John Pentland Mahaffy

A three-volume collection, published 1891-1905, of transcribed Greek papyri fragments, illuminating Egyptian life in the third century BCE.

With Transcriptions, Commentaries and Index

The Flinders Petrie Papyri

With Transcriptions, Commentaries and Index. Pts. 2-3

These 1876 impressions of a classical scholar's first visit to Greece will be of interest to scholars and travellers alike.

Rambles and Studies in Greece

Social Life in Greece from Homer to Menander

Euripides

A History of Classical Greek Literature

From the Death of Alexander to the Roman Conquest

Greek Life and Thought

Problems in Greek History

pt. I. The prose writer, from Herodotus to Plato

Archibald Henry Sayce

Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie

Illahun, Kahun and Gurob

William Matthew Flinders Petrie

Joseph Grafton Milne

A History of Egypt

Containing Part I.--The Interpretation of Legends and Inscriptions. Part II.--A Survey of Old Egyptian Literature

Prolegomena to Ancient History

pt. 1. The prose writers, from Herodotus to Plato

Excerpt from The Greek World Under Roman Sway: From Polybius to Plutarch This book is intended to replace my Greek World under Roman Sway, now out of print, in a maturer and better form, and with much new material superadded. There has grown up, since its appearance, a wider and more intelligent view of Greek life, and people are not satisfied with knowing the Golden Age only, without caring for what came before and followed after. In this Silver Age of Hellenism many splendid things were produced, and the world was moulded by the teaching which went out from Greek lands. If this teaching diminished in quality, it certainly increased greatly in influence, and led its higher pupils back to the great masters of the earlier age. The Roman poets, for example, began by imitating Alexandrian poetry, and so led the way for Horace and Virgil, who went back to the great masters. But not a little of the sentimental side of Virgil is due to his studies of the Silver Age, and even now our museums of Greek treasure would be grievously denuded if the masterpieces of that age were to be carried away. For the rest, this book must speak for itself. I have to thank my colleague, Mr. E. H. Alton, for much help in correcting the proofs, and making many learned suggestions, as well as for his self-denying labour in compiling the index. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

From Polybius to Plutarch

The Greek World Under Roman Sway

pt. I. The poets [epic and lyric] with an appendix on Homer by Prof. Sayce

Alexander's Empire

John Pentland Mahaffy

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