Ancient, classical and medieval texts

Renowned poet and acclaimed translator Charles Martin faithfully captures Euripides's dramatic tone and style in this searing tale of revenge and sacrifice.

This is the first book-length study dedicated to Aristophanes' Wasps (422 BCE), which is arguably one of his most hilarious and inventive comedies.

Mindful of the present state of discourse on ancient Greek historiography, this edited volume explores the major themes of pursuing factuality, managing witness/source bias, falling into historical error and creating or confronting propaganda.

Willy Russell's 1983 play with music tells the story of twin brothers separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both.

Coriolanus - William Shakespeare - Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608.

This is the third volume in the series of commentaries on Early Greek Epic Fragments (EGEF III).

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt von J.

It is often forgotten that many people in Late Antique Syria were bilingual in Syriac and Greek.

This book focuses on Lucian of Samosata, a Syrian writer of the Greek language in the second century CE, and his engagement with contemporary debates regarding the form and register of language best suited to composing Greek literature in the Roman Empire.

This two-volume work contains a selection of papers first presented at the 22nd International Colloquium on Latin Linguistics, held in Prague (2023).

Der Band ist eine Würdigung der Mediävistin Felicitas Schmieder.

Schildmaid - Furchtlose Frauen der Wikingerzeit: Mythos und Realität nordischer HeldinnenDie nordische Mythologie ist reich an Geschichten über mutige Kriegerinnen, die als Schildmaiden in die Legenden eingingen.

Der Adler – majestätisch, kraftvoll und geheimnisvoll – hat seit jeher die menschliche Fantasie beflügelt.

The topic of a potential relationship between Babylonian and Greco-Roman medicine has been discussed for a long time, yet it is notoriously difficult to give it flesh and bones by means of concrete examples.

Trickster treten an der Schwelle zwischen Welt und Transzendenz auf.

Unsterbliche Frauen der klassischen Antike, neu entdecktDie Bestsellerautorin Natalie Haynes nimmt uns mit in die Welt der griechischen Mythologie, zu den Göttinnen des Olymps.

This volume addresses the important literary phenomenon of 'generic enrichment' in Plutarch's Parallel Lives.

'Australia's finest writer' Miriam Cosic, The Australian'.

Der Minotaurus – halb Mensch, halb Stier – ist eine der faszinierendsten Gestalten der antiken Mythologie.

Von der antiken Kunst Mesopotamiens bis zur Popkultur unserer Zeit: Das Einhorn fasziniert die Menschheit seit Jahrtausenden.

Fear the first movement of the soul, because it is usually the most noble.

Gekürzte Fassung neu bearbeitetEin Literaturklassiker aus dem 17.

Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES'Brought evocatively to life' HISTORY REVEALED- Was there really a Trojan War?

The topic of a potential relationship between Babylonian and Greco-Roman medicine has been discussed for a long time, yet it is notoriously difficult to give it flesh and bones by means of concrete examples.

Meanings are realized at the point of reception and this volume intends to offer an in-depth discussion of some of the meanings associated with and raised by the figure of Telamonian Ajax at various, specifically contextualized, and yet somehow connectable 'points of reception'.

Reclam Lektüreschlüssel XL – hier findest du alle Informationen, um dich zielsicher und schnell vorzubereiten: auf Klausur, Referat, Abitur oder Matura!

This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription for examinations in 2026 28 of Cicero's pro Roscio Amerino 5 (forsitan quaeratis ) 29 ( iugulandum vobis tradiderunt), and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription for examinations in 2027 28 of 29 (quid primum ) 32 (iuguletis aut condemnetis) and 37 (occidisse patrem ) 57 ( accusare possitis), giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A Level.

A new and accessible translation of Hariulf's History of St Riquier, this book examines the history of a monastic community from the seventh to the eleventh century.

With this three-volume companion, students can access the literary and historical significance of the Aeneid in English through an accessible yet authoritative introduction and line-by-line commentary.

This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 3) prescription for examinations in 2026 28 of Virgil's Aeneid Book IV, lines 1 128, 529 629, and the A-Level (Group 4) prescription for examinations in 2027 28 of lines 259 396, 416 503, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A Level.

Agamemnon - Aeschylus - Aeschylus' Agamemnon, first produced in 458 BC, is the opening play in his Oresteian trilogy.

Dire Remedies: a Social History of Healthcare in Classical Antiquity is the first wide-ranging social history of ancient healthcare.

This book focuses on Lucian of Samosata, a Syrian writer of the Greek language in the second century CE, and his engagement with contemporary debates regarding the form and register of language best suited to composing Greek literature in the Roman Empire.

Hesiod's concept of a Golden Age, together with analogous myths - Babylonian, Egyptian, Hebrew, etc.

This volume of essays in honor of Lucia Athanassaki offers a great variety of chapters on a number of topics in Greek and Latin literature and genres, from Greek epic and lyric poetry to Greek drama and late antiquity, Greek historiography, and Latin lyric poetry.

In a day fascinated with questions of historiography and with explicating a distinctive Christian philosophy of time and history, Henri-Charles Puech's (1950s) work on Gnosis and time found an audience.

Mit der Person des Jesus von Nazareth steht und fällt das Christentum.

A focused study of an ancient myth and its reception, which provokes new consideration of how myth in general can challenge social norms.