SOPHOCLES; MARK GRIFFITH (ED. )

Sophocles: Antigone

Cambridge University Press, 1999. Softcover. ISBN: 0521337011. Minor creasing to spine. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). ; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 366 pages; In this new edition of Sophocles' tragedy Antigone, Mark Griffith combines sophisticated literary and cultural interpretation with close attention to language, meter, and issues of performance, and thus makes the play more fully available to readers of Greek than ever before. The introduction requires no knowledge of Greek and will interest all students of drama and literature.. Very Good .

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Book number: 36469

Catalogue: Classical Studies

Keywords: 0521337011 Sophocles Plays & Drama Greek Literature Poetry & Poets Classical Greek & Roman

HARVEY, SIR PAUL (ED. )

The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature Compiled and Edited

Oxford University Press, 1974. Hardcover. ISBN: 0198661037. Minor shelfwear to book. Scholar's name to ffep (Bonnie Maclachlan [née Ward]). DJ is price-clipped. DJ spine browned. Some tears and chipping to DJ. ; 468 pages; From Achilles's heel to the sword of Damocles, Western culture teems with allusions from the rich heritage of classical literature, and this new edition of The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, the first updating since Sir Paul Harvey's original edition of 1937, provides the key to these works and the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations that produced them. Substantially revising the first edition, this volume condenses the findings of the most recent scholarship into highly readable prose and supplies a wealth of background information not found in Harvey's Companion. Indispensable to those studying classical literature in depth, the book will be equally accessible to the non-specialist. All Greek is transliterated, with translations given for all quotations from Greek and Latin. The main focus of the Companion remains the lives and works of the principal authors. Biographical entries offer the essential facts and sift the conjectural evidence, while entries on the major works include discussions of the philosophical dialogues and political speeches and plot summaries of the epic poems and plays. The various literary forms--epic, comedy, tragedy, rhetorical writing--are covered in depth, supplemented by articles on the origins of the Greek and Latin alphabets and languages. The Companion also puts this literature into its societal and historical contexts, including many articles on political, social, and artistic achievements. We learn, for example, about the political climate that produced the great speeches of Demosthenes and Cicero. Orators, statesmen, and generals stalk the pages, and major battles and conquests from the time of Alexander to the fall of Rome are summarized. Articles on contemporary social mores and religious beliefs help explain literary references, while the glories of philosophy, science, and art are celebrated from Cynics to Stoics, astronomy to water-clocks, and flute competitions to vase painting. Helpful maps supplement geographical entries, a chronological table provides an overview of the main historical and literary events, and a systematic set of cross-references links the entries. The breadth and accuracy of this volume will surely make it the standard reference book of its kind for years to come.. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 37483

Catalogue: Classical Studies

Keywords: 0198661037 Reference Classical Greek & Roman Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

HENDERSON, JEFFREY

The Maculate Muse Obscene Language in Attic Comedy

Oxford University Press, 1991. Second Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0195066855. Very minor shelfwear. ; The pervasive and unrestrained use of obscenity has long been acknowledged as a major feature of fifth-century Attic Comedy; no other Western art form relies so heavily on the sexual and scatological dimensions of language. This acclaimed book, now in a new edition, offers both acomprehensive discussion of the dynamics of Greek obscenity and a detailed commentary on the terminology itself. After contrasting the peculiar characteristics of the Greek notion of obscenity to modern-day ideas, Henderson discusses obscenity's role in the development of Attic Comedy, its historical origins, varieties, and dramatic function. His analysis of obscene terminology sheds new light on Greekculture, and his discussion of Greek homosexuality offers a refreshing corrective to the idealized Platonic view. He also looks in detail at the part obscenity plays in each of Aristophanes' eleven surviving plays. The latter part of the book identifies all the obscene terminology found in theextant examples of Attic Comedy, both complete plays and fragments. Although these terminological entries are arranged in numbered paragraphs resembling a glossary, they can also be read as independent essays on the various aspects of comic obscenity. Terms are explained as they occur in eachindividual context and in relation to typologically similar terminology. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 37521

Catalogue: Classical Studies

Keywords: 0195066855 Greek & Roman Drama Classical Greek & Roman Athenian Dramatical Drama History & Criticism Greek Classics

MORRISON, A. D.

