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Werbrouck Marcelle
LE TEMPLE D'HATSHEPSOUT DE HATSHEPSOUT A DEIR EL BAHARI
Fondation �gyptologique Reine �lisabeth. Very Good. 1949. Softcover. Light browning to wraps. ; Includes 48 plates. ; 137 pages . Fondation �gyptologique Reine �lisabeth paperback
Bookseller reference : 4051
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Lloyd Jones Hugh
GREEK COMEDY HELLENISTIC LITERATURE GREEK RELIGION AND MISCELLANEA The Academic Papers of Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones
Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0198147457 . Minor rubbing to DJ. Top corners lightly bumped else Book is Fine. ; A collection of 38 papers by Lloyd-Jones covering his interest in fields of Greek Comedy Hellenistic literature Greek religion and Greek culture. ; 424 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4145 ISBN : 0198147457 9780198147459
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Cook JM. & WH. Plommer J. M. W. H.
THE SANCTUARY OF HEMITHEA AT KASTABOS
Cambridge University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 23pp of photos 78 figures. "This is an account of the excavation of a Greek sanctuary in the south-west corner of the mainland of Asia Minor opposite Rhodes--once known as the Carian Chersonese. The excavations took place in 1959-1960. This is the first Greek temple of any size uncovered in that part of Asia Minor and the discovery of the site of Kastabos whose existence was known from book V of Diodorus' world history has entailed the re-siting of several ancient towns in the region. The sanctuary itself whose main buildings date from c. 300 B. C. was dedicated to the Goddess Hemithea. It adds to our knowledge of a special sort of Greek shrine which was popular in the early Hellenistic age and is a perfect instance of a religious gathering place designed for a short well attended festival. The excavations show that although it was an Ionic temple the style of the great contemporary temples in Ionia such as that at Ephesus has been modified and the design is somewhat similar in plan and proportion to that of the temple of Epidaurus. In particular the discovery of a decorative screen with little shrines round the temple area throws new light on Greek architectural complexes." ; 180 pages . Cambridge University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4181
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Hyams Edward
DIONYSUS A Social History of the Wine Vine
MacMillan Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Slight brown lines to front board. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and pocket. ; 128 illustrations 8 in colour. Looks at the history of the grape-vine Vitis vinifera from its prehistoric origins in Western Asia to its spread around the world. Also looks at its relation to religion. ; 381 pages . MacMillan Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4208
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Russell D. A
PLUTARCH
Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0684133512 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. DJ is price-clipped. Minor bumping to one corner. ; More perhaps than any other single writer Plutarch has been responsible for transmitting to Europe the central historical and moral traditions of classical antiquity. His books have been a formative influence in western civilisation; they retain a direct appeal to which it is easy to respond. Mestrius Plutarchus ca. 46- 127 was a Greek historian biographer and essayist. Born in the small town of Chaeronea in the Greek region known as Boeotia probably during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius Plutarch travelled widely in the Mediterranean world including twice to Rome. Due to his parents' wealth after 67 Plutarchus was able to study philosophy rhetoric and mathematics at the Academy of Athens. He had a number of influential friends including Soscius Senecio and Fundanus both important Senators to whom some of his later writings were dedicated. He lived most of his life at Chaeronea and was initiated into the mysteries of the Greek god Apollo. However his duties as the senior of the two priests of Apollo at the Oracle of Delphi where he was responsible for interpreting the auguries of the Pythia or priestess/oracle apparently occupied little of his time - he led an active social and civic life and produced an incredible body of writing much of which is still extant. ; Classical Life and Letters; 183 pages . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5087 ISBN : 0684133512 9780684133515
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Curran John R.
