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The Earthly Paradise - The Complete Edition (Hardcover): William Morris The Earthly Paradise - The Complete Edition (Hardcover)
William Morris
R1,399 Discovery Miles 13 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Naturalis Historiae, Vol. II CB (Book, Reprint 1909 (1986) ed.): Plinius/Jan/Mayhoff Naturalis Historiae, Vol. II CB (Book, Reprint 1909 (1986) ed.)
Plinius/Jan/Mayhoff
R5,309 Discovery Miles 53 090 Ships in 10 - 15 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) Dirk Obbink (University of Oxford) 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.

Famous European Artists (Hardcover): Sarah Knowles Bolton Famous European Artists (Hardcover)
Sarah Knowles Bolton
R832 Discovery Miles 8 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Inscriptional Evidence of Pre-Islamic Classical Arabic - Selected Readings in the Nabataean, Musnad, and Akkadian Inscriptions... Inscriptional Evidence of Pre-Islamic Classical Arabic - Selected Readings in the Nabataean, Musnad, and Akkadian Inscriptions (Hardcover)
Saad Abulhab
R925 Discovery Miles 9 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book discusses a highly-debated research topic regarding the history of the Arabic language. It investigates exhaustively the ancient roots of Classical Arabic through detailed tracings and readings of selected ancient inscriptions from the Northern and Southern Arabian Peninsula. Specifically, this book provides detailed readings of important Nabataean, Musnad, and Akkadian inscriptions, including the Namarah inscription and the Epic of Gilgamesh. In his book, the author, a known Arabic type designer and independent scholar, provides clear indisputable transcriptional material evidence indicating Classical Arabic was utilized in major population centers of the greater Arabian Peninsula, many centuries before Islam. He presents for the first time a new clear reading of Classical Arabic poetry verses written in the Nabataean script and dated to the first century CE. Furthermore, he offers for the first time a clear detailed Classical Arabic reading of a sample text from two ancient editions of the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, separated by more than1000 years. Throughout his readings, the author provides verifiable evidence from major historical Arabic etymological dictionaries, dated many centuries ago. The abundant of in-depth analysis, images, and detailed original tables in this book makes it a very suitable reference for both scholars and students in academic and research institutions, and for independent learners.

Aristophanes: Peace (Hardcover): Ian C. Storey Aristophanes: Peace (Hardcover)
Ian C. Storey
R2,511 Discovery Miles 25 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the first volume dedicated to Aristophanes' comedy Peace that analyses the play for a student audience and assumes no knowledge of Greek. It launches a much-needed new series of books each discussing a comedy that survives from the ancient world. Six chapters highlight the play's context, themes, staging and legacy including its response to contemporary wartime politics and the possible staging options for flying. It is ideal for students, but helpful also for scholars wanting a quick introduction to the play. Peace was first performed in 421 BC, perhaps only days before the signing of a peace treaty that ended ten years of fighting between Athens and Sparta (the Archidamian War). Aristophanes celebrates this prospect with an imaginative fantasy involving his hero's flight on a gigantic dung-beetle to Olympus, the rescue of the goddess Peace from her imprisonment in a cave, and her return to a Greece weary of ten years of war. Like most of the poet's comedies, this play is heavy on fantasy and imagination, light on formal structure, being an exuberant farce that champions the opponents of War and celebrates the delights of the return to country life with its smells, food and drink, its many pleasures and none of the complications that war brings in its wake.

The Miracles and Translatio of Saint James - Books Two and Three of the Liber Sancti Jacobi (Hardcover): Thomas F. Coffey,... The Miracles and Translatio of Saint James - Books Two and Three of the Liber Sancti Jacobi (Hardcover)
Thomas F. Coffey, Maryjane Dunn
R1,039 Discovery Miles 10 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Deluxe Hardcover Edition) (Hardcover): Marcus Aurelius Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Deluxe Hardcover Edition) (Hardcover)
Marcus Aurelius
R206 R182 Discovery Miles 1 820 Save R24 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Tacitus, Annals XIV: A Selection (Paperback): John Storey Tacitus, Annals XIV: A Selection (Paperback)
John Storey
R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin A-Level (Group 2) prescription of Annals XIV, 1-13, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A Level. Tacitus is one of the great Roman historians. His Annals, written in the early-2nd century CE, described the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Gaius, Claudius and Nero, covering the years 14-68 CE. In this selection he provides a memorable vignette of Nero's decadence and cruelty in the failed and then successful murder of his own mother, Agrippina. The drama of Nero's reign must be read in the context of Tacitus' perspective as an author writing within living memory of the events he describes, events which shaped the further development of imperial rule. Supporting resources are available on the Companion Website: https://www.bloomsbury.pub/OCR-editions-2024-2026

