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Hoddinott, R. F.
BULGARIA IN ANTIQUITY An Archaeological Introduction
Dustjacket has minor chipping to heel of spine else NF. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Very minor shelfwear to book. ; 368 pages; This is the first book in English on the art and archaeology of Antiquity in what is now Bulgaria and the first in any language to treat this period here as an entity. Written sources, inscriptions, and coins have been drawn upon to place the main archaeological sites and monuments within their social and historical setting. Beginning with the Ionian arrival about 600 BC, Hoddinott deals first with the Black Sea colonies and the effect of Greek and other civilizations on the native Thracian culture. He then assesses the consequence of absorption into the Roman Empire. Finally he examines the churches and fortifications of the fifth and sixth centuries and the barbarian pressures. Illustrated with 202 plates, 105 figures, and 2 maps.
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Moore, J. A.
SELECTIONS FROM THE GREEK ELEGIAC, IAMBIC, AND LYRIC POETS
Notes in text in pen about 10 pages. Additional notes in pencil in text. Former owner's name on ffep. Fading to letters on spine. Book itself is VG. ; Greek texts from Greek poets with english notes. ; 112 pages
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Vogel, Lise
THE COLUMN OF ANTONINUS PIUS
Minor rubbing to extremities. ; Contents: Modern History of the Column of Antoninus Pius; Free-Standing Column Monument; Apotheosis Relief; Decursio Reliefs; Conclusion: Program, style and Meaning. ; Loeb Classical Monographs; 0.71 x 10.63 x 7.56 Inches; 220 pages
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Coldstream, J N
LIGHT FROM CYPRUS ON THE GREEK 'DARK AGE'?
Bottom corner of book is bumped. ; Coldstream expertly seeks evidence from the history and archeology of Cyprus that might help illuminate the lesser known epochs of the ancient Greek world. Card Covers. ; The Nineteenth J. L. Myres Memorial Lecture.; 0.16 x 9.37 x 6.93 Inches; 19 pages
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MacKendrick, Paul
ROMAN FRANCE
DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. DJ has light edgewear. Book has very minor shelfwear. ; pieces together a political, social and religious history of France in Roman times. Also demonstrates the influence of Roman culture on France centuries after the fall of the Empire, and assesses the relationship of Roman Gaul to the beauty of present-day Paris. ; 275 pages
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Lloyd, Alan
MARATHON The Story of Civilizations on Collision Course
Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has edgewear with light chipping. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. ; Tells the story of the First Persian Expedition and their defeat by the Athenians on the plain of Marathon in which 9000 Greek part-time warriors defied 30,000 Persians under Darius--popular history. ; 191 pages; Book Club Edition.
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Hopper, Robert John
TRADE AND INDUSTRY IN CLASSICAL GREECE
With 55 Illustrations. Contents: Trade of the Pre-Classical Era; Greek Traders andTrading - The Classical Period; The Import Trade - Principally Corn; Exports and Industrial Production; State Attitudes to Trade and Traders; Finance and Banking; Trades and Crafts; Land, Agriculture and other Cultivation; Mining; States other than Athens: A Brief Survey into the Hellenistic Period. ; Aspects of Greek & Roman Life; 256 pages
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Crombie, I. M
AN EXAMINATION OF PLATO'S DOCTRINES II. Plato on Knowledge and Reality
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Spine cover is creased. Minor soiling to boards. Former institute's bookplate on inner cover. Withdrawn stamp across titlepage. Minor soiling to textblock. ; International Library of Philosophy and Scientific Method; Vol. 2; 573 pages
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Mazzolani, Lidia Storoni; S. O'Donnell (tr.)
THE IDEA OF THE CITY IN ROMAN THOUGHT From Walled City to Spiritual Commonwealth
Borads are foxed leaving white dot discolorations all over boards. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Object of the book is to trace the course of an idea through the history of Roman thought-- the idea of the City, considered not as a political or legal institution, but rather as a design for a society in which men could live together. Also depicts the inherent contradictions between these two views of the matter. ; 288 pages
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Heurgon, Jacques
THE RISE OF ROME TO 264 B.C.
Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Book has minor shelfwear. DJ is price-clipped. ; An introduction to Early Roman history in the context of the peopling and development of the western Mediterranean. Contents: Original Population; Etruscans in Etruria; External Influences on Civilization in Italy; Rome under the Kings; Roman Republic etc...; 344 pages
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Simonsuuri, Kirsti
HOMER'S ORIGINAL GENIUS Eighteenth-Century Notions of the Early Greek Epic (1688-1798)
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and removed pocket. Discard stamps along with adhesive stains and pocket remnants on ffep. Tape stains on back fep. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Dustjacket spine is sunned. ; Looks at the 'querelle des anciens et des modernes' -- the question whether writers should imitate the classics or use literary forms which seemed more suited to their own era--and the debate in Europe since the earliest days of the Renaissance. ; 240 pages
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Burton, Reginald W. B.
PINDAR'S PYTHIAN ODES
DJ is price-clipped. Tear to DJ along top of spine (3 cm). Light discoloration to DJ spine. Minor edgewear with 1 small closed tear along bottom corner of DJ. Light browning to pages. ; Devotes a chapter to each Pythian Ode, examining its structure and contents as a finished work. Poems are discussed in chronological order of composition, so that the development of Pindar's style and personality may be traced from youth to old age. ; 212 pages
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Shankman, Steven
POPE'S ILIAD Homer in the Age of Passion
Front panel has small stain at bottom of DJ. Moderate rubbing. Dustjacket has light chipping. Minor rubbing to boards. ; Recovers the interpretive and stylistic aims of Pope and his contemporaries and addresses objections that have lost Pope's Iliad the audience it deserves. Shankman shows that Pope's translation embodies a much finer understanding of the sense and spirit of the original than has been generally recognized. ; Princeton Essays in Literature; 195 pages
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Konrad, C. F.
PLUTARCH'S SERTORIUS A Historical Commentary
Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 1.12 x 9.55 x 6.44 Inches; 316 pages; C. F. Konrad provides the first book-length commentary on Plutarch's Life of Sertorius, the work that has shaped most modern interpretations of the man and his career. Quintus Sertorius (126-73 B. C. ) was a political and military leader during the period of turmoil that ended with the Roman Republic's disintegration just thirty years after his death. A major figure on the losing side in the first civil war (87-82 B. C. ) , he went to Spain to continue the struggle against the ruling senatorial faction with the help of Roman exiles and the native population. His military skill was much admired, but his increasingly despotic behavior, combined with failing luck in the field, eventually prompted Sertorius' assassination by his Roman staff. One of Plutarch's most austere biographies, Sertoriuslacks the rich color and wealth of anecdote characteristic of his Antony or Perikles, yet it is unsurpassed in its seemingly unbounded sympathy for its subject and is the most substantial source extant on Sertorius. By analyzing Plutarch's method and purpose, Konrad develops a more critical and less eulogistic view of Sertorius' character and his actions during this period. The Greek text of Plutarch's biography is included in this book.
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Goldberg, Sander M.
MAKING OF MENANDER'S COMEDY
Minor rubbing to DJ. ; 148 pages; Study establishes a critical perspective for understanding the kind of comedy Menander wrote, his roots, the theatrical effects he sought, and the extent of his achievement. Chapters on the major plays analyse their techniques of construction and characterization, suggesting both the strengths and the limitations of Menander's comic tradition. An introductory chapter places the tradition of New Comedy in the history of drama and also draws modern parrallels, making it useful for students of drama aswell as classicists.
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Tritle, Lawrence A. (Ed. )
THE GREEK WORLD IN THE FOURTH CENTURY From the Fall of the Athenian Empire to the Successors of Alexander
Minor scratches to front wrap else Fine ; 0.77 x 8.5 x 5.46 Inches; 320 pages; The papers collected in this volume present a systematic survey of the struggles of Athens, Sparta and Thebes to dominate Greece in the fourth century - only to be overwhelmed by the newly emerging Macedonian kingdom of Philip II. Additionally, the situation of Greeks in Sicily, Italy and Asia is portrayed, showing the geographical and political diffusion of the Greeks in a broader historical context. This is a book that will provide the reader with a clearly drawn and vivid picture of the main events and leading personalities in this decisive period of Greek history.
