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Juvenal and Persius (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Bite and wit characterize two seminal and stellar authors in the history of satirical writing, Persius (AD 34–62) and Juvenal (writing about sixty years later). The latter especially had a lasting influence on English writers of the Renaissance and succeeding centuries.
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One Hundred Latin Hymns: Ambrose to Aquinas (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This volume collects one hundred of the most important and beloved Late Antique and Medieval Latin hymns from Western Europe. Ranging from Ambrose in the late... Læs mere
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Dialogues: Actius (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Dialogues, Volume 2 by Giovanni Gioviano Pontano contains both a perceptive treatment of poetic rhythm, the first full treatment of the Latin hexameter in the history of... Læs mere
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Apocalypse. An Alexandrian World Chronicle (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Apocalypse informed medieval expectations of the end of the world, responses to strange and exotic invaders, and the legend of Alexander the Great. An... Læs mere
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Old English Lives of Saints (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Old English Lives of Saints, a series composed in the 990s by the Benedictine monk Aelfric, portrays an array of saints—including virgin martyrs, kings, soldiers,... Læs mere
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Old English Lives of Saints (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Old English Lives of Saints, a series composed in the 990s by the Benedictine monk Aelfric, portrays an array of saints—including virgin martyrs, kings, soldiers,... Læs mere
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Old English Lives of Saints (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Old English Lives of Saints, a series composed in the 990s by the Benedictine monk Aelfric, portrays an array of saints—including virgin martyrs, kings, soldiers,... Læs mere
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Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Income inequality, displaced and imprisoned populations, destruction of land and water: today’s dislocations cannot be understood in the usual... Læs mere
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Fragments, Volume I: Aegeus–Meleager (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Euripides (ca. 485–406 BC) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive complete, including Medea,... Læs mere
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Alexandrian War. African War. Spanish War (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Aulus Hirtius, friend of and military subordinate to Caesar (100–44 BC), may have written the Alexandrian War. African War and Spanish War are detailed accounts... Læs mere
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Civil War (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Civil War provides a vigorous, direct, clear, third-personal, impassioned account of Caesar’s campaigns during the civil war of 49–48 BC, drawn from his three books of commentarii.
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The Histories, Volume I: Books 1–2 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In his history, Polybius (ca. 200–118 BC) is centrally concerned with how and why Roman power spread. The main part of the work, a vital achievement despite the... Læs mere
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