Volume II of the nine-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy presents preliminary chapters on ancient doxography, the cosmological and moral background, and includes the early Ionian thinkers Pherecydes, Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes.
The Old English History of the World, produced around the year 900, is an anonymous translation and adaptation of Paulus... Læs mere
Apuleius (born ca. AD 125), one of the great stylists of Latin literature, was a prominent figure in Roman Africa best known for his picaresque novel Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass. This edition contains Apuleius’ other surviving works that are considered genuine.
The legendary, Grammy Award–winning conductor offers six in-depth lessons on the language of music, considering everything from folk and pop to Hindu ragas, along with symphonic works from Mozart and Ravel to Ives and Copland.
Paley introduces a new rule—“You can't say you can't play”—to her kindergarten students and solicits the opinions of older children regarding the fairness of such a rule.... Læs mere
The Rhetorica ad Herrenium was traditionally attributed to Cicero (106–43 BC), and reflects, as does Cicero’s De Inventione, Hellenistic rhetorical teaching. But most recent editors attribute it to an unknown author.
Saturnalia has been prized since the Renaissance as a treasure trove of otherwise unattested lore.
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.
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
The Mongol takeover in the 1270s changed the course of Chinese history. The Confucian empire - a millennium and a half in the making - was suddenly thrust under foreign occupation. This title explores what happened to China between these two dramatic invasions.
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