‎Paganism‎

‎Luterbacher, Franz‎

‎DER PRODIGIENGLAUBE UND PRODIGIENSTIL DER RÖMER Eine Historisch-Philologische Abhandlung. Sonderausgabe‎

‎Scholars' bookplate to inner cover else Fine. ; Unveränderter reprografischer Nachdruck der 2., neu bearbeiteten Auflage, Burgdorf 1904.; Libelli ; Bd. CXC; 69 pages; This Book Is In German.‎

‎Lyons, Deborah J.‎

‎GENDER AND IMMORTALITY Heroines in Ancient Greek Myth and Cult‎

‎Book in plastic sleeve. Light Foxing/dustsoiling to book and DJ. Else very minor shelfwear. ; 1.25 x 10 x 6.75 Inches; 288 pages; In recent years, the topic of ancient Greek hero cult has been the focus of considerable discussion among classicists. Little attention, however, has been paid to female heroized figures. Here Deborah Lyons argues for the heroine as a distinct category in ancient Greek religious ideology and daily practice. The heroine, she believes, must be located within a network of relations between male and female, mortal and immortal. Using evidence ranging from Homeric epic to Attic vase painting to ancient travel writing, she attempts to re-integrate the feminine into our picture of Greek notions of the hero. According to Lyons, heroines differ from male heroes in several crucial ways, among which is the ability to cross the boundaries between mortal and immortal. She further shows that attention to heroines clarifies fundamental Greek ideas of mortal/immortal relationships. The book first discusses heroines both in relation to heroes and as a separate religious and mythic phenomenon. It examines the cultural meanings of heroines in ritual and representation, their use as examples for mortals, and their typical "biographies." The model of "ritual antagonism," in which two mythic figures represented as hostile share a cult, is ultimately modified through an exploration of the mythic correspondences between the god Dionysos and the heroines surrounding him, and through a rethinking of the relationship between Iphigeneia and Artemis. An appendix, which identifies more than five hundred heroines, rounds out this lively work.‎

‎Maas, Michael‎

‎JOHN LYDUS AND THE ROMAN PAST Antiquarianism and Politics in the Age of Justinian‎

‎Light spotting to top of textblock. Very light shelfwear to DJ. Small knock to middle of foreedge of front board else Fine. ; 220 pages; John Lydus, a retired official at Justinian's court in the mid-6th century, is an important, neglected source for the study of the fate of the classical legacy in the newly Christianized Roman empire, Byzantium.<P>Examining his work <i>On Portents, On the Months</i> and <i>On Magistracies,</i> Michael Maas establishes Lydus as a credible witness to the political and cultural milieu in the age of Justinian--at the moment when the state re-historicized itself and its Roman legacy in Christian terms. Within a few generations, addressing antiquity from a non-Christian viewpoint would have been unthinkable. From his place on the edge of this shifting paradigm, Lydus' writings help us to see the emergence of medieval Byzantium through Roman eyes.‎

‎MacBain, Bruce‎

‎PRODIGY AND EXPIATION A Study in Religion and Politics in Republican Rome‎

‎Collection Latomus Volume 177; 140 pages‎

‎MacMullen Ramsay‎

‎Christianizing the Roman Empire A.D. 100-400‎

‎New Haven CT: Yale Univ Pr 1984. First Printing is Acceptable in burgundy full cloth over boards; all corners of boards sl rubbed. Spine ends creased. Gilt spine titling. 7 pages in Chapter 10 "Conversion by Coercion" have occasional underlining marginalia; ow unmarked clean & tight. DJ has mild chafing rubbing alone all extremities corner wear w chipping and spine head creases short blind tear chipping. Front tail has <1/2" blind tear w chipping repaired w archival tape. "A stimulating and provocative discourse on Roman paganism as a phenomenon worthy of synthetic investigation in its own right."--Richard Brilliant History. First Edition. Hard Cover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Used. Yale Univ Pr Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 011050 ISBN : 0300032161 9780300032161

‎MACMULLEN Ramsay‎

‎Le Paganisme dans l'Empire Romain‎

‎Puf.1987.In-8,couv.souple ill.323 p.BE.‎

Bookseller reference : 42388

‎MacMullen, Ramsay‎

‎Paganism in the Roman Empire. [By Ramsay MacMullen].‎

‎New Haven & London: Yale University Press 1981. XV, 241 Seiten. Gr. 8° (22,5-25 cm). Orig.-Leinenband mit illustriertem Orig.-Schutzumschlag. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].‎

