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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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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