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Kennedy, George A.
THE ART OF RHETORIC IN THE ROMAN WORLD 300 B. C. - A. D. 300
Minor rubbing and shelfwear to wraps. Faint soiling to textblock. DJ has edgewear with chipping and tears in places. Some loss to top of spine (crudely repaired with clear tape). ; Traces the development of Greek and Latin oratory and rhetorical theory from 300 BC to AD 300. During that period, he shows, the art of persuasion the Romans inherited from the greeks gradually became an art more concerned with the secondary characteristics of rhetoric: style and artistic effort. ; 0.76 x 9.2 x 6.1 Inches; 658 pages
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Cairns, Francis
GENERIC COMPOSITION IN GREEK AND ROMAN POETRY
Light Edgewear to lower corners of book. Paperclip indent to first few pages. Scholar's name to ffep (R. E. Fantham). Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and a few small tears ; This is the first serious attempt to formulate a system of literary criticism for ancient poetry, derived wholly from ancient evidence. It is based on methods of generic analysis, assignment and interpretation applicable to all Greek and Roman poetry. It outlines what the author deduces are the creative principles informing ancient poets' approach to their subject matter, and establishes criteria that enable an objective discussion of the poems' originality and merit. ; 331 pages
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Gottschalk, H. B.
HERACLIDES OF PONTUS
Minor creasing to ffep. Else book is fine. DJ has minor shelfwear. ; Heraclides Ponticus (387 - 312 BCE) , also known as Heraklides, was a Greek philosopher who lived and died at Heraclea, now Eregli, Turkey. He has frequently been hailed as the originator of the heliocentric theory. Though this is now generally doubted, he did anticipate the thinking of later astronomers. Heraclides' father was Euthyphron, a wealthy nobleman who sent him to study at the Academy in Athens under its founder Plato and under his successor Speusippus, though he also studied with Aristotle. According to the Suda, Plato, on his departure for Sicily in 360 BCE, left his pupils in the charge of Heraclides. Speusippus, before his death in 339 BCE, had chosen Xenocrates as his successor but Xenocrates narrowly triumphed in an ensuing election against Heraclides and Menedemus. A punning on his name, dubbing him Heraclides "Pompicus, " suggests he may have been a rather vain and pompous man and the target of much ridicule. However, Heraclides seems to have been a versatile and prolific writer on philosophy, mathematics, music, grammar, physics, history and rhetoric, notwithstanding doubts about attribution of many of the works. It appears that he composed various works in dialogue form. The main source of this biographical welter is the collection by Diogenes Laërtius. His major distinction is that he realised, as the result of observation, that Venus and Mercury orbit the Sun as satellites. Some writers have seen this as evidence that he originated the heliocentric theory prior to Aristarchus of Samos and Nicolaus Copernicus. However, it is now generally believed that he was proposing an essentially geocentric model in which those planets orbit the Sun but the Sun, in turn, orbits the Earth along with the Moon, a theory later revived by Tycho Brahe. He was also the first to put forward the theory that the Earth rotates on its axis once a day. Of particular significance to historians is his statement that fourth century Rome was a Greek city. ; 178 pages; Sandpiper reprint.
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Ovid; Hollis, A. S. (Ed. )
OVID: METAMORPHOSES BOOK VIII Edited with an Introduction and Commentary
Scholar's small bookplate to ffep (R. E. Fantham). Minor shelfwear. DJ has a few tears and some chipping. ; Text is in Latin with extensive English commentary. ; 0.63 x 7.56 x 5.13 Inches; 168 pages; Text is in Latin with extensive english introduction and commentary.
