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Vickers, Brian
TOWARDS GREEK TRAGEDY Drama Myth Society
Longman. Fine with no dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0582504473 . Comparative Tragedy I; 666 pages; Contents: I Tragedy and reality 1 Metaphysics and mystiques 2 Suffering and sympathy 3 Society religion and the individual; II Tragedy and myth 4 Myth: function and analysis 5 Structure and ethics in Greek myth 6 Myths in tragedy; III Tragic form and tragic feeling 7 The Oresteia: nature versus perversion 8 Helplessness and power in Greek tragedy: suppliant protector; oppressor revenger 9 Sophocles: suffering integrity 10 Four 'Electra' plays. Conclusion. Appendices I Else on katharsis II Kirk on myth III Matriliny patriliny and the erosion of a parent. . Longman hardcover
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Plescia, Joseph
THE OATH AND PERJURY IN ANCIENT GREECE
Florida State University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0813004322 . Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. Dustjacket has a little chipping and a couple of closed tears along bottom edge. ; 116 pages; The oath has played an important role not only in Greek society but also in other societies throughout history. This study provides necessary information about the legal and social role of the oath in ancient Greece and background information about the role of the oath in other societies throughout history. . Florida State University Press hardcover
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Meltzer, Gary S.
EURIPIDES AND THE POETICS OF NOSTALGIA
Cambridge University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0521858739 . 0.94 x 9.06 x 6.69 Inches; 278 pages; Branded by critics from Aristophanes to Nietzsche as sophistic iconoclastic and sensationalistic Euripides has long been held responsible for the demise of Greek tragedy. Despite this reputation his drama has a fundamentally conservative character. It conveys nostalgia for an idealized age that still respected the gods and traditional codes of conduct. Using deconstructionist and feminist theory this book investigates the theme of the lost voice of truth and justice in four Euripidean tragedies. The plays' unstable mix of longing for a transcendent voice of truth and skeptical analysis not only epitomizes the discursive practice of Euripides' era but also speaks to our postmodern condition. The book sheds new light on the source of the playwright's tragic power and enduring appeal revealing the surprising relevance of his works for our own day. . Cambridge University Press hardcover
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Jones, A. H. M.
THE HERODS OF JUDAEA
Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Discoloration to spine. Former owner's name on ffep. Light spotting to boards. Inner hinge is slightly cracked but book is solid. Light browning to inner covers. One map has minor writing in black ink in margin "=modern Amman in Jordan. ; First chapter deals with Antipater; the next three chapters are devoted to the life of his more famous son Herod the Great. Then follows the history of the three sons of Herod Philip Antipas and Archelaus between whom the kingdom was divided and of the Roman procurators amongst them Pontius Pilate who succeeded Archelaus. Sixth chapter describes the meteoric career of Agrippa I. The last traces the gradual exacerbation of Jewish nationalism under the renewed Roman rule and the unavailing efforts of Agrippa II to stem the revolt which brought about the final destruction of the Temple. ; 271 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
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More, Paul Elmer
PLATONISM
Princeton University Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1917. Hardcover. Pencil notes and underlining. Former owner's name on ffep from 1924. Minor shelfwear. Inner front hinge is cracked but book is solid and intact. ; An invitation to the practise of philosophy of Plato. ; 307 pages . Princeton University Press hardcover
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Green, Peter
XERXES AT SALAMIS
Praeger Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. DJ is price-clipped. Two tears to bottom corner and bottom spine of DJ. Bumping to back corner of book. Former owner's bookplate affixed to ffep. ; 326 pages; The long and bitter struggle between the great Persian Empire and the Fledgling Greek states reach its high point with the extraordinary Greek victory at Salamis. The author evokes the whole dramatic sweep of events that the Persian offense set in motion. . Praeger Publishers hardcover
