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Achilles and Hector The Homeric Hero, Seth Benardete, pub St. Augustine's Press 2005 LIKE NEW ISBN 9781587310010, 140 pages, about 6"x9"x1/2".... Paperback book in like new condition, some slight scuffing to glossy covers., pages clean, crisp, unmakred, spine uncreased...eth Benardete's study of the Iliad, which initiated his scholarly career, bears the hallmarks of the unique turn of mind that characterized all his later work....LAX Vespa, Los Angeles - maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit.....7 days usually coast to coast, less if closer...ODD2LR 7102
Achilles & Hector The Homeric Hero, Seth Benardete pub St. Augustine Press #7102
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Excellent crisp copy, - Aeneid,Virgil's great epic transforms the Homeric tradition into a triumphal statement of the Roman civilizing mission... The Aeneid, written by Virgil between 29 to 19 BC. Legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It comprises 9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter. The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story of Aeneas's wanderings from Troy to Italy, poem's second half tells of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed. Aeneas,hero is known to Greco-Roman legend & myth's..Virgil, a character in the Iliad. Assuming disconnected tales of Aeneas's wanderings, his vague association with the foundation of Rome, a bum, a scrupulous pietas,fashioned this into a compelling founding myth - national epic -tying Rome to the legends of Troy, explained the Punic Wars, glorified traditional Roman virtues,legitimized the… Read More

#The Aeneid of Virgil: A Verse Translation By Rolfe Humphries Vintage Books 9780024277800 Virgil Covers show use, there are residue bookstore stickers - book. Couldn't remove them fully without destroying the cover --Some surface scuffing. Spine is tight. Pages are good but there are some pages with underlining, margin notations or highlighting but nothing that interferes with the readability. The underlining and notations are thoughtfully done actually might be a help ...Good copy for students...* The Aeneid of Virgil - Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well. Virgil's "Aeneid" is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism--the searching portrait of a man caught between love and duty, human feeling and the force of fate--that has influenced writers for over 2,000 years. Filled with drama, passion, and the universal pathos that only a masterpiece can express........ Oversize book is in good… Read More

gift-able-softcover covers bright and shiny– used but Very good--first printing 2004-Greek mythology – story of Oedipus-despite all efforts to avoid his fate, killed his father &married his mother more compelling are the experiences of his wife & mother, Lokaste.-she finally tells her story-Lokaste's brother Kreon tells his sister she must die-sacrilege of her unnatural marriage is revealed; the queen of Thebes can either take her own life or be torn to pieces by an angry mob-until dawn to choose the means of her death. Horrified, Lokaste's daughter asks: How much of the truth did you know? And when did you know it? Lokaste answers these questions- disappointment of her first marriage & loss of her firstborn child,Lokaste learns the sacrifices demanded of a queen- husband dies, - prince of Korinth claims the heart of the queen, and Lokaste finds herself involved in a relationship richer&complex & than imagined possible - but this very love threatens the destruction of all she holds dear. -- see… Read More

The Students Series of Latin Classics, Plautus Menaechmi buy Harold North Fowler PhD based on the Brix Edition, copyright 1889, published Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. (1921). English, Greek, Latan languages, 213 pages, about 5-1/4 x 7-1/4 x 1 in. -- reddish brown covers almost a mahogany Small hardcover book in acceptable condition boards are brown with black titling on front, gold titling on spine. Boards show wear on surface, edges/corners Ex-library book plate, name sticker handwritten name / notations on endpapers, spine / have tear at bottom edge, pages remain secure in binding. Pages have some notation, underlining, highlighting but remain readable -- LAX Vespa, Los Angeles - maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into--Media Mail USPS-you get the copy pictured - carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit. 7 Days Coast to Coast, faster if closer -- 2 pounds -- Plautus Menaechmi HC 6669 WB non-fic 1 RM The Students Series of Latin Classics, Plautus Menaechmi by Harold… Read More