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  • The Roman Poetry of Love

    Elegy and Politics in a Time of Revolution

    Collections series Classical World
    The Roman Poetry of Love explores the formation of a key literary genre in a troubled historical and political setting. The short-lived genre of Latin love elegy produced spectacular, multi-faceted and often difficult poetry. Its proponents Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius and Ovid remain to this day some of the most influential poetic voices of Western civilisation.This accessible introduction ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

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  • The Iliad

    (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)

    par Homer ...
    Traduit par Stephen Mitchell ...
    TOLSTOY CALLED THE ILIAD A miracle; Goethe said that it always thrust him into a state of astonishment. Homer’s story is thrilling, and his Greek is perhaps the most beautiful poetry ever sung or written. But until now, even the best English translations haven’t been able to re-create the energy and simplicity, the speed, grace, and pulsing rhythm of the original.In Stephen Mitchell’s Iliad, the ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

  • Metamorphoses

    par A. D. Melville ...
    Traduit par E. J. Kenney ...
    Collections series Oxford World's Classics
    The modern, unacademic idiom of A.D. Melville's translation opens the way to a fresh understanding of Ovid's unique and elusive vision of reality. ... En savoir plus

    $5.99 CAD

  • The Complete Poems of Sappho

    Modifié par Willis Barnstone ...
    A vivid, contemporary translation of the greatest Greek love poet—with a wealth of materials for understanding her work—by a prize-winning poet and translatorSappho’s thrilling lyric verse has been unremittingly popular for more than 2,600 years—certainly a record for poetry of any kind—and love for her art only increases as time goes on. Though her extant work consists only of a collection of ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Poetics

    par Aristotle ...
    Traduit par Anthony Kenny ...
    Collections series Oxford World's Classics
    'What is poetry, how many kinds of it are there, and what are their specific effects?' Aristotle's Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ever written. A founding text of European aesthetics and literary criticism, from it stems much of our modern understanding of the creation and impact of imaginative writing, including poetry, drama, and fiction. For Aristotle, the art of representation ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Heroides

    par Ovid ...
    Traduit par Harold Isbell ...
    In the twenty-one poems of the Heroides, Ovid gave voice to the heroines and heroes of epic and myth. These deeply moving literary epistles reveal the happiness and torment of love, as the writers tell of their pain at separation, forgiveness of infidelity or anger at betrayal. The faithful Penelope wonders at the suspiciously long absence of Ulysses, while Dido bitterly reproaches Aeneas for too ... En savoir plus

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  • Gilgamesh

    Modifié par John Gardner ...
    The story of Gilgamesh, an ancient epic poem written on clay tablets in a cuneiform alphabet, is as fascinating and moving as it is crucial to our ability to fathom the time and the place in which it was written. Gardner's version restores the poetry of the text and the lyricism that is lost in the earlier, almost scientific renderings. The principal theme of the poem is a familiar one: man's ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $14.99 CAD Maintenant $10.99 CAD

  • Antigone

    par Sophocles ...
    Sophocles addresses themes of civil disobedience, fidelity, and love for family; and questions which law is greater: the gods' or man's—in this play that challenged many established mores of Ancient Greece. ... En savoir plus

    $1.99 CAD

  • The Metamorphoses Of Ovid

    Traduit par Allen Mandelbaum ...
    par Ovid ...
    **Through National Book Award-winning translator Allen Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature — classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid — is revealed anew.**Savage and sophisticated, mischievious and majestic, witty and wicked, The Metamorphoses weaves together every major mythological story ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • Cut These Words into My Stone

    Ancient Greek Epitaphs

    The lively ancient epitaphs in this bilingual collection fit together like small mosaic tiles, forming a vivid portrait of Greek society.Cut These Words into My Stone offers evidence that ancient Greek life was not only celebrated in great heroic epics, but was also commemorated in hundreds of artfully composed verse epitaphs. They have been preserved in anthologies and gleaned from weathered ... En savoir plus

    $34.09 CAD

  • The 25 Most Famous People of Ancient Greece - Ancient Greece History | Children's Ancient History

    par Baby Professor ...
    Ancient Greece was home to philosophers, mathematicians and other great minds who shaped civilization. You're going to meet 25 of them in the pages of this ancient history book for kids. It is hoped that by the end of this book, you will develop a sense of gratitude for all the contributions of these famous people. Who do you think made the most significant mark in history? ... En savoir plus

    $4.99 CAD

  • Metamorphoses III

    An Extract 511-733

    par Ovid ...
    Collections series Latin Texts
    Metamorphoses is an epic poem but is very different from what we expect in an epic. Original, inventive and charming, the poem tells the stories of myths featuring transformations, from the creation of the universe to the death and deification of Julius Caesar. Book III concentrates on the House of Thebes, and this selection details the story of Pentheus and his tragic end after refusing to ... En savoir plus

    $28.99 CAD