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Garland Robert
THE GREEK WAY OF DEATH
Cornell University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0801418232 . Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; Hardly any aspect of Greek culture of its religious and philosophical bases proves as revealing as its way of confronting human mortality and its observances in relation to the dead. Using both historical and anthropological approaches and sources both visual and written Garland describes the extensive and elaborate funerary rituals performed by the Greeks for their dead from the time of Homer to the fourth century BC. The book attempts to revive and re-live the complex texture of feelings provoked in the living by the dead as moment by moment the two shifted their ground in relation to one another. Death for the Greeks was not an instantaneous event rather a process or passage which required strenuous efforts on the part of the living to ensure that the dead achieved full and final transfer to the next world. The central questions which this book attempts to answer are: the extent to which death was a preoccupying concern among the Greeks; the feelings with which the individual may have anticipated his death; the nature of the bonds between the living and the dead; and the light shed by burial practices upon characteristic elements of Greek society. While the beliefs of ordinary Greeks about their ordinary dead from the book's central focus there is also a chapter on "special dead" - the unburied murderers and their victims children and suicides. ; 192 pages . Cornell University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3442 ISBN : 0801418232 9780801418235
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Garland Robert
THE GREEK WAY OF DEATH
Cornell University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0801418232 . Minor wear to DJ. ; Hardly any aspect of Greek culture of its religious and philosophical bases proves as revealing as its way of confronting human mortality and its observances in relation to the dead. Using both historical and anthropological approaches and sources both visual and written Garland describes the extensive and elaborate funerary rituals performed by the Greeks for their dead from the time of Homer to the fourth century BC. The book attempts to revive and re-live the complex texture of feelings provoked in the living by the dead as moment by moment the two shifted their ground in relation to one another. Death for the Greeks was not an instantaneous event rather a process or passage which required strenuous efforts on the part of the living to ensure that the dead achieved full and final transfer to the next world. The central questions which this book attempts to answer are: the extent to which death was a preoccupying concern among the Greeks; the feelings with which the individual may have anticipated his death; the nature of the bonds between the living and the dead; and the light shed by burial practices upon characteristic elements of Greek society. While the beliefs of ordinary Greeks about their ordinary dead from the book's central focus there is also a chapter on "special dead" - the unburied murderers and their victims children and suicides. ; 192 pages . Cornell University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3441 ISBN : 0801418232 9780801418235
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Grimal Pierre
HELLENISM AND THE RISE OF ROME
Delacorte Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. 0297748890 . Former owner's signature on front free-page. Very light shelfwear. ; A study of the Hellenistic world from the death of Alexander the Great and the rise of his successors to the defeat of Hannibal in the Second Punic War. ; Delacorte World History VI; 418 pages . Delacorte Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3444 ISBN : 0297748890 9780297748892
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Gelzer Mattias; Needham Peter
CAESAR Politician and Statesman
Harvard University Press. Near Fine. 1968. Softcover. 0674090012 . Minor shelfwear. ; In 1912 a young scholar published a slim volume investigating the social structure of the late Roman Republic which was in due course to transform the study of Roman history. The author Professor Gelzer went on to hold the Chair of Ancient History at Frankfurt and to become the greatest German-speaking historian of the Roman Republic since Mommsen. In 1921 he published his Caesar which has by now gone through six editions in Germany and is still the standard account in any language of Caesar and his age. It amply fulfills the author's intent "to give the educated public a lively picture of the complete political career of one of the great statesmen of the past. " Based on a conscientious evaluation of the abundant source materials--primarily the writings of Caesar and his contemporaries--Professor Gelzer's portrait renders Caesar in heroic proportions destined and determined from the beginning to overthrow a corrupt aristocracy. The sixth edition 1960 brought up to date and provided with full annotations by the author is the basis of this translation which for the first time makes the work available in English. With Professor Gelzer's approval some minor errors have been corrected both in the text and in the chronological table and the map at the end of the book and an analytical index of names has been added. ; 0.85 x 9.01 x 6.06 Inches; 368 pages . Harvard University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 3439 ISBN : 0674090012 9780674090019
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Bolling George Melville
THE EXTERNAL EVIDENCE FOR INTERPOLATION IN HOMER
Oxford University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0198142765 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Light shelfwear to book. ; Special edition for Sandpiper Books. In the quest for the original Homeric text Bolling's strategy is to begin not with an 'Ur-text' as some earlier scholars had attempted but with the poems as they appear at the beginning of our tradition and to 'remove the accretions stratum by stratum as in the excavation of a buried temple'. He attempts to reconstruct the earlier texts of the Iliad and Odyssey by not only identifying and eliminating interpolations but by understanding the traditions of the earlier interpolators and editors and thus establishing a standard for future work. ; 259 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3437 ISBN : 0198142765 9780198142768
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Myres John L.
GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY IN GREEK LANDS
Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Browning to ffep. Light rubbing to extremities. 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 : 3436
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Thompson Edward Maunde
AN INTRODUCTION TO GREEK AND LATIN PALAEOGRAPHY
Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 0199256500 . Former owner's name on ffep. Small bookseller stamp at bottom of title-page. Minor edgewear to corners. Minor rubbing to boards. Gorgeous copy. ; History and Progress of Greek and Latin Palaeography from the earliest periods represented by surviving manuscripts down to the close of the fifteenth century". The core of the book is a selection of 250 facsimiles of manuscripts ranging from Greek cursive papyri to the book-hands of the 15th century and from Roman cursive writing on tablets and papyri through a succession of Latin book-hands as employed in medieval documents throughout Europe. ; 600 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3449 ISBN : 0199256500 9780199256501
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Lomas Kathryn & Tim Cornell
'BREAD AND CIRCUSES' Euergetism and Municipal Patronage in Roman Italy
Routledge. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0415146895 . 0.65 x 9.76 x 6.28 Inches; 192 pages; Cities in the ancient world relied on private generosity to provide many basic amenities as well as expecting leading citizens to pay for 'bread and circuses' - free food and public entertainment. This collection of essays by leading scholars from the UK and USA explores the important phenomenon of benefaction and public patronage in Roman Italy. Ranging from the late republican period to the later Roman Empire the contributions cover a wide range of topics including the impact of benefactions and benefactors on the urban development of Roman Italy on cultural and economic activity and on the changing role of games and festivals in Roman society. They also explore the relationship between communities and their benefactors whether these were local notables senators or the emperor himself and examine how the nature of benefaction changed under the Empire. . Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3484 ISBN : 0415146895 9780415146890
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Hirschfeld Otto
DIE KAISERLICHEN VERWALTUNGSBEAMTEM BIS AUF DIOCLETIAN
Weidmannsche Buchhandlung. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1963. Third Edition. Hardcover. Minor scratches on front board. ; 514 pages . Weidmannsche Buchhandlung hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3479
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Blundell John
MENANDER AND THE MONOLOGUE
Vandenhoeck Und Ruprecht. Fine. 1980. Softcover. 3525251556 . Chapter 1 Some formal aspects of monologue technique; Chapter 2 Monologues in 'Epitrepontes' 'Samia' and 'Dyskolos'; Chapter 3: Two uses of the second person in monologue. ; Hypomnemata ; Heft 59; 91 pages . Vandenhoeck Und Ruprecht paperback
Bookseller reference : 3477 ISBN : 3525251556 9783525251553
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Proctor Sir Dennis
HANNIBAL'S MARCH IN HISTORY
Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0198142986 . Book has minor rubbing. Very light foxing to textblock. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Dustjacket has light chipping and closed tears. ; A scholarly chronology and routing of the march. ; 242 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3480 ISBN : 0198142986 9780198142980
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Africa Thomas W
PHYLARCHUS AND THE SPARTAN REVOLUTION
University of California Press. Very Good. 1961. Softcover. Light browning to wraps. Gift inscription on inner wrap. Light pencil notes on ffep only. ; University of California Publications in History; 92 pages; Phylarchus was a Greek historical writer whose works have been lost but not before having been considerably used by other historians whose works have survived. . University of California Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 3485
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Hardie William Ross
RES METRICA An Introduction to the Study of Greek & Roman Versification
Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1934. Hardcover. Mild tanning to prelims. Discoloration to spine. ; 275 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3493
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Norr Dieter
IMPERIUM UND POLIS IN DER HOHEN PRINZIPATZEIT
C. H. Beck. Very Good. 1966. Softcover. Wraps have edgewear with light chipping along bottom. Minor shelfwear. ; M�nchener Beitr�ge Zur Papyrusforschung Und Antiken Rechtsgeschichte. Heft 50; 135 pages . C. H. Beck paperback
Bookseller reference : 3515
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Vielberg Meinolf
PFLICHTEN WERTE IDEALE Eine Untersuchung zu den Wertvorstellungen des Tacitus
