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Bieber, Margarete
THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN THEATER
Minor edgewear. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). DJ is price-clipped. Some sunning and chipping to DJ. ; 343 pages
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Dover, Kenneth J.
GREEK HOMOSEXUALITY
Browning to pages. Minor wear to wraps. ; 244 pages; Reaches provocative conclusions about homosexual behaviour and sentiment among the ancient Greeks.
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Nevett, Lisa C.
HOUSE AND SOCIETY IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD
Minor shelfwear. ; New Studies In Archaeology; 9.7 X 6.9 X 0.4 inches; 236 pages
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Cahill, Nicholas
HOUSEHOLD AND CITY ORGANIZATION AT OLYNTHUS
Very light shelfwear to book. DJ has some faint staining to front panel and minor shelfwear. ; 10.1 X 7.1 X 1.1 inches; 352 pages
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Winter, Frederick E
GREEK FORTIFICATIONS
Light shelfwear. DJ is price-clipped. DJ Spine very lightly discolored. ; 316 Illustrations. A Historical and comprehensive study of Greek fortifications and military architecture, principles and defensive planning from Early Archaic Greece to the Roman arrival in Greece. ; Phoenix Journal of the Classical Association of Canada Supplementary; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11; 370 pages
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Robertson, D.S.
GREEK AND ROMAN ARCHITECTURE
Minor pencilling and underlining to a few pages. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). ; Reprint of the 1945 2nd ed . Xxvi, 407pp 135 text ill. , + 24pp of b+w plates.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Golden, Mark & Peter Toohey (Eds. )
SEX AND DIFFERENCE IN ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
Very faint shelfwear. ; Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World; 400 pages; This volume collects and introduces some of the best writing on sexual behavior and gender differences in ancient Greece and Rome including four chapters newly translated from German and French. The volume charts the extraordinary evolution of scholarly investigation of a once-hidden aspect of the ancient world.
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Richlin, Amy (Ed. )
PORNOGRAPHY AND REPRESENTATION IN GREECE AND ROME
Light shelfwear. Spine a bit sunned. Scholar's initial to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). ; The first large-scale application of feminist theory to the study of Greek and Roman cultures, this book points to some striking similarities between our culture and that of the ancient world, challenging Foucauldian assumptions about the nature of sexuality. Covering such topics as vase painting, tragic and comic drama from fifth-century Athens, Hellenistic philosophy and sex manuals, Roman history, poetry, wall-painting, representations of gladiatorial combat, and romance novels, the contributors approach sexuality from both sides of the feminist pornography debate, including the use of film theory. A path-breaking application of feminist theory to the study of Greek and Roman cultures, this text offers new insight into the notion of sexuality in the ancient world. ; 317 pages
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Fornara, Charles W.
THE ATHENIAN BOARD OF GENERALS FROM 501 TO 404
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Creasing to upper corners. ; Historia : Einzelschriften ; Heft 16; 84 pages; Traces the development of the strategia in the fifth century and combating the ruling theory about the election of generals.
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Hammond, N. G. L. & G. T. Griffith
A HISTORY OF MACEDONIA Volume II: 550-336 B.C.
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Minor shelfwear. ; Deals with the development of the Macedonian State and the struggle for survival as well as the Reign of Philip the Second. Includes 10 maps, 3 plates. ; Volume 2 Only; 780 pages
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Vanhove, D. , (Ed. )
LE SPORT DANS LA GRÈCE ANTIQUE Du Jeu à La Compétition. 23 Janvier - 19 Avril 1992
Minor edgewear to wraps. Minor crease to front wrap. ; Heavy book. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 424 pages
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Hampe, Roland & Erika Simon (foreword by John Boardman)
THE BIRTH OF GREEK ART From the Mycenaean Period to the Archaic Period
book has minor shelfwear. Gift inscription to ffep. Small sticker stain to ffep. DJ has minor edgewear with small tears and creasing. ; With 504 Illustrations, 60 in colour. Looks at various types of art (architecture and painting, metalwork, weapons, stone vessels, pottery, engraving, jewelry and ornament, ivory, bone, and wood, sculpture) ; 316 pages
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Zafiropoulou, Diana (Ed. ) ; Ministry Of Culture, Volos Archaeological Museum
GAMES AND SPORTS IN ANCIENT THESSALY
10.6 X 7.5 X 0.4 inches; 150 pages
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Woodford, Susan
THE ART OF GREECE AND ROME
Very minor shelfwear. ; 163 pages; Susan Woodford illuminates the greatness of classical art and architecture and conveys a sense of the excitement that fired the creative artists of the time. The Greeks were quick to challenge time-honoured styles and, stimulated by the problems that sometimes emerged from their daring innovations, they invented solutions that have been considered classics ever since. The Romans recognized the Greek achievement and built on it, adding a talent for organization and flair for architectural construction on a huge scale to create an impressive art of their own.
