‎Greek‎

‎Immerwahr, Henry R.‎

‎ATTIC SCRIPT A Survey‎

‎Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Top textblock has a bit of foxing. Dustjacket has creasing along lower rear edge. ; Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology; 286 pages; This study places the inscriptions found on Athenian vases in the context of the early development of writing in Athens. Focusing on the period from the invention of the alphabet in the 8th century B.C. to the early 4th century B.C., when the local alphabet had been supplanted by the common Ionic script, the book presents inscriptions on stone, both public and private, scratched inscriptions on pottery, including the political ostraca, and some inscriptions on lead tablets. Although the vase inscriptions are brief, they number in the thousands and give an accurate picture of the art of writing and the state of literacy in the Classical Period.‎

‎Housman, A. E. ; Adelman, Seymour‎

‎THE NAME AND NATURE OF A.E. HOUSMAN From the Collection of Seymour Adelman‎

‎Minor discoloration to front wrap. Minor shelfwear. ; Catalogue with 76 entries for an exhibition of Housman and manuscripts from Seymour Adelman's Housman collection at Bryn Mawr College; 54 pages‎

‎Segal, Charles‎

‎LANDSCAPE IN OVID'S METAMORPHOSES A Study in the Transformations of a Literary Symbol‎

‎Light browning to wraps. Minor shelfwear. ; Contents: Landscape as Symbol; Symbolic Elements in Ovid's Landscapes: Caves, Water, Flowers; Symbolic Landscape and Tonal Unity; Ovidian Landscape and the Tradition: the Transformation of Pastoral; Metamorphosis and the Moral Order: Ovid's View of nature. ; Hermes; Zeitschrift Für Klassische Philologie. Einzelschriften 23; 109 pages‎

‎Dyson, Stephen L.‎

‎THE CREATION OF THE ROMAN FRONTIER‎

‎Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Else fine. ; Gathers the scattered and often ambiguous classical references into a coherent description of Roman strategic thinking. Finds the Roman frontier policy to have been much more disciplined than previously supposed. ; 1 x 9.5 x 6 Inches; 337 pages‎

‎Susina, Giancarlo; Dabrowski, A. M. (Tr. ) ; E. Badian (Ed. )‎

‎THE ROMAN STONECUTTER An Introduction to Latin Epigraphy‎

‎Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Small sticker damage to ffep. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; 93 pages; A critical review of recently canvassed theories of Latin epigraphy, and pays particular attention to the circumstances in which inscriptions were commissioned, the practical detail of their execution, and the reactions of those who read them.‎

‎Haarhoff, T. J.‎

‎THE STRANGER AT THE GATE Aspects of Isolationism and Co-Operation in Ancient Greece and Rome, with Reference to Modern Tensions between Races and Nations‎

‎Former owner's name to ffep (Philippa Goold née Forder). 1 corner bumped. Pages tanned. DJ chipping and a couple of small tears. DJ browned. ; Xii, 354pp. ; 354 pages‎

‎Glover, T. R.‎

‎THE CONFLICT OF RELIGIONS IN THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE‎

‎Ffep is excised. Spine browned. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). 1 corner edgeworn. ; Excellent treatise on Paganism and its decline and the rise of early Christianity. ; 359 pages‎

‎Homer; Walter Leaf‎

‎THE ILIAD VOL. I: BOOKS I-XII Edited, with Apparatus Criticus, Prolegomena, Notes, and Appendices‎

‎Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Light rubbing to boards. Light foxing to textblock. ; Reprint of the 1900-1902 Edition. ; Volume 1 Only. ; Vol. 1; 601 pages‎