PAGAN CITY AND CHRISTIAN CAPITAL Rome in the Fourth Century
Oxford University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0198152787 . Very light shelfwear else Fine. ; This book is a study of the transformation of the landscape civic life and moral values of the pagan city of Rome following the conversion of the emperor Constantine in the early fourth century. It examines the effects of the rise of Christianity and the decline of paganism in the later Roman empire. ; Oxford Classical Monographs; 416 pages . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4271 ISBN : 0198152787 9780198152781
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Lloyd Jones Hugh
GREEK COMEDY HELLENISTIC LITERATURE GREEK RELIGION AND MISCELLANEA The Academic Papers of Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones
Oxford Clarendon Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0198147457 . Minor rubbing to DJ. ; A collection of 38 papers by Lloyd-Jones covering his interest in fields of Greek Comedy Hellenistic literature Greek religion and Greek culture. ; 424 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3921 ISBN : 0198147457 9780198147459
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Elsner Jas & Ian Rutherford
PILGRIMAGE IN GRAECO-ROMAN AND EARLY CHRISTIAN ANTIQUITY Seeing the Gods
Oxford University Press. Fine. 2007. Softcover. 0199237913 . This book presents a range of case-studies of pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman antiquity drawing on a wide variety of evidence. It rejects the usual reluctance to accept the category of pilgrimage in pagan polytheism and affirms the significance of sacred mobility not only as an important factor in understanding ancient religion and its topographies but also as vitally ancestral to later Christian practice. ; 532 pages . Oxford University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 3998 ISBN : 0199237913 9780199237913
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Fowler W. Warde
THE ROMAN FESTIVALS OF THE PERIOD OF THE REPUBLIC An Introduction to the Study of the Religion of the Romans
MacMillan and Co. Very Good. 1908. Hardcover. Gift plate to former owner from "Merchant Taylors' School" on inner cover. Gorgeous green gilt boards with elaborate gilt design. Minor wear to corners and spine ends. Spine has faded slightly with gilt effaced from lettering on spine. Minor shelfwear. ; 373 pages . MacMillan and Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3583
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Ferguson John
THE RELIGIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Cornell University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Third Printing. Hardcover. 080140567X . Book has minor shelfwear. ; Presents a comprehensive picture of religions that flourished in Rome from 100 to 300 AD. It describes the many new cults that sprang up during this period and show how they conflicted and sometimes fused with the traditional religions of Greece Rome and the northern countries and with Judaism and its offshoot Christianity. Discusses philosophical religions to mystery religions to emperor worship to belief in a goddess of Chance as well as attitudes toward death and roles played by shamans and confidence-tricksters. ; Aspects of Greek & Roman Life; 9 x 0.75 x 6 Inches; 296 pages . Cornell University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2657 ISBN : 080140567X 9780801405679
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Barre Michael L. Barre
THE GOD-LIST IN THE TREATY BETWEEN HANNIBAL AND PHILIP V OF MACEDONIA A Study in Light of the Ancient Near Eastern Treaty Tradition
The Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0801827876 . Bumping to top corners and textblock. Minor edgewear to extremities. Former owner's name on ffep. ; In 215 BC in the second Punic War Philip V of Macedonia sent an emissary to Hannibal in order to form an alliance with the Carthaginian general. This alliance was formalized in a treaty the document which provides the corpus for this study. In this treaty is a list of "divine witnesses" which comprise the "official pantheon" of Carthage. The organization of the material and the presentation of the god-lists of all the treaties in a series of charts in Appendix I as well as the extensive indexes and bibliography make the book a useful reference work. Any further treatment of West Semitic pantheons will have to take this study seriously and all who are interested in Near Eastern religion will consult this work with great profit. ; The Johns Hopkins Near Eastern Studies; 10.5 x 0.75 x 7.25 Inches; 236 pages . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3343 ISBN : 0801827876 9780801827877
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Levi Mario Attilio
ERCOLE E ROMA
L'Erma Di Bretschneider. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. Softcover. 8870629600 . SC with DJ. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing with one small closed tear along top edge. ; Monografie Del Centro Ricerche Di Documentazione Sull'antichit� Classica; 148 pages . L'Erma Di Bretschneider paperback
Bookseller reference : 3394 ISBN : 8870629600 9788870629606
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Reinhold Meyer
PAST AND PRESENT The Continuity of Classical Myth
A. M. Hakkert. Very Good. 1972. Softcover. 0888665091 . Former classics scholar's name on ffep R. Shepherd. Pencil underlining on a few pages. Edgewear to extremities. Spine sunned. ; Study of mythology; 1.25 x 8.75 x 5.75 Inches; 449 pages . A. M. Hakkert paperback
Bookseller reference : 3408 ISBN : 0888665091 9780888665096
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Rose H. J.
RELIGION IN GREECE AND ROME With a New Introduction by the Author
Harper & Row. Very Good-. 1959. Softcover. Edgewear to extremities. Chipping along spine ends. Former classics scholar's name on ffep R. Shepherd. Light Pencil marginalia on a few pages. ; 312 pages . Harper & Row paperback
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Staples Ariadne
FROM GOOD GODDESS TO VESTAL VIRGINS Sex and Category in Roman Religion
Routledge. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0415132339 . Very minor edgewear to top corners of DJ else Fine. ; 0.79 x 8.43 x 5.67 Inches; 207 pages; The role of women in Roman culture and society was a paradoxical one. They enjoyed social material and financial independence yet they were denied basic constitutional rights. Although Roman history is not short of powerful female figures such as Agrippina and Livia their power stemmed from their associations with great men and was not officially recognized. Ariadne Staples' book examines how women in Rome were perceived both by themselves and by men through women's participation in Roman religion as Roman religious ritual provided the single public arena where women played a significant formal role. From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins argues that the ritual roles played out by women were vital in defining them sexually and that these sexually defined categories spilled over into other aspects of Roman culture including political activity. Staples provides an arresting and original analysis of the role of women in Roman society which challenges traditionally held views and provokes further questions. . Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2949 ISBN : 0415132339 9780415132336
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West M. L.
