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This controversial work by Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. Applying the techniques of comparative ethnography to classical religion, the 1890 first edition discusses the place of human sacrifice in cultures worldwide.

Volume 1 of Shuckburgh's superb 1889 translation of Polybius' Histories contains Books 1 to 5, part of Book 6, and fragments of Books 7 to 9. Covering Greek and Egyptian society, the Punic Wars, Roman society and historical method, it remains a fascinating source on the second and third centuries BCE.

A talented philologist and biblical critic, John William Donaldson (1811-61) published this groundbreaking work in 1839. It is an attempt to apply the principles of comparative philology to ancient Greek, elucidating the grammar and syntax of the language by comparing it with actual or conjectural cognate languages.

John Bacon Sawrey Morritt (1771-1843), was a traveller, classical scholar and friend of Sir Walter Scott. This book, edited by G. E. Marindin (1841-1939) and first published in 1914, is a record of his Grand Tour of 1794-6, told through his letters home.

Edited by German philologist and Byzantine expert Gottlieb Lukas Friedrich Tafel (1787-1860), this 1832 work comprises the minor works of Eustathius (c.1115-c.1194), metropolitan of Thessalonica, as well as pieces relating to Trebizond by Michael Panaretos and John Eugenikos, from codices in Basel, Paris and Venice. Following a Latin introduction, all texts are in Greek.

First published between 1776 and 1788, Gibbon's magnum opus is a magisterial account of the relationship between Roman imperialism and Christianity, spanning the period from the first century CE to the fall of Constantinople. Reissued here is J. B. Bury's authoritative seven-volume edition of 1896-1900.

Isaeus, an Attic orator of the fourth century BCE, made speeches which exemplify the intrigue of ancient inheritance disputes. First published in 1904, this learned edition of his surviving speeches, with a critical introduction and commentary by the classical scholar William Wyse (1860-1929), remains a standard work.

Headmaster of King Edward's School in Birmingham for fourteen years, Edwin Hamilton Gifford (1820-1905) published in 1905 this edition of the Euthydemus, Plato's most comical dialogue and an early treatise on logic. Intended for students, it illuminates the educational preoccupations of both early twentieth-century England and classical Athens.

One of the most widely studied texts of ancient philosophy, Plato's Laws is his last and longest dialogue, debating crucial questions on the subject of law-giving and education. This 1921 two-volume edition, prepared by Edwin Bourdieu England (1847-1936), includes a short introduction, the Greek text, analyses and extensive notes.

Published in 1897, this is the first volume (of two) of a collection of the surviving remains of Oscan, Umbrian and other minor Italic dialects, gleaned from epigraphy (such as Oscan inscriptions at Pompeii), the evidence of coins, glosses and references in later writers, and geographical and proper names.

This study of the history and development of Greek and Latin handwriting from earliest times to the end of the fifteenth century is copiously illustrated with photographic plates. Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (1840-1929) revised and expanded a shorter work of 1893 to produce this highly respected and illustrated edition in 1912.

Published in 1921 and aimed at mathematicians and classicists, this rigorous two-volume work traces ancient Greek mathematics from Thales of Miletus to the achievements of the Alexandrian algebraists. Volume 1 includes an introduction and a section on numerical notation and arithmetical operations. The coverage begins with Thales and extends to Euclid.

Published in 1921 and aimed at mathematicians and classicists, this rigorous two-volume work traces ancient Greek mathematics from Thales of Miletus to the achievements of the Alexandrian algebraists. The coverage in Volume 2 begins with Aristarchus of Samos and Archimedes, extending to the algebra of Diophantus of Alexandria.

The most famous legal work of the ancient world was issued in the period 529-34 at the order of the emperor Justinian. This three-volume edition in Latin by Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903) and his colleagues was first published in 1872-95. Volume 2 contains the Codex Justinianus.