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Davidson, James N.
COURTESANS AND FISHCAKES The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
Pages tanned. DJ spine a bit sunned. ; 1.25 x 10 x 6.75 Inches; 371 pages; British historian Davidson takes us inside classical Greece's brothels, bedrooms, drinking parties and banquets in this rarefied scholarly inquiry. His aim is not merely to depict Athenians as pleasure seekers but to overturn the current notion, purveyed by Michel Foucault and others, that Athens was a "phallocratic" society permeated with an ethos of penetration and domination, a homosexual-leaning culture polarized between adult male citizens and all others: Slaves, women, boys, foreigners. He largely succeeds on all counts, bringing to convivial life a predominantly heterosexual society where classes mingled easily; cultured courtesans bedded leading figures like Pericles and Alcibiades; and wives participated fully in sexual pleasures. Drawing on ancient treatises, pamphlets, comic plays, poems and speeches, Davidson investigates the classical Greeks' indulgences, including their mania for eating fish, A luxury viewed as hedonistic, And their tolerance for booze and sex (though sex addicts were considered to have a lower capacity to resist the natural pleasures). His intriguing study serves up a banquet of arcane lore.
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Skinner, Marilyn B.
SEXUALITY IN GREEK AND ROMAN CULTURE
Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Faint crease to rear wrap. ; Sexuality in Greek and Roman Culture is the first comprehensive survey of ancient Greek and Roman sexuality. Covers a wide range of subjects, including Greek pederasty and the symposium, ancient prostitution, representations of women in Greece and Rome, and the public regulation of sexual behavior. Introduces readers to the bitter theoretical debates that have been fought about gender and sexuality in the classical world. The material is ordered chronologically. Draws parallels between ancient sexual ideology and contemporary culture. Draws on literary, artistic and archaeological sources, as well as secondary scholarly sources. Theoretically sophisticated and skillfully argued, yet accessible. ; 376 pages
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Lear, Andrew & Eva Cantarella
IMAGES OF ANCIENT GREEK PEDERASTY Boys Were Their Gods
Ink markings to appendix. Else VG. ; Classical Studies; 9.2 X 6.1 X 0.6 inches; 288 pages
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Kilmer, M. F.
GREEK EROTICA
Light edgewear to DJ. ; 9.0 X 6.3 X 1.2 inches; 368 pages
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Miles, Christopher & John Julius Norwich
LOVE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
minor shelfwear. Minor chipping to DJ. ; Travel back in time in search of long-lost attitudes on love and lust, passion and desire. Beautifully illustrated in full color, this fascinating exploration looks at how ancient civilizations regarded sex and sexuality before hedonism was curtailed by organized religion and relations between the sexes were complicated by a prevailing sense of guilt. Exquisite photographs showcase sculpture, pottery, paintings, and architecture that feature graphic representations of the human form and the art of love. By seeing how love was represented, communicated, commemorated, mythologized, and incorporated into worship from the earliest cave dwellers to the sophisticated Egyptian, Greek, and Roman societies, we can gain new perspectives on history as well as on our lives today. ; 10.9 X 8.9 X 0.6 inches; 176 pages
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Prag, A. J. N. W.
THE ORESTEIA Iconographic and Narrative Tradition
Minor creasing to wraps. Light shelfwear. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 213 pages
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Buirton, Diana; Beth Cohen, Norman Austin, George Dimock, Thomas Gould Et Al.
THE ODYSSEY AND ANCIENT ART An Epic in Word and Image
Minor corner creasing to last few pages. Edgewear with minor colour loss to wraps. Spine a bit sunned and creased. Scholar's name to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). ; 214 pages
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Ormand, Kirk & Ruby Blondell (Eds)
ANCIENT SEX New Essays
Hard bump to lower corners of book with creasing through a few page corners. ; Classical Memories/modern Identities; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 384 pages
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Oakley, John H. & Rebecca H. Sinos
THE WEDDING IN ANCIENT ATHENS
Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). ; This enjoyable and innovative book reconstructs the stages of the ancient Greek wedding ceremony using a long-neglected source of information: vase paintings from the sixth through fourth centuries B. C.; Wisconsin Studies in Classics; 11.25 x 0.5 x 8.75 Inches; 153 pages
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Harris, H. A.
