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The athletic competitions that took place during festivals like that at Olympia, or within the confines of city gymnasia, were a key feature of life in ancient Greece. From the commemoration of...

This concise and informative introduction to the Attic orators, a volume in the well established Classical World series, is aimed at the late school and undergraduate student. It includes valuable...

Georg B?chner is regularly considered the father of modern German drama, and "Woyzeck"was his most influential work. Beneath the utter simplicity of itsbasic story, there are complex themes of human...

B??l's Best StoriesAuthor: Heinrich BollPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Apr 24, 1998Number of Pages: 100 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853993336ISBN-13:...

The victory poems of the Greek lyric poet Bacchylides are here presented in a fresh new translation, together with an introduction and commentary. The translation captures the tone of the original,...

Natal'ya Baranskaya achieved instant fame with the controversial publication in 1969 of A Week Like Any Other.The story, remarkable for its lack of tendentiousness, presents a uniquely honest picture...

This classic school text book, first published in 1939 contains a 1000 word vocabulary covering all the words that a beginning student of ancient Greek will need to know. Interrogative, Relative and...

This selected Latin vocabulary includes a thousand of the most commonLatin words and words-groups faced by those tackling Latin at an earlystage.Author: Clive ParsonsPublisher: Bristol Classical...

Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du Mal" marks the intrusion of modernity into the French poetic tradition. The carefully ordered collection (here presented in its 1861 edition) betrays a frighteningly...

One of the greatest comedies in French theatre history, Beaumarchais' Le Mariage de Figaro is a dynamic text of humour and social satire which still works well on stage today, and was the inspiration...

This is a course for those who wish to read Homer in the original tongue but know no Greek, or are only just beginning to work through a course in Classical Greek and wish to read Homer from a very...

The poetry of Alexandr Blok (1880-1921) marks the highest achievement of that fertile period in Russian literary history chiefly identified with the Symbolist movement. The aim of this book is to...

By common consent, the Argentinian Jorge Luis Borges (1890-1986) is one of the greatest writers to have emerged from Latin America. His finest work is Ficciones (1944), a collection of...

This is a title in the Bristol Classical Press Russian Texts series, in Russian with English notes, vocabulary and introduction. Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) is well-known for his novel, "The Master...

Bulgakov: Heart of a DogAuthor: Mikhail BulgakovPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 1998Number of Pages: 132 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853993409ISBN-13:...

Bunin: Selected StoriesAuthor: I. A. BuninPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 1998Number of Pages: 208 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853993018ISBN-13:...

Book III of Caesar's De Bello Civili is arguably the most interesting he ever wrote, containing as it does the two major campaigns of Dyrrachium and of Pharsalus - Caesar's titanic struggle with his...

This school edition of Caesar's Gallic War book III contains an introduction giving background and context, the Latin text, notes on the text and vocabulary.Author: J. L. WhiteleyPublisher: Bristol...

This school edition of Caesar's Gallic War book VII contains an introduction giving background and context, the Latin text, notes on the text and vocabulary.Author: Julius CaesarPublisher: Bristol...

This work on the "Eclogues" attributed to Calpernius Siclicus establishes that seven poems of Calpernius were of Nernoian date, while the remaining four are of later date, probably Severan, and by...

This book contains the French text of Marie Cardinal's Les Mots Pour le Dire with English notes and introduction.Author: Marie CardinalPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Jan 01,...

Catullus, who lived from about 84 to 54 BC, was one of ancient Rome's most gifted, versatile and passionate poets. In this accessible short book Amanda Kolson Hurley explores the many facets of...

This text offers an introduction, Latin text, translation and literary commentary on seventeen poems by Catullus, Propertius, Tibullus and Ovid. It is intended for students who are approaching the...

Catullus, who lived from about 84 to 54 BC, was one of ancient Rome's most gifted, versatile and passionate poets. Living at a time of radical social change at the end of the Roman Republic, he...

Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84-54 BCE), one of the finest lyrical poets of classical times, was also among the bawdiest. He was capable of producing poems of such forthright and ribald sensuality...

Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) is considered the literary figurehead of Spain. "El Viejo Celoso" and "El Celoso Extremeno" are representative of his short works in two different genres in each of...

Characters of TheophrastusAuthor: TheophrastusPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 1998Number of Pages: 320 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853991880ISBN-13:...

Chekhov's penultimate play has inspired a bewildering variety of interpretations since its premi?re at the Moscow Arts Theatre on 31 January 1901. Three Sisters has been viewed both as tragedy and as...

Uncle Vania is Chekhov's best loved and perhaps his best composed play, yet this is the first book to be solely devoted to it in any language. Donald Rayfield brings his twenty years of research and...

Chekhov: Cherry OrchardAuthor: Anton ChekhovPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 1998Number of Pages: 132 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853992569ISBN-13:...