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Gilbert Murray
First published in 1929, profound changes, political, social, economic and intellectual, had taken place fifty years prior, in the environment of civilized man, and it was still doubtful whether or…
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This collection of 171 letters, most never before published, finally makes the fascinating Shaw/Murray correspondence available.
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Euripides
The influence of Euripides on the development of the dramatic genre cannot be overstated. Along with Sophocles and Aeschylus he is regarded as one of the three great Greek tragedians…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
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An unabridged edition from the translation by Gilbert Murray, to include comprehensive, explanatory notes at book’s end.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
This is a new release of the original 1935 edition.
In this seminal work, Gilbert Murray offers a ground-breaking analysis of the complexities of ancient Greek literature and its enduring influence on Western culture. Examining texts from Homer to the…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented…
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by…
Satanism in some sense is perfectly intelligible, and may be strongly sympathetic. We need pay no attention to the mere name of Satan or Lucifer; the name is a mythological…
Classic study of Euripidean drama–Murray reconstructs the life and times of Euripides, the methods and conventions of Greek tragedy, and from that point, shows how Euripides worked within the confines…
George Gilbert Aime Murray, OM was an Australian-born British classical scholar and public intellectual, with connections in many spheres.
This book
Great Britain’s Sea Policy; A Reply to an American Critic, reprinted from ‘The Atlantic Monthly’
has been considered important throughout the human history. It has been out of…
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable…
