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Veen, J. E. Van De
SIGNIFICANT AND THE INSIGNIFICANT Five Studies in Herodotus' View of History
Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology; 154 pages; Although it is widely recognised that Solon’s thoughts on human life (1.30-32) are important to a correct understanding of Herodotus’ work, little attention has been given to their narratological meaning. On the basis of a careful interpretation of five episodes, this monograph argues that Solon’s advice, ‘look to the end’, establishes the viewpoint from which Herodotus’ stories are to be understood. This viewpoint leads to surprising conclusions as to what is and is not important to the development of history. It casts doubts especially on the magnificent role of Athens and its democracy.
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Taylor, Martha C
SALAMIS AND THE SALAMINIOI The History of an Unofficial Athenian Demos
Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Archaia Hellas; 360 pages; Salamis and the Salaminioi for the first time provides a thorough investigation of the people of the island of Salamis and their status in the Classical period. The first part of the work surveys the sixth-century history of the island, and challenges the communis opinio that Salamis was a klerouchy. Part II considers the setting and organization of the Classical community on the island - here called an “unofficial” demos. Part III investigates the demos during the tumultuous third century. Salamis and the Salaminioi will be an invaluable addition to the libraries of all those interested in Athenian history and citizenship, the Kleisthenic deme system, Hellenistic Athens, and rural Attica.
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Pritchett, W. Kendrick
ESSAYS IN GREEK HISTORY
Unwrapped in Plastic. ; 10 x 1 x 6.75 Inches; 340 pages; The Professor Emeritus of Greek at Berkeley offers six original papers, the titles of which are indicative of the contents: - The Alleged Battle of Oinoa. - The General's Exhortations in Greek Warfare. - The General on the Battlefield. - Thucydides and Pylos. - The Roads of Akarnania. - Circumventions of the Thermopylai Pass. These studies are a by-product of Pritchett's studies on Greek military practices and Greek topography, and will be of interest to students of Greek historiography, since all involve problems of text and the veracity of the historians. The three topographical chapters, which are based on extensive autopsy and include some new discoveries, are accompanied with photographs and sketchmaps.
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Boatwright, Mary T.
HADRIAN AND THE CITIES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Remainder mark to bottom of textblock else Fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243 pages; Cities throughout the Roman Empire flourished during the reign of Hadrian (A. D. 117-138) , a phenomenon that not only strengthened and legitimized Roman dominion over its possessions but also revealed Hadrian as a masterful negotiator of power relationships. In this comprehensive investigation into the vibrant urban life that existed under Hadrian's rule, Mary T. Boatwright focuses on the emperor's direct interactions with Rome's cities, exploring the many benefactions for which he was celebrated on coins and in literary works and inscriptions. Although such evidence is often as imprecise as it is laudatory, its collective analysis, undertaken for the first time together with all other related material, reveals that over 130 cities received at least one benefaction directly from Hadrian. The benefactions, mediated by members of the empire's municipal elite, touched all aspects of urban life they included imperial patronage of temples and hero tombs, engineering projects, promotion of athletic and cultural competitions, settlement of boundary disputes, and remission of taxes.
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Ferrero, Guglielmo & (Alfred E. Zimmern, trans.)
THE GREATNESS AND DECLINE OF ROME Volume I: the Empire-Builders.
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Chipping to backstrip along head and back hinge. Former copy of W. McLeod (classics professor). Back board has discoloration. Darkening to spine. Bottom corners bumped. ; Volume I only.
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Dunbabin, T. J.
THE WESTERN GREEKS The History of Sicily and South Italy from the Foundation of the Greek Colonies to 480 B.C.
Ex-library copy with usual discard stamps, call numbers and pocket. Light discoloration to spine. ; Looks at the colonial history of Greece in Southern Italy and Sicily, and the development of a culture rivalling that of Greece itself, and the relations of Greeks and native peoples. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 504 pages
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Desborough, V. R. D'A.
THE LAST MYCENAEANS AND THEIR SUCCESSORS An Archaeological Survey, C. 1200- C. 1000 B. C.
