Raises the intriguing idea that Agamemnon, Achilles, Hector et alia were keen gardeners. Hope somebody did the watering while they were away.
Homer and His Iliad
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978024152451013/07/2023From a Bookshelf nearby
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Apparently this will help us lead better lives... to which the response must be - in cod Latin no doubt - 'dic mel, da mihi fracturam'!
Et tu, Brute? The Best Latin Lines Ever
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Beard on the faces of power through history. She asks why - for over two millennia - the striking, stony realism of Roman portraiture has been a touchstone for subsequent depictions of power... read more
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Fortitude and patience: Cicero's text in Latin and in English translation, with a commentary. One of three niftily pocket-sized philosophical guides from Princeton.
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A fine, close study of a city continuously inhabited for five thousand years, by an expert academic.
Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece
Hardback £25.00