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Watson, George Ronald
THE ROMAN SOLDIER
Thames & Hudson. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. 0500400083 . Dustjacket has minor fading to spine. Light shelfwear. ; This book is a study of the life and training of the Roman soldier from enlistment to discharge. Covers the period of the Empire to the accession of Diocletian and pays especial regard to ranks below the centurionate. Takes account not only of the legions and the auxiliary forces but also of the praetorian guard and the urban cohorts the Vigiles and the imperial fleets. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman life; 256 pages . Thames & Hudson hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3341 ISBN : 0500400083 9780500400081
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Cameron, Averil
THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD IN LATE ANTIQUITY AD 395-600
Routledge. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0415014204 . Minor bump to top corner. Dustjacket has minor rubbing. ; "The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity: AD 395-600" deals with the period commonly known as "late antiquity" - the fifth and sixth centuries. The Roman Empire in the west was splitting into separate Germanic kingdoms while the Near East still under Roman or Byzantine rule from Constantinople maintained a dense population and flourishing urban culture until the Persian and Arab invasions of the early seventh century. The book is intended for teachers and students in both ancient and medieval history. Averil Cameron places her emphasis on the material and literary evidence for cultural change and offers a new and original challenge to traditional assumptions of "decline and fall" and "the end of antiquity". The book draws on the recent spate of scholarship on this period to discuss in detail controversial issues such as the capacity of the late Roman army the late antique city and the nature of economic exchange and cultural life. With its extensive annotation it provides a lively and often critical introduction to earler approaches to the period. Contents: 1. Constantinople and the eastern empire in the fifth century 2. The empire the barbarians and the late Roman army 3. Church and society 4. Late Roman social structures and the late Roman economy. 5. Justinian and reconquest 6. Culture and mentality 7. Urban change and the end of Antiquity 8. The Eastern Mediterranean-- settlement and change. ; Routledge History of the Ancient World; 1 x 1 x 5.75 Inches; 251 pages . Routledge hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2631 ISBN : 0415014204 9780415014205
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Thalmann William G.
DRAMATIC ART IN AESCHYLUS'S SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
Yale University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0300022190 . Edgewear to corners. Minor shelfwear. Former owner's name on inner cover. ; Professor Thalmann researches Greek epic and drama. In particular he studies how performances of ancient texts were the occasion for the convergence of class and gender discourses and the role of these texts within contemporary social and political processes. He is also interested in approaches to ancient cultures through anthropology and political theory. ; Yale Classical Monographs; 0.79 x 9.47 x 6.38 Inches; 193 pages . Yale University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3351 ISBN : 0300022190 9780300022193
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Scarborough, John
ROMAN MEDICINE
Cornell University Press. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0801405254 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. First 15 pages have a tear that has been repaired with tape; Discusses in considerable detail the major aspects of Roman medicine which he describes as a synthesis of medical traditions from the Greek Hellenistic and Roman worlds. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman life; 238 pages . Cornell University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2713 ISBN : 0801405254 9780801405259
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Hoffmann, Herbert & A. E. Raubitschek (coll.)
