‎Langage‎

‎Davies Malcolm & Jeyaraney Kathirithamby‎

‎GREEK INSECTS‎

‎Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0195205480 . Old price sticker to front inner cover. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; 208 pages; This authoritative study of Greek insects treats not only the obvious questions of their identity--in modern terms of species and genera--but also such topics as the etymologies both formal and popular of the various insect names the folklore religious and other signficant associations and the differences in attitude shown toward them by the ancient and modern world. Patterned after two famous studies by D'Arcy Thompson--A Glossary of Greek Birds and A Glossary of Greek Fishes--this volume provides a meticulous survey of the topic examining the ancient literature and the enormous secondary literature connected with it as well as the most recent scientific findings. Like Thompson's glossaries this work focuses primarily on evidence from literature and art with later evidence brought in only when needed for a full understanding of the facts. Compiled by a classics scholar working with a zoologist this glossary provides alphabetically-arranged entries on such common insects as the ant the louse the butterfly the wasp the bedbug the cricket and the praying mantis. The first comprehensive study on this subject Greek Insects belongs on the bookshelf of every Greek scholar and it will be of considerable interest to educated readers. . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33437 ISBN : 0195205480 9780195205480

‎John Boardman & Jasper Griffin & Oswyn Murray (Eds. )‎

‎THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD‎

‎Oxford: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0198721129 . Small bump to lower edge of front board. DJ has chipping and small tears along top edge. Minor creasing to DJ. ; 446pp illustrated.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 882 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33470 ISBN : 0198721129 9780198721123

‎Parker, Robert‎

‎ATHENIAN RELIGION A History‎

‎Oxford University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0198149794 . Minor pencilling to a few pages. Scholar's initial o inner cover Jenifer Neils. DJ is creased and does not sit square. DJ has a couple of small open tears. ; 1 x 9.75 x 6.75 Inches; 400 pages; Inadequately documented ancient Greek religion can all too easily be reduced to the dry analysis of archaeological remains and so-called `ritual objects'. This authoritative new work attempts to bridge the gap that usually divides Greek religion from Greek history setting it firmly in the thick of contemporary events and politics. How did people actually worship the gods Was Socrates's trial a crisis for religion or the state or both These are among the key issues addressed in what promises to be the definitive work on the subject for many years to come. . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33474 ISBN : 0198149794 9780198149798

‎Deforest Mary‎

‎WOMAN'S POWER MAN'S GAME Essays on Classical Antiquity in Honor of Joy K. King‎

‎Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. Very Good. 1993. Softcover. 0865162581 . Pencil underlining to a couple of pages. Very light shelfwear. ; Woman's Power Man's Game is a revealing and thoughtful analysis of women in antiquity as portrayed in classical literature. The book features essays by 12 classicists who provide provocative examinations of significant aspects of female situations in antiquity. Special Features The Only Women Who Give Birth to Men: A Gynocentric Cross-Cultural View of Women in Ancient Sparta - Bella Zweig Re de fining Woman: Language and Power in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter - Kristina Passman Women Fat and Fertility: Hippocratic Theorizing and Treatment - Jody Rubin Pinault The Wandering Womb of Delos - Jon Solomon Hera Nurse of Monsters - Joan O'Brien Clytemnestra's Breast and the Evil Eye - Mary DeForest Euripides' Medea: Woman or Fiend - Lena Hatzichronoglou Propertius Poetry and Love - Kathleen McNamee From a Sure Foot to Faltering Meters: The Dark Ladies of Tibullan Elegy - Brenda H. Fineberg ''The Master Mistress of My Passion'': The Lady as Patron in Ancient and Renaissance Literature - Barbara K. Gold Julia in Lucan's Tripartite Vision of the Dead Republic - Emily E. Batinski Martial's Sulpicia and Propertius' Cynthia Judith P. Hallett ; 8.9 X 6.0 X 0.9 inches; 428 pages . Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33501 ISBN : 0865162581 9780865162587

