Author: BALDRY, H. C.
Title: Greek Literature for the Modern Reader
Description: New York: Cambridge University Press, 1951. Hardcover. In this work, the author paints a picture of everyday life in ancient Greece in order to help the modern reader understand the context in which such classicists as Homer or Aristophanes wrote their enduring works. With maps of Greece and the Aegean Sea at endpapers. With snippets of translated sections of various works scattered throughout. --- In maroon cloth-covered boards with spine titling and decorations in gilt. Jacket in lavender with image of seated lyre player to front panel. --- Interior with discreet pencilings to several leaves, else a clean, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped jacket with small chips and tears to edges, light spine sunning; else intact and protected in clear removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); ix, 321 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Philosophy/Psychology/Thought >>Greek & Roman Classics
Title: Greek Literature for the Modern Reader
Description: New York: Cambridge University Press, 1951. Hardcover. In this work, the author paints a picture of everyday life in ancient Greece in order to help the modern reader understand the context in which such classicists as Homer or Aristophanes wrote their enduring works. With maps of Greece and the Aegean Sea at endpapers. With snippets of translated sections of various works scattered throughout. --- In maroon cloth-covered boards with spine titling and decorations in gilt. Jacket in lavender with image of seated lyre player to front panel. --- Interior with discreet pencilings to several leaves, else a clean, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped jacket with small chips and tears to edges, light spine sunning; else intact and protected in clear removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); ix, 321 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Philosophy/Psychology/Thought >>Greek & Roman Classics
Price: US$ 14.50 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 73888
- Book number: 73888