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Ancient Greek Lyrics
Indiana University Press 2010; US$ 16.95Ancient Greek Lyrics collects Willis Barnstone's elegant translations of Greek lyric poetry -- including the most complete Sappho in English, newly translated. This volume includes a representative sampling of all the significant poets, from Archilochos, in the 7th century BCE, through Pindar and the... more...
"Kleine Leute" und große Helden in Homers Odyssee und Kallimachos' Hekale
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 182.00Callimachus? Hekale is one of the most famous short epics of Greek literature and was highly regarded as such in antiquity. This study addresses the question of whether and to what extent the Hekale is related to the Homeric epics, and especially the Odyssey. The ensuing conclusions show that the Odyssey exerted a strong influence on the diction, character... more...
Critical Moments in Classical Literature
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 86.00A series of innovative critical readings exploring how the ancients discussed the meaning of literary works and their importance in society. more...
An Introduction to Greek Tragedy
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 22.00This book provides a brief and accessible introduction to Greek tragedy for students and general readers alike. more...
Ancient Greek Epigrams
University of California Press 2010; US$ 24.95After Sappho but before the great Latin poets, the most important short poems in the ancient world were Greek epigrams. Beginning with simple expressions engraved on stone, these poems eventually encompassed nearly every theme we now associate with lyric poetry in English. Many of the finest are on love and would later exert a profound influence on... more...
The Ironic Defense of Socrates
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 66.00Arrives at a controversial new interpretation of Plato's Apology of Socrates by focusing on the meaning and extent of Socratic and Platonic irony. more...
Homer's Trojan Theater
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 25.00Innovative and accessible study offering a new way of understanding how the Iliad poet envisions and renders visible his narrative. more...
On the Meaning of Prepositions and Cases
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2003; US$ 180.00Prepositions and cases constitute a fruitful field of research for semantics. The historical development of their meaning can shed light on the relations among the semantic roles of participants and on the organization of conceptual space. Ancient Greek allows an in-depth study of such development. The book, based on a wide, diachronically ordered... more...
Found in Translation
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 40.00Found in Translation addresses the wider issues of transferring any piece of theatre from a source into a target language. more...









