Ancient Languages

First published in 1978 and now thoroughly revised, Reading Greek is a best-selling one-year introductory course in ancient Greek for students of any age. It combines the best of modern and traditional language-learning techniques and is used in schools,...

Book XXI of Livy's history of Rome is one of the most frequently read either in its entirety or in extracts, for it includes Carthaginian campaigns in Spain and Hannibal's momentous crossing of the Alps to invade Italy. P.G. Walsh's edition is...

This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Europe, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447067829Author Konrad VolkFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher HarrassowitzWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 170mm * 10mm

Homer's Iliad has captivated readers and influenced writers and artists for more than two thousand years. Reading the poem in its original language provides an experience as challenging as it is rewarding. Most students encountering Homeric Greek for the...

This is a convenient and serviceable introduction to Homer for beginners: its brief and clearly written sections address most of the areas included in the GCSE Classical Civilisation Homer module, and the text is broken up by appropriate illustrations...

Who invented the Greek alphabet and why? The purpose of this challenging book is to inquire systematically into the historical causes that underlay the radical shift from earlier and less efficient writing systems to the use of alphabetic writing. The...

Migration, Mobility and Language Contact in and around the Ancient Mediterranean is the first volume to show the different ways in which surviving linguistic evidence can be used to track movements of people in the ancient world. Eleven chapters cover a...

This concise and well-organized grammar of classical Arabic, here translated from its original German into English for the first time, provides students of Arabic with a highly useful reference tool. While brief enough to be used with efficiency, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683072096Author Peter BekinsFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Hendrickson Publishers IncPublisher Hendrickson Publishers Inc

This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Asia Minor, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802806659Author L. William CountrymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940997803Author Stephen a NimisFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Publisher Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929524146Author HerodotusFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Bryn Mawr CommentariesPublisher Bryn Mawr CommentariesWeight(grams) 160g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780715614686Author H.W. AudenFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Bristol Classical PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams)...

The Oxford Grammar of Classical Greek gives clear, concise, and easily understood explanations of all the key points of Classical Greek grammar. With additional features such as a glossary of grammatical terms, a vocabulary list covering all the Greek...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940997025Author Edgar Evan HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Publisher Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940997179Author Stephen a NimisFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Publisher Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Weight(grams)...

A Historical Greek Reader provides an introduction to the history of the ancient Greek language by means of a series of texts with linguistic commentary, cross-referenced to each other and to a reference grammar at the front. It offers a selection of...

Learn to Read Greek is a text and workbook for students beginning the study of Ancient Greek. It is the companion volume to the authors' Learn to Read Latin, published in 2004. Like its Latin predecessor, it has a grammar-based approach and is intended...

This selection of the poems of Theocritus illustrates his creative genius and rare powers of observation. Dover's introduction and notes offer insights into both the writing and the life and times of the poet.Book InformationISBN 9780862921477Author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780862921200Author Lucius Annaeus SenecaFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Bristol Classical PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585106318Author Anne H. GrotonFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929524351Author ThucydidesFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Bryn Mawr CommentariesPublisher Bryn Mawr CommentariesWeight(grams) 76g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621711490Author Joseph R DongellFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint First Fruits PressPublisher First Fruits PressWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940997087Author Edgar Evan HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Publisher Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929524191Author LysiasFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Bryn Mawr CommentariesPublisher Bryn Mawr CommentariesWeight(grams) 110g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983222880Author Edgar Evan HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Publisher Faenum Publishing, Ltd.Weight(grams)...

Apuleius' famous novel, The Metamorphoses, tells the story of a man who was magically changed into an ass, and who had various (humorous, sad, exciting, disturbing, erotic, horrific) adventures before he regained his human form. As well as being...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780500290286Author Bill ManleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Thames & Hudson LtdPublisher Thames & Hudson LtdWeight(grams) 535gDimensions(mm) 245mm *...

Tense is at its most interesting when it behaves badly. In this book Arjan Nijk investigates the variation between the past and present tenses to refer to past events in Classical Greek and beyond. Adopting a cognitive approach to the issue, he argues...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780862921491Author HomerFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Bristol Classical PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams) 164gDimensions(mm)...

Latin translations of Greek works have received much less attention than vernacular translations of classical works. This book examines the work of three Latin translators of the Renaissance. The versions of Aristotle made by Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929524207Author MenanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Bryn Mawr CommentariesPublisher Bryn Mawr CommentariesWeight(grams) 140g

In 1952 Michael Ventris deciphered the script found on the Linear B tablets from Crete and the Greek mainland, therefore revealing the earliest known form of Greek. In 1956 he and John Chadwick published Documents in Mycenaean Greek, which gave an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929524153Author HesiodFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Bryn Mawr CommentariesPublisher Bryn Mawr CommentariesWeight(grams) 84g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780929524252Author PlatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Bryn Mawr CommentariesPublisher Bryn Mawr CommentariesWeight(grams) 78g

The Colloquia are manuals written to help ancient Greeks and Romans get around in each other's languages; they contain examples of how to conduct activities like shopping, banking, visiting friends, hosting parties, taking oaths, winning lawsuits, using...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780862921736Author G. NussbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Bristol Classical PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585107100Author Jon BrussFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoWeight(grams) 454g