‎Language‎

‎Burstein Stanley M.‎

‎THE HELLENISTIC AGE FROM THE BATTLE OF IPSOS TO THE DEATH OF KLEOPATRA VII Translated Documents of Greek and Rome Volume 3‎

‎Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0521236916 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Bumping to top of boards near spine. ; Valuable documentary material is buried in inscriptions and papyri and in the works of Greek and Roman grammarians and scholars and less well known historians and literary figures of whose writings only isolated quotations have been preserved. Translated Documents of Greece and Rome has been planned to provide above all primary source material for the study of the classical world. It makes important historical documents available in English to scholars and students of classical history. The format of the translations is remarkable in attempting to reproduce faithfully the textual difficulties and uncertainties inherent in the documents so that the reader without a knowledge of classical languages can assess the reliability of the various readings and interpretations. The author"s purpose in compiling this book is to help the teaching of Hellenistic history ; Translated Documents of Greece and Rome 3; Vol. 3; 196 pages . Cambridge University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3969 ISBN : 0521236916 9780521236911

‎Richard Ledrede; Edmund Colledge Ed.‎

‎THE LATIN POEMS OF RICHARD LEDREDE O.F.M. BISHOP OF OSSORY 1317-1360 Edited from the Red Book of Ossory‎

‎Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies PIMS. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual institution stamps to ffep and titlepage--no other markings. ; Latin with facing English Translation. ; Studies and Texts - Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies ; No. 30; 164 pages . Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (PIMS) hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3941

‎Citti V. E. Degani G. Giangrande & G. Scarpa‎

‎AN INDEX TO THE ANTHOLOGIA GRAECA Anthologia Palatina and Planudea Fasc. I: A- Gamma Rho‎

‎Adolf M. Hakkert. Good. 1985. Softcover. 9025609120 . Pages 69 and 76 are blank but publisher has tipped in replacements. Minor shelfwear and rubbing to wraps. Else VG; Fasc I only; 172 pages . Adolf M. Hakkert paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3972 ISBN : 9025609120 9789025609122

‎Whitman Cedric H.‎

‎EURIPIDES AND THE FULL CIRCLE OF MYTH‎

‎Harvard University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0674269209 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps and call numbers. Dustjacket has edgewear with light chipping and a couple of tears. Adhesive stains to endpapers. Back endpaper has been excised. 10 or so pages have underlining in pen. ; Analyzes three "romances" Iphigeneia in Tauris Helen and Ion. ; Loeb Classical Monographs; 176 pages . Harvard University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3927 ISBN : 0674269209 9780674269200

‎Hartley Brian & John Wacher Eds.‎

‎ROME AND HER NORTHERN PROVINCES Papers Presented to Sheppard Frere in Honour of His Retirement from the Chair of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire University of Oxford 1983‎

‎Alan Sutton. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0862990467 . Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. Dustjacket has edgewear with light chipping. Former bookshop label on back inner cover else book is fine. ; Papers cover a wide range of subjects taken from the northern provinces of the Roman Empire. ; 313 pages . Alan Sutton hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3911 ISBN : 0862990467 9780862990466

‎Leinieks Valdis‎

‎THE PLAYS OF SOPHOKLES‎

‎B. R. Gruner Publishing Co. Near Fine. 1982. Softcover. 9060322266 . Very light rubbing to wraps else Fine. ; 215 pages . B. R. Gruner Publishing Co. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3894 ISBN : 9060322266 9789060322260

‎Elsner Jas & Ian Rutherford‎

‎PILGRIMAGE IN GRAECO-ROMAN AND EARLY CHRISTIAN ANTIQUITY Seeing the Gods‎

‎Oxford University Press. Fine. 2007. Softcover. 0199237913 . This book presents a range of case-studies of pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman antiquity drawing on a wide variety of evidence. It rejects the usual reluctance to accept the category of pilgrimage in pagan polytheism and affirms the significance of sacred mobility not only as an important factor in understanding ancient religion and its topographies but also as vitally ancestral to later Christian practice. ; 532 pages . Oxford University Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3998 ISBN : 0199237913 9780199237913

