BOWRA, C. M.

Pindar

Oxford Clarendon Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0198143389. Leonard Woodbury's review of book tipped in (stapled offprint from Phoenix). A few rust stains from staples to ffep. Else Minor Shelfwear. DJ is price-clipped. DJ has tears and some chipping with faint soiling. ; 446 pages; Chapter titles include: THE THEORY OF POETRY / GODS, HEROES, AND MEN / ECHOES OF POLITICS / THE ATHLETIC IDEAL / MANNERS AND MANNERISMS / THE SCOPE OF IMAGERY / THE TREATMENT OF MYTH / UNITY AND VARIETY OF STRUCTURE / THE POETICAL PERSONALITY. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 37509

Catalogue: Classical Studies

Keywords: 0198143389 Pindar Odes Pindaric Odes Greek Poetry Poetry & Poets Greek Literature Classical Greek & Roman

GERBER, DOUGLAS E.

Euterpe: An Anthology of Early Greek Lyric, Elegiac, and Iambic Poetry Edited with Introductory Remarks and Commentary

Adolf M. Hakkert, 1970. Hardcover. ISBN: 9025605524. Inscribed by author to Bonnie [Maclachlan]. Spine slightly sunned. ; Commentary on the Archaic Greek Poets with original Greek Text. ; 436 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 37507

Catalogue: Greek Literature

Keywords: 9025605524 Poetry & Poets Greek Literature Lyric Poetry Elegiac Poetry Iambic Poetry

OVID; FRANK JUSTUS MILLER & (REV. BY ) G. P. GOOLD

Ovid Iv: Metamorphoses Ii Books Ix-Xv

Harvard University Press & William Heinemann, 1994. Hardcover. ISBN: 0674990471. Small pen mark to textblock. ; Loeb Classical Library No. 43; Vol. 4; 500 pages; Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) , born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and to society. Famous at first, he offended the emperor Augustus by his Ars Amatoria, and was banished because of this work and some other reason unknown to us, and dwelt in the cold and primitive town of Tomis on the Black Sea.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 37501

Catalogue: Loeb Classical Library

Keywords: 0674990471 Loeb Classical Library Latin Literature Ovid Metamorphoses

OVID; FRANK JUSTUS MILLER (TRANS. ) & G. P. GOOLD (REVISED BY)

Ovid Iii: Metamorphoses I Books I-Viii

Harvard University Press & William Heinemann, 1994. Third Revised Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0674990463. Upper corners mildly bumped. DJ has 1 tiny tear. Light rubbing to DJ. ; Loeb Classical Library No. 42; Vol. 3; 467 pages; Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) , born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and to society. Famous at first, he offended the emperor Augustus by his Ars Amatoria, and was banished because of this work and some other reason unknown to us, and dwelt in the cold and primitive town of Tomis on the Black Sea.. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 37502

Catalogue: Loeb Classical Library

Keywords: 0674990463 Loeb Classical Library Latin Literature Ovid Metamorphoses

THEOCRITUS; A. S. F. GOW (ED. )

Theocritus Volume I: Introduction, Text and Translation & Volume Ii: Commentary, Appendix,

Cambridge University Press, 1965. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very faint pencilling to 3-4 pages. Scholar's name to ffeps (Dorothea Wender). DJs are price-clipped. Djs have a few tears and chipping. DJ spines a bit browned. Vol. 1 has small stain to front panel. Mostly Minor shelfwear to books. ; Reprint of Second Edition of 1952. Extensive commentary on Theocritus and his writings. ; 2 Volume Set. ; 990 pages;. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 37511

Catalogue: Greek Literature

Keywords: Theocritus Poetry & Poets Hellenistic Poetry Greek Literature Classical Greek & Roman

APULEIUS; J. ARTHUR HANSON

Apuleius: Metamorphoses Volume Ii: Books 7-11

Harvard University Press, 1989. Hardcover. ISBN: 0674994981. Minor shelfwear. ; Loeb Classical Library No. 453; Vol. 2; 377 pages. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Keywords: 0674994981 Loeb Classical Library Apuleius Latin Literature

