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Paperback. Offers translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles", "Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' "The Trackers". In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. Editor(s): Griffith, Mark; Most, Glenn W. Series Editor(s): Grene, David; Lattimore, Richmond. Series: Complete Greek Tragedies. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Third Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226308807
ISBN
9780226308807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.01

Hardcover. Nikolsky questions the current gender and psychoanalytical approaches to Hippolytus and challenges the widespread interpretations of the play as being concerned with the irresistible force of love and the inevitability of punishment for those who underestimate its power. Translator(s): Nikolsky, Mikhail. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 258 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
The Classical Press of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910589038
ISBN
9781910589038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.17

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540501
ISBN
9780199540501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.67

Paperback. Tells the story of Greek tragedy's most intrepid heroine. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141397702
ISBN
9780141397702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.42

Paperback. The Iliad tells the story of Greek warrior Achilles' great anger and the tragic death of Hector during the Trojan War, encapsulating the brutality of war. Its epic sweep has gripped generations of readers, and this new translation is elegant and accurate, respecting the original line numbers, and accompanied by authoritative editorial matter. Translator(s): Verity, Anthony. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199645213
ISBN
9780199645213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.53

Paperback. Sophocles' plays transformed Greek myths into dramas featuring complex human characters, through which he explored profound moral issues. This title contains plays such as: "Electra", "Ajax", "Women of Trachis" and "Philoctetes". Editor(s): Raeburn, David. Translator(s): Raeburn, David. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449785
ISBN
9780140449785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.49

Hardcover. Eighteen of the ninety or so plays composed by Euripides between 455 and 406 BCE survive in a complete form and are included in the first six volumes of the "Loeb Euripides". This title discusses the evidence for the lost plays. Editor(s): Collard, Christopher; Cropp, Martin. Translator(s): Collard, Christopher; Cropp, Martin. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 115 x 38. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996311
ISBN
9780674996311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102280
ISBN
9781585102280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.31

Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 123 x 47. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
William Collins
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007902149
ISBN
9780007902149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.66

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DB; HPCA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535767
ISBN
9780199535767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.47

Paperback. An accurate and highly readable new translation with introduction, extensive explanatory notes, and up-to-date bibliography of four of Aeschylus' plays, including the unique historical tragedy Persians and the hugely influential Prometheus Bound. Translator(s): Collard, Christopher. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3D; DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192832825
ISBN
9780192832825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.16

Hardcover. Although Problems is an accretion of multiple authorship over several centuries, it offers a fascinating technical view of Peripatetic method and thought. Rhetoric to Alexander provides practical advice to orators and was likely composed during the period of Aristotle's tutorship of Alexander, perhaps by Anaximenes, another of Alexander's tutors. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 672 pages, 1 line illustration, indexes. BIC Classification: DB; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 116 x 34. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Loeb Classical Library United States
Number of pages
672
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996564
ISBN
9780674996564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.65

Paperback. Aeschylus' Suppliant Women begins with a procession of girls, dressed in foreign costume and carrying boughs - tokens of supplication - arriving in Argos. Fugitives from Egypt they are in flight from their cousins, the sons of Aegyptus, who want them as wives and they seek asylum from King Pelasgus. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
374
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908343345
ISBN
9781908343345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.87

Paperback. Over the years, Grene and Lattimore's "Complete Greek Tragedies" have been the preferred choice of millions of readers - for personal libraries, individual study, and classroom use. This title presents Sophocles' searing tale of jealousy, rage, and revenge. Translator(s): Grene, David. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 134 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768687
ISBN
9780226768687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.59

Hardcover. The era of Old Comedy (c. 485--c. 380 BCE), when theatrical comedy was created and established, is best known through the extant plays of Aristophanes. But the work of many other poets, including Cratinus and Eupolis, the other members, with Aristophanes, of the canonical Old Comic Triad, survives in fragments. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 119 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996632
ISBN
9780674996632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.55

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual, Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455632
ISBN
9780140455632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.73

Hardcover. Cast in the form of a dialogue, this title treats subjects as diverse as the divinity of the Sun and the quirks of human digestion while showcasing Virgil as the master of all human knowledge from diction and rhetoric to philosophy and religion. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 117 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996496
ISBN
9780674996496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.54

Hardback. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, this book interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of Ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy. Translator(s): Raeburn, David. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 46. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9780141394619
ISBN
9780141394619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 17.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Morwood, James. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540525
ISBN
9780199540525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.32

Paperback. Editor(s): MacLennan, Keith. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 4KL; DB; DSBB; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474271905
ISBN
9781474271905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.40

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