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Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom (Duckworth Egyptology Series) מאת Wolfram Grajetzki Building on the latest research, Wolfram Grajetzki looks in detail at the circle of officials that surrounded the king in the Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt (Eleventh to Fourteenth Dynasty, c. 2040-1640 BC). Describing the history of the principal offices of state, he takes into account inscription...

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Learn Ancient Greek (Greek & Latin Language) (Greek and Latin Language) מאת Peter Jones Based on the same principles that lay behind the book "Learn Latin", this book provides the chance to read real ancient Greek. It teaches the reader enough Greek in 20 chapters to be able to read selected passages from the New Testament and from Classical Greek literature such as Plato, Aristophanes...

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Anatomy of Denmark: Archaeology and History from the Ice Age to the Present מאת Klavs Randsborg The Anatomy of Denmark is a concise, well illustrated history of the accomplishments and cultural heritage of the people living on what is now Danish territory since the Ice Age. The archaeology and history of the earlier period (up to AD 1200) is given as much weight as the more recent past, unlike...

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Eager to be Roman: Greek Response to Roman Rule in Pontus and Bithynia מאת Jesper Majbom Madsen Eager to be Roman is an important investigation into the ways in which the population of Pontus et Bithynia, a Greek province in the northwestern part of Asia Minor (on the southern shore of the Black Sea), engaged culturally with the Roman Empire. Scholars have long presented Greek provincial...

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Latin Beyond GCSE מאת John Taylor Latin Beyond GCSE covers all the linguistic requirements for the OCR AS-level in Latin, and the grammar for A2. The first part of the book introduces new constructions and the translation of sentences from English to Latin, with practice passages for unseen translation at AS standard. The next secti...

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Aristophanes: An introduction מאת James Robson An accessible and lively introduction to the work of one of the world’s greatest comic writers, this book covers the key subjects of staging, humour, songs, obscene language, politics and the modern translation and performance of Aristophanes’ plays. It opens up exciting and contentious areas of...

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Greek to GCSE Part 2 (Pt. 2) מאת John Taylor The two-volume course Greek to GCSE was first published in 2003. Based on experience of what pupils find difficult, it offers a fast-track route to GCSE for those with limited time. It concentrates on the essentials, and on the understanding of principles in both accidence and syntax. It aims to be ...

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Philosopy and Exegesis in Simplicius: The Methodology of a Commentator מאת Han Baltussen This is the first book-length study in English of the interpretative and philosophical approach of the commentaries of Simplicius of Cilicia (c. AD 530). Simplicius' work, marked by doctrinal complexity and scholarship, is unusually self-conscious, learned and rich in its sources. Consequently, he i...

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Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus (Duckworth Companions to Greek & Roman Tragedy) מאת Adrian Kelly In his final play, Sophocles returned to the ever-popular character of Oedipus, the blind outcast of Thebes, the ultimate symbol of human reversal, whose fall he had so memorably treated in the Oedipus Tyrannus. In this play, Sophocles brings the aged Oedipus to Athens, where he seeks succour and fi...

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Greek Beyond GCSE מאת John Taylor Greek Beyond GCSE covers all the linguistic requirements for the OCR AS-level in Ancient Greek, and aims to bring students to a point where they can tackle original Greek texts with confidence. It is designed as a continuation of Greek to GCSE, but is self-contained and can be used independently. Th...

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Simplicius: On Aristotle on the Heavens 3.1-7 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) מאת Ian Mueller The subject of Aristotle's On the Heavens, Books 3-4, is the four elements of earth, air, fire and water, which exist below the heavens. Book 3, in chapters 1 to 7, frequently criticises the Presocratic philosophers. Because of this Simplicius' commentary is one of our main sources of quotations of ...

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Propertius (Classical Literature and Society Series) מאת A. M. Keith In 'Propertius: Poet of Love and Leisure', Alison Keith explores Propertius' elegiac poetry in the context of early imperial Roman society. Examining a variety of themes associated with both Propertian poetics (such as genre theory, poetic models, the girlfriend, the rival) and the poet's social con...

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Aeschylus: Eumenides (BCP Classics Companions) מאת Robin Mitchell-Boyask The Eumenides, the concluding drama in Aeschylus' sole surviving trilogy, the Oresteia, is not only one of the most admired Greek tragedies, but also one of the most controversial and contested, both to specialist scholars and public intellectuals. It stands at the crux of the controversies over the...

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Simplicius: On Aristotle on the Heavens 3.7-4.6 (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle) מאת Ian Mueller Commenting on the end of Aristotle On the Heavens Book 3, Simplicius examines Aristotle's criticisms of Plato's theory of elemental chemistry in the Timaeus. Plato makes the characteristics of the four elements depend on the shapes of component corpuscles and ultimately on the arrangement of the tri...