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The Annals of Quintus Ennius (Paperback): Ethel Mary Steuart The Annals of Quintus Ennius (Paperback)
Ethel Mary Steuart
R925 Discovery Miles 9 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1925, this book contains the surviving fragments of the Annales, an epic poem by Quintus Ennius. The fragments are presented in the original Latin alongside a highly detailed editorial notes section in English. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Ennius and classical literature.

Lucretius: De Rerum NaturaBook III (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Lucretius Lucretius: De Rerum NaturaBook III (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Lucretius; Edited by E. J. Kenney
R876 Discovery Miles 8 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The third book of Lucretius' great poem on the workings of the universe is devoted entirely to expounding the implications of Epicurus' dictum that death does not matter, 'is nothing to us'. The soul is not immortal: it no more exists after the dissolution of the body than it had done before its birth. Only if this fact is accepted can men rid themselves of irrational fears and achieve the state of ataraxia, freedom from mental disturbance, on which the Epicurean definition of pleasure was based. To present this case Lucretius deploys the full range of poetic and rhetorical registers, soberly prohibitive, artfully decorative or passionately emotive as best suits his argument, reinforcing it with vivid and compelling imagery. This new edition has been completely revised, with a considerably enlarged Commentary and a new supplementary introduction taking account of the great amount of new scholarship of the last forty years.

Paradise (Paperback): Kae Tempest Paradise (Paperback)
Kae Tempest
R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

'Tempest has a gift for shattering and transcending convention.' New York Times Philoctetes lives in a cave on a desolate island: the wartime hero is now a wounded outcast. Stranded for ten years, he sees a chance of escape when a young soldier appears with tales of Philoctetes' past glories. But with hope comes suspicion - and, as an old enemy emerges, he is faced with an even greater temptation: revenge. Kae Tempest is now widely acknowledged as a revolutionary force in contemporary British poetry, music and drama; they continue to expand the range of their work with a new version of Sophocles' Philoctetes in a bold new translation. Like Brand New Ancients before it, Paradise shows Tempest's gift for lending the old tales an immediate contemporary relevance - and will find this timeless story a wide new audience.

The Story of Aeneas - Virgil's Aeneid Translated into English Verse (Paperback): Henry S. Salt The Story of Aeneas - Virgil's Aeneid Translated into English Verse (Paperback)
Henry S. Salt
R958 Discovery Miles 9 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1928, this book contains a translation of Virgil's Aeneid into English verse. Salt retains the half-lines present in the Latin original, and uses a variety of rhyming schemes to convey the sense as well as the literal meaning of the epic. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Virgil and the history of the transmission of his most famous work.

Xenophon Anabasis Book III (Paperback): G. M. Edwards Xenophon Anabasis Book III (Paperback)
G. M. Edwards
R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1953 as a reprinted edition of an 1897 original, this book contains the original Greek text for the third book of Xenophon's Anabasis. The book is supplied with a commentary, and a glossary is provided at the end of the text. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of Classical education.

Phaethon and Other Stories from Ovid (Paperback): G. M. Edwards Phaethon and Other Stories from Ovid (Paperback)
G. M. Edwards
R1,012 Discovery Miles 10 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1957, as part of the Cambridge Elementary Classics series, this book presents the Latin text of the Phaethon myth as recounted by Ovid, together with other stories from the Metamorphoses. An introduction and editorial notes are also included in English. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Ovid and Latin literature.

Antagonistic Cooperation - Jazz, Collage, Fiction, and the Shaping of African American Culture (Hardcover): Robert O'Meally Antagonistic Cooperation - Jazz, Collage, Fiction, and the Shaping of African American Culture (Hardcover)
Robert O'Meally
R2,391 Discovery Miles 23 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ralph Ellison famously characterized ensemble jazz improvisation as "antagonistic cooperation." Both collaborative and competitive, musicians play with and against one another to create art and community. In Antagonistic Cooperation, Robert G. O'Meally shows how this idea runs throughout twentieth-century African American culture to provide a new history of Black creativity and aesthetics. From the collages of Romare Bearden and paintings of Jean-Michel Basquiat to the fiction of Ralph Ellison and Toni Morrison to the music of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, O'Meally explores how the worlds of African American jazz, art, and literature have informed one another. He argues that these artists drew on the improvisatory nature of jazz and the techniques of collage not as a way to depict a fractured or broken sense of Blackness but rather to see the Black self as beautifully layered and complex. They developed a shared set of methods and motives driven by the belief that art must involve a sense of community. O'Meally's readings of these artists and their work emphasize how they have not only contributed to understanding of Black history and culture but also provided hope for fulfilling the broken promises of American democracy.

