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In Search of the Classic: Reconsidering the Greco-Roman Tradition, Homer to Valery & Beyond by Steven Shankman Publisher Comments The "classical," Steven Shankman argues, should not be confused with a particular historical period of Western antiquity, although it may owe its original articulation to the literary and philosophical explorations of ancient Greek authors... (read more) List Price $31.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The woman and the lyre :women writers in classical Greece and Rome by Jane Mcintosh Snyder Publisher Comments "Faint though the voices of the women of Greek and Roman antiquity may be in some cases, their sound, if we listen carefully enough, can fill many of the gaps and silences of women’s past."from the Conclusion Beginning with Sappho in the... (read more) List Price $34.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Varieties of Enchantment: Early Greek Views of the Nature & Function of Poetry by George Walsh Publisher Comments A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The singer of tales by Albert B Lord About the Author Gregory Nagy is Jones Professor of Classical Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University, and the Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Women in Antiquity by Ian Mcauslan Publisher Comments This volume collects fourteen articles by leading authorities to cover history, the law, mythology, literature, and religion in Graeco-Roman antiquity. Reflecting twenty years of scholarship, most of the articles have been updated to take account of the... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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First Poets Lives of the Ancient Greek by Michael Schmidt Synopsis Michael Schmidt traces the lives and works of the great Classical and Biblical poets, showing their legacy in English poetry today... (read more) Your price: $3.48 Used - Hardcover
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Theory; Text; Context: Issues in Greek Rhetoric and Oratory (Suny Series, Speech Communication) by Christopher Johnstone Book News Annotation Historical, theoretical, critical, and contextual problems in the understanding of ancient rhetoric are addressed in eight essays that consider the early development and practice of the art of oratory. Surveying Classical Greek rhetoric from its... (read more) List Price $56.50 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Spark Notes the Iliad by Homer Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Classical Literary Criticism by T S Dorsch List Price $11.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Oldest Dead White European Males: And Other Reflections on the Classics by Bernard Knox List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Best of the Achaeans by Gregory Nagy List Price $19.95 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Phrasikleia: An Anthropology of Reading in Ancient Greece (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues) by Jesper Svenbro List Price $35.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ancient Greek Literature & Society 2ND Edition by Charles Beye Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oldest Dead White European Males and Other Reflections on the Classics: And Other Reflections on the Classics by Bernard Knox Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-136) and index.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Ancient Epic Poetry: Homer, Apollonius, Virgil by Charles Rowan Beye Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-277) and index.... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sons of the Gods, Children of Earth: Ideology & Literary Form in Ancient Greece by Peter W Rose Description Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-405) and index.... (read more) Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin by Tracy Lee Simmons Publisher Comments Discussions of educational reform often involve windy talk of a "return to the classics, " but as Tracy Lee Simmons notes, rarely do would-be reformers go so far as to advocate a return to education in the classical languages themselves. In this concise... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Essays on Classical Literature Selected From Arion by Niall Rudd Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Scenes From Greek Drama by Bruno Snell Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Backing into the Future: The Classical Tradition & Its Renewal by Bernard Knox Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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