‎Ex-library copy with usual marks (signature on dust jacket and spine, stamps / inventory marks on edges / a few pages). - Dust jacket with light edge, a bit rubbed and less tiny tears. - Good copy. ISBN: 9780300026559‎

Bookseller reference : 3131339

‎Maier John‎

‎Gilgamesh: A Reader‎

‎Wauconda IL: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers 1998. Black illus wraps lift in front have corner wear with creases curl of lamlift at tail corner; ovreall chafing. Spine crease; fore-edge of text-block has reader's soil. Interior is clean & unmarked w one dogear corrected ow unmarked clean & tight. The original tale of The Flood. "About the book: Gilgamesh: A Reader provides 25 interpretative essays on the epic that stands at the dawn of literature. This collection is designed to enrich the reader's background with selections from experts on Near Eastern literature; to draw connections between Gilgamesh and other literature with interdisciplinary selections; to enliven interest in the world's oldest epic; and to stimulate thought and discussion. Influences of Gilgamesh on later literature philological and literary studies since 1982 and Gilgamesh from other perspectives are the three broad areas covered."--publisher . Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Acceptable/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Used. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 010911 ISBN : 0865163391 9780865163393

‎Mantero, Teresa‎

‎RICERCHE SULL'HEROIKOS DI FILOSTRATO‎

‎Pages are tanned. Wraps have edgewear with light chipping and small tears. 1 tear to front wrap (2cm) ; Università Di Genova - Facoltà Di Lettere; 234 pages‎

‎Marcattili, Francesco & Lucia Romizzi & Marie-Odile Charles-Laforge & William Van Andringa‎

‎CONTRIBUTI DI ARCHEOLOGIA VESUVIANA II Un Tempio Di Esculapio a Pompei. La Casa Dei Dioscuri Di Pompei (VI, 9, 6.7) : Una Nuova Lettura. Le "Complexe Des Rites Magiques" Et Le Culte De Sabazios à Pompéi. Sacrifices Et Marchés De La Viande à Pompéi‎

‎Small library stamp to bibliography page. No other ex-lib markings. Creasing to corners of wraps and some edgewear. Else VG. ; F. Marcattili: Un tempio di Esculapio a Pompei: 1. La scoperta e gli studi; 2. L' edificio di culto; 3. Il culto; 4. La Casa dello Scultore e la domus viii 7, 26 27; Appendice; Bibliografia; L. Romizzi: La casa dei Dioscuri di Pompei (vi 9, 6.7) : una nuova lettura: Premessa; Introduzione; 1. Inquadramento topografico e analisi planimetrica; 2. L' allestimento decorativo; 3. I materiali; 4. Catalogo: I quadri parietali a soggetto mitologico e teatrale; 5. Il programma figurativo della domus: un percorso per immagini; 6. Per l' identificazione della committenza: una nuova ipotesi; 7. Il rapporto con il Macellum ed il ruolo di Alleia Maia; Tabella comparativa delle decorazioni parietali e pavimentali della Casa dei Dioscuri; Abbreviazioni bibliografiche; M. -O. Laforge-Charles: Le complexe des rites magiques et le culte de Sabazios à Pompéi; La Maison ii, i, 12 ou complesso dei riti magici; Les mains panthees; Le culte de Sabazios; Les vases magiques; Comment interpréter le complexe des rites magiques ?; Le complexe des rites magiques: un lieu de culte Sabaziaque ?; Le complexe des rites magiques: un lieu de culte privé; Bibliographie; W. Van Andringa: Sacrifices et marché de la viande à Pompéi; Bibliographie. ; Studi Della Soprintendenza Archeologica Di Pompei 18; 202 pages‎

‎MARIEL (Pierre).-‎

‎L'Europe païenne du XXe siècle. Magie noire en Angleterre - Tziganes, Gitans et Romanichels - L'Allemagne païenne.‎

‎P., La Palatine, 1964, in 8° broché, 223 pages ; quelques rousseurs ; petits défauts à la couverture.‎

‎PHOTOS sur DEMANDE ...................... Photos sur demande ..........................‎

