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Wilkes J. J.
DALMATIA
Harvard University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. 0674189507 . Rubbing to DJ has cause colour loss along spine and edges. Light Edgewear to DJ. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Plus pull-out map and 57 b&w plates. This is the first general study of Roman Dalmatia to appear for more than eighty years and it draws extensively on the recent research of Yugoslav and other European scholars. Introductory chapters deal with the Roman conquest and organization of the province. The Roman administration and garrison is examined in detail with emphasis on its contribution to the development of institutions of local government. There are sections on the identity society and economy of the native peoples at the time of the Roman conquest. ; History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire; 572 pages . Harvard University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2235 ISBN : 0674189507 9780674189508
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Bowersock G. W.
ROMAN ARABIA
Harvard University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0674777557 . Former owner's name on ffep. Else fine. ; First authoritative history of the Roman Province of Arabia which encompassed modern Jordan southern Syria northwest Saudi Arabia and the Negev from the fourth century B. C. To the age of Constantine. ; 8.75 x 1 x 6 Inches; 224 pages . Harvard University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2236 ISBN : 0674777557 9780674777552
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Price A. W.
LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP IN PLATO AND ARISTOTLE
Clarendon Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0198249640 . Minor Shelfwear. Dustjacket has small abrasion along the spine which has rubbed the colour off else NF; This book explores for the first time an idea common to both Plato and Aristotle: although people are separate their lives need not be; one person's life may overflow into another's so that helping someone else is a way of serving oneself. Price considers how this idea unites the philosophers' treatments of love and friendship which are otherwise very different and demonstrates that this view of love and friendship applied not only to personal relationships but also to the household and even the city-state promises to resolve the old dichotomy between egoism and altruism. ; 278 pages . Clarendon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2043 ISBN : 0198249640 9780198249641
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Ehrenberg Victor
FROM SOLON TO SOCRATES Greek History and Civilization During the 6th and 5th Centuries B.C.
Methuen Publishing Ltd. Very Good-. 1968. Softcover. 0416699901 . Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Light staining to textblock. ; University Paperbacks; 512 pages; The dual purpose of this book is to describe the greatest period of Greek history in all its aspects political and military as well as economic religious and cultural and to take into account the uncertainties of modern scholarship. . Methuen Publishing Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : 2057 ISBN : 0416699901 9780416699906
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Powell Anton
ATHENS AND SPARTA Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC
Areopagitica Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0918400090 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and creasing along bottom of spine. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Book has minor shelfwear along bottom edge of boards. ; Athens and Sparta is an essential handbook to the study of fifth century Greek history and society. It encourages the reader to engage critically with the evidence presenting a wide selection of ancient source material along with clear analysis and narrative.; 423 pages . Areopagitica Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2049 ISBN : 0918400090 9780918400093
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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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Harris Edward M.
AESCHINES AND ATHENIAN POLITICS
Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0195082850 . 0.88 x 9.4 x 6.34 Inches; 248 pages; Filling a major gap in scholarship this is the first full-length study of the Athenian politician Aeschines. Along with Isocrates Aeschines was one of the most prominent Athenian politicians who advocated friendly ties with the Macedonian king Philip II. Though overshadowed by his famous rival Demosthenes Aeschines played a key role in the decisive events that marked the rise of Macedonian power in Greece and formed the transition from the Classical to the Hellenistic period. Three long speeches by Aeschines all delivered in court battles with his opponent Demosthenes have been preserved and provide us with valuable information about Athenian politics during a major turning point in Greek history. This study of Aeschines' political career examines the reliability of court speeches as historical evidence and shows how they help reveal how democratic institutions actually functioned in Athens when faced with the rise of Macedonian power. . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2123 ISBN : 0195082850 9780195082852
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Mirhady David C.
INFLUENCES ON PERIPATETIC RHETORIC Essays in Honor of William W. Fortenbaugh
Brill Academic Publishers. Fine with no dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 9004156682 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Philosophia Antiqua; 0.92 x 9.55 x 7.11 Inches; 512 pages; There has recently been a great deal of scholarship on the origins of rhetoric as well as on important 4th-century figures such as Isocrates and Alcidamas. This volumes focuses particularly on the generation before Aristotle wrote his Rhetoric the central text of ancient Greek rhetorical theory. Individual papers concentrate on different aspects of the Peripatetics' writings both of Aristotle and Theophrastus their thoughts on character emotion logos style and metaphor the influences of dramatic writings the relationship with Plato and with the Rhetorica ad Alexandrum and the historical contexts. Some papers offer close readings of individual passages while others tease out information based on fragmentary references. All of the papers offer original insights based on a thorough knowledge of the original texts. . Brill Academic Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2108 ISBN : 9004156682 9789004156685
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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 1364�1430 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 1399�1429. She earned her accolade as Europe�s 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 Pizan�s 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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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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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 ; 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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Kagan Donald
THE FALL OF THE ATHENIAN EMPIRE
Cornell University Press. Very Good. 1991. Softcover. 0801499844 . Remainder mark to bottom of textblock. ; 1.16 x 9.05 x 5.94 Inches; 455 pages . Cornell University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 1745 ISBN : 0801499844 9780801499845
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Boatwright Mary T.
