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Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius 9780674996304
SciFier: $34.97The Greek epic account of the quest for the golden fleece.Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica, composed in the 3rd century BC, is the epic retelling of Jason's quest for the golden fleece. Along with his... -
History of Rome, Volume I by Livy
SciFier: $34.97Rome, from the beginning.Livy (Titus Livius), the great Roman historian, was born at or near Patavium (Padua) in 64 or 59 BC; he may have lived mostly in Rome but died at Patavium, in AD 12 or 17... -
The Dead Come to Life or the Fisherman: The Double Indictment: v. 3 Lucian 9780674991446
SciFier: $34.97Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful... -
Roman History: v. 6 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674990920
SciFier: $34.97A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of... -
Odyssey, Volume I by Homer
RRP: $34.68SciFier: $27.73The hero's journey home from war.Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the resplendent epic tale of Odysseus' long journey home from the Trojan War and the legendary temptations, delays,... -
Roman History: v. 5 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674990913
SciFier: $34.79A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of... -
Works: v. 4 Lucian 9780674991798
SciFier: $34.79Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful... -
Phalaris. Hippias or The Bath. Dionysus. Heracles. Amber or The Swans. The Fly. Nigrinus. Demonax. The Hall. My Native Land. Octogenarians. A True Story. Slander. The Consonants at Law. The Carousal (Symposium) or The Lapiths by Lucian
SciFier: $34.97Antiquity's satirist supreme.Lucian (ca. AD 120-190), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful... -
Roman History: v. 8 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674991958
SciFier: $34.97A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of ... -
Astronomica by Manilius
RRP: $34.68SciFier: $27.73Poetry of the sky and stars.Marcus Manilius, who lived in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, is the author of the earliest treatise on astrology we possess. His Astronomica, a Latin didactic poem... -
Roman History, Volume I: Books 1-11 Dio Cassius 9780674990364
RRP: $34.68SciFier: $33.36A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia)... -
Heroides. Amores by Ovid
SciFier: $34.97Two early works by the consummate Latin love poet.Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BC-AD 17), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and... -
Roman History: Bk. 56-60, v. 7 Cassius Cocceianus Dio 9780674991934
SciFier: $34.79A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of... -
Roman History, Volume III: Books 36-40 Dio Cassius 9780674990593
SciFier: $34.97A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus.Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of... -
Odyssey, Volume II by Homer
RRP: $34.68SciFier: $27.73The hero's journey home from war.Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the resplendent epic tale of Odysseus' long journey home from the Trojan War and the legendary temptations, delays,... -
Metamorphoses, Volume I by Ovid
RRP: $34.68SciFier: $27.73The poetry of change.Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BC-AD 17), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to... -
Elegies by Propertius
SciFier: $34.97Learned love poems from the early Augustan age.The passionate and dramatic elegies of Propertius gained him a reputation as one of Rome's finest love poets. Here he portrays the exciting, uneven... -
Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), Volume I by Apuleius
SciFier: $34.97A beguiling tale of mistaken transformation.In the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, also known as The Golden Ass, we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful... -
Aeneid: Books 7-12. Appendix Vergiliana by Virgil
RRP: $34.68SciFier: $27.73"The classic of all Europe." -T. S. EliotVirgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) was born in 70 BC near Mantua and was educated at Cremona, Milan, and Rome. Slow in speech, shy in manner, thoughtful in... -
French Cinema: A Very Short Introduction by Dudley Andrew (Professor of Film and Comparative Literature, Yale University)
RRP: $13.89SciFier: $10.01It is often claimed that the French invented cinema. Dominating the production and distribution of cinema until World War 1, when they were supplanted by Hollywood, the French cinema industry... -
Do The Gods Wear Capes?: Spirituality, Fantasy, and Superheroes Dr Ben Saunders 9780826441980
SciFier: $38.91This title is a consideration of the modern Superhero comic as an expression of spiritual desire, showing what Superheroes can teach about our most essential human needs. Ben Saunders shows that... -
Disaster Drawn by Hillary L. Chute
RRP: $41.63SciFier: $36.17In hard-hitting accounts of Auschwitz, Bosnia, Palestine, and Hiroshima's Ground Zero, comics display a stunning capacity to bear witness to trauma. Investigating how hand-drawn comics has come of...