Franz Steiner Verlag. Very Good. 1987. Softcover. 3515045694 . Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Light edgewear at heel of spine. ; Gift inscription from author: "With many thanks- M. V." ; Hermes: Zeitschrift F�r Klassische Philologie. Einzelschriften Heft 52; 199 pages; Signed by Author . Franz Steiner Verlag paperback
Bookseller reference : 3511 ISBN : 3515045694 9783515045698
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Kamm Antony
JULIUS CAESAR A Life
Routledge. Fine with no dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0415364159 . 0.63 x 9.21 x 6.14 Inches; 172 pages; This is a fresh account of Julius Caesar - a brilliant politician and intriguing figure who became sole ruler of the Roman Empire. "Julius Caesar" examines key figures such as Marius Sulla Cicero Mark Antony Gaius Octavius emperor Augustus Calpurnia and Cleopatra as well as the unnamed warriors who fought for and against him and politicians who supported and opposed him. Including new translations from classical sources Antony Kamm sets Caesar's life against the historical political and social background of the times and addresses key issues: Did Caesar destroy the Republic What was the legality of his position and the moral justifications of his actions How good general was he What was his relationship with Cleopatra Why was he assassinated What happened next This is Caesar - the lavish spender the military strategist a considerable orater and historical writer and probably the most influential figure of his time - in all his historical glory. . Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3488 ISBN : 0415364159 9780415364157
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Braund David
RULING ROMAN BRITAIN Kings Queens Governors and Emperors from Julius Caesar to Agricola
Routledge. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0415008042 . Minor shelfwear to DJ else Fine. ; In this book David Braund offers a significantly different perspective upon the history of Roman Britain. Rather than relying on archaeology the author concentrates on the literary evidence drawing a colorful picture of the social and political context of Roman imperialism. The study discusses Roman theories of imperialism as well as the intellectual and political atmosphere within which Caesar mounted his invasions of Britain in 55 and 54 B. C. Braund shows how the ideologies and power structures at work in Rome fundamentally shaped politics and society in Roman Britain. Thus he develops an understanding of the literary sources which goes beyond mere translation and allows the reader insights into this remote corner of the Roman world. ; 0.87 x 8.43 x 5.67 Inches; 217 pages . Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3502 ISBN : 0415008042 9780415008044
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Benson Larry Dean ed.
KING ARTHUR'S DEATH The Middle English Stanzaic Morte Arthur and Alliterative Morte Arthure
Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good. 1974. Softcover. 0672610108 . Wraps have rubbing and minor soiling. Book has bumping to top of spine. Former owner's plate on ffep & inscription "reviewed for English Studies". Former owner's plate on ffep & inscription "reviewed for English Studies". Former owner's plate on ffep & inscription "reviewed for English Studies".; Commentary and glossary are in English. Text in Middle English. ; The Library of Literature; 257 pages . Bobbs-Merrill Company paperback
Bookseller reference : 3454 ISBN : 0672610108 9780672610103
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Quirk Randolph & C. L. Wrenn
AN OLD ENGLISH GRAMMAR
Methuen & Company. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. Dustjacket has light soiling and edgwear with chipping and a few small tears. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Methuen's Old English library; 166 pages . Methuen & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3464
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Wardale E. E.
AN INTRODUCTION TO MIDDLE ENGLISH
Routledge & Kegan Paul. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. Former owner's name on ffep. Title has been written on ffep. Back upper corner has light bump. Minor shelfwear. ; 130 pages . Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3474
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Malone Kemp; Einarsson Stefan and Norman E Eliason Eds
KEMP MALONE: STUDIES IN HEROIC LEGEND AND IN CURRENT SPEECH
Rosenkilde and Bagger. Very Good. 1959. Softcover. Wraps have edgewear with chipping and small tears. Minor browning to wraps. Former owner's name on ffep. ; A selection of nineteen papers written by Kemp Malone. Some articles include: tale of Ingeld Theoderic of the Rok inscription; Royal names in Old english poetry; Agelmund and Lamicho; Secca and Becca etc. ; 297 pages . Rosenkilde and Bagger paperback
Bookseller reference : 3453
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White K. D.