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Aulus Gellius; P. K. Marshall (Ed. )
[AULUS GELLIUS] A. GELLII: NOCTES ATTICAE II Recognovit Brevique Adnotatione Critica Instruxit P. K. Marshall. Tomus II: Libri XI-XX
Light shelfwear. Light bump to 1 corner. ; Greek Text with Latin apparatus and introduction. ; Oxford Classical Texts Oct (Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis); Vol. 2; 336 pages
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Adolphus [Adolf] Kiessling (Ed. )
[SENECA] ANNAEI SENECAE: ORATORUM ET RHETORUM SENTENTIAE DIVISIONES COLORES Editio Stereotypa Editionis Primae (MDCCCLXXII)
Light discoloration to spine. Light soiling to textblock. Pen marginalia to 1 page. Pencil notes to rear inner cover (by R. E. Fantham). Light shelfwear. ; Latin Text with Latin Apparatus. Teubner. Unchanged reprint of 1872 Teubner Edition. ; Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana TEUBNER; 557 pages
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Housman, A. E. ; A. S. F. Gow
A. E. HOUSMAN A Sketch Together with a List of His Writings and Indexes to His Classical Papers
Upper corners bumped. Light browning to inner covers. Faint crease to upper corner of front board. DJ is a bit tattered with tears and browning and some loss to spine ends. ; 137 pages
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Wojaczek, Günter
DAPHNIS Untersuchungen Zur Griechischen Bukolik
Shelfwear (light curling of bottom corner of first few pages) and rubbing to wraps. Scholar's name on ffep (Jasper Griffin). Light marginalia in pencil in Griffin's hand. ; Beiträge Zur Klassischen Philologie Heft 34; 155 pages
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Soraci, Giuseppe
CONCORDANTIAE DI T. CALPURNIO SICULO
Small pink dot to front wrap else Fine. ; 152 pages
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Schmidt, Carl Eduard
PARALLEL-HOMER ODER INDEX ALLER HOMERISCHEN ITERATI IN LEXIKALISCHER ANORDNUNG
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Book has been rebound in dark tan and black marbled boards with dark brown spine and gilt lettering. ; 250 pages
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Frederiksen, Martin (Nicholas Purcell Ed. )
CAMPANIA
Very Minor Shelfwear to DJ else Fine. ; Campania is the most fertile part of peninsular Italy. It possesses good harbours and excellent land communications. Its archaeology is rich even by Italian standards, and it is prominent in ancient texts even to the point of notoriety. It is therefore possible to study the complex and important ancient history of the region in considerable depth. ; 368 pages
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Johnston, Ian C.
THE IRONIES OF WAR An Introduction to Homer's Iliad
Some mottling to boards. Foxing to textblock. Else VG. ; 166 pages
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Higbie, Carolyn
MEASURE AND MUSIC Enjambement and Sentence Structure in the Iliad
Light Foxing to top of textblock. Foxing to DJ flaps. ; This book is the first line-by-line analysis of enjambement and verse-internal breaks throughout the entire Iliad. Addressing larger, stylistic questions concerning genre, effect, and the manipulation and enjambing of formulae, Higbie examines a wide range of literary structures, including speeches, similes, battle scenes, and catalogues. A fundamental and thorough examination of enjambement in Homeric verse, this work will become a standard reference for scholars and students of Homer. ; 240 pages
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Gabbert, Janice
ANTIGONUS II GONATAS
Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear. ; 0.5 x 8.69 x 5.55 Inches; 88 pages; Blunt, honest and tenacious, Antigonus II Gonatas assumed the title King of Macedonia in 283 BC and reigned for more than forty years. Pragmatic and occasionally ruthless, he was a well-educated man with a keen interest in philosophy. He gathered about him poets, philosophers and historians; his long reign, despite vicissitudes, re-established Macedonia as a nation. Janice J. Gabbert portrays the eventful life of this enigmatic king in a lively and engaging manner. Her aim is to trace the political career of a man about whose life almost no official records survive. Taking into account the most recent epigraphical evidence, the author brings to life a fascinating political figure. This is the first study entirely devoted to Antigonus for over eighty years.
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Pflaum, H. G.
LES PROCURATEURS ÉQUESTRES Sous Le Haut-Empire Romain
Browning to wraps of both volumes. Text volume: Minor Chipping to wraps. Minor tanning to pages. Portfolio Volume: heavy chipping to wraps. Paper covers torn. Tables are VG and complete. ; 2 volume set of Text volume and Portfolio volume. Portfolio volume is complete with tables. ; 2 Volume Set. COMPLETE. ; 357 pages
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Vickers, Michael J.
