Digenes Akrites
Called variously the ’Byzantine epic’, the ’epic of Modern Greece’, an ’epic-romance’ and...
EAN: 9780860783954
Aristotle Physica
A new translation of Aristotle's classic work on the natural sciences.
EAN: 9780198145141
Spoken Like a Woman
In ancient Athens, where freedom of speech derived from the power of male citizenship, women's...
EAN: 9780691144412
Aristophanes: Lysistrata
Lysistrata is the third and last of Aristophanes' peace plays. It is a dream of peace, of how the...
EAN: 9780856684586
Xenophon: Symposium
The Symposium that Xenophon wrote has lived in the shadow of the more famous one by Plato, so...
EAN: 9780856686825
Hadrian's Wall
In Hadrian's Wall: A Life, Hingley addresses the post-Roman history of Hadrian's Wall, and...
EAN: 9780198707028
Collins Greek Phrasebook and Dictionary Gem Edition
You will never be lost for words in your travels around Greece and the Greek islands again! Your...
EAN: 9780008135898
Pindar and the Emergence of Literature
For much of Western history, Pindar's work was recognized as the pinnacle of lyric poetry. This...
EAN: 9781107116634
Boiotia in Antiquity
Boiotia was - next to Athens and Sparta - one of the most important regions of ancient Greece....
EAN: 9781107053243
From Hittite to Homer
This book takes a bold new approach to the prehistory of Homeric epic. It argues that the Near...
EAN: 9780521509794
Romance between Greece and the East
The contact zones between Greece and the Near East represent one of the most exciting and...
EAN: 9781107543003
Routledge Modern Greek Reader
This has been specially designed for post-beginners to advanced learners of Greek. Written by an...
EAN: 9781138809635
Introduction to the Composition and Analysis of Greek Prose
This work is aimed at university students and others who have a passive knowledge of ancient...
EAN: 9780521761420
Introduction to the Composition and Analysis of Greek Prose
This work is aimed at university students and others who have a passive knowledge of ancient...
EAN: 9780521184250
Callimachus in Context
A radical reconsideration of one of the most important authors of Greco-Roman antiquity, which...
EAN: 9781107470644
Theocritus. Moschus. Bion
Theocritus (early third century BC) was the inventor of the bucolic genre, also known as...
EAN: 9780674996441
Tragic Pathos
In modern times philosophers and neuropsychologists have explored the nature of the emotions...
EAN: 9781107526587
Aristophanes and the Poetics of Competition
Athenian comedy was written for performance in competitions at religious festivals. This book...
EAN: 9781107525948
Relative Chronology in Early Greek Epic Poetry
We know very little about the authors and cultural context of Greek epic poetry from the Homeric...
EAN: 9781107525917
Performing Oaths in Classical Greek Drama
This book demonstrates how oaths influence dramatic plots by compelling characters to behave in...
EAN: 9781107525832
Essays and Addresses
Richard Claverhouse Jebb was an influential Greek scholar and politician. Originally published in...
EAN: 9781107655157
