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Slavery and the Roman Literary Imaginationby William Fitzgerald; Denis Feeney; Stephen Hinds
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 27.00This book deals with the ways in which the Roman literary imagination explored the phenomenon of slavery. It discusses the ideological relation of Roman literature to the institution of slavery, and the ways in which slavery provided a metaphor for other relationships and experiences, and in particular for literature itself. more...
A Dictionary of Literary Symbolsby Michael Ferber
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 26.00New edition of this essential reference book, containing many new and updated entries. more...
Oedipus Trilogyby Sophocles; F. Storr
The Floating Press 1912; US$ 4.99Oedipus the King is Sophocles' legendary rendition of the myth of the great king Oedipus, perhaps the best known of all of the Greek Tragedies. When an oracle foretells that the young prince Oedipus will grow up to murder his father he is cast out of the kingdom by the king who hopes by doing so that he will avoid his fate. Oedipus grows up and many years later, not knowing his own identity, or the identity of his father, meets him at a crossroad where they argue and the king... more...
Oresteiaby Aeschylus; Peter Meineck; Helene P. Foley
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2009; US$ 10.95Winner of the American Translators Association 2000 Lewis Galantière Award. Peter Meineck is Producing Artistic Director of The Aquila Theatre Company, Visiting Scholar at the Center for Ancient Studies, New York University and teaches Greek Drama at the Tisch School for the Arts. more...
The Essential Metamorphosesby Ovid; Stanley Lombardo; W. R. Johnson
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2011; US$ 7.95The Essential Metamorphoses , Stanley Lombardo's abridgment of his translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, preserves the epic frame of the poem as a whole while offering the best-known tales in a rendering remarkable for its clarity, wit, and vigor. While making no pretense of offering an experience comparable to that of reading the whole of Ovid's self-styled history "from the world's first origins down to my own time," this practical and judicious selection of myths at the heart of Roman mythology and literature yet manages to relate many of the most fascinating episodes in that worldhistorical march toward the Age of Augustusand is accompanied by an Introduction that deftly sets them in their... more...
Public and Performance in the Greek Theatreby Peter D. Arnott
Routledge 1991; US$ 44.95Professor Arnott discusses the practical staging of Greek plays, and relates theatre practice to literary structure by demonstrating, for example, how the buildings themselves imposed particular constraints on actors and writers alike. more...
Demosthenesby Ian Worthington
Routledge 2000; US$ 44.95Demosthenes is still quoted in speeches by modern politicians, and is often viewed as the supreme example of the patriot. This book examines why his speeches came to be regarded so highly and asks whether his reputation is justified. more...
Persuasionby Ian Worthington
Routledge 1994; US$ 44.95An exciting and accessible introduction to rhetoric and oratory in ancient Greece. All Greek and Latin is translated. more...
Plato and the English Romanticsby E. Douka Kabitoglou
Routledge 1990; US$ 125.00Tackles the problematic relationship between Platonic philosophy and Romantic poetry, between the intellect (Apollo) and the emotions (Dionysus). It concentrates on the daemonic `mania' which the author sees as originating both. more...
Plutarch and the Historical Traditionby Philip A. Stadter
Routledge 1992; US$ 135.00These essays offer diverse perspectives on the biographical techniques and appropriation of sources for the use and reshaping of historical tradition by one of the most prominent philosophers and biographers of the ancient world. more...









