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‎Smith, Eric‎

‎A DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL REFERENCE IN ENGLISH POETRY‎

‎Small scratch near top of spine. Light shelfwear. ; A Dictionary of Classical Reference comprises a guide to classical names and references in English poetry from Chaucer to the twentieth century. Over eighty poets are covered, and all classical references in their works, with only minor exceptions, are included. The Dictionary is in two parts, the first of which consists of entries by character or event, defining the classical myths or stories attached to the subject in question and giving the original source followed by a list of the references in English poetry. The second part of the book is a reverse index, arranged by poet and works. It is therefore possible to study both the use of, for example, a particular myth in English poetry as a whole, or a particular poet's choice of classical material. The dictionary is particularly welcome at a time when the classical authors are no longer a part of the range of knowledge of most readers. ; 320 pages‎

‎Sowerby, Robin‎

‎THE CLASSICAL LEGACY IN RENAISSANCE POETRY‎

‎Light bump to 1 corner. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). DJ has light creasing and shelfwear. ; The formative influence of the Graeco-Roman classics was fundamental to the creation of literary culture in the Renaissance. Through detailed analysis, this book illustrates the classical legacy as it was known in the Renaissance. It then shows how that legacy was received in translation, transformed in imitation and put to creative uses by Renaissance poets working in genres under classical influence. Key Features: Includes detailed analysis of a wide variety of poems from Wyatt to Dryden. Each chapter focuses on one of the major genres: epic, drama, lyric, pastoral and Georgic, Ovidian genres (the epyllion, the love elegy and the heroic epistle) , and satire. Presents the classics in Renaissance translations -wherever possible. Shows Renaissance perspectives through translations and through judgements made by Renaissance commentators, critics and the poets themselves. Introduces broader themes such as the dominating influence of Latin, the difficulty of Greek, the reception of classical texts in a prevailing Christian. Culture, the theory and practice on imitation and the rules of art. Readership: Students of English studying the Renaissance and the 17th Century and classical students interested in the classical tradition. ; Longman Medieval and Renaissance Library; 320 pages‎

‎Ernout, Alfred‎

‎RECUEIL DE TEXTES LATINS ARCHAÏQUES Nouvelle Édition. 3e Tirage.‎

‎Tanning to wraps and a bit of creasing. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Robert Brown). Former owner's name on ffep. ; Texte en français et latin. ; 289 pages‎

‎Christ, Matthew R.‎

‎THE LIMITS OF ALTRUISM IN DEMOCRATIC ATHENS‎

‎Athenians in the classical period (508–322 BC) were drawn to an image of themselves as a compassionate and generous people who rushed to the aid of others in distress, both at home and abroad. What relation does this image bear to actual Athenian behavior? This book argues that Athenians felt little pressure as individuals to help fellow citizens whom they did not know. Democratic ideology called on citizens to refrain from harming one another rather than to engage in mutual support, and emphasized the importance of the helping relationship between citizen and city rather than among individual citizens. If the obligation of Athenians to help fellow citizens was fairly tenuous, all the more so was their responsibility to intervene to assist the peoples of other states; a distinct pragmatism prevailed in the city's decisions concerning intervention abroad. ; 223 pages‎

‎Platnauer, Maurice‎

‎FIFTY YEARS (AND TWELVE) OF CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP Being Fifty Years of Classical Scholarship. Revised with Appendices‎

‎Former owner's name to ffep has been bleached out. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Robert Brown). Faint spotting to boards. ; Sums up the advances in the 62 years of Classics prior to publication in the fields of: Homer, Early Greek Lyric Poetry, Greek Tragedy, Greek Comedy, Greek Philosophers, Greek Historians, Greek Orators and Rhetoric, Hellenistic Poetry, Roman Drama, Late Republican Poetry, Augustan Poets, Roman Oratory, Roman Historians, Silver Latin Poetry; 537 pages‎