‎Parke, H. W.‎

‎GREEK ORACLES‎

‎Hutchinson University Library. Very Good. 1967. Softcover. 0090841115 . Yellowing to wraps. Pencil underlining to a few pages. Scholar's name to ffep Jenifer Neils. ; Gives a general picture of oracular activity up to the end of paganism. Delphi is the most famous oracle but recent archaeology gives further indications of the history of other oracles. Parke discusses the various methods of divination and the changes in importance and popularity of the different centres. ; 160 pages . Hutchinson University Library paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33464 ISBN : 0090841115 9780090841110

‎Hornblower, Simon & Antony Spawforth (Eds. )‎

‎THE OXFORD COMPANION TO CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION‎

‎Oxford University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0198601654 . DJ has some loss to base of spine. DJ has chipping and tears. Book has worn area at base of spine with minor loss 1 cm. Internally VG. ; 9.8 X 7.6 X 1.7 inches; 795 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33471 ISBN : 0198601654 9780198601654

‎Bremmer, Jan (Ed. )‎

‎INTERPRETATIONS OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY‎

‎Croom Helm. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0709932707 . Bmp to upper edge of rear board. Scholar's name to ffep Jenifer Neils. Else Minor shelfwear. DJ has minor shelfwear. ; Interpretations of Greek Mythology first published in1987 builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The contributors to this volume present a variety of approaches to the Greek myths all of which eschew a monolithic or exclusively structuralist hermeneutic method. Specifically the notion that mythology can simply be read as a primitive mode of narrative history is rejected with emphasis instead being placed on the relationships between mythology and history ritual and political genealogy. The essays concentrate on some of the best known characters and themes – Oedipus Orpheus Narcissus – reflecting the complexity and fascination of the Greek imagination. The volume will long remain an indispensable tool for the study of Greek mythology and it is of great interest to anyone interested in the development of Greek culture and civilisation and the nature of myth. ; 294 pages; The volume's fundamental concern is with how the Greeks conceptualized the experience of poetry and debated the values of that experience. The book's organizing theme is a recurrent Greek dialectic between ideas of poetry as on the one hand a powerfully enthralling experience in its own right a kind of 'ecstasy' and on the other a medium for the expression of truths which can exercise lasting influence on its audiences' views of the world. Citing a wide range of modern scholarship and making frequent connections with later periods of literary theory and aesthetics Halliwell questions many orthodoxies and received opinions about the texts analysed. The resulting perspective casts new light on ways in which the Greeks attempted to make sense of the psychology of poetic experience - including the roles of emotion ethics imagination and knowledge - in the life of their culture . Croom Helm hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33530 ISBN : 0709932707 9780709932703

‎Gagarin Michael & Elaine Fantham Eds.‎

‎THE OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME 7 VOLUME SET‎

‎Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2010. Hardcover. 0195170725 . Books range from VG to Near Fine. Vol. 1 has bump to upper corner of front board. Vol 7 has a few small spots to textblock. ; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome is the clearest and most accessible guide to the world of classical antiquity ever produced. This multivolume reference work is a comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world--Greek Hellenistic and Roman--from the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE. It also covers the legacy of the classical world and its interpretation and influence in subsequent centuries. The Encyclopedia brings the work of the best classical scholars archaeologists and historians together in an easy-to-use format. The articles written by leading scholars in the field seek to convey the significance of the people places and historical events of classical antiquity together with its intellectual and material culture. Broad overviews of literature history archaeology art philosophy science and religion are complimented by articles on authors and their works literary genres and periods historical figures and events archaeologists and archaeological sites artists and artistic themes and materials philosophers and philosophical schools scientists and scientific areas gods heroes and myths. Areas covered include: --Greek and Latin Literature--Authors and Their Works--Historical Figures and Events--Religion and Mythology--Art Artists Artistic Themes and Materials--Archaeology Philosophers and Philosophical Schools--Science and Technology--Politics Economics and Society--Material Culture and Everyday Life; 7 Volume Set; Vol. 1/7/2025; 12.0 X 11.0 X 9.5 inches; 3408 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33533 ISBN : 0195170725 9780195170726