THE ORPHIC POEMS
Oxford University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0198148542 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; A large number of Greek religious poems in hexameter were attributed to Orpheus as they were to similar miracle-man figures like Bakis Musaeus Abaris Aristeas Epimenides and the Sybil. Of this vast literature only two examples survive whole: a set of hymns composed at some point in the 2nd or 3rd century AD and an Orphic Argonautica composed somewhere between the 4th and 6th centuries AD. Earlier Orphic literature which may date back as far as the 6th century BC survives only in papyrus scraps or in quotations by later authors. ; 296 pages; Sandpiper reprint of 1983 Edition. . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2961 ISBN : 0198148542 9780198148548
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Tabeling Ernst
MATER LARUM Zum Wesen Der Larenreligion
Arno Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0405072651 . Minor shelfwear; Reprint of 1932 Edition in German: Inhalt: Das larenproblem in der modernen Forschung; Mater Larum im Ritual der fratres Arvales; Dea Mania Mater Larum; Acca Larentina; Dea Tacita; Mater Larum Mond und Geburt; Genita Mana; Register. ; Ancient Religion and Mythology; 0.5 x 8.7 x 5.5 Inches; 103 pages . Arno Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2745 ISBN : 0405072651 9780405072659
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Oman Charles William Chadwick
ENGLAND BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST Being a History of the Celtic Roman and Anglo-Saxon Periods Down to the Year A. D. 1066
G. P. Putnam's Sons / Methuen & Co. Very Good. 1919. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Former owner's name and inscription on ffep. Boards have edgewear to extremities. Two Small discolorations on back board. ; A History of England; Vol. 1; 679 pages . G. P. Putnam's Sons / Methuen & Co. hardcover
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Alfoldi Andrew Trans. Harold Mattingly
CONVERSION OF CONSTANTINE AND PAGAN ROME
Oxford Clarendon Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0198143567 . Sandpiper Reprint of 1948 edition. Contents: The Antecedents of the Conversion of Constantine; The Vision of Constantine; The Moving Forces in the Religious Policy of Constantine and its Initial Difficulties; The First Period of Constantine' s Independent Religious Policy from the Battle of the Mulvian Bridge to the Second Period of Tension with Licinius: The Attitude of Constantine to Christianity. The Attitude of Constantine to the Pagans; The Religious Policy of Constantine from the Beginning of the Period of Tension with Licinius to the Dedication of Constantinople; Constantine's Last Contacts and Frictions with Rome Before the Dedication of the New Capital; The Triumph of Intolerance in the Religious Policy of Constantine; The Old Rome and the New. ; 140 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2413 ISBN : 0198143567 9780198143567
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Parker Robert
ATHENIAN RELIGION A History
Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0198149794 . Shelfwear and rubbing to boards. Soiling to boards. Former owner's name on ffep. Minor discoloration on back board along middle of spine. ; 1 x 9.75 x 6.75 Inches; 400 pages; Inadequately documented ancient Greek religion can all too easily be reduced to the dry analysis of archaeological remains and so-called `ritual objects'. This authoritative new work attempts to bridge the gap that usually divides Greek religion from Greek history setting it firmly in the thick of contemporary events and politics. How did people actually worship the gods Was Socrates's trial a crisis for religion or the state or both These are among the key issues addressed in what promises to be the definitive work on the subject for many years to come. . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2453 ISBN : 0198149794 9780198149798
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Cerny Jaroslav
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION
Hutchinson's University Library. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. Former owner's name on inner cover. Minor Shelfwear & soiling. ; Sketch of the ancient Egyptian religion. ; 159 pages . Hutchinson's University Library hardcover
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Gager John G
MOSES IN GRECO-ROMAN PAGANISM
Abingdon Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0687206316 . Book has minor shelfwear. Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears. Former institution stamp on title-page-- no other markings. ; Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series Vol. 16; 173 pages; Moses' Religious Traits Prior to Jewish - Christian Influence. Dr. Gager focuses upon the positive and negative attitudes toward Moses as lawgiver and upon the central area of conflict between pagan culture and the Jews. In addition to the literary aspects Dr. Gager examines documents in the area of magic and alchemy in which Moses enjoyed considerable renown. . Abingdon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2033 ISBN : 0687206316 9780687206315
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Drake H. A.
