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Gomme, A. W. & F. H. Sandbach
MENANDER: A COMMENTARY
Light dust-soiling to textblock else fine. DJ is tattered with tears and chipping but mostly intact. ; 774 pages; Late professor A. W. Gomme had prepared a commentary on the plays of Menander partially preserved in the Cairo codex. This has been revised and extended by Professor Sandbach to include all those texts printed in Menander: Reliquiae Selectae.
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Solmsen, Friedrich
INTELLECTUAL EXPERIMENTS OF THE GREEK ENLIGHTENMENT
Scholar's name to ffep (R. E. Fantham). Very light bumping to bottom corners else fine. DJ has tears to head of spine and to middle of DJ spine. Light chipping to corners of DJ. Some soiling to DJ. ; Examines new methods of argumentation, : persuasion aimed at the control of man's emotions; utopian speculation; experiments with language; and the emergence of a secular psychology and its use in the reconstruction of human motives and historical events. ; 259 pages
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Conacher, D. J.
EURIPIDES AND THE SOPHISTS Some Dramatic Treatments of Philosophical Ideas
Very light creasing to rear wrap else fine. Inscribed by author to R. E. Fantham on ffep in pen. ; 128 pages; This work describes how Euripides provides, in specific plays, a variety of original treatments of well-known views of his contemporaries, the Sophists. The emphasis is on Euripides as the creative virtuoso of dramatic ideas rather than as a philosopher. Euripides' adaptation covers a range of dramatic styles and approaches, from the tragic treatment of the nature in "Hippolytus", to the near parody of Sophistic views on sense-perception in "Helen".; Signed by Author
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Dover, K. J.
ARISTOPHANIC COMEDY
Top corners lightly bumped. Else fine. DJ spine a little discolored. Light edgewear with 1 small tear (1 cm). DJ is price-clipped. ; 280 pages; Professor Dover's book is designed for those who are interested in the history of comedy as an art form but who are not necessarily familiar with the Greek language. The eleven surviving plays of Aristophanes are treated as representative of a genre. Old Attic Comedy, which was artistically and intellectually homogeneous and gave expression to the spirit of Athenian society in the late fifth and early fourth centuries B. C. Aristophanes is regarded primarily not as a reformer or propagandist but as a dramatist who sought, in competition with his rivals, to win the esteem both of the general public and of the cultivated and critical minority. He succeeded in this effort by making people laugh, and the book pays more attention than has generally been paid to the technical means, whether of language or of situation, on which Aristophanes' humor depends. Particular emphasis is laid on his indifference-positively assisted by the physical limitations of the Greek theatre and the conditions of the Athenian dramatic festivals-to the maintenance of continuous "dramatic illusion" or to the provision of a dramatic event with the antecedents and consequences which might logically be expected. More importance is attached to Aristophanes' adoption of popular attitudes and beliefs, to his creation of uninhibited characters with which the spectators could identify themselves, and to his acceptance of the comic poet's traditional role as a mordant but jocular critic of morals, than to any identifiable and consistent elements in his political standpoint.
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Golden, Mark
CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD IN CLASSICAL ATHENS
Inscribed by author to R. E. Fantham on ffep. DJ spine is a little sunned. ; Ancient Society and History; 8.75 x 1.25 x 6 Inches; 288 pages; "Mark Golden has produced a superb book, an important substantive and methodological contribution to the social history of ancient Athens and a model for comparable studies. "-- American Historical Review. Ancient Society and History. ; Signed by Author
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Hutchinson, G. O.
