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1912Front hinge weakening. Some pages unopened. Lettering to spine dulled. ; 511 pages
1901A few ink notes to Latin text. Spine a bit sunned. Endpapers tanned. Minor rubbing to boards. Else VG. ; English Commentary and Introduction with Latin Text and index at back. Lxxxi, 186 pp ; Allyn and Bacon`s College Latin Series; 186 pages
1961Scholar's stamp and name to ffep (H. J. Mason). Clean text. Minor rubbing. ; Reprint of the 1927 ed. 111pp. ; 111 pages
1892Light Pencilling to a few pages. Former owner's name on inner cover. ; English Introduction and notes with Greek Text. ; Clarendon Press Series; 71 pages
1879Book rebound in black buckram. Gilt lettering to spine. Scholar's blindstamp to ffep and titlepage (Robert Brown). 3 cm closed tear to titlepage. Tears to spine ends with some fraying. Former owner's name in ink to ffep. Still solid. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 858 pages
2001Foreedge of front wrap is a bit creased. ; From Alpha to Omega is a Classical Greek grammar textbook of fifty lessons with readings beginning with Aesop. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 142 pages
1975Worn wrappers with creasing and small tears and chipping. Creasing to some pages. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Fair to good. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 406 pages
20019.0 X 6.2 X 1.2 inches; 337 pages
20028.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 336 pages
1997Very Light creasing 1 corner of wraps. Else very minor shelfwear. ; Cambridge Companions to Literature; 410 pages; This book presents ancient Greek tragedy in the context of late-twentieth-century reading, criticism and performance. The twelve chapters, written by seven distinguished scholars, cover tragedy as an institution in the civic life of ancient Athens, a range of approaches to the surviving plays, and changing patterns of reception, adaptation and performance from antiquity to the present.
Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Some ink underlining and corrections. Pages tanned. ; No date (1950s? ) ; 206 pages
1966Spine faded. Some red and black ink underlining to some pages. ; E. T. Owen discusses what makes the Iliad such an enduring work of art - including narrative technique, imagery, and characterization - and shows how each incident contributes to the overall emotional effect of the poem. ; 248 pages
1995Minor sticker residue. ; Illustrated National Histories; 9.4 X 6.7 X 0.6 inches; 192 pages
1996Minor shelfwear. ; Overture; 9.1 X 6.4 X 0.7 inches; 397 pages
1997Pencil underlining to some pages. Minor shelfwear to book. ; 214 pages; Scholarly and rigorous in approach, this book provides a single-volume, holistic, integrated view of ancient Greek history -- going well beyond the traditional political/military perspective to explore a wide range of social, cultural, and economic topics. It provides an intense and multifaceted study of a single state and society -- classical Athens.
1982Minor shelfwear. Some pencil underlining. ; 224 pages; In this probing study, Starr covers the whole sweep of imperial Roman history, analyzing the binding forces of government and the army as initated by Augustus, the maturing of these forces under subsequent emperors, and the eventual collapse of this network in the western provinces. Not simply a chronological summary, the book explores in piquant, telling detail the elements and institutions that shaped the empire's history.
1963Creasing and rubbing to wraps. Heavy pencilling. Former owner's bookplate on front cover. Former owner's name on ffep. Old price in marker to inner cover. Fair to good. ; The standard textbook for the central period of Roman history. Covers the decline and fall of the Republic and the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate. ; University Paperbacks 56; 460 pages
1992Light edgewar. Stamped 'used book' to base of textblock. Sticker residue to rear wrap. ; College Classical Series; 472 pages
1974Creaing to spine. 1 cm tear to base of spine. ; 7.7 X 5.0 X 0.6 inches; 189 pages
1972Minor shelfwear. Light chipping to base of spine. ; Penguin Classics; 7.6 X 5.1 X 1.1 inches; 448 pages
1949Quarter leather and marbled paper covered boards, rebound. Gilt lettering to spine with 4 raised bands. Mild shelfwear to boards. Scholar's Bookplate to front pastedowns (Henry S. Robinson). ; Italian commentary and translation with Greek text. Fasc I: 1949, 119 pp; Fasc II: 1949, 201 pp; Fasc III: 1954, 211 pp; Fasc IV: 1962, 367 pp; ; Biblioteca Di Studi Superiori IV, V, VI, VII; Vol. 1/4/2022; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
1999Creasing to wraps. Else minor shelfwear. ; 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
2011Minor shelfwear. Small chip to spine. Gift card to R. E. Fantham affixed to titlepage. ; In this revised and all-colour edition of her indispensable guide to the ancient Games, Judith Swaddling traces their mythological and religious origins, and describes the events, the sacred ceremony and the celebrations that were an essential part of the Olympic festival. A large, detailed model based on modern research and excavation reconstructs the site of ancient Olympia, where alongside religious and civic buildings there grew an elaborate sports complex with a stadium for 40,000 spectators, indoor and outdoor training facilities, hot and cold baths, a swimming pool and a race-course. Later chapters cover the diet and medical treatment of athletes, sponsorship, patronage, propaganda and revivals of the Games and a brand new chapter, based on the lateste research discusses the literary sources for the Olympic Games. The expanded final chapter on the modern Games is written in collaboration with Stewart Binns, an expert in this field who has worked closely with the International Olympic Committee over many years, and has been revised to bring the story up to the preparations for the London 2012 Games. Illustrated with gorgeous, full-colour photography and covering thousands of years of Olympic history, this fascinating book is essential reading for anyone interested in the Olympic Games. ; 9.6 X 7.5 X 0.6 inches; 120 pages
1987Foxing to top of textblock. Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; Describes the forms of patronage from Homer's time to the Hellenistic period, focusing on Homeric bards, the lyric poets, Pindar, Theocritus, and the Alexandrian poets and scholars. Gold then discusses patronage in Rome from the dramatists in the third century B. C. To the later republican poets such as Catullus, Lucretius, and the elegists. ; 267 pages
1985Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. ; Contents: Textual and interpretative problems in Greek epigrams; Five epigrams by Rufinus; Ten epigrams by Antipater of Sidon; Hesiod and the Muses; The Birth of Athena; The Wanderings of Leto; Demeter, Persephone and Erysichthon; The Maiden Muse; Three epigrams by Leonidas of Tarentum; An epigram by Asclepiades. ; London Studies in Classical Philology 13; 136 pages