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Helping Friends and Harming Enemies
Cambridge University Press 1989; US$ 40.00This book is a detailed study of five plays of Sophocles that examines a key ethical principle. more...
Repertorium der Konjekturen in den Seneca-Tragödien
BRILL 2009; US$ 138.00The transmission of the Seneca tragedies first became an object of critical discussion by the Italian humanists and has continued to occupy scholars to the present day. Besides a brief account of the critical work of Jodocus Badius (Ascensiana 1514) and of Girolamo Avanzi (Aldina 1517) the repertory lists systematically the conjectures recorded since... more...
Die Ästhetik der augusteischen Dichtung: Eine Ästhetik des Verzichts
BRILL 2009; US$ 135.00Starting from some central texts of Horace's late poetry this book tries to offer a general picture of Horace's poetry, his political poetry and his relationship with his patrons in particular. It is aimed not only at classicists, but also at students of literature and history. more...
Dear Gangster...
Penguin Group US 1996; US$ 20.00There is currently no description available for this title at this time. more...
A Guide to The Odyssey
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 14.36For those of us who know and love the incomparable Odyssey of Homer (and there are many), Dr. Hexter has created a valuable, detailed analysis, taking into account many of Homer's most fascinating subtleties. more...
Oedipus the King
Oxford University Press, USA 1978; US$ 8.99Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the sense of poetry evident in the originals.... more...
Metamorphoses
OUP Oxford 1987; US$ 8.99The modern, unacademic idiom of A.D. Melville's translation opens the way to a fresh understanding of Ovid's unique and elusive vision of reality. more...
Euripides' Escape-Tragedies
OUP Oxford 2005; US$ 174.99This is the first major critical study of three late plays of Euripides: Helen, Andromeda and Iphigenia among the Taurians. Matthew Wright offers a sustained reading of the plays, arguing that they are a thematically connected trilogy. He re-examines central themes such as myth, geography, cultural identity, philosophy, religion, and (crucially) genre.... more...
Never Shake Hands with a War Criminal
Seven Stories Press 2011; US$ 21.95Never Shake Hands with a War Criminal is a personal and political history told with acid humor and a loving heart. Barry Crimmins, a writer and commentator on Air America Radio, travels from a skeptical childhood in frozen upstate New York, through the founding of the Boston comedy scene, to a career as a satirist and activist. No villain is spared;... more...
The Mammoth Book of Tasteless Jokes
Constable & Robinson 2010; US$ 11.65The ultimate collection of tasteless and sick jokes that just shouldn't be told. More than 3,000 off-colour jokes, covering every taboo from sex and death to race and disability, this book leaves no stone unturned in its search for the most dubious jokes known to humanity. Why exactly do we like to laugh at jokes that are cruel, heartless and... more...