HELLENISTIC POETRY
Scholar's name to ffep (R. E. Fantham) in pencil with light pencil markings on a couple of pages. Very light shelfwear to book else fine. DJ spine is sunned with tears to top of DJ spine and a few small chips. ; Special Edition for Sandpiper books -- reprint of 1988 edition. In this study of the Hellenistic poets of the third century B. C. Hutchinson provides a much-needed picture of the poetry of the period while demonstrating its quality and vitality. The work of the Hellenistic poets in the third century BC has not only an important place in Greek literature, but also a particular significance for Latin poetry. Hutchinson explores the works of such writers as Theocritus, Callimachus, and Apollonius of Rhodes--developing a generalconception of poetry that centers around the poets' handling of tone, level, and form--and offers a fresh analysis of the influence of Hellenistic poetry on the city of Rome. Despite much technical work on the texts and language of these authors - Theocritus, Callimachus, Apollonius Rhodius, and others - previous literary criticism on most of the major figures is limited in quantity and scope. He explores the work of the individual writers in turn, while developing a general conception of the poetry as a whole, centred around the poets' handling of tone, level, and form. The book concludes with a fresh approach to the influence of Hellenistic poets in Rome. All quotations in Greek or Latin have been translated by the author. ; Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints; 392 pages
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Hutchinson, G. O.
LATIN LITERATURE FROM SENECA TO JUVENAL A Critical Study
Minor shelfwear to boards. Light pencil markings to a few pages. ; 384 pages; G. O. Hutchinson explores central aspects of the period in Latin literature often depreciatingly termed 'Silver'. It is unusual in embracing both poetry and prose, and in offering close literary discussion of a large number of particular passages. It is a selective and comparative study--throwing fresh light on the period as a whole, on individual authors, and on differences and affinities between genres. Most space is given to epic and tragedy, and to the prose of Seneca and Tacitus; but Juvenal, Martial, the Younger Pliny, and other authors are also treated. The author also considers large features of genre and relates these to fundamental elements of style and to the treatment of some vital themes. He gives the reader a feeling for this brilliant and extraordinary writing, and a sense of the excitement and fascination of the literary period. All Latin in the text is translated.
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Ogilvie, Robert Maxwell
THE ROMANS AND THEIR GODS IN THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS
Bottom corner of front wrap is rubbed and chipped. Else minor shelfwear. ; Ancient Culture and Society Series; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 135 pages; A picture of religious life in Rome during the period between 80 BC and AD 69. He discusses the various Roman gods and their spheres of activity, the manner and kinds of prayer, forms of sacrifice, the belief of divination, the calendar of religious year, private religion and its role in Roman family life, priests and their part in the complicated procedure of Roman religion, and the powerful religious revival in the time of Augustus.
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Merkelbach, R. & M. L. West
FRAGMENTA HESIODEA
Scholar's name to ffep (A. Boddington). Very light shelfwear to book. DJ is price-clipped. DJ spine is sunned. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and small tears. ; A complete critical edition of the extant remains of the lost narrative and didactic poems anciently ascribed to Hesiod. Latin preface and critical apparatus. ; 236 pages
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Hill, G. F. ; R. Meiggs & A. Andrewes
SOURCES FOR GREEK HISTORY Between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. a New Edition
Scholar's name to ffep (T. G. Elliott). Light rippling to cloth along joints. Light scratches to rear board. Light browning to inner covers. ; Original Greek references for the study of the time between the Persian & Peloponnesian Wars includes names and places with English references at end. ; 426 pages
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Moyle, J. B.
IMPERATORIS IUSTINIANI INSTITUTIONUM Libri Quattuor. with Introduction, Commentary and Excursus
Scholar's name to ffep (T. G. Elliott). Small black star stamped to rear board. Minor shelfwear. DJ is price-clipped. DJ spine is browned. Dustjacket has edgewear with light chipping to spine ends and a few small closed tears. ; Extensive English Commentary and Latin Text on Justinian ; 682 pages
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Phillimore, Johannes Swinnerton
INDEX VERBORUM PROPERTIANUS (INDEX VERBORVM PROPERTIANVS)
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Grant, John N.
STUDIES IN THE TEXTUAL TRADITION OF TERENCE
Very light rubbing to extremities else fine. ; Phoenix Supplementary Volume XX; 272 pages; Lays the foundation for a new edition of the plays of Terence.
