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Barr, Stringfellow
THE WILL OF ZEUS A History of Greece from the Origins of Hellenic Culture to the Death of Alexander
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Minor bump to top of front board. Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 496 pages . Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover
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Saint-Denis, E. De
ESSAIS SUR LE RIRE ET LE SOURIRE DES LATINS
Paris: Société Les Belles Lettres. Very Good. 1965. Softcover. Adhesive stains along inner cover. Former owner's name on ffep. Pages are uncut in text. Light browning to wraps. ; Texte en français. ; Publications De L'Université De Dijon; 302 pages . Société Les Belles Lettres paperback
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Kanellopoulos Panagiotes
FIVE MEN - FIVE CENTURIES: THE RISE AND FALL OF GREEK FREEDOM IN ANTIQUITY Essays on Solon Sophocles Dion Cydias and Diaios
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0297002988 . Minor edgewear to top corners. One small tear 1 cm to front panel at spine. Minor shelfwear to book. ; 159 pages . Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2324 ISBN : 0297002988 9780297002987
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West, Louis C.
IMPERIAL ROMAN SPAIN The Objects of Trade
Basil Blackwell. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. Former owner's name on ffep. Wear to head of spine. Light foxing to prelims. ; 92 pages . Basil Blackwell hardcover
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Hauvette-Besnault, Amedee
LES STRATÈGES ATHÉNIENS
Paris: Ernest Thorin. Fair. 1885. Hardcover. Chipping to wraps. Small pieces of front wrap are missing. Back wrap is no longer present. All pages are intact. Pencil underlining on a few pages. ; Texte en français. ; Bibliothèque Des Ecoles Françaises D'Athènes Et De Rome; 190 pages . Ernest Thorin hardcover
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Ehrenberg, Victor
THE GREEK STATE
Basil Blackwell. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. Minor bump to top corner. Minor pencil underlining on a few pages. Scholar's name in pencil to ffep W. P. Wallace. ; Contents: Origins of the Greek States; The Polis; Federations of States and the Federal State; the World of the Hellenistic States; Basic Facts; Structure and nature of the State; Functions of the State. ; 280 pages . Basil Blackwell hardcover
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Bonavia-Hunt, Noel A
HORACE THE MINSTREL A Practical and Aesthetic Study of His Aeolic Verse
Roundwood Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. 0900093056 . Light shelfwear. Dustjacket has a few closed tears. ; Contents: Horace and his Lyre; Was Horace a Musician; The Aeolic Odes: Sapphic ode Alcaic ode Asclepiad ode; Composing in horatian Metres; A Demonstration; An Anthology. ; 268 pages . Roundwood Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2335 ISBN : 0900093056 9780900093050
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Tanaka, Hidenaka
LEXICON LATINO-JAPONICUM
Tokyo: Kenkyusha. Very Good. 1964. Hardcover. Text on spine is faded. Minor shelfwear. ; Text is in Latin and Japanese. ; 655 pages . Kenkyusha hardcover
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Grube, G. M. A
THE GREEK AND ROMAN CRITICS
University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Minor Shelfwear to book. Light browning to DJ. Plastic is lifting off DJ. Small tear to back corner near spine. Minor edgewear to DJ. ; During the thousand years which separate Homer from Plotinus the Greeks and Romans not only created two great literatures and most of our literary genres; they also developed theories of literature and methods of criticism. These though very different from our own have nevertheless greatly influenced modern thinking especially during the early centuries of our modern literatures. Poets like Pindar Aristophanes and Horace philosophers like Plato aristotle and Philodemus orators like Cicero and Quintilian literary scholars like Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Longinus all these have left us records of their various points of view. In this book Professor Grube who is a recognized authority in this field gives us a clear full and reliable analysis of the ancient critical texts and traces the birth and developments of critical thinking thoughout the classical centuries. ; 372 pages . University of Toronto Press hardcover
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Jeffery, L. H.
ARCHAIC GREECE The City-States c. 700-500 B. C.
