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Greek Studies All Titles Index
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 | Plato: A Transitional Reader
By Abigail Roberts, Wilfred E. Major
This graded reader helps students make the transition from beginning instruction in Greek to reading unaltered texts of Plato. It features six Greek passages: four extracts from the Republic, the . . . [more]... |
Beginning
 | Greek Reader for Schools, A
By W. D. Lowe, C. E. Freeman
Reprinted by arrangement with Oxford University Press, this reader is a perfect vehicle for students transitioning from a grammar text to reading adapted Greek. The selections are chosen for their . . . [more]... |
 | Greek Readings for Review: First Lessons in Greek
By Adolf Kaegi, James A. Kleist
Designed as a complement to the popular Kaegi's Greek Grammar, this volume is aimed at building fluidity and ease of translation through readings, exercises, guided review of grammar, and memorization . . . [more]... |
 | Herodotus: The Wars of Greece and Persia
By W. D. Lowe
This book offers a fascinating introduction to Herodotus, the "father of history" and master storyteller. The introductory stories are laid out in a presentation that brings the reader comfortably along . . . [more]... |
 | Introduction to Greek, An
By Henry Lamar Crosby, John Nevin Schaeffer
This standard textbook introduces students to ancient Greek in an organized, systematic way. Review lessons are included at logical intervals and the last six of 79 chapters are reviews of . . . [more]... |
Intermediate
 | Appian Civil Wars: Book 1
By J. L. Strachan-Davidson
Appian's writings offer the only account of events during the epoch between Polybius and Cicero, and Civil Wars covers the period from the reign of Tiberius Gracchus to the first . . . [more]... |
| Introduction to Greek, An
By Henry Lamar Crosby, John Nevin Schaeffer
This standard textbook introduces students to ancient Greek in an organized, systematic way. Review lessons are included at logical intervals and the last six of 79 chapters are reviews of . . . [more]... |
 | Longus' Daphnis and Chloe
Edited by Shannon N. Byrne, Edmund P. Cueva
This new edition of a popular Greek text is designed for intermediate college classroom use. Students enjoy Longus' Daphnis and Chloe, a tale about young love and country life, without . . . [more]... |
 | Luciani Vera Historia
By S. C. Jerram
A reprint of the second edition of a Victorian English-annotated edition of Vera Historia, this is the only English-language commentary on that work in print. The notes are a helpful . . . [more]... |
 | Meleager: The Poems
By Jerry Clack
As a poet and an editor of an anthology that transmitted the poetry of many Hellenistic epigrammists to modern times, Meleager is an important literary figure, and this text provides . . . [more]... |
| Plato: A Transitional Reader
By Abigail Roberts, Wilfred E. Major
This graded reader helps students make the transition from beginning instruction in Greek to reading unaltered texts of Plato. It features six Greek passages: four extracts from the Republic, the . . . [more]... |
 | Plato: Apology
By James J. Helm
An annotated Greek text of Plato’s Apology of Socrates (complete), the revised 2003 edition of this popular textbook has many student-friendly features that include vocabulary and grammatical notes now on . . . [more]... |
 | Plutarch's: Life of Pericles
By Hubert Ashton Holden
This excellent text features an extensive apparatus criticus and marginal notes that enhance the student's understanding of Plutarch's account of Pericles' life. The introduction concludes with a useful chronology of . . . [more]... |
 | Theocritus: Select Poems
By Kenneth J. Dover
This selection of the poems of Theocritus clearly illustrates his creative genius and rare powers of observation. Dover's introduction and extensive notes offer revealing insights into both the writing and . . . [more]... |
Scholarship
 | Aristocratic Ideal and Selected Papers, The
By Walter Donlan
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers is pleased to announce the long overdue re-release of Donlan's 1980 seminal work, The Aristocratic Ideal in Ancient Greece: Attitudes of Superiority from Homer to the End of . . . [more]... |