‎Morrison J. S. & R. T. Williams‎

‎GREEK OARED SHIPS 900-322 B.C.‎

‎Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521057701 . Former owner's embossed seal on ffep and titlepage. Light foxing to textblock. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and small tears now protected in mylar. Light browning to DJ. DJ is price-clipped. ; This book is written in the belief that a proper understanding of Greek civilization in antiquity requires some knowledge of its background of seafaring. A knowledge of nautical practice is required for an understanding of some passages of Greek poetry and prose writing and for a correct interpretation of numerous historical events. This is an attempt at a thorough study of the evidence both literary and archaeological. Modern reference books tend to repeat the misconceptions of nineteenth-century scholars. In contrast Mr Morrison and Mr Williams have written a scholarly and scientific study of the subject. They collect in this volume evidence for Greek oared ships between 900 and 322 BC. The book is primarily a catalogue of decorated pottery and quotations from literature and from naval inventories. The pottery is illustrated by diagrams and plates; and the quotations are given in full. ; 356 pages . Cambridge University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 4003 ISBN : 0521057701 9780521057707

‎Mitchell Richard E.‎

‎PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS The Origin of the Roman State‎

‎Cornell University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0801424968 . Underlining in pencil on a few pages. Underlining to a couple of lines on a few pages in pen. Bump along bottom back edge. Book and dustjacket have minor shelfwear and rubbing. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Rethinks the meaning of Patrician and Plebeian in the Republic. ; 9.5 x 1 x 6.5 Inches; 276 pages . Cornell University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3647 ISBN : 0801424968 9780801424960

‎Conacher DJ. D. J.‎

‎AESCHYLUS: THE EARLIER PLAYS AND RELATED STUDIES‎

‎University of Toronto Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0802007961 . Minor rubbing else Fine. ; 0.75 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 194 pages; This volume complements D. J. Conacher's two earlier studies of Aeschylus Aeschylus' `Prometheus Bound' 1980 and Aeschylus' `Oresteia' 1987 and completes his literary commentary on the extant plays of Aeschylus. In this volume Conacher provides a detailed running commentary on the three earlier plays The Persians The Seven against Thebes and The Suppliants as well as an analysis of their themes structure and dramatic techniques and devices. In two more general studies he reviews Aeschylus' dramatic uses of the chorus and of imagery. Conacher's close readings of the text and sensitive analysis of the main problems in the plays will be of benefit to students especially those encountering these plays for the first time either in Greek or in translation. He also provides a thorough overview of the various interpretative and philological problems and opinions encountered in Aeschylean scholarship which will be of interest to senior scholars as well as students. . University of Toronto Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3681 ISBN : 0802007961 9780802007964

‎Hall Wade H. Bullock‎

‎THE ROMANS ON THE RIVIERA AND THE RHONE A Sketch of the Conquest of Liguria and the Roman Province‎

‎Ares Publishers Inc. Fine with no dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0890050228 . Unchanged Reprint of 1898. Looks at the history of the Romans on the Italian and Roman Rivieras. ; 9.5 x 0.75 x 0.65 Inches . Ares Publishers Inc. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3676 ISBN : 0890050228 9780890050224

‎Clarke M. L.‎

‎GREEK STUDIES IN ENGLAND 1700-1830‎

‎Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1945. Hardcover. Text has underlining in pencil on some pages. Former classics scholar's name on ffep W. P. Wallace. Light shelfwear. ; Looks at the influence of Greek in education and scholarship. ; 255 pages . Cambridge University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3690

‎Corcoran Simon‎

‎THE EMPIRE OF THE TETRARCHS Imperial Pronouncements and Government AD 284-324‎

‎Oxford University Press. Very Good. 2000. Softcover. 019815304X . Bump to top corner of books. Minor rubbing to wraps. Light lifting of corners. ; Revised Paperback Edition. ; 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 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3694 ISBN : 019815304X 9780198153047

