"Homer's bracing narrative art evoked in me a youthful admiration ofAchilles,
which convinced me that there was nothing to which I'd rather devote myself than
the study of the culture that produced and eternalized a character of such
dimensions. ... elementary Greek; no other subject offers the same excitement of
daily watching the students' intellectual growth within the compass of one
academic year from ignorance of even the Greek ..."
The Nicomachean Ethics by MartinOstwald Paperback, 346 Pages, Published 2016 by Martino Fine Books ISBN-13: 978-1-68422-044-1, ISBN: 1-68422-044-0
"Previously published as "Ethics", Aristotle's "The Nicomachean Ethics" addresses the question of how to live well and originates the concept of cultivating a virtuous character as the basis of his ethical system. Here Aristotle sets out to examine the nature of happiness, and argues that happiness consists in 'activity of the soul in accordance with virtue', including moral virtues, such as courage, generosity and justice, and intellect ..."
"Paperback book, 17th printing, 1978. College level studies."
Nomodeiktes Greek Studies in Honor of MartinOstwald by Ralph Mark Rosen, Joseph Farrell, MartinOstwald Hardcover, 752 Pages, Published 1994 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-10297-6, ISBN: 0-472-10297-4
"Fifth-century Athens has inspired generations of students and scholars. Its citizens’ profound discoveries in literature, philosophy, and politics – to name but a few areas – have shaped the thinking of much of Western thought and have provided many of the joys and the tribulations that touch our daily lives. Nomodeiktes: Greek Studies in Honor of Martin Ostwald offers fascinating discussions of many of these areas, and it helps illumi ..."
Oligarchia The Development of a Constitutional Form in Ancient Greece (Historia) by MartinOstwald Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2000 by Franz Steiner Verlag ISBN-13: 978-3-515-07680-7, ISBN: 3-515-07680-8
"... many colleagues, especially Professors Pierre Vidal-Na- quet and Pauline
Schmitt Pantel, were of inestimable value. To Professor Marcel Pierart I am
indebted for having compelled me, by is invitation to lecture on oligarchy at the
Universite de Fribourg, to give some sort of coherence to my thoughts. I am
further indebted to Swarthmore College for a subvention to cover the cost of
producing the 'Index Auctorum' and to Benjamin ..."
Lateinische Metrik(5th Edition) (STUDIENHEFTE ZUR ALTERTUMSWISSENSCHAFT) by James W. Halporn, MartinOstwald Paperback, 62 Pages, Published 2004 by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht ISBN-13: 978-3-525-25309-0, ISBN: 3-525-25309-5
"James W. Halporn, Martin Ostwald ... Obgleich jeder Verfasser letzten Endes nur
für seinen eigenen Beitrag verantwortlich ist, verdanken beide viel nicht nur
gegenseitiger Kritik, sondern auch ... Ferner gebührt unser Dank Herrn Dr.
HERBERT AHRENS, der die Übersetzungsarbeit mit Geschick und Hingabe
geleistet hat."
"PLATO ON LAW AND NATURE MARTIN OSTWALD It is a reasonable
assumption that the birth of Plato in 427 B.C. created less of a stir among the
Athenian intelligentsia than did the arrival of Gorgias, famous as an orator and
teacher of rhetoric, at the head of an embassy from Leontini,1 for the arrival of
any renowned intellectual in the "capital of wisdom of Greece," as some called
Athens,2 always created a stir. Seven years earlier, if ..."