Classical scholar Richard Payne Knight (1751-1824) investigates the original pronunciation of ancient Greek in this 1791 treatise. He uses evidence from ancient inscriptions, literature and coins - several examples of which are reproduced at the end of the text - in attempting to reconstruct the sound of various ancient dialects.

The controversy over the route taken by Hannibal in crossing the Alps in 218 BCE is long-running. This 1867 book considered all the possible routes over the Alps between France and Italy and formed part of the dispute between its author Robert Ellis and his scholarly rival William John Law.

The controversy over the route taken by Hannibal, the Carthaginian army and his famous elephants in their crossing of the Alps to attack Rome in 218 BCE is long-running, but a particular scholarly dispute arose with the publication of this book by classicist Robert Ellis in 1853.

A pioneer in establishing the study of geography in British universities, Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1829-1916) sought to share his deep appreciation of ancient authorities, particularly Strabo. This 1897 textbook traces the progress of geographical writing in Greek and Latin from Homeric times to the end of Rome's western empire.

Controversial for centuries, Hannibal's route over the Alps was the subject of an extended scholarly dispute between William John Law (1786-1869) and Robert Ellis (1820-85). This two-volume 1866 publication, Law's major contribution to the debate, examines several theories and the accounts of Polybius and Livy.

This, the second edition of an influential commentary on the Roman satirist Juvenal by John Mayor (1825-1910), was published in 1872-1879. It features thirteen of Juvenal's satires, followed by detailed notes. Volume 1 contains the thirteen satires, and Mayor's notes on the first five pieces in his selection.

This, the second edition of an influential commentary on the Roman satirist Juvenal by John Mayor (1825-1910), was published in 1872. It features thirteen of Juvenal's satires, followed by detailed notes on these challenging texts. Volume 2 contains Mayor's notes on Satires 8 and 10-16.

In this three-volume set published posthumously in 1877, the influential Cambridge classicist Edward Meredith Cope analyses Aristotle's monumental treatise on the art of persuasion. Volume 1 contains the Greek text of Book 1 and Cope's commentary on Aristotle's classification of the different types of rhetoric.

Sir Richard Jebb's seven-volume edition of the works of Sophocles, published between 1883 and 1896, remains a landmark in Greek scholarship. The text itself is given with an introduction, a parallel English translation, collation and explanatory notes. This volume contains Oedipus Coloneus.

Sir Richard Jebb's seven-volume edition of the works of Sophocles, published between 1883 and 1896, remains a landmark in Greek scholarship. The text itself is given with an introduction, a parallel English translation, collation and explanatory notes. This volume contains Antigone.

Sir Richard Jebb's seven-volume edition of the works of Sophocles, published between 1883 and 1896, remains a landmark in Greek scholarship. The text itself is given with an introduction, a parallel English translation, collation and explanatory notes. This volume contains Trachiniae.

The notes of English classical scholar Peter Paul Dobree (1782-1825) are collected in this two-volume edition of Adversaria. Volume 1 (1831) includes the praelection which gained Dobree the Regius chair of Greek at Cambridge, as well as his notes on Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, and numerous other subjects.

Volume 3 of Joseph B. Mayor's influential 1880s edition of Cicero's De Natura Deorum contains the text of Cicero's Book 3 and a full commentary. Here, Cicero explores the topics of divination, worship, and mythology and asks whether the worship of deities is compatible with philosophical reason.

Munro's two-volume edition of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, published in Cambridge in 1864, was an important contribution to nineteenth-century classical scholarship. Volume 2 contains Munro's notes and index.

Walter Leaf, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, produced an acclaimed edition of Homer's epic poem, the Iliad. As a scholar, Leaf was interested in the physical reality of antiquity, which set him apart from the thinking of the Cambridge Ritual School. Volume 1 contains books 1-12 of the poem.

Walter Leaf, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, produced an acclaimed edition of Homer's epic poem, the Iliad. As a scholar, Leaf was interested in the physical reality of antiquity, which set him apart from the thinking of the Cambridge Ritual School. Volume 2 contains books 13-24 of the poem.