GREEK ATHLETES AND ATHLETICS
Foxing to inner covers. Scholar's name to ffep (Cedric Boulter). Minor shelfwear. ; 244 pages
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Kyle, D. G.
ATHLETICS IN ANCIENT ATHENS
Gift inscription from author to Jenifer [Neils]. Light pen and pencil markings to a few pages. ; Mnemosyne. Bibliotheca Classica Batava. Supplementum; 9.5 X 6.3 X 0.9 inches; 240 pages; Signed by Author
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Marrou, H. I.; George Lamb (trans.)
A HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN ANTIQUITY
Very light shelfwear. ; Major headings: The origins of Classical Education from Homer to Isocrates; Classical Education in the Hellenistic Age; Classical Education and Rome. ; 466 pages
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Poulsen, Frederik
DER ORIENT UND DIE FRÜHGRIECHISCHE KUNST
Minor pencilling and foxing. Scholar's name to ffep (Cedric Boulter). Appears to have been rebound in red buckram binding with brown marbled boards. Spine sunned. Attractive binding. ; 195 pages
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Castleden, Rodney
MINOANS Life in Bronze Age Crete
Writing in red pen to rear endpaper. Text is clean. ; In this companion to The Knossos Labyrinth (Routledge, 1990) , Castleden gives us an outline of the Minoan culture that, he alleges, is more consistent with recent archaeological evidence: that Knossos was a temple, not a palace, in which occurred not only athletic games and graceful rites, but also human sacrifice and other behaviors pointing to a previously unsuspected dark side to the Minoan personality; and that the Minoan world view and distinctive artistic vision were stimulated by the widespread eating of opium. His revision is not implausible. In early cultures the line between church and state tended to be hazy; so with its architecture. On the other hand, in his zeal to reexamine all traditional theories Castleden frequently proposes scenarios drawn more from psychosocial inference than evidence, yielding arguments less compelling than the originals. A nation of addicts could scarcely have had the energy to execute drug-induced creativity, much less to develop the commercial empire that was ancient Crete under the Minoans. Thought-provoking nonetheless. ; 210 pages
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Beaumont, Lesley A.
CHILDHOOD IN ANCIENT ATHENS Iconography and Social History
Light pencilling to 1 page. 1 corner bumped. ; Routledge Monographs In Classical Studies; 9.4 X 6.2 X 0.9 inches; 320 pages
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Poole, Lynn & Gray
HISTORY OF ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES
Chipping to spine ends. Edgewear along spine cover. Foxing to boards and inner pastedowns. Pages tanned. Scholar's name to ffep (Cedric Boulter). ; 143 pages
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Miles, Margaret M. (Ed. )
AUTOPSY IN ATHENS Recent Archaeological Research on Athens and Attica
Slight waviness to endpapers. ; This is an exciting time to study in Athens. The “rescue” excavations of recent years, conducted during construction of the Metro system and in preparation for the 2004 Olympic Games, combined with major restoration projects and a new enthusiasm for fresh examination of old material, using new techniques and applications, brings new perspectives and answers on many aspects of the ancient city of Athens and life, politics and religion in Attica. The 15 papers presented here contribute new findings that result from intensive, first-hand examinations of the archaeological and epigraphical evidence. They illustrate how much may be gained by re-examining material from older excavations, and from the methodological shift from documenting information to closer analysis and larger historical reflection. They offer a variety of perspectives on a range of issues: the ambience of the ancient city for passers-by, filled with roadside shrines; techniques of architectural construction and sculpting; religious expression in Athens including cults of Asklepios and Serapis; the precise procedures for Greek sacrifice; how the borders of Attica were defined over time, and details of its road-system. In presenting this volume the contributors are continuing in a long tradition of autopsy – in the sense of 'personal observation' – in Athens, that began even in the Hellenistic period and has continued through the writings of centuries of travellers and academics to the present day. ; 11.3 X 8.8 X 0.7 inches; 224 pages
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Salmen, Brigitte
JAMES LOEB 1867-1933 Kunstsammler Und Mäzen
Faint indents to front board. ; Issued in conjunction with a 2000 exhibition focusing on the contributions to the art world of German-born American philanthropist James Loeb. With essays by James Loeb, Brigitte Salmen, Joseph Rovan, Dorothea McEwan, Zeph Stuart, Wolfgang Burgmair, Matthias M. Weber, Benedikt Maria Scherer, Erika Simon, Friedrich W. Hamdorf, and Hermann Mayer. ; German Edition; 199 pages
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Hanfmann, George M. A.
