Ancient, classical and medieval texts

This book positions Ovid's Metamorphoses as a foundational text in the western history of environmental thought.

This book positions Ovid's Metamorphoses as a foundational text in the western history of environmental thought.

Born in 70 BCE, the Roman poet Vergil came of age during a period of literary experimentalism among Latin authors.

Born in 70 BCE, the Roman poet Vergil came of age during a period of literary experimentalism among Latin authors.

The stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece are sprawling, dramatic and wonderfully strange; their lives intertwine with mortals and their behaviours fluctuate wildly from benevolent to violent, from didactic to fickle, from loving to enraged.

Vis & Raminis one of the worlds great love stories.

The first commentary in English on this unusual and remarkable text in over a century.

An annotated selection of Hellenistic Greek poetic texts, thoroughly updated and substantially expanded in this second edition.

This interdisciplinary volume explores the ancient Greek myth of Medea and its global analogues found in other mythic and folk tales of deadly, exiled women, such as those of La Malinche and La Llorona, examining the connections between these figures and their depictions from antiquity to modernity.

Late eleventh century spiritual counsel for a woman recluse, anticipating medieval advice literature for anchoresses.

Seventy-seven tales of the supernatural, intended to frighten and excite and bring to heel their medieval audience, gathered from medieval chronicles, preaching manuals, sagas, heroic poetry and romances.

This trilogy establishes a provenance for the Holy Grail and, through the figure of Merlin, links Joseph of Arimathea with mythical British history and with the knightly adventures of Perceval's Grail quest.

A considerable collection of German women's poetry in translation, results of ingenious archival research.

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARWhat is the nature of things?

In der europäischen Literatur sind die Sagas einzig: nirgendwo als auf Island entstand eine solch spannende, in der Volkssprache abgefasste Prosaliteratur.

Dieses eBook ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

This Element shows a translation theory approach to the history of medieval Arabic translations.

Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC-AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage civil war.

Roger Ascham is often classified as 'a great mid-Tudor humanist' and he is perhaps best known for his role as tutor to Elizabeth I.

Dazzling modern lyrical poems from Catullus - by turns smutty, abusive, romantic and deeply moving.

This book offers the first annotated translation into English of two works of the eminent Venetian humanist, Ermolao Barbaro (1454 93).

This Element explores the question: what do facsimiles tell us about how we read and understand Shakespeare and other early modern writing?

This volume offers the first annotated English translation of the first two books of On Celibacy (1473) by the eminent Venetian humanist Ermolao Barbaro (1454-93); Books 3 and 4 of On Celibacy are presented, along with Barbaro's On the Duty of the Ambassador, in the companion piece to this first volume.

For New Testament biblical scholars, this book constitutes a vital summary of contemporary, theoretically-sound interpretations of the linguistic functions of the Post-Classical (Koine) Greek article in a way that will inform exegesis of the text, especially in the field of larger discourse units.

In der europäischen Literatur sind die Sagas einzig: nirgendwo als auf Island entstand eine solch spannende, in der Volkssprache abgefasste Prosaliteratur.

This is the first book to study how Haitian authors - from independence in 1804 to the modern Haitian diaspora - have adapted Greco-Roman material and harnessed it to Haiti's legacy as the world's first anti-colonial nation-state.

This Element shows a translation theory approach to the history of medieval Arabic translations.

This Element explores the question: what do facsimiles tell us about how we read and understand Shakespeare and other early modern writing?

Focusing on the works of bishop Gregory of Tours (539-594) and the poet-hagiographer Venantius Fortunatus (540-c.

Delve into the timeless wisdom of one of Stoicism's greatest minds with "e;Seneca's Wisdom: Letters from a Stoic"e;.

This is a new literary history of medieval and early modern English court poetry, featuring in-depth studies of Chaucer, Gower, Hoccleve, Lydgate, Skelton, and Wyatt.

A new translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan'Bear the sword andHew asunder high and haughty necksSlash apart all strong and self-willed shoulders'Born poor into a world of dangers and hardships, Chinggis (or Genghis) Khan would grow up to unify Mongolia and conquer a vast empire stretching from modern-day Beijing to Baghdad.

Can she choose between her husband and her family?

This book offers the first annotated translation into English of two works of the eminent Venetian humanist, Ermolao Barbaro (1454 93).

This volume offers the first annotated English translation of the first two books of On Celibacy (1473) by the eminent Venetian humanist Ermolao Barbaro (1454-93); Books 3 and 4 of On Celibacy are presented, along with Barbaro's On the Duty of the Ambassador, in the companion piece to this first volume.

Shows how Greek declamation''s staging of the Classical past was of vital importance for the Greek imperial present.

Focusing on the works of bishop Gregory of Tours (539-594) and the poet-hagiographer Venantius Fortunatus (540-c.

This is the first book to study how Haitian authors - from independence in 1804 to the modern Haitian diaspora - have adapted Greco-Roman material and harnessed it to Haiti's legacy as the world's first anti-colonial nation-state.

This is a new literary history of medieval and early modern English court poetry, featuring in-depth studies of Chaucer, Gower, Hoccleve, Lydgate, Skelton, and Wyatt.

With contributions spanning from the Neolithic Age to the Iron Age, this book offers important insights into the religions and ritual practices in ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern communities through the lenses of their material remains.

Learn witchcraft and fine-tune your unique blend of magic with The Door to WitchcraftWhether inciting a light curiosity or a passionate craving, witchcraft is a practice that you can adapt to fit your goals.

Wenige Jahre, bevor in Deutschland und Frankreich Millionen junger Menschen demonstrierten und gegen die enge Welt ihrer Eltern rebellierten, waren die Straßen Indonesiens rot von Blut.

Dieses eBook: "Märchen & Sagen vom Meer: Die rote Perle, Der fliehende Holländer, Die Seelen der Ertrunkenen, Scylla, Das Abenteuer mit den drei Fischen, Meerlilie, Klabauterman, Der Wetterbeschwörer.

A central, much-studied feature of the poetry of 3rd cent.

Ein klassischer Mysterythriller von Italiens Bestseller-Autor Valerio ManfrediBei Ausgrabungsarbeiten in der Nähe von Rom werden sieben Statuen gefunden, darunter vermutlich auch das mythenumwobene hölzerne Standbild der Athene.