Classics in Translation, Volume I: Greek Literature / Edition 1

by Paul L. MacKendrick, Herbert M. Howe

Overview

Here, translated into modern English, are the works of literature, history, science, oratory, and philosophy that constitute the mainstream of classical Greek thought and continue to influence world civilizations. This volume includes:
- Complete translations of Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Medea, Aristophanes' Frogs, and The Constitution of Athens by the "Old Oligarch."
- Abridged translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, The Homeric Hymn to Hermes, and Plutarch's Life of Tiberius Gracchus.
- Selections from Hesiod and Lucian; from twenty-eight lyric poets including Sappho, Pindar, and Meleagar; from the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides; and from eight Attic orators, including Isocrates and Demosthenes.
- Selections from the scientific writings of Hippocrates, Archimedes, and Galen.
- Selections from the pre-Socratic philosophers and from Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, and Epictetus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780299808952
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	07/15/1959
Series:	Greek Literature Series , #1
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	446
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.10(d)

Editorial Reviews

"The distinctive feature of these two volumes is the fact that the translations are new and in contemporary English."--Quarterly Journal of Speech

"A valuable addition to any private library."--The Classical Journal

"Attractive, well-organized, and stimulating."--The Phoenix

"Much superior to any previous anthologies of the kind."--The Journal of General Education

"A stimulating, comprehensive survey of classical antiquity."--Classical Philology

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