN : 071008840X 9780710088406

‎Byrne Lee Ed.‎

‎THE SYNTAX OF HIGH SCHOOL LATIN Statistics and Selected Examples Arranged under Grammatical Headings and in order of Occurrence by Fifty Collaborators‎

‎Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1909. Hardcover. Ex-library no exterior markings. Ownership name on front pastedown a few ink notes on endpapers covered by "white-out" bookplate and card pocket roughly removed else Very Good tight and otherwise unmarked. ; Xi 54pp. ; 54 pages . University of Chicago Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 21591