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Hardcover. The rollicking comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205--184 bc, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. This volume presents three of the twenty-one plays in new translation. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 114 x 30. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674999862
- ISBN
- 9780674999862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.99
€ 32.99
€ 29.99
Paperback. Oedipus is an old man finally coming to terms with the terrible actions of his earlier life. As he struggles to accept his fate, he also questions his guilt in his past crimes - transgressions manipulated by the will of the gods. With war now raging over his succession, Oedipus must make his final decision alone. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062132109
- ISBN
- 9780062132109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.07
€ 10.07
Hardcover. 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: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308951
- ISBN
- 9780226308951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.93
€ 40.99
€ 31.93
Paperback. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126. Fine in fine decorated cloth covers and in publisher's slipcase. Slipcase showing light shelf wear. Remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021171
- ISBN
- 9780199540198
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. This version of the Iliad is ideal for readings and performances. Translator(s): McCrorie, Edward. Series: Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity. Num Pages: 552 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DB; DCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406428
- ISBN
- 9781421406428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.30
€ 32.99
€ 28.30
Paperback. Includes introduction and notes by Robin Mitchell-Boyask. Translator(s): Svarlien, Diane Arnson. Num Pages: 104 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 71
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209237
- ISBN
- 9780872209237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.32
€ 15.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Series: Collins Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 113 x 27. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007420094
- ISBN
- 9780007420094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. 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: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226035147
- ISBN
- 9780226035147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.73
€ 40.99
€ 31.73
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908343789
- ISBN
- 9781908343789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.81€ 121.85
€ 126.81
€ 121.85
Paperback. Few contemporary poets elicit such powerful responses from readers and critics as the author. The New York Times Book Review calls her work "personal, necessary, and important," while Publishers Weekly say she is "nothing less than brilliant." This book deals with her works. Translator(s): Carson, Anne. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 6. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226203621
- ISBN
- 9780226203621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.45
€ 12.45
Intended to be both read as literature and performed as plays, these translations are lucid and readable, while remaining staunchly faithful to the texts. Translator(s): Poochigian, Aaron. Series: Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400631
- ISBN
- 9781421400631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.34
€ 70.34
Hardback. Sophocles' tragedies - from "Antigone" to "Oedipus Tyrannus" - are filled with highly wrought, vivid, and emotionally powerful poetry. Paying attention to the structure, language, and rhythm across Sophocles' writings, the author has translated a selection of odes from Sophocles' surviving plays as well as fragments from his lost works. Translator(s): Gibbons, Reginald. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130248
- ISBN
- 9780691130248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.75
€ 20.99
€ 16.75
Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585102815
- ISBN
- 9781585102815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.16
€ 17.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. Features a story of the wronged wife who avenges herself upon her unfaithful husband by murdering their children is lodged securely in the popular imagination, a touchstone for politics, law, and psychoanalysis and the subject of constant retellings and reinterpretations. Translator(s): Taplin, Oliver. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226203454
- ISBN
- 9780226203454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.58
€ 10.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908343963
- ISBN
- 9781908343963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.24
€ 36.99
€ 33.24
Hardback. Editor(s): Trzaskoma, Stephen M.; Brunet, Stephen. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664984
- ISBN
- 9781624664984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.47€ 53.97
€ 69.47
€ 53.97
Paperback. Presents an account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC). This title develops the Socratic belief in responsibility for one's self and shows Socrates living and dying under his philosophy. It focuses on the themes of identity and confrontation. Translator(s): Rowe, Christopher. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140455496
- ISBN
- 9780140455496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.93
€ 13.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. With a plague ravishing Thebes, it falls upon Oedipus, the king, to discover its cause. Yet in consulting the blind prophet Tiresias, Oedipus uncovers not only the roots of the gods' displeasure but also a dreadful secret about his own past. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062132086
- ISBN
- 9780062132086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.61
€ 13.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover. 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. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226308777
- ISBN
- 9780226308777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.93
€ 40.99
€ 31.93
hardcover. Drawing on the historicizing turn in Latin literary scholarship, Roman Literary Cultures combines new critical methods with traditional analysis across four hundred years of Latin literature. Editor(s): Keith, Alison; Edmondson, Jonathan. Series: Phoenix Supplementary Volumes. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7. BIC Classification: DB; DD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 34. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442629677
- ISBN
- 9781442629677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.90
€ 79.90
Hardback. A Companion to Marcus Aurelius presents the first comprehensive collection of essays to explore all essential facets relating to contemporary Marcus Aurelius studies. Editor(s): Ackeren, Marcel van. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 586 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 586
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192859
- ISBN
- 9781405192859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.60
€ 197.60
The four late plays of Euripides collected here, in beautifully crafted translations by Cecelia Eaton Luschnig and Paul Woodruff, offer a faithful and dynamic representation of the playwright's mature vision. Translator(s): Eaton Luschnig, Cecelia; Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 326 pages, map. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603844611
- ISBN
- 9781603844611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.19
€ 50.99
€ 36.19
Paperback. Tells the story of darkest episode in "Trojan War". At its centre is Achilles, greatest warrior-champion of Greeks, and his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his leader Agamemnon. But when Trojan Hector kills Achilles' close friend Patroclus, he storms back into battle to take revenge - even though he knows this may ensure his own death. Editor(s): Jones, Peter. Translator(s): Rieu, E. V. Num Pages: 560 pages, notes, maps, glossary, index. BIC Classification: DB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780140447941
- ISBN
- 9780140447941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 9.61
€ 13.99
€ 9.61
mass_market. Takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. This title features stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 111 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141398617
- ISBN
- 9780141398617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.96
€ 12.99
€ 5.96