‎Taplin, Oliver (Ed. )‎

‎LITERATURE IN THE GREEK WORLD‎

‎Very light shelfwear else fine. Scholar's name to half-title (Robert Brown). ; In this refreshing volume, we are offered a new perspective on Greek literature, based on the conviction that our present appreciation for it should be informed and influenced by how it was originally perceived. From the earliest surviving Greek poetry to the drama, history, and philosophy of Greece under Roman rule, this book focuses on the "receivers" of Greek literature-the readers, spectators, and audiences who first witnessed the works over two thousand years ago. Six contributors map out the lively and provocative surveys, covering the kinds of literature that have shaped Western culture--epic, lyric, tragedy, comedy, history, philosophy, elegy, satire, biography, and panegyric. ; 299 pages‎

‎Irwin, Eleanor‎

‎COLOUR TERMS IN GREEK POETRY‎

‎Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Book has light shelfwear. Dustjacket has some edgewear with light chipping and a few tear and rubbing. DJ is price-clipped. ; Greek words for colours have long puzzled readers of Greek literary works. Irwin offers that the Greeks saw colour not in terms of spectrum and hue, but in degrees of light and dark, and intensity. ; 242 pages‎

‎Quinn, Kenneth‎

‎TEXTS AND CONTEXTS Roman Writers and Their Audience‎

‎Scholars' name to ffep (Robert Brown). Light bump to 1 corner. Light shelfwear to DJ. ; The purpose of this book is to identify those classics of Roman literature which deserve to survive because of their intrinsic quality and their lasting significance. ; 280 pages‎

‎Hardwick, Lorna & Carol Gillespie (Eds. )‎

‎CLASSICS IN POST-COLONIAL WORLDS‎

‎Very light shelfwear to book and DJ. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; Classical material was traditionally used to express colonial authority, but it was also appropriated by imperial subjects to become first a means of challenging colonialism and then a rich field for creating cultural identities that blend the old and the new. Nobel prize-winners such as Derek Walcott and Seamus Heaney have rewritten classical material in their own cultural idioms while public sculpture in southern Africa draws on Greek and Roman motifs to represent histories of African resistance and liberation. These developments are explored in this collection of essays by international scholars, who debate the relationship between the culture of Greece and Rome and the changes that have followed the end of colonial empires. ; Classical Presences; 420 pages‎

‎Kallendorf, Craig W. (Ed. )‎

‎A COMPANION TO THE CLASSICAL TRADITION‎

‎Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Else book is fine. DJ has minor creasing along top edge with 1 tiny chip. ; A Companion to the Classical Tradition accommodates the pressing need for an up-to-date introduction and overview of the growing field of reception studies. A comprehensive introduction and overview of the classical tradition - the interpretation of classical texts in later centuries Comprises 26 newly commissioned essays from an international team of experts Divided into three sections: a chronological survey, a geographical survey, and a section illustrating the connections between the classical tradition and contemporary theory; Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World; 512 pages‎

‎Will, Frederic (Ed. )‎

‎HEREDITAS. SEVEN ESSAYS ON THE MODERN EXPERIENCE OF THE CLASSICAL Edited with Introduction‎

‎DJ is a bit tattered with tears, chipping and creasing. DJ has a bit of shelfwear with acquisition date in pen to ffep. ; 213 pages‎

‎Bates, William Nickerson‎

‎EURIPIDES A Student of Human Nature‎

‎Creasing to spine and upper corner of first few pages. Minor rubbing to wraps. Old price sticker to front wrap. Scholar's name to half-title (Robert Brown). ; A Perpetua Book; 315 pages‎

‎Lefkowitz, Mary R. & Maureen B. Fant (Eds. )‎

‎WOMEN'S LIFE IN GREECE AND ROME A Source Book in Translation‎

‎Slight creasing and light wear to corners. Minor shelfwear. Spine a bit sunned. Scholar's name to half-title (Robert Brown). Old price sticker to front panel. ; 416 pages‎

‎Quinn, Kenneth‎

‎THE CATULLAN REVOLUTION‎

‎Creasing to top corners. Old price sticker to front wrap. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; Ann Arbor Paperbacks; 119 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