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Bos, Isaäc
PLUTARCHUS' LEVEN VAN AGESILAUS Inleiding, Tekst, Commentaar
Wraps are lightly browned. Light shelfwear. ; Greek text with Dutch preface and commentary. ; Proefschrift (Diss. ) ; 227 pages
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Devroye, Irena & Kemp Lysiane
OVER DE HISTORISCHE METHODE VAN POLYBIOS
Browning to wraps. Very small chip to top corner of front wrap. Minor creases to bottom corners of wraps. Minor Pencil underlining on about 10 pages ; Dutch text with french summary. ; Verhandelingen Van Den Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie Van Wetenschappen, Letteren En Schone Kunsten Van België; 247 pages
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Arrian; Fr. Dübner & Carolus Müller
ARRIANI: ANABASIS ET INDICA & RELIQUA ARRIANI Ex Optimo Codice Parisino Emendavit Varietatem Ejus Libri Retulit...et Scriptorum De Rebus Alexandri M. Collegit Pseudo-Callisthenis Historiam Fabulosam.
1/4 buckram boards with gilt lettering. 1 1/2" piece missing from top of spine. Front board detached but present. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Minor edgewear to boards. Endpapers browned. Light foxing throughout. First two front endpapers have top corner missing. Fair to good condition. ; Ex Optimo Codice Parisino Emendavit et Varietatem Ejus Libri Retulit. Fr. Dübner. Reliqua Arriani, Et Scriptorum de Rebus Alexandri M. Fragmenta Collegit, Pseudo-Callisthenis Historiam Fabulosam. Ex Tribus Codicibus Nunc Primum edidit, itinerarium alexandri et indices adjecit, Carolus Müller. Greek and Latin Text. ; Scriptorum de Rebus Alexandri M. Pseudo-Callisthenes; Xxxii,327, vi,162, xxxii,180
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Krieter-Spiro, Martha
SKLAVEN, KÖCHE AND HETÄREN Das Dienstpersonal Bei Menander. Stellung, Rolle, Komik Und Sprache
Former owner's name neatly stamped on ffep (P. Stork). Very light browning to spine else Fine. ; Beiträge Zur Altertumskunde 93; 329 pages
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Livingston, Ivy
A LINGUISTIC COMMENTARY ON LIVIUS ANDRONICUS
Studies in Classics; 120 pages; Virtually all recent major work on Livius Andronicus has focused on assessing his artistic merits and his skills as a translator of Homer. But, as the oldest literary Latin preserved in any quantity, the language of Livius shows many features of linguistic interest and raises intriguing questions of phonolgy, morphology and syntax. In this book, Ivy Livingston frames an examination of Livius' Latin in the form of a commentary. Although Livius provides the starting-point of each comment, his language is sufficiently similar to his nearest successors - such as Naevius or Ennius - that many of the discussions do not also end with Livius, but explore wider-ranging problems of Latin and of Indo-European linguistics.
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Kowerski, Lawrence M.
SIMONIDES ON THE PERSIAN WARS A Study of the Elegiac Verses of the 'New Simonides'
Studies in Classics; 260 pages; This book examines the arrangement and interpretation of the papyrus fragments named the "new Simonides." Specifically, it considers what evidence these fragments offer for Simonides' elegiac compositions on the Persian Wars. The current orthodoxy is that they represent three separate elegies on individual battles, one on Artemisium, one on Salamis, and one on Plataea. Kowerski evaluates what evidence these fragments provide for these compositions, and in doing so, questions the validity of the current interpretation of the "new Simonides."
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Frederiksen, Martin (Nicholas Purcell Ed. )
CAMPANIA
Dustjacket has a couple of small chips now protected in mylar. Dustjacket has a couple of small stains to back panel. Minor bump to bottom corner else Fine. ; Campania is the most fertile part of peninsular Italy. It possesses good harbours and excellent land communications. Its archaeology is rich even by Italian standards, and it is prominent in ancient texts even to the point of notoriety. It is therefore possible to study the complex and important ancient history of the region in considerable depth. ; 368 pages
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Demianczuk, Ioannes
SUPPLEMENTUM COMICUM Comoedia Graecae Fragmenta Post Editiones Kockianam Et Kaibelianam Reperta Vel Indicata Collegit, Disposuit, Adnotationibus Et Indice Verborum Instruxit
Book has been rebound in yellow and checked boards. Light foxing to endpapers. Light tanning to pages. ; Text is in greek and latin. ; 158 pages
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Brink, C. O.
HORACE ON POETRY Prolegomena to the Literary Epistles
DJ is price-clipped. Browning to DJ. Dustjacket has edgewear with light chipping and a few small tears. Gift inscription on preface page. ; 312 pages
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Richter, Gisela M. A.