EARLY CRETAN ARMORERS With the Collaboration of A. E. Raubitschek
Philipp Von Zabern. Fine with no dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 57 pp of plates; Fogg Art Museum Monographs in Art and Archaeology; 69 pages; Some Contents: Descriptive Catalog; Inscriptions; The Technique; Related finds of Cretan Armor; Some Groupings; Representations; Chronology; Appendices: A Mitra inscribed with a Law; The cuirasses of the 'Olympia Group'; Metallographic Examination of Some Fragments of Cretan Bronze Armor from Afrati. . Philipp Von Zabern hardcover
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Millar, Fergus
THE ROMAN NEAR EAST 31 BC - AD 337
Harvard University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0674778855 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Minor bumping to head of spine. ; Carl Newell Jackson Lectures; 9.5 x 1.5 x 6.75 Inches; 624 pages; From Augustus to Constantine the Roman Empire in the Near East expanded step by step southward to the Red Sea and eastward across the Euphrates to the Tigris. In a remarkable work of interpretive history Fergus Millar shows us this world as it was forged into the Roman provinces of Syria Judaea Arabia and Mesopotamia. His book conveys the magnificent sweep of history as well as the rich diversity of peoples religions and languages that intermingle in the Roman Near East. Against this complex backdrop Millar explores questions of cultural and religious identity and ethnicity--as aspects of daily life in the classical world and as part of the larger issues they raise. As Millar traces the advance of Roman control he gives a lucid picture of Rome's policies and governance over its far-flung empire. He introduces us to major regions of the area and their contrasting communities bringing out the different strands of culture communal identity language and religious belief in each. The Roman Near East makes it possible to see rabbinic Judaism early Christianity and eventually the origins of Islam against the matrix of societies in which they were formed. Millar's evidence permits us to assess whether the Near East is best seen as a regional variant of Graeco-Roman culture or as in some true sense oriental. A masterful treatment of a complex period and world distilling a vast amount of literary documentary artistic and archaeological evidence--always reflecting new findings--this book is sure to become the standard source for anyone interested in the Roman Empire or the history of the Near East. . Harvard University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2626 ISBN : 0674778855 9780674778856
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Fantham, Elaine
COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN REPUBLICAN LATIN IMAGERY
University of Toronto Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0802052622 . Former owner's name stamped on ffep. ; Analyses the conservative imagery of Terence and of Cicero's letters contrasting this naturalistic language with the fantasies of Plautus and the formalization of Cicero's speeches. Numerous illustrative passages from Greek New Comedy Terence Plautus and Cicero are reproduced in the text. ; Phoenix supplementary volume 10; 222 pages . University of Toronto Press hardcover
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Kitzinger Margeret Rachel
THE CHORUSES OF SOPHOKLES' ANTIGONE AND PHILOKTETES Dance of Words
Brill Academic Publishers. Fine with no dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 9004165142 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Mnemosyne Supplements. Monographs on Greek and Roman Language and Literature; 0.6 x 9.7 x 6.4 Inches; 146 pages; Dance of Words argues for a fundamental difference in the modes of expression of actor and chorus. The chorus views the action from the perspective of dancers and singers while the actors' understanding is shaped by the responsibility they have to make things happen. While this responsibility fashions the actors' considerations of cause and effect linear movement through time and space and a sense of history the chorus' sensibilities arise out of the rhythms of its song and movements. Its mode of expression is a particular way of communicating and elaborating on man's place in the larger order and its view of the action is bounded by the way that song and dance mirror that order. . Brill Academic Publishers hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3355 ISBN : 9004165142 9789004165144
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Cicero; W. W. How & A. C. Clark (Intro. )
CICERO: SELECT LETTERS With Historical Introductions and Appendices. Together with a Critical Introduction.
Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good. 1959-62. Hardcover. Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Minor edgewear to extremities. Volume 2 has Mild fraying to spine ends. Volume 1 has lightly marked pencil notes to portions of text passim. ; 2 Volume Set. Vol. 1: Text & Vol. 2: Notes. ; 2 Volume Set . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
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Gow, A. S. F. & D. L. Page
THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY VOLUME II ONLY The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams. Volume II: Commentary and Indexes
Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. DJ is price-clipped. DJ is chipped at top corners. A couple of small closed tears along bottom edge of DJ. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. Book has very minor shelfwear. ; Volume 2 ONLY: Commentary and Indexes. ; Volume 2 Only; 1008 pages . Cambridge University Press hardcover
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Rostovtzeff Mikhail I.
THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE HELLENISTIC WORLD 3 Volume Set
Oxford Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. Ex-library set with usual stamps and call numbers. Ex-reference set. Tape stains to front and back endpapers. No writing in text of set. Very minor Shelfwear to set. ; 3 Volume Set . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
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Bruce, I. A. F.
