Classical Considerations: Useful Wisdom from Greece and Rome
- Editor: Marie Carducci Bolchazy
- 6188
- 978-0-86516-618-9
- Paperback
- Bolchazy-Carducci Pub.
- 136
The ancients knew that wisdom comes from sharing ideas with each other and with those who have gone before. This book is such a sharing: 53 quotations from ancient Greek and Latin authors, with English translations and accompanied by a brief essay, poem, or explanation of context. Contributors to Classical Considerations are a richly diverse group: classicists, reporters, students, professors, teachers, a psychiatrist, a judge, Vietnam veterans, a publisher, a minister, and a football coach. They show how the words of the ancients have connected with their own lives and understandings of the world. Themes considered include fate, character, art, war, redemption after suffering, and time.
Classical Mythology & More: A Reader Workbook
- 5734
- 978-0-86516-573-1
- Paperback
- 472
Using Greek and Roman primary sources, this workbook for the twenty-first century offers middle- and high-school aged students in Classics, English and Language Arts classes a fresh retelling of timeless tales from Hesiod, Homer, Ovid and other authors. A wide variety of exercises, reflections, and vocabulary enrichment tasks accompany each myth. Students preparing for the ACL Medusa Myth Exam and the ACL National Mythology Exam will find in this an indispensable tool. Creation myths, stories of the Olympians and Titans, legends of the Trojan War cycle, love stories and tales of transformation are all included here. A teacher resource section provides historical, archaeological, artistic and psychological background, ideas for further research and exploration, as well as hands-on class activities.
Classical Mythology and More: A Reader Workbook – TG
- 7478
- 978-0-86516-747-6
- Paperback
- 156
Teacher's Guide: This Guide provides background information and suggestions for further research to stimulate student involvement with the text, along with teacher aids to aid assessment of student progress: Chapter Answer Keys and Chapter Tests with their own Answer Keys.
Comedy in the Pro Caelio
- Author: Katherine A. Geffcken
- 2875
- 978-0-86516-287-7
- Paperback
- 100
Reprint of the 1973 E. J. Brill edition, with an appendix on the In Clodium et Curionem
Euripides: Bakkhai
- Translator: Robert Emmet Meagher
- 2859
- 978-0-86516-285-3
- Paperback
- 103
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 mother Semele was impregnated, then incinerated by Zeus, returns to his home city of Thebes to reveal himself and to claim his rightful dominion. This ancient Greek play also foreshadows the New Testament treatment of Christ, especialy his interchange with Pilate. Originally commissioned for a London theater group, Robert Emmet Meagher's translation made its American debut at the Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, MO.
Euripides: Hekabe
- Translator: Robert Emmet Meagher
- 3308
- 978-0-86516-330-0
- Paperback
- 62
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 is accessible yet does not diminsh the powerful impact of this extraordinary and timeless play.
Euripides: Iphigenia at Aulis and Iphigenia in Tauris
- Translator: Robert Emmet Meagher
- 2662
- 978-0-86516-266-2
- Hardcover
- 176
The story of Iphigenia's sacrifice and her legendary rescue is a story for our time as much as any other. Meagher's insightful introduction and splendid translation illuminate this tale as never before, showing that the past is not past and that the darkest and brightest truths never change.
Evocation of Virgil in Tolkien's Art: Geritol for the Classics
- Author: Robert E. Morse
- 1763
- 978-0-86516-176-4
- Paperback
- Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc.
- 76
In his Preface, Robert Morse states that both Vergil and Tolkien present myth as an aspect of an historical continuum. For these authors, myth does not seem to represent a falsehood, but rather it seems to narrate a record of experience from which humanity learns. Thus, myth is...a form of memory.
Follow Your Fates Series: Wrath of Achilles, Journey of Odysseus, and Exile of Aeneas
- Author: Ed DeHoratiusIllustrator: Brian Delandro Hardison
- 7567
- 978-0-86516-756-8
- Paperback
Ed DeHoratius' three dramatic action adventures let YOU experience firsthand the wrenching decisions of the ancient Mediterranean world's most illustrious heroes.
From Rome to Reformation: Early European History for the New Millennium
- Author: Rose R. Williams
- 7184
- 978-0-86516-718-6
- Paperback
- 95
Rose Williams skillfully leads the reader through the maze of power plays and the gradual rise of sovereign states that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire. Readers will appreciate Williams' engaging style and her ability to synthesize succinctly this busy period of history. Recognizing the symbiotic relationship between literature and the era in which it was produced, From Rome to Reformation: Early European History for the New Millennium provides a comprehensive overview of the interconnecting historical events, literary figures, and intellectual developments in European history and its Latin literature. This is a perfect companion text for courses in the humanities, western civilization, and Latin.
From Romulus to Romulus Augustulus: Roman History for the New Millennium
- Author: Rose R. Williams
- 6919
- 978-0-86516-691-2
- Paperback
- 80
Readers will delight in the fascinating stories of Rome—the quirky, the gory, and the momentous. This book will serve as the perfect companion for the student beginning to study Latin or as an accessible introduction to Roman history for the general reader. Recognizing the symbiotic relationship between literature and the period in which it was produced, From Romulus to Romulus Augustulus: Roman History for the New Millennium provides a comprehensive overview of Roman history and Latin literature.
Gilgamesh: A Reader
- Editor: John Maier
- 3499
- 978-0-86516-349-2
- Hardcover
- 504
Gilgamesh: A Reader provides 25 interpretive essays on the epic that stands at the dawn of literature. This collection is designed to enrich the reader's background with selections from experts on Near Eastern literature; to draw connections between Gilgamesh and other literature with interdisciplinary selections; to enliven interest in the world's oldest epic; and to stimulate thought and discussion. Influences of Gilgamesh on later literature, philological and literary studies since 1982, and Gilgamesh from other perspectives are the three broad areas covered.