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Lintott, Andrew
VIOLENCE, CIVIL STRIFE AND REVOLUTION IN THE CLASSICAL CITY 750-330 BC
Spine very lightly sunned. Old price sticker to rear wrap. ; Gives a conspectus of violence and civil strife in classical society during the most exciting period of its development. Examines first the extent and function of violence in this form of society and then traces the development of civil strife as the cities become more powerful and politically more sophisticated. Major themes are aristocratic rivalry, the tensions between rich and poor, the link between imperialism and civil strife and the causes of constitutional revolution. ; 289 pages
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Rist, J. M.
STOIC PHILOSOPHY
Some shelfwear. Very faint creasing through a few pages. Pages tanned. Former owner's name to ffep. Crease to front wrap. ; Attempts to present a series of Stoic philosophical ideas in some detail in order to give a clearer picture of what Stoic philosophy is about and encourage the view that the Stoics were serious philosophers. ; 310 pages; Literature on the Stoa has recently concentrated on historical accounts of the development of the school and on Stoicism as a social movement. Professor Rist’s approach is to examine in detail a series of philosophical problems discussed by leading members of the Stoic school. He is not concerned with social history or with the influence of Stoicism on popular beliefs in the Ancient world, but with such questions as the relation between Stoicism and the thought of Aristotle, the meaning and purpose of such Stoic paradoxes as, ‘all sins are equal’, and the philosophical interrelation of Stoic physics and ethics. There are chapters on aspects of Stoic logic and on the thought of particular thinkers such as Panaetius and Posidonius, but ethical problems occupy the centre of the stage.
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Hoffer, Stanley E.
THE ANXIETIES OF PLINY THE YOUNGER
The leading trait in Pliny's epistolary self-portrait is his confidence. This book examines the opposite side of this portrait, concentrating on four primary areas of anxiety in Pliny's life, politics, friendship, literature, and material conditions. ; American Philological Association American Classical Studies Series 43; 0.84 x 9.22 x 5.96 Inches; 250 pages
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Cameron, Averil
THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE AD 284-430
Very minor edgewear to wraps. ; 238 pages; Marked by the shift of power from Rome to Constantinople and the Christianization of the Empire, this pivotal era requires a narrative and interpretative history of its own. Averil Cameron, an authority on later Roman and early Byzantine history and culture, captures the vigor and variety of the fourth century. After a hundred years of political turmoil, civil war, and invasion, the Roman Empire that Diocletian inherited in AD 284 desperately needed the radical restructuring he gave its government and defenses. His successor, Constantine, continued the revolution by adopting--for himself and the Empire--a vibrant new religion: Christianity. The fourth century is an era of wide cultural diversity, represented by figures as different as Julian the Apostate and St. Augustine. Cameron provides a vivid narrative of its events and explores central questions about the economy, social structure, urban life, and cultural multiplicity of the extended empire. Examining the transformation of the Roman world into a Christian culture, she takes note of the competition between Christianity and Neoplatonism. And she paints a lively picture of the new imperial city of Constantinople.