Bookseller reference : 64710

‎Martha, Jules‎

‎LES SACERDOCES ATHÉNIENS‎

‎Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Book has been rebound in blue buckram with white lettering to spine ; Bibliothèque Des Écoles Française D'Athènes Et De Rome Fascicule 26; 184 pages‎

‎Martindale, Charles‎

‎REDEEMING THE TEXT Latin Poetry and the Hermeneutics of Reception‎

‎Minor shelfwear. Light bump to 1 corner. ; This book applies some of the procedures of modern critical theory to the interpretation of Latin poetry. The author argues for an approach that sees the meaning of a text as always and necessarily involved in the process of "reception," that is the way it has been read and interpreted from the time of its composition down to the present day. A study of its reception-history facilitates novel and more profitable ways of reading. He illustrates his approach with exemplary readings of Virgil, Ovid, Horace and Lucan. ; Roman Literature And Its Contexts; 8.1 X 5.3 X 0.6 inches; 135 pages‎

‎Martini, Maria Cristina‎

‎LE VESTALI. UN SACERDOZIO FUNZIONALE AL «COSMO» ROMANO‎

‎Very faint shelfwear. Else fine. ; Collection Latomus Volume 282; 264 pages‎

‎Matthews John‎

‎A Constant Search for Wisdom‎

‎Everett WA: Lorian Association 2007. Gift quality. Essays articles and other non-fiction pieces as well as short fiction and poetry collected from journals etc. by prolific writer in all things Celtic John Matthews. With an introduction by David Spanger. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. First Edition. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Used. Lorian Association Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 000330 ISBN : 0936878193 9780936878195

‎Matthews John‎

‎The Summer Solstice: Celebrating the Journey of the Sun from May Day to Harvest‎

‎Wheaton IL: Quest Books 2002. First Printing is Near-Fine in glossy pictorial paper over boards. Ink from frontis has left smudge on title page ow unmarked clean & tight. DJ rolls at front head w narrow creasing; same head & tail at rear w corner creasing to all. "Resplendent with full-color illustrations this multicultural sourcebook helps us connect with the past and celebrate the present with stories and songs crafts and games and recipes for feasting to enjoy with family and friends."--publisher. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Acceptable. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Used. Quest Books Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 009842 ISBN : 0835608158 9780835608152

‎McClain Ernest G‎

‎The Myth of Invariance: The Origin of the Gods Mathematics and Music from the Rg Veda to Plato‎

‎New York: N. Hays 1976. No jacket as issued Brown boards faded at edges with title in white and author's name and multiple-triangle device on cover. Pp 75 - 87 suffered trauma to a section at the top their pages heads: in the best case they are merely blind-torn 1" long worse has 2 tears resulting in a triangular appx 1" sides section attached by a quarter-inch or so of page. All sections present. Another page has at its head corner a mis-cutting so that a wee bit of edge is folded in on itself no more than a couple of millimeters. Otherewise tight unmarked. Pictures provided cheerfully upon request! "The most ancient mythological poetry of India is full of references to strange numbers of astronomical magnitudes. The poetic and religious meaning of these numbers is uncertain and their significance for the history of science and mathematics until now unexplored. This book by a professor of music at Brooklyn College is a pioneering work. McClain suggests that the numbers represent a proto-science of harmonics a working knowledge of the relationship between musical pitch and the length of the vibrating body such as Greek tradition claims Pythagoras either invented or brought back from Babylon and an attempt to model the scale in a series of whole numbers. The attempt is futile for the same reasons that forced Bach to temper his clavier but McClain believes that the ancients reached the point of best approximation beyond which larger numbers lead to greater dissonance rather than less."--reviewed by Frank Palmer Purcell 1979 in 'Teachers' College Record.' 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Acceptable/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Used. N. Hays Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 002255 ISBN : 0892540036 9780892540037

‎McCormack, Sabine G. ,‎

‎ART AND CEREMONY IN LATE ANTIQUITY‎

‎Minor shelfwear. ; Examines the transformation of the pagan Roman into the early Byzantine empire by focusing on the ceremonies of the arrivals, funerals, and coronations of emperors from the late third to the late sixth century A. D. ; The Transformation of the Classical Heritage 1; 450 pages‎

‎Melas, Evi‎

‎TEMPLES AND SANCTUARIES OF ANCIENT GREECE A Companion Guide‎

‎Foxing through pages and textblock. Yellowing to wraps. ; 8.2 X 5.7 X 0.8 inches; 216 pages‎

