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Greek Tragedy
Suffering under the Sun
by Research Professor Edith Hall
Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2010 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-923251-2, ISBN: 0-19-923251-2

"This is an invaluable introduction to ancient Greek tragedy which discusses every surviving play in detail and provides all the background information necessary for understanding the context and content of the plays. Edith Hall argues that the essential feature of the genre is that it always depicts terrible human suffering and death, but in a way that invites philosophical enquiry into their causes and effects, This enquiry was played ..."

Adventures with Iphigenia in Tauris(1st Edition)
A Cultural History of Euripides' Black Sea Tragedy (Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture)
by Edith Hall
Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2012 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-539289-0, ISBN: 0-19-539289-2

"Human sacrifice, a spirited heroine, a quest ending in a hairsbreadth escape, the touching reunion of long-lost siblings, and exquisite poetry--these features have historically made Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris one of the most influential of Greek tragedies. Yet, despite its influence and popularity in the ancient world, the play remains curiously under-investigated in both mainstream cultural studies and more specialized scholarship ..."

The Return of Ulysses(1st Edition)
A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey
by Edith Hall
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2008 by Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-8869-4, ISBN: 0-8018-8869-7

"2009 Outstanding Academic Title, ChoiceThis broadly conceived and enlightening look at how Homer’s Odyssey has resonated in the West offers a thematic analysis of the poem’s impact on social and political ideas, institutions, and mores from the ancient world through the present day. Proving that the epic poem is timeless, Edith Hall identifies fifteen key themes in the Odyssey and uses them to illustrate the extensive and diverse effect ..."

Introducing the Ancient Greeks(1st Edition)
From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind
by Edith Hall
Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2014 by W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN-13: 978-0-393-23998-0, ISBN: 0-393-23998-5

"What made the Greeks unique in their time and why their influence lives on today. The ancient Greeks invented democracy, theater, rational science, and philosophy. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. They wrote down the timeless myths of Odysseus and Oedipus, and the histories of Leonidas’s three hundred Spartans and Alexander the Great. But understanding these uniquely influential people has been hampered by their d ..."

Introducing the Ancient Greeks
(Hardcover)
by Edith Hall
Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2015 by Bodley Head
ISBN-13: 978-1-84792-258-8, ISBN: 1-84792-258-9

Aristotle's Way
How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
by Edith Hall
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by Penguin Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7352-2080-5, ISBN: 0-7352-2080-8

"From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives Aristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence better and more clearly than anyone since. According to Aristotle, happiness is not about well-being, but instead a lasting state of contentment, which should b ..."

Women Classical Scholars(1st Edition)
Unsealing the Fountain from the Renaissance to Jacqueline de Romilly (Classical Presences)
by Rosie Wyles, Edith Hall, Research Professor Edith Hall
Hardcover, 544 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-872520-6, ISBN: 0-19-872520-5

"Women Classical Scholars: Unsealing the Fountain from the Renaissance to Jacqueline de Romilly is the first written history of the pioneering women born between the Renaissance and 1913 who played significant roles in the history of classical scholarship. Facing seemingly insurmountable obstacles from patriarchal social systems and educational institutions - from learning Latin and Greek as a marginalized minority, to being excluded fro ..."

Dionysus since 69(1st Edition)
Greek Tragedy at the Dawn of the Third Millennium
by Fiona Macintosh, Edith Hall, Amanda Wrigley, Kathleen Riley
Hardcover, 504 Pages, Published 2004 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-925914-4, ISBN: 0-19-925914-3

"Greek tragedy is currently being performed more frequently than at any time since classical antiquity. This book is the first to address the fundamental question, why has there been so much Greek tragedy in the theatres, opera houses and cinemas of the last three decades? A detailed chronological appendix of production information and lavish illustrations supplement the fourteen essays by an interdisciplinary team of specialists from ..."

Aristophanes in Performance 421 BC- AD 2007(1st Edition)
Peace, Birds and Frogs (Legenda Main Series) (Legenda Main Series)
by Research Professor Edith Hall, Amanda Wrigley, Edith Hall
Hardcover, 250 Pages, Published 2007 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-904350-61-3, ISBN: 1-904350-61-5

"Flying to Heaven to demand an end to war, building Cloudcuckooland in the sky, descending to Hades to retrieve a dead tragedian - such were the cosmic missions on which Aristophanes, the father of comedy, sent his heroes of the classical Athenian stage. The wit, intellectual bravura, political clout and sheer imaginative power of Aristophanes' quest dramas have profoundly influenced humorous literature and satire, but this volume ..."

Hecuba, Trojan Women, Andromache(1st Edition)
by James Morwood, Edith Hall
Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 2001 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-815093-0, ISBN: 0-19-815093-8

"This is the final in a series of three volumes of a new prose translation of Euripides' most popular plays. In the three great war plays contained in this volume Euripides subjects the sufferings of Troy's survivors to a harrowing examination. The horrific brutality which both women and children undergo evokes a response of unparalleled intensity in the playwright whom Aristotle called the most tragic of the poets. Yet the new battle-gr ..."