The Speech against Leocrates (Paperback): Lycurgus The Speech against Leocrates (Paperback)
Lycurgus; Edited by A. Petrie
R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1922, this book contains the Greek text of the only surviving complete speech by the orator Lycurgus of Athens, which was delivered against Leocrates. Petrie includes a detailed introduction on the life and career of Lycurgus and an analysis of the speech, with detailed notes on the text and a critical apparatus at the back of the volume. This book will be of value to Classicists and anyone with an interest in Greek oratory and law.

Theocritus, Bion and Moschus - Translated into English Verse (Paperback): Arthur S. Way Theocritus, Bion and Moschus - Translated into English Verse (Paperback)
Arthur S. Way
R863 Discovery Miles 8 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Arthur Way (1847 1930) was a respected Classicist, and translated many ancient texts into English. This book, originally published in 1913, contains an English verse translation of several poems by the ancient Greek poets Theocritus, Bion and Moschus. These fluent translations will be of value to anyone with an interest in ancient Greek poetry, particularly of the more obscure poets."

The Bacchae of Euripides - With Critical and Explanatory Notes and with Numerous Illustrations from Works of Ancient Art... The Bacchae of Euripides - With Critical and Explanatory Notes and with Numerous Illustrations from Works of Ancient Art (English, Greek, To, Paperback)
John Edwin Sandys
R1,029 Discovery Miles 10 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1900, as the fourth edition of an 1880 original, this book by John Sandys contains the text of Euripides' chilling play in the original ancient Greek, as well as a thorough set of critical notes, a survey of the play's mythological origins, and many illustrations of Bacchic themes in ancient art. Clearly presented and easy to read, this book will be of value to Classical scholars of any ability and to anyone looking for more information on this celebrated tragedy.

The Oresteia of Aeschylus: Volume 2 (Paperback): George Thomson, Walter G. Headlam The Oresteia of Aeschylus: Volume 2 (Paperback)
George Thomson, Walter G. Headlam
R1,071 Discovery Miles 10 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1938, this book forms the second part of a two-volume edition of the Oresteia. The first volume contains the original Greek text of the Oresteia with a facing-page English translation, notes and a detailed introduction. This second volume is largely composed of a comprehensive textual commentary. A metrical appendix is also provided. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Aeschylus and classical literature.

The Oresteia of Aeschylus: Volume 1 (Paperback): George Thomson, Walter G. Headlam The Oresteia of Aeschylus: Volume 1 (Paperback)
George Thomson, Walter G. Headlam
R1,005 Discovery Miles 10 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1938, this book forms part one of a two-volume edition of the Oresteia. This first volume contains the original Greek text of the Oresteia with a facing-page English translation and notes. A detailed introduction is also provided. The second volume is largely composed of a comprehensive textual commentary. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Aeschylus and classical literature.

M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionis Oratoriae Liber I - Edited with Introduction and Commentary (Paperback): F.H. Colson M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionis Oratoriae Liber I - Edited with Introduction and Commentary (Paperback)
F.H. Colson
R969 Discovery Miles 9 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1924, this book contains the Latin text of the first book of Quintillian's Institutionis Oratoriae. Quintillian's work on oratorical principles was much respected during the revival of Classical learning in the Renaissance, but largely forgotten subsequently. Colson supplies a detailed exegetical commentary, as well as a thorough history of the composition of Quintillian's work and its transmission through the ages. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in ancient oratory or in this long-neglected text.

Nomen Romanum - A Book of Augustan Latin (Paperback): J. G. Worth Nomen Romanum - A Book of Augustan Latin (Paperback)
J. G. Worth
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1930, this book contains the Latin text of extracts from Sallust, Julius Caesar, Livy, Ovid, and other Latin prose and verse authors of the late Imperatorial and early Augustan period. J. G. Worth provides a large vocabulary at the end of the text, as well as a precis of each of the passages, which were chosen 'for their intrinsic interest and value', as well as their status as exemplary pieces of Latin from this time. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Augustan Latin or the history of Classical education.

