Ancient Greek and Roman literature

From Homer to Sophocles and Greek Middle Comedy, and from Plato and Protagoras to Ovid, this volume features a panoramic and cross-generic overview of the diverse handling and ad hoc elaboration of the overarching literary notions of "e;time"e; and "e;space"e;.

From Homer to Sophocles and Greek Middle Comedy, and from Plato and Protagoras to Ovid, this volume features a panoramic and cross-generic overview of the diverse handling and ad hoc elaboration of the overarching literary notions of "e;time"e; and "e;space"e;.

Der Kolax (Der Schmeichler) des Menander war in der Antike äußerst beliebt und spielte in der Geschichte des Parasiten auf der Komödienbühne eine zentrale Rolle.

Book IV of the Konika consists of two parts; the first presents a theory of poles and polars, the second deals with the number of intersections and points of contact in a conic section.

Der heute verlorene Kommentar von Alexander aus Aphrodisias (ca.

In diesem Band sind die erhaltenen Fragmente aus der Genesiskommentierung ediert; die Auszüge stammen aus seinem Genesiskommentar, der die Schöpfungsgeschichte (Gen 1,1-5,1) kommentierte, und aus den Scholien, die sich auf den Rest des biblischen Buches bezogen.

Book VI of the Konika is essentially devoted to the question of the identity and similarity of two conic sections, or two parts of conic sections.

With the fifth book of the Konika ancient mathematics reached a climax.

Die Gnomai in den Epinikien des griechischen Chorlyrikers Bakchylides haben als vermeintlich konventionelles Beiwerk in der Forschung bislang wenig Interesse gefunden.

Die literarische Poesie der römischen Republik ist nur stark fragmentarisch überliefert.

Aristoteles benutzt den Katharsisbegriff an verschiedenen Stellen seines Werks: in der Fortpflanzungslehre, der Zoologie, der Physik und Politik.

Der tschechische Philologe Karel Janáček (1906 - 1996) war „the most eminent Sextan scholar of the century” (Jonathan Barnes).

Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life.

Plato was a philosopher in Ancient Greece.

Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens.

As chief advisor to the emperor Nero, Lucius Annaeus Seneca was most influential in ancient Rome as a power behind the throne.

Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens.

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Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens.

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Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens.

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Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens.

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Plato was a philosopher in Ancient Greece.

With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature.

Plato (428/427-348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens.

A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman Empire.

The examination of Lucretian reception in Latin poetry has been served well by scholars.

This is the first large-scale edition with introduction and commentary of Pindar's First Pythian Ode.

This book investigates the complex reception of Terence in Ovid and a number of allusions to the Terentian comedies in the love elegies and the exilic elegiac epistle Tristia 2.

Sophocles addresses themes of civil disobedience, fidelity, and love for family; and questions which law is greater: the gods' or man's-in this play that challenged many established mores of Ancient Greece.

Set in the city of Argos a few years after the Trojan war, 'Electra' recounts the tale of Electra and the vengeance that she and her brother Orestes take on their mother Clytemnestra and step father Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon.

Sophocles' play is a famous retelling of Aias's (Ajax's) demise.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek tragedies, 'King Oedipus' (or 'Oedipus Rex') is the first play in the Oedipus trilogy (followed by 'Oedipus at Colonus' and then 'Antigone').

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles.

Follow Aeneas as he flees a burning Troy with his family and sets out on a dangerous journey to found what will one day become The Roman Empire.