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Grant, Michael
THE ANTONINES The Roman Empire in Transition
Light edgewear to wraps. Former owner's name in pen to inner cover. ; 0.87 x 9.21 x 6.22 Inches; 210 pages; The Roman Empire was an achievement of startling proportions. In its size alone, it extended from the Atlantic to the Euphrates and from the Rhine to Danube all the way to the Sahara. In many ways, as the global question of emerging national identities persists, and attempts at multinational unity fail, Rome's vast empire becomes an extremely relevant historical lesson. In The Antonines, the eminent historian of classical history, Michael Grant, examines the vital role played by the Antonines in the development and expansion of the Roman Empire. He surveys that period's renowned contributions to the arts, discussing at length Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, perhaps one of the greatest literary products of the classical world. He suggests that the Antonines occasioned a major transition in Roman life politics, and that the period over which they presided witnessed extraordinary changes that heralded a new epoch to many. The Antonines, he argues, were singularly responsible for ushering the Roman Empire from the ancient world to the early Medieval. Grant examines the political dynamics that brought about these changes, analyzing such issues as the role of "adoption" (the policy of choosing Emperors who were not direct descendants of the throne). He profiles the individuals who made up the Antonines: of Antoninus Pius, an altogether understudied figure, who curiously bequeathed his position to two men particularly unfit to rule his vast and efficacious regime; Marcus Aurelius, an avid militarist who could oddly find the time to write one of the best works of Roman literature known to date; Commodus and his abandonment of imperial ambitions in what is presently Germany and the implications it had on the decline of the Empire, as well as his emphasis on monotheism within the terms of Roman religion. Grant's historical analysis provides a thorough and, above all, high-minded look at this often neglected yet critical period in the Roman Empire--a period that not only illuminates the processes of dramatic transformation, but presents a point of comparison to the current historical circumstance as well.
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Johnson, W. R.
DARKNESS VISIBLE A Study of Vergil's Aeneid
Minor shelfwear. A few pages have tiny corner crease. ; 179 pages; In examining the nature and the significance of Vergil's multiple allegories in the Aeneid, the author contrasts the poem's deliberately lyrical and enigmatic style and narrative technique with the clarity and realism of Homeric poetic, and he investigates the intellectual milieu in which Vergil shaped his poem, focusing on the great disintegration of classical humanism that Vergil's age portends.
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius; D. R. Shackleton Bailey (Tr. )
CICERO: BACK FROM EXILE Six Speeches Upon His Return
The six speeches contained in this volume, delivered upon Cicero's triumphant return from exile in 57-56 B. C. , are here brought to life by a superb new English translation that is based on an improved Latin text. The notes accompanying the translation are written with the general reader in mind, while the two indices provide the equivalent of an onomasticon for these six speeches. ; American Philological Association, Classical Resources Series No. 4; 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.75 Inches; 263 pages
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O'Hara, James J.
DEATH AND THE OPTIMISTIC PROPHECY IN VERGIL'S AENEID
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
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Cavarzere, Alberto
GLI ARCANI DELL'ORATORE Alcuni Appunti Sull'actio Dei Romani
Gift inscription from author to R. E. Fantham in ink on ffep. ; Agones. Collezione Di Studi E Testi. Studi 2; 8.4 X 5.7 X 0.9 inches; 241 pages; Signed by Author
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Anderson, William S.
THE ART OF THE AENEID
Minor pencil marginalia to some pages. ; 129 pages; Anderson's narrative in The Art of the Aeneid provides the modern reader fresh insights into Vergil, into the Aeneid. His analysis illuminates the literary and historical context and covers each of the twelve books of one of the greatest and most enduring works of Latin literature.
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Lyne, R. O. A. M.
FURTHER VOICES IN VERGIL'S AENEID
Light pencilling to about 10 pages with pencil notes to rear blank endpaper. Light bumping to upper corners of boards. Else minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; 0.61 x 8.46 x 5.5 Inches; 264 pages; The Aeneid can strike one as a relatively conventional epic, an objective heroic tale of Rome's beginnings. Vergil designed it so that it might read in this way. This is one, epic `voice' that he wished us to hear. But there are `further voices', and these may be disturbing, even shocking, as they add to, comment upon, question and occasionally subvert the implications of the epic voice. This is a detailed examination of Vergil's method of intruding such further voices.
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Harrison, S. J. (ed.)
