Overview :"This vivid and accessible translation captures the drama of Aeschylus' poetry and the excitement of the action in performance." --VICTORIA ... Read More
Overview :"Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus' son Achilleus / and its devastation." For sixty years, that's how Homer has begun the Iliad in English,... Read More
Overview :Brilliant, inspired, and gloriously erudite, Literature and the Gods is the culmination of Roberto Calasso's lifelong study of the gods in t... Read More
Overview :Librarian Josie Way moved to small-town Oregon to lay low. Instead, thanks to newfound magic abilities--and a killer on the loose--she's lea... Read More
Overview :This agenda-setting text has been fully revised in its second edition, with coverage extended into the Christian era. It remains the most co... Read More
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Overview :Through Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature-classical myths filtered through the worldly an... Read More
Overview :This Glossary, designed as a practical aid to the reading of Chaucer, is intended to be serviceable with any of the widely read editions. It... Read More
Overview :The dawn of print was a major turning point in the early modern world. It rescued ancient learning from obscurity, transformed knowledge of ... Read More
Overview :Alain de Botton's bestselling The Consolations of Philosophy--later made into a six-part TV series--has helped popularize ancient philosophy... Read More
Overview :Orestes' parents are at war. A family drama spanning several decades, a huge, moving, bloody saga, Aeschylus' greatest and final play asks w... Read More
Overview :'Many people are not in the least disturbed at the harm that befalls them, provided they can see their enemies' downfall first' In a series ... Read More
Overview :A single volume introduction to the major writers of the Italian Renaissance--Petrarch, Boccaccio, Alberti, della Mirandola, da Vinci, Casti... Read More
Overview :Strongly recommended. M R JAMES NEWSLETTER Stories of restless spirits returning from the afterlife are as old as storytelling. In medieval ... Read More
Overview :Hey, Over here. No, look up.Yeah, I'm the one they talk about. The headmaster's prized possession, locked away in the bell tower of Notredam... Read More
Overview :Goodnight Hockey is the perfect bedtime board book for every hockey fan The rhyming text, exciting illustrations, and classic sport combina... Read More
Overview :Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose is a brilliant mystery set in a fictitious medieval monastery. The text is rich with literary, historical... Read More
Overview :The Greek poet Pindar (c. 518-428 BC) composed victory odes for winners in the ancient Games, including the Olympics. He celebrated the vict... Read More