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Antiquity and Modernity
Wiley 2009; US$ 98.95The nature, faults and future of modern civilization and how these connect to the past are tackled in this broad-reaching volume. Presents a study of modernity that examines classical influences Incorporates political, economic, social, and psychological theories Highlights writings from a wide range of thinkers, including Adam Smith, Marx, Mill,... more...
Der Autor und sein Text
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 168.00The literature of Greek and Roman Antiquity handed down in manuscripts was exposed to the constant danger of texts being corrupted by manipulations not sanctioned by the author concerned. This can also be demonstrated in translations, for example if the text of a foreign-language book was altered by a translator without the original author?s consent.... more...
Whither Quo Vadis
Wiley 2009; US$ 121.95Whither Quo Vadis? offers an engaging account of how the Roman world and its history are represented in film and the way in which the different adaptations reflect the shifting historical situations and ideological concerns of their own times. Explores five surviving film adaptations – Guazzoni's of 1912; D’Annunzio/Jacoby of 1925;... more...
Epic Interactions
Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 134.99This collection of essays celebrating the career of Jasper Griffin, one of the foremost modern scholars of classical epic, surveys the epic tradition from the eighth century BC to the nineteenth century of our era. - ;This collection of essays, written by former pupils of his, celebrates the career of Jasper Griffin, one of the foremost modern scholars... more...
Studien zu Sextus Empiricus, Diogenes Laertius und zur pyrrhonischen Skepsis
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 168.00Apart from both of his monographs on Sextus and his indices to Sextus and Diogenes Laertius, Karel Janá?ek (1906-1996) published fifty articles on Sextus and related topics. These are methodically strict lexical and stylistic studies which have shed new light on Sextus? work. In addition Janá?ek also took a close look at the works of Diogenes Laertius,... more...
Theorie der Übersetzung antiker Literatur in Deutschland seit 1800
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 126.00The translation of ancient literature became the focus of a lively discussion in Germany around 1800. After Herder and Voss the question once more arose of just how faithfully the ancient world could and should be presented in the German language. Schleiermacher and Humboldt decided to emphasise the cultural strangeness and linguistic individuality... more...
The War That Killed Achilles
Penguin Group US 2009; US$ 16.00"Spectacular and constantly surprising." -Ken Burns Written with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization. As she did in The Endurance and The Bounty , New York Times... more...
Rhetorical Exercises from Late Antiquity
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 91.00The first translation of the Declamations and Preliminary Talks of the sixth-century sophist Choricius of Gaza. more...
The Noun Phrase in Ancient Greek
BRILL 2009; US$ 159.00On the basis of a functional analysis of the order and articulation of noun phrase constituents in Herodotus, this book tries to answer the question as to which factors determine word order variation in the Greek NP. more...
Money in the Late Roman Republic
BRILL 2007; US$ 130.00Like coinage, bullion, financial instruments and a variety of commodities played an important role in Rome's monetary system. This book examines how the availability of such assets affected the demand for coinage and the development of the late Republican economy. more...