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Auguet, Roland
CRUELTY AND CIVILIZATION: The Roman Games
Crease to front wrap. ; Roland Auguet examines the Roman taste for blood and considers what the games, that strange combination of Cruelty and Civilization, reveal about the Roman mentality. He shows how the great spectacles became a part of city life - they were awaited with impatience, everyone discussed them, some applauded the action in the arena, while others booed frantically. This book provides an exciting history of gladiators, chariot racing and other games as well as an investigation of their function and significance within society. It is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the Romans' violent form of entertainment. ; 222 pages
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Bury, J. B. & Russell Meiggs
A HISTORY OF GREECE To the Death of Alexander the Great
Hinges weakening. Ffep has been partially excised. Rubbing and some wear to boards. Pages tanned. Minor pencilling to a couple of pages. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 577 pages
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Thucydides; W. A. Lamberton (Eds. )
THUCYDIDES: BOOKS II AND III With Introductions and Notes
Spine has been reinforced with clear tape. Some wear and tears to spine cover. Edgewear to boards. Former owner's name to ffep in ink. Some pencilling to many pages. Inner hinges cracked but holding. ; Greek text with English commentary. ; 440 pages
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Demosthenes; Lionel Pearson & Helen F. North (Foreword)
DEMOSTHENES: SIX PRIVATE SPEECHES
Very light shelfwear to book. DJ has rubbing. DJ is price-clipped. ; Extensive English Commentary and Introduction with Greek Text. ; American Philological Association Series of Classical Texts; 296 pages
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Aeschines; Rufus B. Richardson (Ed. )
AESCHINES: AGAINST CTESIPHON (ON THE CROWN) Edited on the Basis of Weidner's Edition
Institution stamps to inner cover and ffep (Univ. Of Michigan Dept. Of Greek). No other markings. Light Rubbing to boards. ; Extensive English Commentary and Introduction with Greek Text. ; College Series of Greek Authors; 279 pages
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Mack, Sara
OVID
Very light shelfwear. ; Hermes Books; 180 pages
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Johnson, Walter Ralph
MOMENTARY MONSTERS: LUCAN AND HIS HEROES
Very light shelfwear. Else book is fine. DJ has light shelfwear. DJ spine is sunned and discolored ; A lively and provocative reading of the Roman poet Lucan which casts new light on the Pharsalia, his epic poem and only surviving work. Contents: Erictho and Her Universe; Cato: The Delusions of Virtue; Pompey: The Illusions of History; Caesar: the Phantasmagoria of Power. ; Cornell Studies in Classical Philology; 0.75 x 8.75 x 5.5 Inches; 160 pages
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Stout, Selatie Edgar
SCRIBE AND CRITIC AT WORK IN PLINY'S LETTERS Notes on the History and the Present Status of the Text
Some sunning to wraps. Pages slightly tanned. Faint creasing to rear wrap. ; Indiana University Publications Humanities Series No. 30; 272 pages
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Pliny; Selatie Edgar Stout
PLINIUS, EPISTULAE A Critical Edition
Light Foxing to textblock. Some sunning to wraps. Bookseller's stamp to ffep. ; 399 pages
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Sprague, Rosamond Kent (Ed. )
THE OLDER SOPHISTS A Complete Translation by Several Hands of the Fragments in "Die Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker" Edited by Diels-Kranz...with a New Edition of Antiphon and of Euthydemus
Very light shelfwear to book. DJ spine slightly browned. ; X, 348pp. ; 348 pages
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Kitto, H. D. F.
GREEK TRAGEDY A Literary Study
Minor shelfwear. ; Records the developments in the form and style of Greek Drama, and analyses the causes behind these changes. ; 410 pages
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Myres, J. L.
HERODOTUS Father of History
Special Edition for Sandpiper Books; Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints; 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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Denniston, J. D.
GREEK PROSE STYLE
Former owner's name to inner cover. Else minor shelfwear. ; Contents: Development of Greek Prose; Abstract Expression; The order of Words; Sentence-Structure and Antithesis; Repetition; Asyndeton; Assonance. ; 139 pages
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Costa, C. D. N. (Ed. )
SENECA
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Dustjacket is protected in plastic sleeve. ; Greek and Latin Studies. Classical Literature and its Influence; 184 pages
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West, M. L. (editor) ; Hesiod
HESIOD: WORKS AND DAYS Edited with Prolegomena and Commentary
Very light shelfwear to book and DJ; 1996 Sandpiper reprint of 1978 Edition. ; 399 pages; Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet whose Works and Days discusses agricultural practices and society in general. Classicists and ancient historians have turned to Works and Days for its insights on Greek mythology and religion. The poem also sheds light on economic history and ancient agriculture, and is a good resource for social scientists interested in these areas. This translation emphasizes the activities and problems of a practicing agriculturist as well as the larger, changing political and economic institutions of the early archaic period. The authors provide a clear, accurate translation along with notes aimed at a broad audience. The introductory essay discusses the changing economic, political and trading world of the eighth and seventh centuries B. C. E. , while the notes present the range and possible meanings of important Greek terms and references in the poem and highlight areas of ambiguity in our understanding of Works and Days.
