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Brand/Publisher: Harvard University Press, issuing the standard green Loeb Classical Library hardcovers with matching dust jackets, presenting original Ancient Greek texts with facing English translations. Set contents: Ten-volume Greek literature and mythology group including Nonnos, Sophocles, Pindar, the Homeric Hymns and related texts, Clement of Alexandria, and Hesiod, all in uniform green cloth hardcovers with green Loeb dust jackets. Nonnos volumes: Dionysiaca I–III translated by W. H. D. Rouse, covering Books 1–15, 16–35, and 36–48 of the late antique epic on Dionysus and his mythic exploits (Loeb Classical Library numbers 344, 354, and 356). Sophocles volumes: Sophocles I and II edited and translated by Hugh Lloyd-Jones, collecting the tragedies Ajax, Electra, Oedipus Tyrannus, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus in bilingual Greek–English format (Loeb numbers 20 and 21). Pindar volumes: Pindar I and II edited and translated by William H. Race, presenting the Olympian and Pythian Odes together with the Nemean and Isthmian Odes and surviving fragments, key sources for Greek lyric poetry and athletic victory songs (Loeb numbers 56 and 485). Homeric and related epic volume: Homeric Hymns, Homeric Apocrypha, and Lives of Homer edited and translated by Martin L. West, gathering the archaic hymns to the Olympian gods, later pseudo-Homeric poems, and ancient biographical traditions about Homer (Loeb number 496). Late antique and early Christian authors: Clement of Alexandria translated by G. W. Butterworth, offering a major Christian writer engaging Greek philosophy and religion (Loeb number 92), and Hesiod II translated and edited by Glenn W. Most, containing The Shield, Catalogue of Women, and other fragments that expand the mythological world beyond the Theogony and Works and Days (Loeb number 503). Language and audience: Original texts in Ancient Greek with facing-page English translations, introductions, and notes, intended for adult readers, students, and scholars of classics, ancient religion, mythology, and world literature. Format and design details: Each volume features green cloth boards under a matching green dust jacket with Greek key border, Loeb Classical Library branding on spine and front, and series advertisements on the rear panel and inner flaps; interiors are printed on acid-free paper with clear typography, running heads, numbered sections, and indexes where appropriate. Identifiers and publication details: One visible example shows Nonnos, Dionysiaca Books 36–48 (Loeb Classical Library 356), first published 1940, with copyright and imprint pages noting Harvard University Press and printing on acid-free paper by The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group; ISBN-13: 978-0-674-99393-5. Genre/Topics: Ancient Greek epic and lyric poetry, tragedy, mythological narrative, Homeric tradition (HR), early Christian literature, and classical mythology and literature within the broader field of ancient and world classics. Additional notes: Sold as a complete ten-volume hardcover set with dust jackets only; no slipcase or supplementary media are included, and the volumes are not signed.
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