Whe could say that with this book, the politic acquires a "science" status. After analyse the constitutions of more than 120 countries, aristotle discuss about the origin and contents of the different models of government,( democracy, aristocracy, reign) and something really interesting in our ...
It would, of course, be folly of the highest order to give a critique of the Aeneid itself; by the number of years through which it has survived alone, it is justified. It is an unquestionable literary achievement, indeed, a monument of Western Civilization. This edition is a superb one for the ...
The companion to Monro's first volume, Iliad I-XII, this is classical scholarship at its best and most essential. Monro produced in the 19th century an edition of Homer's great epic in Greek that is still used by scholars around the world who read and work with the poem's original Greek text. ...
Lucretius isn't an author most come across, but nevertheless the DE RERVM NATVRA is truly a classic. In it he explains his version of epicureanism, taken from Epicurus and tweaked by Lucretius himself. Don't think our word 'epicurean' and this epicureanism are the same thing: epicurean has taken ...
I read this story in Greek Mythology in university. Jason is some kind of wise man. His father was a doctor. The Argonauts are a band of wise men, doctors, shamans, augurers, omen-readers, and shape-changers. The Argo is a ship of dreams. The name Jason has become very popular. I often ask ...
This is the first edition of Plato's Republic to be based on examination of all the evidence. Many new readings have been introduced in the Greek text. A critical apparatus gives details for all relevant textual evidence. All scholars and students of Plato and ancient philosophy in general will welcome this valuable new resource.
This invaluable new edition incorporates additional fragments contained in the appendix of the second edition, and includes some further discoveries, recent research on the relative placing of certain papyrus fragments, and an updated index of names.
For this edition of the Metamorphoses R. J. Tarrant has freshly collated the oldest fragments and manuscripts and has drawn more fully than previous editors on the twelfth-century manuscripts, the earliest extant witnesses to many potentially original readings. He has also given more scope to conjecture than other recent editors, and has been readier than his predecessors to identify certain ...
This edition, in the original Greek, contains half of the Iliad and is followed by several other volumes, which contain the second half of the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymns. The Iliad centers around the anger of the warrior Achilles when Agammenon unjustly takes his concubine. ...
This series consists of a text without commentary but with a brief apparatus criticus at the foot of each page. The aim of the series remains that of including the works of all the principal classical authors.
the Oxford Classical Texts, or Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, are renowned for their reliability and presentation. The series consists of a text with commentary but with a brief apparatus criticus at the foot of each page.
The companion to Monro's first volume, Iliad I-XII, this is classical scholarship at its best and most essential. Monro produced in the 19th century an edition of Homer's great epic in Greek that is still used by scholars around the world who read and work with the poem's original Greek text. ...
Whe could say that with this book, the politic acquires a "science" status. After analyse the constitutions of more than 120 countries, aristotle discuss about the origin and contents of the different models of government,( democracy, aristocracy, reign) and something really interesting in our ...
This invaluable new edition incorporates additional fragments contained in the appendix of the second edition, and includes some further discoveries, recent research on the relative placing of certain papyrus fragments, and an updated index of names.
the Oxford Classical Texts, or Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, are renowned for their reliability and presentation. The series consists of a text with commentary but with a brief apparatus criticus at the foot of each page.
Lucretius isn't an author most come across, but nevertheless the DE RERVM NATVRA is truly a classic. In it he explains his version of epicureanism, taken from Epicurus and tweaked by Lucretius himself. Don't think our word 'epicurean' and this epicureanism are the same thing: epicurean has taken ...
This series consists of a text without commentary but with a brief apparatus criticus at the foot of each page. The aim of the series remains that of including the works of all the principal classical authors.
This edition, in the original Greek, contains half of the Iliad and is followed by several other volumes, which contain the second half of the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Homeric Hymns. The Iliad centers around the anger of the warrior Achilles when Agammenon unjustly takes his concubine. ...