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ISBN: 9781405121606 - Greek Tragedy Greek Tragedy
Rabinowitz, Nancy Sorkin

ISBN10: 9780470693261  ISBN13: 9780470693261
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Electronic Book
Greek Tragedy sets ancient tragedy into its original theatrical, political and ritual context and applies modern critical approaches to understanding why tragedy continues to interest modern audiences. An engaging introduction to Greek tragedy... More

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ISBN: 9780199237913 - Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity
Elsner, Jas'; Rutherford, Ian

ISBN10: 9780191514388  ISBN13: 9780191514388
Publisher: Oxford University Press, UK
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ISBN: 9780199215102 - Languages of Aristophanes Aspects of Linguistic Variation in Classical Attic Greek Languages of Aristophanes Aspects of Linguistic Variation in Classical Attic Greek
ANDREAS, WILLI

ISBN10: 9780191514210  ISBN13: 9780191514210
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The play with linguistic styles constitutes an important ingredient of Aristophanic humour. Andreas Willi uses the stylistic diversity as a source to reconstruct the 'real' styles upon which Aristophanes based his text. Most of these 'real' styles... More

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ISBN: 9780199207732 - Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore
ELAINE, FANTHAM

ISBN10: 9780191514111  ISBN13: 9780191514111
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
A wide introduction to Cicero's political and cultural world, illustrating, by its analysis of his imaginary dialogue between statesmen, how he introduced the principles of Greek philosophy and rhetoric into Roman education, so that his work... More

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ISBN: 9780199236985 - Stanzaic Architecture of Early Greek Elegy Stanzaic Architecture of Early Greek Elegy
CHRISTOPHER, FARAONE

ISBN10: 9780191553189  ISBN13: 9780191553189
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
A study of poetic form in early Greek elegy. Christopher A. Faraone draws on analogies from Italian and English song and poetry of the Renaissance. All Greek is translated and all technical terms explained. More

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ISBN: 9780891305606 - Sallust's Bellum Catilinae 2/e Sallust's Bellum Catilinae 2/e
T, RAMSEY J

ISBN10: 9780199724512  ISBN13: 9780199724512
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
In his Bellum Catilinae, C. Sallustius Crispus or Sallust (86-35/34 B.C.) recounts the dramatic events of 63 B.C., when a disgruntled and impoverished nobleman, L. Sergius Catilina, turned to armed revolution after two electoral defeats. More

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ISBN: 9780199238040 - Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite Introduction, Text, and Commentary Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite Introduction, Text, and Commentary
ANDREW, FAULKNER

ISBN10: 9780191553424  ISBN13: 9780191553424
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
An edition, with introduction and commentary, of the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, which tells of the seduction of the shepherd Anchises by the love-goddess Aphrodite, and has long been recognized as a masterpiece of early Western literature. More

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ISBN: 9780415289641 - Greek Tragedy Greek Tragedy
Kitto, H D F

ISBN10: 9780203412602  ISBN13: 9780203412602
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Routledge
Format: Electronic Book
Provides illuminating answers to many questions: why did Sophocles develop character-drawing? How and why does it differ from that of Aeschylus? Why are some of Euripides' plots so bad and others so good? More

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ISBN: 9780199276301 - Epic Interactions Epic Interactions
Clarke, M J ; Currie, B G F ; Lyne, R O A M

ISBN10: 9780191534782  ISBN13: 9780191534782
Publisher: Oxford University Press, UK
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ISBN: 9780752460413 - Homer's Secret Odyssey Homer's Secret Odyssey
Wood, Kenneth; Wood, Florence

ISBN10: 9780752463896  ISBN13: 9780752463896
Publisher: The History Press
Format: Electronic Book
Homer is renowned as the finest of the storytellers who for countless generations passed down by word of mouth the myths and legends of Ancient Greece. Yet, for some 2500 years there have been persistent folk memories that his genius extended far... More