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An Introduction to Greek Art by Susan Woodford
epub |eng | 2014-03-03 | Author:Susan Woodford

151. Polyneikes and Eriphyle, Attic red-figure pelike, painted by the Chicago Painter, 460-450 BC, Lecce Museum, Lecce Figures could now look into each other’s eyes, thus deepening the emotional content ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical March 4,2020 )
European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages by Burrow Colin Curtius Ernst Robert
epub |eng | 2013-03-03 | Author:Burrow, Colin, Curtius, Ernst Robert

Ignorance of a text and faulty reading can, then, be the causes of evil deeds. After the battle of Benevento (1266) the bones of the Hohenstaufen Manfred would not have ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical March 4,2020 )
Antisthenes of Athens by Prince Susan;
epub |eng | | Author:Prince, Susan;

Context of Preservation This passage comes near the end of Galen’s introduction to his topic, how to cure intellectual errors (ἁμαρτήματα) of the soul. Correction of emotional passions (πάθη) is ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical March 2,2020 )
In Pursuit of the Great Peace by Zhao Lu;
epub |eng | 2019-03-01 | Author:Zhao Lu;

Conclusion In this book, I have traced the people and texts in the Han dynasty that scholars often label as “Confucian,” “Daoist,” “Old Script,” “New Script,” and so forth, and ...
( Category: Asian March 2,2020 )
Natural History (Classics) by Pliny Gaius
epub, mobi |eng | 2004-02-04 | Author:Pliny, Gaius [Pliny, Gaius]

The effects of over-indulgence 137. Careful investigation reveals that no activity takes up more of a man’s life than wine-making, as if Nature had not given us a perfectly healthy ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical March 1,2020 )
Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras by Sean A. Adams;
epub |eng | 2019-09-23 | Author:Sean A. Adams;

uixit plurimum in secessu ruris sui Sabini aut Tiburtini, domusque eius ostenditur circa Tiburni luculum. 〈* * *〉 uenerunt in manus meas et elegi sub titulo eius et epistola prosa ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical February 27,2020 )
The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War by DONALD KAGAN
epub |eng | | Author:DONALD KAGAN

* * * 1 Gomme, Hist. Comm., I, 158. 2 Thuc. 1. 24. 1—2; the date of foundation comes from the Chronicles of Eusebius and is generally accepted as approximately ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical February 27,2020 )
The Archidamian War (A New History of the Peloponnesian War) by Donald Kagan
epub |eng | 2013-01-13 | Author:Donald Kagan [Kagan, Donald]

* * * 1 Beloch, GG2 II:1, 324. 2 Busolt, GG III:2, 1056. 3 West, CP XIX (1924), 201. 4 See Beloch, GG2 II: 2, 261–264. 5 If D. M. ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical February 27,2020 )
The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition (A New History of the Peloponnesian War) by Donald Kagan
epub |eng | 2013-01-13 | Author:Donald Kagan [Kagan, Donald]

* * * 1 6.26.2. 2 There is not perfect agreement on the chronology of the important events of the year 415. Good discussions may be found in Douglas MacDowell’s ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical February 27,2020 )
Warriors, Witches, Women by Kate Hodges
epub |eng | 2019-02-23 | Author:Kate Hodges

The insatiable monsters also played a role in the tale of Jason and the Argonauts. During their quest, the fleece chasers washed up on a remote island where they found ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical February 24,2020 )
Petronius by Prag Jonathan R. W.; Repath Ian D.;
epub |eng | 2012-10-29 | Author:Prag, Jonathan R. W.; Repath, Ian D.;

Further Reading For the detailed arguments concerning the dating of the Satyrica, see the Introduction to this volume. Of the recent scholarship on Petronius, I would like to flag Connors ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical February 21,2020 )
Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay by Carson Anne
epub |eng | 2015-02-15 | Author:Carson, Anne

Letters, Letters ‘Letters’ (grammata) can mean ‘letters of the alphabet’ and also ‘epistles’ in Greek as in English. Novels contain letters of both kinds, and offer two different perspectives on ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical February 16,2020 )
Sound, Sense, and Rhythm by Edwards Mark W
epub |eng | 2008-01-30 | Author:Edwards, Mark W.

Dale (1983: 185) agrees with this; other editors vary. Because all modern editors combine some of the cola separated by earlier editors, but keep the traditional line numbers, a line ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical January 31,2020 )
Augustine's "Confessions by Wills Garry
epub |eng | 2011-01-28 | Author:Wills, Garry

( Category: Ancient & Classical January 29,2020 )
A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities by J. C. McKeown
epub |eng | 2010-01-15 | Author:J. C. McKeown [McKeown, J. C.]

The rise of Christianity did very little to curb slavery. Even St. Augustine, in the 5th century, thought it acceptable for slaves to be obtained by kidnapping, provided the kidnapping ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical January 19,2020 )

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