The Book of Taliesin - Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain (Paperback): Rowan Williams, Gwyneth Lewis The Book of Taliesin - Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain (Paperback)
Rowan Williams, Gwyneth Lewis 1
R334 R303 Discovery Miles 3 030 Save R31 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The great work of Welsh literature, translated in full for the first time in over 100 years by two of its country's foremost poets Tennyson portrayed him, and wrote at least one poem under his name. Robert Graves was fascinated by what he saw as his work's connection to a lost world of deeply buried folkloric memory. He is a shapeshifter; a seer; a chronicler of battles fought, by sword and with magic, between the ancient kingdoms of the British Isles; a bridge between old Welsh mythologies and the new Christian theology; a 6th-century Brythonic bard; and a legendary collective project spanning the centuries up to The Book of Taliesin's compilation in 14th-century North Wales. He is, above all, no single 'he'. The figure of Taliesin is a mystery. But of the variety and quality of the poems written under his sign, of their power as exemplars of the force of ecstatic poetic imagination, and of the fascinating window they offer us onto a strange and visionary world, there can be no question. In the first volume to gather all of the poems from The Book of Taliesin since 1915, Gwyneth Lewis and Rowan Williams's accessible translation makes these outrageous, arrogant, stumbling and joyful poems available to a new generation of readers.

Pliny the Younger: 'Epistles' Book II (Paperback, New): Pliny the Younger Pliny the Younger: 'Epistles' Book II (Paperback, New)
Pliny the Younger; Edited by Christopher Whitton
R940 Discovery Miles 9 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Pliny the Younger's nine-book Epistles is a masterpiece of Roman prose. Often mined as a historical and pedagogical sourcebook, this collection of 'private' letters is now finding recognition as a rich and rewarding work in its own right. The second book is a typically varied yet taut suite of miniatures, including among its twenty letters the trial of Marius Priscus and Pliny's famous portrait of his Laurentine villa. This edition, the first to address a complete book of Epistles in over a century, presents a Latin text together with an introduction and commentary intended for students, teachers and scholars. With clear linguistic explanations and full literary analysis, it invites readers to a fresh appreciation of Pliny's lettered art.

Horace Odes IV - With Introduction and Notes (English, Latin, Paperback): Horace Horace Odes IV - With Introduction and Notes (English, Latin, Paperback)
Horace
R660 Discovery Miles 6 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1896, this book contains the Latin text of the fourth and last book of Horace's famous Odes, as well as the famous Carmen Saeculare, written for the Secular Games in 17 BC and commissioned by the emperor Augustus. Gow includes a biography of the poet and commentaries on each of the 16 poems in the book, including a brief synopsis of each, as well as a guide to common metrical patterns used by Horace and other ancient poets. This book will be of value to anyone interested in Horace or in Augustan poetry more generally.

The Getty Hexameters - Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous (Hardcover): Christopher A. Faraone, Dirk Obbink The Getty Hexameters - Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous (Hardcover)
Christopher A. Faraone, Dirk Obbink
R3,418 Discovery Miles 34 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Getty Hexameters looks in detail at a series of forty-four magical verses inscribed on a recently discovered lead tablet from Sicily in the fifth century BC, which is now in the Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
Divided into two sections, the volume consists of a general introduction to the new inscriptions, together with a critical text and English translation, photographs, and drawings. The second section contains a collection of eleven interpretative essays which treat various aspects of the text, including religious and civic context, date and poetic language, transmission, and connections to ancient magic and ritual practice.
The volume is the first complete critical edition of the Greek text to appear in print and contains important scholarship for the field of classics from an acclaimed list of contributors.

C. S. Lewis's Lost Aeneid - Arms and the Exile (Paperback): A.T. Reyes C. S. Lewis's Lost Aeneid - Arms and the Exile (Paperback)
A.T. Reyes; C. S. Lewis
R907 Discovery Miles 9 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) is best remembered as a literary critic, essayist, theologian, and novelist, and his famed tales The Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters have been read by millions. Now, A. T. Reyes reveals a different side of this diverse man of letters: translator. Reyes introduces the surviving fragments of Lewis's translation of Virgil's epic poem, which were rescued from a bonfire. They are presented in parallel with the Latin text, and are accompanied by synopses of missing sections, and an informative glossary, making them accessible to the general reader. Writes Lewis in A Preface to Paradise Lost, "Virgil uses something more subtle than mere length of time.... It is this which gives the reader of the Aeneid the sense of having lived through so much. No man who has read it with full perception remains an adolescent." Lewis's admiration for the Aeneid, written in the 1st century BC and unfolding the adventures of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy and became the ancestor of the Romans, is evident in his remarkably lyrical translation. C. S. Lewis's Lost Aeneid is part detective story, as Reyes recounts the dramatic rescue of the fragments and his efforts to collect and organize them, and part illuminating look at a lesser-known and intriguing aspect of Lewis's work.

