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Rhodes, P. J.
THE GREEK CITY STATES A Source Book
Light yellowing to wraps. ; 266 pages; Political activity and political thinking began in the cities and other states of ancient Greece, and terms such as tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy and politics itself are Greek words for concepts first discussed in Greece. Rhodes presents in translation a selection of texts illustrating the formal mechanisms and informal workings of the Greek states in all their variety. From the states described by Homer out of which the classical Greeks believed their states had developed, through the archaic period which saw the rise and fall of tyrants and the gradual broadening of citizen bodies, to the classical period of the fifth and fourth centuries, Rhodes also looks beyond that to the Hellenistic and Roman periods in which the Greeks tried to preserve their way of life in a world of great powers.
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Abbott, Evelyn & Edwin Mansfield
A PRIMER OF GREEK GRAMMAR Accidence & Syntax
Some rubbing to wraps with minor colour loss. Creasing to spine and a couple of corners of wraps. ; 0.65 x 7.88 x 5.04 Inches; 220 pages; Introduces Greek grammar. Includes both accidence and syntax.
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Cole, A. Thomas
THE ORIGINS OF RHETORIC IN ANCIENT GREECE
One faint crease to lower corner of book. Small stain to rear wrap. ; Is it fair to judge early Greek rhetoric by the standards of Plato and Aristotle? This text argues that it is not, and yet this is the path taken by current scholarship on the subject. Arguing against this view, this work sees early Greek rhetoric as largely unsystematic efforts to explore, more by means than by precept, all aspects of discourse. Replacing these early text by such treatises as the "Rhetoric" of Aristotle, Cole explains, can only be understood as part of a gradual process, as artistic prose came to be disseminated in written texts and so available in a form that, for the first time, be analyzed, evaluated and closely imitated. ; Ancient Society and History; 208 pages
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Powell, Anton
ATHENS AND SPARTA Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC
Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; Athens and Sparta is an essential handbook to the study of fifth century Greek history and society. It encourages the reader to engage critically with the evidence, presenting a wide selection of ancient source material along with clear analysis and narrative.; 423 pages
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Worthington, Ian
PERSUASION Greek Rhetoric in Action
Greek rhetoric, in its diverse forms and impact on its contemporary context, is central to an understanding of ancient culture. The influence and exploitation of rhetoric in ancient times and modern reactions to it are the focus of this book. In recent years there has been a renaissance in the study of Greek rhetoric and oratory, informed by modern political sociology and discourse analysis. This book, bringing together the work of leading scholars in the field, examines the relation of ancient oratory and rhetoric to a variety of historical contexts and literary genres at both the theoritical and practical levels, at the same time reflecting new trends and ideas now at work; 8.3 X 5.5 X 0.8 inches; 292 pages
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Lysias; Charles Darwin Adams & (Foreword by A. J. Heisserer)
LYSIAS: SELECTED SPEECHES XII, XVI, XIX, XXII, XXIV, XXV, XXXII, XXXIV. Edited with Introduction, Notes, and Appendices. Foreword by A. J. Heisserer
Minor creasing to wraps. ; Extensive English Commentary and Notes with Greek Text. ; Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture; 400 pages
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Hillard, A. E. & C. G. Botting
ELEMENTARY GREEK EXERCISES An Introduction to North and Hillard's Greek Prose Composition
Very minor shelfwear.
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Davies, J. K.
DEMOCRACY AND CLASSICAL GREECE
Minor shelfwear. ; 0.88 x 8.25 x 5.42 Inches; 328 pages; The art of classical Greece and its political and philosophical ideas, have had a profound influence on Western civilization. It was in the fifth and fourth centuries BC that this culture reached its zenith, and it is this period that is examined in this book. The art of classical Greece, and its political and philosophical ideas, have had a profound influence on Western civilization. It was in the fifth and fourth centuries BC that this culture - material, political and intellectual - reached its zenith, and it is this period that is examined in this book.
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Miller, Stephen G.