PERICLES ON STAGE Political Comedy in Aristophanes' Early Plays
New. Unwrapped in plastic; 255 pages; Since the eighteenth century, classical scholars have generally agreed that the Greek playwright Aristophanes did not as a matter of course write "political" plays. Yet, according to an anonymous Life of Aristophanes, when Dionysius the tyrant of Syracuse wanted to know about the government of Athens, Plato sent him a copy of Aristophanes' Clouds. In this boldly revisionist work, Michael Vickers convincingly argues that in his earlier plays, Aristophanes in fact commented on the day-to-day political concerns of Athenians. Vickers reads the first six of Aristophanes' eleven extant plays in a way that reveals the principal characters to be based in large part on Pericles and his ward Alcibiades. According to Vickers, the plays of Aristophanes--far from being nonpolitical--actually allow us to gauge the reaction of the Athenian public to the events that followed Pericles' death in 429 B.C., to the struggle for the political succession, and to the problems presented by Alcibiades' emergence as one of the most powerful figures in the state. This view of Aristophanes reaffirms the central role of allegory in his work and challenges all students of ancient Greece to rethink long-held assumptions about this important playwright.
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Zimmern, Alfred Eckhard
THE GREEK COMMONWEALTH Politics & Economics in Fifth-Century Athens
Minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 471 pages
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Catullus, Gaius Valerius [Catullo]; Giovanni Battista Pighi
CATULLO VERONESE: PROLEGOMENI TESTO CRITICO E TRADUZIONE DI GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIGHI [3 VOLUME SET] Vol. I - Prolegomeni Al Catullo Veronese; Vol. II - Catulli Veronensis Liber; Vol. III - IL Libro Di Catullo Veronese
Vol. 1 has light pencil marginalia else Fine. Vol 2 has very small stains to text block else Fine. Vol 3 has very minor shelfwear else Fine. ; Vols. 1 and 3 in Italian; vol.2. In Latin. Italian and Latin text. X + 142; V + 106; V + 102. "Edizione promossa e patrocinata dalla Cassa di risparmio di Verona, Vicenza e Belluno." With multiple plates, including reproductions of Roman frescoes. ; 3 Volume Set COMPLETE; Folio 13" - 23" tall
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MacGregor, Marshall
STUDIES AND DIVERSIONS IN GREEK LITERATURE
Spine slightly discolored. Endpapers tanned. Minor shelfwear. ; Collection of essay published posthumously. Contents: A Triumph in Tragedy; Pendant to Prometheus; Want of Thought; Iron in the Soul; Other Times other Manners; Lines of Communication; Greek in its Anecdotage; Morsels for Momus. ; 307 pages
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Blázquez, José María
EL MEDITERRÁNEO Historia, Arqueología, Religión, Arte
Minor edgewear to front wrap. ; In spanish. ; 448 pages
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Henderson, John
A PLAUTUS READER Selections from Eleven Plays
Latin Reader; 182 pages; The comic playscripts by Plautus-the earliest Latin texts we have-made it through the ancient world to reach ours because the moves and verbal jousting found in them have always made people laugh. Plautine comedies span a wide range of idioms, extending from saucy adventures in the sex trade with Father as the fall-guy who foots all bills, to the trouncing of bigmouth trooper by Ms. Hot Stuff; from the fairytale wishes come true of faraway foundlings fished up on a surprise romantic shore, to the caricature gospel that re-stages the myth of the birth of the hero, in true panto style, gods and all. Although there is no such creature as a typical Plautus play, this cannily chosen set of excerpts-ranging from the best- to least-known plays-gives a good sense of how a whole script runs, from opening hush, through brisk cameos and spectacular showstoppers, to final bow. John Hendersons energy, wit, and contagious affection for Plautussnappy Latin (which he calls 'Plautin') take the reader along on a whirlwind, laugh-out-loud tour. His combination of commentary, interpretive remarks, and attention to staging and metatheatrics make this edition a perfect introduction to Plautus, and an incentive for further reading. Special Features * Introduction that is as lively as it is informative * 616 lines of unadapted Latin text from eleven Plautus plays: Asinaria 746-809, Amphitruo 361-462, Captiui 1029-36, Casina 780-854 and 1012-18, Cistellaria 203-29, Curculio 462-86, Menaechmi 77-109 and 351-69, Poenulus 1-45 and 541-66, Pseudolus 1-2 and 394-414, Rudens 938-1044, and Truculentus 482-548 * Notes at the back * Map and five photos * Bibliography and further reading for each play * Appendix on meter * Guide to pronunciation of proper names<br> * Online Latin text, marked for reading aloud * Complete vocabulary
