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Greek Tragedies 3
Aeschylus: The Eumenides; Sophocles: Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides: The Bacchae, Alcestis
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Greek Tragedies, Volume III contains Aeschylus’s “The Eumenides,” translated by Richmond Lattimore; Sophocles’s “Philoctetes,” translated by David Grene; Sophocles’s “Oedipus at Colonus,” translated by Robert Fitzgerald; Euripides’s “The Bacchae,” translated by William Arrowsmith;...
Greek Tragedies 1
Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound; Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Antigone; Euripides: Hippolytus
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Greek Tragedies, Volume I contains Aeschylus’s “Agamemnon,” translated by Richmond Lattimore; Aeschylus’s “Prometheus Bound,” translated by David Grene; Sophocles’s “Oedipus the King,” translated by David Grene; Sophocles’s “Antigone,” translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff; and Euripides’s...
The Foods of the Greek Islands
Cooking and Culture at the Crossroads of the Mediterranean
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2000
This New York Times Notable Book is “a real working guide to preparing the traditional dishes found all over Greece” (Newsweek).
Stretching from the shores of Turkey to the Ionian Sea east of Italy, the Greek islands have been the crossroads of the Mediterranean since the time of Homer....
Greek Tragedies 2
Aeschylus: The Libation Bearers; Sophocles: Electra; Euripides: Iphigenia among the Taurians, Electra, The Trojan Women
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Greek Tragedies, Volume II contains Aeschylus’s “The Libation Bearers,” translated by Richmond Lattimore; Sophocles’s “Electra,” translated by David Grene; Euripides’s “Iphigenia among the Taurians,” translated by Anne Carson; Euripides’s “Electra,” translated by Emily Townsend...
Contemporary Adaptations of Greek Tragedy
Auteurship and Directorial Visions
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Contemporary Adaptations of Greek Tragedy: Auteurship and Directorial Visions provides a wide-ranging analysis of the role of the director in shaping adaptations for the stage today. Through its focus on a wide range of international productions by Katie Mitchell, Theodoros Terzopoulos, Peter Sellars,...
by James Franklin Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
The ability of human beings to feel compassion or empathy for one another—and express that emotion by offering comfort or assistance—is an important antidote to violence and aggression. In ancient Greece, the epics of Homer and the tragic dramas performed each spring in the Theater of Dionysus...
Views of Rome
A Greek Reader
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Who were the ancient Romans? Views of Rome addresses this question by offering a collection of thirty-five annotated excerpts from Greek prose authors. As Adam Serfass explains in his introduction, these authors’ characterizations of the Romans run the gamut from fellow Hellenes, civilizers, and...
by Jeremy Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
The English Greek Joke Book is an excellent way for Greeks to practise their English - and for foreigners who are trying to learn Greek. Great jokes like:
“Mαμά, μπορώ να φορέσω σουτιέν τώρα που είμαι δεκαέξι; "
“Όχι, Ντέιβιντ.”
or...
Greek Tragedy and the Emotions (Routledge Revivals)
An Introductory Study
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
According to Aristotle the main purpose of tragedy is the manipulation of emotions, and yet there are relatively few accessible studies of the precise dynamics of emotion in the Athenian theatre.
In Greek Tragedy and the Emotions, first published in 1993,W.B. Stanford reviews the evidence for...
by Colin Hann
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
This illustrated story has been designed for bilingual children and others wishing to read a parallel text in English and Greek. For ease of understanding, the languages are displayed together mostly one or two sentences at a time.
The aim was to make the translation as direct as possible but always...
by Pedro Paramo
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
This illustrated story has been designed for bilingual children and others wishing to read a parallel text in English and Greek. For ease of understanding, the languages are displayed together mostly one or two sentences at a time.
The aim was to make the translation as direct as possible but always...
by Pedro Paramo
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
This illustrated story has been designed for bilingual children and others wishing to read a parallel text in English and Greek. For ease of understanding, the languages are displayed together mostly one or two sentences at a time.
The aim was to make the translation as direct as possible but always...
by John Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
Fluo!‘s Greek Pocket Dictionary, authoritative and comprehensive, is a bi-directional (English-Greek & Greek-English) Dictionary, with a wide selection of thousands of lemmas and definitions. An indispensable reference for any student of Greek or English, as well as professionals and translators.
The Gift of the Greek
75 Authentic Recipes for the Mediterranean Diet
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
A rustic but modern cookbook, filled with traditional recipes passed down through several generations of Greek and Mediterranean cooks.
With a minimalist feel and an emphasis on the use of fresh ingredients, limited use of processed raw ingredients, and a generous dose of olive oil in almost...