One small stain to boards. Minor shelfwear and rubbing to boards. ; 288 pages; This book assembles for the first time the archaeological data for the whole of Greece and the Aegean - and for certain adjacent areas - during the twelfth and eleventh centuries B. C. With 24 b/w plates.
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Bouchier, Edmund Spenser
LIFE AND LETTERS IN ROMAN AFRICA
Boards have light soiling. Minor shelfwear to boards. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Former owner's names on ffep. Text has sporadic underlining in pencil and ink. Light foxing on a few pages. Back inner cover has notes in fountain pen and pencil. ; Contents: The African Provinces; The Three Capitals: Carthage, Cirta & Caesarea; Learning and Education; Private life and amusements-- the arts; Fronto and his Circle; Philosophy and Religion--Apuleius; Poetry; Christian Africa; Vandal and Byzantine Periods; Some considerations of the style and language of African Writers. ; 128 pages
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Myres, John L.
GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY IN GREEK LANDS
Minor discoloration from shelfwear to boards. Light browning to inner covers. Very light edgewear to corners. Solid copy. ; Contents: Greek Lands and Greek People; Value of Ancient history; ancient geography in modern education; geography in relation to history and literature; geographical study of Greek and Roman culture; geographical aspect of greek colonization; geographical distribution of the greek city-states; causes of rise and fall in the population of the ancient world; position of the greek kingdom in the eastern mediterranean; marmara region; islands of the aegean; dodecanese. ; 381 pages
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Fuhrmann, Manfred; Yuill, William E. (Tr. )
CICERO AND THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Light soiling to top of textblock else fine. ; 0.75 x 9.5 x 6.25 Inches; 256 pages; In this life of Cicero, statesman, philosopher and the greatest Roman orator, Professor Fuhrmann has skilfully presented a coherent and graphic biography from the abundant but notoriously difficult source material. His account Brings to life not only the man but the political and cultural background of his age.
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Strauss, Barry S. & Josiah Ober
THE ANATOMY OF ERROR Ancient Military Disasters and Their Lessons for Modern Strategists
Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear else Fine. ; Two more books of military history written for general audiences. Strauss and Ober discuss strategic failure in the classical world in terms of defeated generals and political leaders from Xerxes of Persia to Julian the Apostate. These losers share a common incapacity to consider and overcome unexamined assumptions about themselves and their enemies, say the authors. But the authors go on to defend good decision-making in relentlessly Clausewitzian terms that overlook the essential differences between the state systems of 19th-century Europe and the ancient Mediterranean. Such presentmindedness is unlikely to liberate the study of ancient history from its specialist ghetto. Karl proposes to describe situations from Thermopylae to Dien Bien Phu in which "an elite unit of soldiers stands to the last men with little hope of victory. " His definition of "elite" is extremely broad. The mixed bag of Germans and other Europeans that defended Berlin in 1945 hardly qualifies as an elite in the sense of the Theban Sacred Band. Moreover, instead of concentrating on the composition, motivation, and behavior of these doomed units, Karl writes generalized campaign history, with the last stand itself sometimes dismissed in a few paragraphs. The Anatomy of Error is flawed by a restrictive analytic structure; Glorious Defiance fails to progress beyond descriptive narrative. Neither can be recommended except as supplements for large collections. ; 8.5 x 1 x 5.75 Inches; 272 pages
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Emlyn-Jones, C. J.
THE IONIANS AND HELLENISM A Study of the Cultural Achievements of the Early Greek Inhabitants of Asia Minor
Pencil underlining in text. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Light browning along top edge of DJ. ; States and Cities of Ancient Greece; 237 pages; Presents a new assessment of the art, literature, and philosophy of the Asia Minor Greeks -- the Ionians -- in the eighth to the sixth centuries B. C.
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Harriott, Rosemary M.
