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The Norton Book of Classical Literature
by Bernard Knox  Publisher Comments "The literature of the classical world that has survived is a pitiful remnant of what once existed...". So begins Bernard Knox's preface to an anthology that introduces the modern reader to the enormous breadth and rich variety of that "pitiful remnant" -...
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Greek Drama
by Moses Hadas Publisher Comments In power, passion, and the brilliant display of moral conflict, the drama of ancient Greece remains unsurpassed. For this volume, Professor Hadas chose nine plays which display the diversity and grandeur of tragedy, and the critical and satiric genius of...
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Pure Pagan: Seven Centuries of Greek Poems and Fragments
by Burton Raffel Publisher Comments “For there is indeed something we can call the spirit of ancient Greece–a carefully tuned voice that speaks out of the grave with astonishing clarity and grace , a distinctive voice that, taken as a whole, is like no other voice that has ever...
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Three Greek Plays: Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, the Trojan Women
by Edith Hamilton Publisher Comments This book presents three of the greatest Greek tragedies translated by Edith Hamilton....
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Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome: An Anthology
by I Plant Publisher Comments Despite a common perception that most writing in antiquity was produced by men, some important literature written by women during this period has survived. Edited by I. M. Plant, Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome is a comprehensive anthology of...
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Legacies :Prometheus, Orpheus, Socrates
by Joan M Erikson Publisher Comments Myth and legend illuminate human history as each generation draws inspiration from the lives and teaching of icon-like figures who channel the legacy of an epoch. In this book, Joan M. Erikson turns to classical Greece in search of three such mentors who...
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Classical Greek Reader
by Kenneth J Atchity Book News Annotation An anthology of well-known and less familiar ancient Greek texts, poems, art, plays, and historical and political documents, offering perspectives from women, doctors, storytellers, and herbalists of the period as well as philosophers. Selections...
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Greek Tragedies Volume 2
by David Grene Publisher Comments In three paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer a selection of the most important and characteristic plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides from the nine-volume anthology of The Complete Greek Tragedies. Over the years these...
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Seven Famous Greek Plays
by Oates And Oneill Publisher Comments "In the interval between the epics of Homer...and the age of the three great tragic poets, thinkers began to explore the various phenomena of the external world and came to understand many aspects of nature which had hitherto been shrouded in complete...
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A Garden of Greek Verse: Poems of Ancient Greece
by J Paul Getty Museum Publisher Comments Odes, hymns, and lyrics from many of Greece's most noted classical poets--including Homer, Hesiod, Sappho, Sophocles, and Euripides--are beautifully illustrated here with details of ancient Greek frescoes, vase paintings, and sculptures. Over the...
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Classical Tragedy: Greek and Roman
by Robert W Corrigan Publisher Comments A collection of eight plays along with accompanying critical essays. Includes: "The Oresteia" - Aeschylus; "Prometheus Bound" - Aeschylus; "Oedipus the King" - Sophocles; "Antigone" - Sophocles; "Medea" - Euripides; "The Bakkhai" - Euripides; "Oedipus" -...
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Sappho's Lyre: Archaic Lyric & Women Poets of Ancient Greece
by Sappho Publisher Comments "The translations are excellent--at once literal, graceful, and idiomatic--and the poems have been selected in a way that is unparalleled in any comparable collection and is responsive to contemporary concerns."--Sheila Murnaghan, author of "Disguise and...
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Classical Comedy (Penguin Classics)
by Erich Segal Publisher Comments The ideal single-volume introduction to the greatest masterpieces of ancient comedy From the fifth to the second century B.C., theatrical comedy flourished in Greece and Rome. This new anthology brings together four essential masterworks of the genre...
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Greek Tragedies Volume 3
by David Grene Publisher Comments In three paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer a selection of the most important and characteristic plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides from the nine-volume anthology of The Complete Greek Tragedies. Over the years these...
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Greek Tragedies Volume 1
by David Grene Publisher Comments In three paperback volumes, the Grene and Lattimore editions offer a selection of the most important and characteristic plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides from the nine-volume anthology of The Complete Greek Tragedies. Over the years these...
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Greek Lyric Poetry: A New Translation
by Sherod Santos Publisher Comments Winner of the Umhoefer Prize: "A magnificent achievement, better, more animated, buoyant, and richly articulated than any other version I know."--Anthony Hecht Sherod Santos's new translation of classical poems answers Rosetti's mandate that "the only...
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Classical Comedy - Greek and Roman
by Robert W Corrigan Publisher Comments Rich anthologies of dramatic art and critical insight - varied, stimulating, broad in its view and deep in its perceptions...exciting variety of translations...enlightening essays from some of the most stiumlating minds of the century.- Leonard C. Pronko,...
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The Classical Greek Reader
by Kenneth J Atchity Publisher Comments Scholarly commentary on the nuances of Greek writing fills library shelves, even entire libraries. Yet nothing can take the place of the documents themselves. The Classical Greek Reader marks an exciting departure from the traditional anthology approach...
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Dances for Flute and Thunder: Praises, Prayers, and Insults Poems from the Ancient Greek
by Brooks Haxton Synopsis An acclaimed modern poet unlocks the forgotten music of ancient Greek lyrics--as fresh today as when they were written--in a new, free-spirited translation....
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Translated Documents of Greece and Rome #1: Archaic Times to the End of the Peloponnesian War
by Charles W Fornara Publisher Comments Important historical documents relating events of national significance and records of everyday life are gathered in this collection of primary source material from Greece during the era of Greek colonization, including the Peloponnesian War. The...
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