GREEK PORTRAITS [4 VOLUME SET] I: a Study of Their Development; II: to What Extent Were They Faithful Likenesses?; III: How Were Likenesses Transmitted in Ancient Times? Small Portraits and Near-Portraits in Terracotta, Greek and Roman; IV: Iconographical Studies: a Few Suggestions
Chipping to spine ends of vols. Light tanning to wraps of all vols. Overall VG/VG+ set. ; Collection Latomus Volumes: XX, XXXVI, XLVIII, LIV
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Mc Kay / McKay, K. J. [Kenneth John]
THE POET AT PLAY Kallimachos, the Bath of Pallas
Former owner's name on ffep. Browning to spine. Chipping and small tears to spine ends. Pages untrimmed. Slight creasing to wraps. Light pencil marginalia on a few pages. ; Mnemosyne. Bibliotheca Classica Batava. Supplementum; 139 pages
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Kitromilidis / Kitromilides, Paschalis M.
RIGA VELESTINLI [REGA BELESTINLE / RIGAS VELESTINLIS]: APANTHISMA KEIMENON
Minor soiling to wraps. ; Text is in Greek (modern/demotic). ; 158 pages
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Earl, Donald
LE SIÈCLE D'AUGUSTE
Light edgewear to DJ. ; Traduit de l'anglais par Robert Latour. Photographies de Mario Carrieri et autres. 6 plans et 33 figures dans le texte, 84 illustrations (35 in colour) ; 206 pages
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Trundle, Matthew
GREEK MERCENARIES From the Late Archaic Period to Alexander
224 pages; This book provides a detailed picture of the life of these Greek mercenaries, analyzing who they were and from what section of society they came. It explores their motivations, their relationships and connections, both with each other and those with whom they served, and shows how mercenaries were recruited, paid and maintained. Matthew Trundle reviews a variety of evidence, including Xenophon's detailed account of how over ten thousand Greeks tried and failed to establish the Persian prince Cyrus on his brother's Imperial throne, the fragments of a fourth century play about the first ever soldier of fortune, and inscriptions prohibiting Athenians from taking service with their neighbours. The result is a fresh look at the significance of mercenaries in ancient Greek society, economy and politics, and their part in the process that shaped the great Empire of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic world.
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Robinson, H. Russell
THE ARMOUR OF IMPERIAL ROME
Minor browning to pages. Front inner hinge slightly cracked/ Now protected in plastic. Bottom of spine is edgeworn. Wear to extremities. Top of spine has 1cm cut on other side. ; Provides in one volume a comprehensive study of Roman armour. ; 200 pages
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Hammond, Mason
THE ANTONINE MONARCHY
Minor chipping to spine ends. Light discoloration to spine and top portion of wraps. Classics scholar's name on ffep (Alvin H. Bernstein). Pages uncut. ; Study of the Constitutional aspects of the Antonine monarchy and looks at how the nature of the Roman imperial government changed from the Augustan concept of a Restored Republic under a princeps to an overt monarchy under an emperor. ; Papers and Monographs of the American Academy in Rome Volume XIX; 527 pages
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Roux, Georges
L'AMPHICTIONIE, DELPHES ET LE TEMPLE D' APOLLON AU IVE SIÈCLE
Former classics scholar's bookplate on inner cover (D. M. Lewis). Very light shelfwear. ; Collection De La Maison De L'Orient Méditerranéen, No.8, Série Archéologique 6; 272 pages
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Love, John R.
ANTIQUITY AND CAPITALISM Max Weber and the Sociological Foundations of Roman Civilization
Former classics scholar's name on ffep (J. F. Drinkwater). Very light shelfwear to DJ else fine. ; 352 pages; Could capitalism have existed in antiquity? Traditionally, Marxist analysis has denied this possibility. However, in Antiquity and Capitalism, Love argues that the concept of capitalism may be successfully applied to the ancient world if one cuts it free from its modern connotations to create a variant appropriate to the cultural conditions of antiquity.
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Balsdon, J. P. V. D.