Ernest Benn Limited. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0510032710 . Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing to boards. One minor bump to top corner. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and tears. DJ is price-clipped. One long tear along top of front panel has been repaired by tape else Good. ; After describing in her opening chapters the typical polis its home government and colonial expansion and she gives some account of each city-state in Mainland Greece the Aegean and the coast of Asia Minor. In detailing its history and local culture as well as events which had great impact on the period-- the reforms of Solon the expulsion of tyrants--she seeks to show how each contributed to the structure of Greek society as a whole. We leave it at the end of the sixth century a country still criss-crossed with local frontiers but poised now for the defeat of Persia and the Persians. ; 272 pages . Ernest Benn Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2048 ISBN : 0510032710 9780510032715
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Mitropoulou, Elpis
FIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS OF GREEK RELIEFS
Athens: Pyli Editions. Very Good. 1976. Softcover. Very small nick to bottom of first three pages and wraps. Light discoloration to spine ; Contents: I. Pair of Female and Male Deities holding Horns of Plenty; II. Egyptian Influence on Archinos Relief; III. Three Decree Reliefs in the British Museum; IV. A New Interpretation of a Votive Relief in Athens National Museum; V. The Game of Dice Mainly on Votive Reliefs. ; 79 pages . Pyli Editions paperback
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Drake, H. A.
CONSTANTINE AND THE BISHOPS The Politics of Intolerance
The Johns Hopkins University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0801862183 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Light Bumping to bottom of spine. ; Ancient Society and History; 1.68 x 8.76 x 8.78 Inches; 632 pages; Historians who viewed imperial Rome in terms of a conflict between pagans and Christians have often regarded the emperor Constantine's conversion as the triumph of Christianity over paganism. But in Constantine and the Bishops historian H. A. Drake offers a fresh and more nuanced understanding of Constantine's rule and especially of his relations with Christians. Constantine Drake suggests was looking not only for a god in whom to believe but also a policy he could adopt. Uncovering the political motivations behind Constantine's policies Drake shows how those policies were constructed to ensure the stability of the empire and fulfill Constantine's imperial duty in securing the favor of heaven. Despite the emperor's conversion to Christianity Drake concludes Rome remained a world filled with gods and with men seeking to depose rivals from power. A book for students and scholars of ancient history and religion Constantine and the Bishops shows how Christian belief motivated and gave shape to imperial rule. . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2110 ISBN : 0801862183 9780801862182
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Vessey David
STATIUS AND THE THEBAID
Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0521200520 . Spine is cocked. Top front corner is bumped. Dustjacket is intact but has tears to extremities and three long tears and chipping. ; Combats the common notion that the Thebaid is an exercise in anachronism an episodic narrative of the Theban saga. He shows that the poem can and indeed must be reat as an elaborate and sustained allegory of the emotions-- a study in the extremes of human behaviour. ; 366 pages . Cambridge University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2112 ISBN : 0521200520 9780521200523
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Frazer, James George
THE GROWTH OF PLATO'S IDEAL THEORY An Essay
Macmillan and Co. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ is browned. Small piece of DJ is missing at heel of spine. Edgewear along top edge of DJ with chipping and small tears. Tear about 2 inches to DJ along front hinge. Book boards are slightly bowed. ; Classic study of the Platonic Dialogues. ; 114 pages . Macmillan and Co. hardcover
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McLeod Glenda & Charity Cannon Willard
THE VISION OF CHRISTINE DE PIZAN Translated from the French.