‎Cotterell, Arthur‎

‎CHARIOT The Astounding Rise and Fall of the World's First War Machine‎

‎Narrating the development and disappearance of the world's first war machine, this book reminds readers that much of the power of ancient empires was two-wheeled and horse-driven. Harnessed to other historians' broad-spectrum research on the causes of the end of the Bronze Age, Cotterell argues that, much like the later introduction of the stirrup, chariot technology dramatically recast battlefield strategy across the ancient world. Egyptians employed chariots as all-purpose fighting machines, while Roman chariots were more ceremonial, and Indian troops used theirs as archery platforms; Chinese engineers developed more efficient harnesses, permitting heavier cars. The author's comparative approach broadens the appeal of what would otherwise seem a narrow topic, but this account nevertheless behaves as a detailed military history. Particularly interesting for such scholarship, the author also discusses the chariot as a vehicle for modern popular culture; it aims to dispel the notion that chariots were simply horse-pulled tanks. Scholarly yet accessible, ; 344 pages‎

‎Tandy, David W. & University of California Press‎

‎WARRIORS INTO TRADERS The Power of the Market in Early Greece‎

‎Very light shelfwear. ; The eighth century dawned on a Greek world that had remained substantially unchanged during the centuries of stagnation known as the Dark Age. This book is a study of the economic and cultural upheaval that shook mainland Greece and the Aegean area in the eighth century, and the role that poetry played in this upheaval. Using tools from political and economic anthropology, David Tandy argues that between about 800 and 700 B. C. , a great transformation of dominant economic institutions took place involving wrenching adjustments in the way status and wealth were distributed within the Greek communities. Tandy explores the economic organization of preindustrial societies, both ancient and contemporary, to shed light on the Greek experience. He argues that the sudden shift in Greek economic formations led to new social behaviors and to new social structures such as the polis, itself a by-product of economic change. Unraveling the dialectic between the material record and epic poetry, Tandy shows that the epic tradition mirrored these new social behaviors and that it portrayed the stresses that economic change brought to the ancient Aegean world. Tandy brings in comparative evidence from other small-scale communities beset by changes, spotlighting the specific plight of one community, Ascra in Boeotia, on whose behalf Hesiod sang his Works and Days. The result is a lively, moving account of a human dilemma that, many centuries later, is all too familiar. ; Classics and Contemporary Thought; 9.5 x 1.25 x 6.5 Inches; 296 pages‎

‎Goff, Barbara‎

‎THE NOOSE OF WORDS Readings of Desire, Violence and Language in Euripides' Hippolytos‎

‎This book is a new reading of Euripides' Hippolytos, a central play for the study of both Euripides and Greek tragedy. Professor Goff approaches the play through the techniques of modern literary criticism, including deconstruction and feminism, bringing new light to this influential text through her analysis of the play's language. She organizes her study around five critical issues: gender, desire, violence, language, and the status of poetry and drama. Throughout she takes care to situate the play within the historical and cultural context of fifth-century Athens. This provocative book will interest classicists and students of drama and literary theory; transliteration of Greek words and a glossary of key terms make it accessible to all. ; 154 pages‎

‎Lapidge, Michael & Malcolm Godden & Simon Keynes & Peter S. Baker & Carl Berkhout & Martin Biddle & Mark Blackburn & Daniel Donoghue & Roberta Frank & Richard Gameson & Helmut Gneuss & Patrizia Lendinara & Andy Orchard & Fred Robinson & Donald Scragg‎

‎ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND 30‎

‎Dustjacket has a few tears along top of book. General edgewear. ; Anglo-Saxon England consistently embraces all the main aspects of study of Anglo-Saxon history and culture--linguistic, literary, textual, palaeographic, religious, intellectual, historical, archaeological and artistic. Volume 30 includes: Old sources, new resources: finding the right formula for Boniface; The illness of King Alfred the Great; The social context of narrative disruption in the Letter of Alexander to Aristotle; Broken bodies and singing tongues: gender and voice in the Cambridge Corpus Christi College; 23 Psychomachia; Anglo-Saxon prognostics in context: a survey and handlist of manuscripts; Bibliography for 2000.; Anglo-Saxon England; Vol. 30; 374 pages‎

‎Ovid‎

‎L'ART D'AMOURS Traduction Et Commentaire De L' Ars Amatoria D'Ovide‎

‎Minor shelfwear. Former owner's signature. ; Livre en français (Book is in French); 300 pages‎

