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Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a
momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that
would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers.
They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent classicists
David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, those translations combined
accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation to render
the surviving masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
in an English so lively and compelling that they remain the
standard translations. Today, Chicago is taking pains to ensure
that our Greek tragedies remain the leading English-language
versions throughout the twenty-first century. In this highly
anticipated third edition, Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have
carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the
ancient Greek while retaining the vibrancy for which our English
versions are famous. This edition also includes brand-new
translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles",
"Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost
plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles'
satyr-drama "The Trackers". New introductions for each play offer
essential information about its first production, plot, and
reception in antiquity and beyond. In addition, each volume
includes an introduction to the life and work of its tragedian, as
well as notes addressing textual uncertainties and a glossary of
names and places mentioned in the plays. In addition to the new
content, the volumes have been reorganized both within and between
volumes to reflect the most up-to-date scholarship on the order in
which the plays were originally written. The result is a set of
handsome paperbacks destined to introduce new generations of
readers to these foundational works of Western drama, art, and
life.
Encountering Palestine: Un/making Spaces of Colonial Violence,
edited by Mark Griffiths and Mikko Joronen, sits at the
intersection of cultural and political geographies and offers
innovative reflections on power, colonialism, and anti-colonialism
in contemporary Palestine and Israel. Organized around the theme of
encountering and focusing on the ways violence and struggle are
un/made in the encounter between the colonizer and colonized, the
essays focus on power relations as they manifest in cultural
practices and everyday lives in anti/colonial Palestine. Covering
numerous sites in Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel,
Encountering Palestine addresses a range of empirical topics—from
marriage and queer aesthetics to policing, demolition, armament
failure, and violence. The contributors utilize diverse theoretical
frameworks, such as hyperreality, settler capitalism, intimate
biopolitics, and politics of vulnerability, to help us better
understand the cultural making and unmaking of colonial and
anti-colonial space in Palestine. Encountering Palestine asks us to
rethink how colonialism and power operate in Palestine, the ways
Palestinians struggle, and the lifeways that constantly encounter,
un/make, and counter the spaces of colonial violence. Â
Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a
momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that
would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers.
They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent classicists
David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, those translations combined
accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation to render
the surviving masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
in an English so lively and compelling that they remain the
standard translations. Today, Chicago is taking pains to ensure
that our Greek tragedies remain the leading English-language
versions throughout the twenty-first century. In this highly
anticipated third edition, Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have
carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the
ancient Greek while retaining the vibrancy for which our English
versions are famous. This edition also includes brand-new
translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles",
"Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost
plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles'
satyr-drama "The Trackers". New introductions for each play offer
essential information about its first production, plot, and
reception in antiquity and beyond. In addition, each volume
includes an introduction to the life and work of its tragedian, as
well as notes addressing textual uncertainties and a glossary of
names and places mentioned in the plays. In addition to the new
content, the volumes have been reorganized both within and between
volumes to reflect the most up-to-date scholarship on the order in
which the plays were originally written. The result is a set of
handsome paperbacks destined to introduce new generations of
readers to these foundational works of Western drama, art, and
life.
Changing Lives covers everything you need to know about working
with children and families - the why to, the how to, the when to
and the where to. Mark Griffiths examines the history, theology and
practice of children's ministry and shares the wisdom he has gained
from many years' experience of leading hundreds of groups,
assemblies and youth services. In practical chapters, backed with
sample resources, he shows how to communicate with children in the
brave new postmodern world of church, school and community. This
one stop resource covers everything from the vision for children's
work to matters such as record keeping, home visits, timetables,
child protection legislation and templates for lessons.
Problem Gambling in Europe Challenges, Prevention, and
Interventions Edited by Gerhard Meyer, University of Bremen,
Germany Tobias Hayer, University of Bremen, Germany Mark Griffiths,
Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom As a leisure activity,
gambling dates back to ancient times. More recently, the surge in
avenues for gambling-casinos, sports betting, lotteries, and remote
media (e.g.,Internet, mobile phone, interactive television) among
them-finds growing numbers of people losing control over their
gambling behaviour, usually at great personal and financial
expense. Problem Gambling in Europe is the first book to offer a
robust international knowledge base compiled by an
interdisciplinary panel of researchers in gambling behaviour.