D. S. Brewer. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 1843840588 . A small puncture mark at the lower back joint. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and pocket though I believe this was never in circulation. ; The Library of Medieval Women; 0.94 x 8.43 x 5.59 Inches; 199 pages; Christine de Pizan also seen as de Pisan 13641430 was a writer and analyst of the medieval era who strongly challenged the clerical misogyny and stereotypes that were prevalent in the male-dominated realm of the arts. De Pizan completed forty-one pieces during her thirty-year career 13991429. She earned her accolade as Europes first professional woman writer Redfern 74. Her success stems from a wide range of innovative writing and rhetorical techniques that critically challenged renowned male writers such as Jean de Meun who to Pizans dismay incorporated misogynist beliefs within their literary works. In recent decades de Pizan's work has been returned to prominence by the efforts of scholars such as Charity Cannon Willard and Earl Jeffrey Richards. Certain scholars have argued that she should be seen as an early feminist who efficiently used language to convey that women could play an important role within society although this characterisation has been challenged by other critics who claim either that it is an anachronistic use of the word or that her beliefs were not progressive enough to merit such a designation Richards 1-2. . D. S. Brewer hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2029 ISBN : 1843840588 9781843840589
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Millar, Fergus
THE CROWD IN ROME IN THE LATE REPUBLIC
University of Michigan Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0472108921 . Light shelfwear to book. Former owner's name on ffep. Dustjacket has edgewear to front bottom corner that has been repaired with scotch tape by former owner. ; The Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic explores the consequences of a democracy in which public office could only be gained by direct election by the people. And while the Senate could indeed debate public matters advise other officeholders and make some administrative decisions it could not legislate. An officeholder who wanted to pass a law had to step out of the Senate-house and propose it to the people in the Forum. In an expansion and revision of his Thomas Spencer Jerome lectures Fergus Millar explores the development of the Roman Republic which by its final years had come to cover most of Italy. To exercise their rights voters had to come to Rome or to live in or near the city as about one third of them did and to meet in the Forum. Millar takes the period from 80 to 50 B. C. the dictatorship of Sulla to Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon and shows how crowd politics was central to the great changes that took place year after year. The volume will interest general readers as well as students of politics and Roman history. Technical terms are explained and foreign words are kept to a minimum. ; Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures; 1.06 x 9.32 x 6.34 Inches; 256 pages . University of Michigan Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1692 ISBN : 0472108921 9780472108923
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Calhoun, George M. and Catherine Delamere
A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GREEK LAW With an Introduction by Roscoe Pound
Argonaut Inc. Publishers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Former institution stamps on end-papers. No other ex-lib markings. ; The first volume in Harvard Series of Legal Bibliographies edited by Eldon James then the Law School's librarian who provides a general preface. Unchanged Reprint of 1927; Harvard Series of Legal Bibliographies; 8vo; 144 pages . Argonaut Inc. , Publishers hardcover
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Hurwit Jeffrey M.
THE ART AND CULTURE OF EARLY GREECE 1100-480 B.C.
Cornell University Press. Near Fine. 1996. Softcover. 080149401X . One corner very lightly lifting else Fine. ; This book incorporates the most recent archaeological discoveries and literary scholarship and offers a broad synthesis of Archaic Greek culture. ; 10 x 1 x 7 Inches; 368 pages . Cornell University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 1681 ISBN : 080149401X 9780801494017
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Engelmann, Dr. R. & W. C. F. Anderson
PICTORIAL ATLAS TO HOMER'S ILIAD AND ODYSSEY. Thirty-Six Plates Containing 225 Illustrations from Works of Ancient Art with Descriptive Text and an Epitome of the Contents of Each Book for the Use of Schools and Students of Literature and Art.
H. Grevel & Co. Very Good. 1892. Hardcover. Title page is browned. Bottom front corner is bumped. Light edgewear to corners. Edgewear with light chipping to cloth to head and heel of spine. Scratches to boards. ; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall . H. Grevel & Co. hardcover
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Taylor, Martha C
SALAMIS AND THE SALAMINIOI The History of an Unofficial Athenian Demos
J. C. Gieben. Fine with no dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 9050631975 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Archaia Hellas; 360 pages; Salamis and the Salaminioi for the first time provides a thorough investigation of the people of the island of Salamis and their status in the Classical period. The first part of the work surveys the sixth-century history of the island and challenges the communis opinio that Salamis was a klerouchy. Part II considers the setting and organization of the Classical community on the island - here called an unofficial demos. Part III investigates the demos during the tumultuous third century. Salamis and the Salaminioi will be an invaluable addition to the libraries of all those interested in Athenian history and citizenship the Kleisthenic deme system Hellenistic Athens and rural Attica. . J. C. Gieben hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1770 ISBN : 9050631975 9789050631976
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Feenstra, R.