‎Collins, Robert J‎

‎THE MEDES AND PERSIANS Conquerors and Diplomats‎

‎Ex-Library book with pocket, and stamp (blacked out). Without markings, book would be NF. ; Archaeological discoveries in the past generation have enhanced our knowledge of the Ancient Medes and Persians. The glories of Persepolis and Pasargadae, the home capitals of the Persian kings, now stand revealed to in a grandeur that staggers the imagination. This book recounts the contributions of the ancient Medes and Persians and tells their tale from their perspective rather than the Greeks. ; Early culture series; 176 pages‎

‎Glover, T. R‎

‎DEMOCRACY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD‎

‎Ex-library copy with usual withdrawn stamps, call numbers and pocket. Also has bookplate of former owner. Spine is sunned. ; Contents: The Homeric world, The world after Homer, The age of Pericles, The decline of democracy, The rise of the prince, The Achaean league, The early days of Rome, The ascendancy of the Roman Senate, The end of the republic, Children of nature and fortunate isles, Index; 263 pages‎

‎Brüggemann, (Bruggemann) Lewis William Ludwig Wilhelm‎

‎A SUPPLEMENT TO THE VIEW OF THE ENGLISH EDITIONS, TRANSLATIONS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ANCIENT GREEK AND LATIN AUTHORS, WITH REMARKS‎

‎Light foxing to textblock. ; Vol. 2; 150 pages‎

‎Lowe, J. E‎

‎MAGIC IN GREEK & LATIN LITERATURE‎

‎Spine is rubbed and top of spine show wear. Corners are bumped and worn. ; Presents in popular form the chief accounts of magical practices in the writings of ancient Greek and Roman authors. Appears to be signed by author on title page in pencil. ; 135 pages; Signed by Author‎

‎Jouguet, Pierre‎

‎PAPYRUS DE THÉADELPHIE‎

‎First published 1911. Text is in French and Greek. 2 plates. ; 266 pages‎

‎Woodward, Jocelyn M.‎

‎PERSEUS A Study in Greek Art and Legend‎

‎Corners are lightly bumped. ; 98 pages‎

‎Trypanis, Constantine Athanasius‎

‎THE HOMERIC EPICS‎

‎Pages are slightly yellowed. ; Contents: Poet Homer and the Homeric Question; Structure of the Iliad and the Odyssey; The date of the Homeric Epics and their form; Epic Narrative Technique; Men and gods in the Homeric epics; Poetic Achievement of the Homer epics; Influence of the Homeric epics. ; 8.5 x 0.75 x 6 Inches; 114 pages‎

‎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.‎

‎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

‎Philo Judaeus; J. Rendel Harris (ed.)‎

‎FRAGMENTS OF PHILO JUDAEUS With Two Facsimiles‎

‎Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. One pages has very small piece missing (unaffecting text). Edgewear to extremities. Bumping to top of spine. ; 110 pages; Text is in Greek, Latin, & English. Philo (20 BC - 50 AD) , known also as Philo of Alexandria and as Philo Judeaus, was a Hellenized Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt. Philo used allegory to fuse and harmonize Greek philosophy and Judaism. His method followed the practices of both Jewish exegesis and Stoic philosophy. His work was not widely accepted.‎

‎Aeschylus; Henry David Thoreau (Trans. ) ; Leo Max Kaiser (Ed. )‎

‎THOREAU'S TRANSLATION OF THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES (1843)‎

‎Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Presentation bookplate from publisher to Ambassador College Library.‎

‎Russell, D. A.‎

‎CRITICISM IN ANTIQUITY‎

‎Top corner of book is bumped. General shelfwear and rubbing to DJ. Book has former owner's signature. ; Identifies and analyses the main themes of classical literature against their historical background. Study of Ancient criticism in English. ; 219 pages‎

‎Ginsberg, Warren‎

‎THE CAST OF CHARACTER The representation of personality in ancient and medieval literature‎

‎No DJ as issued. Very light staining-- otherwise Fine condition. ; Concerned with the idea of character and the methods of representing it in medieval and ancient narrative fiction. Looks at Ovid, Gottfried's Tristan, Dante 's Farinata, Chretien 's Yvain as well as Boccaccio and Chaucer. ; 202 pages‎