ROMAN ART A Modern Survey of the Art of Imperial Rome
Scholar's bookplate to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Spine slant. ; 52 full page colour plates, and 145 black and white illustrations; 7.25 x 0.75 x 6.25 Inches; 328 pages
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Ridgway, Brunilde Sismondo
THE SEVERE STYLE IN GREEK SCULPTURE
Minor shelfwear. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). Light bump to upper edge of rear board. ; Xviii, 155pp, + plates with 189 nicely printed illustrations. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 155 pages
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Connolly, Peter & Hazel Dodge
THE ANCIENT CITY Life in Classical Athens and Rome
Minor shelfwear. Creasing to lower corner of rear wraps. ; In this superbly illustrated volume, Athens and Rome, the two greatest cities of antiquity, spring to life through the masterful pen of Peter Connolly. For the first time ever, all the evidence has been painstakingly pieced together to reconstruct the architectural wonders of these mighty civilizations. By re-creating their public buildings, their temples, shops, and houses, Connolly reveals every aspect of a person's life in glorious detail, including religion, food, drama, games, and the baths. The first part of The Ancient City covers the development of Athens in the hundred years following the Persian Wars, which began in the 4th century B. C. These chapters encompass the Golden Years of Athens; the establishment of democracy; the building of the Parthenon, the Erechtheum, and the municipal buildings of the Agora; a typical Athenian workday; and the construction of the Long Walls. Part II examines the development of Rome in the hundred years from Nero (emperor of Rome from A. D. 54 to 68) to Hadrian (emperor of Rome from A. D. 117 to 138) --the great building period of Rome. Visit Nero's Golden Palace and the buildings subsequently built over it, the Colosseum, the Flavian Palace, the Baths of Trajan, the Temple of Venus and Roma, as well as other buildings such as the Circus Maximus, the Theatre of Marcellus, and Trajan's Forum and Market. In addition to reading about the great monuments and moments of classical Greece and Rome, readers learn about a typical day in the life of an Athenian and a Roman. They read about--and see--the houses people inhabited; attend 5-day festivals and go to the theatre; fight great battles and witness the birth of Rome's navy; visit temples and spend a day at the races. The fascinating artwork and vivid descriptions provide a window into the great history of these two extraordinary cities and civilizations. The Ancient City is the crowning achievement of Peter Connolly's distinguished career. His illustrations and reconstructions have a unique authority, providing the starting point for a fascinating exploration of these cities and the lives of the people who inhabited them. ; 11.1 X 9.0 X 1.0 inches; 256 pages
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Pendlebury, J. D. S. (Foreword by Sir Arthur Evans. Intro by Sir John Myres and Sir John Forsdyke)
A HANDBOOK TO THE PALACE OF MINOS AT KNOSSOS With its Dependencies
Scholar's bookplate to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Minor edgewear to DJ. DJ is price-clipped. ; Includes 14 b/w plates, 8 plans, 1 loose folding plan. ; 76 pages
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Coulton, J. J.
ANCIENT GREEK ARCHITECTS AT WORK Problems of Structure and Design
DJ Spine sunned. Scholar's name to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). ; 196 pages; A study of the problems of structure and design, this book relates the architect to the society in which he worked; it shows him as a designer, structural engineer and director of works; it identifies the problems that architects encountered and suggests solutions.
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Sealey, Raphael
A HISTORY OF THE GREEK CITY STATES 700-338 B. C.
Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. DJ flaps yellowed. ; 516 pages
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Hammond, N. G. L.
THE CLASSICAL AGE OF GREECE
Pages tanned. DJ has a couple of small tears and chipping. ; 308 pages
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Golden, Mark
CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD IN CLASSICAL ATHENS
DJ spine is sunned and faded. Minor shelfwear to DJ. Pen and pencil underlining and notes to some pages. Else VG. ; Ancient Society and History; 8.75 x 1.25 x 6 Inches; 288 pages; "Mark Golden has produced a superb book, an important substantive and methodological contribution to the social history of ancient Athens and a model for comparable studies. "-- American Historical Review. Ancient Society and History.
