A. H. Sommerstein, University of Nottingham, UK; A. J. Bayliss, University of Birmingham, UK.
19 Ebooks by Alan H. Sommerstein
Alan H. Sommerstein: Talking about Laughter
This book brings together fourteen studies by Alan Sommerstein on Aristophanes and his fellow comic dramatists, some of which have not previously appeared in print. The studies cover almost all the …
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€101.98
Alan H. Sommerstein: Tangled Ways of Zeus
The Tangled Ways of Zeus is a collection of studies written over the last twenty years by the distinguished classicist Alan Sommerstein about various aspects of ancient Greek tragedy (and, in some …
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€150.80
Alan H. Sommerstein: Tangled Ways of Zeus
The Tangled Ways of Zeus is a collection of studies written over the last twenty years by the distinguished classicist Alan Sommerstein about various aspects of ancient Greek tragedy (and, in some …
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€150.72
Menander: Menander: Samia (The Woman from Samos)
For eight centuries after his death Menander was the third most popular poet in the Greek-speaking world, and his plays, through Roman imitations and adaptations, engendered a tradition of European …
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€33.64
Alan H. Sommerstein: Aeschylus: Suppliants
Many of the themes of Aeschylus’ Suppliants – the treatment of refugees, forced marriage, ethnic and cultural clashes, decisions on war and peace, political deception – resonate strongly in the world …
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€34.89
Alan H. Sommerstein: Greek Drama and Dramatists
The history of European drama began at the festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens, where tragedy, satyr-drama and comedy were performed. Understanding this background is vital for students of …
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€47.36
Alan H. Sommerstein: Greek Drama and Dramatists
The history of European drama began at the festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens, where tragedy, satyr-drama and comedy were performed. Understanding this background is vital for students of …
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€47.36
Alan H. Sommerstein: Menander in Contexts
The comedies of the Athenian dramatist Menander (c. 342-291 BC) and his contemporaries were the ultimate source of a Western tradition of light drama that has continued to the present day. Yet for …
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€49.85
Alan H. Sommerstein: Menander in Contexts
The comedies of the Athenian dramatist Menander (c. 342-291 BC) and his contemporaries were the ultimate source of a Western tradition of light drama that has continued to the present day. Yet for …
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€49.85
Alan H. Sommerstein & Andrew James Bayliss: Oath and State in Ancient Greece
The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social stability and harmony; yet …
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€119.95
Alan H. Sommerstein & Isabelle C. Torrance: Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece
The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social stability and harmony; yet …
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€3.73
Aristophanes: Lysistrata and Other Plays
The Acharnians/The Clouds/Lysistrata’We women have the salvation of Greece in our hands’Writing at a time of political and social crisis in Athens, the ancient Greek comic playwright Aristophanes was …
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€9.49
Aristophanes: Birds and Other Plays
The plays in this volume all contain Aristophanes’ trademark bawdy comedy and dazzling verbal agility. In THE BIRDS, two frustrated Athenians join the birds to build the utopian city of ‘Much Cuckoo …
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€9.49
Alan H. Sommerstein: Aeschylean Tragedy
Aeschylus was the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world”s great art-forms. In this completely revised and updated edition of his book Alan H. Sommerstein, analysing the seven extant …
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€48.49
Aeschylus: Persians and Other Plays
Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. The Persians, the only Greek tragedy to deal with events from …
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€9.49
Alan H. Sommerstein: Menander: Epitrepontes
This book introduces readers who may have no previous knowledge of Menander”s comedies to
Epitrepontes (The Arbitration), arguably the most exquisitely crafted of his better-preserved plays. It …
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€27.05
Alan H. Sommerstein: Menander: Epitrepontes
This book introduces readers who may have no previous knowledge of Menander”s comedies to
Epitrepontes (The Arbitration), arguably the most exquisitely crafted of his better-preserved plays. It …
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€27.05
Alan H. Sommerstein: Aeschylean Tragedy
Aeschylus was the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world”s great art-forms. In this completely revised and updated edition of his book Alan H. Sommerstein, analysing the seven extant …
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€48.46