AN HISTORICAL COMMENTARY ON THE HELLENICA OXYRHYNCHIA
Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. 0521043522 . Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Cambridge Classical Studies; 190 pages; Commentaries on the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia an anonymous history of events in the Greek world in the late fifth and early fourth centuries BC have usually dealt almost entirely with problems of the text. In this book Dr Bruce has written an historical commentary basing his work on both the London and Florence papyri which between them provide all the surviving fragments of the text. Dr Bruce begins with a brief description of the two papyri. He then discusses the Oxyrhynchus historian's style and method - his sources chronology bias interest in causation etc. The introduction ends with a résumé of the numerous theories of the author's identity Dr Bruce favours either Cratippus or an author not known to us by name at all. The main part of the commentary is arranged in the form of notes on the sections of the Greek text with occasional detailed notes on particular words or phrases. There are appendices on the Battle of Sardis and the Constitution of Boeotia; and the book concludes with a full biography. Dr Bruce's book is a complete guide available for further historical study of the Hellenica Oxyrhynchia. . Cambridge University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3377 ISBN : 0521043522 9780521043526
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Grainger, John D.
THE CITIES OF SELEUKID SYRIA
Oxford Clarendon Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0198146949 . Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 1.02 x 8.5 x 5.67 Inches; 264 pages; This book is the first detailed study of the foundation history government growth and decline of the cities founded in Syria by Seleukos I in 301BC shortly after the time of Alexander the Great. It throws new light on an important period in ancient history. In particular Dr Grainger concentrates on the relationship between the kings and the cities in their kingdoms and reveals that former theories concerning such a relationship require drastic revision. Most importantly the relationship is shown to have been much more to the kings' advantage than previous discussions on Hellenistic states have supposed. He argues in fact that neither the kings nor the cities intended the cities to be autonomous or independent since they were far too reliant on royal support against the enmity of the surrounding population. Evidence for this can be seen in the actions of the cities on the collapse of the Seleukid dynasty in the first century BC; then they were forced to cast about for a new protector and eventually accepted Rome albeit reluctantly. Dr Grainger discusses the differing fate of the cities during this process when some failed altogether most declined and only one Antioch prospered. . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3378 ISBN : 0198146949 9780198146940
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Crees, James Harold Edward
CLAUDIAN AS AN HISTORICAL AUTHORITY
L'Erma Di Bretschneider. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. Light foxing to ffeps. In red cloth with gilt letters on spine. Interior clean and tight. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1908 Edition. ; Studia Historica 62; 259 pages; Estimates the value of Claudian's poems as historical authorities chiefly for the years 395-404 AD. . L'Erma Di Bretschneider hardcover
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Hammond, N. G. L.
THE MACEDONIAN STATE The Origins Institutions and History
Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1993. Softcover. 0198149271 . Top corner of wrap has slight tear. ; Clarendon Paperbacks; 0.97 x 9.23 x 6.24 Inches; 440 pages; In 338 BC Philip II of Macedon established Macedonian rule over Greece; he was succeeded in 336 by his son Alexander the Great whose conquests in the twelve years that followed reached as far as the Russian steppes Afghanistan and the Punjab and created the Hellenistic world. The study of Macedonia is now a growing point in ancient history. The first ever history of ancient Macedonia has now been completed in three volumes by N. G. L. Hammond helped by G. T. Griffith and F. W. Walbank. On the basis of that work Professor Hammond now provides in one volume a history of the Macedonian state and its institutions both in Europe and in the Hellenistic kingdoms in Asia and Egypt on which much new light has been shed by epigraphic and archaeological discoveries. Those institutions have had a profound influence on subsequent history. Full references are given to the ancient sources of information and to archaeological numismatic and epigraphic articles. . Oxford University Press paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3380 ISBN : 0198149271 9780198149279
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Menander; Colinus Austin (Colin Austin) (ed.)
