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Oedipus Trilogyby Sophocles; F. Storr
The Floating Press 1912; US$ 4.99Oedipus the King is Sophocles' legendary rendition of the myth of the great king Oedipus, perhaps the best known of all of the Greek Tragedies. When an oracle foretells that the young prince Oedipus will grow up to murder his father he is cast out of the kingdom by the king who hopes by doing so that he will avoid his fate. Oedipus grows up and many years later, not knowing his own identity, or the identity of his father, meets him at a crossroad where they argue and the king... more...
Oresteiaby Aeschylus; Peter Meineck; Helene P. Foley
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2009; US$ 10.95Winner of the American Translators Association 2000 Lewis Galantière Award. Peter Meineck is Producing Artistic Director of The Aquila Theatre Company, Visiting Scholar at the Center for Ancient Studies, New York University and teaches Greek Drama at the Tisch School for the Arts. more...
Demosthenesby Ian Worthington
Routledge 2000; US$ 44.95Demosthenes is still quoted in speeches by modern politicians, and is often viewed as the supreme example of the patriot. This book examines why his speeches came to be regarded so highly and asks whether his reputation is justified. more...
Persuasionby Ian Worthington
Routledge 1994; US$ 44.95An exciting and accessible introduction to rhetoric and oratory in ancient Greece. All Greek and Latin is translated. more...
Plato and the English Romanticsby E. Douka Kabitoglou
Routledge 1990; US$ 125.00Tackles the problematic relationship between Platonic philosophy and Romantic poetry, between the intellect (Apollo) and the emotions (Dionysus). It concentrates on the daemonic `mania' which the author sees as originating both. more...
Plutarch and the Historical Traditionby Philip A. Stadter
Routledge 1992; US$ 135.00These essays offer diverse perspectives on the biographical techniques and appropriation of sources for the use and reshaping of historical tradition by one of the most prominent philosophers and biographers of the ancient world. more...
Dangerous Voicesby Gail Holst-Warhaft
Routledge 1995; US$ 47.95Holst-Warhaft investigates the power and meaning of the Greek lament, especially women's mourning of the dead, in Antiquity as well as in modern times. more...
Aristophanesby Carlo Ferdinando Russo
Routledge 1994; US$ 39.95This is the classic book about Aristophanes. Russo examines the plays as libretti for actors and singers rather than as mere texts, and never loses sight of the stage. more...
When A Young Man Falls in Loveby Vincent J. Rosivach
Routledge 1998; US$ 130.00When A Young Man Falls in Love is an arresting and important book, which poses important questions about the dramatic portrayal of women in the Roman world. more...
Greek Tragedyby H.D.F. Kitto
Routledge 2002; US$ 39.95Neither a history nor a handbook, but a penetrating work of criticism, this classic text not only records developments in the form and style of Greek drama, it also analyses the reasons for these changes. more...