ARISTOPHANES Poet & Dramatist
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; Book focuses on five plays: Acharnians, Knights, Clouds, Wasps and Clouds. Harriott compares elements and compositions of different plays to demonstrate illuminating similarities and distinctions. ; 8.75 x 1 x 6 Inches; 200 pages
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Blackwell, Thomas
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF HOMER (1736)
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; Reprint of the 2nd edition; Anglistica & Americana; 1735. Blackwell, a Scottish classical scholar, first published this work anonymously. The work was intended to explain the causes of the superiority of Homer to all the poets who preceded or followed him. It shows considerable research, and contains many curious and interesting details, but its want of method made Bentley say that, when he had gone through half of it, he had forgotten the beginning, and, when he had finished the reading of it, he had forgotten the whole.
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Thornton, M. K. & R. L. Thornton
JULIO-CLAUDIAN BUILDING PROGRAMS A Quantitative Study in Political Management
0.5 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches; 150 pages; An analysis of the Imperial Policy of Public Programs and of Labor Management. A significant contribution to a better understanding of the Early Empire and to political management in general.
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Alles, Gregory D.
THE ILIAD, THE RAMAYANA, AND THE WORK OF RELIGION Failed Persuasion and Religious Mystification
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...
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Tsetskhladze, G. R. & A. J. N. W. Prag & A. M. Snodgrass
PERIPLOUS Papers on Classical Art and Archaeology Presented to Sir John Boardman
Still in plastic. ; The ideas of circumnavigation suggested by the title of this volume of essays, presented to one of the world's leading Classical archaeologists, conjures up the sense of excitement associated with a voyage of discovery. Over 40 friends and former doctoral students whose work was supervised by John Boardman during his time as Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at Oxford University (1978-1994) have contributed essays on topics close to his heart. Now holding academic posts worldwide, they all recall with pleasure the enthusiasm and encouragement of their former teacher. ; 1.65 x 10.57 x 7.73 Inches; 416 pages
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Stanton, G. R.
ATHENIAN POLITICS C.800-500 BC A Sourcebook
Studies in Ancient Civilization; 0.76 x 7.86 x 6.08 Inches; 244 pages; Athenian Politics examines the limitations and problems attendant upon the use of traditional sources to understand Athenian history. Presenting, in translation, virtually all the sources from which scholars have drawn their conclusions about ancient Athenian society--from contemporary accounts and stone inscriptions to Egyptian papyri--Stanton challenges the way scholars have viewed ancient Athens. Covering the period from the reforms of Solon to the constitutional changes of Kleisthenes, Athenian Politics explores democracy's paradoxical emergence from the actions of an undemocratic noble elite.
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Lagerlöf, Margaretha Rossholm
THE SCULPTURES OF THE PARTHENON Aesthetics and Interpretation
Minor scuffing to DJ. ; 0.77 x 8.57 x 6.23 Inches; 212 pages; Margaretha Lagerlöf provides a complete overview of current knowledge of the sculptures of the Parthenon and offers new interpretations of the ancient temple`s sculptural creations in this book. She considers what the sculptures reveal about the Greek sense of democracy, the nature of women`s lives, and the relationship between human beings and the gods.
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Barton, Carlin A.
THE SORROWS OF THE ANCIENT ROMANS The Gladiator and the Monster
Dustjacket has minor edgewear along top with very light chipping to corners. Former owner's name on ffep. ; 0.75 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 210 pages; This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. Carlin Barton makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. To probe the tensions of the Roman world in the period from the first century b.c.e. through the first two centuries c.e., Barton picks two images: the gladiator and the "monster." This inquiry into the collective psychology of the ancient Romans speaks not about military conquest, sober law, and practical politics, but about extremes of despair, desire, and envy. Carlin Barton makes us uncomfortably familiar with a society struggling at or beyond the limits of human endurance. To probe the tensions of the Roman world in the period from the first century b.c.e. through the first two centuries c.e., Barton picks two images: the gladiator and the "monster."
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Gentili, Bruno; Cole, A. Thomas
POETRY AND ITS PUBLIC IN ANCIENT GREECE From Homer to the Fifth Century
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; This superb and fascinating book insists upon trying to place the poetry of Sappho, Alcaeus, Pindar, Archilochus, and others within its social and ritual contexts: oral performance, patron/poet relationship, and religious or communal function. Considering the evidence, such efforts must at times rely upon inspiration, but the close textual readings of individual poems, judicious use of anthropological method, and inclusion of many of the recently discovered fragments creates a vivid picture. ; 0.97 x 8.94 x 6.08 Inches; 408 pages
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Malamud, Martha A.