‎Gantz Timothy‎

‎EARLY GREEK MYTH A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources‎

‎The Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 080184410X . Very light shelfwear to book. Dustjacket has tears chipping and creasing. DJ not sitting square. ; 836 pages; Early Greek Myth is a much-needed handbook for scholars and others interested in the literary and artistic sources of archaic Greek myths -- and the only one of its kind available in English. Timothy Gantz traces the development of each myth in narrative form and summarizes the written and visual evidence in which the specific details of the story appear. . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33573 ISBN : 080184410X 9780801844102

‎Ferguson John‎

‎THE RELIGIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE‎

‎Thames and Hudson. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0500400148 . Scholar's name to ffep Jenifer Neils. DJ is price-clipped. DJ has a few small tears. ; Presents a comprehensive picture of religions that flourished in Rome from 100 to 300 AD. It describes the many new cults that sprang up during this period and show how they conflicted and sometimes fused with the traditional religions of Greece Rome and the northern countries and with Judaism and its offshoot Christianity. Discusses philosophical religions to mystery religions to emperor worship to belief in a goddess of Chance as well as attitudes toward death and roles played by shamans and confidence-tricksters. ; Aspects of Greek & Roman Life; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages . Thames and Hudson hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33565 ISBN : 0500400148 9780500400142

‎Easterling, P. E. & J. V. Muir (Foreword Sir Moses Finley)‎

‎GREEK RELIGION AND SOCIETY‎

‎Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 1990. Softcover. 0521287855 . Very light shelfwear ; This collection of essays considers many aspects of Greek civil life and reveals how religion manifested itself in institutions art and literature. Clarifies the more puzzling and elusive elements by tracing the attitudes that lay behind the manifold cults and customs. ; 264 pages . Cambridge University Press paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33580 ISBN : 0521287855 9780521287852

‎Blok Josine H.‎

‎THE EARLY AMAZONS Modern and Ancient Perspectives on a Persistent Myth‎

‎E. J. Brill. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 9004100776 . Minor creasing and edgewear to DJ. Very light wear to book. ; Religions in the Graeco-Roman World; 473 pages; The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history. The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics. The second section sheds new light on the culture of archaic Greece offering a coherent assessment of literary and visual representations. Taking mythical narrative as a form of oral storytelling it shows the emergence of the Amazon motif and its meaning in the world of epic. Iconographical analysis reveals how the visual arts have made a contribution of their own to the imaginary presence of the Amazons. . E. J. Brill hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33577 ISBN : 9004100776 9789004100770

‎Immerwahr, Henry R.‎

‎ATTIC SCRIPT A Survey‎

‎Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0198132239 . Light bumping to 1 corner. Dustjacket has creasing along upper edge. ; Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology; 286 pages; This study places the inscriptions found on Athenian vases in the context of the early development of writing in Athens. Focusing on the period from the invention of the alphabet in the 8th century B.C. to the early 4th century B.C. when the local alphabet had been supplanted by the common Ionic script the book presents inscriptions on stone both public and private scratched inscriptions on pottery including the political ostraca and some inscriptions on lead tablets. Although the vase inscriptions are brief they number in the thousands and give an accurate picture of the art of writing and the state of literacy in the Classical Period. . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33608 ISBN : 0198132239 9780198132233

‎King, Katherine Callen‎

‎ACHILLES Paradigms of the War Hero from Homer to the Middle Ages‎

‎University of California Press. Near Fine. 1991. Softcover. 0520074076 . 1 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 355 pages; The powerful portrait of the glorious Greek warrier Achilles presented in Homer's Iliad around 700 BC imbued a particular soldier with transcendent value linking "soldier" with "hero" in Western European culture. Tracing Achilles' appearances through periods of Greek Roman and Christian imperialism in the works of poets generals philosophers priests and patriots Katherine Callen King establishes the moral or political significance attached to the hero as a response to shifting mores and contemporary issues. . University of California Press paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33631 ISBN : 0520074076 9780520074071

‎Francis, E. D.‎

‎IMAGE AND IDEA IN FIFTH CENTURY GREECE Art and Literature after the Persian Wars‎

‎Routledge. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0415019141 . Underlining and notes in pencil to a few pages. Else minor shelfwear. ; 8.5 X 5.6 X 0.8 inches; 194 pages . Routledge hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33740 ISBN : 0415019141 9780415019149