HOMAGE TO HORACE A Bimillenary Celebration
Upper corners rounded. Gift inscription to R. E. Fantham from author in ink to ffep. Light chipping to DJ and shelfwear. ; Contributors: C. O. Brink, Francis Cairns, I. M. Le M. Du Quesnay, D. P. Fowler, S. J. Harrison, Margaret Hubbard, H. D. Jocelyn, Antonio La Penna, R. G. Mayer, M. M. McGann, Frances Muecke, M. C. J. Putnam, H. P. Syndikus, R. J. Tarrant, L. C. Watson, David West, Gordon Williams. ; 392 pages; These seventeen new pieces by some of the world's leading classicists have been brought together to celebrate the bimillenary of the Horace's death. The contributions range from detailed treatments of particular poems to general issues about Horace's literary techniques, themes, biography, and reception in later times. An introduction sets the book in the context of contemporary scholarship on the poet.; Signed by Author
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Petrini, Mark J.
THE CHILD AND THE HERO Coming of Age in Catullus and Vergil
Former owner's blindstamp to ffep. Else book is fine. ; Many generations of readers have noticed the prominence given to children and to heroes--usually young men--in the poems of Vergil and his contemporary Catullus. But until now it has not always been clear why Vergil and Catullus employ these characters, or what readers are to make of these sometimes odd figures. In The Child and the Hero: Coming of Age in Catullus and Vergil, Mark Petrini thoughtfully explores this group of characters and helps illuminate their places in the poems. After offering a brief introduction describing the world in which such characters find themselves, the author studies in greater detail the key figures of Pallas, Nisus and Euryalus, and Iulus--in whom the future of Rome lies. Readers learn the links between these figures and literary characters who come before and after, and the author thus helps the reader perceive the many levels on which Vergilian and Catullan poems resonate. ; 9.6 X 6.4 X 0.7 inches; 152 pages
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Hamilton, J. R.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Very light pencil underlining to a few pages. ; Pitt Paperback; 94; 8.5 X 5.5 X 0.5 inches; 196 pages
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Slater, William J.
ROMAN THEATER AND SOCIETY E. Togo Salmon Papers I
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.
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Highet, Gilbert
POETS IN A LANDSCAPE
Minor shelfwear. ; With black and white photographs and illustrations. Gilbert Highet explores the personal lives and Italian homes of poets such as Catullus, Ovid, and Horace. The lives of seven Latin poets as seen through the physical landscape. ; 267 pages
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Kurke, Leslie
THE TRAFFIC IN PRAISE Pindar and the Poetics of Social Economy
Former owner's blindstamp to ffep. Else book is fine. ; Myth and Poetics; 287 pages; Commissioned to celebrate athletic victories in the first half of the fifth century B.C., Pindar's odes have continued to resist interpretation by modern readers. In The Traffic in Praise, Leslie Kurke offers an engaging new reading of the odes within their rich social context and poetic tradition.
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Sherk, Robert K. (Ed. )
THE ROMAN EMPIRE: AUGUSTUS TO HADRIAN
Spine sunned. Minor pencilling. Minor Shelfwear; Collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions and papyri in English translation. Theme is the political and military activity of the Roman emperors to the period of Hadrian, the men who carried out their policies, the institutions of their administrations, the wars they conducted, the reaction of their subjects, the imperial ruler cult etc...; Translated Documents of Greece and Rome 6; 328 pages
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Augustus; P. A. Brunt & J. M. Moore (Eds. )
RES GESTAE DIVI AUGUSTI The Achievements of the Divine Augustus. with an Introduction and Commentary.
Minor stain to rear wrap and foreedges. ; 90 pages; This text is designed to allow the intermediate/advanced student to read Latin rapidly, without having constantly to consult a dictionary or grammar. It contains: -Introduction -Latin text with same/facing page -Vocabulary notes -Grammatical commentary -Full vocabulary -Historical commentary -Index of place names and persons. The Res Gestae reveals as much about Augustus and his accomplishments through what it omits as what it contains. This edition allows students rare access to non-literary historical Latin, to the "queen" of Latin inscriptions: the accomplishments of the emperor Augustus, as he sought to have them presented.
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Wiedemann, Thomas
GREEK AND ROMAN SLAVERY
Minor edgewear. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover (Bert H. Henderson) ; 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.