ARETE Greek Sports from Ancient Sources. (A Second and Expanded Edition)
Light creasing to spine. Minor shelfwear. Former owner's name to ffep. ; 239 pages; From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, Miller has compiled a trove of ancient sources--Plutarch on boxing, Aristotle on the pentathlon, Philostratos on clay dust as an anti-perspirant and on the buying and selling of victories, Vitruvius on literary competitions, Xenophon on female body building. With fully twice as many texts as the highly successful first edition, this new version of Arete offers readers an absorbing lesson in the culture of Greek athletics from the greatest of teachers--the ancients themselves. These sources, which Miller himself has translated, provide unparalleled insights into ancient athletic practices and competitive festivals. They emphasize the fundamental role of athletics in education and shed light on such issues as the role of women in athletics and the politics and economics of the games. Ultimately they demonstrate that the concepts of virtue, skill, pride, valor, and nobility embedded in the word arete and so closely associated in the modern mind with Greek athletics are only part of the story from antiquity.
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Lefkowitz, Mary R.
THE LIVES OF THE GREEK POETS
Very light shelfwear. ; Argues that the life stories of Greek poets, even though primarily fictional, still merit close consideration, as they provide modern readers with insight into ancient notions about the creative process and the purpose of poetic composition. ; 200 pages
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Munn, Mark
THE SCHOOL OF HISTORY Athens in the Age of Socrates
Book is fine. DJ has very minor shelfwear . ; The School of History fully encompasses recent scholarship in history, literature, and archaeology. Munn's impressive mastery of the huge number of sources and publications informs his substantial contributions to our understanding of this democracy transformed by war. Immersing us fully in the intellectual foment of Athenian society, The School of History traces the history of Athens at the peak of its influence, both as a political and military power in its own time and as a source of intellectual inspiration for the centuries to come. ; 525 pages
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Pearson, Henry Carr
GREEK PROSE COMPOSITION With References to Smyth's Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges
Former owner's name to ffep. Some pencilling. Faint edgewear to boards. Old price sticker to ffep. ; 7.6 X 5.0 X 0.8 inches; 187 pages
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Boatwright, Mary T.
HADRIAN AND THE CITY OF ROME
Very Minor shelfwear. ; Contents: The Princeps and the City; The Campus Martius; Imperial Fora; Forum Romanum, Rome's Traditional Center; Imperial Residences; Hadrian's Mausoleum and the Pons Aelius; Missing and Misidentified Buildings; Conclusions. ; 1.25 x 10.25 x 8 Inches; 340 pages
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Hornsby, Roger A.
READING LATIN POETRY
DJ has 1 small tear near top of spine. Dustjacket spine is sunned. Former owner's name to inner cover in pen. ; Contains more than one hundred poems by such poets as Vergil, ovid, Horace, Seneca, martial, Catullus, and Sappho. Notes to facilitate reading accompany the poems and individual chapters consider meter, language, and imagery as well as organization of a Latin poem. Text has latin text and extensive English commentary. ; 272 pages
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Heubeck, Alfred & Stephanie West & J. B. Hainsworth & Arie Hoekstra & Joseph Russo & Manuel Fernandez-Galiano
A COMMENTARY ON HOMER'S ODYSSEY Volume I: Introduction and Books I-VIII; Volume II: Books IX-XVI; Volume III: Books XVII-XXIV
Minor shelfwear. Light bumping to top of spines of Vol. 1-2. ; A three-volume commentary compiled by an international team of scholars includes an introduction discussing previous research on the Odyssey, its relation to the Iliad, the epic dialect, and the transmission of the text. 1991-1992; 3 Volume Set COMPLETE. Commentary on Homer's Odyssey. Clarendon Paperbacks; Vol. 1/3/2022; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Vol. 1: (1991) 396 pp; Vol. II: (1990) 300 pp; Vol. III: (1992) 447 pp
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Adler, Eric
CLASSICS, THE CULTURE WARS, AND BEYOND
9.8 X 6.1 X 1.3 inches; 304 pages
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D'Arms, John H.
COMMERCE AND SOCIAL STANDING IN ANCIENT ROME
Very light shelfwear to book. DJ has light yellowing to DJ spine. ; Constructs case histories which reveal how senators realized commercial profits by indirect involvement: freedmen, municipal notables, and "friends" often served as the equivalent of partners or agents of aristocrats with large holdings in land. Offers a study in the adaptation of a social system to economic realities. ; 224 pages
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Highet, Gilbert
THE CLASSICAL TRADITION Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature
Scholar's name to ffep (Warren E. Blake). Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (D'arms). Spine sunned. ; 763 pages
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Isée (Isaeus) ; Pierre Roussel
ISÉE: DISCOURS Texte Établi Et Traduit.
