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  • L'ora die Antigone dal nazismo agli 'anni di piombo'by Sotera Fornaro

    Narr Francke Attempto 2012; US$ 52.91

    Hauptbeschreibung La Seconda guerra mondiale costituisce una cesura nellastoria delle ricezioni del mito di Antigone: l'esperienza deltotalitarismo e della Resistenza condiziona in maniera determinantela lettura della tragedia di Sofocle. Eppure c'è unsalto cronologico tra l'Antigone di Brecht (1948) e la ricomparsadel mito di Antigone nel teatro... more...

  • Lysistrataby Aristophanes; Jeffrey Henderson

    Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co. 2011; US$ 5.95

    English translation of Aristophanes' most popular comedy, with a lively, imaginative plot, memorable heroine, and appeal for peace and tolerance between nations and between the sexes. Includes helpful notes and an introductory essay on Aristophanes, the history of the play and its production, a bibliography and suggestions for further reading. more...

  • Medeaby Euripides; Anthony Podlecki

    Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co. 2011; US$ 5.95

    English translation of Euripides' tragedy based upon the story of Medea's revenge against her husband Jason. Includes an introduction on Euripides, the Greek theatre and the play's mythology; plot summaries; suggestions for further reading. more...

  • Zweite Analytikby Aristoteles; Wolfgang Detel

    Felix Meiner Verlag 2011; US$ 41.88

    Hauptbeschreibung Die "Zweite Analytik" ("Analytica Posteriora"), enstanden im 4. Jhdt. v. Chr.,gehört zu den esoterischen Schriften des Aristoteles und präsentiert seine Wissenschaftstheorie, die eine Theorie des Wissens einschließt. Untersucht wird hier die Frage, was Wissenschaft sei und wie sie möglich werde. Von zentraler Bedeutung ist für... more...

  • The Poetic Style of the Greek Poet Sapphoby Harold Zellner

    The Edwin Mellen Press 2010; US$ 139.95

    This book argues that Sappho’s style is characteristically playful, and that this is probably the best explanation for some problematic features of her text. more...

  • Homer's The Iliad and The Odysseyby Alberto Manguel

    Atlantic Books Ltd 2013; US$ 10.19

    The stories of the Trojan war and Helen of Troy, Patroclus and Achilles, the Sirens and the Cyclops are embedded in western culture, yet readers often fail to recognise that they were made famous by two epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey , and one blind poet: Homer. Alberto Manguel begins his book with the poems' inception in ancient Greece... more...

  • Antigoneby Sophocles; Ruby Blondell

    Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co. 2012; US$ 5.95

    English translation of Sophocles? tragic story of Antigone addresses civil disobedience and a moral imperative which supercedes human-created laws. The Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays to provide access to understanding Greek culture. more...

  • Generi lirico-corali nella produzione drammatica di Sofocleby Andrea Rodighiero

    Narr Francke Attempto 2012; US$ 63.92

    Hauptbeschreibung Quale rapporto esiste tra i generi lirici e le tragedie di Sofocle? Per quali vie si innestano nelle sezioni cantate dei suoi drammi le forme e gli stili dell'inno, dei peani, dei ditirambi, degli iporchemi, e come vengono rese certe 'atmosfere da epinicio'? Il fine dell'indagine che qui si propone è quello di gettare luce sulla... more...

  • Die antike Fabelby Niklas Holzberg

    WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 15.42

    Hauptbeschreibung Mit der Textsorte "Fabel" haben sich in jüngerer Zeit immer wieder Neuphilologen verschiedener Fächer beschäftigt, von Gräzisten und Latinisten hingegen wurde sie eher vernachlässigt. Deshalb fehlte lange eine Darstellung, die einen Überblick über die Geschichte dieser Gattung in der Antike mit einer modernen literaturwissenschaftlichen... more...