A POETICS OF TRANSFORMATION Prudentius and Classical Mythology
Very minor rubbing to DJ. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; Examines conflicting cultural, religious, and literary codes in the work of Prudentius (348-post 405) , perhaps the most influential poet of Late Antiquity. Illuminates Prudentius' use of paradigms from classical mythology and suggests that his poetry constitutes both an analysis and a critique of the Christianity of his day. ; Cornell Studies in Classical Philology; 224 pages
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Wiltshire, Susan Ford
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN VERGIL'S AENEID
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; 0.8 x 8.7 x 5.8 Inches; 172 pages; In this new reading of the Aeneid, Wiltshire provides a historical perspective for the current debate over the public/private dilemma. Wiltshire traces the split between public and private back to the origins of bureaucracy in the Roman Empire...
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Tyler, W. S.
THE THEOLOGY OF THE GREEK POETS
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Former owner's name on ffep. Fraying to spine ends. Edgewear to extremities. ; Looks at the theology that may be present in the writings of Homer, Aeschylus and Sophocles. ; 365 pages; 1870. Natural theology may be contemplated from two different points of view, and so may be seen in two different aspects. We may look at in from the stand point of our own observation and reason in the light of Christianity; or we may consider it as it has been developed in the literature and history of heathen nations, and as it appeared in the eyes of those who were destitute of the Christian revelation. This volume is intended as a humble contribution to natural theology in both these forms.
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Lyne, R. O. A. M.
FURTHER VOICES IN VERGIL'S AENEID
Paperback has been rebound in hardcover preserving original wraps. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; Clarendon Paperbacks; 0.61 x 8.46 x 5.5 Inches; 264 pages; The Aeneid can strike one as a relatively conventional epic, an objective heroic tale of Rome's beginnings. Vergil designed it so that it might read in this way. This is one, epic `voice' that he wished us to hear. But there are `further voices', and these may be disturbing, even shocking, as they add to, comment upon, question and occasionally subvert the implications of the epic voice. This is a detailed examination of Vergil's method of intruding such further voices.
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Richmond, I. A. (Ed. )
ROMAN AND NATIVE IN NORTH BRITAIN
Former owner's name on ffep. Minor browning to prelims. Top corners are bumped. ; Contents: Native Economies and the Roman Occupation of North Britain (Stuart Piggott) ; Roman and Native, AD 80-122 (John Clarke) ; Roman and Native, AD 122-197 (J. P. Gillam) ; Roman and Native in North Britain: the Severan Reorganisation (K. A. Steer) ; Roman and Native in the Fourth Century AD and After (I. A. Richmond) ; Ancient Geographical sources for Britain north of Cheviot. ; Studies in History and Archaeology; 174 pages
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Clarke, M. L.
RHETORIC AT ROME A Historical Survey
Adhesive stains to boards. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; 202 pages; History of Roman rhetoric from its origins down to St. Augustine and Cassiodorus including rhetorical writings of Cicero and Quintilian.
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Hadzsits, G. D.
CLASSICAL STUDIES IN HONOR OF JOHN C ROLFE
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
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Tarn, W. W.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT I. Narrative
Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Top corners are bumped. Light browning to textblock. ; 160 pages
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Grant, Mary Amelia
FOLKTALE AND HERO-TALE MOTIFS IN THE ODES OF PINDAR
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Description has been pasted to inner boards. Removed label has left remains on ffep. ; A systematic attempt to analyze the mythological motifs used in by Pindar. ; 172 pages
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Dawe, Roger D.