Homer's Odyssey - a Commentary (Hardcover): Denton Jaques 1841-1925 Snider Homer's Odyssey - a Commentary (Hardcover)
Denton Jaques 1841-1925 Snider
R1,112 Discovery Miles 11 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Jane Eyre - Chiltern Edition (Hardcover): Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre - Chiltern Edition (Hardcover)
Charlotte Bronte 3
R646 R577 Discovery Miles 5 770 Save R69 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The History of the Peloponnesian War (Deluxe Library Edition) (Hardcover): Richard Crawley The History of the Peloponnesian War (Deluxe Library Edition) (Hardcover)
Richard Crawley
R1,117 Discovery Miles 11 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Seneca - Fifty Letters of a Roman Stoic (Paperback): Lucius Annaeus Seneca Seneca - Fifty Letters of a Roman Stoic (Paperback)
Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Translated by Margaret Graver, A. A. Long; Introduction by Margaret Graver, A. A. Long; Commentary by …
R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In the year 62, citing health issues, the Roman philosopher Seneca withdrew from public service and devoted his time to writing. His letters from this period offer a window into his experience as a landowner, a traveler through Roman Italy, and a man coping with the onset of old age. They describe the roar of the arena, the festival of Saturnalia, and the perils of the Adriatic Sea, and they explain his thoughts about political power, the treatment of slaves, the origins of civilization, and the key points of Stoic philosophy. This selection of fifty of his letters brings Seneca to readers in a fresh modern voice and shows how, as a philosopher, he speaks to our time. Above all, these letters explore the inner life of the individual: from the life of heedless vanity to the first interest in philosophy, to true friendship, self-determination, and personal excellence.

Greek Myths: Heroes and Heroines (Hardcover): Jean Menzies Greek Myths: Heroes and Heroines (Hardcover)
Jean Menzies
R299 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Find out what happened when King Midas was granted his wish, how Icarus flew too close to the sun, and relive the adventures of Jason and the Argonauts in these stories of love, betrayal, infatuation and punishment. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Greek myths have been part of Western culture since they were first set down by the ancients and, as there is no one definitive account, the stories have been ripe for reinterpretation through the centuries. Classicist and writer Jean Menzies has brought together fifteen retellings of famous myths from the likes of Andrew and Jean Lang, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Emilie Kip Baker, each chosen for its clarity and vivacity. The result? An enlightening and lively volume of stories and a treat for all fans of Greek mythology.

Philogelos CB (Book, Reprint 2011 ed.): Dawe Philogelos CB (Book, Reprint 2011 ed.)
Dawe
R3,447 Discovery Miles 34 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Bibliotheca Teubneriana, established in 1849, has evolved into the world's most venerable and extensive series of editions of Greek and Latin literature, ranging from classical to Neo-Latin texts. Some 4-5 new editions are published every year. A team of renowned scholars in the field of Classical Philology acts as advisory board: 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) Dirk Obbink (University of Oxford) Oliver Primavesi (Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat Munchen) Michael D. Reeve (University of Cambridge) Richard J. Tarrant (Harvard University) Formerly out-of-print editions are offered as print-on-demand reprints. Furthermore, all new books in the Bibliotheca Teubneriana series are published as eBooks. The older volumes of the series are being successively digitized and made available as eBooks. If you are interested in ordering an out-of-print edition, which hasn't been yet made available as print-on-demand reprint, please contact us: [email protected] All editions of Latin texts published in the Bibliotheca Teubneriana are collected in the online database BTL Online.

The Illuminated Edda - Premium Edition (Hardcover): Andrew Valkauskas The Illuminated Edda - Premium Edition (Hardcover)
Andrew Valkauskas; Contributions by Kevin Nichols, Natasa Ilincic
R3,781 Discovery Miles 37 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Complete Euripides Volume V - Medea and Other Plays (Hardcover, Critical): Euripides The Complete Euripides Volume V - Medea and Other Plays (Hardcover, Critical)
Euripides; Edited by Peter Burian, Alan Shapiro
R2,029 Discovery Miles 20 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals.
This volume collects Euipides' Alcestis (translated by William Arrowsmith), a subtle drama about Alcestis and her husband Admetos, which is the oldest surviving work by the dramatist; Medea (Michael Collier and Georgia Machemer), a moving vengeance story and an excellent example of the prominence and complexity that Euripides gave to female characters; Helen (Peter Burian), a genre breaking play based on the myth of Helen in Egypt; and Cyclops (Heather McHugh and David Konstan), a highly lyrical drama based on a celebrated episode from the Odyssey. This volume retains the informative introductions and explanatory notes of the original editions and adds a single combined glossary and Greek line numbers.

Cicero's Catilinarians (Hardcover): D.H. Berry Cicero's Catilinarians (Hardcover)
D.H. Berry
R2,587 Discovery Miles 25 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Catilinarians are a set of four speeches that Cicero, while consul in 63 BC, delivered before the senate and the Roman people against the conspirator Catiline and his followers. Or are they? Cicero did not publish the speeches until three years later, and he substantially revised them before publication, rewriting some passages and adding others, all with the aim of justifying the action he had taken against the conspirators and memorializing his own role in the suppression of the conspiracy. How, then, should we interpret these speeches as literature? Can we treat them as representing what Cicero actually said? Or do we have to read them merely as political pamphlets from a later time? In this, the first book-length discussion of these famous speeches, D. H. Berry clarifies what the speeches actually are and explains how he believes we should approach them. In addition, the book contains a full and up-to-date account of the Catilinarian conspiracy and a survey of the influence that the story of Catiline has had on writers such as Sallust and Virgil, Ben Jonson and Henrik Ibsen, from antiquity to the present day.

