凭借这部经典著作，罗纳德·塞姆爵士成为20世纪第一个把萨卢斯特——塔西佗称之为最杰出的罗马历史撰述家——放到其社会、政治和文学背景中的学者。以往的研究者仅仅将萨卢斯特视为雇佣文人或小册子作者，但塞姆的著述将共和国的政治与萨卢斯特的文学成就联系在一起，从而呈现出一位没有党派偏见的历史撰述家。
无论是关于历史撰述家萨卢斯特还是关于萨卢斯特所处的历史时代，这本书都是一部极其重要且颇有影响力的核心著作。对于研究罗马历史和罗马编史学的研究者来说，这是一部无法绕开的作品。

几个世纪以来，迷人的古埃及是吸引探险家、博物学家、寻宝者和考古学家的魅力源泉。从初期的旅行者开始，所有人都被这美丽而神秘的景色吸引住: 山坡上的天然岩石被切开打磨成陵墓，轻柔的流沙下掩藏着被吞没的神庙和城镇。从早期的冒险家们想尽办法去捕捉他们所发现的一切，到专业考古学家试图记录、还原、维护遗迹的原貌，这些埃及学家往往身兼数职：他们既是冒险家和发现者，也是建筑师、艺术家、工程师和摄影师。
本书通过介绍一位位埃及学家以及他们留下的笔记、手绘稿、摄影照片等珍贵图像史料，使我们了解埃及学家们为了了解古埃及所做出的贡献，让我们得以一窥一段截然不同的埃及发现史。这些文字与图片唤起我们对曾经过往的丰富知觉，将我们带回到一个伟大的发现时代。

本书放弃现代概念的堆砌再造，专注于回到诗与诗性本身，勉力倾听传世经典对世人发出的呼声。这么做的前提是尽可能审慎地亲近文本，避免妄断的解读和随意的抒情。书中各篇阅读均建立在原典翻译和文本细读的基础上，虽是彼此独立的文章，但又互相呼应，形成不无裨益的对话。 凭靠柏拉图这个“古诗人的地图坐标”，重新关注从荷马到拉辛的不同城邦中四面楚歌的诗人们，努力了解那些发生过的诗人纷争，诸如雅典时期诗与哲学之争，或路易十四时代的古今之争，也进一步想象在无尽时空回望中潜在行进的对话。
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法拉比的《卓越城邦居民意见诸原则之书》一经问世，就成为法拉比接受度最高、流传最广的一部著作。
考虑到原文书名较长，中译本参考了沃尔泽编校本的标题，将书名定为《论完美城邦》。

The Poetics Aristotle The work "Poetics" was created by the ancient Greek scientist-encyclopaedist, the founder of classical logic, Aristotle (384-322 BC). Literary study of the author is one of the first works in history, which summarizes the aesthetic knowledge of the ancient world. Aristotle discovered a number of theoretical and literary categories, explaining the division of literature into three types: epic, drama and lyrics. Aristotle's scientific and artistic heritage includes the following works: a collection of works on the logic of the Organon, Metaphysics, Physics, Politics, Ethics, Poetics, On the Soul, and Athenian Politics. Aristotle - the greatest of the philosophers of the ancient world, whose authority was unshakable in the era of the Middle Ages, when the church rejected the entire heritage of ancient Greece as pagan. In his philosophical conception, there were already many elements of materialism. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

《傳世文獻與出土文獻的歷時句法研究》是徐丹先生多年從事歷時句法研究工作的成果。全書由20篇已發表的論文彙集而成。這些論文忠實地反映了作者在各個不同時期對歷時句法問題的思考和探索。內容可分為兩個部分，第一部分是關於傳世文獻的句法研究，其中兼有方言材料的佐證。第二部分集中在出土文獻的研究上，尤其是對《戰國縱橫家書》這一文獻的研究。作者認為，把不同地域、不同時期的出土文獻和傳世文獻對比、互校，對勾勒出歷時句法的概貌十分重要，並在這一觀點的基礎上，做了實踐。為同類研究做了很好的範例。

每个人心中，都有一本自己的《奥德赛》。美国著名古典学家查尔斯·西格尔倾三十余年心力研究和讲授《奥德赛》，为这部伟大史诗的诠释史注入了新的丰富内容。
通过西格尔的视角，我们看到的奥德修斯，是一位想要挽救同伴而无能无力的首领，一个机敏灵活坚强隐忍的英雄，一个善于讲述也懂得倾听的吟游诗人，一个历经磨难而雄风犹在的国君，一个忧伤的儿子，一个坚强的父亲，一个懂得和妻子分享的丈夫，一个恩怨分明有仇必报的男人。审慎和聪明没有消除其善良的天性和信任别人的能力，漫长的漂泊流浪也没有把他的心磨砺得太过坚硬而失去可贵的敏感与温情。最终我们将理解，奥德修斯的旅程就是人类自己人生旅程的一种代表和缩影。
在引人入胜的叙述背后，西格尔也密切关注史诗中的风格、构思和神话模式，思考了吟游诗人与听众之间的关系、荷马对诗歌本质的处理等诸多问题。正如Louise Pratt所言：西格尔帮助我们看到文本中最好的东西，也能让我们看到最有可能的潜在意义。

本书由梅维恒先生授权我国知名语言学家徐文堪先生根据国内学界的具体状况辑编，所收12篇论文略依时代和主题排列。1～3篇主要涉及新疆青铜和早期铁器时代考古学和上古时期中西交通，包括吐火罗问题。4～6篇为语言学论文，特别关注汉语语言史与梵语和佛教的关系。7～11篇均与敦煌吐鲁番学相关，对唐五代变文的研究是其重点，还讨论了《心经》诸本与《西游记》的关系。第12篇是与著名语言学家、台湾“中研院”院士梅祖麟教授合撰，讨论近体诗与梵文诗律的关系，对沈约的“四声八病”说作了深入分析，是继陈寅恪先生名作《四声三问》之后的一篇精心杰作。除上述12篇外，梅氏于2010年写成长文《近三十年来北美中国语言研究的进展》，涉及汉语与内陆欧亚语言关系的研究情况，此文由其学生、密歇根大学东亚图书馆馆长杨继东博士和匹兹堡大学博士生崔捷先生合译为中文，并附详细书目，故作为“附录”收入。