SOPHOCLES The Classical Heritage
Garland Reference Library of the Humanities; 0.94 x 8.82 x 5.82 Inches; 308 pages; Surveys the influence of Sophocles on the history of Europe and America, includes Sigmund Freud, "The Oedipus Complex. "
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Marcovich, Miroslav
STUDIES IN GREEK POETRY
Illinois Classical Studies. Supplement, 1; 0.5 x 9 x 6 Inches; 248 pages; Poems in ancient Greek with explanation and criticism on the texts. Includes Xenophanes on Drinking-Parties and Olympic Games, Sappho Fragment 31, Aristophanes Aves 1271-1273. Comprises four dozen brief studies in the text and meaning of Greek poetry from Homer to Constantine Manasses.
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Vermeule, Cornelius C.
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURE IN AMERICA Masterpieces in Public Collections in the United States and Canada
Very minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Published in collaboration with the J. Paul Getty Museum. ; 1.25 x 11.5 x 9 Inches; 416 pages
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Frazer, James George
THE GROWTH OF PLATO'S IDEAL THEORY An Essay
DJ is browned. Small piece of DJ is missing at heel of spine. Edgewear along top edge of DJ with chipping and small tears. Tear (about 2 inches) to DJ along front hinge. Book boards are slightly bowed. ; Classic study of the Platonic Dialogues. ; 114 pages
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Jeffery, L. H.
ARCHAIC GREECE The City-States, c. 700-500 B. C.
Book has minor shelfwear and rubbing to boards. One minor bump to top corner. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and tears. DJ is price-clipped. One long tear along top of front panel has been repaired by tape else Good. ; After describing in her opening chapters the typical polis, its home government and colonial expansion, and she gives some account of each city-state in Mainland Greece, the Aegean, and the coast of Asia Minor. In detailing its history and local culture, as well as events which had great impact on the period-- the reforms of Solon, the expulsion of tyrants--she seeks to show how each contributed to the structure of Greek society as a whole. We leave it at the end of the sixth century, a country still criss-crossed with local frontiers, but poised now for the defeat of Persia and the Persians. ; 272 pages
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Powell, Anton
ATHENS AND SPARTA Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC
Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and creasing along bottom of spine. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Book has minor shelfwear along bottom edge of boards. ; Athens and Sparta is an essential handbook to the study of fifth century Greek history and society. It encourages the reader to engage critically with the evidence, presenting a wide selection of ancient source material along with clear analysis and narrative.; 423 pages
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Mitropoulou, Elpis
FIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS OF GREEK RELIEFS
Very small nick to bottom of first three pages and wraps. Light discoloration to spine ; Contents: I. Pair of Female and Male Deities holding Horns of Plenty; II. Egyptian Influence on Archinos Relief; III. Three Decree Reliefs in the British Museum; IV. A New Interpretation of a Votive Relief in Athens National Museum; V. The Game of Dice Mainly on Votive Reliefs. ; 79 pages
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Hoffmann, Herbert & A. E. Raubitschek (coll.)
EARLY CRETAN ARMORERS With the Collaboration of A. E. Raubitschek
57 pp of plates; Fogg Art Museum Monographs in Art and Archaeology; 69 pages; Some Contents: Descriptive Catalog; Inscriptions; The Technique; Related finds of Cretan Armor; Some Groupings; Representations; Chronology; Appendices: A Mitra inscribed with a Law; The cuirasses of the 'Olympia Group'; Metallographic Examination of Some Fragments of Cretan Bronze Armor from Afrati.
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Vessey, David
STATIUS AND THE THEBAID
Spine is cocked. Top front corner is bumped. Dustjacket is intact but has tears to extremities and three long tears and chipping. ; Combats the common notion that the Thebaid is an exercise in anachronism, an episodic narrative of the Theban saga. He shows that the poem can and indeed must be reat as an elaborate and sustained allegory of the emotions-- a study in the extremes of human behaviour. ; 366 pages
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Marcovich, M. ; Clement Of Alexandria
CLEMENTIS ALEXANDRINI PROTREPTICUS
Minor bump to top corners. ; Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements , No 34; 0.85 x 9.64 x 6.38 Inches; 240 pages; Clement of Alexandria (ca A.D. 150-215) is one of the leading Church Fathers and the first Christian philosopher. His early Protrepticus is of great significance for Patristics, Classical scholarship, Greek philosophy and religion. The treatise is preserved virtually in a single manuscript --the famous Codex Arethae, Parisinus graecus 451, copied in 913-914,-- which proves to be lacunose, corrupt, interpolated and dislocated. The only critical edition of the Protrepticus was prepared back in 1905 by Otto Stahlin (G.C.S., Volume 12). The present edition is based on a thorough in-depth study of the Parisinus, on the inclusion of the entire opus of Clement, on an extended and updated Quellenforschung, and finally, on a more sensitive approach to meaning and textual criticism. The edition includes the Scholia.