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Baier, Thomas
GESCHICHTE DER RÖMISCHEN LITERATUR
Inhalt: Epos, Lehrgedicht, Drama, Satire, Lyrik, Geschichtsschreibung, Roman, Brief, Rhetorik und Philosophie, Antiquarisches und Fachschriften, Ausblick. ; 128 pages
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Reiter, William
AEMILIUS PAULLUS Conqueror of Greece
The Aim of this study is to build up an accurate picture of the soldier and politician by scrutiny of the main sources -- Livy, Plutarch and Polybius (the last of whom worked under the direct patronage of Paullus). Contents: Polybius and the Image; Livy and the Image; Plutarch and the Image; Another Look. ; 8vo; 171 pages
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Braund, David
ROME AND THE FRIENDLY KING The Character of the Client Kingship
Minor sticker stain to bottom front corner of DJ. DJ is price-clipped. Minor shelfwear and rubbing to DJ. DJ spine is sunned. Light bumping to book. Single Ex-library plate to inner front cover (also with scholar's name A. K. Bowman). ; 226 pages; First major study of the relationship between Rome and the kings of her world. It covers the whole of that world over a period of six centuries from the third century BC. It aims to give a functional definition of what is usually called client kingship-- to show what a client king (or friendly king to use the Roman term) was in practice.
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Salmon, E. T.
SAMNIUM AND THE SAMNITES
DJ is price-clipped. DJ is taped down to boards. Former owner's name bookplate on inner cover and ffep. DJ protected in plastic sleeve. ; Samnites were a tribe, or group of Italian tribes, related to the Latins, the primary ethnic group in the city of Rome. They occupied the more mountainous inland areas of the peninsula and at one time rivaled the Romans in their power--Their defeat and eventual assimilation into a Romanized peninsula was one of the earliest and most significant steps in the establishment of what was to be the Roman Empire. ; 460 pages
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Frederiksen, Martin (Nicholas Purcell Ed. )
CAMPANIA
Bumping to bottom corners. DJ has a few tears and scuffing. ; Campania is the most fertile part of peninsular Italy. It possesses good harbours and excellent land communications. Its archaeology is rich even by Italian standards, and it is prominent in ancient texts even to the point of notoriety. It is therefore possible to study the complex and important ancient history of the region in considerable depth. ; 368 pages
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Treggiari, Susan
ROMAN MARRIAGE Iusti Coniuges from the Time of Cicero to the Time of Ulpian
Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Light shelfwear. ; Clarendon Paperbacks; 600 pages; This book explores the practicalities, cultural assumptions, and affective possibilities of marriage during the later Republic and the Principate. It offers a fresh look at the interaction of law and reality within Roman marriage, and builds on the accumulation of legal scholarship in the field, as well as on the the latest insights into Roman society. Treggiari demonstrates that marriage affected a Roman woman's social status, and that while the socio-legal effect on a man was far less striking, marriage did enable a man to father legitimate children, the main object of the institution. The study also addresses the influences on the choice of partner, behavioral norms, and motives for divorce.
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Virgilio, Biagio
LANCIA, DIADEMA E PORPORA IL Re E La Regalità Ellenistica. Seconda Edizione Rinnovata E Ampliata Con Una Appendice Documentaria.
Minor crease to front board. Small bump to top edge of back board. Minor shelfwear. ; Indice Generale: Libertà per I Greci, monarchia per I 'barbari'; Alexander rex; Re ideale e re reale; Il re dio presente; Gli affari e gli amici del re. ; Studi Ellenistici; 196 pages
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Chaniotis, Angelos
WAR IN THE HELLENISTIC WORLD A Social and Cultural History
Crease to bottom corner of front wrap else Fine. ; Ancient World at War; 336 pages; Exploiting the abundant primary sources available, this book examines the diverse ways in which war shaped the Hellenistic world. An overview of war and society in the Hellenistic world. Highlights the interdependence of warfare and social phenomena. Covers a wide range of topics, including social conditions as causes of war, the role of professional warriors, the discourse of war in Hellenistic cities, the budget of war, the collective memory of war, and the aesthetics of war. Draws on the abundance of primary sources available.
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Woozley, A. D.