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Fantham, Elaine
COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN REPUBLICAN LATIN IMAGERY
Very light shelfwear to book. Else fine. ; Analyses the conservative imagery of Terence and of Cicero's letters, contrasting this naturalistic language with the fantasies of Plautus and the formalization of Cicero's speeches. Numerous illustrative passages from Greek New Comedy, Terence, Plautus, and Cicero are reproduced in the text. ; Phoenix supplementary volume, 10; 222 pages
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Skutsch, Otto
STUDIA ENNIANA
Scholar's name to ffep (R. E. Fantham). Very minor shelfwear to boards. DJ spine is browned and spotted. DJ is somewhat tattered with chipping and tears. Some writing to DJ flap. ; Most important papers on Ennius written by Skutsch between 1944 and 1967 are published here. 14 papers deal with the historical, literary, and textual aspects of the Ennius fragments. Two new papers are here published for the first time and 3 other papers have been translated into English from German. ; 204 pages
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Toohey, Peter
EPIC LESSONS An Introduction to Ancient Didactic Poetry
Small chip to head of spine else fine. DJ has very minor shelfwear. ; This book presents a comprehensive survey of the major surviving examples of Greek and Roman didactic poetry: Hesiod's Works and Days, Lucretius' On the Universe, Virgil's Georgics and Ovid's Art of Love among others. Didactic epic's defining characteristic is to instruct. All the above works were aimed to teach students systematically on some concrete topic, while at the same time, their poetic form makes them highly readable pieces of literature. ; 288 pages
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Parke, H. W. & (Brian McGing, editor)
SIBYLS AND SIBYLLINE PROPHECY IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY
Corners are bumped. Pen lines to margins on about 9 pages. Pencil markings on 2 other pages. Small chip to one corner of DJ. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Writing in pencil to front DJ flap. ; 236 pages; In antiquity a considerable number of books of prophecies went under the general title of "Sibylline Oracles". Rulers as significant as Augustus consulted them in time of danger or crisis for advice and prognoses. Increasing numbers of "ex post facto" prophecies, laying a particular interpretation on facts of recent history, came to be attributed to one of the mysterious Sibyls. Perhaps the most famous of these is the Cumaean Sibyl, who guides the hero in the sixth book of Vergil's "Aeneid" . In fact she was somewhat unusual in her similiarity to other oracular prophetesses, such as the Pythia. For where the latter prophesied in response to particular inquirers, one of the distinguishing characteristics of Sibyls was that they composed discursive verses for distribution to the world at large. This, Professor Parke's last book, which was virtually complete on his death in 1986, is an account of a subject both rarely treated in recent decades and difficult to access for all but the most expert. In its pursuit of the sometimes elusive Sibyls it ranges from Heraclitus to Eusebius, from Archaic Asia Minor to Christian Rome. This book should be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and academics of classics.
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Cicero; Augustus S. Wilkins (Ed. )
M. TULLI CICERONIS [CICERO] DE ORATORE LIBRI TRES [CICERO: DE ORATORE I] With Introduction and Notes. Liber I
Scholar's name to ffep (Albert Merriman). Browning to endpapers. 1 line written in blue pencil to rear endpapers. A couple of corners and base of spine lightly edgeworn. Chipping to spine cloth along edges. Slight fraying to top of spine. A little discoloration to rear board. Pages a little tanned. ; Latin text with english commentary. ; Liber I Only; Vol. 1; 228 pages
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Callimachus; Williams, Frederick
CALLIMACHUS: HYMN TO APOLLO A Commentary
Dustjacket is lightly discolored. DJ has minor edgewear. DJ is price-clipped. ; 0.6 x 8.6 x 5.2 Inches; 124 pages; Offers a line by line commentary, dealing in detail with questions of diction, style and content.
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Edwards, Ruth B.
KADMOS THE PHOENICIAN A Study in Greek Legends and the Mycenaean Age
Very light shelfwear else Fine. Textblock is foxed. ; 265 pages; What relationship, if any, do the stories preserved in ancient Greek legendary traditions have to real events and circumstances of the periods and places to which they ostensibly refer? A wide range of answers to this question is to be found in the works of both popular and scholarly writers, not only where it has been debated explicitly but also -and more frequently- where some kind of answer seems to be presupposed in the course of their general discussions of Greek literature and history. The present book sets out to study the development and interpretation of a substantial group of Greek legends associated with one well-known figure, who was said to have originated in the East.