‎Augoustakis, Antonios & Angeliki Tzanetou (Eds. )‎

‎ILLINOIS CLASSICAL STUDIES VOLUME 40 NUMBER 2 FALL 2015‎

‎University of Illinois Press. Very Good. 2015. Softcover. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover G. P. Goold. ; Issn: 0363-1923. Contents: Tokens of Identity: Gender and Recognition in Greek Tragedy Tokens of Identity: Gender and Recognition in Greek Tragedy pp. 219-236 Laura McClure; Buying Babies in Euripides's Hippolytus pp. 237-261 Kirk Ormand; The Athenian Reception of Evadne's Suicide in Euripides's <em>Suppliants</em>The Athenian Reception of Evadne's Suicide in Euripides's Suppliants pp. 263-279 Nicholas M. Dee; Distorted Oaths in Aeschylus Distorted Oaths in Aeschylus pp. 281-295 Isabelle Torrance; The Seven against Thebes at Eleusis pp. 297-318 A. Sebastian Anderson; Coincidence in Menander's <em>Dyskolos</em>Coincidence in Menander's Dyskolos pp. 321-346 Eric Dugdale; "The Greatest Anti-War Poem Imaginable": Granville Barker's Trojan Women in America pp. 347-371 Niall W. Slater; "Oedipus . The Structure of Funny": Allusions to Greek Tragedy in Contemporary Cinema"Oedipus . The Structure of Funny": Allusions to Greek Tragedy in Contemporary Cinema pp. 373-389 Jon Solomon; Dischronic Mediterranean: Space and Time Negotiations in Ariosto's Comedies pp. 391-405 Eleonora Stoppino; Seneca and the Modernity of Hamlet pp. 407-429 Curtis Perry. ; 332 pages . University of Illinois Press paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33024

‎Morris Ian‎

‎DEATH-RITUAL AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY‎

‎Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 1992. Softcover. 0521376114 . Very faint creasing to wraps. ; In this innovative book Dr Morris seeks to show the many ways in which the excavated remains of burials can and should be a major source of evidence for social historians of the ancient Graeco-Roman world. Burials have a far wider geographical and social range than the surviving literary texts which were mainly written for a small elite. They provide us with unique insights into how Greeks and Romans constituted and interpreted their own communities. In particular burials enable the historian to study social change. Ian Morris illustrates the great potential of the material in these respects with examples drawn from societies as diverse in time space and political context as archaic Rhodes classical Athens early imperial Rome and the last days of the western Roman empire.1. The anthropology of a dead world 2. 'Mos Romanus': cremation and inhumation in the Roman empire 3. 'Dem bones': skeletal remains 4. Taking it with you: grave-goods and Athenian democracy 5. Monuments to the dead: display and wealth in classical Greece 6. Famous last words: the inscribed tombstone 7. At the bottom of the graves: an example of analysis ; Key Themes in Ancient History . Cambridge University Press paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 32985 ISBN : 0521376114 9780521376112

‎Tyrrell William Blake‎

‎AMAZONS A Study in Athenian Mythmaking‎

‎The Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0801831180 . Scholar's name to ffep Jenifer Neils. Very faint bump to top of spine. ; Examines the development of this myth using the text of Aeschylus's ORESTEIA to lay the conflicts and sharp male/female polarities within Athenian society that fostered the Amazon myth. ; 192 pages . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 32969 ISBN : 0801831180 9780801831188

‎Pickard-Cambridge, Arthur Wallace‎

‎THE THEATRE OF DIONYSUS IN ATHENS‎

‎Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Foxing to top of textblock. Very Slight spine slant. Faint sunning to spine. Scholar's name to inner cover Cedric Boulter with some bibliographical notes. Endpapers tanned. ; There are over 140 illustrations including pull-out diagrams of theatre remains. ; 288 pages; Chapter titles include: The Theatre Before Lycurgus: Evidence of the Plays; Special Problems of The Theatre Before Lycurgus; the Lycurgean Theatre; The Hellenistic Theatre; The Theatre in the Roman Period . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33021