CONSTANTINE AND THE BISHOPS The Politics of Intolerance
The Johns Hopkins University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0801862183 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Light Bumping to bottom of spine. ; Ancient Society and History; 1.68 x 8.76 x 8.78 Inches; 632 pages; Historians who viewed imperial Rome in terms of a conflict between pagans and Christians have often regarded the emperor Constantine's conversion as the triumph of Christianity over paganism. But in Constantine and the Bishops historian H. A. Drake offers a fresh and more nuanced understanding of Constantine's rule and especially of his relations with Christians. Constantine Drake suggests was looking not only for a god in whom to believe but also a policy he could adopt. Uncovering the political motivations behind Constantine's policies Drake shows how those policies were constructed to ensure the stability of the empire and fulfill Constantine's imperial duty in securing the favor of heaven. Despite the emperor's conversion to Christianity Drake concludes Rome remained a world filled with gods and with men seeking to depose rivals from power. A book for students and scholars of ancient history and religion Constantine and the Bishops shows how Christian belief motivated and gave shape to imperial rule. . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2110 ISBN : 0801862183 9780801862182
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Berndt Ersoz Susanne
PHRYGIAN ROCK-CUT SHRINES Structure Function and Cult Practice
Brill Academic Publishers. Fine with no dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 9004152423 . Unwrapped in plastic. ; Culture and History of the Ancient Near East; 11.25 x 1 x 8.5 Inches; 438 pages; This volume explores the Iron Age Phrygian rock-cut monuments in Anatolia and defines their role in religion. Among other features this book questions the traditional view of the Mother goddess Kybele being the only Phrygian deity. A detailed analysis based on the monuments provides new interpretations and aspects of Phrygian religion: the Mother goddess was not alone but rather accompanied by a Superior male god. For the first time all known Phrygian rock-cut monuments are brought together in the useful corpus with plenty of illustrations. It is a unique and significant contribution to the study of Phrygian religion and spatial conceptualization and is useful both for those interested in Anatolian culture and archaeology but also in fields such as classical religion and archaeology. . Brill Academic Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1756 ISBN : 9004152423 9789004152427
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Farnell Lewis R.
THE CULTS OF THE GREEK STATES
Oxford Clarendon Press. Fair. 1907. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Light browning to bottom of pages. Very light foxing to prelims. Worn corners and spine ends. Spine backstrip is separated from cloth along front bottom and back hinge but still attached. Hinges are loose but still solid. Fair to good. ; Volume 3 only. A Classic for Greek religion. ; 393 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
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Pritchett W. Kendrick
GREEK ARCHIVES CULTS AND TOPOGRAPHY
J. C. Gieben. Fine. 1996. Hardcover. 9050631479 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Archaia Hellas; 278 pages; Four original essays on Greek archives at the time of the Pentekontaetia the cults at Hyampolis and the early Thessalo-Phokian war Thucydides' campaign of Tanagra and the Hypate-Kallion route through central Greece. The book includes indexes also covering Prof. Pritchett's previously published books 'Essays in Greek History' and 'Thucydides' Pentekontaetia and Other Essays'. . J. C. Gieben hardcover
Bookseller reference : 946 ISBN : 9050631479 9789050631471
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Hadzsits G. D.
