Litteraturvetenskap: klassisk, tidig & medeltida litteratur

Hippolytus is a tragedy written by Euripides in c.428 BC, it depicts a sequence of tragic events caused by Aphrodite's anger with Hippolytus, the illegitimate son of Theseus, who …

Hecuba is a tragedy written by Euripides in c. 424 BC, it depicts the grief of Hecuba, Queen of Troy, over the loss of a son and daughter and her subsequent revenge on Polymestor. …

This edition of Plato's "Laches" is part of the "Bristol Classical Press Greek Texts" series.

This volume offers a selection (about a third of the whole) from Xenophon's Oeconomicus, his work about management of the ancient, relatively well-to-do household and estate. It …

This school edition of passages from two plays of Euripides, originally published by Macmillan, is furnished with introduction, notes, vocabulary and useful summaries of the lines …

The Persians (Persae) is Aeschylus' first surviving play. Unlike all other surviving Greek tragedies, which deal with persons and events from the remote, mythical past, it is about …

Plutarch's "Lives of Galba and Otho" constitute the earliest surviving history of the shocking events that shook the Roman Empire in AD 68 and 69 - the rebellions against Nero, his …

This text contains extracts in Greek language for the purposes of translation, which are accompanied by translation and commentary in English.