 | CB: Vol. 80, No. 2 General Topics Issue
Edited by Tatiana Tsakiropoulou-Summers
This set of articles brings Classicists and Modern Greek Studies scholars together in an effort to widen the perspective of Greek cultural studies. The goal is to create a dialog . . . [more]... |
 | CB: Vol. 81, No. 2
Little Ajax, Odysseus, and Divine “Wraths”
by Victor Castellani
Menander’s Perikeiromene and Demetrios Poliorketes
by Michael D. Dixon
Iliad 22.123–128 and the Erotics of . . . [more]... |
 | CB: Zoroaster: Eschatology • Gottmensch
Publisher’s Preface
The Influence of Classical Iranian Thought
— Patrick Romane
Zoroastrian Apocalyptics in the Šāhnāma
— Carlo G. Cereti
Indo-European Elements in the Zoroastrian Apocalyptic Tradition
— Touraj Daryaee
The Two Zoroastrian Treatises Called ‘Ulamā i . . . [more]... |
 | Simonides: A Historical Study
By J. H. Molyneux
In his examination of the public life and poetical career of Simonides, Molyneux has provided a thorough examination of all the documentary evidence available with respect to one of history's . . . [more]... |
Audiovisual / Music
 | A Recital of Ancient Greek Poetry: The Living Voice of Greek and Latin Literature
By Stephen Daitz
This DVD contains MP3 recordings of poetry from Homer, Mimnermos, Xenophanes, Arkhilokhos, Alkman, Sappho, Stesikhoros, Timotheus, Alkaios, Anakreon, Simonides, Pindar, Timotheos, Seikilos, Aiskhylos, Sophokles, Euripides, and Aristophanes.
Dr. Stephen Daitz, Professor . . . [more]... |
 | Aristophanes: Birds
By Stephen G. Daitz
The Living Voice series of cassettes for teachers and students features oral performances of important works in Latin by Robert Sonkowsky, Professor of Classics at the University of Minnesota and . . . [more]... |
 | Euripides: Hekabe
By Stephen G. Daitz
The [Living Voice] series of cassettes for teachers and students features oral performances of important works in Latin by Robert Sonkowsky, Professor of Classics at the University of Minnesota and . . . [more]... |
 | Homer: The Iliad
By Stephen G. Daitz
The [Living Voice] series of cassettes for teachers and students features oral performances of important works in Latin by Robert Sonkowsky, Professor of Classics at the University of Minnesota and . . . [more]... |
 | Homer: The Odyssey
By Stephen G. Daitz
The [Living Voice] series of cassettes for teachers and students features oral performances of important works in Latin by Robert Sonkowsky, Professor of Classics at the University of Minnesota and . . . [more]... |
 | Plato: Portrait of Sokrates
By Stephen G. Daitz
The [Living Voice] series of cassettes for teachers and students features oral performances of important works in Latin by Robert Sonkowsky, Professor of Classics at the University of Minnesota and . . . [more]... |
 | Recital of Ancient Greek Poetry, A
By Stephen G. Daitz
The [Living Voice] series of cassettes for teachers and students features oral performances of important works in Latin by Robert Sonkowsky, Professor of Classics at the University of Minnesota and . . . [more]... |
 | Selections from the Greek Orators
By Stephen G. Daitz
The [Living Voice] series of cassettes for teachers and students features oral performances of important works in Latin by Robert Sonkowsky, Professor of Classics at the University of Minnesota and . . . [more]... |
Drama in Translation
 | Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound
Illustrated by Thom Kapheim
In his Prometheus Bound, the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus presents the dramatic conflict between the free spirit of human progress and the limitations set by divine law. Prometheus was chained . . . [more]... |
 | Aeschylus: Seven Against Thebes
Translated by Robert Emmet Meagher
Seven Against Thebes captured first prize for its playwright in its premier performance at the 467 BC Athenian drama festival. A veteran soldier who lost a brother in combat, Aeschylus . . . [more]... |
 | Essential Euripides, The: Dancing in Dark Times
Translated by Robert Emmet Meagher
This monograph and selective anthology serve to introduce the most immediately accessible and compelling playwright of the ancient Greek theater. The only volume of its kind available, it provides a . . . [more]... |
 | Euripides: Bakkhai
Translated by Robert Emmet Meagher