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Demosthenes; William Watson Goodwin (Ed. )
DEMOSTHENES AGAINST MIDIAS [MEIDIAS] With Critical and Explanatory Notes and an Appendix.
Ink and pencil notes. Rear hinge cracked. Chipping and small tears to spine ends. Corners edgeworn. ; 188 pages
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Tacitus; Henry Furneaux
CORNELII TACITI: DE VITA AGRICOLAE [TACITUS: AGRICOLA] Edited with Introductions, Notes, and Map
Former owner's circle stamp to ffep and a couple of pages. Light fraying to spine ends. Endpapers foxed. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 176 pages; Extensive English introduction, commentary and Latin Text.
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Walsh, P. G.
THE ROMAN NOVEL The Satyricon of Petronius and the Metamorphoses of Apuleius
Former owner's name to inner cover. DJ has edgewear with chipping and small tears. Small stain to DJ spine. DJ is price-clipped. ; The Satyricon of Petronius and the Metamorphoses (or Golden Ass) of Apuleius are the only novels written at Rome before A. D. 200 to have survived. The genre is the comic romance, the literature of relaxation in the ancient world. In this book the author defines the genre and sets it in the context of other forms of fiction then being written, demonstrating that both Petronius and Apuleius introduced important innovations into the traditional comic romance. He then goes on to provide a critical analysis of the Satyricon, with a separate chapter on Trimalchio’s feast, the central and most richly comic episode of the book. The Golden Ass is similarly studied, again with special analysis of its centrepiece, the story of Cupid and Psyche. The final chapter assesses the later influence of the two novels on the main stream of European picaresque fiction. ; 0.87 x 8.86 x 5.79 Inches; 286 pages
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Seneca; R. J. Tarrant
SENECA: AGAMEMNON Edited with a Commentary
Former owner's name to ffep in pencil. DJ spine sunned. DJ has light edgewear with minor chipping. ; Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries 18; 1.42 x 8.74 x 5.79 Inches; 417 pages; In this edition Professor Tarrant provides a much needed critical text. Seneca's tragedy Agamemnon is a brilliantly rhetorical piece, written for the study rather than the stage. In this edition Professor Tarrant provides a much needed critical text. In his introduction he discusses the sources, dating, structure and mode of production of Agamemnon and Senecan drama in general, and includes a detailed survey of the manuscript tradition. Seneca's tragedy Agamemnon is a brilliantly rhetorical piece, written for the study rather than the stage. In this edition Professor Tarrant provides a much needed critical text. In his introduction he discusses the sources, dating, structure and mode of production of Agamemnon and Senecan drama in general, and includes a detailed survey of the manuscript tradition. His commentary is the fullest yet published on a Senecan play and attempts both to interpret the text and to define the originality of Senecan drama by placing it in its proper literary context. Seneca's tragedy Agamemnon is a brilliantly rhetorical piece, written for the study rather than the stage. In this edition Professor Tarrant provides a much needed critical text. In his introduction he discusses the sources, dating, structure and mode of production of Agamemnon and Senecan drama in general, and includes a detailed survey of the manuscript tradition. His commentary is the fullest yet published on a Senecan play and attempts both to interpret the text and to define the originality of Senecan drama by placing it in its proper literary context, it contains material illustrating Seneca's relationship to earlier Greek and Roman drama, Augustan poetry (Ovid's in particular) , and the rhetoric of declamation. This edition will be welcomed by classical scholars and students of Latin poetry, and may also prove valuable to those interested in Seneca's influence on later European drama.