GREEK AND ROMAN TECHNOLOGY
Cornell University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0801414393 . Very light shelfwear. Small tear to head of DJ spine 1cm. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman Life; 10.5 x 0.75 x 7.25 Inches; 272 pages . Cornell University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 578 ISBN : 0801414393 9780801414398
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Wilhelm Adolf
ATTISCHE URKUNDEN V. Teil
H�lder-Pichler-Tempsky. Very Good. 1942. Softcover. Creasing to front wrap. Light yellowing to wraps. Chipping at base of spine. ; Vorgelegt in der Sitzung am 20. November 1940; Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse; 192 pages . H�lder-Pichler-Tempsky paperback
Bookseller reference : 3526
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Ermatinger Emil
DIE ATTISCHE AUTOCHTHONENSAGE BIS AUF EURIPIDES Mit Einer Einleitenden Darstellung Der Bedentung Und Entwickelung Der Attischen Sage Bis Auf Euripides
Berlin: Mayer & M�ller. Fair. 1897. Softcover. Wraps have corners missing. Chipping along edges of wraps. Spine is missing half of spinecover. Bumping to top of spine. Spine has been reinforced with clear tape. ; 148 pages . Mayer & M�ller paperback
Bookseller reference : 3525
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Paton W. R.
ANTHOLOGIAE GRAECAE EROTICA The Love Epigrams or Book V. of the Palatine Anthology Edited and Partly Rendered Into English Verse.
David Nutt. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1898. Hardcover. Book slight askew. Very light chipping to spine ends. Rubbing to extremities. Former owner's inscription on inner cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 201 pages . David Nutt hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3534
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Cruttwell Robert Wilson
VIRGIL'S MIND AT WORK An Analysis of the Symbolism of the Aeneid
Cooper Square Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. 0815402708 . Very minor shelfwear. Light discoloration to spine. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Reprint of 1947 Edition. Looks at the Symbolism & the mental associations of the epic poem which reveal the ways Virgil's mind worked; 182 pages . Cooper Square Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3532 ISBN : 0815402708 9780815402701
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Linwood William
A LEXICON TO AESCHYLUS Containing a Critical Explanation of the More Difficult Passages in the Seven Tragedies
Taylor and Walton. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1843. Hardcover. Foxing to prelims and endpapers. Spine is slight discolored. Boards have rubbing minor scratches and light wear. Small circular institution stamp on ffep no other stamps or markings ; 364 pages . Taylor and Walton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3541
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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 corners of first few pages have light creasing ; 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
Bookseller reference : 3235 ISBN : 0198149271 9780198149279
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Muller Frank G. J. M.
THE SO-CALLED PELEUS AND THETIS SARCOPHAGUS IN THE VILLA ALBANI
J C Gieben. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 9050632467 . Iconological Studies in Roman Art No Iconological Studies in Roman Art No 1; 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 Inches; 179 pages; In this iconological study the author demonstrates the invalidity of the current interpretation of the relief on the so-called Peleus and Thetis sarcophagus in the Villa Albani in Rome an interpretation which goes back to Winckelmann. By applying a modern art-historical method he arives at a fundamentally new interpretation. It becomes clear that the splendid sarcophagus in the Villa Albani is highly characteristic of �academic� art of the Hadrianic era. The unique nature of the representation on the Albani sarcophagus which consists mainly of allegorical figures makes it an excellent point of entry for the interpretation of mythological scenes applied in a funerary context. . J C Gieben hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3282 ISBN : 9050632467 9789050632461
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Molinaro Julius A.
PETRARCH TO PIRANDELLO Studies in Italian Literature in Honour of Beatrice Corrigan
University of Toronto Press Inc. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0802052711 . Dustjacket has a couple of tears now protected in mylar. Former owner's name on titlepage. ; Studies in Italian Literature in honour of Beatrice Corrigan HB/DJ A translation of Petrarch's Bucolicum Carmen I: Parthenias; Petrarch and the art of literature and a bibliography of the published works of Beatrice Corrigan are among this collection of 13 studies in Italian literature. ; 276 pages . University of Toronto Press Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3278 ISBN : 0802052711 9780802052711
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White K. D.
FARM EQUIPMENT OF THE ROMAN WORLD
Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0521203333 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Dustjacket taped down to boards. ; Equipment and instruments which were for the most part used in processing and storage as opposed to cultivation. ; 275 pages . Cambridge University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3283 ISBN : 0521203333 9780521203333
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Smith Philip J.
