Greek Fiction
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Iliad
by Homer
Dating to the ninth century BC, Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb Introduction that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it coexists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace....
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Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis
Zorba the Greek is a novel written by the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorbas. The novel was adapted into a successful 1964 film of the same name as well as a 1968 musical, Zorba.
The Fratricides
by Nikos Kazantzakis
Against the background of the Greek civil war of the late 1940s, Captain Drakos, son of the local priest Father Yanaros, has taken to the mountains with a group of villagers and joined the Communist rebels. It is Holy Week and Father Yanaros feels that he himself is bearing the sins of the world.
Forever Ulysses
by C P Rodocanachi
Picaresque novel of poor boy from Cephalonia, Greece, who made his fortune in Africa. First published in the UK as "No Innocent Abroad"
Sophocles
by Sophocles
With new translations and a new afterword The full texts of the seven extant plays of Sophocles with Paul Roche's revised and updated translations of the Oedipus cycle, and all-new translations of the remaining plays.
Greek Fiction Books & Ephemera
Sophocles: An Interpretation
by R. P. Winnington-Ingram
Paperback / softback. New. Professor Winnington-Ingram interprets seven extant tragedies of Sophocles and explores his tragic vision of the world. Students of Greek drama will find that this detailed study provides invaluable insights and the Greek in the text is translated or paraphrased, so that the book will also be of interest to students of the literature and drama of other cultures.
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€60.93
Lyra Graeca: Being the Remains of all the Greek Lyric Poets from Eumelus to Timotheus excepting Pindar, in Three Volumes (Complete)
by J. M. Edmonds (ed. & trans.)
Heinemann, London, 1945. Vols 1 & 3: Reprints, Vol 2: 1st. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 16mo <6 3/4". xx + 493 / x + 476 / xii + 719pp. 3-volume set (complete). Text is in English / Greek. Front hinge cracked, vol 2. Chips to spine ends. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges browned and marked. Top edge gilt in good condition. This set is published over the period 1924-45. Loeb Classical Library. Frontispiece to vol 1. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2...
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€47.39
The Photographs
by Vassilis Vassilikos
Sphere, 1971. First Thus. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 156 pages. Item Type: Book. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No inscriptions. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Fiction; . ISBN: 0722187394. ISBN/EAN: 9780722187395. Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 028190. . 9780722187395
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€5.92
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis
London: Faber & Faber, 1977. Reprint . Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. this copy dated 1977,paprback,315 pages,name to flyleaf,pages browned otherwise very good.shelf 330.
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€2.37
Greek Tragedy in Action
by Oliver Taplin
Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is bound in black cloth, with stamped silver lettering to spine. Top edge of text block displays foxing, with milder foxing to fore edge. Book is otherwise in fine condition, with solid binding, clean and bright interior. Dust jacket exhibits light shelfwear. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. x/203 pages.
"Greek tragedy has been the subject of a vast body of scholarly work, yet rarely have the plays been studied as works to be seen and heard. The idea, stemming... Read more about this item
"Greek tragedy has been the subject of a vast body of scholarly work, yet rarely have the plays been studied as works to be seen and heard. The idea, stemming... Read more about this item
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€33.07
The Iliad - A New Translation By E V Rieu
by Homer
Penguin Books, 1954. Paperback. Good. 1954. 469 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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€7.12
Hellenistic Poetry
by G. O. Hutchinson
New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Hellenistic Poetry.
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€75.17
A COMPANION TO HOMER
by Alan J.B. Wace and Frank H. Stubbings
London: Macmillan, 1970. 4th printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 595p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Bottom edge of spine barely faded. Owner's name stamp on fronmt endpaper. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket is worn and lightly tanned along the top, but otherwise intact. Illustrated with black and white plates and drawings.
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€94.48
Callimachus' Hymn to Apollo: A Commentary
by Frederick Williams
Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Callimachus' Hymn to Apollo: A Commentary.
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€188.90
The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume 6, Books 21-24
by Homer
New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume 6, Books 21-24.
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€53.99
The Iliad
by Homer
Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2014. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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€6.24
THE ILIAD
by Homer
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1931. Limited to 925 copies for England and 525 for the U.S. (this no. 1281). Spine with just a little of the usual darkening, a rather nice copy in the original slipcase. Limited to 925 copies for England and 525 for the U.S. (this no. 1281). Quarto. 925p. Bound in full niger morocco with marbled endpapers and cloth reinforced inner joints, gilt spine titles and double rules around the covers, t.e.g., bottom and fore-edge untrimmed. Printed by Johannes Enschede en Zonen in...
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€944.80
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
by N. N. Richardson
Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Homeric Hymn to Demeter.
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€181.71
Greek Anthology: v. 5
by W. R. Paton
Hardback. New. "The Greek Anthology" ("Gathering of Flowers") is the name given to a collection over many centuries of about 4500 short Greek poems (called epigrams but usually not epigrammatic) by about 300 composers. Meleager of Gadara (first century BCE), an outstanding contributor, also assembled the "Stephanus "("Garland"), a compilation fundamental to the Anthology.
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€33.89
Studies in John Malalas.
by Jeffreys, Elizabeth, Croke, Brian and Scott, Roger
Melbourne: Australian Association for Byzantine Studies, 1990. soft cover. VG. Very good condition with covers in adhesive plastic./No Jacket. Byzantina Australiensia 6. 24.5 cm.
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€49.33
The Iliad
by Homer
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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€5.80
Zorba the Greek
by Nikos Kazantzakis
Ballantine Books, 1965. Paperback. Acceptable. 1965. Fourth Ballantine Printing. 347 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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€4.82
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by Vassilikos, Vassilis
Buenos Aires.: Sudamericana., 1977.. Hardcover. Sobrecubierta deslucida. Good. 21 cm. 438 p., 3 h. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Colección 'Narrativas contemporáneas'. Vasilikos, Vasiles 1934-. Traducción del francés de Aurora Bernárdez . Sobrecubierta deslucida. ISBN: 8435001598 Literatura francesa. Novela. Siglo XX. (840-31"19") [[821.133.1-3]]
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€22.90
Forever Ulysses
by C.P. Rodocanachi
Viking, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Very Good. Stated First Edition, First Printing (January 1938). Published by Viking, 1938. Octavo. Black cloth over red boards stamped in gold with black topstain. Book is like new; clean and crisp with some light offsetting to endpapers. Sharp corners and spine straight. No writing or names. Dust jacket is very good, price-clipped with some shelf/edge wear and several small nicks/tears along edges. Translated by Patrick Leigh-Fermor. Author's...
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€188.95
Iliad
by Homer
Hardback. New. Gripping...Lombardo's achievement is all the more striking when you consider the difficulties of his task...[He] manages to be respectful of Homer's dire spirit while providing on nearly every page some wonderfully fresh refashioning of his Greek. The result is a vivid and disarmingly hardbitten reworking of a great classic. --Daniel Mendelsohn, The New York Times Book Review
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€52.65
A Short History of Greek Literature
by De Romilly, Jacqueline
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 1985. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Front cover a little curled at corners. 293 pages. Covers more than ten centuries of Greek literature in one manageable volume. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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€11.10
The Iliad (Collins Classics)
by Homer
Paperback / softback. New. HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
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€7.56
The Photographs
by VASSILIKOS, Vassilis
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, 1971. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Translated from the Greek by Mike Edwards. Octavo. 181pp. Fine in a moderately worn, very good or better dust jacket with the spine rubbed. Inscribed to author Mary McCarthy and her husband on the front flyleaf in year of publication: "For Mary and Jim, from their friend, Vassilis, 14.1.71.
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€188.96