Reports from 21 countries throughout Western, Eastern, Northern,
and Southern Europe reveal wide variations in types of wagering
activities, participation by populations, social and criminal
consequences related to pathological gambling, the extent to which
governments acknowledge the problem, and efforts to control it
(often with the involvement of the gaming industries). For each
country, noted experts discuss: Current legislation regulating
gambling. Forms of gambling and their addictive potential.
Participation rates and demographics. Prevalence of pathological
gambling. National policies to address problem gambling. Prevention
strategies and treatment methods. Problem Gambling in Europe brings
insight and clarity to a widespread and complex phenomenon, and
will be of considerable interest to all parties working to reduce
their negative effects: social science researchers in addictions,
gambling behaviour, and public health; clinical, social, and health
psychologists and psychiatrists; treatment practitioners; the
gaming industry; regulators; and policy makers.
*Part of the six books for six decades collection* Midnight, 1984.
In a sprawling, run-down housing estate in south London, a man
returning from a night out in the West End finds himself pursued by
a strange hooded figure. So naturally when the Doctor and Romana
arrive in the TARDIS the next day, they find themselves in the
middle of a crime scene. But when child genius Matthew Pickles -
inventor of a hugely popular handheld videogame - arrives to help
them crack the case, they discover there is more to this than meets
the eye. Someone has been messing with technology that's not of
this earth, blurring the lines between human . . . and cyber. And
it looks like they're out for revenge. In a world on the brink of
gadgets and gismos and dangerous tech, the pair must uncover the
killler, before they strike again.
The Mustard twins disgust the town with their raucous burps but
when aliens invade they are the only ones with a plan to save the
world. A revolting, rhyming tale in the spirit of Roald Dahl and
Horrid Henry.
The essence of this material is that, unlike most youth resources,
it is ideal for use with unchurched kids. The intent is both to
teach and to convert: to reach a new generation for Christ
This inspiring resource contains 48 of the world's greatest stories
dramatically retold for reading aloud with children aged 5-11. They
vary in length and topic, but all contain important Christian
truths. There are a few Bible stories, but most are taken from
classic literature or from folk tales. Drawing on the rich
imaginations of master storytellers throughout the ages author Mark
Griffiths brings their creations vividly to life. He includes three
delightful tales from Oscar Wilde. His retelling of the 'Russian
Shoemaker' by Leo Tolstoy is enchanting and a must read for
Christmas. There are other more traditional stories from around the
world, such as Antonio the Juggler from Italy and the tragic tale
of Gelert from Wales. Some of the stories are true - the story of
Gladys Aylward who rescued children in China and the delightful
tale of how Amy Carmichael prayed for blue eyes - others tell of
wondrous adventure such as Ruth Sanderson's "The Enchanted Wood"
and the delightful "Hugs and Kisses" contest. There are many, many
more. This is a charming book that will be enjoyed time and again.
It will hold the attention of both children and adults and will
lead to fruitful discussions of bigger themes such as truth,
courage and identity.
Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a
momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that
would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers.
They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent classicists
David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, those translations combined
accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation to render
the surviving masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
in an English so lively and compelling that they remain the
standard translations. Today, Chicago is taking pains to ensure
that our Greek tragedies remain the leading English-language
versions throughout the twenty-first century. In this highly
anticipated third edition, Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have
carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the
ancient Greek while retaining the vibrancy for which our English
versions are famous. This edition also includes brand-new
translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles",
"Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost
plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles'
satyr-drama "The Trackers". New introductions for each play offer
essential information about its first production, plot, and
reception in antiquity and beyond. In addition, each volume
includes an introduction to the life and work of its tragedian, as
well as notes addressing textual uncertainties and a glossary of
names and places mentioned in the plays. In addition to the new
content, the volumes have been reorganized both within and between
volumes to reflect the most up-to-date scholarship on the order in
which the plays were originally written. The result is a set of
handsome paperbacks destined to introduce new generations of
readers to these foundational works of Western drama, art, and
life.
