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  • The Difficulty of Being Goodby Gurcharan Das

    Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 15.95

    Why should we be good? How should we be good? And how might we more deeply understand the moral and ethical failings--splashed across today's headlines--that have not only destroyed individual lives but caused widespread calamity as well, bringing communities, nations, and indeed the global economy to the brink of collapse? In The Difficulty of Being Good, Gurcharan Das seeks answers to these questions in an unlikely source: the 2,000 year-old Sanskrit epic, Mahabharata. A sprawling, witty, ironic, and delightful poem, the Mahabharata is obsessed with the elusive notion of dharma--in essence, doing the right thing. When a hero does something wrong in a Greek epic, he wastes little time on self-reflection; when a hero falters in the Mahabharata,... more...

  • A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiographyby John Marincola

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2010; US$ 49.95

    This two-volume Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography reflects the new directions and interpretations that have arisen in the field of ancient historiography in the past few decades. Comprises a series of cutting edge articles written by recognised scholars Presents broad, chronological treatments of important issues in the writing of history and antiquity These are complemented by chapters on individual genres and sub-genres from the fifth century B.C.E. to the fourth century C.E. Provides a series of interpretative readings on the individual historians Contains essays on the neighbouring genres of tragedy, biography, and epic, among others, and their relationship to history more...

  • Uses of Greek Mythologyby Ken Dowden

    Routledge 1992; US$ 34.95

    Explores the uses Greeks made of myth and the uses to which we can put myth in recovering the richness of their culture. Sheds light on many aspects of Greek history and culture - including war, religion and sexuality. more...

  • Xenophon And The History Of His Timesby John Dillery

    Routledge 1995; US$ 148.00

    Through an analysis of Xenophon's complete body of work, focusing on the Hellenica and Anabasis, he is shown to be very much a man of his times, with topical concerns such as panhellenism, the influence of the gods, and the idea of utopia. more...

  • Women in Antiquityby Richard Hawley; Barbara Levick

    Routledge 1995; US$ 44.95

    Explores and expands on scholarly debates on the status and representation women in antiquity; invaluable reading for all students and teachers of ancient history. more...

  • From Melos to My Laiby Lawrence A. Tritle

    Routledge 2000; US$ 39.95

    From Melos to My Lai presents an erudite, provocative and moving analysis of the accounts of violence in the literature and history of ancient Greece and in the film literature and veterans' accounts of the Vietnam War. more...

  • Dangerous Voicesby Gail Holst-Warhaft

    Routledge 1995; US$ 47.95

    Holst-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...

  • Roman Epicby Anthony J. Boyle

    Routledge 1996; US$ 125.00

    Distinguished Latinists examine the formation and evolution of Roman epic from its beginnings in the third century BC to the high Italian Renaissance. more...

  • Earl of Rochesterby David Farley-Hills

    Routledge 1995; US$ 380.00

    The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary repsonses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves. more...

  • Rape and Ravishment in the Literature of Medieval Englandby Corinne Saunders

    Boydell & Brewer 2001; US$ 63.75

    This work explores and untangles the theme of rape, and its counterpart ravishment, in Anglo-French cultural tradition between the disintegration of the classical world and the Renaissance. Tracing debate and dialogue across intellectual and literary discourses, Corinne Saunders places Middle English literary portrayals of rape and ravishment in the context of shifting legal, theological and medical attitudes. more...