Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!'
The Expedition of Cyrus tells ... 続きを読む
You know how to win a battle, Hannibal; you do not know how to use the victory!'
Livy's great history of Rome contains, in Books 21 to 30, the definitive ancient account of Hannibal's invasion of ... 続きを読む
a Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe'
E. M. Forster E. M. Forster's description of C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) perfectly encapsulates th ... 続きを読む
you'll find another man to harvest, Glycerion: let this one go'
The Greek satirist Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a vehicle for satiric comment. H ... 続きを読む
Of all the great classical love poets, Propertius (c. 50-10 BC) is surely one of those with most immediate appeal for readers today. His helpless infatuation for the sinister figure of his mistress Cy ... 続きを読む
I have heard no end of tales of his strength, his audacity, his fidelity...incorruptible! It is indeed a name of honour for the Capataz of the Cargadores of Sulaco.'
One of the greatest political ... 続きを読む
Honore de Balzac; Christopher Prendergast; Sylvia Raphael
ページ
240 ページ
フォーマット
Paperback
サイズ
128 x 195 mm
刊行日
2009年06月
シリーズ
Oxford World's Classics
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