Undergraduates frequently find the fine Old English poem "Judith"
the most stimulating of the surviving texts from the Anglo-Saxon
period. In the past thirty years, it has attracted a wide range of
literary criticism both in the UK and the US. Feminist critics of
English literature have been particularly interested by the ways in
which the poet has adapted the traditional masculine heroic ethos
of Old English poetry to a story figuring a violently active female
protagonist. Yet there is no available edition of Judith that is
either comprehensive or up to date, or which at all explains how
and why the poem is worthy of our attention. This new edition aims
to fill this gap. It includes a full Introduction and commentary by
the editor, plus a comprehensive glossary, bibliography and
appendices.
Exam board: AQA Level: GCSE Subject: Engineering First teaching:
September 2017 First exams: Summer 2019 Build a foundation of
knowledge alongside practical engineering skills for the 2017 AQA
GCSE (9-1) Engineering specification, inspiring your students'
problem solving skills for the NEA and beyond. This accessible
textbook sets out clear learning objectives for each topic, with
activities to reinforce understanding and examples that will
support all students with the maths and science skills needed. -
Builds knowledge of materials, manufacturing processes, systems,
testing and investigation methods and modern technologies - Helps
students to apply practical engineering skills to design and make
imaginative prototypes that solve real and relevant engineering
problems - Develops mathematical understanding with clear worked
examples for all equations and maths skills and questions to test
knowledge - Includes guidance on how to approach the non-exam
assessment (NEA) with creativity and imagination - Prepares for the
written exam with advice, tips and practice questions
Encountering Palestine: Un/making Spaces of Colonial Violence,
edited by Mark Griffiths and Mikko Joronen, sits at the
intersection of cultural and political geographies and offers
innovative reflections on power, colonialism, and anti-colonialism
in contemporary Palestine and Israel. Organized around the theme of
encountering and focusing on the ways violence and struggle are
un/made in the encounter between the colonizer and colonized, the
essays focus on power relations as they manifest in cultural
practices and everyday lives in anti/colonial Palestine. Covering
numerous sites in Gaza, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel,
Encountering Palestine addresses a range of empirical topics—from
marriage and queer aesthetics to policing, demolition, armament
failure, and violence. The contributors utilize diverse theoretical
frameworks, such as hyperreality, settler capitalism, intimate
biopolitics, and politics of vulnerability, to help us better
understand the cultural making and unmaking of colonial and
anti-colonial space in Palestine. Encountering Palestine asks us to
rethink how colonialism and power operate in Palestine, the ways
Palestinians struggle, and the lifeways that constantly encounter,
un/make, and counter the spaces of colonial violence. Â
Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a
momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that
would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers.
They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent classicists
David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, those translations combined
accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation to render
the surviving masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
in an English so lively and compelling that they remain the
standard translations. Today, Chicago is taking pains to ensure
that our Greek tragedies remain the leading English-language
versions throughout the twenty-first century. In this highly
anticipated third edition, Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have
carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the
ancient Greek while retaining the vibrancy for which our English
versions are famous. This edition also includes brand-new
translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles",
"Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost
plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles'
satyr-drama "The Trackers". New introductions for each play offer
essential information about its first production, plot, and
reception in antiquity and beyond. In addition, each volume
includes an introduction to the life and work of its tragedian, as
well as notes addressing textual uncertainties and a glossary of
names and places mentioned in the plays. In addition to the new
content, the volumes have been reorganized both within and between
volumes to reflect the most up-to-date scholarship on the order in
which the plays were originally written. The result is a set of
handsome paperbacks destined to introduce new generations of
readers to these foundational works of Western drama, art, and
life.
When Robert Raikes started his first Sunday School in 1780, he saw
his idea grow to reach 300,000 unchurched children within five
years - this in a nation widely ignorant of Christian ideas and
values. Mark Griffiths has used Raikes' pioneering work in
examining child evangelism in the UK. Working from extensive local
and national research (leading to a PhD), he considers how children
'tick', what basic theology is at work in Christian outreach, and
what constitutes best practice in child evangelism. His text is
studded with insights and observations, and brings together the
author's passion for his subject with the rigour of careful
research. This is an unparalleled resource, laying the foundations
of future growth.