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Greenhalgh, P. A. L.
EARLY GREEK WARFARE Horsemen and Chariots in the Homeric and Archaic Ages
Corners are bumped. DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket spine is sunned. One open tear (1 inch) to DJ along upper edge near spine. Mild rubbing to DJ. ; 228 pages; A study of the literary and archaeological (especially artistic) evidence for developments in the warfare of early Greece. Greenhalgh considers in particular the military history of the chariot and mounted horse, both as they were represented in poetry and art and as they were used in reality from about 1100 to 500 B. C.
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MacMullen, Ramsay
ROMAN GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO CRISIS, A.D.235-337
Minor bumping to corners. Light discoloration to DJ spine. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. One small chip to corner of DJ. ; Former copy of J. F. Drinkwater. ; 352 pages; In the years A. D. 235-337, the government of the Roman empire met the most prolonged crisis of its history and survived. This book is concerned with the grave administrative problems these spectacular events caused and the measures that were taken to solve them-- measures that reshaped army, administration, economy, and society.
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Meier, Christian; (Mclintock, David Trans. )
CAESAR A Biography
Dustjacket and book have minor shelfwear. ; 9.75 x 1.75 x 6.5 Inches; 528 pages; For centuries, Julius Caesar has endured in our collective imagination as a favorite among historians and scholars, playwrights and poets. In legend he lives as the great conqueror of Rome's immense empire, a remarkable diplomat and writer, an unrivaled heartbreaker, and a man of relentless determination who met a seemingly tragic end. Caesar examines the riveting story of a complex man within the context of the crisis of the Roman republic. Meier vividly reconstructs the distinctive features of this age by emphasizing the prevalent educational practices that imposed limitations on individual development. Meier clearly shows that Caesar early on established himself as a man whose unique drive, self-confidence, and detachment would bring him into continual conflict with established institutions. What were the political and social forces that shaped and challenged this extraordinary individual? And how did this larger-than-life leader truly affect the fate of the Roman republic and the course of history? Internationally renowned historian Christian Meier explores these questions in the most authoritative and accessible account ot Julius Caesar's life, career, and legacy.
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Conway, Robert Seymour
ITALIC DIALECTS Edited with a Grammar and Glossary
2 volumes. 8vo. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers. Bookplate of University of London King's College for Women Library. Light foxing to inner covers. Minor edgewear to extremities. ; I: The records of Oscan, Umbrian and the Minor Dialects, including th Italic glosses in ancient Writers and the local and personal names of the dialectal areas. II: An Outline of the grammar of the Dialects, Appendix, Indices and Glossary. ; 2 Volume Set; 8vo
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Arnheim, M. T. W
ARISTOCRACY IN GREEK SOCIETY
Minor Shelfwear to boards. 2 small spots to bottom textblock. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman life; 221 pages
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Wilkes, J. J.