LAW AND OBEDIENCE The Arguments of Plato's Crito
Minor pencil marginalia on a few pages else Fine. DJ protected in plastic sleeve. ; A critical examination of the arguments of the Crito. A new translation of the Crito which captures the colloquial and informal character of the dialogue, is included at the end. ; 160 pages
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Immerwahr, Henry R.
ATTIC SCRIPT A Survey
Former scholar's name on ffep (P. Stork). Top corner has light bumping. Dustjacket has a few small tears and chipping. ; Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology; 286 pages; This study places the inscriptions found on Athenian vases in the context of the early development of writing in Athens. Focusing on the period from the invention of the alphabet in the 8th century B.C. to the early 4th century B.C., when the local alphabet had been supplanted by the common Ionic script, the book presents inscriptions on stone, both public and private, scratched inscriptions on pottery, including the political ostraca, and some inscriptions on lead tablets. Although the vase inscriptions are brief, they number in the thousands and give an accurate picture of the art of writing and the state of literacy in the Classical Period.
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Frederiksen, Martin (Nicholas Purcell Ed. )
CAMPANIA
Very minor shelfwear. DJ has one small closed tear and light edgwear. ; Campania is the most fertile part of peninsular Italy. It possesses good harbours and excellent land communications. Its archaeology is rich even by Italian standards, and it is prominent in ancient texts even to the point of notoriety. It is therefore possible to study the complex and important ancient history of the region in considerable depth. ; 368 pages
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Munn, Mark H.
THE DEFENSE OF ATTICA The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B. C.
Very minor shelfwear to DJ else Fine. ; 259 pages; The enigmatic three-mile-long Dema wall in the countryside outside ancient Athens has perplexed archaeologists and historians for decades. When was it built and what role did it play in Greek military history? In a tour de force of archaeological and historical argument, Mark H. Munn establishes the place of the Dema wall in the defense of Athens and offers a completely new perspective on the Boiotian War. Since no ancient reference to the wall survives, scholars have contested the date and purpose of the wall's construction, placing it anywhere between the Geometric Age and Hellenistic eras. While directing the excavation of a watchtower above the wall, Munn's chance discovery of a datable sherd in the wall's remains fixed the date of the wall's construction at 378 B. C. , the onset of the three-year Boiotian War. Munn offers an absorbing narrative account of the war, and his descriptions and effective use of literary extracts render a vivid portrayal of the opposing generals, military tactics, and battle scenes.
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Webster, T. B. L.
FROM MYCENAE TO HOMER A Study in Early Greek Literature and Art
Creasing along spine. ; Using evidence from archaeology and the recently deciphered Linear B tablets the author examines Mycenean civilization and the subsequent literary traditions in the Homeric epics. ; 333 pages
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Pleket, H. W. , R. S. Stroud & J. H. M. Strubbe & R. A. Tybout & S. B. Aleshire
SUPPLEMENTUM EPIGRAPHICUM GRAECUM [SEG] Volume XLIII (1993)
Light knocking along bottom edges. Back upper corner bumped. ; 1.75 x 9.75 x 6.75 Inches; 602 pages; This volume covers the publication year 1993, with occasional additions from previous year which were missed in earlier volumes and from studies after 1993 but pertaining to material from 1993.
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Woodhead, A. G.
THE STUDY OF GREEK INSCRIPTIONS
Light tanning to pages. Minor discoloration to spine. Former scholar's name stamped on ffep (P. Stork). ; 139 pages; Contents: Signs and symbols; the origin and development of the greek alphabet; boustrophedon and stoichedon; classification of inscriptions; dating of inscriptions; restoration of inscriptions; squeezes and photographs; inscriptions in the history of greek art; epigrahic publications; some miscellaneous information.
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Cicero; D. R. Shackleton Bailey (edited by)
CICERO'S LETTERS TO ATTICUS. 7 VOLUMES (COMPLETE) Volume I: Books I-II; Volume II: Books III-IV; Volume III: Books V-VII.9; Volume IV: Books VII.10-X; Volume V: Books XI-XIII; Volume VI: Books XIV-XVI; Volume VII: Indices to Volumes I-VI.