Spine has been reinforce with clear tape. Some loss to foreedges of front wrap. Ffep torn. Some pencil and colored pencil marginalia to a few pages. ; Parallel text in French and Greek. ; Collection Des Universités De France. Association Guillaume Budé; 241 pages
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Aeschylus; Hugh Lloyd-Jones
AESCHYLUS: ORESTEIA Translated with Notes
Spine slightly sunned. ; 276 pages
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Demosthenes; Arthur Holmes; Revised by W. S. Tyler
THE DE CORONA OF DEMOSTHENES With English Notes. Revised Edition
Former owner's bookplate to inner cover. Some rubbing to boards. Light fraying to spine ends. Corners a bit edgeworn. Pencil notes (a bit heavy) mostly to Greek Text. ; 3rd ed. Greek Text with English Commentary and Introduction. ; 272 pages
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Campbell, David A.
THE GOLDEN LYRE The Themes of the Greek Lyric Poets
Faint creasing and rubbing to wraps. ; Examines the most important of the poets' themes-- love, wine, athletics, politics, friends and enemies, gods and heroes, life and death, poetry and music--. The texts are all printed in the original with accompanying translations. ; 312 pages
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Otis, Brooks
VIRGIL A Study in Civilized Poetry
Minor Shelfwear to book. Former owner's name on ffep in pen (Copley? ). A few pencil notes and marginalia. Lower corners a bit edgeworn and bumped. ; 436 pages
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Raven, Susan
ROME IN AFRICA
Very light shelfwear. ; 254 pages; Nearly three thousand years ago the Phoenicians set up trading colonies on the coast of North Africa, and ever since successive civilizations have been imposed on the local inhabitants, largely from outside. Carthaginians, Romans, vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, TUrks, French and Italians have all occupied the region in their time. The Romans governed this part of Africa for six hundred cities, twelve thousand miles of roads and hundreds of aquaducts, some fifty miles long. The remains of many of these structures can be seen today. At the height of its prosperity, during the second and third centuries AD, the area was the granary of Rome, and produced more olive oil than Italy itself. The broadening horizons of the Roman Empire provided scope for the particular talents of a number of Africa's sons: the writers Terence and Apuleius; the first African Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, famous Christian theologians like Tertulllian and Saint Augustine - these are just some who rose to meet the challenges of their age.
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Sullivan, John Patrick
CRITICAL ESSAYS ON ROMAN LITERATURE Elegy and Lyric
Minor shelfwear to book. Endpapers a bit browned. DJ has a couple of small tears. DJ spine browned. Former owner's name in pen to ffep. ; A collection of chapters on the major lyric and elegiac poets of Rome-- Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid and Horace. Translations are provided of all the Latin passages quoted. ; 225 pages
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Mommsen, Theodor; Edited and with an Introduction By T. Robert S. Broughton
THE PROVINCES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE The European Provinces. Selections from the History of Rome, Vol. 5, Book 8
Corners and spine have rubbing and some colour loss. Spine sunned. Else Minor shelfwear. ; A Phoenix Paperback; 363 pages; A master of history, law, language, numismatics and epigraphy, Mommsen describes and illuminates the political, social and cultural institutions of the many people of a vast empire.
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Algra, Keimpe & Jonathan Barnes & Jaap Mansfeld & Malcolm Schofield
THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY
Very minor shelfwear. ; 1.97 x 8.82 x 5.98 Inches; 938 pages; Long neglected and unappreciated, the philosophy of the Greek and Roman worlds--from the last days of Aristotle (c. 320 BC) until 100 B.C.--has over the last decade received a considerable amount of renewed scholarly attention. This history is organized by subject, rather than chronologically or by philosophical school, with sections on logic, epistemology, physics and metaphysics, ethics and politics. Written by specialists, it is intended to be a reference for any student of ancient philosophy. Greek and Latin are used sparingly and always translated in the main text.
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Worthington, Ian
A HISTORICAL COMMENTARY ON DINARCHUS Rhetoric and Conspiracy in Later Fourth-Century Athens
Very light shelfwear. ; 1 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches; 394 pages; The first comprehensive examination of Dinarchus's life and works. Examines Athenian history during the last years of Alexander the Great as seen in the speeches of the contemporary orator Dinarchus.