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Albracht, Franz. translated and edited by Peter Jones, Malcolm Willcock and Gabriele Wright
BATTLE AND BATTLE DESCRIPTION HOMER A Contribution to the History of War
Very light shelfwear to DJ else fine. ; 224 pages; Acknowledging that Homer is a poet, not a staff instructor, Albracht works carefully through the Homeric text to produce a persuasive picture of the workings of battle in the Iliad, in two parts: in Part I the council of war, marshalling of the troops, the use of chariots, the advance into battle, the standing fight, the massed attack and defence, retreat, flight and pursuit; in Part II protection in the field, attack and defence of a fortified camp, and the siege and defence of a fortified city. Throughout, he offers the reader fascinating explanations of the details of the battle narrative.
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Hesiod; Norman O. Brown
HESIOD: THEOGONY [Hesiod's Theogony] Translated, with an Introduction
Light browning and soiling to wraps. Crease to rear wrap. Ffep excised. Small chip to head of spine. Correction fluid to Former owner's name on rear endpaper. Underlining to about 10 pages. ; Long English introduction with English translation. Does not include Greek text. ; The Library of Liberal Arts; 87 pages
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Aeschylus; H. D. Broadhead (Ed. )
THE PERSAE OF AESCHYLUS Edited with Introduction, Critical Notes and Commentary
Light edgewear to corners. Light rubbing to boards. Former owner's name on ffep. Scholar's name to ffep (Martin Cropp). Pencil marginalia to a few pages. Lettering to spine slightly rubbed. ; 424 pages; The Persae is the oldest of surviving plays and its subject matter is unique in ancient drama, since it is concerned with a recent historical event, the defeat of the Persians at Salamis; yet before the publication of this work in 1960, there had been no edition suitable for university students and scholars. This major edition - the first to be attempted on such a scale - incorporated much material that former editions had neglected, including a number of textual suggestions and elucidations. In his introduction, Dr Broadhead assesses the Persae as a work of dramatic art, considers how far Aeschylus' patriotism has coloured his presentation of the tragedy, discusses the possibility that the play is part of a tetralogy, and reviews the evidence for a Sicilian text. He also explains the principles followed in establishing the text, which is accompanied by select critical notes. There is a full-scale commentary, which takes account of the scholarship that was current when this volume was first published. The appendices form an important supplement, and include a conspectus of metres; notes on spirit raising, the tragic kommos, and Persian names; and an account of the battle of Salamis.
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Conacher, D. J.
AESCHYLUS' PROMETHEUS BOUND A Literary Commentary
Light wear to a couple of corners. Light pencil marginalia to a couple of pages. ; Canadian University Paperbooks; 0.38 x 7.84 x 5.06 Inches; 198 pages; Provides a throrough analysis of the literary and non-literary aspects of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound essential for an understanding of the play.
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Euripides; G. W. Bond (Ed. )
EURIPIDES: HYPSIPYLE
Scholar's name to ffep (Martin Cropp) with his old price paid. Pencil underlining and marginalia on some pages. ; Corrected reprint. ; 160 pages
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Antimachus; Bernhard Wyss (Ed. )
ANTIMACHI COLOPHONII RELIQUIAE Collegit, Disposuit, Explicavit Bernhardus Wyss ; Adiecta Est Tabula
Light discoloration to spine and part of front board. ; Text in Greek; prefatory notes and commentary in Latin. Reprint of 1936 edition. ; 106 pages
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Kambitsis, Jean
L'ANTIOPE D'EURIPIDE Édition Commentée Des Fragments
Very light browning to spine. Light shelfwear with bottom corner and rear upper corner lightly creased. Faint red pencil underlining to a few pages of greek text. Tiny red stains to rear wrap. ; 146 pages
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Conacher, D.J.
AESCHYLUS' ORESTEIA A Literary Commentary
Light Edgewear/rubbing to corners and spine. ; 0.7 x 8.96 x 5.96 Inches; 229 pages; Comprehensive study of the three plays of Aeschylus' Oresteia.
