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Attic Nights, Volume I: Books 1–5 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Aulus Gellius in Attic Nights (Gellius began to write these pieces during stays in Athens) composed a collection of short chapters about notable events, words and... Læs mere
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Ecclesiastical History, Volume I: Books 1–3 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Historical works by Bede (672 or 673–735) include his Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Lives of the Abbots of Bede’s monastery, accounts of Cuthbert, and the Letter to Egbert, Bede’s pupil.
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The Secret History (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In Secret History Procopius (late fifth century to after AD 558) attacks the sixth-century emperor Justinian and empress Theodora and alleges their ruinous effect on the... Læs mere
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Autobiography and Selected Letters, Volume II: Letters 51–193 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Libanius, one of the last great publicists and teachers of Greek paganism, has much to tell us about the tumultuous world of the fourth century AD. His works include Orations, the first of which is an autobiography, and Letters.
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Greek Lyric, Volume V: New School of Poetry. Anonymous Songs and Hymns (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Dithyrambic poets of the new school were active from the mid-fifth to mid-fourth century BC. Anonymous poems include drinking songs, children’s ditties, and cult hymns.
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Ties of Kinship: Genealogy and Dynastic Marriage in Kyivan Rus´ (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Christian Raffensperger tracks the dynastic marriages of the Volodimerovici, the ruling family of Rus´. Using a modern scholarly approach and... Læs mere
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The Greek Anthology, Volume I: Books 1–5 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The Greek Anthology contains some 4,500 Greek poems in the sparkling,... Læs mere
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What Unions No Longer Do (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
From wages to elections, labor unions once exerted tremendous clout in American life. Today, the only thing big about Big Labor is the scope of its problems. While many studies... Læs mere
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Description of Greece, Volume I: Books 1–2 (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Pausanias, one of the Roman world’s great travelers, sketches in Description of Greece the history, geography, landmarks, legends, and religious cults of all the... Læs mere
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The Secret Revelation of John (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Karen L. King offers an illuminating reading of this ancient text, said to be Christ's revelation to his disciple John. In her analysis, the Revelation becomes a... Læs mere
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The Secular Scripture: A Study of the Structure of Romance (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Acclaimed literary critic Northrop Frye argues that romance constitutes a vital mythological universe, a “secular scripture” whose hero is man, paralleling the sacred scripture whose hero is God, and whose plot elements form “the structural core of all fiction.”
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