Donald A. Russell Books
Aristotle Poetics. Longinus On the Sublime Demetrius
By Longinus, Donald A. Russell, W. Rhys Roberts, Aristotle, Demetrius.
This volume brings together the three most original and influential ancient Greek treatises on literature. Artistotle's Poetics contains his treatment of Greek tragedy: its history, nature, and co...
Read MoreIn Praise of Asclepius
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In the second century AD Aelius Aristides wrote eight prose hymns to Greek gods. This volume presents a new edition of the Greek text of four of these hymns (focusing on Asclepius), a new English t...
Read MoreOn Prophecy Dreams and Human Imagination
Synesius' essay De insomniis ('On Dreams') inquires into the meaning and importance of dreams for human beings and treats themes - most of all the relationship of humans to higher spheres -, which...
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