‎Simon, Erika (translated by C. E. Vafopoulou-Richardson)‎

‎THE ANCIENT THEATRE‎

‎Methuen & Company. Near Fine. 1982. Softcover. 0416325300 . Very minor shelfwear. Scholar's name to ffep Jenifer Neils. ; University Paperbacks 766; 50 pages . Methuen & Company paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33029 ISBN : 0416325300 9780416325300

‎Pickard-Cambridge, Arthur W.‎

‎THE DRAMATIC FESTIVALS OF ATHENS‎

‎Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Scholar's name to inner cover Cedric Boulter. Spine sunned. Inner covers foxed. ; discusses the organization of the dramatic festivals describes the acting style actors costumes dancing music and audiences' tastes and behavior and provides a full presentation of the literary epigraphic and archaeological evidence on which any discussion of the dramatic festivals is based such as the difficulties of interpretation. ; 1.23 x 9.53 x 6.39 Inches; 334 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33018

‎Easterling, P. E. (Ed. )‎

‎THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO GREEK TRAGEDY‎

‎Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 1997. Softcover. 0521423511 . Very faint dustsoiling. Else very minor shelfwear. ; Cambridge Companions to Literature; 410 pages; This book presents ancient Greek tragedy in the context of late-twentieth-century reading criticism and performance. The twelve chapters written by seven distinguished scholars cover tragedy as an institution in the civic life of ancient Athens a range of approaches to the surviving plays and changing patterns of reception adaptation and performance from antiquity to the present. . Cambridge University Press paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33019 ISBN : 0521423511 9780521423519

‎Tzanetou, Angeliki‎

‎CITY OF SUPPLIANTS Tragedy and the Athenian Empire‎

‎University of Texas Press. Very Good. 2013. Softcover. 0292754329 . Very faint shelfwear. Gift inscription from author to Jenifer Neils on ffep. ; After fending off Persia in the fifth century BCE Athens assumed a leadership position in the Aegean world. Initially it led the Delian League a military alliance against the Persians but eventually the league evolved into an empire with Athens in control and exacting tribute from its former allies. Athenians justified this subjection of their allies by emphasizing their fairness and benevolence towards them which gave Athens the moral right to lead. But Athenians also believed that the strong rule over the weak and that dominating others allowed them to maintain their own freedom. These conflicting views about Athens' imperial rule found expression in the theater and this book probes how the three major playwrights dramatized Athenian imperial ideology. Through close readings of Aeschylus' Eumenides Euripides' Children of Heracles and Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus as well as other suppliant dramas Angeliki Tzanetou argues that Athenian tragedy performed an important ideological function by representing Athens as a benevolent and moral ruler that treated foreign suppliants compassionately. She shows how memorable and disenfranchised figures of tragedy such as Orestes and Oedipus or the homeless and tyrant-pursued children of Heracles were generously incorporated into the public body of Athens thus reinforcing Athenians' sense of their civic magnanimity. This fresh reading of the Athenian suppliant plays deepens our understanding of how Athenians understood their political hegemony and reveals how core Athenian values such as justice freedom piety and respect for the laws intersected with imperial ideology. ; 206 pages; Signed by Author . University of Texas Press paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33023 ISBN : 0292754329 9780292754324

‎Sourvinou Inwood Christiane‎

‎"READING" GREEK DEATH To the End of the Classical Period‎

‎Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 019814976X . DJ Spine is sunned and very discolored. Very light shelfwear to book. ; This book offers a series of in-depth studies of the beliefs attitudes and rituals surrounding death in ancient Greece from the Minoan and Mycenean period to the end of the classical age. Drawing on a wide range of evidence--from literary texts to inscriptions to images in art--Sourvinou-Inwood sheds light on many key still problematic aspects of Greek life myth and literature. She also looks at the problem of "reading" this material within the context of our own culturally-determined beliefs. ; 512 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 32987 ISBN : 019814976X 9780198149767

‎Vance William‎

‎AMERICA'S ROME Volume Two: Catholic and Contemporary Rome‎

‎Yale University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0300044534 . Very Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Dustjacket spine is sunned. ; Xx 498pp illustrated. ; Volume 2 Only; Vol. 2; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 498 pages . Yale University Press hardcover‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33068 ISBN : 0300044534 9780300044539