COLLATIO IURIS IVRIS ROMANI Études Dédiées à Hans Ankum à Loccasion De Son 65e Anniversaire
J. C. Gieben. Fine. 1995. Hardcover. 9050634974 . Unwrapped in Plastic. 2 volume set. ; 2 Volume Set. Studia Amstelodamensia Ad Epigraphicam Ius Antiquum Et Papyrologicam Pertinentia 35; 746 pages; Contributors : M. Amelotti G. G. Archi P. Birks Y. Bongert C. A. Cannata J. De Churucca A. Corbino R. Feenstra J. Gaudemet Th. Giménez Candela W. M. Gordon A. S. Hartkamp A. M. Honoré M. Humbert G. Klingenberg R. Knütel Chr. Krampe L. Labruna J. -Ph. Lévy D. Liebs J. H. A. Lokin G. MacCormack A. D. Manfredini J. MélÈze Modrzejewski Th. Mayer-Maly J. Menner R. Mentxaka A. Metro J. -H. Michel J. Miquel P. L. NÈve D. Nörr A. DOrs ÝG. Pugliese J. M. Rainer H. -A. Rupprecht B. Santalucia H. C. F. Schoordijk E. J. H. Schrage P. J. Sijpesteijn J. E. Spruit P. G. Stein F. Sturm M. Talamanca L. Vacca R. Verstegen R. Vigneron A. Wacke L. Waelkens W. Waldstein H. J. Wieling L. C. Winkel W. Wolodkiewicz K. A. Worp F. B. J. Wubbe R. Yaron K. -H. Ziegler J. Zlinszky. . J. C. Gieben hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1406 ISBN : 9050634974 9789050634977
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Leunissen, Paul M. M.
KONSULN UND KONSULARE IN DER ZEIT VON COMMODUS BIS SEVERUS ALEXANDER 180-235 N. CHR. Prosopographische Untersuchungen Zur Senatorischen Elite Im Römischen Kaiserreich
J. C. Gieben. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 9050630286 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology; 505 pages; In dieser Arbeit werden die zukünftigen und gewesen Konsuln in der Zeit von Commodus bis zum Tode des Severus Alexander 180-235 untersucht. Wegen des unvermindert hohen Prestiges des Konsulates können die mit diesem Amt ausgezeichneten Senatoren der Elite des Senatorenstandes zugerechnet werden während wiederum ein Teil von ihnen wegen der Bekleidung der höchsten Aufgaben in der Zivil- und Militärverwaltung des römischen Kaiserreiches als die tatsächliche senato-rische Führungsschicht angesehen werden kann. Die Grundlage dieser Studie bildet eine Prosopographie in der die in der Reichsverwaltung dieses Zeitraums tätigen Senatoren erfaßt sind. . J. C. Gieben hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1774 ISBN : 9050630286 9789050630283
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Flinterman, Jaap-Jan
POWER PAIDEIA & PYTHAGOREANISM Greek Identity Conceptions of the Relationship between Philosophers and Monarchs and Political Ideas in Philostratus Life of Apollonius
J. C. Gieben. Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 905063236X . Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology; 10.25 x 1 x 6.5 Inches; 286 pages; The Athenian sophist Philostratus completed a romanticised biography of Apollonius of Tyana in the second or third decade of the third century A. D. One of the most striking aspects of the presentation of this firstcentury Pythagorean sage and miracleworker in the Vita Apollonii VA is his role as politically active philosopher. Not only does the protagonist of the VA regularly intervene in situa-tions of conflict in Greek cities and instruct their citi-zens on how they ought to live together but he also appears in contact with Parthian and Indian kings and Roman emperors. The present study deals with this promi-nent facet of Philostratus portrait of the Tyanean sage. There are three main issues. The first is the question of the extent to which the Apollonius tradition provided support for the image of the contacts of the protagonist of the VA with cities and monarchs. The second is consideration of how the author dealt with and elaborated these elements in his source material. The third is the question of to what extent the protagonist of the VA may be regarded as a spokesman for the explicit political views of Philostratus. In other words the aim is to analyse the image of the protagonist of the VA as a politically active philosopher as the result of the interaction between the traditions associated with a sage and miracleworker who was regarded as a representative of Pythagorean wisdom on the one hand and the paideia cultural baggage and mentality of a sophist on the other. . J. C. Gieben hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1766 ISBN : 905063236X 9789050632362
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Pritchett, W. Kendrick
ESSAYS IN GREEK HISTORY