DALMATIA
Rubbing to DJ has cause colour loss along spine and edges. Light Edgewear to DJ. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Plus pull-out map and 57 b&w plates. This is the first general study of Roman Dalmatia to appear for more than eighty years, and it draws extensively on the recent research of Yugoslav and other European scholars. Introductory chapters deal with the Roman conquest and organization of the province. The Roman administration and garrison is examined in detail with emphasis on its contribution to the development of institutions of local government. There are sections on the identity, society, and economy of the native peoples at the time of the Roman conquest. ; History of the Provinces of the Roman Empire; 572 pages
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Burnett, Anne Pippin
REVENGE IN ATTIC AND LATER TRAGEDY
Very light shelfwear to DJ. Remainder mark to top of the textblock. ; Sather Classical Lectures; 1.12 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches; 384 pages; Modern readings of ancient Athenian drama tend to view it as a presentation of social or moral problems, as if ancient drama showed the same realism seen on the present-day stage. Such views are belied by the plays themselves, in which supremely violent actions occur in a legendary time and place distinct both from reality and from the ethics of ordinary life. Offering fresh readings of Attic tragedy, Anne Pippin Burnett urges readers to peel away twentieth-century attitudes toward vengeance and reconsider the revenge tragedies of ancient Athens in their own context. After a consideration of how our view of Elizabethan drama has obscured an accurate view of the ancient tragedies, Burnett reviews early Greek notions of vengeance as expressed in the Odyssey, Heracles' tales, Pindar's odes, Attic judicial processes, and the legend of Harmodius and Aristogeiton. Then, setting aside post-Platonic and Judeo-Christian notions of criminality, she provides new interpretations of all the Attic tragedies in which revenge is a central theme: Aeschylus' Libation Bearers, Sophocles' Ajax, Electra, and Tereus, and Euripides' Children of Heracles, Hecuba, Medea, Electra, and Orestes. Burnett shows that for the ancients, revenge meant a redress of imbalances in both human and divine worlds, achieved through human actions. The vengeful heroines thus appear in a new light. Electra, Hecuba, Medea, and others cease to be the picture of depravity in dramas that are grotesque and sensational, and are instead representative human figures who respond with grandeur to the outsize demands of necessity and supernatural powers.
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Seager, Robin
AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS Seven Studies in His Language and Thought
Very light chipping to head of spine ; 176 pages; First comprehensive analysis of the language employed by Ammianus to expound the major themes of his history including the reigns of Constantius II, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, Valens, and Gratian.
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Mattern, Susan P.
ROME AND THE ENEMY Imperial Strategy in the Principate
Former owner's name on ffep. Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear. ; 1 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches; 277 pages; How did the Romans build and maintain one of the most powerful and stable empires in the history of the world? This illuminating book draws on the literature, especially the historiography, composed by the members of the elite who conducted Roman foreign affairs. From this evidence, Susan P. Mattern reevaluates the roots, motivations, and goals of Roman imperial foreign policy especially as that policy related to warfare. In a major reinterpretation of the sources, Rome and the Enemy shows that concepts of national honor, fierce competition for status, and revenge drove Roman foreign policy, and though different from the highly rationalizing strategies often attributed to the Romans, dictated patterns of response that remained consistent over centuries. Mattern reconstructs the world view of the Roman decision-makers, the emperors, and the elite from which they drew their advisers. She discusses Roman conceptions of geography, strategy, economics, and the influence of traditional Roman values on the conduct of military campaigns. She shows that these leaders were more strongly influenced by a traditional, stereotyped perception of the enemy and a drive to avenge insults to their national honor than by concepts of defensible borders. In fact, the desire to enforce an image of Roman power was a major policy goal behind many of their most brutal and aggressive campaigns. Rome and the Enemy provides a fascinating look into the Roman mind in addition to a compelling re-examination of Roman conceptions of warfare and national honor. The resulting picture creates a new understanding of Rome's long mastery of the Mediterranean world.
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Oliver, James Henry
THE CIVIC TRADITION AND ROMAN ATHENS
Minor bumping to bottom corners. Light soiling to boards. ; Contents: From Gennetai to Curiales; Vatican Fragments of Greek Political Theory; Peripatetic Constitution; Civic Status in Roman Athens: Cicero Pro Balbo 12.30; Flavius Pantaenus, Priest of the Philosophical Muses; Arrian in two roles; Actuality of Lucian's Assembly of the Gods; Marcus Aurelius and the Philosophical Schools at Athens; Roman Emperors and Athens; Helladarch; Roman Senators from Greece and Macedonia; Areopagus and the Whole City Honor-- M. Ulpius Eubiotus Leurus; Achaia, Greece and Laconica. ; 182 pages
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