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Ovid's Fasti: Historical Readings at Its Bimillennium

Ovid's Fasti: Historical Readings at Its Bimillennium




Review "This is a very interesting and learned set of papers which does justice to the dynamics of the poem and the diver...
The Contemplative Soul: Hebrew Poetry and Philosophical Theory in Medieval Spain (Etudes Sur Le Judaisme Medieval)

The Contemplative Soul: Hebrew Poetry and Philosophical Theory in Medieval Spain (Etudes Sur Le Judaisme Medieval)


Adena Tanenbaum



The Contemplative Soul: Hebrew Poetry and Philosophical Theory in Medieval Spain (Etudes Sur Le Judaisme Medieval)...
Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana


Graham Greene



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Actor Jeremy Northam (Gosford Park, Tristram Shandy) has himself a ball with Green...
Daphnis and Chloe. Love Romances and Poetical Fragments. Fragments of the Ninus Romance (Loeb Classical Library)

Daphnis and Chloe. Love Romances and Poetical Fragments. Fragments of the Ninus Romance (Loeb Classical Library)


George Thronley, J.M. Edmonds, Longus, Parthenius, S. Gaselee



Review You should read [Daphnis and Chloe] anew each year to learn from it over and over again and be influenced by its g...
The ancient critic at work: terms and concepts of literary criticism in Greek scholia

The ancient critic at work: terms and concepts of literary criticism in Greek scholia


René Nünlist



Review "Using the notes (scholia) of ancient (and mostly anonymous) scholars on the works of a number of Greek authors, N...
Street Scenes: Late Medieval Acting and Performance

Street Scenes: Late Medieval Acting and Performance




Review "Aronson-Lehavi boldly opens up the issue of a conscious aesthetic of medieval performance. Her innovative reading o...
Barlaam and Ioasaph (Loeb Classical Library)

Barlaam and Ioasaph (Loeb Classical Library)


H. Mattingly, John Damascene, Rev. G.R. Woodward



About the Author Widely acknowledged as a saint, and author of books on Christianity, John Damascene was born in Syria. H...
Isocrates, Volume III: Evagoras, Helen, Busiris, Plataicus, Concerning the Team of Horses, Trapeziticus, Against Callimachus, Aegineticus, Against Lochites, Against Euthynus, and Letters 1-9 (Loeb Classical Library)

Isocrates, Volume III: Evagoras, Helen, Busiris, Plataicus, Concerning the Team of Horses, Trapeziticus, Against Callimachus, Aegineticus, Against Lochites, Against Euthynus, and Letters 1-9 (Loeb Classical Library)


Isocrates, Larue Van Hook



Isocrates, Volume III: Evagoras, Helen, Busiris, Plataicus, Concerning the Team of Horses, Trapeziticus, Against Callimachus, Aegineticus, Against Lochites, Against Euthynus, and Letters 1-9 (Loeb Classical Library)...
Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1

Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1


Marcel Proust



Review "Cover to Cover's unabridged readings of classic novels are in a class of their own." -- Sunday Telegraph "For cl...
A Kestrel for a Knave (Penguin Modern Classics)

A Kestrel for a Knave (Penguin Modern Classics)


Barry Hines



About the Author Barry Hines was born in the mining village of Hoyland Common, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Educated a...
Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Volume II (Loeb Classical Library)

Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Volume II (Loeb Classical Library)


David Magie



Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Volume II (Loeb Classical Library)...
Hesiod: The Homeric Hymns and Homerica (Loeb Classical Library #57)

Hesiod: The Homeric Hymns and Homerica (Loeb Classical Library #57)




Language Notes Text: English, Greek ...
Hesiod: Volume I, Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia (Loeb Classical Library No. 57N)

Hesiod: Volume I, Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia (Loeb Classical Library No. 57N)


Hesiod



Review For a wider audience, especially in this era of resurgent environmental verse, the day of the rural seer and sage ...
Histories, Volume IV: Books 8-9 (Loeb Classical Library)

Histories, Volume IV: Books 8-9 (Loeb Classical Library)


Herodotus, A.D. Godley



Histories, Volume IV: Books 8-9 (Loeb Classical Library)...
Histories, Volume III: Books V-VII (Loeb Classical Library)