MENANDRI ASPIS ET SAMIA I: Textus Cum Apparatu Critico Et Indices & II: Subsidia Interpretationis
Walter De Gruyter & Co. Very Good. 1969. Softcover. 3110013061 . Volume I: has staining to front wrap with minor sticker damage Light shelfwear. Volume II: Light shelfwear; Greek text with critical apparatus in Latin. X 105 pp. indexes viii 108 pp; 2 Volume Set . Walter De Gruyter & Co. paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3382 ISBN : 3110013061 9783110013061
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Proctor, Sir Dennis
HANNIBAL'S MARCH IN HISTORY
Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0198142986 . Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Very light foxing to textblock. ; A scholarly chronology and routing of the march. ; 242 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3381 ISBN : 0198142986 9780198142980
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Levi, Mario Attilio
ERCOLE E ROMA
L'Erma Di Bretschneider. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. Softcover. 8870629600 . SC with DJ. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing with one small closed tear along top edge. ; Monografie Del Centro Ricerche Di Documentazione Sull'antichità Classica; 148 pages . L'Erma Di Bretschneider paperback
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Rose, H. J.
RELIGION IN GREECE AND ROME With a New Introduction by the Author
Harper & Row. Very Good-. 1959. Softcover. Edgewear to extremities. Chipping along spine ends. Former classics scholar's name on ffep R. Shepherd. Light Pencil marginalia on a few pages. ; 312 pages . Harper & Row paperback
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Lewis, Naphtali
THE FIFTH CENTURY B.C. Greek Historical Documents
A. M. Hakkert. Very Good. 1971. Softcover. 0888665040 . Top corner of wraps creased. Minor shelfwear. Former classics scholar's name on ffep W. M. McLeod ; Looks at extant fifth-century documents with particular focus on Athens. Omits major authors to concentrate on lesser lights like Diodorus of Sicily and Pseudo-Xenophon. ; 124 pages . A. M. Hakkert paperback
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Reinhold, Meyer
PAST AND PRESENT The Continuity of Classical Myth
A. M. Hakkert. Very Good. 1972. Softcover. 0888665091 . Former classics scholar's name on ffep R. Shepherd. Pencil underlining on a few pages. Edgewear to extremities. Spine sunned. ; Study of mythology; 1.25 x 8.75 x 5.75 Inches; 449 pages . A. M. Hakkert paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3408 ISBN : 0888665091 9780888665096
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Coleman, Janet
MEDIEVAL READERS AND WRITERS 1350-1400
Columbia University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0231053649 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Minor bumping to top corners. ; 337 pages; Concerned with Anglo-Norman Latin and Middle English and with the way in which social change-- particularly the growth of lay literacy and social mobility-- is expressed in literature. . Columbia University Press hardcover
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Tristram, Philippa
FIGURES OF LIFE AND DEATH IN MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LITERATURE
New York University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0814781586 . Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. ; 245 pages; Most studies of medieval literature concentrate on writers or genres. Here for the first time the figures themselves are studied as a coherent group. Each figure is explored first in the minor works of literature whether lyric drama romance or sermon and then in its fulfilment in the genius of Chaucer Langland and the Gawain-poet. . New York University Press hardcover
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Takamiya, Toshiyuki & Richard Beadle
CHAUCER TO SHAKESPEARE Essays in honour of Shinsuke Ando
D. S. Brewer. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0859913511 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Minor shelfwear. ; 1 x 9.25 x 6 Inches; 270 pages; Professor Shinsuke Ando of the University of Keio is among the most distinguished scholars of medieval and Renaissance English literature. To celebrate his sixtieth birthday friends and colleagues from around the world have contributed to this collection of essays on topics of special interest to him including Chaucer Gower Malory medieval romance sixteenth-century drama Sidney and Shakespeare. The Western European and US contributors are: LORD BUTTERFIELD THWAITE BREWER HARDY KERRIGAN FICHTE MROCZKOWSKI HAAS AXTON AHRENS SPEARING BURROW MORSE BEADLE BLAKE WINDEATT. The Japanese contributors are: FUJII IWASAKI NOGUCHI NOJIMA OIZUMI TAKADA TAKAHASHI TAKAMIYA UENO KAWACHI. . D. S. Brewer hardcover
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Heurgon, Jacques
THE RISE OF ROME TO 264 B.C.