CLASSICAL STUDIES IN HONOR OF JOHN C ROLFE
Ayer Co Pub. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1931. Hardcover. 0836903110 . Very minor shelfwear. ; Contents: Quintus of Smyrna and Siege of Troy; Weaver's Life in Oxyrhynchus; Some Ancient Analogues of Consideration; Sources of Aristotle's Poetics; History of the Name of the Temple of Castor in the Forum; Sophocles' Place in Greek Tragedy; "No Trespass" in Latin Linguistics; Leonardo Bruni's Translation of Act I of Plutus of Aristophanes; From Monte Gianicolo; Ancient wit and humor; Cliens in the time of Martial; Papyrus 1804 in the Michigan collection; Aniconic worship Among the Early Romans; Epigraphica; age of Roman Sacrificial Victims. ; 1 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches . Ayer Co Pub hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1968 ISBN : 0836903110 9780836903119
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Braun Herbert
PLUTARCH'S CRITIQUE OF SUPERSTITION IN THE LIGHT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
Claremont Graduate School Institute for Antiquity and Christianity. Very Good. 1973. Softcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Pamphlet has been bound in stiff boards. ; Institute for Antiquity and Christianity occasional papers; 8 pages . Claremont Graduate School, Institute for Antiquity and Christianity paperback
Bookseller reference : 2000
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Henten Jan Willem Van & Friedrich Avemarie
MARTYRDOM AND NOBLE DEATH Selected Texts from Graeco-Roman Jewish and Christian Antiquity
Routledge. Good with no dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0415138906 . Small piece missing 1/4" from middle of spine from cut else NF. ; The Context of Early Christianity; 0.86 x 8.7 x 5.88 Inches; 160 pages; <P>This volume explores the fascinating phenomenon of noble death through pagan Jewish and Christian sources. Today's society is uncomfortable with death and willingly submitting to a violent and ostentatious death in public is seen as particularly shocking and unusual. Yet classical sources give a different view with public self-sacrifice often being applauded. The Romans admired a heroic end in the battlefield or the arena suicide in the tradition of Socrates was something laudable and Christians and Jews alike faithfully commemorated their heroes who died during religious persecutions. The cross-cultural approach and wide chronological range of this study make it valuable for those interested in ancient history religion and literature.</P> . Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1978 ISBN : 0415138906 9780415138901
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Alles Gregory D.
THE ILIAD THE RAMAYANA AND THE WORK OF RELIGION Failed Persuasion and Religious Mystification
Pennsylvania State University Press. Fine. 1994. Softcover. 0271013206 . Hermeneutics Studies in the History of Religions; 0.75 x 9 x 6 Inches; 207 pages; Analyses the two classic narratives and how they mystify the social cultural and existential dangers of failed persuastion. . Pennsylvania State University Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 1909 ISBN : 0271013206 9780271013206
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Flaceliere Robert
GREEK ORACLES
Elek Books. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. 023631145X . Dustjacket has small nicks and tears-- chipping along edges. Former owner has corrected the DJ blurb in marker in three spots. Text is free of writing. Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Translated by Douglas Garman. Looks at the history of divination in Greek Society and politics includes a history of the Oracle at Delphi. ; 92 pages . Elek Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1538 ISBN : 023631145X 9780236311453
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Kloppenborg Ria
SELECTED STUDIES ON RITUAL IN THE INDIAN RELIGIONS Essays to D.J. Hoens
Brill Academic Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 9004071296 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. There is no other damage to the book. ; Looks at Vedic and Buddhist rituals. ; Numen Book Series XLV; 208 pages . Brill Academic Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1498 ISBN : 9004071296 9789004071292
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Taylor Lily Ross
THE DIVINITY OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR
American Philological Association. Good with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Light pencil underlining on a few pages. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Corners bumped. Head of spine is slightly frayed. Gilt lettering on spine is faded. Still a solid copy. ; "Establishes the context of worship in the Roman state cult Taylor brings her readers back a couple of centuries prior to Alexander's time and other Hellenistic rulers. Then she guides the reader through Rome's Republic Julius Caesar's attempts to make for himself a divine monarchy his death and apotheosis. And logically the account follows Caesar's son Augustus the divi filius and the founding of the imperial cult in Rome and throughout the empire. Taylor closes her work with Augustus' deification. "; Philological Monographs of the American Philological Association No. 1; 296 pages . American Philological Association hardcover
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Carter Jesse Benedict
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF ANCIENT ROME A Study in the Development of Religious Consciousness from the Foundation of the City Until the Death of Gregory the Great
Cooper Square Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0815404298 . Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Reprint of 1911. Chapters Include: Rome and the Etruscans; Rome and Greece: The Religion Of Superstition And The Decline Of Faith; Religion Of The Early Empire; Constantine And Christianity; Julian called the Apostate: Twilight of the Gods; Augustine And The City Of God; Benedict And The Ostrogoths; Gregory And The Lombards: The Preparation For The Holy Roman Empire. ; 270 pages . Cooper Square Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1606 ISBN : 0815404298 9780815404293
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Taylor Thomas
TWO ORATIONS OF THE EMPEROR JULIAN: ONE TO THE SOVEREIGN SUN AND THE OTHER TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS Translated from the Greek with Notes & a Copious Introduction in Which Some of the Greatest Arcana of the Grecian Theology Are Unfolded.
