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This volume gathers together for the first time essays on the intellectual and literary world of both the Greek and Latin Antonines. The contributors provide a broad range of topics including Plutarch's Lives (C.B.R. Pelling), Lucian's Prologues (H.-G. Nesselrath), Aristides' Hymns (D.A. Russell), Apuleius's Cupid and Psyche (E.J. Kenney), Greek poetry of the period (E.L. Bowie), the definition of the Second Sophistic (G. Anderson), and the in...

Excerpt from Legends of the Bocas Trinidad Hese legends, inspired - nay, it may be said created by the scenes to which they relate, with little oral, and less written or printed tradition to account for the marvels they contain (except Legends XVII to XXI, which are his torical), came to their recipient at intervals during the course of fifteen years' residence in what is undoubtedl one of the most beautiful islands in the world. Some, suc as...

About the Book Books on Classical & Medieval Literature contain the works of many famous ancient, classical or medieval authors, as well as those whose names are no longer recognized as much. Titles include: Der Gebrauch des Infinitivs in Xenophons Anabasis, Die Troerinnen des euripides, Diomede: from the Iliad of Homer, Stories from Plato and Other Classic Writers: Hesiod, Homer, Aristophanes, Ovid, Catullus, and Pliny, The use of the preposi...

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Filling a major gap in the literature, this useful collection of Latin prose offers ninety-six short passages ranging from the second century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. The book allows students to sample a wide variety of Latin prose texts and illustrates both development and generic differences. Each text is accompanied by a short introduction and brief notes that explain difficult words and draw attention to linguistic and stylistic poin...

This anthology fills a gap which has been widely felt. It gives students--at sixth-form, undergraduate or junior graduate level--the opportunity of sampling a very wide variety of Greek prose, texts, chosen to illustrate both development and generic differences.

Ancient literary criticism has always been a particularly inaccessible subject for the non-specialist student. This edition provides for the first time the principal texts in translation, giving the reader a full view of ancient literary criticism and its development. In addition to well-known texts such as Aristotle's Poetics, Horace's Art of Poetry, and Longinus's On Sublimity, the book includes complete versions of Aristotle's Rhetoric Book...

Six years after he was thought to have died, the most feared terrorist in the world has made his presence known once again, spotted in a small town north of Boston. Just knowing that he is alive is enough to shake the White House to the core, for the handful cleared to know realizes that a terrorist strike like nothing the United States has ever seen is now inevitable. The man known as the Falconer is no simple, crazed fanantic, he does not ma...

Six years after he was thought to have died, the most feared terrorist in the world has made his presence known once again, spotted in a small town north of Boston. Just knowing that he is alive is enough to shake the White House to the core, for the handful cleared to know realizes that a terrorist strike like nothing the United States has ever seen is now inevitable. The man known as the Falconer is no simple, crazed fanantic, he does not ma...

This volume provides, in translation, the principal texts of literary criticism, including Aristotle's Poetics, Horace's Art of Poetry, Longinus' on Sublimity, Tacitus' Dialogues, and extracts from Plato and Plutarch.

Excerpt from Legends of the Bocas Trinidad Hese legends, inspired - nay, it may be said created by the scenes to which they relate, with little oral, and less written or printed tradition to account for the marvels they contain (except Legends XVII to XXI, which are his torical), came to their recipient at intervals during the course of fifteen years' residence in what is undoubtedl one of the most beautiful islands in the world. Some, suc as...

This book sets the practice of declamation in its historical context and discusses the declaimers' public performances and use of classical literature and history.

This edition should prove valuable to students of modern literary criticism and students of Greek and Latin.

This book contains an accessible and novice-friendly guide to designing and constructing model aircraft. Containing step-by-step instructions and helpful diagrams, this book is highly recommended for those with an interest in model aircraft construction. It would make for a great addition to collections of related literature. The chapters of this volume include: "Airfoils", "Airfoil and Fuselages for Monoplanes and Biplanes", "Drag", "Control ...