University of California Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0520017951 . Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Book has minor shelfwear. DJ is price-clipped. ; An introduction to Early Roman history in the context of the peopling and development of the western Mediterranean. Contents: Original Population; Etruscans in Etruria; External Influences on Civilization in Italy; Rome under the Kings; Roman Republic etc.; 344 pages . University of California Press hardcover
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Monro, D. B.
THE MODES OF ANCIENT GREEK MUSIC
Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Light discoloration to spine. Mild edgewear to extremities. Foxing to ffeps. ; Scarce First edition. ; 145 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
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Bowers, John M.
THE POLITICS OF PEARL Court Poetry in the Age of Richard II
D. S. Brewer. Good with no dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0859915999 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. 'Write-off' has been stamped to top of textblock. Book appears unread. Very light shelfwear. ; 0.63 x 9.21 x 6.14 Inches; 264 pages; This is an entirely new and original reading of 'Pearl' placing the anonymous masterpiece in the context of the Cheshire coterie that flourished at the court of Richard II during the 1390s. The brilliance of its poetic construction has long been acknowledged but here 'Pearl' is also shown to engage with the social religious and political events of the late fourteenth century. The poem's defense of infant baptism is seen as countering Lollard criticism of the sacraments its retelling of the Parable of the Vineyard as offering scriptural support to the aims of the Statute of Labourers. The poem's dazzling representation of aristocratic magnificence - jewelled crowns gem-embroidered gowns livery badges civic processions and monumental architecture - studied in this context relates to the spectacular royal culture of one of England's most ambitious monarchs. The courtly elegy offered consolation after the death of Anne of Bohemia while its vision of a royal child-bride figured in the intense national debate over the king's prospective marriage to the six-year-old Isabelle of France. Richard II's fall from power brought to an end not simply Cheshire privilege but also a poetic tradition that produced some of the finest works of English literature most notably 'Pearl' and 'Gawain and the Green Knight'. . D. S. Brewer hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2877 ISBN : 0859915999 9780859915991
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Monro, D. B.
THE MODES OF ANCIENT GREEK MUSIC
Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Light discoloration to spine. Mild shelfwear. Foxing to ffeps. Gift inscription on ffep: "L. W. Hudson from M. T. Tatham"-- M. T. Tatham a classics scholar at the end of the 19th C. ; Scarce First edition. ; 145 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
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Simonsohn Shlomo
THE JEWS IN SICILY Volume 2 1302-1391
Brill Academic Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 9004116834 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae; 1.8 x 9.5 x 6.1 Inches; 576 pages; This volume in the series Documentary History of the Jews in Italy illustrates the history of the Jews in Sicily for most of the fourteenth century. It is the sequel to the first volume on the history of the Jews in Sicily and illustrates the events of the first century of Aragonese rule over the island. During that period often unsettled by political upheavals the Jewish minority flourished economically but suffered along with the rest of the population during civil war and uprisings of the barons. Some thousand documents many of them published here for the first time record the fortunes of the Jews and their relationships with the authorities and their Christian neighbours. Much new information has come to light and many facets of Jewish life in Sicily have been uncovered. . Brill Academic Publishers hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2886 ISBN : 9004116834 9789004116832
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Corcoran, Simon
THE EMPIRE OF THE TETRARCHS Imperial Pronouncements and Government AD 284-324
Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0198149840 . Very light shelfwear to heel of spine else Fine. ; Oxford Classical Monographs; 1.11 x 8.74 x 5.7 Inches; 424 pages; The era of Diocletan and Constantine is a significant period for the Roman empire with far-reaching administrative changes that established the structure of government for three hundred years - a time when the Christian church passed from persecution to imperial favour. It is also a complex period of co-operation and rivalry between a number of co-emperors the result of Diocletian's experiment of government by four rulers the tetrarchs. This book examines imperial government at this crucial but often neglected period of transition through a study of the the pronouncement that the emperors and their officials produced drawing together material from a wide variety of sources: the law codes Christian authors inscritpions and papyri. The study covers the format composition and promulgation of documents and includes chronological catalogues of imperial letters and edicts as well as extended discussions of the Gregorian and Hermogenian Codes and the ambitious Prices Edict. Much of this has had little detailed coverage in English before. There is also a chapter that elucidates the relative powers of the members of the imperial college. Finally Dr Corcoran assesses how effectively the machinery of government really matched the ambitions of the emperors. . Oxford University Press hardcover
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Morison, Stanley
POLITICS AND SCRIPT Aspects of Authority and Freedom in the Development of Graeco-Latin Script from the Sixth Century B. C. to the Twentieth Century A. D.