Performances and Audiences in Pindar's Sicilian Victory Odes

University of London Institute of Classical Studies, 2007. Softcover. ISBN: 1905670095. As new. ; Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement 95; 156 pages; Pindar’s fifteen victory odes for Sicilian victors include some of Pindar’s most impressive and widely admired poems, such as the first two Olympians and first three Pythians. The majority of the Sicilian odes date from between about 476 to 466 BC and were composed to celebrate the victories of the great tyrants of Sicily Hieron of Syracuse and Theron of Akragas or their families or courtiers at the crown games. The Sicilian tyrants made spectacular use of their wealth and power in competing in equestrian events at the games and in commissioning Pindar and Bacchylides to celebrate their victories in song. This book examines the Sicilian odes of Pindar as a group, investigating the ways in which they interact and exploit their overlapping and intersecting audiences. It studies the different performances of Pindar’s odes (including reperformances subsequent to the first performance) and the audiences of these performances, and argues that these have important consequences for our view of the role victory odes played in the self-display of the Sicilian tyrannies to one another and the wider Greek world, the intertexts between the odes, the ‘conventional’ material in Pindar and the ways in which Pindar fulfils his promise of lasting fame for his patrons.. Fine .

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Book number: 10509

Catalogue: Classical Studies

Keywords: 1905670095 Pindar Odes Poetry & Poets Greek Literature 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

ROBINSON, CYRIL EDWARD

Everyday Life in Ancient Greece

Oxford At the Clarendon Press, 1954. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and removed pocket. ; 159 pages. Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 37550

Catalogue: Classical Studies

Keywords: Classical Greek & Roman

LYSIAS; EVELYN S. SHUCKBURGH

Lysiae (Lysias) : Orationes Xvi with Analysis, Notes, Appendices, & Indices

Macmillan & Company , Ltd. & St. Martin's Press, 1955. Hardcover. Minor shelfwear. Clean text. Front inner hinge is cracked. Former owner's name to ffep. Ligth browning to endpapers. Spine lightly sunned. ; Greek text with English commentary. ; 383 pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 13070

Catalogue: Classical Studies

Keywords: Greek Literature Lysias Classical Greek & Roman Legal And Law

TODISCO, LUIGI

Teatro E Spettacolo in Magna Grecia E in Sicilia Testi Immagini Architettura

Biblioteca Di Archeologia, 2002. Softcover. ISBN: 8830415871. Faint yellowing to wraps. ; Biblioteca Di Archeologia 32; 140 X 28 X 205 millimeters; 269 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 37513

Catalogue: Classical Studies

Keywords: 8830415871 Theater & Theatre Greek Literature Drama Plays & Drama Classical Greek & Roman

EURIPIDES; M. L. WEST (ED. )

Euripides: Orestes Edited with Translation and Commentary

Aris & Phillips, 1987. Softcover. ISBN: 0856683116. Minor yellowing to wraps. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). ; The Plays of Euripides; 297 pages; Text with facing translation, commentary and notes.. Very Good .

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Book number: 37604

Catalogue: Classical Studies

Keywords: 0856683116 Oresteia Euripides Poetry & Poets Classical Greek & Roman Greek Literature

WOODBURY, LEONARD E. ; (CHRISTOPHER G. BROWN, ROBERT L. FOWLER, EMMET I. ROBBINS & PHILIPPA M. WALLACE MATHESON, EDITORS)

Leonard E. Woodbury: Collected Writings

Scholars Press, 1991. Hardcover. ISBN: 1555403840. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). Else fine. ; Contains, in chronological order, all the articles, review articles and reviews published by L. E. Woodbury from 1945 to 1989. Mainly focused on Greek Poetry especially Pindar. ; Scholars Press Homage Series; 629 pages. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 37586

Catalogue: Classical Studies

Keywords: 1555403840 Greek Literature Poetry & Poets Classical Greek & Roman Pindar