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Roberts, W. Rhys (Ed. )
DEMETRIUS ON STYLE. THE GREEK TEXT OF DEMETRIUS DE ELOCUTIONE Edited after the Paris Manuscript
Scholar's name to ffep (Martin Cropp). Light bump to top corner and first few pages. Spine very lightly sunned. ; Reprint of the 1902 edition. ; 328 pages
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Plautus; W. M. Lindsay (Ed. )
THE CAPTIVI OF PLAUTUS Edited with Introduction, Apparatus Criticus and Commentary
Scholar's name to ffep (Martin Cropp). Spine and parts of boards are sunned and discolored. Light creases to rear board. ; Latin text with English commentary and introduction. Unchanged reprint of 1900 edition. ; 384 pages
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Callimachus; McLennan, George Robert
CALLIMACHUS: HYMN TO ZEUS Introduction and commentary
Bumping to top of spine and bottom Corners. Scholar's name to ffep (Martin Cropp). Very light tanning to pages. Tiny stain to front inner cover. ; English Introduction and extensive Commentary with Greek Text. ; Testi E Commenti / Texts and Commentaries; 2; 156 pages
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M. Tullius Cicero; Ludovicus [Ludwig] Claude Purser (Ed. )
[CICERO] M. TULLI CICERONIS: EPISTULAE VOL. II: EPISTULAE AD ATTICUM. Pars Posterior: Libri IX-XVI. Recognovit Brevique Adnotatione Critica Instruxit Ludovicus Claude Purser
Light shelfwear. Scholar's name to ffep (T. G. Elliott) with publisher's ex-libris stamp beneath. Scratches to rear board. ; Latin Text with Latin Apparatus ; Oxford Classical Texts Oct (Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis) Oxoniensis; Vol. 2.2; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
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Hyperides; Frederic G. Kenyon (Ed. )
[HYPERIDES] HYPERIDIS: ORATIONES ET FRAGMENTA. Recognovit Brevique Adnotatione Critica Instruxit F. G. Kenyon
Scholar's name to ffep (T. G. Elliott) With ex-libris stamp of publisher. Minor shelfwear. Blue boards with gilt design. ; Text in Greek, introduction and notes in Latin. Probaby Later reprint. ; Oxford Classical Texts Oct (Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis); 88 pages
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Dorey, T. A. (Ed. )
EMPIRE AND AFTERMATH Silver Latin II
Book has minor shelfwear with a little wear to base of spine. DJ has chipping and small tears along upper edge and a little damp-staining. DJ is price-clipped.; Contents: introduction: T. A. Dorey; Velleius paterculus: A. J. Woodman; Valerius Maximus: C. J. Carter; Pliny's Natural History and the Middle Ages: Marjorie Chibnall; Quintilian and Rhetoric: M. Winterbottom; Quintilian on Education: M. L. Clarke; Letters of Pliny: Betty Radice; Latin Prose Panegyrics: Sabine MacCormack. ; Greek & Latin Studies; 222 pages
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Dihle, Albrecht & (Clare Krojzl, translator)
A HISTORY OF GREEK LITERATURE From Homer to the Hellenistic Period
Book is fine. 1 small chip to DJ. DJ has very minor shelfwear. ; 344 pages; The most up-to-date history of Greek literature from its Homeric origins to the age of Augustus. Greek literary production throughout this period of some eight centuries is embedded in its historical and social context, and Professor Dihle sees this literature as a historical phenomenon, a particular mode of linguistic communication, with its specific forms developing both in an organic way and in response to the changing world around. In this it differs from conventional humanist approaches to Greek and Latin literature which analyse the works as objects of timeless value independent of any historical setting or purpose. This magisterial survey by one of the leading European authorities on classical literature will establish itself, as it already has in Germany, as the standard account of the subject.
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Fantham, Elaine & (Theodor Heinze)
LITERARISCHES LEBEN IM ANTIKEN ROM Sozialgeschichte Der Römischen Literatur Von Cicero Bis Apuleius.