SCIPIO AFRICANUS & ROME'S INVASION OF AFRICA A Historical Commentary on Titus Livius Book XXIX
J. C. Gieben. Fine. 1993. Softcover. 9050630901 . McGill University Monographs in Classical Archaeology and History; 0.5 x 9.75 x 6.5 Inches; 125 pages . J. C. Gieben paperback
Bookseller reference : 3284 ISBN : 9050630901 9789050630900
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Casey P. J.
CARAUSIUS AND ALLECTUS The British Usurpers
Yale University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0300060629 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Dustjacket has minor edgewear to top corners. Minor shelfwear to book. ; 9.75 x 0.75 x 6.5 Inches; 232 pages; Translations of the texts by R. S. O. Tomlin. This book tells the history of the emperors Carausius and Allectus and their renegade regime in Roman Britain from A. D. 286 to 296. Drawing on literary archaeological and numismatic evidence Casey sets out the Continental and British background to their revolt establishes the importance of sea power and marine technology at the time and assesses the use of the two emperors as historical icons in periods of national crisis in British history. . Yale University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3219 ISBN : 0300060629 9780300060621
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Wadsworth James B.
LYONS 1473-1503 The Beginnings of Cosmopolitanism
Medieval Academy of America. Fine with no dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. 0910956472 . Contents: Major influences; evidence of the painters; printers and scholars; physician; ships; "nef des dames Vertueuses"; poets; conclusion. ; 211 pages . Medieval Academy of America hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3262 ISBN : 0910956472 9780910956475
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Collett Barry
ITALIAN BENEDICTINE SCHOLARS AND THE REFORMATION The Congregation of Santa Giustina of Padua
Oxford University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0198229348 . Very Minor shelfwear. Laminated cover. ; 2002 Oxford reprint of 1985 Edition ; Oxford Historical Monographs; 1.1 x 8.84 x 5.9 Inches; 300 pages; European history from 1480 to 1570 was a period of turbulent change political upheaval profound moral questioning and urgent philosophical speculation. This book explores the intriguing role of the almost-forgotten Congregation of Benedictine monks of Italy and southern France in the events of these tumultuous years. From archival and published records the picture emerges of a closely-knit order of humanist scholars whose religious and philosophical studies later put them in a unique position to understand the Reformers. The book also casts light on the monks' fascinating reaction to the Reformation as they poured out a stream of academic books tracts sermons and poems in their attempt to heal the deepening rift between Rome and the Reformers. Critized and misunderstood by all sides the Congregation gradually fell into decline until it was finally suppressed under the Napoleanic invasions. . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3293 ISBN : 0198229348 9780198229346
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Euben JPeter J. Pe
GREEK TRAGEDY AND POLITICAL THEORY
University of California Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0520055721 . Former owner's name on ffep. Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 336 pages; In this collection of eleven essays contemporary politics and political theory are juxtaposed with the themes form and institutional place of Greek tragedy. Articles by Charles Segal Anthony J. Podlecki Froma Zeitlin Michael Davis Warren J. Lane and Ann M. Lane Joel D. Schwartz Laura Slatkin J. Peter Euben Arlene W. Saxonhouse Stephen G. Salkever. . University of California Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3220 ISBN : 0520055721 9780520055728
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Rufinus; Denys Page
THE EPIGRAMS OF RUFINUS Edited with an Introduction and Commentary
Cambridge University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521217679 . Dustjacket spine is sunned. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing to extremities. ; Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries; 124 pages; Nothing is known of the Greek poet Rufinus other than that he was the author of a collection of thirty-nine epigrams. In fact he is such an insubstantial figure that his date has been placed at various points within nearly half a millennium. Professor Page here presents a text of Rufinus' poems and a concise commentary on them. In his introduction he considers the criteria by which a date may be established and finds evidence in favour of the fourth century AD. . Cambridge University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3213 ISBN : 0521217679 9780521217675
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Hantos Theodora
RES PUBLICA CONSTITUTA Die Verfassung des Dictators Sulla
F. Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden. Very Good. 1988. Softcover. 3515046178 . Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Hermes: Zeitschrift F�r Klassische Philologie. Einzelschriften Heft 50; 176 pages . F. Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden paperback
Bookseller reference : 3232 ISBN : 3515046178 9783515046176
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Treston Hubert Joseph
POINE A Study in Ancient Greek Blood-Vengeance
Longmans Green and Co. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. Former owner's name on ffep. Very light foxing to textblock. Very light shelfwear. ; 3 main sections: Poine in Homer; Poine from Homer to Dracon; Poine in Attic Tragedy. ; 427 pages . Longmans, Green and Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3244
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Bouchier Edmund Spenser
SPAIN UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE With a Map
B.H. Blackwell. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1914. Hardcover. Light foxing to ffeps. Minor edgewear to extremities. ; A history of Spain which following the fall of Carthage came under Roman control the author examines the history of the Roman period as well as the antiquities and remains of Roman influence and the effect of Rome on Spanish language and literature. Includes a single fold-out map. ; 200 pages . B.H. Blackwell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3250
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Westlake H. D.
