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Greek Prose StyleAuthor: J. D. DennistonPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 1998Number of Pages: 152 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853995266ISBN-13:...

First published in 1955, this is a comprehensive, compact and concise guide to the syntax of Attic Greek as written by Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato and Demosthenes. It is suitable for anyone who...

Greek Through Reading stresses the importance of early reading of good and varied Greek to give the student a sense of idiom. The Greek selections come from twenty-five authors ranging from Homer to...

A new collection of 120 passages from Greek authors. The first half contains twenty adapted passages building up to GCSE level, thirty lightly adapted ones for AS, and ten easy unadapted passages to...

"Greek Vases" is a discussion of the painted vases which were an ever-present but understated feature of life in the Greek world between the end of the Bronze Age and the rise of Rome, and, in the...

Even forty-four years after its first appearance, this little book remains a very useful tool for those studying Ancient Greek at intermediate level. Of particular value for translating verse is Part...

Ideal for the person who wants to learn the beautiful Greek language.Author: Peter BarkerPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 1998Number of Pages: 32 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

The order of words in a Greek sentence is much freer and less predictable than in most European languages. The author explains and illustrates the principles which govern word order in Greek. He...

The novel "Woe From Wit" by the writer and satirist, Griboyedov, is part of the Bristol Classical Press Russian texts series. The series is designed to meet the needs of the fast-growing A Level and...

Designed for student of Russians at A Level and beyond, this book first provides guidance on the basics of writing Russian and then goes on to give practical assistance in writing essays and projects...

Jorge Guillen belongs to a brilliant cluster of Spanish poets, a generation once defined by Salinas, one of its members, as "born under a lyrical star". Towards the end of his life Guillen's most...

"Bahnw?rter Thiel" (1988), by far the best story ever written by Gerhart Hauptmann, follows the principles of the Naturalist movement in its detailed study of the life and milieu of a humble and...

Heine: PoemsAuthor: Heinrich HeinePublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Jan 01, 1998Number of Pages: 114 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853993352ISBN-13: 9781853993350

The surviving short mimes of Hero(n)das share much of their aims and background with the Alexandrian poetry of the first half of the third century BC, especially that of Callimachus and Theocritus...

This text brings new approaches to Herodotus' sources and to his methods of collecting information, to the logic of his narrative and to his understanding of human behaviour. Drawing on recent...

Herodotus: Book IIAuthor: HerodotusPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Aug 27, 1998Number of Pages: 344 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1853991856ISBN-13: 9781853991851

The Sixth Book of Herodotus covers the history of Greece in the first decade of the fifth century BC, including such momentous events as the Ionian revolt and the Marathon Campaign. This commentary,...

Book I of the "Histories" provides a particularly good illustration of the discursiveness and diversity of Herodotus' materials and of the ingenuity with which he develops his narrative and welds it...

This companion, keyed to the Penguin translation of Aubrey de Selincourt, is to those parts of Herodotus' history that tell the story of Marathon, Salamis and the final Persian retreat: books 7-9...

History of Cynicism: From Diogenes to the Sixth Century A.D.Author: Donald R. DudleyPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Mar 31, 2011Number of Pages: 236 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Homer's mighty epic, the Iliad, is the first work of western literatureand one of the defining masterpieces of our culture. The purpose ofthis new line-by-line commentary is to help as wide an...

Peter Jones provides a line-by-line commentary on Homer's Odyssey that explains the factual details, mythological allusions, and Homeric conventions that a student or general reader could not be...

The 'red Macmillan' Iliad in the edition of W. Leaf, which had served since the 1880s, was replaced by this classic two-volume edition of M.M. Willcock. Coverage of twelve books of the Iliad in each...

This text provides a line-by-line commentary on Books XIII-XXIV of Homer's epic poem, the Iliad.Author: HomerPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPublication Date: Sep 17, 2009Number of Pages: 360...

First published in the outstanding and long-running 'red Macmillan' series in 1947 and substantially updated in 1959 (with, for example, sections on the relationship between Homer and the Mycenaean...

These two books of the "Odyssey" provide an ideal introduction to the poem, illustrating Odysseus' cunning intelligence at its best as he gains acceptance in the court of the Phaeacians, and, above...

First published in the outstanding and long-running 'red Macmillan' series in 1948 and revised in 1958 and 1962 (with, for example, a new section on Mycenaean Greek in relation to Homer), This second...

This book offers a clear and stimulating introduction to Homer's Iliad, the greatest poem of Western culture. It discusses central aspects of the work (including the tradition of oral poetry, the...

In 1882, D.B. Munro wrote that "a new Grammar of the Homeric dialect is sorely wanted". Monro's 2nd edition (1891), long out of print, is presented here in full, providing a comprehensive account of...

The Odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. This edition of the Odes was first published in the outstanding 'red Macmillan' series, in which it finally replaced the...