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Mayor, Adrienne
THE POISON KING The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy
The Poison King describes a life brimming with spectacle and excitement. Claiming Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia as ancestors, Mithradates inherited a wealthy Black Sea kingdom at age fourteen after his mother poisoned his father. He fled into exile and returned in triumph to become a ruler of superb intelligence and fierce ambition. Hailed as a savior by his followers and feared as a second Hannibal by his enemies, he envisioned a grand Eastern empire to rival Rome. After massacring eighty thousand Roman citizens in 88 BC, he seized Greece and modern-day Turkey. Fighting some of the most spectacular battles in ancient history, he dragged Rome into a long round of wars and threatened to invade Italy itself. His uncanny ability to elude capture and surge back after devastating losses unnerved the Romans, while his mastery of poisons allowed him to foil assassination attempts and eliminate rivals. ; 448 pages
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Demosthenes & Cecil Wooten
A COMMENTARY ON DEMOSTHENES' PHILIPPIC I With Rhetorical Analyses of Philippics II and III
American Philological Association Texts & Commentaries; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.4 inches; 200 pages
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Alexander, Caroline
THE WAR THAT KILLED ACHILLES The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
8.4 X 5.4 X 0.8 inches; 320 pages
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Piccolomini, Manfredi
THE BRUTUS REVIVAL Parricide and Tyrranicide During the Renaissance
Small black marker line to inner cover. Else book has very light shelfwear. ; 8.6 X 6.0 X 0.6 inches; 160 pages
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Rawson, Elizabeth
THE SPARTAN TRADITION IN EUROPEAN THOUGHT
Clarendon Paperbacks; 8.5 X 5.5 X 1.1 inches; 412 pages
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Herodotus; Charles Forster Smith & Arthur Gordon Laird
HERODOTUS: BOOKS VII AND VIII Edited with Introduction and Notes
Former owner's name in ink to ffep. Some pencil notes and underlining. Spine slant. Fraying and chipping to spine ends. ; Greek Series for Colleges and Schools; 358 pages
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Scullard, H. H.
ROMAN BRITAIN Outpost of the Empire
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Front hinge cracked. Minor pencilling to a few pages. ; 9.6 X 7.1 X 0.8 inches; 192 pages
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Marchand, Suzanne L.
DOWN FROM OLYMPUS Archaeology and Philhellenism in Germany, 1750-1970
Handwritten note from author tipped in. Very light shelfwear. ; Princeton Paperbacks; 9.0 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 424 pages
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Hyperides; Judson Herrman
HYPERIDES: FUNERAL ORATION Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary
American Philological Association American Classical Studies Series 53; 9.3 X 6.1 X 0.8 inches; 168 pages
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Lysias (Lisia) ; Enrico Medda
LISIA ORAZIONI (XVI-XXXIV) Frammenti. Introduzione, Traduzione E Note Di Enrico Medda. Testo Greco a Fronte
Very light shelfwear. ; I Classici Della Bur; 6.9 X 4.3 X 1.3 inches
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Lysias (Lisia) ; Enrico Medda
LISIA ORAZIONI (I-XV) Introduzione, Traduzione E Note Di Enrico Medda. Testo Greco a Fronte
Very light shelfwear. ; I Classici Della Bur; 6.9 X 4.3 X 1.3 inches
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Flavius Appianus [Appian]; Ludovicus [Ludwig] Mendelssohn (Ed. )
APPIANI [APPIANUS / APPIAN]: HISTORIA ROMANA. [2 VOLUME SET] Edidit Ludovicus Mendelssohn. Volumen Prius & Alterum
Books have been sturdily rebound in blue boards interleaved with blank pages. Scholar's bookplates to inner covers (Moses Hadas). Some ink notes to blank pages (Hadas? ). Gilt lettering to spines. Light edgewear boards. Vol. 2 has 4 cm tear along joint of spine cover. Pages a bit browned. ; Text in Ancient Greek; Preface in Latin. 1879-1881; Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana TEUBNER; Vol. 1/2/2022; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 1227 pages
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Homer; W. W. Merry
HOMER: ODYSSEY, BOOKS I-XII & BOOKS XIII-XXIV With Introduction, Text, Notes, Etc.