‎Watson, G. R.‎

‎THE ROMAN SOLDIER‎

‎Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Spine slightly discolored. ; This book is a study of the life and training of the Roman soldier from enlistment to discharge. Covers the period of the Empire to the accession of Diocletian, and pays especial regard to ranks below the centurionate. Takes account not only of the legions and the auxiliary forces, but also of the praetorian guard and the urban cohorts, the Vigiles, and the imperial fleets. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman life; 256 pages‎

‎Starr, Chester G.‎

‎THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 27 B.C.-A.D. 476 A Study in Survival‎

‎2 corners chipped/ small tear. Else minor shelfwear. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; 224 pages; In this probing study, Starr covers the whole sweep of imperial Roman history, analyzing the binding forces of government and the army as initated by Augustus, the maturing of these forces under subsequent emperors, and the eventual collapse of this network in the western provinces. Not simply a chronological summary, the book explores in piquant, telling detail the elements and institutions that shaped the empire's history.‎

‎Bates, William Nickerson‎

‎SOPHOCLES Poet and Dramatist‎

‎Creasing to lower corner of front wrap and first couple of pages. Minor rubbing to wraps. Old price sticker to front wrap. Scholar's name to half-title (Robert Brown). ; A Perpetua Book; 315 pages‎

‎Davidson, James N.‎

‎COURTESANS AND FISHCAKES The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens‎

‎Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; 1.25 x 10 x 6.75 Inches; 371 pages; British historian Davidson takes us inside classical Greece's brothels, bedrooms, drinking parties and banquets in this rarefied scholarly inquiry. His aim is not merely to depict Athenians as pleasure seekers but to overturn the current notion, purveyed by Michel Foucault and others, that Athens was a "phallocratic" society permeated with an ethos of penetration and domination, a homosexual-leaning culture polarized between adult male citizens and all others: Slaves, women, boys, foreigners. He largely succeeds on all counts, bringing to convivial life a predominantly heterosexual society where classes mingled easily; cultured courtesans bedded leading figures like Pericles and Alcibiades; and wives participated fully in sexual pleasures. Drawing on ancient treatises, pamphlets, comic plays, poems and speeches, Davidson investigates the classical Greeks' indulgences, including their mania for eating fish, A luxury viewed as hedonistic, And their tolerance for booze and sex (though sex addicts were considered to have a lower capacity to resist the natural pleasures). His intriguing study serves up a banquet of arcane lore.‎

‎Rose, H. J.‎

‎RELIGION IN GREECE AND ROME With a New Introduction by the Author‎

‎Light Edgewear to extremities. Small gold stamped stamped to front wrap. ; Harper Torchbooks; 312 pages‎

‎Bowra, C. M.‎

‎THE GREEK EXPERIENCE‎

‎Minor shelfwear to book. Former owner's name on ffep. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Pages a little tanned. Minor rubbing to boards. Small bump to lower edge of front board. ; A survey of classical culture and history from the time of Homer to the fall of Athens in 404 B. C. Includes politics and government, poetry and drama, philosophy and science, religion and mythology. ; The World Histories of Civilization; 211 pages‎

‎Green, Peter (Ed. )‎

‎HELLENISTIC HISTORY AND CULTURE‎

‎Light edgewear. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; Hellenistic Culture & Society , No 9; 0.9 x 8.8 x 6 Inches; 293 pages; In a 1988 conference, American and British scholars unexpectedly discovered that their ideas were converging in ways that formed a new picture of the variegated Hellenistic mosaic. That picture emerges in these essays and eloquently displays the breadth of modern interest in the Hellenistic Age. A distrust of all ideologies has altered old views of ancient political structures, and feminism has also changed earlier assessments. The current emphasis on multiculturalism has consciously deemphasized the Western, Greco-Roman tradition, and Nubians, Bactrians, and other subject peoples of the time are receiving attention in their own right, not just as recipients of Greco-Roman culture. History, like Herakleitos' river, never stands still. These essays share a collective sense of discovery and a sparking of new ideas--they are a welcome beginning to the reexploration of a fascinatingly complex age.‎