Winchester (Hardcover): Sidney Heath Winchester (Hardcover)
Sidney Heath
R795 Discovery Miles 7 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Meditations - Complete and Unabridged (Paperback): Marcus Aurelius Meditations - Complete and Unabridged (Paperback)
Marcus Aurelius; Translated by George W. Chrystal; Foreword by Carolyn Gregoire
R178 Discovery Miles 1 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Completely unabridged, with a new foreword written by Huffington Post writer Carolyn Gregoire, this publication of Meditations is an all-encompassing collection of Marcus Aurelius's works. "Do every deed, speak every word, think every thought in the knowledge that you may end your days any moment." "We have body, soul, and intelligence. To the body belong the senses, to the soul the passions, to the intelligence principles." "Think not as your insulter judges or wishes you to judge: but see things as they truly are." "To pursue impossibilities is madness; and it is impossible that the wicked should not act in some such way as this." "Order not your life as though you had ten thousand years to live. Fate hangs over you. While you live, while yet you may, be good." Meditations is a collection of twelve books written by Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. This set of books was originally compiled in the form of private journals. Marcus Aurelius used these notes as personal guides to live by and to better himself as a ruler. He compiled these journals during his time as emperor, and while they were not intended for public consumption, there are valuable lessons to be gleaned from his wisdom. The entries include his views of stoicism-the Hellenistic philosophy devoid of "destructive emotions" that could tamper with logic-and its practical use in ruling and military tactics.

Cicero, pro Caelio: A Selection (Paperback): Georgina Longley Cicero, pro Caelio: A Selection (Paperback)
Georgina Longley
R542 Discovery Miles 5 420 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription of Cicero's pro Caelio, 51-58, 61-68, and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription of 33-50, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A Level. Pro Caelio is one of Cicero's finest and funniest speeches. In 56 BC, he defended Marcus Caelius Rufus who was being prosecuted on charges of violence, including the attempted poisoning of Roman noblewoman Clodia with whom Caelius previously had an affair. Cicero's primary tactic was to blacken the character and reliability of Clodia, whom he depicts as the woman scorned, prosecuting Caelius out of revenge. Drawing on characters well known from Roman comedy, Cicero casts Caelius as the decent young man victimized by the aggressive courtesan, thereby shaming Clodia and glossing over the more awkward charges levelled at his client. Supporting resources are available on the Companion Website: https://www.bloomsbury.pub/OCR-editions-2024-2026

The Divine Comedy - Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket):... The Divine Comedy - Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket): Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso (Hardcover)
Dante Alighieri; Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
R1,315 Discovery Miles 13 150 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The Mimiambs of Herodas - Translated into an English 'Choliambic' Metre with Literary-Historical Introductions and... The Mimiambs of Herodas - Translated into an English 'Choliambic' Metre with Literary-Historical Introductions and Notes (Hardcover)
Anna Rist
R4,565 Discovery Miles 45 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The third-century BC Greek poet Herodas had been all but forgotten until a papyrus of eight of his Mimiambs (plus fragments) turned up in the Egyptian desert at the end of the 19th century. They have since been translated into various modern languages and supplied with scholarly commentaries. This book is the first to attempt to reproduce in English Herodas' 'choliambic' or 'limping' metre (sic) - distinctive for its signatory reversed final foot, a variant on the standard Greek iambic trimeter. The present volume provides an accessible introduction to Herodas and his Mimiambs requiring no knowledge of Greek. The translation steers a judicious course between literal accuracy and fidelity to this linguistically very demanding poet's spirit and intention. The contextual introductions and notes on the poems take into account the most recent scholarship, providing explanation of the context of the Mimiambs and guiding the reader to an appreciation of the poetry itself. The General Introduction places the author in his cultural world and context, namely urban society in the Ptolemaic Empire of the hellenistic period. This he conjures up in his Mimiambs with an often scathing vividness.

Scriptores Physiognomonici, CB (Book, Reprint 1893 ed.): Foerster Scriptores Physiognomonici, CB (Book, Reprint 1893 ed.)
Foerster
R4,712 Discovery Miles 47 120 Ships in 10 - 15 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.

Women of Trachis (Hardcover, 1st New edition): Sophocles Women of Trachis (Hardcover, 1st New edition)
Sophocles; Translated by Williams C. K., Gregory W. Dickerson
R890 Discovery Miles 8 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Pius - Plene (Latin, Hardcover, Reprint 2012 ed.): Internationale Thesaurus-Kommission Pius - Plene (Latin, Hardcover, Reprint 2012 ed.)
Internationale Thesaurus-Kommission
R2,245 Discovery Miles 22 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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