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Cox, Cheryl Anne
HOUSEHOLD INTERESTS Property, Marriage Strategies, and Family Dynamics in Ancient Athens
Book is fine. DJ has very minor shelfwear. ; Explores the nature of the Greek household "oikos" in classical Athens. Whereas the "oikos" traditionally has been defined as the household of the nuclear family in Greece, this text argues that it had a more fluid structure, taking care to distinguish between the concepts of "household" and "family". The legal basis of the typical elite household emerges in the description of marriage patterns or strategies among the families represented in Attic orations and funeral inscriptions. Property interests were a strong motivating force, with the elite marrying within their kin, primariliy thorugh paternal lines in which property was transferred. The author argues that the household was not limited to "family" or kinspeople. Friends, neighbours, concubines or prostitutes, and slaves also shared in property interests and all could have a profound influence on the household. ; 253 pages
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Patterson, Cynthia B.
THE FAMILY IN GREEK HISTORY
Very minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; The family, Cynthia Patterson demonstrates, played a key role in the political changes that mark the history of ancient Greece. From the archaic society portrayed in Homer and Hesiod to the Hellenistic age, the private world of the family and household was integral with and essential to the civic realm. Early Greek society was rooted not in clans but in individual households, and a man's or woman's place in the larger community was determined by relationships within those households. The development of the city-state did not result in loss of the family's power and authority, Patterson argues; rather, the protection of household relationships was an important element of early public law. The interaction of civic and family concerns in classical Athens is neatly articulated by the examples of marriage and adultery laws. In law courts and in theater performances, violation of marital relationships was presented as a public danger, the adulterer as a sexual thief. This is an understanding that fits the Athenian concept of the city as the highest form of family. The suppression of the cities with the ascendancy of Alexander's empire led to a new resolution of the relationship between public and private authority: the concept of a community of households, which is clearly exemplified in Menander's plays. Undercutting common interpretations of Greek experience as evolving from clan to patriarchal state, Patterson's insightful analysis sheds new light on the role of men and women in Greek culture. ; 286 pages
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Kyle, Donald G. & Gary D. Stark (Eds. )
ESSAYS ON SPORT HISTORY AND SPORT MYTHOLOGY
Gift inscription to Jenifer Neils from Kyle to ffep.. Faint creasing along top edge of DJ. ; The Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures Number 24; 9.2 X 6.3 X 0.7 inches; 168 pages
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Poliakoff, Michael B.
COMBAT SPORTS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD Competition, Violence, and Culture
Very minor shelfwear to book. Minor pencilling to a couple of pages. DJ has a couple of small tears. DJ has light staining to rear panel. ; Xviii, 202pp, illustrated. A leading authority on classical games here provides a comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Describing and analyzing the sports of boxing, wrestling, stick-fighting, and pankration, Michael B. Poliakoff discusses such topics as the function of competition and violent games in ancient society; on the social background of the participants, showing the broad spectrum of Greek athletic personnel; on the significance of the appearance of combat sport in myth and literature; and on the alleged cultic functions of the ancient combat sports. The book is copiously illustrated with photographs of numerous objects rarely or never before published. ; 202 pages
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Fisher, Nick & Hans Van Wees (Eds. )
COMPETITION IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Very light creasing along top edge to DJ. ; Part I: Competition in comparative perspective: 1. Rivalry in history: an introduction (Hans van Wees) 2. Fame and prizes: competition and war in the Neo-Assyrian empire (Karen Radner) 3. Levels and strategies of competition in the Aztec Empire (Frances F. Berdan) Part II: Competition in Greece: 4. Ancient Greek competition - a modern construct? (Christoph Ulf) 5. Conflict and community in the Iliad (William Allan and Douglas Cairns) 6. Peer-polity interaction and cultural competition in sixth-century Greece (Sara Forsdyke) 7. Competitive delights: the social effects of the expanded programme of contests in post-Kleisthenic Athens (Nick Fisher) Part III: Competition in Rome: 8. Lotteries and elections: containing elite competition in Venice and Rome (Henrik Mouritsen) 9. Keeping up with the Joneses: competitive display within the Roman villa landscape (Hannah Platts) 10. Competitiveness and anti-competitiveness in Philostratus’ Lives of the Sophists (Jason Konig); 320 pages; Ancient peoples, like modern, spent much of their lives engaged in and thinking about competitions: both organised competitions with rules, audiences and winners, such as Olympic and gladiatorial games, and informal, indefinite, often violent, competition for fundamental goals such as power, wealth and honour. The varied papers in this book form a case for viewing competition for superiority as a major force in ancient history, including the earliest human societies and the Assyrian and Aztec empires. Papers on Greek history explore the idea of competitiveness as peculiarly Greek, the intense and complex quarrel at the heart of Homers Iliad, and the importance of formal competitions in the creation of new political and social identities in archaic Sicyon and classical Athens. Papers on the Roman world shed fresh light on Republican elections, through a telling parallel from renaissance Venice, on modes of competitive display of wealth and power evident in elite villas in Italy in the imperial period, and on the ambiguities in the competitive self-representations of athletes, sophists and emperors.