THE EMPEROR GAIUS (Caligula)
Former owner's name on ffep. Very light edgewear to DJ now protected in plastic sleeve. ; 1964 reprint of 1934 edition. Contents: Tiberius and his Successor; The first Three years at Rome; Gaius in Germany and Gaul; Conspiracies, Murder- -and the Succession; Gaius and the Jews; The Government of Gaius; The Character of Gaius. ; 184 pages
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Heubeck, Alfred & Stephanie West & J. B. Hainsworth & Arie Hoekstra & Joseph Russo & Manuel Fernandez-Galiano
A COMMENTARY ON HOMER'S ODYSSEY Volume I: Introduction and Books I-VIII; Volume II: Books IX-XVI; Volume III: Books XVII-XXIV
Minor shelfwear. Books are slightly cocked. Heavy creasing to spines. ; A three-volume commentary compiled by an international team of scholars includes an introduction discussing previous research on the Odyssey, its relation to the Iliad, the epic dialect, and the transmission of the text. 1991-1992; 3 Volume Set COMPLETE. Commentary on Homer's Odyssey. Clarendon Paperbacks; Vol. 1/3/2022; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Gow, A. S. F. & D. L. Page
THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY [2 VOLUME SET] Hellenistic Epigrams. Volume I: Introduction and Text. Volume II: Commentary and Indexes
Former classics scholars' names on bookplate on inner cover (D. Obbink & D. M. Lewis). DJ spines are browned. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and a few small tears. Small piece from head of DJ spine of volume have chipped away. ; 2 Volume Set COMPLETE; Vol. 1/2/2022; 719 pages
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Syme, Ronald (Ed. E. Badian)
RONALD SYME: ROMAN PAPERS Volumes I & II
Ex-library copies with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; Volume I & II
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Braund, David
ROME AND THE FRIENDLY KING The Character of the Client Kingship
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Call numbers on spine have been removed leaving sticker residue to boards. Slight wear to corners. A couple of genealogical tables at back have a few small tears. ; 226 pages; First major study of the relationship between Rome and the kings of her world. It covers the whole of that world over a period of six centuries from the third century BC. It aims to give a functional definition of what is usually called client kingship-- to show what a client king (or friendly king to use the Roman term) was in practice.
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Reiter, William
AEMILIUS PAULLUS Conqueror of Greece
Bumping to bottom corners and spine ends. Minor shelfwear. ; The Aim of this study is to build up an accurate picture of the soldier and politician by scrutiny of the main sources -- Livy, Plutarch and Polybius (the last of whom worked under the direct patronage of Paullus). Contents: Polybius and the Image; Livy and the Image; Plutarch and the Image; Another Look. ; 8vo; 171 pages
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Brauer, George C.
THE AGE OF THE SOLDIER EMPERORS Imperial Rome, A.D. 244-284
Dustjacket spine is slightly discolored. Tiny chip to DJ at head of spine. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Noyes Classical Studies; 288 pages; Looks at the history of the Roman Empire in the middle part of the third century A. D. From the reign of Philip the Arab to Carus and his dynasty before the reign of Diocletian. Book is heavily illustrated with pictures of coins of the period.
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Myres, J. L.
HERODOTUS Father of History
Worn corners. Rubbing to boards. Edgewear to bottom boards. Former classics scholar's name on ffep (W. P. Wallace). Pencil underlining in text passim. Very minor pencil marginalia on a few pages. ; 324 pages; Sets out to examine the claim that Herodotus is the 'father of history' in the light of his aims and methods, and his literary style.