Histories, Volume III: Books V-VII (Loeb Classical Library)


Herodotus, A.D. Godley



Histories, Volume III: Books V-VII (Loeb Classical Library)...
Histories, Volume II: Books 3-4 (Loeb Classical Library)

Histories, Volume II: Books 3-4 (Loeb Classical Library)


Herodotus, A.D. Godley



Histories, Volume II: Books 3-4 (Loeb Classical Library)...
Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History, Books I-V (Loeb Classical Library, No. 153)

Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History, Books I-V (Loeb Classical Library, No. 153)


Eusebius, Kirsopp Lake



Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History, Books I-V (Loeb Classical Library, No. 153)...
Platonic Theology, Volume 6: Books XVII-XVIII (I Tatti Renaissance Library)

Platonic Theology, Volume 6: Books XVII-XVIII (I Tatti Renaissance Library)


Marsilio Ficino



Review The I Tatti project represents a major contribution to Renaissance studies, as it becomes increasingly necessary t...
Galen On Anatomical Procedures: Translation of the Surviving Books with Introduction and Notes

Galen On Anatomical Procedures: Translation of the Surviving Books with Introduction and Notes


Galen



Galen On Anatomical Procedures: Translation of the Surviving Books with Introduction and Notes...
Restraining Rage: The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity

Restraining Rage: The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity


William V. Harris



From Library Journal In this comprehensive exploration of anger and self-understanding in the classical world, Harris (C...
The Carpetbaggers: The All-time Greatest Novel of Power, Greed, Money and Corruption (American Classic)

The Carpetbaggers: The All-time Greatest Novel of Power, Greed, Money and Corruption (American Classic)


Harold Robbins



Review "Robbins dialogue is moving . . . his people have the warmth of life."--The New York Times "Robbins's books a...
La fiction des déclamations (Mnemosyne Supplements)

La fiction des déclamations (Mnemosyne Supplements)




About the Author Danielle van Mal-Maeder, Ph.D. (1998), University of Groningen, is Professor of Latin Language and Liter...
The Private Orations of Themistius (Transformation of the Classical Heritage)

The Private Orations of Themistius (Transformation of the Classical Heritage)


Robert J. Penella



Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Greek About the Author Robert J. Penella is Profes...
Das Nibelungenlied: Song of the Nibelungs

Das Nibelungenlied: Song of the Nibelungs


Professor Burton Raffel



Review "A marvelously readable version of Das Nibelungenlied."-Ronnie Apter, Central Michigan University (Ronnie Apter ) ...
The Orient in Chaucer and Medieval Romance

The Orient in Chaucer and Medieval Romance


Carol F. Heffernan



Review A welcome beginning in what promises to be an extended and continuing dialogue on Chaucer's confrontation with the...
Orations, Volume VII (60-61, Funeral Speech, Erotic Essay); Exordia. Letters (Loeb Classical Library No. 374)

Orations, Volume VII (60-61, Funeral Speech, Erotic Essay); Exordia. Letters (Loeb Classical Library No. 374)


Demosthenes, N.J. Dewitt, N.W. Dewitt



Orations, Volume VII (60-61, Funeral Speech, Erotic Essay); Exordia. Letters (Loeb Classical Library No. 374)...
On Agriculture, Volume II, Books V-IX (Loeb Classical Library No. 407)

On Agriculture, Volume II, Books V-IX (Loeb Classical Library No. 407)


Columella, H. Boyd Ash



On Agriculture, Volume II, Books V-IX (Loeb Classical Library No. 407)...
On Agriculture, Volume I, Books I-IV (Loeb Classical Library No. 361)

On Agriculture, Volume I, Books I-IV (Loeb Classical Library No. 361)


Columella, H. Boyd Ash



On Agriculture, Volume I, Books I-IV (Loeb Classical Library No. 361)...
Claudian: Volume II (Loeb Classical Library No. 136)

Claudian: Volume II (Loeb Classical Library No. 136)


Claudian



Claudian: Volume II (Loeb Classical Library No. 136)...
Aristophanes: The Complete Plays

Aristophanes: The Complete Plays


Aristophanes, Paul Roche



Review "Directness, vivid imagery, and rhetorical music prevail."—San Francisco Chronicle Praise for the Penn Greek D...