J. C. Gieben. Fine with no dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 9050633161 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; 10 x 1 x 6.75 Inches; 340 pages; The Professor Emeritus of Greek at Berkeley offers six original papers the titles of which are indicative of the contents: - The Alleged Battle of Oinoa. - The General's Exhortations in Greek Warfare. - The General on the Battlefield. - Thucydides and Pylos. - The Roads of Akarnania. - Circumventions of the Thermopylai Pass. These studies are a by-product of Pritchett's studies on Greek military practices and Greek topography and will be of interest to students of Greek historiography since all involve problems of text and the veracity of the historians. The three topographical chapters which are based on extensive autopsy and include some new discoveries are accompanied with photographs and sketchmaps. . J. C. Gieben hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1778 ISBN : 9050633161 9789050633161
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Pritchett, W. Kendrick
GREEK ARCHIVES CULTS AND TOPOGRAPHY
J. C. Gieben. Fine. 1996. Hardcover. 9050631479 . Wrapped in Plastic. ; Archaia Hellas; 278 pages; Four original essays on Greek archives at the time of the Pentekontaetia the cults at Hyampolis and the early Thessalo-Phokian war Thucydides' campaign of Tanagra and the Hypate-Kallion route through central Greece. The book includes indexes also covering Prof. Pritchett's previously published books 'Essays in Greek History' and 'Thucydides' Pentekontaetia and Other Essays'. . J. C. Gieben hardcover
Bookseller reference : 946 ISBN : 9050631479 9789050631471
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Dunbabin, T. J.
THE WESTERN GREEKS The History of Sicily and South Italy from the Foundation of the Greek Colonies to 480 B.C.
Oxford Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. 0198142749 . Ex-library copy with usual discard stamps call numbers and pocket. Light discoloration to spine. ; Looks at the colonial history of Greece in Southern Italy and Sicily and the development of a culture rivalling that of Greece itself and the relations of Greeks and native peoples. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 504 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1801 ISBN : 0198142749 9780198142744
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Robinson, T. M. (Ed. ) ; Mary E. White
STUDIES PRESENTED TO MARY E. WHITE On the Occasion of Her Sixty-Fifth Birthday
University of Toronto Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. Minor shelfwear to boards. Gift inscription from Mary on ffep. ; Contents: Archilochus and Apollo A. J. Podlecki ; Phormion and Peisistratos Malcolm F. McGregor ; Herodotos and Euboia M. B. Wallace ; Houses of Classical Athens J. Walter Graham ; Perdiccas and Athens Cole ; Greek Historians and Greek Critics G. M. A. Grube ; Toward knowing Thucydides John Grant ; Fairness and Kindness in Thucydides Jacqueline de Romilly ; The Theramenes Myth Phillip Harding ; Arginousai Trial A. Andrewes ; Ephoros Fragment 76 and Diodoros on the Cypriote war Catherine Reid ; Phoenix Journal of the Classical Association of Canada Volume XXVIII Number 1; 143 pages; Signed by Mary E. White: "With much love Mary"; Signed by Author . University of Toronto Press hardcover
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James, Edward
THE FRANKS
Blackwell Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0631148728 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. One small chip at head of spine DJ. Very light bump to head of spine. ; The Franks first come to light in historical sources in the third century AD as a group of barbarians living in the marshy lowlands north and east of the Rhine frontier of the Roman Empire. Within three centuries they had become the most powerful of all the barbarian kingdoms the effective heirs of the Roman Empire and the founders of France. ; The Peoples of Europe; 256 pages . Blackwell Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1834 ISBN : 0631148728 9780631148722
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Veen, J. E. Van De
SIGNIFICANT AND THE INSIGNIFICANT Five Studies in Herodotus' View of History
J. C. Gieben. Fine with no dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 9050632963 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology; 154 pages; Although it is widely recognised that Solons thoughts on human life 1.30-32 are important to a correct understanding of Herodotus work little attention has been given to their narratological meaning. On the basis of a careful interpretation of five episodes this monograph argues that Solons advice look to the end establishes the viewpoint from which Herodotus stories are to be understood. This viewpoint leads to surprising conclusions as to what is and is not important to the development of history. It casts doubts especially on the magnificent role of Athens and its democracy. . J. C. Gieben hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1767 ISBN : 9050632963 9789050632966
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Myres John L.
GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY IN GREEK LANDS
Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Minor discoloration from shelfwear to boards. Light browning to inner covers. Very light edgewear to corners. Solid copy. ; Contents: Greek Lands and Greek People; Value of Ancient history; ancient geography in modern education; geography in relation to history and literature; geographical study of Greek and Roman culture; geographical aspect of greek colonization; geographical distribution of the greek city-states; causes of rise and fall in the population of the ancient world; position of the greek kingdom in the eastern mediterranean; marmara region; islands of the aegean; dodecanese. ; 381 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
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Bouchier, Edmund Spenser
LIFE AND LETTERS IN ROMAN AFRICA
Oxford: B. H. Blackwell. Good with no dust jacket. 1913. Hardcover. Boards have light soiling. Minor shelfwear to boards. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Former owner's names on ffep. Text has sporadic underlining in pencil and ink. Light foxing on a few pages. Back inner cover has notes in fountain pen and pencil. ; Contents: The African Provinces; The Three Capitals: Carthage Cirta & Caesarea; Learning and Education; Private life and amusements-- the arts; Fronto and his Circle; Philosophy and Religion--Apuleius; Poetry; Christian Africa; Vandal and Byzantine Periods; Some considerations of the style and language of African Writers. ; 128 pages . B. H. Blackwell hardcover
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Cherniss, Michael D.
BOETHIAN APOCALYPSE Studies in Middle English Vision Poetry
Pilgrim Books. Fine with no dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0937664715 . 271 pages; Contents: Part One Boethian Apocalypse: The Consolation of Philosophy; A Note on Allegory; Part Two Visions of Love and Nature: De Planctu Naturae; Roman de la Rose; Confessio Amantis; The Parliament of Fowls; Part Three: Pearl; The Book of the Duchess; The Kingis Quair; The Testament of Cresseid. . Pilgrim Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1862 ISBN : 0937664715 9780937664711
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Strauss, Barry S. & Josiah Ober
THE ANATOMY OF ERROR Ancient Military Disasters and Their Lessons for Modern Strategists
St. Martin's Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0312050518 . Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear else Fine. ; Two more books of military history written for general audiences. Strauss and Ober discuss strategic failure in the classical world in terms of defeated generals and political leaders from Xerxes of Persia to Julian the Apostate. These losers share a common incapacity to consider and overcome unexamined assumptions about themselves and their enemies say the authors. But the authors go on to defend good decision-making in relentlessly Clausewitzian terms that overlook the essential differences between the state systems of 19th-century Europe and the ancient Mediterranean. Such presentmindedness is unlikely to liberate the study of ancient history from its specialist ghetto. Karl proposes to describe situations from Thermopylae to Dien Bien Phu in which "an elite unit of soldiers stands to the last men with little hope of victory. " His definition of "elite" is extremely broad. The mixed bag of Germans and other Europeans that defended Berlin in 1945 hardly qualifies as an elite in the sense of the Theban Sacred Band. Moreover instead of concentrating on the composition motivation and behavior of these doomed units Karl writes generalized campaign history with the last stand itself sometimes dismissed in a few paragraphs. The Anatomy of Error is flawed by a restrictive analytic structure; Glorious Defiance fails to progress beyond descriptive narrative. Neither can be recommended except as supplements for large collections. ; 8.5 x 1 x 5.75 Inches; 272 pages . St. Martin's Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1885 ISBN : 0312050518 9780312050511
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Emlyn-Jones, C. J.