Light dustsoiling to textblock else fine. ; Text in deutsch; 310 pages
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Horsfall, Nicholas (Ed. )
VIR BONUS DISCENDI PERITUS Studies in Celebration of Otto Skutsch's Eightieth Birthday
Some wear and creasing to corners. Light edgewear to wraps. Some minor shelfwear. ; Contents: Supplementum Bibliographicum; Otto Skutsch's Ennius: Sebastiano Timpanaro; The Clever and the Wise: Two Roman Cognomina in Context: E. Badian; Catulliana: Wendell Clausen; Some Literary Jokes in Ovid's Amores: E. Courtney; Kidney Trouble in Vindicianus: K. D. Fischer; On Editing Propertius: G. P. Goold; Observations on the Text of Ovid's Letters Ex Ponto: J. B. Hall; Seneca's Hecuba: E. Henry; Stylistic Observations on Two Neglected Subliterary Prose Texts: N. M. Horsfall; Studies in the Indirect Tradition of Plautus' Pseudolus. Ill The 'Archaising Movement', Republican Comedyand Aulus Gellius' Nodes Atticae: H. D. Jocelyn; Publilius Syrus and the Element of Competition in theTheatre of the Republic: E. J. Jory; Enn. Ann. 120 Skutsch (126 Vahlen2) : Scevola Mariotti; Notes on the Text and Interpretation of Juvenal: R. G. M. Nisbet; Some Textual Problems in Ovid's Ex Ponto: J. A. Richmond; The Date of Horace, Odes 2.13: E. A. Schmidt; Religiosis Viantium: Nota ad Apuleio, Florida 1: Mariateresa Scotti; Etyma Latina V (26-31) : Oswald Szemerényi; Is Bald Beautiful? The Etymology of Greek kalos, and Latin caluus Reconsidered: A. A. Thompson Clarke; The First Hellenistic Epigrams at Rome: John Van Sickle; Emendationum Tacitearum Heptas: J. Willis; Five Critical Notes: Eric Wistrand; Hidden Verses: E. W. Handley. Index Nominum et Rerum. Index Locorum. ; Institute of Classical Studies Bulletin Supplement 51; 199 pages
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Pernot, Laurent; (W. E. Higgins, translator)
RHETORIC IN ANTIQUITY
Light creasing to front wrap. Scholar's small bookplate to ffep (R. E. Fantham). Else fine. ; Surveys classical rhetoric from the period of Homeric poems ("Iliad" and "Odyssey") to the late Roman Empire. ; 269 pages
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Blume, Horst-Dieter
EINFÜHRUNG IN DAS ANTIKE THEATERWESEN
Light browning to spine and part of wraps. Minor shelfwear. ; 14 tafeln; Die Altertumswissenschaft; 139 pages
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Fuhrmann, Manfred
EINFÜHRUNG DIE ANTIKE DICHTUNGSTHEORIE
Light browning and creasing to spine. Small stain to rear panel. Faint foxing to wraps. Front lower corner of wraps is creased. Scholar's name to ffep (R. E. Fantham). Pencil marginalia and underlining to a few pages. ; Isbn: 3534054695; 232 pages
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Sophocles; R. D. Dawe (Ed. )
SOPHOCLES: OEDIPUS REX
Minor shelfwear. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover. ; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 282 pages; 'Sophocles, in a play that won only second prize, created a masterpiece that in the eyes of posterity has overshadowed every other achievement in the field of ancient drama. In it he played on certain latent terrors that are part of man's nature in all kinds of societies and at all epochs; terrors whose influence may pervade our lives in ways we scarcely guess ...' These words come from the introduction to Dr Dawe's edition of Oedipus Rex. In an attempt to analyse why this play '...has exercised such a powerful and long-lasting fascination on the human mind' Dr Dawe devotes his introduction to an examination of the content of the story and to the technique displayed by Sophocles in the unfolding of the plot. The commentary deals authoritatively with problems of language and expression. This is an edition for classical scholars, undergraduates, and students in the upper forms of schools. The Introduction requires no knowledge of Greek and may be read by anyone interested in Greek literature and drama.
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Winnington-Ingram, R. P.