Hermetic Publishing Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1932. Hardcover. Title page has some rubbing that has erased some of the publishing details. Light soiling to boards. Minor bump to bottom corner. ; 0.34 x 10.58 x 7.94 Inches; 148 pages; The Emperor Julian's Oration to the Sovereign Sun and The Emperor Julian's Oration to the Mother of the Gods. With a copious introduction in which some of the greatest arcana of the Grecian theology are unfolded. "The Emperor Julian the author of the two following Orations is well known in the character of a Sovereign and an Apostate which he once sustained but very few are acquainted with him in the characters of a Theologist and Philosopher which he displays through the whole of his works in a manner by no means contemptible or weak." "Julian however appears to have possessed as much of the philosophical genius as could possibly be the portion of an Emperor of Rome and was doubtless as much superior to any other Emperor either prior or posterior to him as the philosophy and theology which he zealously professed transcend all others in dignity and worth. . Hermetic Publishing Company hardcover
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Lindsay Jack
THE CLASHING ROCKS A Study of Early Greek Religion and Culture and the Origins of Drama
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Spine is lightly faded. Former owner's signature on inner cover. ; 517 pages; Main theme of this book is an inquiry into the nature of the cultural and religious conflicts in the dark age of ancient Greece out of which the historically known society emerged. Tackles a problem of immense importance to anthropology and literature: the origins of Greek drama. . Chapman & Hall, Ltd. hardcover
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Toynbee J. M. C.
DEATH AND BURIAL IN THE ROMAN WORLD
Cornell University Press. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0801405939 . DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has wear to corners. Front inner hinge is cracked exposing webbing. Book is still solid. ; Describes burial customs and attitudes toward death in the ancient Roman world-- pagan Jewish and Christian. First deals with burial rites and tombs among the Etruscan antecedents of the Romans then gives an account of beliefs in the Roman era of life beyond the grave and the problems of the widespread change from cremation to inhumation. Chapters on practices cemeteries tombs funerary gardens gravestones and tomb furniture. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman life; 336 pages . Cornell University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1327 ISBN : 0801405939 9780801405938
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Knobel E. B. & W. W. Midgley & J. G. Milne & M. A. Murray & W. M. F. Petrie
HISTORICAL STUDIES
British School of Archaeology in Egypt. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1911. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Light foxing. Corners bumped. Edgewear along bottom edge; Published by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Bernard Quaritch. Contents: Egyptian Festivals and Nile Shrines; Heliacal rising of Sirius; Application of the Kalendar to History; Length of egyptian History; Nomes of Egypt; Island of Besa; The Roman Coinage of Alexandria; Roman Glazing Kilns; Linen of the Third Dynasty; An egyptian Hippocampus; Figure-Vases in Egypt. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall . British School of Archaeology in Egypt hardcover
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Dumezil Georges Tr. Alf Hiltebeitel
THE DESTINY OF A KING
University of Chicago Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. 0226169758 . The preeminent scholar of comparative studies of Indo-European society Georges Dum�zil theorized that ancient and prehistoric Indo-European culture and literature revolved around three major functions: sovereignty force and fertility. This work treats these functions as they are articulated through "first king" legends found in Indian Iranian and Celtic epics particularly the Mahabharata. Dum�zil drawing on an extraordinarily broad range of Indo-European sources from Scandinavia to India and offering an original and provocative analytic method set a new agenda for studies in comparative oral literature historical linguistics comparative mythology and history of religions. The Destiny of a King examines one of the "little" epics within the Mahabharata�the legend of King Yayati a distant ancestor of the Pandavas the heroes of the larger epic. Dum�zil compares Yayati's attributes and actions with those of the legendary Celtic king Eochaid Feidlech and also finds striking similarities in the stories surrounding the daughters of these two kings the Indian Madhavi and the Celtic Medb. When he compares these two traditions with the "first king" legends from Iran he finds such common themes as the apportionment of the earth and the "sin of the sovereign. " Contents: Yayati and his Sons; Yayati and his Daughter's Sons; Vasu Uparicara; Madhavi; Eochaid Feidlech His Daughers and his sons; Perspectives. ; 6.89 x 0.81 x 4.18 Inches; 170 pages . University of Chicago Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1315 ISBN : 0226169758 9780226169750
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Friedheim Emmanuel
RABBINISME ET PAGANISME EN PALESTINE ROMAINE �tude Historique Des Realia Talmudiques Ier-IV�me Si�cles
Brill Academic Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 9004146431 . New in plastic wrapping; Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 157; 9 x 2.5 x 5 Inches; 447 pages; This study deals essentially with the knowledge of the Palestinian Rabbis concerning paganism in the days of Mishna and Talmud. The Late Professor Saul Lieberman wrote that "Many isolated items on idolatry and idol worshippers are scattered all over rabbinic literature. It would require a large volume to treat this topic". This valuable and exhaustive study proves methodically that the Rabbis had deeper knowledge about Syrian Arabian Anatolian and Graeco-Roman Pagan cults than is commonly believed. Clear accessible and displaying considerable scholarship this work will undoubtedly provide an important challenge to both historians archaeologists and scholars of Rabbinic texts. Cette �tude traite essentiellement du niveau de connaissances des Rabbins de Jud�e et de Galil�e concernant les cultes pa�ens dans le sens le plus large du terme. Le Professeur Saul Lieberman affirmait : "Many isolated items on idolatry and idol worshippers are scattered all over rabbinic literature. It would require a large volume to treat this topic" Ce travail exhaustif � travers l�ensemble du corpus talmudique et au regard de la r�alit� historique propre � la Palestine romaine montre m�thodiquement que les connaissances des Sages tant sur les divinit�s du paganisme que sur des rites syriens arabes anatoliens voire gr�co-romains �taient bien plus vastes et approfondies que ce qu�il est commun�ment admis aujourd�hui par la recherche historique. De part sa claret� et son accessibilit� ce livre int�ressera aussi bien les historiens du peuple juif que ceux des religions antiques. Les arch�ologues les historiens du Levant � l��poque romaine ainsi que les sp�cialistes de la litt�rature talmudique y trouveront �galement un vif int�r�t en vertu de son aspect extr�mement novateur. . Brill Academic Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1425 ISBN : 9004146431 9789004146433
