Kategoria BISAC: Poetry >> Ancient & Classical

ONE OF THE PREEMINENT translators of our time, Robert Fagles's interpretations of these epic poems give new life to three seminal works in the Western canon. The Penguin Classic Deluxe Editions of The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid are collected here for the first time in a specially designed gift box. Each volume contains a superb introduction by renowned classicist Bernard Knox.

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Recognizing Persius is a passionate and in-depth exploration of the libellus--or little book--of six Latin satires left by the Roman satirical writer Persius when he died in AD 62 at the age of twenty-seven. In this comprehensive and reflectively personal book, Kenneth Reckford fleshes out the primary importance of this mysterious and idiosyncratic writer. Reckford emphasizes the dramatic power and excitement of Persius's satires--works that normally would have been recited before a reclining, feasting audience. In highlighting the satires' remarkable honesty, Reckford...

Ancient Greek Lyrics collects Willis Barnstone's elegant translations of Greek lyric poetry--including the most complete Sappho in English, newly translated. This volume includes a representative sampling of all the significant poets, from Archilochos, in the 7th century BCE, through Pindar and the other great singers of the classical age, down to the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods. William E. McCulloh's introduction illuminates the forms and development of the Greek lyric while Barnstone provides a brief biographical and literary sketch for each poet and adds a substantial...

Im Hellenismus tauchen vermehrt Kinderdarstellungen in der griechischen Literatur und Kunst auf. Seit langem wird die Ursache hierfur in der Entwurzelung des griechischen Menschen durch den Zerfall der Polisstrukturen gesehen, die durch eine Hinwendung zum Privaten kompensiert werde. Eine Zusammenfuhrung aktueller Forschungsergebnisse von Altphilologie, Archaologie, Agyptologie und Alter Geschichte ergibt, dass diese Sicht zu revidieren ist. Nicht sentimentale Kinderliebe spricht aus den griechischen Bildern und Texten: Sie sind vielmehr den handfesten dynastischen Interessen...

This work is a study of two Neo-Latin poems of the 17th century: Rene Rapin's Hortorum libri IV, dealing with contemporary French garden architecture, and Cowley's Plantarum libri VI, in which the plants are personified and botanical information is embedded in various mythological and historical narratives. The author examines both the subject matter and the formal characteristics of the two poems. Her textual analysis focusses in particular on their use of classical models.

First published in 1903, "Selections from Homer s Iliad" has become a classic Greek textbook. Allen Rogers Benner presents selections from twelve books of the "Iliad" both in Greek and English. Short summaries between books bridge the narrative and aid the student in gaining a comprehensive view of the "Iliad" as a work of literature and art. Invaluable resources include an extensive section of notes on the text, a short Homeric grammar, and a vocabulary and Greek index.

In a new foreword, Mark W. Edwards argues for the utility of Benner s text while offering a useful summary of current...