Classics in translation . Volume 1 Greek literature [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paul MacKendrick and Herbert M. Howe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463309403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, 1981, c1952
• ISBN: 0-299-80893-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (446 pages)
• Collana: Classics in Translation
• Altri autori (Persone): MacKendrickPaul; HoweHerbert M
• Disciplina: 880.08
• Soggetti: Classical literature; Greek literature; English literature; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in print c1952.; Description based upon print version record.
• Nota di contenuto: Greek culture: an essay, by Walter R. Agard -- The Iliad of Homer, translated by Alson H. Chase and William G. Perry, Jr. -- The Odyssey of Homer, translated by Reuben A. Brower -- The Homeric hymn to Hermes, translated by Norman O. Brown -- Selections from Hesiod's works and days, translated by Violet Zielke -- Lyric poetry, translated by Warren R. Castle and L.R. Lind -- The Antigone of Sophocles, translated by Maurice F. Neufeld -- The Medea of Euripides, translated by Walter R. Agard -- The frogs of Aristophanes, translated by John G. Hawthorne -- The Constitution of Athens by the "old Oligarch," translated by Paul MacKendrick -- Selections from Thucydides' history, translated by Gerald F. Else -- The attic orators, translated by H. Lamar Crosby -- The Greek scientists, translated by Herbert M. Howe -- Selections from Plato, translated by William C. Greene -- Selections from Aristotle, translated by Edwin L. Minar, Jr. -- Selections from Epicurus, translated by Herbert M. Howe -- Plutarch's Life of Tiberius Gracchus, translated by Herbert M. Howe -- Selections from Epictetus, translated by Walter R. Agard -- Selections from Lucian, translated by Frank W. Jones.
• Sommario/riassunto: Many threads contribute to form the complex pattern of a culture-geographical, racial, economic, political, scientific, artistic, religious, and philosophical, and, certainly, temporal circumstances. Some acquaintance with this total Greek pattern is essential if we are to understand the values expressed in Greek literature.