THESSALY IN THE FOURTH CENTURY B.C
Methuen & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1935. Hardcover. Former owner's name on inner cover. Former classics scholar's name on ffep S M Sherwin-White. Light foxing to textblock. ; Deals with the fourth century and concentrates on Jason of Pherae. Contents: The Country The People Larisa and Lycophron of Pherae Jason and the Unification of Thessaly Jason and the Greek World Alexander and Anarchy Philip and the End of Thessalian Freedom The Archonship of Philip Alexander the Great and After. ; 248 pages . Methuen & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3241
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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 underlining in pencil on a few pages. Former owner's name on title-page and inner wraps. Edgewear to top to spine. Rubbing and shelfwear to wraps. Volume II: Former owner's name on inner cover. Clean text; Greek text with critical apparatus in Latin. X 105 pp. indexes viii 108 pp; 2 Volume Set . Walter De Gruyter & Co. paperback
Bookseller reference : 3246 ISBN : 3110013061 9783110013061
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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
Bookseller reference : 3298 ISBN : 0582504473 9780582504479
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Cohen Edward E
ANCIENT ATHENIAN MARITIME COURTS
Princeton University Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0691092273 . 233 pages; Athens was the dominant maritime power in the West from the eighth to fourth centuries BCE. Athenian preeminence insured that its maritime law was accepted throughout the Mediterranean world. Indeed its influence outlasted Athens and is the only area of classical Greek law that wasn't replaced entirely by Roman models. Codified during the Roman period in the Rhodian Sea laws it went on to influence the subsequent development of European commercial and maritime law. Cohen explores the development of Athenian maritime law the jurisdiction and procedure of the courts and the Athenian principles that have endured to the present day. . Princeton University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3299 ISBN : 0691092273 9780691092270
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Dillery John
XENOPHON AND THE HISTORY OF HIS TIMES
Routledge. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 041509139X . Top corners lightly bumped. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear. ; 1.26 x 8.43 x 5.67 Inches; 352 pages; With an examination into Xenophon's longer historical works the "Hellenica" and the "Anabasis" Dillery considers how far these texts reflect the Greek intellectual world of the fourth and fifth centuries B. C. rather than focusing on the traditional question of how accurate they are as histories. Through the analysis of the complete corpus of Xenophon's work and the writings of his contemporaries Xenophon is shown to be very much a man of his times concerned with topical issues ranging from panhellenism and utopia to how far the gods controlled human history. . Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3320 ISBN : 041509139X 9780415091398
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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
Bookseller reference : 3322 ISBN : 0521858739 9780521858731
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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
Bookseller reference : 3324 ISBN : 0813004322 9780813004327
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Rothwell Kenneth S.
POLITICS AND PERSUASION IN ARISTOPHANES' ECCLESIAZUSAE
E. J. Brill Academic Publishers. Fine. 1990. Softcover. 9004091858 . Mnemosyne Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum; 0.5 x 9.5 x 6.4 Inches; 118 pages; This study shows that the Ecclesiazusae is an affirmation of the importance of persuasion in the fourth-century democracy. ; Praxagora the attractive and articulate female protagonist virtually personifies peitho the realm of both political persuasion and erotic seduction. The ability of peitho to address both public and private motivations makes it the perfect instrument to resolve the tension in the fourth century between selfishness and civic participation. This is after all the central issue in the later episodes of the play. . E. J. Brill Academic Publishers paperback
Bookseller reference : 3328 ISBN : 9004091858 9789004091856
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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
Bookseller reference : 3331
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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
Bookseller reference : 3341 ISBN : 0500400083 9780500400081
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