A years worth of teaching materials for five to twelve year olds.
Should be useful for Sunday schools, schools and camps, and
includes a step-by-step curriculum guide, games, stories, and bible
lessons.
After a century-long hiatus, honor is back. Academics, pundits, and
everyday citizens alike are rediscovering the importance of this
ancient and powerful human motive. This volume brings together some
of the foremost researchers of honor to debate honor's meaning and
its compatibility with liberalism, democracy, and modernity.
Contributors-representing philosophy, sociology, political science,
history, psychology, leadership studies, and military
science-examine honor past to present, from masculine and feminine
perspectives, and in North American, European, and African
contexts. Topics include the role of honor in the modern military,
the effects of honor on our notions of the dignity and "purity" of
women, honor as a quality of good statesmen and citizens, honor's
role in international relations and community norms, and how
honor's egalitarian and elitist aspects intersect with democratic
and liberal regimes.
After a century-long hiatus, honor is back. Academics, pundits, and
everyday citizens alike are rediscovering the importance of this
ancient and powerful human motive. This volume brings together some
of the foremost researchers of honor to debate honor's meaning and
its compatibility with liberalism, democracy, and modernity.
Contributors-representing philosophy, sociology, political science,
history, psychology, leadership studies, and military
science-examine honor past to present, from masculine and feminine
perspectives, and in North American, European, and African
contexts. Topics include the role of honor in the modern military,
the effects of honor on our notions of the dignity and "purity" of
women, honor as a quality of good statesmen and citizens, honor's
role in international relations and community norms, and how
honor's egalitarian and elitist aspects intersect with democratic
and liberal regimes.
Prometheus Bound was accepted without question in antiquity as the
work of Aeschylus, and most modern authorities endorse this
ascription. But since the nineteenth century several leading
scholars have come to doubt Aeschylean authorship. Dr Griffith here
provides a thorough and wide-ranging study of this problem, and
concludes: 'Had Prometheus Bound been newly dug up from the sands
of Oxyrhynchus... few scholars would regard it as the work of
Aeschylus.' After a preliminary assessment of the external
evidence, Dr Griffith examines minutely the idiosyncrasies of
metre, dramatic technique, vocabulary, syntax and expression to be
found in the play, applying the same tests to other plays of
Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides in order to provide a control
for his methods. In his final chapter he discusses how the
conditions surrounding the ancient transmission and cataloguing of
texts may have led to the ascription to Aeschylus.
Aristophanes is widely credited with having elevated the classical
art of comedy to the level of legitimacy and recognition that only
tragedy had hitherto achieved, and producing some of the most
intriguing works of literature to survive from classical Greece in
the process. Among them, Frogs has a unique appeal; written and
performed in 405 BCE, the comedy won first prize in that year's
Lenaea festival competition and was re-performed soon thereafter--a
rare occurrence for comedies at the time. Frogs has been admired
and quoted by readers and critics ever since, a testament to its
timeless appeal; it remains among the most approachable of
Aristophanes' plays, as well as perhaps the richest of all in
insights it provides into ancient Greek cultural attitudes and
values. Mark Griffith's study of the Frogs is the first single book
to offer a reliable and sophisticated account of this play in light
of modern notions of culture, performance, democracy, religion, and
aesthetics. After placing the work in its original historical,
cultural, and biographical context, Griffith goes on to underscore
the originality of Frogs in relation to parallel developments in
the tragedies of Aeschylus and Euripides, among others. He
highlights the play's unique portrayal of the figure of Dionysus,
the Eleusinian mystery cult, and the question of life after death.
This title provides not only a detailed analysis of the play and a
concise account of its reception, but also a succinct introduction
to ancient Greek comedy, exploring the extraordinary range of
theatrical conventions, moral and aesthetic assumptions, and
religious beliefs that underlie the action of Aristophanes' play.
The book provides an invaluable companion to Aristophanes and the
theater of classical Greece for students and general readers alike.
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