Small circular Stamp on inner covers of all volumes except Indices volume. (The Queen's College- Tuition- Oxford). No other markings. Spines slightly sunned. Vol VI has bump to top of spine and corners. Only Indices volumes has a DJ and is price-clipped. Books range from Fine to Very Good+. ; Latin text with facing English Translation and extensive English Commentary. Vol 1 (1965) ; Vol 2 (1965) ; Vol 3 (1968) ; Vol 4 (1968) ; Vol 5 (1966) ; Vol 6 (1967) ; Vol 7 (index) (1970); 7 Volume Set (COMPLETE). Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries; Vol. 1/7/2022
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Munn, Mark H.
THE DEFENSE OF ATTICA The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B. C.
Slight discoloration to DJ spine. ; 259 pages; The enigmatic three-mile-long Dema wall in the countryside outside ancient Athens has perplexed archaeologists and historians for decades. When was it built and what role did it play in Greek military history? In a tour de force of archaeological and historical argument, Mark H. Munn establishes the place of the Dema wall in the defense of Athens and offers a completely new perspective on the Boiotian War. Since no ancient reference to the wall survives, scholars have contested the date and purpose of the wall's construction, placing it anywhere between the Geometric Age and Hellenistic eras. While directing the excavation of a watchtower above the wall, Munn's chance discovery of a datable sherd in the wall's remains fixed the date of the wall's construction at 378 B. C. , the onset of the three-year Boiotian War. Munn offers an absorbing narrative account of the war, and his descriptions and effective use of literary extracts render a vivid portrayal of the opposing generals, military tactics, and battle scenes.
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Munn, Mark H.
THE DEFENSE OF ATTICA The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B. C.
259 pages; The enigmatic three-mile-long Dema wall in the countryside outside ancient Athens has perplexed archaeologists and historians for decades. When was it built and what role did it play in Greek military history? In a tour de force of archaeological and historical argument, Mark H. Munn establishes the place of the Dema wall in the defense of Athens and offers a completely new perspective on the Boiotian War. Since no ancient reference to the wall survives, scholars have contested the date and purpose of the wall's construction, placing it anywhere between the Geometric Age and Hellenistic eras. While directing the excavation of a watchtower above the wall, Munn's chance discovery of a datable sherd in the wall's remains fixed the date of the wall's construction at 378 B. C. , the onset of the three-year Boiotian War. Munn offers an absorbing narrative account of the war, and his descriptions and effective use of literary extracts render a vivid portrayal of the opposing generals, military tactics, and battle scenes.
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Proctor, Sir Dennis
HANNIBAL'S MARCH IN HISTORY
Book has very minor shelfwear else Fine. Dustjacket is protected in plastic. Dustjacket has rubbing to extremities with minor colour loss. ; A scholarly chronology and routing of the march. ; 242 pages
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McShane, Roger B.
THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE ATTALIDS OF PERGAMUM
Rubbing to wraps-- slight colour loss. ; Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences 53; 241 pages
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Nauck, August [Augustus] (Ed. ) ; Snell, Bruno (Ed. )
TRAGICORUM GRAECORUM FRAGMENTA Supplementum. Continens Nova Fragmenta Euripidea Et Adespota Apud Scriptores Veteres Reperta Adiecit Bruno Snell
Very slight bumping to top of spine. Minor shelfwear. ; 1068 pages
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Wolpert, Andrew
REMEMBERING DEFEAT Civil War and Civic Memory in Ancient Athens
Very minor shelfwear to DJ. ; 208 pages; In 404 BCE the Peloponnesian War finally came to an end, when the Athenians, starved into submission, were forced to accept Sparta's terms of surrender. Shortly afterwards a group of thirty conspirators, with Spartan backing ("the Thirty") , overthrew the democracy and established a narrow oligarchy. Although the oligarchs were in power for only thirteen months, they killed more than 5 percent of the citizenry and terrorized the rest by confiscating the property of some and banishing many others. Despite this brutality, members of the democratic resistance movement that regained control of Athens came to terms with the oligarchs and agreed to an amnesty that protected collaborators from prosecution for all but the most severe crimes. The war and subsequent reconciliation of Athenian society has been a rich field for historians of ancient Greece. From a rhetorical and ideological standpoint, this period is unique because of the extraordinary lengths to which the Athenians went to maintain peace. In Remembering Defeat, Andrew Wolpert claims that the peace was "negotiated and constructed in civic discourse" and not imposed upon the populace. Rather than explaining why the reconciliation was successful, as a way of shedding light on changes in Athenian ideology Wolpert uses public speeches of the early fourth century to consider how the Athenians confronted the troubling memories of defeat and civil war, and how they explained to themselves an agreement that allowed the conspirators and their collaborators to go unpunished. Encompassing rhetorical analysis, trauma studies, and recent scholarship on identity, memory, and law, Wolpert's study sheds new light on a pivotal period in Athens' history.