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Sophocles; E. F. Watling
SOPHOCLES: THE THEBAN PLAYS King Oedipus; Oedipus At Colonus; Antigone
Some minor pencil underlining and notes. Stamped 'used book' to base of textblock. Light creasing to spine. ; Penguin Classics; 7.6 X 5.0 X 0.6 inches; 176 pages
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Sophocles; E. F. Watling
SOPHOCLES: ELECTRA AND OTHER PLAYS
Some minor pencil underlining and notes. Stamped 'used book' to base of textblock. Light creasing to spine. Prices blacked out on rear wrap. ; Penguin Classics; 7.6 X 5.0 X 0.6 inches; 224 pages
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Plato; F. J. Church (Trans. ) & Robert D. Cumming (Rev. by)
EUTHYPHRO, APOLOGY AND CRITO And the Death Scene from Phaedo by Plato. Translated by F. J. Church. Translation Revised, with an Introduction by Robert D. Cumming
Some creasing and spotting to wraps. Some underlining and pen notes. ; The Library of Liberal Arts; 70 pages
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Hesiod; Norman O. Brown
HESIOD'S THEOGONY Translated, with an Introduction
Minor shelfwear and rubbing to wraps. Old price sticker to front wrap. Underlining in pencil to about 6 pages. Former owner's bookplate on ffep. ; Long English introduction with English translation. Does not include Greek text. ; The Library of Liberal Arts; 87 pages
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Freeman, C. E. & W. D. Lowe
A GREEK READER FOR SCHOOLS Adapted from Aesop, Theophrastus, Lucian, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato. Edited with Introduction, Notes and Vocabularies.
Pen notes and underlining to a few pages. Former owner's name on ffep. ; 142 pages; A reader adapted from Aesop, Theophrastus, Lucian, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon and Plato.
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Aeschylus; Robert Fagles & W. B. Stanford
AESCHYLUS: THE ORESTEIA Agamemnon; the Libation Bearers; the Eumenides
Pages tanned. Minor shelfwear. ; 7.6 X 5.0 X 0.8 inches; 336 pages
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Aristophanes; Alan H. Sommerstein (Trans. )
ARISTOPHANES: LYSISTRATA / THE ACHARNIANS / THE CLOUDS
7.7 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 256 pages
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Aristophanes; Alan H. Sommerstein (Trans. )
ARISTOPHANES: LYSISTRATA / THE ACHARNIANS / THE CLOUDS
A bit of creasing to wraps. Edgewear to spine ends with slight colour loss. Old price sticker to rear wrap. ; 7.7 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 256 pages
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Aristophanes; David Barrett (Trans. )
ARISTOPHANES: THE WASPS / THE POET AND THE WOMEN / THE FROGS
Sticker damage to rear wrap over barcode. Else VG. ; Penguin Classics; 7.0 X 4.3 X 0.5 inches; 224 pages
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Euripides; Philip Vellacott
EURIPIDES: THREE PLAYS Alcestis / Hippolytus / Iphigenia in Taurus
Minor shelfwear. ; 7.7 X 5.0 X 0.6 inches; 189 pages
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Euripides; Philip Vellacott
EURIPIDES: THE BACCHAE AND OTHER PLAYS
Minor shelfwear. 1 corner of wraps creased. Light pencilling to a few pages. Minor creasing. ; Penguin Classics; 7.7 X 5.2 X 1.1 inches; 249 pages
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Herodotus; Aubrey De Sélincourt & A. R. Burn
HERODOTUS: THE HISTORIES
Some Creasing to wraps. Pages tanned. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; Penguin Classics; 7.6 X 5.0 X 1.2 inches; 653 pages
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Homer; Walter Shewring (translator). & G. S. Kirk (Introduction by)
HOMER: THE ODYSSEY
Minor shelfwear. Light Creasing to wraps. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; The World's Classics; 7.2 X 4.6 X 0.8 inches; 370 pages
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Sophocles; Sir Richard C. Jebb, & E. S. Shuckburgh (Ed. )
THE ANTIGONE OF SOPHOCLES With a Commentary, Abridged from the Large Edition of Sir Richard C. Jebb.