‎Heather Peter & John Matthews‎

‎GOTHS IN THE FOURTH CENTURY‎

‎Liverpool University Press. Near Fine. 1991. Softcover. 0853234264 . Light edgewear to bottom wrap else Fine. ; This volume brings together many of the most important historical texts the majority of them speeches of Themistius the Passion of St. Saba and evidence relating to the life and work of Ulfila not previously available in English translation.Taken as a whole these sources throw much light upon the political social and religious organisation of the Goths and on the nature of their relations with the Roman state in the period before that fateful crossing of the Danube in 376. ; Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians; 0.55 x 8.19 x 5.75 Inches; 224 pages . Liverpool University Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3705 ISBN : 0853234264 9780853234265

‎Cohen David‎

‎LAW VIOLENCE AND COMMUNITY IN CLASSICAL ATHENS‎

‎Cambridge University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0521381673 . Key Themes in Ancient History; 0.75 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 226 pages; This book examines the legal regulation of violence and the role of litigation in Athenian society. Using comparative anthropological and historical perspectives David Cohen challenges traditional evolutionary and functionalist accounts of the development of legal process. Examining Athenian theories of social conflict and the rule of law as well as actual litigation involving the regulation of violence the book emphasizes the way in which the judicial process operates in an agonistic society. . Cambridge University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3714 ISBN : 0521381673 9780521381673

‎Heinen Heinz‎

‎UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZUR HELLENISTISCHEN GESCHICHTE DES 3. JAHRHUNDERTS V. CHR. Zur Geschichte Der Zeit Des Ptolemaios Keraunos Und Zum Chremonideischen Krieg‎

‎Franz Steiner Verlag. Very Good. 1972. Softcover. Minor browning to spine. Former classics scholar's name on ffep P. S. Derow. Creasing to last 3 pages and wraps along upper corner else minor shelfwear. ; In german. Discusses the continuation of the Principate from the death of Augustus until 68/9 under Vespasian. ; Historia-- Zeitschrift F�r Alte Geschichte. Einzelschriften Heft 20; 229 pages . Franz Steiner Verlag paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3736

‎Thomas Rosalind‎

‎ORAL TRADITION AND WRITTEN RECORDS IN CLASSICAL ATHENS‎

‎Cambridge University Press. Near Fine. 1992. Softcover. 0521425182 . Very minor shelfwear else Fine. ; Despite its written literature ancient Greece was in many ways an oral society. This is the first serious attempt to study the implications of this view. Dr Thomas stresses the coexistence of literacy and oral tradition in Greece and examines their character and interaction. Concentrating on the plentiful evidence from Classical Athens she shows how the use of writing developed only gradually and under the influence of the previous oral communication. Drawing on anthropological discussion the author isolates different types of Athenian oral tradition building up a picture of Athens' traditions about its past and examining why they changed and disappeared. This study provides crucial insights into the methods and achievements of the Greek historians. It also has major implications for the interpretation of ancient literacy. ; Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 321 pages . Cambridge University Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3754 ISBN : 0521425182 9780521425186

‎Vilborg Ebbe‎

‎A TENTATIVE GRAMMAR OF MYCENAEAN GREEK‎

‎Almqvist & Wiksell. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Dustjacket has edgewear with light chipping. Minor discoloration to DJ. ; Studia Graeca Et Latina Gothoburgensia IX; 8vo; 169 pages . Almqvist & Wiksell hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3746

‎Clay Jenny Strauss‎

‎THE POLITICS OF OLYMPUS Form and Meaning in the Major Homeric Hymns‎

‎Princeton University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0691067759 . 1.25 x 9.75 x 6.75 Inches; 303 pages . Princeton University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3753 ISBN : 0691067759 9780691067759

‎Hamilton Charles D.‎

‎SPARTA'S BITTER VICTORIES Politics and Diplomacy in the Corinthian War‎

‎Cornell University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0801411580 . Small adhesive stain dot on DJ spine. Very minor discoloration to DJ spine. ; 346 pages; Follows Greek politics diplomacy and interstate relations from the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC to the King's Peace in 386. Assesses the effects of the war on Athens Sparta Thebes Corinth and Persia. . Cornell University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3758 ISBN : 0801411580 9780801411588