‎Wiedemann, Thomas‎

‎GREEK AND ROMAN SLAVERY‎

‎Spine sunned with some creasing. Minor shelfwear. Scholar's blindstamp and name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; 284 pages; Greek and Roman Slavery brings together fresh English translations of 243 texts and inscriptions on slavery from fifth and fourth century Greece and Rome. The material is arranged thematically, offering the reader a comprehensive review of the idea and practice of slavery in ancient civilization.‎

‎Crawford, Michael (Ed. )‎

‎SOURCES FOR ANCIENT HISTORY With Contributions from Emilio Gabba, Fergus Millar, Anthony Snodgrass‎

‎Wraps have yellowing. Minor shelfwear. Scholar's blindstamp to ffep (Robert Brown). ; If a scholar wishes to create a picture of a topical society in all its aspects, there is little of what he needs to know that he cannot know, although there may still be much that he cannot understand. For the history of Greece and Rome, there is a great deal that is simply unknowable. From the end of the archaic age of Greece, there is an unbroken sequence of works by Greek and, later, Roman historians down to the end of antiquity. Their vision and range of interest were often limited and much of what they produced has been lost. Some help may be derived from the documentary material supplied in antiquity, material that was the product of officials organising public activities, or heads of families organising their affairs, or individuals leaving their mark on the world. Beyond this, the evidence of archaeology and numismatics may also be helpful. The four essays in this book set out to characterise the nature of the ancient literary tradition, the inscriptional material, the archaeological and numismatic evidence and to explain how and for what purposes they may be used. Chapters on Literature, Epigraphy, Archaology and Numismatics. ; The Sources of History - Studies in the Uses of Historical Evidence; 252 pages‎

‎Rayor, Diane‎

‎SAPPHO'S LYRE Archaic Lyric and Women Poets of Ancient Greece‎

‎Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Creasing and a bit of chipping to corners of wraps. Minor shelfwear. Some pencil notes to text. ; 234 pages; Sappho sang her poetry to the accompaniment of the lyre on the Greek island of Lesbos over 2500 years ago. Throughout the Greek world, her contemporaries composed lyric poetry full of passion, and in the centuries that followed the golden age of archaic lyric, new forms of poetry emerged. In this unique anthology, today's reader can enjoy the works of seventeen poets, including a selection of archaic lyric and the complete surviving works of the ancient Greek women poets--the latter appearing together in one volume for the first time. Sappho's Lyre is a combination of diligent research and poetic artistry. The translations are based on the most recent discoveries of papyri (including "new" Archilochos and Stesichoros) and the latest editions and scholarship. The introduction and notes provide historical and literary contexts that make this ancient poetry more accessible to modern readers. Although this book is primarily aimed at the reader who does not know Greek, it would be a splendid supplement to a Greek language course. It will also have wide appeal for readers of' ancient literature, women's studies, mythology, and lovers of poetry.‎

‎Southern, Pat‎

‎AUGUSTUS‎

‎Very light bumping to a couple of corners. Scholar's bookplate to ffep (Robert Brown). Dustjacket has minor shelfwear with creasing along upper edge. ; Roman Imperial Biographies; 0.95 x 9.43 x 6.38 Inches; 271 pages; Augustus, the heir to Julius Caesar, was the guiding light in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. In this biography, Pat Southern traces the life and works of the emperor chronologically, presenting idealogy and events as they occurred from Augustus' point of view, including his transition from heir and successor of Julius Caesar to head of the new Principate and his development of the Roman Empire. Augustus did not have a master plan of politics and legislation, but instead, he had to wait and occasionally change course before he settled on a version of government that the Senate and people found acceptable. While there have been many books covering the political, social, and aesthetic culture of the Augustan Age, this is the first book to present the life of Augustus, the man.‎