‎Mellinghoff-Bourgerie, Viviane & (Pierre Grimal, Préface)‎

‎LES INCERTITUDES DE VIRGILE Contributions Épicuriennes à La Théologie De L'Énéide. Préface De Pierre Grimal‎

‎Pages unopened. Small chip to base of spine. Else fine. ; Collection Latomus Volume 210; 273 pages‎

‎Meslin, Michel‎

‎LA FÊTE DES KALENDES DE JANVIER DANS L’EMPIRE ROMAIN Étude D’un Rituel De Nouvel An‎

‎Pages unopened. Very light creasing to wraps else fine. ; En français. ; Collection Latomus Volume 115; 138 pages‎

‎Mette, Hans Joachim‎

‎SPHAIROPOIIA Untersuchungen zur Kosmologie des Krates von Pergamon.‎

‎Light browning to endpapers. Small tear to ffep (3cm). Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; 315 pages‎

‎Meyer, Marvin W.‎

‎THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts‎

‎Zeus and the other gods of shining Olympus were in reality divine only by popular consent. Over the course of time Olympian luster diminished in favor of religious experiences more immediate to the concerns of people living in an increasingly cosmopolitan ancient world. These experiences were provided by the mysteries, religions that flourished particularly during the Hellenistic period and were secretly practiced by groups of adherents who decided, through personal choice, to be initiated into the profound realities of one deity or another. Unlike the official state religions, in which people were expected to make an outward show of allegiance to the local gods, the mysteries emphasized an inwardness and privacy of worship within a closed band of initiates. In this book, Marvin W. Meyer explores the sacrifices and prayers, the public celebrations and secret ceremonies, the theatrical performances and literary works, the gods and goddesses that were a part of the mystery religions of Greece in the seventh century B. C. To the Judaism and Christianity of the Roman world of the seventh century A. D.; 9.0 X 6.1 X 0.7 inches; 280 pages‎

‎MIDDLETON Conyers.‎

‎CONFORMITES DES CEREMONIES MODERNES AVEC LES ANCIENNES. Où l'on prouve par des autorités incontestables que les cérémonies de l'Eglise romaine sont empruntées des Payens (païens). Avec un traité de la conformité qu'ils ont dans leur conduite, mis à la fin sous le titre d'additions de quelques conformités outre les cérémonies [...] / LETTRE ECRITE DE ROME. Où l'on montre l'exacte conformité qu'il y a entre le papisme & la religion des Romains d'aujourd'hui, dérivée de leurs ancêtres payens. Avec un discours préliminaire où en répondant à toutes les objections d'un livre papiste intitulé Le Chrétien Catholique Instruit, on a rassemblé de nouveaux faits & de nouveaux témoignages, pour constater la vérité qu'on a dessein d'établir dans cette lettre. Et un postcript où l'on examine spécialement l'opinion de Mr. Warburton sur le paganisme de Rome moderne.‎

‎1744 A Amsterdam, Maynard Uytwere, 1744, 2 textes en un volume in-12 de 95x165 mm environ, (1) f. blanc, (10) ff. (page de titre, préface de l'éditeur, table des chapitres, table des auteurs), 307 p. / 308 p., (1) f. blanc. Plein veau d'époque, dos à 5 nerfs portant titre doré sur pièce de cuir bordeaux, caissons ornés, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches marbrées. Coins et coupes frottés, 2 tampons sur la première page de titre, dorures un peu passées, feuillet des pages 143-144 mal placé, bon état.‎

‎Merci de nous contacter à l'avance si vous souhaitez consulter une référence au sein de notre librairie.‎

Bookseller reference : 111705

‎Mikalson, Jon D.‎

‎ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION‎

‎Underlining and light notes in ink to about 10 or so pages. Else VG; Blackwell Ancient Religions; 240 pages; Provides an introduction to the fundamental beliefs and practices and the major deities of Greek religion. Focuses on Athens in the classical period. Includes detailed discussion of Greek gods and heroes, myth and cult. Includes vivid descriptions of Greek religion as it was practiced. Ancient texts are presented in boxes to promote thought and discussion. Abundant illustrations help readers visualize the rich and varied religious life of ancient Greece.‎