Eurpides' Bakkhai presents the inner conflict between the untamed, irrational side of man, represented by the god Dionysos, and the rational side, represented by the god Apollo. Dionysos, whose mortal . . . [more]... |
 | Euripides: Hekabe
Translated by Robert Emmet Meagher
Euripides' Hekabe presents a spectacle of suffering, rage, and revenge that offers compelling witness to the courage and solidarity of those who suffer the most from violence. Meagher's brilliant translation . . . [more]... |
| Greek Readings for Review: First Lessons in Greek
By Adolf Kaegi, James A. Kleist
Designed as a complement to the popular Kaegi's Greek Grammar, this volume is aimed at building fluidity and ease of translation through readings, exercises, guided review of grammar, and memorization . . . [more]... |
| Longus' Daphnis and Chloe
Edited by Shannon N. Byrne, Edmund P. Cueva
This new edition of a popular Greek text is designed for intermediate college classroom use. Students enjoy Longus' Daphnis and Chloe, a tale about young love and country life, without . . . [more]... |
 | Tales from the Greek Drama
By H. R. Jolliffe
Tales from the Greek Drama provides an excellent introduction to ten of the best known works of Greek drama. The book includes compelling renditions of Medea, Alcestis, Oedipus the King, . . . [more]... |
References / Resources
 | CB: Vol. 79, No. 2 General Topics Issue
The Sittii of Ancient Pompeii: Mercurius Fortunaque Ludentes
James Franklin Medea and the Inefficacy of Love Magic: Propertius 1.1 and Tibullus 1.2
Meredith Prince Quae Supersunt
The Use of Roman . . . [more]... |
 | Ancient Icaria
By Anthony J. Papalas
This is the only English-language book-length study of ancient Icaria and its people. It traces the history of the island in five different periods and is beautifully illustrated with photographs . . . [more]... |
| CB: Vol. 80, No. 2 General Topics Issue
Edited by Tatiana Tsakiropoulou-Summers
This set of articles brings Classicists and Modern Greek Studies scholars together in an effort to widen the perspective of Greek cultural studies. The goal is to create a dialog . . . [more]... |
| CB: Zoroaster: Eschatology • Gottmensch
Publisher’s Preface
The Influence of Classical Iranian Thought
— Patrick Romane
Zoroastrian Apocalyptics in the Šāhnāma
— Carlo G. Cereti
Indo-European Elements in the Zoroastrian Apocalyptic Tradition
— Touraj Daryaee
The Two Zoroastrian Treatises Called ‘Ulamā i . . . [more]... |
 | Classical Bulletin Vol. 81, No. 1
Achilles, Mother Bird: Similes and Traditionality in Homeric Poetry
Casey Du?
Divine Vulnerability: Callimachus' Baths of Pallas
Deborah MacInnes Sages of Old, Artists Anew: Plotinus' Enneads IV.3[27].11
Panayiota Vassilopoulou Quae . . . [more]... |
 | English from the Roots Up Volume II
By Jeanne L. Lundquist, Joégil Lundquist
English from the Roots Up Volume II continues the program begun in Volume I. It gives you 100 NEW GREEK and LATIN ROOT WORDS which you can teach to students . . . [more]... |
 | Graphic Greek Grammar Cards
By T. Davina McClain
Graphic Greek Grammar is a set of reference cards that present, in easy-to-read format, the morphological and syntactical information students need in their study of Ancient Greek. The goal throughout . . . [more]... |
 | Greek and Latin in English Today
By Richard Krill
Note: This title is the August eLitterae BCP Throwback Deal of the Month. This offer is valid for one copy, prepaid, no returns, special price is not available to distributors. . . . [more]... |
 | Kaegi's Greek Grammar
By Adolf Kaegi
First published in 1884, Kaegi's Greek Grammar was designed for beginning students with this principle in mind: "The study of grammar is but to aid the reading of Greek." Kaegi's . . . [more]... |
| Plato: Portrait of Sokrates
By Stephen G. Daitz
The [Living Voice] series of cassettes for teachers and students features oral performances of important works in Latin by Robert Sonkowsky, Professor of Classics at the University of Minnesota and . . . [more]... |
 | Rebels and Radicals
By Anthony J. Papalas
First Comprehensive History of Icaria in English
Icaria, a long, craggy and destitute isle in the Aegean Sea is visible from Turkey. The toil and travail of its people symbolizes . . . [more]... |
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