Nonius Marcellus: De Compendi CB (Book, Una Red Reprint of the 1st from 1903 ed.): "Lindsay" Nonius Marcellus: De Compendi CB (Book, Una Red Reprint of the 1st from 1903 ed.)
"Lindsay"
R2,454 Discovery Miles 24 540 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, gegrundet 1849, ist die weltweit alteste, traditionsreichste und umfangreichste Editionsreihe griechischer und lateinischer Literatur von der Antike bis zur Neuzeit. Pro Jahr erscheinen 4-5 neue Editionen. Samtliche Ausgaben werden durch eine lateinische oder englische Praefatio erganzt. Die wissenschaftliche Betreuung der Reihe obliegt einem Team anerkannter Philologen: Gian Biagio Conte (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa) Marcus Deufert (Universitat Leipzig) James Diggle (University of Cambridge) Donald J. Mastronarde (University of California, Berkeley) Franco Montanari (Universita di Genova) Heinz-Gunther Nesselrath (Georg-August-Universitat Goettingen) Oliver Primavesi (Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat Munchen) Michael D. Reeve (University of Cambridge) Richard J. Tarrant (Harvard University) Vergriffene Titel werden als Print-on-Demand-Nachdrucke wieder verfugbar gemacht. Zudem werden alle Neuerscheinungen der Bibliotheca Teubneriana parallel zur gedruckten Ausgabe auch als eBook angeboten. Die alteren Bande werden sukzessive ebenfalls als eBook bereitgestellt. Falls Sie einen vergriffenen Titel bestellen moechten, der noch nicht als Print-on-Demand angeboten wird, schreiben Sie uns an: [email protected] Samtliche in der Bibliotheca Teubneriana erschienenen Editionen lateinischer Texte sind in der Datenbank BTL Online elektronisch verfugbar.

Through Arctic Lapland (Paperback): Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne Through Arctic Lapland (Paperback)
Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
R300 Discovery Miles 3 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Roman History for Latin Students - Ambush at Caudium, Livy Ab Urbe Condita Book 9.1-12.328 (Hardcover, New edition): Steven M.... Roman History for Latin Students - Ambush at Caudium, Livy Ab Urbe Condita Book 9.1-12.328 (Hardcover, New edition)
Steven M. Cerutti
R2,127 Discovery Miles 21 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the first twelve chapters of Book 9 of his Ab Urbe Condita, Livy tells the story of how, in 321 B.C., a young and untested Samnite commander named C. Pontius traps four Roman legions in the narrow mountain pass in the southern Apennines called the Caudine Forks. Stunned at his own success, he seeks the counsel of his father, who tells him that he must either let them go unscathed or slaughter them all to the man; there is no third option. For Pontius, however, turnabout is fairer play: long bristling under the jackboot of Roman saevitia et superbia, he decides to take this opportunity to inflict a little of his own. He frees the Romans, yes, but only after humiliating them by making them strip to their under-tunics and crawl beneath the yoke of the vanquished. What Pontius fails to realize is that the Romans will never suffer such indignation without answering with absolute reprisal. So, by his own foolish act of saevitia et superbia, Pontius guarantees the very outcome he was trying to avert: the destruction of his people and the ultimate hegemony of Rome throughout peninsular Italy. This gripping story of Roman honor and fortitude under fire, at a time when Rome's hegemony on the Italian peninsula was far from a foregone conclusion, is presented in Roman History for Latin Students: Ambush at Caudium, Livy Ab Urbe Condita Book 9.1-12.328 for the first time in a student-friendly edition, complete with Latin text (328 lines), a full vocabulary, and a comprehensive apparatus of notes on grammatical matters and rhetorical terms.

Homer Iliad XXI (English, Greek, To, Paperback): Homer Homer Iliad XXI (English, Greek, To, Paperback)
Homer; Edited by A. C. Price
R760 Discovery Miles 7 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published as part of the Pitt Press Series in 1921, this book not only provides the full text of the 21st book of the Iliad, but also includes an introductory guide for the new Greek scholar that addresses issues of vocabulary, translation possibilities and metrical issues. This book will be of value to Classical scholars of any ability, but particularly to anyone reading Homer in the original.

The Fall of The House of The House of Usher (Paperback): Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of The House of The House of Usher (Paperback)
Edgar Allan Poe
R210 Discovery Miles 2 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus (English, Greek, To, Paperback): Aeschylus The Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus (English, Greek, To, Paperback)
Aeschylus; Edited by H. Rackham
R731 Discovery Miles 7 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1899 as part of the Pitt Press Series, this book contains the Greek text of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound. The tragedy is prefaced with a history of Prometheus in Greek myth and an attempted reconstruction of the other two plays in the Prometheus trilogy, of which Prometheus Bound is the only extant piece, with detailed notes following at the end of the text. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in early Athenian drama.

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