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Harrison Jane Ellen
THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT GREECE
Archibald Constable & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1905. Hardcover. Spotty discoloration to front and back cover. Former owner Helen M. Lamb signature on front title page in pencil. Light foxing to back prelim. ; Religions Ancient and Modern; 66 pages . Archibald Constable & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1243
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Conway Robert Seymour
ANCIENT ITALY AND MODERN RELIGION Being the Hibbert Lectures for 1932
Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1933. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Corners are bumped. ; Contents: Pictures of pre-Roman religion; Orpheus in Italy; The Etruscan influence on Roman beliefs; Breaking through the maze; Modern problems in the eyes of an Augustan poet; The road to Christmas. ; 150 pages . Cambridge University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1239
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Farnell Lewis Richard
GREEK HERO CULTS AND IDEAS OF IMMORTALITY
Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0198142927 . Book has minor shelfwear. DJ has edgewear and soiling. Dustjacket has small nicks and tears. DJ has an ink stain to front panel. ; 1970 Reprint of 1921 edition. ; The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in the Year 1920; 434 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1278 ISBN : 0198142927 9780198142928
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Walker Henry John
THESEUS AND ATHENS
Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0195089081 . Underlining in pen throughout text. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Theseus is celebrated as the greatest of Athenian heroes. This work explores what he meant to the Athenians at the height of their city-state in the fifth century B. C. Assembling material that has been scattered in scholarly works Henry Walker examines the evidence for the development of themyth and cult of Theseus in the archaic age. He then looks to major works of classical literature in which Theseus figures exploring the contradictions between the archaic primitive side of his character and his refurbished image as the patron of democracy. His ambiguous nature as outsider flouting accepted standards of behavior while at the same time being a hero-king and a representative of higher ideals is analyzed through his representations in the work of Bacchylides Euripides and Sophocles. This is the only work of scholarship that examines the literary representation ofTheseus so thoroughly. It brings to life a literary character whose virtues flaws and contradictions belong in no less a degree to his creators the people of Athens. ; 0.85 x 9.32 x 6.32 Inches; 240 pages; Theseus is celebrated as the greatest of Athenian heroes. This work explores what he meant to the Athenians at the height of their city-state in the fifth century B. C. Assembling material that has been scattered in scholarly works Henry Walker examines the evidence for the development of themyth and cult of Theseus in the archaic age. He then looks to major works of classical literature in which Theseus figures exploring the contradictions between the archaic primitive side of his character and his refurbished image as the patron of democracy. His ambiguous nature as outsider flouting accepted standards of behavior while at the same time being a hero-king and a representative of higher ideals is analyzed through his representations in the work of Bacchylides Euripides and Sophocles. This is the only work of scholarship that examines the literary representation ofTheseus so thoroughly. It brings to life a literary character whose virtues flaws and contradictions belong in no less a degree to his creators the people of Athens. . Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1288 ISBN : 0195089081 9780195089080
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Browning Robert
THE EMPEROR JULIAN
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0297770292 . Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Light soiling to textblock. The first 20 pages are creased but with no loss to text else VG. Adhesives stain to front free-page. ; 256 pages; Julian is called by Christians "The Apostate" because they believe he converted from Christianity to Paganism. He himself as attested to in private letters between him and the Rhetorician Libanius had Christianity forced on him as a child by his cousin Constantius II who was a zealot Christian and would have not tolerated a pagan relative but Julian had never really accepted any religion until his reading of the Homeric poems some of the most important texts for the Greek religion. After this conversion to Hellenism he devoted his life to protecting and restoring the fame and security of this more ancient tradition as well as other religious traditions such as Judaism from Christian persecution. After gaining the purple Julian started a religious reformation of the state which in his intentions was to give back its lost strength to the Roman State. He supported the restoration of the old Roman faith based on polytheism. Julian reduced the influence of Christian bishops in public offices. The lands taken by the Church were to be returned to their original owners and the bishops lost the privilege to travel for free at expenses of the State. . Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 948 ISBN : 0297770292 9780297770299
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Witt R. E.