SOPHOCLES An Interpretation
Spine a little creased. 1 corner lightly creased. Light pencil marginalia to a few pages. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover. ; 0.94 x 8.82 x 5.91 Inches; 358 pages; In this interpretation of the seven extant tragedies of Sophocles, Professor Winnington-Ingram provides not so much a straightforward account of Sophocles as an exploration of his tragic vision of the world. The Sophoclean hero lies at the centre of this vision. Taking the plays individually but without losing sight of the single consistent mind behind them, the author faces the questions of how the hero is to be regarded, what we are to make of the fates he suffered and the divine powers who controlled those fates. He proceeds by a detailed study of what Sophocles wrote, by close attention to form and recurrent themes, and especially by close analysis of a number of choral odes. Students of Greek drama will find that this detailed study provides invaluable insights into the meaning of the tragedies. Greek in the text is translated or paraphrased, so that the book will also be of interest to students of the literature and drama of other cultures.
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Taylor, Lily Ross
THE VOTING DISTRICTS OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC The Thirty-Five Urban and Rural Tribes
Light creasing to rear wrap with chipped upper corner. Water-staining to part of fore-edge of front wrap and first 5 pages (does not affect text). Spine sunned. 4 maps at back. Some pages carelessly opened. Gift inscription from author to ffep. ; All three scarce maps are intact. Looks at the voting districts during the years of Roman politics in the time of Caesar and Cicero. ; Papers and Monographs of the American Academy in Rome Volume XX; 353 pages; Signed by Author
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Menander; Colinus Austin (Colin Austin) (ed.)
MENANDRI ASPIS ET SAMIA I: Textus (Cum Apparatu Critico) Et Indices & II: Subsidia Interpretationis
Volume I: has light browning to spine and part of front wrap. Light shelfwear. Volume II: Light shelfwear and browning to spine. Scholar's name written to ffep of V1: W. J. Slater. ; Greek text with critical apparatus in Latin. X, 105 pp. , indexes + viii, 108 pp; 2 Volume Set
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Burton, R. W. B.
THE CHORUS IN SOPHOCLES' TRAGEDIES
Dustjacket spine is sunned. DJ is price-clipped. ; Examines Sophocles' handling of the chorus in his seven extant tragedies. ; 312 pages
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Gomme, A. W. & F. H. Sandbach
MENANDER: A COMMENTARY
Scholars' bookplate to inner cover. Else book is fine. DJ has tears and chipping with creasing to DJ flaps but mostly intact. ; 774 pages; Late professor A. W. Gomme had prepared a commentary on the plays of Menander partially preserved in the Cairo codex. This has been revised and extended by Professor Sandbach to include all those texts printed in Menander: Reliquiae Selectae.
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Holmes, D. H. (David)
INDEX LYSIACUS
Endpapers a little tanned. Light sunning to spine. 2 corners lightly bumped. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1895 Edition. ; 215 pages
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Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Ulrich Von
SAPPHO UND SIMONIDES Untersuchungen Über Griechische Lyriker
Top corners very lightly bumped. Minor shelfwear. ; Die 2. Auflage ist ein Unveränderter Nachdruck der 1. Auflage, die 1913 erschien. ; 330 pages
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Klotz, Frieda & Katerina Oikonomopoulou (Eds. )
THE PHILOSOPHER'S BANQUET Plutarch's Table Talk in the Intellectual Culture of the Roman Empire
Upper corners bumped else fine. ; 288 pages; The Philosopher's Banquet is the first sustained study of Plutarch's Table Talk, a Greek prose text which is a combination of philosophical dialogue (in the style of Plato's Symposium) and miscellany. The form of Table Talk was imitated by several later Greek and Roman imperial authors (such as Aulus Gellius, Athenaeus, and Macrobius) , making it a vital part of the early Roman Empire's literary and cultural history. Similarly, the great variety of its contents links it with a broader imperial cultural trend, that of systematizing knowledge, which features increasingly prominently as a subject of scholarly study in both classics and the history of science. The contributors to The Philosopher's Banquet offer a range of methodologically innovative and sophisticated readings of Table Talk's literary form, themes, cultural background, and influence.
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Ritchie, William
THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE RHESUS OF EURIPIDES
Light scuffing mark to back board else fine. DJ spine is browned. Dustjacket has light edgewear with a couple of small chips now protected in plastic sleeve. DJ is price-clipped. ; Argues that the Rhesus is indeed the work of Euripides and argues that it is the earliest extant work of Euripides-- one of the very few plays we possess from the middle of the fifth century BC. ; 394 pages
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