Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval

'Gaius Pliny sends greetings to his friend Septicius Clarus.

This book contains the introduction, glossary and indexes for the complete works of the well-known English poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, considered one of the world's foremost and influential poets of all time.

Ovid's Metamorphoses is one of the most influential works of Western literature, inspiring artists and writers from Titian to Shakespeare to Salman Rushdie.

Der lateinische Moralist und italienische Liebeslyriker Petrarca ist eine der faszinierendsten und einflussreichsten Gestalten der Weltliteratur.

'Superbly told' The Times'Richly imagined' Sunday Times'An engrossing, seamlessly written deliberation on the enduring power of art' Mail on SundayAssyria, in the reign of Ashurbanipal.

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The Odysseyis vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green.

Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control.

Children, lead this old woman outside.

The Odysseyis vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green.

'Superbly told' The Times'Richly imagined' Sunday Times'An engrossing, seamlessly written deliberation on the enduring power of art' Mail on SundayAssyria, in the reign of Ashurbanipal.

You've heard all about the 'brilliant men' of ancient myth, but what about the scheming and scandalous women who were so often lost in their shadow?

Edition Philosophie Magazin: Eine exklusive Auswahl zentraler philosophischer Texte durch das »Philosophie Magazin«.

An in-depth biography of the Latin language from its very beginnings to the present day from the widely acclaimed author of 'Empires of the Word'.

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.

Romance, betrayal, passion, tragedy, violence, and scandal.

Günther Schweikle entwirft ein Bild von Neidharts schöpferischer Leistung - nicht mehr nur auf der schmalen Basis der bisher für echt deklarierten Texte, sondern aufgrund der gesamten Überlieferung.

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'A lively picture of multiple operators scrambling to steal a march on the competition .

A cornerstone of Welsh folklore, this new edition of the Mabinogion features Lady Charlotte Guest's original English translation of the medieval collection of Arthurian legends and Celtic myths.

Ovid's Metamorphoses is one of the most influential works of Western literature, inspiring artists and writers from Titian to Shakespeare to Salman Rushdie.

An innovative and accessible overview of how ancient Scandinavians understood and made use of their mythological stories.

We live in a world where CEOs give themselves million dollar bonuses even as their companies go bankrupt and ordinary workers are laid off; where athletes make millions while teachers struggle to survive; a world, in short, where rewards are often unfairly meted out.

In November 1519, Hernando Cortes walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma.

A philosopher, mathematician, and martyr, Hypatia is one of antiquity's best known female intellectuals.

The fourth century of our common era began and ended with a miracle.

We live in a world where CEOs give themselves million dollar bonuses even as their companies go bankrupt and ordinary workers are laid off; where athletes make millions while teachers struggle to survive; a world, in short, where rewards are often unfairly meted out.

The fourth century of our common era began and ended with a miracle.

In the dying days of the eighth century, the Vikings erupted onto the international stage with brutal raids and slaughter.

A philosopher, mathematician, and martyr, Hypatia is one of antiquity's best known female intellectuals.

The Oxford History of Life-Writing: Volume 1: The Middle Ages explores the richness and variety of life-writing from late Antiquity to the threshold of the Renaissance.

In the dying days of the eighth century, the Vikings erupted onto the international stage with brutal raids and slaughter.

Hailed as "e;a feast"e; (Washington Post) and "e;a modern-day bestiary"e; (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters--how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, and what shapes they are likely to take in the future.

The Tain Bo Cuailnge, centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's greatest epic.

Sing to me of the resourceful man, O Muse, who wandered far after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy.

What could Greek poets or Roman historians say in their own language that would be lost in translation?

The Oxford History of Life-Writing: Volume 1: The Middle Ages explores the richness and variety of life-writing from late Antiquity to the threshold of the Renaissance.

The Iliad is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, for which Barry Powell, one of the twenty-first century's leading Homeric scholars, has given us a magnificent new translation.

Sing to me of the resourceful man, O Muse, who wandered far after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy.

An innovative and accessible overview of how ancient Scandinavians understood and made use of their mythological stories.

The Tain Bo Cuailnge, centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's greatest epic.

Norse Mythology explores the magical myths and legends of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Viking-Age Greenland and outlines the way the prehistoric tales and beliefs from these regions that have remained embedded in the imagination of the world.

Hailed as "e;a feast"e; (Washington Post) and "e;a modern-day bestiary"e; (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters--how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, and what shapes they are likely to take in the future.

What could Greek poets or Roman historians say in their own language that would be lost in translation?

Norse Mythology explores the magical myths and legends of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Viking-Age Greenland and outlines the way the prehistoric tales and beliefs from these regions that have remained embedded in the imagination of the world.

In November 1519, Hernando Cortes walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma.

The theme of the Metamorphoses is change and transformation, as illustrated in Graeco-Roman myth and legend.