Revising and updating his classic 1958 translation, Paul Roche captures the dramatic power and intensity, the subtleties of meaning, and the explosive emotions of Sophocles' great Theban trilogy. In vivd, poetic language, he presents the timeless story of a noble family moving toward catastrophe, dragged down from wealth and power by pride, cursed ...
The Greek playwright Euripedes was misunderstood in his own time, but the topics he chose to write about--women's role in society, war, religion, and the human condition--are still relevant today. Included here: "Alcestis", "Hippolytus", "Ion", "Electra", "Iphigenia at Aulis", "Iphigenia Among the Taurians", "Medea", "The Bachhae", "The Trojan ...
The full texts of the seven extant plays of Greek playwright Sophocles are collected in one volume and includes revised and updated translations by Roche of the Oedipus cycle--"Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone"--as well as all-new translations of "Ajax, Electra, Philoctetes", and "The Women of Trachis".
Roche's translations of Amphitryon, Miles Gloriosus, and The Prisoners clearly illustrate how Plautus' writing has withstood the test of time. Includes an analysis of Plautus' approach to comedy and background on the social and political customs of his times.
A brand-new translation of the world's greatest satirist. With a signature style that is at once bawdy and delicate, as well as a fearless penchant for lampooning the rich and powerful, Aristophanes remains arguably the finest satirist of all time. Collected here are all 11 of his surviving plays-newly translated by the distinguished poet and ...
From the awe-inspiring story of the Creation to the defeats and triumphs of Israel to the life, crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the greatest stories from the Bible are gathered and are presented in a masterful, accessible translation by a distinguished poet and scholar.
Featuring an insightful introduction, comprehensive commentary on plot, characters, structure, and other elements of the play, the complete Greek text and fragments, this new translation will be welcomed by students and scholars alike.
This volume features four celebrated masterpieces by the Greek dramatist: "Lysistrata, The Frogs, A Parliament of Women," and "Plutus (Wealth)," all in new translations by the distinguished poet and translator Paul Roche. Original.
This book provides complete guidelines to developing and maintaining the most effective, environment friendly irrigation systems for golf courses. "Golf Course Irrigation" offers valuable insight on the design, installation, management, and maintenance of irrigation systems the most important management tool used on today's golf courses. Without ...
This is a poet's journal describing his journey through Southern Turkey with the painter Duncan Grant. He interweaves his account with data from the life and artistic career of Duncan Grant, and reminiscences and anecdotes about the Bloomsbury group. Paul Roche's other books include "New Tales from Aesop", "To Tell the Truth", "All Things ...
Taking the extant versions of Aesop in Greek prose as his point of departure, the author extends the tradition wherein poets have invested the original plots with a wealth of prosodical invention. Though contemporary, his idiom has echoes of past literatures.
This is a full-scale edition (the first in nearly 70 years) of the first book of Lucan's De Bello Civili, an important and influential epic poem written in the 60s AD, which recounts the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey in the years 49-45 BC. The volume includes an introduction, text with apparatus criticus, and commentary. The ...
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