HADRIAN AND THE CITIES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Princeton University Press. Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0691048894 . Remainder mark to bottom of textblock else Fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243 pages; Cities throughout the Roman Empire flourished during the reign of Hadrian A. D. 117-138 a phenomenon that not only strengthened and legitimized Roman dominion over its possessions but also revealed Hadrian as a masterful negotiator of power relationships. In this comprehensive investigation into the vibrant urban life that existed under Hadrian's rule Mary T. Boatwright focuses on the emperor's direct interactions with Rome's cities exploring the many benefactions for which he was celebrated on coins and in literary works and inscriptions. Although such evidence is often as imprecise as it is laudatory its collective analysis undertaken for the first time together with all other related material reveals that over 130 cities received at least one benefaction directly from Hadrian. The benefactions mediated by members of the empire's municipal elite touched all aspects of urban life they included imperial patronage of temples and hero tombs engineering projects promotion of athletic and cultural competitions settlement of boundary disputes and remission of taxes. . Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1786 ISBN : 0691048894 9780691048895
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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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Ferrero Guglielmo & Alfred E. Zimmern trans.
THE GREATNESS AND DECLINE OF ROME Volume I: the Empire-Builders.
William Heinemann. Good. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Chipping to backstrip along head and back hinge. Former copy of W. McLeod classics professor. Back board has discoloration. Darkening to spine. Bottom corners bumped. ; Volume I only. . William Heinemann hardcover
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Jones A. H. M.
THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE 284-602 A Social Economic and Administrative Survey
University of Oklahoma Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. No DJs as issued. The set is Fine with the most minor of shelfwear. The slipcase is present but is split in places in fair condition. ; The present massive work must be considered one of the greatest historical achievements of our age. The period chosen is from the accession of Diocletian to the death of Maurice-- an interval of 318 years. The author devotes himself to the empire as such its social characteristics economic life and administrative structure. His account of a declining state and culture drawn from rich historical sources must be considered of prime importance to all students of the period. ; 2 Volume Set . University of Oklahoma Press hardcover
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Farnell Lewis R.
THE CULTS OF THE GREEK STATES
Oxford Clarendon Press. Fair. 1907. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Light browning to bottom of pages. Very light foxing to prelims. Worn corners and spine ends. Spine backstrip is separated from cloth along front bottom and back hinge but still attached. Hinges are loose but still solid. Fair to good. ; Volume 3 only. A Classic for Greek religion. ; 393 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
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Sancisi Weerdenburg Heleen
PEISISTRATOS AND THE TYRANNY A Reappraisal of the Evidence
J. C. Gieben. Fine with no dust jacket. 2000. Softcover. 9050634168 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Publications of the Netherlands Institute at Athens; 0.5 x 9.25 x 6 Inches; 195 pages; The period when the tyrants dominated Athens is a very intriguing one. The historiographical evidence is of a late date and often of a puzzling nature. Connections between historiography and the archaeological evidence are not unproblematic. Is the traditional interpretation of the Peisistratids as sponsors of the arts sufficiently documented in our sources What was the nature of the resistance they met with What did the Athenian army look like in the second half of the sixth century What was the level of institutional organisation of the Athenian state in this period How does the tyranny compare to anthropological theory These are the questions addressed in this volume by a group of Dutch archaeologists and ancient historians. . J. C. Gieben paperback
Bookseller reference : 1763 ISBN : 9050634168 9789050634168
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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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Crielaard Jan Paul
HOMERIC QUESTIONS Essays in Philology Ancient History and Archaeology Including the Papers of a Conference Organized by the Netherlands Institute At Athens Athens May 15 1993
J. C. Gieben. Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 9050630952 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Publications of the Netherlands Institute At Athens; 1 x 10 x 6.75 Inches; 328 pages; Contents: Ruijgh C. J. : D�Hom�re aux origines proto-myc�niennes de la tradition �pique. Analyse dialectologique du lange hom�rique avec un excursus sur la cr�ation de l�alphabet grec. Bakker E. J. : Noun-epithet Formulas Milman Parry and the Grammar of Poetry. Jong I. J. F. De: Homer as Literature: Some Current Areas of Research. Wees H. Van: Princes at Dinner: Social Event and Social Structure in Homer. Singor H. W. : Eni Pr�toisi Machesthai: Some Remarks on the Iliadic Image of the Battlefield. Crielaard J. P. : Homer History and Archaeology: Some Remarks on the Date of the Homeric World. Stampolidis N. C. : Homer and the Cremation Burials of Eleutherna. Crouwel J. H. : Chariots in Homer and in Early Iron Age Greece. Crielaard J. P. : A �Dutch� Discoverer of Homer�s Tomb. . J. C. Gieben hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1764 ISBN : 9050630952 9789050630955
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Feenstra R.