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Johnson, W. R.
DARKNESS VISIBLE A Study of Vergil's Aeneid
Very minor shelfwear. ; 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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Dorey, T. A. (Ed. )
EMPIRE AND AFTERMATH Silver Latin II
Book has minor shelfwear with a little discoloration to edges. Small sticker stain to ffep. DJ has chipping and small tears along upper edge. DJ spine a bit sunned. ; 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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Toohey, Peter
READING EPIC An Introduction to the Ancient Narratives
Former owner's name on inner cover. Very Light shelfwear. ; Readers new to ancient epic are hampered in two ways: they do not know the ancient languages, and they are unfamiliar with the ancient world. This survey addresses the needs of these readers by offering guidance through the major classical writers of epic: it begins with Homer and concludes with an overview of the development of late ancient epic and of the interface between the epic and the novel. ; 272 pages
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Pöschl, Viktor
THE ART OF VERGIL Image and Symbol in the Aeneid
Foxing to textblock. Else minor shelfwear to book. Dustjacket has minor foxing and yellowing. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; Excellent study of Vergil's work. ; 216 pages
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Shackleton Bailey, D. R.
PROFILE OF HORACE
Spine and part of front wrap show sun discoloration. ; In this concise analysis, written with elegant wit, the greatest living textual critic of Latin authors offers new insight into the poetry of Horace. Horace is best known for his four books of Odes, cherished for their lyric grace. His amiable persona is displayed more intimately in the moralizing verses of the Satires and Epistles. In a reading of all the poetry, but focusing especially on problematic areas, Shackleton Bailey examines Horace's art of self-presentation. A variety of themes are elucidated, from the poet's relations with his patron to Roman sexual attitudes. Close scrutiny is given to about thirty passages which, he argues, have been misread. An appended essay on a notable predecessor, the textual scholar Richard Bentley, is especially revealing on the art of classical scholarship. ; Classical Life and Letters; 0.67 x 8.81 x 5.68 Inches; 142 pages
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Crook, J. A
LAW AND LIFE OF ROME 90 B. C. - A. D. 212
Contents: The Law of Status, The Machinery of the Law, Family and Succession, Property, Labour, Commence, The Citizen and the State ; Aspects of Greek and Roman Life; 349 pages
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Jebb, R. C.
THE ATTIC ORATORS [2 VOLUME SET] From Antiphon to Isaeus. Vol. I & II
Light wear to a couple of corners of boards. A few small tears to cloth along joints of boards. Light Fraying to spine ends. Small ink stain to front board of Vol. 1; a few leaves carelessly opened (with some tears). Minor scratches to boards. ; Vol. 1 & 2 (1893). Cxxxiii, 312 pp + 481 pp. ; 2 Volume Set
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Tacitus; A. D. Godley (Ed. )
THE HISTORIES OF TACITUS: BOOKS III, IV, AND V With Introduction and Notes.
Former owner's name to ffep in pen with additional name deleted. Minor shelfwear. ; Latin text with English commentary and introduction. ; 296 pages
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Horace; Arthur Palmer
THE SATIRES OF HORACE (Q. HORATI FLACCI SERMONES) Edited with Notes
Ex-library copy with minimal stamps. Spine sunned. Front hinge cracked. ; Latin Text with Extensive Commentary in English. ; 410 pages
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Horace; Augustus S. Wilkins (Ed. )
THE EPISTLES OF HORACE (Q. HORATI FLACCI EPISTULAE) Edited with Notes
School plate to ffep. Else minor shelfwear. ; Latin Text with Extensive Commentary in English. ; 442 pages
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Aristophanes; W. B. Stanford (Ed. )
ARISTOPHANES: FROGS Edited with an Introduction, Revised Text, Commentary and Index.
Minor shelfwear. Old price sticker to front wrap. ; Reprint of Second Edition. Alternate ISBN: 0862921555
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Dover, K. J.
