Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Asclepiad. v. 9, 1892
Author: The Asclepiad
Author: Benjamin Ward RichardsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Pseudepigraphic Writings
Author: HippocratesPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004377204
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
The biography and personality of the "Father of Medicine" were known to the world through these important, but little studied letters and speeches. W.D. Smith here presents them newly edited from the most important manuscripts, with a facing English translation, and offers an introduction that gives a literary analysis and places them in relation to ancient history and ancient medical science. The speeches appear to be early (III B.C.) propaganda for the Island Cos, whose presence in the Library at Alexandria contributed to the characterization of the Hippocratic Corpus, while the Democritus Letters belong to the Roman period, after the firm establishment of Hippocrates' reputation.
Book I
Author: R. G. M. NisbetPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191656984
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
Horace's Odes are among the most popular, and the most misunderstood, of ancient writings. The present work is written in the belief that they are learned poems, which demand some knowledge of conventional forms and topics. Each ode is provided with an introduction which sets it against its Greek and Roman literary background. This edition may be used in conjunction with the Oxford Classical Text edited by E. C. Wickham. The commentary includes a large number of parallel passages, chosen to show how Horace plays new variations on old themes; it is hoped that these may prove useful to commentators on other ancient poets. The book also contains sections on chronology and metre, and a select bibliography is attached to each ode.
The Cambridge History of Classical Literature
Author: E. J. KenneyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521210430
Category : Classical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Classical Literature provides a comprehensive, critical survey of the literature of Greece and Rome from Homer till the Fall of Rome. This is the only modern work of this scope; it embodies the very considerable advances made by recent classical scholarship, and reflects too the increasing sophistication and vigour of critical work on ancient literature. The literature is presented throughout in the context of the culture and the social and hisotircal processes of which it is an integral part. The overall aim is to offer an authoritative work of reference and appraisal for one of the world's greatest continuous literary traditions. The work is divided into two volumes, each with a similar and broadly chronological structure. Among the special features are important introductory chapters by the General Editors on 'Books and Readers', discussing the conditions under which literature was written and read in antiquity. There are also extensive Appendices or Authors and Works giving detailed factual information in a convenient form. Technical annotation is otherwise kept to a minimum, and all quotations in foreign languages are translated.
A Literary History of Latin & English Poetry
Author: Victoria MoulPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107192714
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
The first account of the bilingualism of English poetic culture from the mid-sixteenth to the early eighteenth century.
Odes and Epodes
Author: HoracePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674996090
Category : Laudatory poetry, Latin
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A poetic monument for the ages. The poetry of Horace (born 65 BC) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private concerns, urban and rural settings, Stoic and Epicurean thought. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the great Roman poet's Odes and Epodes boasts a faithful and fluid translation and reflects current scholarship. Horace took pride in being the first Roman to write a body of lyric poetry. For models he turned to Greek lyric, especially to the poetry of Alcaeus, Sappho, and Pindar; but his poems are set in a Roman context. His four books of Odes cover a wide range of moods and topics. Some are public poems, upholding the traditional values of courage, loyalty, and piety; and there are hymns to the gods. But most of the Odes are on private themes: chiding or advising friends; speaking about love and amorous situations, often amusingly. Horace's seventeen Epodes, which he called iambi, were also an innovation for Roman literature. Like the Odes they were inspired by a Greek model: the seventh-century iambic poetry of Archilochus. Love and political concerns are frequent themes; the tone is only occasionally aggressive. "In his language he is triumphantly adventurous," Quintilian said of Horace; Niall Rudd's translation reflects his different voices.
A Grammar of Classical Latin for Use in Schools and Colleges
Author: Arthur SlomanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin language
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The Public School Latin Grammar
Author: Benjamin Hall KennedyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin language
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Carmina
Author: HoracePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521854733
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
This edition provides current information and guidance on fundamental matters of language usage, poetic structure, and literary interpretation.