THE IONIANS AND HELLENISM A Study of the Cultural Achievements of the Early Greek Inhabitants of Asia Minor
Routledge Kegan & Paul. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0710004702 . Pencil underlining in text. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Light browning along top edge of DJ. ; States and Cities of Ancient Greece; 237 pages; Presents a new assessment of the art literature and philosophy of the Asia Minor Greeks -- the Ionians -- in the eighth to the sixth centuries B. C. . Routledge Kegan & Paul hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1886 ISBN : 0710004702 9780710004703
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Grant, Mary Amelia
FOLKTALE AND HERO-TALE MOTIFS IN THE ODES OF PINDAR
University of Kansas Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Description has been pasted to inner boards. Removed label has left remains on ffep. ; A systematic attempt to analyze the mythological motifs used in by Pindar. ; 172 pages . University of Kansas Press hardcover
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Schnabel, Paul
BEROSSOS UND DIE BABYLONISCH-HELLENISTISCHE LITERATUR
Georg Olms Hildesheim. Very Good. 1968. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. ; 1968 reprint of 1923 edition. ; 275 pages; Berossus also Berossos or Berosus was a Hellenistic Babylonian writer who was active at the beginning of the 3rd century BC. Text is in German. . Georg Olms Hildesheim hardcover
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Thornton, M. K. & R. L. Thornton
JULIO-CLAUDIAN BUILDING PROGRAMS A Quantitative Study in Political Management
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. Fine. 1989. Softcover. 0865162026 . 0.5 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches; 150 pages; An analysis of the Imperial Policy of Public Programs and of Labor Management. A significant contribution to a better understanding of the Early Empire and to political management in general. . Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers paperback
Bookseller reference : 1906 ISBN : 0865162026 9780865162020
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Lagerlof, Margaretha Rossholm
THE SCULPTURES OF THE PARTHENON Aesthetics and Interpretation
Yale University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0300073917 . Minor scuffing to DJ. ; 0.77 x 8.57 x 6.23 Inches; 212 pages; Margaretha Lagerlöf provides a complete overview of current knowledge of the sculptures of the Parthenon and offers new interpretations of the ancient temple`s sculptural creations in this book. She considers what the sculptures reveal about the Greek sense of democracy the nature of women`s lives and the relationship between human beings and the gods. . Yale University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1925 ISBN : 0300073917 9780300073911
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Prakken, Donald Wilson
STUDIES IN GREEK GENEALOGICAL CHRONOLOGY Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Philosophy Columbia University
Lancaster Press. Very Good. 1943. Softcover. Small piece of wrap is missing from back corner. ; Contents: The Generation in Early Greek Literature; Herodotus' Chronological Method; Thucydides and Genealogical Chronology; Ephorus and His Use of the Generation. ; 113 pages . Lancaster Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 1917
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Malamud, Martha A.
A POETICS OF TRANSFORMATION Prudentius and Classical Mythology
Cornell University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0801422493 . Very minor rubbing to DJ. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; Examines conflicting cultural religious and literary codes in the work of Prudentius 348-post 405 perhaps the most influential poet of Late Antiquity. Illuminates Prudentius' use of paradigms from classical mythology and suggests that his poetry constitutes both an analysis and a critique of the Christianity of his day. ; Cornell Studies in Classical Philology; 224 pages . Cornell University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1947 ISBN : 0801422493 9780801422492
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Tsetskhladze, G. R. & A. J. N. W. Prag & A. M. Snodgrass
PERIPLOUS Papers on Classical Art and Archaeology Presented to Sir John Boardman
Thames & Hudson. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 050005097X . Still in plastic. ; The ideas of circumnavigation suggested by the title of this volume of essays presented to one of the world's leading Classical archaeologists conjures up the sense of excitement associated with a voyage of discovery. Over 40 friends and former doctoral students whose work was supervised by John Boardman during his time as Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at Oxford University 1978-1994 have contributed essays on topics close to his heart. Now holding academic posts worldwide they all recall with pleasure the enthusiasm and encouragement of their former teacher. ; 1.65 x 10.57 x 7.73 Inches; 416 pages . Thames & Hudson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1910 ISBN : 050005097X 9780500050972
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Blackwell Thomas
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF HOMER 1736
Georg Olms Hildesheim. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 3487060027 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. ; Reprint of the 2nd edition; Anglistica & Americana; 1735. Blackwell a Scottish classical scholar first published this work anonymously. The work was intended to explain the causes of the superiority of Homer to all the poets who preceded or followed him. It shows considerable research and contains many curious and interesting details but its want of method made Bentley say that when he had gone through half of it he had forgotten the beginning and when he had finished the reading of it he had forgotten the whole. . Georg Olms Hildesheim hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1902 ISBN : 3487060027 9783487060026