ISIS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD
Cornell University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0801406331 . Slight Edgewear to boards. Publisher's ink stamp on top edge. ; Signed by Robert Wilken classicist. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman Life; 9 x 1.5 x 6 Inches; 336 pages; Worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis dates as far back as 2500 B. C. And extended at least until the fifth century A. D. Throughout the Roman world. The importance of her cult is attested to in Apuleius's Golden Ass and evidence of its influence has been found in places as far apart as Afghanistan and Portugal the Black Sea and northern England. The first study to document the extent and complexity of the cult's influence on Graeco-Roman and early Christian culture. . Cornell University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 968 ISBN : 0801406331 9780801406331
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Bennett Florence Mary
RELIGIOUS CULTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMAZONS
Aristide D. Caratzas Publisher. Fine with no dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0892412046 . Originally published in 1912. Contents: The Amazons in Greek Legend; The Great Mother; Ephesian Artemis; Artemis Astrateia and Apollo Amazonius; Ares; conclusion; Bibliography ; 84 pages . Aristide D. Caratzas, Publisher hardcover
Bookseller reference : 990 ISBN : 0892412046 9780892412044
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Vermeule Emily Townsend
G�TTERKULT
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Very Good. 1979. Softcover. 3525254210 . Light soiling. ; Band III Kapitel V. Contents: Einfuhrung; Minoische Einflusse in der spathelladischen religiosen Tradition; Der mykenische Kult nach den archaologischen Zeugnissen; Der mykenische Kult nach den Linear B-- Dokumenten; Das Dunkle Zeitalter eine Ubergangsphase; Der G�tterkult bei Homer; Kultdenkmaler des homerischen Zeitalters; Zusammenfassrung; Literatur ; Archaeologia Homerica; 205 pages . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht paperback
Bookseller reference : 867 ISBN : 3525254210 9783525254219
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Farnell Lewis R.
OUTLINE HISTORY OF GREEK RELIGION
Ares Publishers Inc. Very Good. 1974. Softcover. 0890050252 . Light soiling to covers. Light general wear. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1921. Looks at the Origin of ancient Greek religion its rites its influence on society and culture as well as the origins of the gods and myths From Prehistoric Times until after the death of Alexander the Great ; 9 x 0.5 x 6 Inches; 160 pages . Ares Publishers Inc. paperback
Bookseller reference : 885 ISBN : 0890050252 9780890050255
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Taylor Thomas
THE ARGUMENTS OF THE EMPEROR JULIAN AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS Translated from the Greek Fragments Preserved by Cyril Bishop of Alexandria; to Which Are Added Extracts from the Other Works of Julian Relative to the Christians
Ares Publishers Inc. Fine with no dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0890053014 . Exact Reprint of the Tetypeset original 1809 Chicago 1930 ARES PUBLISHERS INC. In his school edict Julian prohibits Christian teachers from using pagan scripts e. G. The Illias that formed the core of Roman education. This was an attempt to remove some of the power of Christian schools by alienating their students from Roman society not to mention a satirical attack at what Julian may have viewed as a hypocrisy: Christian schools teaching the Bible as the sole source of knowledge while simultaneously teaching classical pagan texts as well knowledge of which was needed for success in Roman society. In his tolerance edict of 362 Julian decreed the reopening of pagan temples the restitution of alienated temple properties and called back Christian bishops that were exiled by church edicts. The latter was an instance of tolerance of different religious views but may also have been an attempt by Julian to widen a schism between different Christian sects further weakening the Christian movement as a whole. ; 8.25 x 0.5 x 5.5 Inches; 119 pages . Ares Publishers, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 629 ISBN : 0890053014 9780890053010
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