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Schreiner, Johan Henrik
TWO BATTLES AND TWO BILLS: MARATHON AND THE ATHENIAN FLEET
Top corner of book is bumped. Small bump to base of spine. ; Contents: Herodotus and the hoplites of Marathon; the first Marathon: the Battle of Kallimakhos; the second Marathon: the Battle of Miltiades; the first Naval Bill of Themistokles; the second Naval Bill of Themistokles; The Phantom Battle of Phaleron; Conclusion: Sources and Facts. ; Monographs from the Norwegian Institute At Athens Vol. 3; 159 pages
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Syme, Ronald
SOME ARVAL BRETHREN
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; Arval Brethren (latin: Fratres Arvales) were a religious fraternity in ancient Rome who offered annual sacrifices to lares and gods to guarantee good harvests. The modern world knows them mainly for their stone-carved records of their oaths, rituals and sacrifices. ; 140 pages
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Rogers, Guy MacLean
THE SACRED IDENTITY OF EPHESOS Foundation Myths of a Roman City
Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear to top corner else Fine. ; First full-length interpretation of the foundation sets out a completely new methodology for analysing large inscriptions, and challenges some of the basic assumptions scholars have made about the origins and significance of the "Second Sophistic". Argues that Ephesians used their past to define their present during the Roman Empire, and his study sheds new light on how second-century Greeks established and maintained their identities in relation to Romans, Christians and jews. ; 1 x 9 x 6 Inches; 192 pages
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Roesch, Paul
THESPIES ET LA CONFÉDÉRATION BÉOTIENNE
Former classics scholar's bookplate on inner cover (D. M. Lewis) else Fine. ; 20 plates and 1 fold-out map. ; Université De Lyon -- Faculté Des Lettres; 296 pages
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Dindorfius, Gulielmus (Dindorf, Wilhelm) , & Ernestus Maass
SCHOLIA GRAECA IN HOMERI ILIADEM TOWNLEYANA, TOMUS I & II [SCHOLIA GRAECA IN HOMERI ILIADEM EX CODIBUS AUCTA ET EMENDATA EDITIONIS A. G. DINDORFIO INCOHATAE TOMUS V & VI] 2 Volumes
Light browning to end papers of both volumes. Brown boards with gilt lettering. Attractive set. 1 page has 1 single marginalia in blue pen. No other markings. Very minor shelfwear. ; 2 Volume Set: Vols. I & II of Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem Townleyana /
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Allen, Thomas W.
THE HOMERIC CATALOGUE OF SHIPS Edited with a Commentary.
Foxing to endpapers. Worn spine ends and corners. Boards have small discoloration areas all over. Former owner's name on ffep in pencil. 1 map has tear repaired with 2 postage stamps (not affecting map). Worn copy. ; Attempts to show that the Catalogue of ships gives a true picture of the geography and political position of the Heroic age. ; 191 pages
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Lisi, Francisco L. (Ed. )
PLATO'S LAWS AND ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Selected Papers of the I International Congress on Ancient Thought, Salamanca, 1998
Very minor shelfwear else fine. Gift inscription to classics scholar on ffep: "with best wishes to my friend and colleague, Christopher Rowe. Madrid. 23/2/01" ; 351 pages; Of all of Plato's dialogues the Laws was the most related to the social and political circumstances of the time and was more influential as theoretical writing on the politics of every subsequent epoch than his other major work on the subject, the Republic. For modern democracy, some of the theoretical principles that were exposed for the first time in the Laws are fundamental: the rule of law, the check and balance of power, etc. The understanding of the largest work written by Plato has substantially improved in the last decades thanks to increasing research. This selection from the papers tries to offer a panoramic vision of the work, which is being done at present in the main fields by well known scholars like T. J. Saunders, L. Brisson, Kl. Schöpsdau, A. Neschke, Chr. Bobonich, Sl. Dusanic and others. The first set of contributions is related to the new notion of law which Plato shapes in the Laws and its connection to the dialogue as genre. The reader will also find a set of papers devoted to the relationship between virtue and state, the nature of the state, and the metaphysics. The section devoted to the specific organisation of the Magnesian State offers papers that investigate the Magnesian economy (in its modern sense) , the nocturnal council, the laws about sexuality and the position of the slaves. The section devoted to the relationship of the Laws to its historical context contains contributions which try to explain the impact of the ideological and historical situation on the work and its possible influence on the political circumstances of the time. Two papers analyse the influences of the Laws on the Neoplatonic philosophy and in John Locke. Finally the textual tradition of the dialogue is considered.
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Ferrari, G. R. F.
CITY AND SOUL IN PLATO'S REPUBLIC
Lecturae Platonis 2; 130 pages; Tracing a central theme of Plato's Republic, G. R. F. Ferrari reconsiders in this study the nature and purpose of the comparison between the structure of society and that of the individual soul. In four chapters, Ferrari examines the personalities and social status of the brothers Glaucon and Adeimantus, Plato's notion of justice, coherence in Plato's description of the decline of states, and the tyrant and the philosopher king - a pair who, in their different ways, break with the terms of the city-soul analogy. In addition to acknowledging familiar themes in the interpretation of the Republic - the sincerity of its utopianism, the justice of the philosopher's return to the Cave - Ferrari provocatively engages secondary literature by Leo Strauss, Bernard Williams, and Jonathan Lear. With admirable clarity and insight, Ferrari conveys the relation between the city and the soul and the choice between tyranny and philosophy.
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