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Thomas, D. Winton and W. D. McHardy (Eds. )
HEBREW AND SEMITIC STUDIES PRESENTED TO GODFREY ROLLES DRIVER In Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday 20 August 1962
Oxford University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Bottom corner is bumped. Edgewear to extremities. ; Contributors: W. F. Albright De Boer Diez-Macho Dupont-Sommer Gadd Ginsberg Gordon Hammershaimb Mowinckel Rabin Rowley Rudolph Ryckmans Thacker Ziegler. ; 206 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1899
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Callaway Jr. , Morgan
THE INFINITIVE IN ANGLO-SAXON
Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Good. 1913. Hardcover. Minor water damage to boards else VG. Small edgewear to extremities. ; 339 pages; A detailed history of the Infinitive in Anglo-Saxon. This study is based upon a statistical reading of the whole of Anglo-Saxon literature with the exception of the glosses and of a few out-of-prints. . Carnegie Institution of Washington hardcover
Bookseller reference : 442
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Wiltshire, Susan Ford
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN VERGIL'S AENEID
University of Massachusetts Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0870236504 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. ; 0.8 x 8.7 x 5.8 Inches; 172 pages; In this new reading of the Aeneid Wiltshire provides a historical perspective for the current debate over the public/private dilemma. Wiltshire traces the split between public and private back to the origins of bureaucracy in the Roman Empire. . University of Massachusetts Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1951 ISBN : 0870236504 9780870236501
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Richmond, I. A. (Ed. )
ROMAN AND NATIVE IN NORTH BRITAIN
Thomas Nelson & Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. Former owner's name on ffep. Minor browning to prelims. Top corners are bumped. ; Contents: Native Economies and the Roman Occupation of North Britain Stuart Piggott ; Roman and Native AD 80-122 John Clarke ; Roman and Native AD 122-197 J. P. Gillam ; Roman and Native in North Britain: the Severan Reorganisation K. A. Steer ; Roman and Native in the Fourth Century AD and After I. A. Richmond ; Ancient Geographical sources for Britain north of Cheviot. ; Studies in History and Archaeology; 174 pages . Thomas Nelson & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1965
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Dawe Roger D.
SOPHOCLES The Classical Heritage
Garland Publishing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0815303343 . Garland Reference Library of the Humanities; 0.94 x 8.82 x 5.82 Inches; 308 pages; Surveys the influence of Sophocles on the history of Europe and America includes Sigmund Freud "The Oedipus Complex. " . Garland Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1994 ISBN : 0815303343 9780815303343
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Harriott, Rosemary M.
ARISTOPHANES Poet & Dramatist
The Johns Hopkins University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0801832799 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. ; Book focuses on five plays: Acharnians Knights Clouds Wasps and Clouds. Harriott compares elements and compositions of different plays to demonstrate illuminating similarities and distinctions. ; 8.75 x 1 x 6 Inches; 200 pages . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1894 ISBN : 0801832799 9780801832796
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Hadzsits G. D.
CLASSICAL STUDIES IN HONOR OF JOHN C ROLFE
Ayer Co Pub. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1931. Hardcover. 0836903110 . Very minor shelfwear. ; Contents: Quintus of Smyrna and Siege of Troy; Weaver's Life in Oxyrhynchus; Some Ancient Analogues of Consideration; Sources of Aristotle's Poetics; History of the Name of the Temple of Castor in the Forum; Sophocles' Place in Greek Tragedy; "No Trespass" in Latin Linguistics; Leonardo Bruni's Translation of Act I of Plutus of Aristophanes; From Monte Gianicolo; Ancient wit and humor; Cliens in the time of Martial; Papyrus 1804 in the Michigan collection; Aniconic worship Among the Early Romans; Epigraphica; age of Roman Sacrificial Victims. ; 1 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches . Ayer Co Pub hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1968 ISBN : 0836903110 9780836903119
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Barton, Carlin A.
THE SORROWS OF THE ANCIENT ROMANS The Gladiator and the Monster
Princeton University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 069105696X . Dustjacket has minor edgewear along top with very light chipping to corners. Former owner's name on ffep. ; 0.75 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 210 pages; This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest sober law and practical politics but about extremes of despair desire and envy. Carlin Barton makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. To probe the tensions of the Roman world in the period from the first century b.c.e. through the first two centuries c.e. Barton picks two images: the gladiator and the "monster." This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest sober law and practical politics but about extremes of despair desire and envy. Carlin Barton makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. To probe the tensions of the Roman world in the period from the first century b.c.e. through the first two centuries c.e. Barton picks two images: the gladiator and the "monster." . Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1936 ISBN : 069105696X 9780691056968
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