COLLATIO IURIS IVRIS ROMANI �tudes D�di�es � Hans Ankum � L�occasion 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. Gim�nez Candela W. M. Gordon A. S. Hartkamp A. M. Honor� M. Humbert G. Klingenberg R. Kn�tel Chr. Krampe L. Labruna J. -Ph. L�vy D. Liebs J. H. A. Lokin G. MacCormack A. D. Manfredini J. M�l�ze Modrzejewski Th. Mayer-Maly J. Menner R. Mentxaka A. Metro J. -H. Michel J. Miquel P. L. N�ve D. N�rr A. D�Ors �G. 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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Pritchett W. Kendrick
THUCYDIDES' PENTEKONTAETIA AND OTHER ESSAYS
J. C. Gieben. Fine with no dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 9050634877 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Archaia Hellas; 9.5 x 0.75 x 6.25 Inches; 287 pages; In this book Professor Pritchett offers five original essays under the titles: Thucydides� Pentekontaetia; Thucydides 1.61.3-5; Diodoros� Pentekontaetia; The Solar Year of Thucydides; Aetiology sans Topography. The initial lengthy essay focuses on seven crux passages in which Thucydides in Book 1 describes the growth of Athenian power maintaining against recent critics that they are presented in chronological order. The study combines a review of the manuscript tradition with regard to corruptions in toponyms and numerals and a personal autopsy of the ancient sites. In a separate essay Pritchett adduces new arguments in defense of Thucydides� seasonal chronological scheme. In the last essay he takes sharp issue with a recent publication which attempts to attribute the origin of the ancient accounts of the Messenian wars and the battles of Hysiai Thyreatis and Phigaleia to legends evolved at festivals. . J. C. Gieben hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1765 ISBN : 9050634877 9789050634878
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Pritchett W. Kendrick
GREEK ARCHIVES CULTS AND TOPOGRAPHY
J. C. Gieben. Fine. 1996. Hardcover. 9050631479 . Unwrapped 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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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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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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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 R�mischen 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 zuk�nftigen und gewesen Konsuln in der Zeit von Commodus bis zum Tode des Severus Alexander 180-235 untersucht. Wegen des unvermindert hohen Prestiges des Konsulates k�nnen die mit diesem Amt ausgezeichneten Senatoren der Elite des Senatorenstandes zugerechnet werden w�hrend wiederum ein Teil von ihnen wegen der Bekleidung der h�chsten Aufgaben in der Zivil- und Milit�rverwaltung des r�mischen Kaiserreiches als die tats�chliche senato-rische F�hrungsschicht angesehen werden kann. Die Grundlage dieser Studie bildet eine Prosopographie in der die in der Reichsverwaltung dieses Zeitraums t�tigen Senatoren erfa�t sind. . J. C. Gieben hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1774 ISBN : 9050630286 9789050630283
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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. ; 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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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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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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Wright Joseph & O. L. Sayce
GRAMMAR OF THE GOTHIC LANGUAGE And the Gospel of St. Mark Selections from the Other Gospels and the Second Epistle to Timothy with Notes and Glossary
Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1966. Second Edition. Hardcover. 0198119224 . Minor shelfwear. ; 383 pages; The author of several Old English and Old High German primers and grammars Joseph Wright wrote the present book as an alternative to revising his earlier Gothic Primer for a third edition. The Grammar provides a comprehensive knowledge of Gothic and understanding of comparative Germanic grammar essential to anyone studying the ancient Germanic languages. By way of readings the book provides the Greek texts of the gospels of St matthew Chapter VI and St. Luke Chapter XV along with the Gothic translations by Ulfilas AD 311-383 bishop of the Goths. Interesting for students of comparative philology. A knowledge of Gothic is indispensable to students of the oldest periods of other Germanic languages this book will be of interest to students whose interests are mainly philological and linguistic. This Grammar provides a comprehensive knowledge of Gothic and an understanding of comparative Germanic grammar. If Wulfila had not translated the very Bible into Gothic we wouldn't have today any tangible hint of the existence of this early Germanic language. . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1869 ISBN : 0198119224 9780198119227
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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 Solon�s 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 Solon�s 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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Fuhrmann Manfred; Yuill William E. Tr.