Former owner's name to ffeps. Bookplate to inner cover of Vol. 2. Tanning to pages. Inner hinges of volume 2 are cracked. Vol 1 inner hinges starting. Boards a bit tired. Edgeworn corners. Fraying to top of spine of Vol 1. Edgewear to boards. Fraying to spine ends. Textblock is browned. Pencil notes and underlining passim in text. Former owner has written his name in ink to textblock of Vol 1. ; Greek text with English introduction and notes. Vol. 1: 1899; Vol. 2: (1888) ; 2 Volume Set. Clarendon Press Series
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Hunt, Arthur S. (Ed. )
TRAGICORUM GRAECORUM FRAGMENTA PAPYRACEA Recognovit Brevique Adnotatione Critica Instruxit Arturus S. Hunt
Minor shelfwear to book. Endpapers browned. Original Terracotta boards. Spine a bit darkened. Small piece of upper corner of titlepage has been excised (removing ownership markings? ). Some ink and pencil notes. ; Oxford Classical Texts OCT (Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
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Grenfell, Bernard P. & Arthur S. Hunt (Eds. )
HELLENICA OXYRHYNCHIA Cum Theopompi Et Cratippi Fragmentis. Recognoverunt Brevique Adnotatione Critica Instruxerunt Bernardus P. Grenfell Et Arturus S. Hunt
Torn corner to titlepage (with some loss). Endpapers browned. Light browning to spine. Original terracotta and black boards. Ink and pencil markings. ; Oxford Classical Texts Oct (Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis)
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Menander; H. Lloyd-Jones (Ed. )
[MENANDER] MENANDRI DYSCOLUS Recensuit H. Lloyd Jones
Very light shelfwear. ; Greek Text and Latin apparatus and introduction. ; Oxford Classical Texts Oct (Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis); 84 pages
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Herodotus; Carolus [Karl] Hude (Ed. )
[HERODOTUS] HERODOTI HISTORIAE (VOLUME II: LIBRI V-IX) Recognovit Brevique Adnotatione Critica Instruxit Carolus Hude. Tomus Posterior. Editio Tertia
Some waviness to cloth covering boards. Else VG. Corners slightly bumped. Former owner's name in ink to ffep. Some ink and pencil underlining and notes. ; Greek Text with Latin apparatus and introduction. ; Oxford Classical Texts Oct (Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis); Vol. 2; 436 pages
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Jebb, R. C.
SELECTIONS FROM THE ATTIC ORATORS Antiphon, Andocides, Lysias, Isocrates, Isaeus. Being a Companion Volume to 'the Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeus
Minor shelfwear. ; Reprint of the 1888 2nd ed. ; 434 pages
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Sophocles; Nicolas P. Gross
SOPHOCLES' ANTIGONE [2 VOLUME SET] Text and Commentary
Very light shelfwear to both volumes. ; Bryn Mawr Greek Commentaries; 108 pages; Two book set : Commentary and Text.
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Plato; Andrew M. Miller
PLATO'S ION
Bryn Mawr Greek Commentaries; 8.4 X 5.4 X 0.4 inches; 38 pages
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Isaeus; Deborah Kamen
ISAEUS' ORATIONS 2 AND 6
Very light shelfwear. ; Bryn Mawr Greek Commentaries; 8.4 X 5.4 X 0.4 inches
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Sakellariou, M. B.