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Wolpert, Andrew
REMEMBERING DEFEAT Civil War and Civic Memory in Ancient Athens
Former owner's name and author's signature on ffep else fine. DJ has very minor shelfwear. ; 208 pages; In 404 BCE the Peloponnesian War finally came to an end, when the Athenians, starved into submission, were forced to accept Sparta's terms of surrender. Shortly afterwards a group of thirty conspirators, with Spartan backing ("the Thirty") , overthrew the democracy and established a narrow oligarchy. Although the oligarchs were in power for only thirteen months, they killed more than 5 percent of the citizenry and terrorized the rest by confiscating the property of some and banishing many others. Despite this brutality, members of the democratic resistance movement that regained control of Athens came to terms with the oligarchs and agreed to an amnesty that protected collaborators from prosecution for all but the most severe crimes. The war and subsequent reconciliation of Athenian society has been a rich field for historians of ancient Greece. From a rhetorical and ideological standpoint, this period is unique because of the extraordinary lengths to which the Athenians went to maintain peace. In Remembering Defeat, Andrew Wolpert claims that the peace was "negotiated and constructed in civic discourse" and not imposed upon the populace. Rather than explaining why the reconciliation was successful, as a way of shedding light on changes in Athenian ideology Wolpert uses public speeches of the early fourth century to consider how the Athenians confronted the troubling memories of defeat and civil war, and how they explained to themselves an agreement that allowed the conspirators and their collaborators to go unpunished. Encompassing rhetorical analysis, trauma studies, and recent scholarship on identity, memory, and law, Wolpert's study sheds new light on a pivotal period in Athens' history. ; Signed by Author
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Chase, George Henry
THE SHIELD DEVICES OF THE GREEKS In Art and Literature
Unchanged Reprint of 1902. Looks at the choice of shields among the Greeks. ; 8.75 x 0.25 x 5.75 Inches; 90 pages
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Reinmuth, O. W.
THE EPHEBIC INSCRIPTIONS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY B.C.
Book has been rebound in maroon boards with white lettering to spine. Call numbers to spine. Ex-library copy. Former owner has removed front institution plate and covered markings with white plain stickers. ; A study of the Athenian ephebia through a study of the ephebic inscriptions. An attempt to reconstruct a picture of the ephebia, its origins, its purpose, its functioning, its development and it s place in Greek history. ; Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava; 185 pages
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Kriegshammer, Robert & (Antonio Manzo)
DE VARRONIS ET VERRII FONTIBUS QUAESTIONES SELECTAE Ristampa Anastatica Conintroduzione a Cura Di Antonio Manzo
Minor shelfwear to wraps. ; Facsimile reprint of Teubner, 1903 with new Italian Introduction. ; Pubblicazioni Del Centro Di Studi Varroniani 3
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Antonetti, Claudia & Stefania De Vido (Eds. )
TEMI SELINUNTINI
Minor shelfwear to corners else Fine. ; Grazie a questi dèi sono vittoriosi I Selinuntini. / Grazie a Zeus vinciamo, grazie a Fobo e / ad Eracle, grazie ad Apollo e a Poseidone, / grazie ai Tindaridi e ad Atena, alla Maloforo, a Pasicrateia / e agli altri dèi, / ma soprattutto grazie a Zeus. ; 310 pages; Oversized.
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Russo, Carlo Ferdinando
ARISTOFANE AUTORE DI TEATRO
Light foxing to textblock. ; Nuovi Saggi; 416 pages
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Ellis, Walter M.
ALCIBIADES
Bookseller sticker to bottom inner corner of front wrap else Fine. ; Classical Lives; 176 pages; Alcibiades is one of the most colourful figures of fifth-century Athens. Dr. Ellis presents a sympathetic picture of his subject, showing how he created a style of leadership characterized by daring, subtlety and diplomacy. This book should be of interest to students and teachers of classical studies and ancient history.
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