Aristotle's Way
How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
by Edith Hall
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2018 by The Bodley Head Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-84792-407-0, ISBN: 1-84792-407-7

"`Wonderful and timely ... Hugely recommended' STEPHEN FRY What do you and an ancient philosopher have in common? It turns out much more than you might think... Aristotle was an extraordinary thinker, perhaps the greatest in history. Yet he was preoccupied by an ordinary question: how to be happy. His deepest belief was that we can all be happy in a meaningful, sustained way - and he led by example. In this handbook to his timeless teach ..."

Aristophanic Humour
Theory and Practice (Hardback)
by Edith Hall, Peter Swallow
Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 2020 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United Kingdom
ISBN-13: 978-1-350-10152-4, ISBN: 1-350-10152-4

"This volume sets out to discuss a crucial question for ancient comedy – what makes Aristophanes funny? Too often Aristophanes' humour is taken for granted as merely a tool for the delivery of political and social commentary."

A People's History of Classics(1st Edition)
Class and Greco-Roman Antiquity in Britain and Ireland 1689 to 1939 (Hardback)
by Edith Hall, Henry Stead
Hardcover, 670 Pages, Published 2020 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-21283-1, ISBN: 1-138-21283-0

"This volume challenges the prevailing scholarly and public assumption that the intimate link between the exclusive intellectual culture of British elites and the study of the ancient Greeks and Romans and their languages meant that working ..."

The Greek Superpower
Sparta in the Self-Definitions of Athenians
by Paul Cartledge, Anton Powell, Carol Atack, Paula Debnar, Edith Hall
Hardcover, 249 Pages, Published 2018 by The Classical Press Of Wales
ISBN-13: 978-1-910589-63-2, ISBN: 1-910589-63-2

"Greeks - in later times - saw Athens as 'the Hellas of Hellas', but in the classical period many Athenians thought otherwise. Athens might be a school of Hellas, but the school of Hellas was Sparta. Militarily and morally, Sparta was supreme. This book explores how Athenians - ordinary citizens as well as writers and politicians - thought about Sparta's superiority. Nine new studies from a distinguished international cast examine how A ..."

Greek Tragedy in English
by Fiona Macintosh, Edith Hall
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-5644-8, ISBN: 1-4051-5644-9

The Return of Ulysses(Reprint)
A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey
by Edith Hall
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2008 by I.B.Tauris
ISBN-13: 978-1-84511-575-3, ISBN: 1-84511-575-9

"Whether they focus on the bewitching song of the Sirens, his cunning escape from the cave of the terrifying one-eyed Cyclops, or the vengeful slaying of the suitors of his beautiful wife Penelope, the stirring adventures of Ulysses/Odysseus are amongst the most durable in human culture. The picaresque return of the wandering pirate-king is one of the most popular texts of all time, crossing East-West divides and inspiring poets and fimm ..."

The Theatrical Cast of Athens(1st Edition)
Interactions between Ancient Greek Drama and Society
by Edith Hall
Hardcover, 496 Pages, Published 2006 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-929889-1, ISBN: 0-19-929889-0

"In this pioneering study Edith Hall explores the numerous different ways in which we can understand the relationship between the real, social world in which the Athenians lived and the theatrical roles that they invented. In twelve studies of role types and the theatrical conventions that contributed to their creation - including women in childbirth, drowning barbarians, horny satyrs, allegorical representations of Comedy, peasant farm ..."

The Inky Digit of Defiance
Tony Harrison: Selected Prose 1966-2016
by Tony Harrison, Edith Hall
Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2017 by Faber & Faber
ISBN-13: 978-0-571-32503-0, ISBN: 0-571-32503-3

"In this richly varied selection of Tony Harrison's provocative prose of the last fifty years, the great poet of page, stage and screen presents a lifetime's thinking about art and politics, creativity and mortality. In so doing, he takes us on an extraordinary journey through languages and across continents and millennia, from his Nigerian Lysistrata to the British Raj of his version of Racine's Phèdre, to post-Communist Europe for the ..."

Ancient Greek Myth in World Fiction since 1989
(Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception)
by Edith Hall, Justine Mcconnell, Bloomsbury Academic
Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-7937-9, ISBN: 1-4725-7937-2

"Ancient Greek Myth in World Fiction since 1989 explores the diverse ways that contemporary world fiction has engaged with ancient Greek myth. Whether as a framing device, or a filter, or via resonances and parallels, Greek myth has proven fruitful for many writers of fiction since the end of the Cold War. This volume examines the varied ways that writers from around the world have turned to classical antiquity to articulate their own ..."

Greek and Roman Classics in the British Struggle for Social Reform
(Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception)
by Henry Stead, Edith Hall
Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2015 by Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-8426-7, ISBN: 1-4725-8426-0

"Greek and Roman Classics in the British Struggle for Social Reform presents an original and carefully argued case for the importance of classical ideas, education and self-education in the personal development and activities of British social reformers in the 19th and first six decades of the 20th century. Usually drawn from the lower echelons of the middle class and the most aspirational artisanal and working-class circles, the promine ..."