Oxford Clarendon Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0198181469 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and institution plates. DJ is protected in plastic. Dustjacket has edgewear with minor chipping and a few tears some repaired with adhesive tape. ; The Lyell lectures; 361 pages; The central argument of Stanley Morison's work is that the development of script inscriptional calligraphic or typographical has been the result of changes in religious or political environment of friction between church and state and of the schism between Eastern and Western Christendom. Morison begins with an example of alphabetic forms on a 6th century BC gravestone from Melos and proceeds through commentary on a notable collection of more than 180 illustrated specimens to trace the career of the Graeco-Roman alphabet up to its use in newspaper typefaces of the 1950s. He also seeks to show that the most widely used printers' typefaces of the twentieth century owe more to their Greek than to their Roman antecedents. . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2895 ISBN : 0198181469 9780198181460
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Hannestad Niels
ROMAN ART AND IMPERIAL POLICY
Aarhus University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 8772880430 . Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. 2 small tears to cloth at head and heel of spine. ; A look at the Architecture coins friezes statuary and frescoes and how the Romans cleverly used these forms to disseminate their ideals and how this influenced Rome's development from republic to an empire. ; Jutland Archaeological Society publications; 485 pages . Aarhus University Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2948 ISBN : 8772880430 9788772880433
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Staples, Ariadne
FROM GOOD GODDESS TO VESTAL VIRGINS Sex and Category in Roman Religion
Routledge. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0415132339 . Very minor edgewear to top corners of DJ else Fine. ; 0.79 x 8.43 x 5.67 Inches; 207 pages; The role of women in Roman culture and society was a paradoxical one. They enjoyed social material and financial independence yet they were denied basic constitutional rights. Although Roman history is not short of powerful female figures such as Agrippina and Livia their power stemmed from their associations with great men and was not officially recognized. Ariadne Staples' book examines how women in Rome were perceived both by themselves and by men through women's participation in Roman religion as Roman religious ritual provided the single public arena where women played a significant formal role. From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins argues that the ritual roles played out by women were vital in defining them sexually and that these sexually defined categories spilled over into other aspects of Roman culture including political activity. Staples provides an arresting and original analysis of the role of women in Roman society which challenges traditionally held views and provokes further questions. . Routledge hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2949 ISBN : 0415132339 9780415132336
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Bol, Peter C.