ARISTOPHANIC COMEDY
Spine slightly sunned. Very minor shelfwear. ; 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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Bailey, D. R. Shackleton
TWO STUDIES IN ROMAN NOMENCLATURE
Very light shelfwear. ; Looks at the etymology of names in the Roman Republic. ; American Philological Association American Classical Studies Series 3; 9.25 x 0.75 x 6 Inches; 100 pages
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Demosthenes; C. Carey & R. A. Reid (Eds. )
DEMOSTHENES: SELECTED PRIVATE SPEECHES
Light bump to 1 corner. Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 252 pages; The four private speeches contained in this collection were functional artefacts whose object was to persuade a jury numbered in hundreds by manipulating both the facts of the case and the prejudices, beliefs and attitudes of the Athenian man-in-the-street. It is as vehicles of persuasion that Dr Carey and Dr Reid seek primarily to treat the speeches, using their commentary to shed light on how well the speeches perform their function. The speeches have also been chosen for their value as documents of Athenian law, commerce and private life. The commentary explains as far as possible any obscurities in these fields and also deals with matters of linguistic interest. While intended mainly for undergraduates and students in the upper forms of schools, the book will be of interest to all classical scholars. The introduction, which provides a brief survey of the Athenian legal system and the trade of the speechwriter, requires no knowledge of Greek and should interest students of classical culture and literature in translation.
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Duckworth, George E.
THE NATURE OF ROMAN COMEDY A Study in Popular Entertainment
Foxing to textblock. Former owner's name on ffep. Edgewear and some colour loss to wraps. Minor staining to base of textblock. ; The study of roman Comedy is a study of the work of two comic poets, Titus Maccius Plautus and Publius Terentius Afer. Looks at the twenty extant plays of Plautus and the six by Terence. Also looks at Greek Comedy and Roman Comedy's influence on later authors. ; 501 pages
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Demosthenes; Evelyn Abbott & P. E. Matheson
DEMOSTHENES: SPEECH ON THE CROWN [DEMOSTHENIS DE CORONA] With Introduction and Notes. Part I: Introduction and Text & Part II: Notes [2 Vols in 1 Book]
Spine slant. Endpapers tanned. Pencil notes. Former owners' names to ffep. School stamp to front inner cover. ; Xxxvi, 107, 136 pp ; 2 Vols in 1
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Demosthenes; Charles Rann Kennedy
THE ORATIONS OF DEMOSTHENES On the Crown, and on the Embassy. Translated, with Notes, & C. ,
Inner hinges starting to crack. Endpapers browned. Else minor shelfwear. ; Vol. 3 only of the Bohn edition of Demosthenes' Orations. 407pp. ; Bohn Classical Library; 401 pages
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Plato; C. L. Kitchel (Ed. )
PLATO'S APOLOGY OF SOCRATES AND CRITO AND A PART OF THE PHAEDO With Introduction, Commentary and Critical Appendix
Endpapers browned. Former owner's name to inner cover and former owner's stamp to ffep. Fraying to spine ends. Lower corners a bit rounded. ; English Introduction and Commentary with Greek Text. ; 188 pages
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Plato; William Arthur Heidel
PLATO'S EUTHYPHRO With Introduction and Notes
Some underlining in ink and some notes in pencil. Ffep is excised. Spine ends rubbed. Inner cover has small former owner's booklabel. ; English Introduction and Commentary with Greek Text. ; 115 pages
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Cicéron / Cicero; Pierre Boyancé (Ed. )
CICÉRON: DISCOURS TOME VIII Pour Cluentius. Text Établi Et Traduit
Pages tanned. Minor chipping and 1 small tear to wraps. Some light edgewear. ; En Francais et Latin. Texte et traduction. Budé edition. ; Collection Des Universités De France. Association Guillaume Budé; 178 pages
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César (Julius Caesar) ; Pierre Fabre
CÉSAR: LA GUERRE CIVILE. TOME I (LIVRES I ET II) Texte Établi Et Traduit.
Spine sunned. 1 small tear to spine. Mild creasing to upper corner of pages. ; Parallel text in French and Latin. ; Collection Des Universités De France. Association Guillaume Budé; Vol. 2; 110 pages
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César (Julius Caesar) ; Pierre Fabre
CÉSAR: LA GUERRE CIVILE. TOME II (LIVRES TROISIÈME [III]) Texte Établi Et Traduit.
Spine sunned. Tear to upper part of spine. Tape has been applied to top of spine and wraps. Pages tanned. ; Parallel text in French and Latin. ; Collection Des Universités De France. Association Guillaume Budé; Vol. 2; 150 pages
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