Spine cover detached and missing. Boards are worn. Pp 117-124 are loose but present. Some pen and pencil notes. Pages tanned. Fair. Working copy only. ; English Commentary and Introduction with Greek Text. ; 252 pages
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Euripides; Gilbert Murray (Trans. )
THE IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS OF EURIPIDES Translated Into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes
Very Minor pencilling. Former owner's name on ffep. Front hinge just starting to crack. Else VG. ; English rhyming translation. ; 105 pages
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Ehrenberg, Victor
THE PEOPLE OF ARISTOPHANES A Sociology of Old Attic Comedy
Spine sunned. Minor shelfwear. Light yellowing to wraps. ; A detailed account of Athenian life, based primarily on the evidence of Old Attic Comedy. ; 385 pages
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Heliodorus; Longus; Achilles Tatius; Rev. Rowland Smith (Trans. )
THE GREEK ROMANCES OF HELIODORUS, LONGUS AND ACHILLES TATIUS Comprising the Ethiopics : Or, Adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea ; the Pastoral Amours of Daphnis and Chloe; and the Loves of Clitopho and Leucippe
Front hinge weakening. Some pages unopened. Lettering to spine dulled. ; 511 pages
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Terence; H. R. Fairclough
P. TERENTI AFRI [TERENCE]: ANDRIA With Introduction and Notes. [Fairclough's Andria of Terence]
A few ink notes to Latin text. Spine a bit sunned. Endpapers tanned. Minor rubbing to boards. Else VG. ; English Commentary and Introduction with Latin Text and index at back. Lxxxi, 186 pp ; Allyn and Bacon`s College Latin Series; 186 pages
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Demosthenes; F. C. Doherty (Ed. )
THREE PRIVATE SPEECHES OF DEMOSTHENES Edited with Notes. Pros Phormiona, Pros Boioton a Kata Kononos
Scholar's stamp and name to ffep (H. J. Mason). Clean text. Minor rubbing. ; Reprint of the 1927 ed. 111pp. ; 111 pages
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Homer; M. T. Tatham (Ed. )
HOMER FOR BEGINNERS: ILIAD, BOOK III Edited, with Introduction and Notes
Light Pencilling to a few pages. Former owner's name on inner cover. ; English Introduction and notes with Greek Text. ; Clarendon Press Series; 71 pages
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Curtius, Georg & Ernst Windisch
GRUNDZÜGE DER GRIECHISCHEN ETYMOLOGIE
Book rebound in black buckram. Gilt lettering to spine. Scholar's blindstamp to ffep and titlepage (Robert Brown). 3 cm closed tear to titlepage. Tears to spine ends with some fraying. Former owner's name in ink to ffep. Still solid. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 858 pages
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Bruss, Jon
FROM ALPHA TO OMEGA Ancillary Exercises
Foreedge of front wrap is a bit creased. ; From Alpha to Omega is a Classical Greek grammar textbook of fifty lessons with readings beginning with Aesop. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 142 pages
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Luschnig, C. A.
AN INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT GREEK A Literary Approach
Worn wrappers with creasing and small tears and chipping. Creasing to some pages. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Fair to good. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 406 pages
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Grant, Michael
THE CLASSICAL GREEKS
9.0 X 6.2 X 1.2 inches; 337 pages
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Flaclière, Robert
DAILY LIFE IN GREECE AT THE TIME OF PERICLES
8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 336 pages
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Easterling, P. E. (Ed. )
THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO GREEK TRAGEDY
Very Light creasing 1 corner of wraps. Else very minor shelfwear. ; Cambridge Companions to Literature; 410 pages; This book presents ancient Greek tragedy in the context of late-twentieth-century reading, criticism and performance. The twelve chapters, written by seven distinguished scholars, cover tragedy as an institution in the civic life of ancient Athens, a range of approaches to the surviving plays, and changing patterns of reception, adaptation and performance from antiquity to the present.
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Kykkotis, I.
MODERN GREEK "Grammar & Self-Educator"
Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Some ink underlining and corrections. Pages tanned. ; No date (1950s? ) ; 206 pages
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Owen, E. T.
THE STORY OF THE ILIAD As Told in the Iliad
Spine faded. Some red and black ink underlining to some pages. ; E. T. Owen discusses what makes the Iliad such an enduring work of art - including narrative technique, imagery, and characterization - and shows how each incident contributes to the overall emotional effect of the poem. ; 248 pages
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Green, Peter
ANCIENT GREECE A Concise History
Minor sticker residue. ; Illustrated National Histories; 9.4 X 6.7 X 0.6 inches; 192 pages
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Demand, Nancy
A HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE
Minor shelfwear. ; Overture; 9.1 X 6.4 X 0.7 inches; 397 pages
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Jones, Nicholas F.
ANCIENT GREECE State and Society
Pencil underlining to some pages. Minor shelfwear to book. ; 214 pages; Scholarly and rigorous in approach, this book provides a single-volume, holistic, integrated view of ancient Greek history -- going well beyond the traditional political/military perspective to explore a wide range of social, cultural, and economic topics. It provides an intense and multifaceted study of a single state and society -- classical Athens.
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Starr, Chester G.
THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 27 B.C.-A.D. 476 A Study in Survival
Minor shelfwear. Some pencil underlining. ; 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.
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Scullard, H. H
FROM THE GRACCHI TO NERO A History of Rome from 133 B. C. to A. D. 68
Creasing and rubbing to wraps. Heavy pencilling. Former owner's bookplate on front cover. Former owner's name on ffep. Old price in marker to inner cover. Fair to good. ; The standard textbook for the central period of Roman history. Covers the decline and fall of the Republic and the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate. ; University Paperbacks 56; 460 pages
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Goodwin, William Watson & Charles Burton Gulick (Revised by)
GREEK GRAMMAR Revised by Charles Burton Gulick
Light edgewar. Stamped 'used book' to base of textblock. Sticker residue to rear wrap. ; College Classical Series; 472 pages
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