FORSCHUNGEN ZUR VILLA ALBANI Katalog Der Antiken Bildwerke Bd.5. in Den Gärten Oder Auf Gebäuden Aufgestellte Skulpturen Sowie Die Masken
Gebr. Mann Verlag. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 3786119457 . In German. ; Vol. 5 . Gebr. Mann Verlag hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2936 ISBN : 3786119457 9783786119456
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Hopp, Joachim
UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZUR GESCHICHTE DER LETZTEN ATTALIDEN
C. H. Beck. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 3406047955 . Minor edgewear to top edge of DJ. Light rubbing to DJ. Light shelfwear to book. ; Vestigia: Beiträge Zur Alten Geschichte; 167 pages . C. H. Beck hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2943 ISBN : 3406047955 9783406047954
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Tarn William Woodthorpe
ANTIGONOS GONATAS King of Macedonia 276-239 BC
Argonaut Inc. Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Minor shelfwear to textblock and boards. ; The first of the modern biographies of great Hellenistic kings is surely W. W. Tarn's Antigonos Gonatas originally published in 1913. Tarn's book is biography on a grand scale; he aims not only to recount Antigonos' political career but to bring to life the man and his times and there is no missing his genuine admiration for his subject. ; 501 pages . Argonaut Inc. , Publishers hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2954
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Rilinger, Rolf
DER EINFLUSS EINFLUß DES WAHLLEITERS BEI DEN RÖMISCHEN KONSULWAHLEN VON 366 BIS 50 V. CHR
C. H. Beck. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 3406047947 . Dustjacket has edgewear with light chipping to head of spine. Dustjacket has minor soiling. ; Vestigia: Beiträge Zur Alten Geschichte; 215 pages . C. H. Beck hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2942 ISBN : 3406047947 9783406047947
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Binder, Gerhard
SAECULUM AUGUSTUM 3 VOLUME SET I. Herrschaft Und Gesellschaft; II. Religion Und Literatur; III. Kunst Und Bildersprache.
Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. Very light shelfwear to djs. Former owner's name on ffeps of set. ; 3 volume Set in German. 1987-1991. VIII 411 IX 481 und VIII 424 pp; 3 Volume Set. Wege Der Forschung; Vol. 1/3/2025 . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2933
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Dover Kenneth
HOMOSEXUALITÄT IN DER GRIECHISCHEN ANTIKE
C. H. Beck. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 3406073743 . Pencil underlining on 2-3 pages. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing.; In German; 244 pages . C. H. Beck hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2941 ISBN : 3406073743 9783406073748
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Klodt Claudia
BESCHEIDENE GRÖßE GROSSE Die Herrschergestalt Der Kaiserpalast Und Die Stadt Rom : Literarische Reflexionen Monarchischer Selbstdarstellung
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 3525252366 . Minor rubbing to boards. ; Hypomnemata; 0.55 x 9.37 x 6.22 Inches; 138 pages . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2929 ISBN : 3525252366 9783525252369
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Gabelmann, Hanns
ANTIKE AUDIENZ- UND TRIBUNALSZENEN
Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 3534087852 . Minor discoloration to boards. ; 232 pages . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2924 ISBN : 3534087852 9783534087853
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Balty, Jean Charles
PORTRÄT UND GESELLSCHAFT IN DER RÖMISCHEN WELT
P. Von Zabern. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 3805316224 . Very minor rubbing to boards. ; Trierer Winckelmannsprogramm; 36 pages . P. Von Zabern hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2925 ISBN : 3805316224 9783805316224
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Schrapel Thomas
DAS REICH DER KLEOPATRA Quellenkritische Untersuchungen Zu Den "Landschenkungen" Mark Antons
Trierer Historische Forschungen. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 3923087330 . Appears to be missing the map else Fine. ; Trierer Historische Forschungen; 300 pages . Trierer Historische Forschungen hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2930 ISBN : 3923087330 9783923087334
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Kuhnert, Barbara, Volker Riedel & Rismag Gordesiani (Eds)
PRINZIPAT UND KULTUR IM 1. UND 2. JAHRHUNDERT Wissenschaftliche Tagung Der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Und Der Iwane-Dshawachischwili-Universität Tbilissi 27. - 30. Oktober 1992 in Jena.
Dr. Rudolf Habelt. Near Fine. 1995. Softcover. 3774926743 . Mild crease to back wrap else Fine ; 332 pages . Dr. Rudolf Habelt paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2897 ISBN : 3774926743 9783774926745
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