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A new anthology containing fresh and rhythmic translations of the great poets from the Augustan period. Covering a broad range of verse, with introduction, maps, chronology, glossary, bibliography and notes. Designed to be read in conjunction with major works of the Augustan Age- Ovid's Metamorphosis and Vergil's Aeneid.

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English translation of Plato's dialogue of Socrates seeking the true definition of rhetoric, with an attempt to show the flaws of the sophistic orators. Includes speeches from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian Wars that reflect Plato's themes.

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English translations of "Gorgias" and "Rhetoric", which, by juxtaposing the two texts, creates an interesting "conversation": Plato's questioning of what is problematic in rhetoric and Aristotle's response on what makes rhetoric useful. With notes, introduction and glossary.

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A Latin morphology to be used with Lingua Latina: Part I: Familia Romana.

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In addition to numerous exercises,this text includes all common words and constructions, special vocabularies, a general vocabulary, irregular verbs, a list of prepositional phrases, and more tools for Greek prose composition.

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Selections in Greek with English notes. Also includes glossary.

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A reference guide in Russian about Russian verbs with exercises for guided practice.

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Annotated Herodotus reader containing passages from books I-IX of the Histories with introductory material for all nine books of the Histories, commentary and grammatical notes.

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English translation of Euripides' tragedy in which Phaedra unsuccessfully fights her desire for her stepson Hippolytus, while he risks his life to keep her passion secret. Introduction on Euripides and ancient theater; interpretive essay on the play; bibliography.

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An illustrated guide for students to the language of Homer in dictionary format, with all 9,000 words used in the Iliad and Odyssey listed with grammatical forms, definitions in English.

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This text includes an introduction to Horace's life and work, Latin text of 28 poems with facing notes, glossaries on meter and figures of speech, a complete vocabulary and a brief summary in English of each poem.

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Tells the story of the journey of an endangered pilgrim through the known cosmos and the realms of Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise to allow him to see the spectrum of human reality and the glory of divine origins that lead to salvation.

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A survey of literature from Spain from the beginnings through modern times. Includes introductions to each literary period, a brief bibliography for each author and a brief history/overview of literature in the period.

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A survey of literature from Latin America from the beginnings through modern times. Includes introductions to each literary period, a brief bibliography for each author and a brief history/overview of literature in the period.

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English translation of Sophocles' famous tragedy of Oedipus and the fate he so much tries to avoid. Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays to provide access to understanding Greek culture.

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Appropriate as introductory texts for French language courses in literature and culture. These editions, prepared with non-native French speakers in mind, include an introduction to the author and the work, the complete novel with both linguistic and cultural notes.

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Focus student edition of the 1953 novel by Camara Laye, an African writer born in Guinea; an autobiographical story which narrates in the first person a journey from childhood in Kouroussa through challenges in Conakry, to France. Complete French text with notes, introduction, suggested activities and discussion questions.

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Focus student edition of Federico Garcia Lorca's 1945 modernist drama centers on the events in a house in Andalusia during a period of mourning, in which Bernarda Alba wields total control over her five daughters. Complete Spanish text with notes, introduction and discussion questions.

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A compilation of over thirty original Latin letters with commentary, exercises and grammar review. Authors include Cicero, Pliny, and numerous others, on a wide range of fascinating topics, from the disaster at Pompeii to a Roman matron's birthday-party invitation. Designed for a first- or second-year Latin college level course.

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Focus student edition of Pierre Corneille's powerful seventeenth-century tragicomedy "Le Cid". Includes extensive introduction, the complete French text with notes, and discussion questions.

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Through its analyses of twenty notable and representative French films that have appeared since 1980, Le Cinma franais contemporain: Manuel de classe offers an eagle-eyed view of recent French cinema that will delight advanced students of French as well as Francophone students of French film.