CICERO AND THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Blackwell Publishers. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0631178791 . Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Light soiling to top of textblock else fine. ; 0.75 x 9.5 x 6.25 Inches; 256 pages; In this life of Cicero statesman philosopher and the greatest Roman orator Professor Fuhrmann has skilfully presented a coherent and graphic biography from the abundant but notoriously difficult source material. His account Brings to life not only the man but the political and cultural background of his age. . Blackwell Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1878 ISBN : 0631178791 9780631178798
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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
Bookseller reference : 1877
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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
Bookseller reference : 1864
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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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Aeschylus; Christopher M. Dawson
THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES A Translation with Commentary
Prentice-Hall. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0138068518 . Former owner's name on ffep and written on text-block. ; Prentice-Hall Greek drama series; 127 pages; The formidable talents of Anthony Hecht one of the most gifted of contemporary American poets and Helen Bacon a classical scholar are here brought to bear on this vibrant translation of Aeschylus' much underrated tragedy The Seven Against Thebes. The third and only remaining play in a trilogy dealing with related events The Seven Against Thebes tells the story of the Argive attempt to claim the Kingdom of Thebes and of the deaths of the brothers Eteocles and Polyneices each by the others hand. Long dismissed by critics as ritualistic and lacking in dramatic tension Seven Against Thebes is revealed by Hecht and Bacon as a work of great unity and drama one exceptionally rich in symbolism and imagery. . Prentice-Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1865 ISBN : 0138068518 9780138068516
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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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More Paul Elmer
PLATONISM
Princeton University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1917. Hardcover. Pencil notes and underlining on the first 20 pages or so but rest of text is clean of any marks. Former owner's name on ffep from 1924. Minor shelfwear. ; An invitation to the practise of philosophy of Plato. ; 307 pages . Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1969
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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 Lagerl�f 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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Rawson Beryl & Paul Weaver
THE ROMAN FAMILY IN ITALY Status Sentiment Space
Oxford University Press. Fine. 1999. Softcover. 0198152833 . National University Series; 0.87 x 9.06 x 6.14 Inches; 400 pages; The family continues to be seen as a central institution in Roman as well as modern Western society. The Roman family is often used as a stereotype sometimes of severity sometimes of decadence with its decline often cited as a cause of wider decline and fall. Definitions and concepts continue to be modified and nuanced however as the availability of new evidence and new methodologies make possible a much less simplistic picture. In this volume the study of family draws on a wide range of disciplines to develop the intertwined themes of status sentiment and space. For example on status there are contributions about Junian Latins and a survey of senators' monuments while sentiment is represented by a gloomy but convincing picture of old age and a paper on the sentimental ideal which argues that conflict as well as concord is a feature of family life. Space is represented among others by the contribution on who commemorates whom in Roman Italy pointing up the regional variations in custom and the difficulties in tracing complete families. The final contributions focus on the house: how people lived in the Roman house the use of rooms and the artefacts that might indicate this use. The book makes use of many types of evidence from the legal and literary to the iconographical and archaeological. Visual and material evidence play an important role in reconstructing real lives in considerable colour and variety. The book moves beyond the city of Rome to the rest of Roman Italy and even into the provinces just as Roman culture moved outwards and mingled with other cultures. Chronologically too there are new directions towards the later Empire and Christianity. So although the contributors do not abandon any of the territory already gained in Rome nor literary and epigraphical sources nor the late Republic or early Empire there is an exciting sense of new discovery. . Oxford University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 1908 ISBN : 0198152833 9780198152835
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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. Very 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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Lyne R. O. A. M.
FURTHER VOICES IN VERGIL'S AENEID
Oxford Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1992. Softcover. 0198140924 . Paperback has been rebound in hardcover preserving original wraps. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. ; Clarendon Paperbacks; 0.61 x 8.46 x 5.5 Inches; 264 pages; The Aeneid can strike one as a relatively conventional epic an objective heroic tale of Rome's beginnings. Vergil designed it so that it might read in this way. This is one epic `voice' that he wished us to hear. But there are `further voices' and these may be disturbing even shocking as they add to comment upon question and occasionally subvert the implications of the epic voice. This is a detailed examination of Vergil's method of intruding such further voices. . Oxford Clarendon Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 1962 ISBN : 0198140924 9780198140924
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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
Bookseller reference : 440
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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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