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Cohen, Ada
THE ALEXANDER MOSAIC Stories of Victory and Defeat
Spine slant. Dustjacket spine is sunned. Shelfwear to DJ. Creasing to DJ front flap. DJ has 1 small tear. ; Cambridge Studies in Classical Art and Iconography; 302 pages; The Alexander Mosaic: Stories of Victory and Defeat focuses on one of the richest, most complex and visually stunning monuments of classical antiquity. Contributing to a vast tradition of scholarship, which dates back to the discovery of the Mosaic in 1831, Cohen here engages with, but departs from, a core of positivist assumptions that characterize this body of literature. In this study, she examines the Mosaic as it may have functioned in two different contexts, first as a Greek painting of the fourth century B.C., and then as a Roman mosaic of ca. 100 B.C.
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Bieber, Margarete
THE SCULPTURE OF THE HELLENISTIC AGE
Minor shelfwear to book. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). DJ is tattered with chipping and tears. Stapled review of book tipped in. ; Revised ed. Xi, 259pp, + plates with 818 illustrations. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 259 pages
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Boardman, John
THE OXFORD HISTORY OF CLASSICAL ART
Very minor shelfwear to book. DJ has minor shelfwear and creasing. ; 1.1 x 10.81 x 8.62 Inches; 444 pages; The art and architecture of Ancient Greece and Rome lies at the heart of the classical tradition of the Western world. Their legacy is so familiar as to have become commonplace. The legacy may appear simple, but the development of classical art in antiquity was complex and remarkably swift. It ran from near abstraction in 8th-century BC Greece, through years of observation and learning from the arts of the non-Greek world to the East and, in Egypt, to the brilliance of the classical revolution of the 5th century, which revealed attitudes and styles undreamt of by other cultures. After Alexander the Great, this became the art of an empire, readily learned by Rome and further developed according to the Romans' special character and needs until it provided the idiom for the imaging of Christianity. In this book, the story of this pageant of the arts is told by five leading scholars. Their aim has been to demonstrate how the arts served very different societies and patrons; the roles and objectives of the artists; the way in which the classical style was disseminated far beyond the borders of the Greek and Roman world; and the splendour and quality of the arts themselves.
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Potter, David
THE VICTOR'S CROWN A History of Ancient Sport from Homer to Byzantium
9.2 X 6.1 X 1.3 inches; 448 pages
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Pomeroy, Sarah B.
FAMILIES IN CLASSICAL AND HELLENISTIC GREECE Representations and Realities
Very light shelfwear. ; With this volume Sarah Pomeroy builds on the groundwork she laid in Xenophon Oeconomicus: A Social and Historical Commentary (Oxford, 1994) and provides the first comprehensive study of the Greek family. Knowledge of the family and kin groups is fundamental to understanding the development of the political and legal framework of the polis, a community of oikoi ('families' or 'households') rather than of individual citizens. Pomeroy offers a highly original and authoritative account of the Greek family as a productive and reproductive social unit in Athens and elsewhere during the classical and Hellenistic periods, taking account of a mass of literary, inscriptional, archaeological, anthropological, and art-historical evidence. Despite the unflagging scholarly interest in the development of the polis, until recently little attention has been paid to the history and structure of its smallest constituent, the oikos. Pomeroy seeks to show that the Greek oikos had several versions: a pseudo-kin group restricted to male citizens; a mixed family group oriented toward the public, in which men predominated; and a family group of a more private nature that accommodated women to a greater extent, though without necessarily excluding men. Public legislation and private custom concurred to perpetuate the oikoi, expecting it to endure longer than the lifespan of any individual member and to bear economic and social burdens imposed by the state. ; 272 pages
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