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Christopher Pelling
Christopher Pelling provides the first detailed commentary and translation with notes in over fifty years of Plutarch's Life of Alexander. This is a companion volume to Pelling's Plutarch Caesar (2011)…
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Plutarch,Longus,Herodotus
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Longus
Daphnis and Chloe were both abandoned at birth. Daphnis is taken in by a goatherd, and Chloe by a shepherd, each of whom raise the child they found as their…
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This interdisciplinary volume focuses on the politics, economics, technologies, uses, and cultures of maintenance of different forms of communication over long time or in Longue Duree.
K. Scarlett Kingsley
Explores Herodotus' Histories in dialogue with contemporary philosophical debates. Combining close readings, reader reception, and genre studies, it expands our understanding of Herodotus' context and restores the Histories' place in…
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Records how the author set out on his first forays to India, China and Africa with the great Greek historian constantly in his pocket. The author sees Louis Armstrong in…
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Walter W Skeat
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
William W Goodwin
Reprint of the original, first published in 1878.
Rebecca Kingston
Explores how the work of the first-century historian and moralist Plutarch was translated into French and English during the Renaissance and read and invoked in political argument from the early…
Theofanis Tsiampokalos
A fundamental reappraisal of Plutarch's attitude towards rhetoric.
Plutarch was not only a skilled writer, but also lived during the Second Sophistic, a period of cultural renaissance. This book offers…
Plutarch, Anne E White
Publicola, one of the first consuls of the Roman Republic, was "the most eminent amongst the Romans" and 'the fountain of their honour." This updated edition of The Plutarch Primer…
Ian Oliver
This book resituates the Histories' battle narratives within the context of Herodotus's participation in the mid-fifth-century culture of wisdom performance, arguing that the Salamis and Plataea narratives reflect the biases…
Plutarch
Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any field.
Plutarch’s vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the…
This volume addresses the important literary phenomenon of 'generic enrichment' in Plutarch's Parallel Lives, examining the ways in which features of other genres are deployed and incorporated in Plutarch's biographies…
George Rawlinson
The volume puts into the spotlight overlaps between Plutarch and other imperial writers. By examining the Plutarchan corpus within the context of contemporary literary production, it contributes to our understanding…
John Dryden, Arthur Hugh Clough
Herodotus
The Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half of the 5th century BC, is generally regarded as the first work of history and the first great masterpiece of non-fiction…
Taken from the Lives , a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection describes the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157-43 BC. Deeply influential on Shakespeare…
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Describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. Frequently giving rise to colorful digressions, this book blends fact…
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Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the…
Offers a collection of ten biographies that spans the period from the start of the fourth century BC to the early third, and covers some of the most important figures…
As well as providing an illuminating picture of the first century AD, the author depicts complex and nuanced heroes who display the essential virtues of Greek civilization - courage, patriotism…
Ed Henry Morley
"Ideal Commonwealths" by Henry Morley is a thought-provoking exploration of utopian visions, societal structures, governance models, and ethical frameworks. Through an in-depth analysis of utopian literature, Morley delves into the…
Longus,Armand Carrel,Herodotus
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…
Mary Lefkowitz, James Romm
From the leading scholars behind The Greek Plays, a collection of the best translations of the foremost Greek historians, presenting a sweeping history of ancient Greece as recorded by its…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Diese Hardcover-Ausgabe ist Teil der TREDITION CLASSICS. Der Verlag tredition aus Hamburg veroeffentlicht in der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS Werke aus mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden. Diese waren zu einem Grossteil vergriffen…
Daphnis et Chloe (Nouvelle edition) / Longus; traduction d'Amyot revue et completee par P.-L. Courier Date de l'edition originale: 1878 [Daphnis et Chloe (francais). 1878]
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Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloe / [par Longus]; trad. par Jacques Amyot texte de 1559; suivies de la trad. rev. par Paul-Louis Courier; precedees d'une notice par…
Les pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis et Chloe / trad. d'Amyot rev. et completee par P.-L. Courier; accompagnee d'un glossaire des mots difficiles par Pierre Jannet Date de l'edition originale…
Longus - literally and completely translated from the Greek is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas…
Daphnis et Chloe. 2 / Longus; [traduction de P.-L. Courier] Date de l'edition originale: 18..
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Daphnis et Chloe. 1 / Longus; [traduction de P.-L. Courier] Date de l'edition originale: 18..
Daphnis et Chloe. 3 / Longus; [traduction de P.-L. Courier] Date de l'edition originale: 18..
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…
Daphnis und Chloe ist ein unveranderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1765. Hansebooks ist Herausgeber von Literatur zu unterschiedlichen Themengebieten wie Forschung und Wissenschaft, Reisen und Expeditionen, Kochen…
Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe, traduites du grec de Longus, par Amyot Date de l'edition originale: 1800
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