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Works of Marcus Tullius Cicero
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 5.99Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any novel from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Table of Contents. List of Works by Genre. Marcus Tullius Cicero Biography. List of Works by Genre. Ethical Writings :: Political Works :: Philosophical works :: Other Works. Ethical Writings:. On Moral... more...
The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Latin Literature
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 149.99The twenty-eight essays in this handbook represent the best of current thinking in the study of Latin language and literature in the Middle Ages. The insights offered by the collective of authors not only illuminate the field of medieval Latin literature but shed new light on broader questions of literary history, cultural interaction, world literature,... more...
Night and Horses and the Desert
Overlook 2000; US$ 13.99The first collection of poetry and prose from a rich and all too unfamiliar literary tradition. Spanning the fifth to the sixteenthcenturies, from Afghanistan to Spain, Night and Horses and the Desert includes translated extracts from all the major classics in an invaluable introduction to the subject. Robert Irwin has selected a wide range of... more...
Praecepta Tonica
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 56.00The Praecepta Tonica by John of Alexandria (5th-6th cent. AD) is one of our richest sources for ancient Greek accentuation and an indispensable tool for reconstructing Herodian?s famous De prosodia catholica. Despite its importance, it is available only in a seriously flawed edition brought out by Karl Wilhelm Dindorf in 1825. The newedition offers... more...
Mahabharata
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableThe Mahabharata is one of the greatest stories ever told. Though the basic plot is widely known, there is much more to the epic than the dispute between Kouravas and Pandavas that led to the battle in Kurukshetra. It has innumerable sub-plots that accommodate fascinating meanderings and digressions, and it has rarely been translated in full, given... more...
Mahabharata
Penguin Books Ltd 2011; Not AvailableThe Mahabharata is one of the greatest stories ever told. Though the basic plot is widely known, there is much more to the epic than the dispute between Kouravas and Pandavas that led to the battle in Kurukshetra. It has innumerable sub-plots that accommodate fascinating meanderings and digressions, and it has rarely been translated in full, given... more...
Valmiki Ramayana
Penguin Books Ltd 2000; Not AvailableOne of India's two greatest epics, the Ramayana pervades the country's moral and cultural consciousness. For generations it has served as a bedtime story for Indian children, while at the same time emgaging the interest of philosophers and theologians. Now this magnificent new translation makes the monumental work available to a new audience. Believed... more...
Commenta in Ciceronis Rhetorica
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 84.00For the first time, this critical edition of the Commentary to Cicero?s De inventione from the pen of the Roman rhetor from the period of late antiquity, Claudius Marius Victor (or Victorinus), includes manuscripts handed down through independent branch of textual transmission, one that preserved the correct original text in a number of places. On... more...
Greece and Mesopotamia
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 76.00Proposes an exciting new approach to the study of ancient Greek and Mesopotamian literature. more...
A Chola Adventure
Penguin Books Ltd 2013; Not Available990 CE, Tanjore, India Twelve-year-old Raji is growing up during the reign of Rajaraja Chola in south India. Raji is a girl of spirit---brave, bright and bold. She is also a dancer, a warrior and a sculptor who models kingdoms in stone. Raji, however is not happy: she misses her family. Her mother is in exile and her father has left home in grief. On... more...