MACEDONIA 4000 Years of Greek History and Civilization
Light shelfwear to book. Lower corner lightly bumped. Minor shelfwear to DJ. Dustjacket is protected in plastic sleeve. ; Oversized. ; Greek Lands in History; 572 pages
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Connor, Peter J. (Ed. )
ANCIENT MACEDONIA: AN AUSTRALIAN SYMPOSIUM Papers of the Second International Congress of Macedonian Studies.
Light shelfwear to wraps. ; Oversized. 14pp b/w plates. This publication of 135 pages which were devoted to the renowned historian Nicholas Hammond incorporates a monumental introduction by Professor Nicholas Hammond on Macedonia before Philip, and the chapters on Ancient Macedonians by Eugene Borza (University of Pennsylvania) , Peter Londey (The War Memorial Museum, Canberra) , Elizabeth Baynham (University of Newcastle) , Ian Worthington (University of Tasmania) , Ian Sharples (University of Western Australia) , Leah McKenzie (University of Melbourne) , Graeme W. Clark (Humanities Research Centre, ANU) , Peter J. Connor (University of Melbourne) , Minor M. Markle (University of New England) and Greg H. R. Horsley (University of New England).; Offprint Mediterranean Archaeology Vol. 7; 126 pages
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Wycherley, R. E.
THE ATHENIAN AGORA. VOLUME III: LITERARY AND EPIGRAPHICAL TESTIMONIA
Spine is sunned. Chipping to base of spine and lower corners. Light foxing to endpapers. ; The Athenian Agora. Volume III; Vol. 3; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 259 pages
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Harrison, Evelyn B.
THE ATHENIAN AGORA. VOLUME XI: ARCHAIC AND ARCHAISTIC SCULPTURE
Former owner's name to inner cover. Pencil notes to rear inner cover. Very light wear to 1 corner. ; 68 plates; The Athenian Agora. Volume XI; Vol. 11; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 192 pages
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Harrison, Evelyn B.
THE ATHENIAN AGORA. VOLUME I: PORTRAIT SCULPTURE
Former owner's name to inner cover along with references in ink to inner cover. Tiny chip to head of spine. Spine sunned. ; 49 plates; The Athenian Agora. Volume I; Vol. 1; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 114 pages
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Kaltsas, Nikolaos (Ed. )
ATHENS-SPARTA
Minor shelfwear else Fine. ; An invaluable collection of images, descriptions and bibliography of each of the 288 artifacts of the exhibition, covering a wide range of historical, archaeological, cultural and artistic aspects of the two city-states of Athens and Sparta from the Archaic to the Classical periods, when both were the protagonists of affairs in the ancient Greek world. Athens-Sparta explores the cultural development of the two most important city-states in ancient Greece, along with the two cities' formations. Artistic, social, and cultural developments from the Late Geometric period through the Archaic period (8th to the 5th centuries B. C. ) are scrutinized as well as the continuously changing dynamic between the two cities during the Persian Wars (500 B. C. To 449 B. C. ) and the Peloponnesian War (431 B. C. To 404 B. C. ). This fully illustrated volume not only focuses on the objects, such as the metal work and pottery that were included in the exhibition, but through a series of extensive essays examines the broader context of the artistic developments of the time. Contributors to the exhibition catalogue include, in addition to the editor, Dr. Donald Kagan, Sterling Professor of History and Classics at Yale University; Dr. Paul Cartledge, Professor of Greek History, Chairman of the Faculty of Classics, and a Fellow of Clare College, at the University of Cambridge, as well as eminent Greek historians and archaeologists like Georgia Kokkorou Alevras, Professor of Classical Archaeology at University of Athens; Dr. Yanis Pikoulas, Professor at University of Thessaly (IAKA) , Editor of Horos; Dr. Yannis Touratsoglou, Emeritus Director of the Numismatic Museum and of the National Archaeological Museum; and Ismini Trianti, Professor of Classical Archaeology at University of Ioannina.; 11.7 X 8.9 X 0.9 inches; 319 pages
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