This work, first published in 1962, is a scholarly, yet accessible introduction to the metres of Greek verse. It remains a reference manual for students and teachers who wish to arrive at a fuller appreciation of the rhythmical flow of Greek drama and...

K.J. Dover and three other classical scholars have collaborated in writing this new historical survey of Greek literature from 700 B.C. to 550 A.D. The book concentrates on the principal authors and quotes many passages from their work in translation, to...

A gripping and groundbreaking history of how ancient cultures developed and used biological, chemical, and other unconventional weapons of warFlamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease: are these terrifying agents...

A "sweeping, delightfully readable" (Wall Street Journal) new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf...

Rayon : Civilisation Editeur : La découverte Date de parution : 1986 Description : In-8, 300 pages, broché, occasion, très bon état. Envois quotidiens du mardi au samedi. Les commandes sont adressées sous enveloppes bulles. Photos supplémentaires de...

Of all the classical poets Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84-54 BC) is the most accessible to the modern reader. Presented alongside the original Latin text, this new translation reflects Catullus' mastery of poetic forms as diverse as the lyric, the...

The first full-scale history of Theoderic and the Goths in more than seventy-five years, tracing the transformation of a divided kingdom into a great power "A monumental exploration. . . . It is the most important treatment of its subject since...

A historian of Rome "at the height of his powers" (Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire) narrates the erosion of law and order in the last years of the Roman Republic through the rise and fall of its most famous lawyer, Cicero ...

For nearly sixty years, Wheelock's Latin has remained the opitmus liber of beginning Latin textbooks. When Professor Frederic M. Wheelock's Latin first appeared in 1956, the reviews extolled its thoroughness, organization, and conciseness; one...

A "masterly" (Economist), prize-winning, internationally bestselling history of books in the ancient world"Exquisite. . . . Beautifully translated into English by Charlotte Whittle, who is able to convey both Vallejo’s passionate narrative presence and...

"Written in the first century AD, Strabo's Geographica tells us just about everything one could know about the ancient world of his day. We find instructions on how to tame elephants, information on the production of asphalt, how saffron is collected,...