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1	The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World more books like this by John Boardman (Editor), Oswyn Murray (Editor), Jasper Griffin (Editor) add to wishlist A comprehensive view of the ancient Greek world, its history and its achievements. The legacy of the Hellenistic world is vast-it ranges from architecture to philosophy, literature, and the visual arts to military strategy and science. This authoritative study covers the period from the eighth century BC, which witnessed the emergence of the Greek ... see all copies from $3.03! new only from $11.90! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Oxford History of the Classical World: Greece and the Hellenistic World more books like this by John Boardman (Editor), Jasper Griffin (Photographer), Oswyn Murray (Editor) add to wishlist "The Oxford history of the classical world" aims to present the general reader with a view of the Graeco-Roman world, its history and achievements. This volume is concerned with the period from the 8th to the 1st century BC and deals with the Hellenization of the Middle East by the monarchies established in the area conquered by Alexander the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.00! \| first editions
3	Homer: The Odyssey more books like this by Homer, Martin Hammond (Translator), Jasper Griffin (Introduction by) add to wishlist "The Odyssey" is one of the earliest works of European literature, second only to "The Iliad". These two great epic poems, the astonishing first fruits of Greek civilisation, have together determined much of the course of Western literary culture and imagination. "The Odyssey" tells of the long and painful return of Odysseus from the Trojan War to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.04! \| first editions
4	The Oxford History of the Roman World more books like this by John Boardman (Editor), Jasper Griffin (Editor), Oswyn Murray (Editor) add to wishlist Tracing the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Empire, this book reproduces the text of the "Oxford History of the Classical World: Rome" in a smaller paperback form. Written by a team of specialist scholars, it includes chapters on social and political history, the Emperors, art and architecture, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.98! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Oxford Illustrated History of Greece and the Hellenistic World more books like this by John Boardman (Editor), Jasper Griffin (Editor), Oswyn Murray (Editor) add to wishlist The legacy of the Hellenistic world is vast -- it ranges from architecture to philosophy, literature, and the visual arts to military strategy and science. This beautifully illustrated study covers the period from the eighth century BC, which witnessed the emergence of the Greek city-states, to the conquests of Alexander the Great and the ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $16.17! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Homer more books like this by Jasper Griffin add to wishlist "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" stand at the very beginning of Greek literature. Much has been written about their origins and authorship, but Jasper Griffin, although he touches briefly on those questions, is here concerned with the ideas of the poems, which have had such an incalculable influence on the ideas of the West. He shows that each of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.96! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Ancient Greek Literature more books like this by K J Dover (Editor), E L Bowie (Editor), Jasper Griffin (Editor) add to wishlist This historical survey of Greek literature from 700 BC to 550 AD concentrates on the principal authors and quotes many passages from their work in translation, to allow the reader to form his own impression of its quality, including Homer, Plato, Aristophanes, and Euripides. Attention is drawn both to the elements in Greek literature and attitudes ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $19.99! \| SVS
8	The Oxford Illustrated History of the Roman World more books like this by John Boardman (Editor), Jasper Griffin (Editor), Oswyn Murray (Editor) add to wishlist The Romans succeeded in less than fifty-three years in subjecting almost the whole inhabited world of their rule. This book tells the story of the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus and its consolidation in the first two centuries AD. It also discusses some aspects of the later ... see all copies from $3.71! new only from $8.99!
9	Homer on Life and Death more books like this by Jasper Griffin add to wishlist The `Iliad' and `Odyssey' are not just good stories. Homeric poetry manages to confer significance on the persons and actions, and to interpret the world and human life and death. This book shows how this is done. see all copies from $34.95! new only from $46.14! \| first editions
10	The Oxford History of the Classical World: The Roman World more books like this by John Broadman, John Boardman (Editor), Jasper Griffin (Editor) add to wishlist "The Oxford history of the classical world" aims to present the general reader with a view of the Graeco-Roman world, its history and achievements. This volume covers early Rome and Italy, the expansion of the Roman Republic, the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus and its consolidation in the first 2 centuries AD. The later Empire and its ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.50! \| first editions
11 view cover	Homer, the Odyssey more books like this by Jasper Griffin add to wishlist This handy guide to The Odyssey will introduce students to a text, which has been fundamental to literature for nearly 3000 years. Readers will be introduced to the world in that the Odyssey was produced, to the text itself and to its origins in oral poetry. This volume gives a summary of the poem and examines its structure. The unity, values and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.22! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Homer Iliad IX more books like this by Homer, Jasper Griffin (Editor) add to wishlist A concise introduction, text, and commentary on this Book, the turning point in the plot of the poem and one of its poetical peaks, rich in vivid speech and psychology, and raising fundamental questions about heroism and the meaning of human life. There is a general account of Homeric style and language, and of the formulaic system of composition ... see all copies from $29.88! new only from $39.34! \| SVS
13 view cover	Latin Poets and Roman Life more books like this by Jasper Griffin add to wishlist Studies the inter-relation of literature and life in the Augustan poets see all copies from $25.00! new only from $27.29! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The art of snobbery more books like this by Jasper Griffin add to wishlist Providing examples of snobbery from the pages of Proust and P.G.Wodehouse, Jane Austen and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", with many examples from politics, high society and Victorian etiquette books, this is a look at the commonest of human frailties. see all copies from $2.53! first editions
15 view cover	Sophocles Revisited: Essays Presented to Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones more books like this by Professor Hugh Lloyd-Jones, Jasper Griffin (Editor) add to wishlist Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones was Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University from 1960 to 1989. A scholar of commanding intelligence and learning, he has made important contributions to our knowledge of ancient Greece across the full range from textual analysis to Greek religion and the classical tradition. In September 1997 a group of his friends, ... see all copies from $169.78! new only from $169.78! \| SVS
16	Snobs more books like this by Jasper Griffin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
17	The Mirror of Myth: Classical Themes & Variations more books like this by Jasper Griffin add to wishlist see all copies from $7.48! first editions
18 view cover	Virgil more books like this by Jasper Griffin add to wishlist Virgil lived through the fall of the Roman Republic and the establishment of the Empire. In his poems we see a series of attempts, increasingly ambitious in scale and conception, to combine technical brilliance and beauty with profound meditation on the nature of imperialism and the relation of the individual to the State. From short pastoral ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.88!
19	Aeneid more books like this by Jasper Griffin (Editor), Cecil Day Lewis (Translator), Virgil add to wishlist Translated by C. Day Lewis, with a new introduction by Jasper Griffin. see all copies from $2.53!
20	The Oxford history of the classical world. The Roman world more books like this by John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn Murray add to wishlist Written by a team of distinguished scholars these volumes offer a comprehensive view of the Graeco-Roman world, its history and achievements. With over 250 illustrations and with extensive reference material. see all copies from $14.79!

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