KURKE, LESLIE

The Traffic in Praise Pindar and the Poetics of Social Economy

Cornell University Press, 1991. Hardcover. ISBN: 0801423503. Minor shelfwear to book. Stapled review of book by Gordon M. Kirkwood (signed by him) tipped in. DJ spine sunned. ; Myth and Poetics; 287 pages; Commissioned to celebrate athletic victories in the first half of the fifth century B.C, Pindar's odes have continued to resist interpretation by modern readers. In The Traffic in Praise, Leslie Kurke offers an engaging new reading of the odes within their rich social context and poetic tradition.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 37505

Catalogue: Greek Literature

Keywords: 0801423503 Poetry & Poets Pindar Greek Literature Social & Cultural Classical Greek & Roman

MULLEN, WILLAIM

Choreia: Pindar and Dance

Princeton University Press, 1982. Hardcover. ISBN: 0691065004. TLS newspaper clipping of book tipped in. Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has a few small tears and some minor soiling. ; Discusses dance as an integral part of the work of the Greek lyric poet Pindar. ; 296 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 37506

Catalogue: Classical Studies

Keywords: 0691065004 Pindar Poetry & Poets Dance Greek Literature Lyric Poetry Classical Greek & Roman

NISETICH, FRANK J. (TRANS. ) & (FOREWORD BY HUGH LLOYD-JONES)

Pindar's Victory Songs

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980. Softcover. ISBN: 0801823560. Edgewear to wraps. Spine is sunned and a bit creased. ; 9.8 X 6.8 X 1.2 inches; 384 pages. Very Good .

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Catalogue: Greek Literature

Keywords: 0801823560 Pindar Poetry & Poets Greek Literature

PAGE, DENYS L. (ED. ) & (REV. BY R. D. DAWE & J. DIGGLE)

Further Greek Epigrams Epigrams Before Ad 50 from the Greek Anthology and Other Sources, Not Included in Hellenistic Epigrams Or the Garland of Philip

Cambridge University Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0521229030. Scholar's name to ffep (Bonnie Maclachlan [née Ward]). Minor bump to lower edge of front board. DJ has 1 tear to foot of spine. (4cm). DJ spine sunned. ; 612 pages; This book continues the work done in the volumes edited by A. S. F. Gow and D. L. Page entitled Hellenistic Epigrams and The Garland of Philip. It sets out to include all Greek literary epigrams composed before AD 50 and not published in those volumes, and extends also to epigrams ascribed to certain imperial Romans. Another author commented on is Leonides of Alexandria, whose poems observe curious mathematical laws. The challenge to the authenticity of much of what passes for Simonides and the associated historical discussion constitute one of the most important sections of the book. This edition and commentary will be indispensable to scholars of Greek literature.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 37510

Catalogue: Greek Literature

Keywords: 0521229030 Poetry & Poets Greek Epigrams Classical Greek & Roman Greek Literature Greek Anthology

WEST, M. L. (ED. )

Iambi Et Elegi Graeci: Ante Alexandrum Cantati. [2 Volume Set] Vol. I: Archilochus, Hipponax, Theognidea. Editio Altera & Vol. 2: Callinus, Mimnermus, Semonides, Solon, Tyrtaeus, Minora Adespota. Editio Altera

Oxford Clarendon Press, 1978. Hardcover. Pages are browned with pencil notes. Former owner's name to vol. 2 (deleted). Shelfwear to books. DJs have 1 chipping and small tears. DJ spine of vol 2 sunned. ; 2 volumes. V1 (1978) isbn: 019814184X 256pp. + V2: (1980) isbn: 0198141874 246 pp. This work contains all that survives and has been hitherto been published of Pre-Alexandrian elegy and iambus, with the relevant testimonia and critical apparatus. Epigrams are excluded as being a separate genre. Many papyri and other manuscript sources have been re-examined and advantage has been taken of modern editions of authors who preserve fragments in quotation. ; 2 Volume Set COMPLETE; Vol. 1/2/2024; V1: (1989) 256 pp ISBN: 0198146965; V2: (1992) 277 pp ISBN: 0198140967. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 37504

Catalogue: Greek Literature

Keywords: Greek Literature Elegiac Poetry Iambic Poetry Poetry & Poets Classical Greek & Roman