‎Laurence Ray & Joanne Berry eds.‎

‎CULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE‎

‎Routledge. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 041513594X . DJ has very minor shelfwear else Fine ; This provocative and often controversial volume examines the notions of ethnicity citizenship and nationhood to determine what constituted cultural identity in the Roman Empire. The contributors draw together the most recent research and use diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives from archaeology classical studies and ancient history to challenge our basic assumptions of Romanization and how parts of Europe became incorporated into a Roman culture. Cultural Identity in the Roman Empire breaks new ground arguing that the idea of a unified and easily defined Roman culture is over-simplistic and offers alternative theories and models. ; 205 pages . Routledge hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3819 ISBN : 041513594X 9780415135948

‎Syme Ronald; Anthony Birley Ed.‎

‎ANATOLICA Studies in Strabo‎

‎Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0198149433 . Light discoloration to DJ spine. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Light bump to top corner of book else Fine. Former classics scholar's name on ffep Peter Fraser. ; No historian of ancient Rome in this century has had a greater influence on historical research or won greater international acclaim than Sir Ronald Syme 1903-89. His outstanding position was due mainly to his first two books The Roman Revolution which appeared in 1939 and Tacitus two volumes 1958 - although he went on to produce many more monographs and seven volumes of his Roman Papers have so far appeared. The long gap between his first two books is partly explained by the war which took him on official duties to Belgrade and Ankara and he spent the years 1943-5 at Istanbul as Professor of Classical Philology. It was known that in spite of the war Syme had continued to write in these years in particular 'Strabonia' investigations into the famous ancient Geography composed by Strabo a native of Asia Minor in the time of Augustus. After Syme's death the manuscript was discovered among his papers: he had not quite completed the work but what he had written with almost complete annotation represents a substantial and fascinating study of the historical geography of Anatolia in the Hellenistic and early Roman period. Syme ruthlessly dissects the often incoherent and inconsistent text of Strabo at the same time providing rich detail on client kings Roman generals and emperors writers and travellers. Above all he shows unequalled ability to understand the landscape and settlement of Anatolia. ; 424 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3803 ISBN : 0198149433 9780198149439

‎Frede Michael & Gisela Striker‎

‎RATIONALITY IN GREEK THOUGHT‎

‎Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1999. Softcover. 0198250029 . Minor shelfwear to corners. ; This book a collection of specially written essays by leading international scholars reexamines ancient ideas of reason and rationality. The application of changing notions of rationality down the ages has led to consistent misinterpretation of standard ancient philosophical texts: the distinguished contributors here redress the balance clarifying how the great thinkers of antiquity themselves conceived of rationality. ; 353 pages . Oxford University Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 3769 ISBN : 0198250029 9780198250029

‎Barnes Timothy David‎

‎THE NEW EMPIRE OF DIOCLETIAN AND CONSTANTINE‎

‎Harvard University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0674611268 . Small tear to cloth at base of spine 1". Else Minor shelfwear. ; Sets out the factual framework for this obscure period of Roman/Byzantine History. ; 305 pages . Harvard University Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3824 ISBN : 0674611268 9780674611269

‎Champlin Edward‎

‎FINAL JUDGMENTS Duty and Emotion in Roman Wills 200 B.C.-A.D.‎

‎University of California Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0520071034 . Freed from the familial and social obligations incumbent on the living the Roman testator could craft his will to be a literal "last judgment" on family friends and society. The Romans were fascinated by the contents of wills believing the will to be a mirror of the testator's true character and opinions. The wills offer us a unique view of the individual Roman testator's world. Just as classicists ancient historians and legal historians will find a mine of information here the general reader will be fascinated by the book's lively recounting of last testaments. Who were the testators and what were their motives Why do family kin servants friends and community all figure in the will and how are they treated What sort of afterlife did the Romans anticipate By examining wills the book sets several issues in a new light offering new interpretations of or new insights into subjects as diverse as captatio inheritance- seeking the structure of the Roman family the manumission of slaves public philanthropy the afterlife and the relation of subject to emperor. Champlin's principal argument is that a strongly felt "duty of testacy" informed and guided most Romans a duty to reward or punish all who were important to them a duty which led them to write their wills early in life and to revise them frequently. ; 228 pages . University of California Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3830 ISBN : 0520071034 9780520071032