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1983rif. 36975University of California Press. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Scholar's name to ffep Bonnie Maclachlan née Ward. Dustjacket has a couple of large tears with chipping.; Blood sacrifice the ritual slaughter of animals has been basic to religion through history so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred This question is posed in Walter Burkert's famous study.; 360 pages . 1983. 0520036506 . University of California Press hardcover
1991rif. 36993Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Very minor shelfwear to book and DJ.; "Much influenced by structuralism she insisted long before it was fashionable to do so that cultural products - texts images myths rituals - do not bear their meaning on their face but need to be decoded: the title of a collection of her essays Reading Greek Culture 1991 summed up her approach."; 336 pages . 1991. 0198147503 . Oxford University Press hardcover
1992rif. 36987Paul Astroms Forlag. Very Good. Softcover. Very faint creasing to corners of wraps.; Skrifter Utgivna Av Svenska Institutet I Athen / Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae Series in 8° XI; 209 pages . 1992. 9179160255 . Paul Astroms Forlag paperback
1990rif. 37083Cornell University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Very Light shelfwear. Scholar's name to ffep Bonnie Maclachlan née Ward.; Myth and Poetics; 382 pages . 1990. 0801419859 . Cornell University Press hardcover
2004rif. 37235Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Scholar's name to ffep Bonnie Maclachlan née Ward. Pencil marginalia to a few pages. Chipping and a few small tears to DJ.; 6.25 X 1 X 9 inches; 292 pages . 2004. 0521834341 . Cambridge University Press hardcover
1987rif. 37250Croom Helm. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Light Bmp to head of spine. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber. Else Minor shelfwear. DJ has minor shelfwear.; Interpretations of Greek Mythology first published in1987 builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The contributors to this volume present a variety of approaches to the Greek myths all of which eschew a monolithic or exclusively structuralist hermeneutic method. Specifically the notion that mythology can simply be read as a primitive mode of narrative history is rejected with emphasis instead being placed on the relationships between mythology and history ritual and political genealogy. The essays concentrate on some of the best known characters and themes – Oedipus Orpheus Narcissus – reflecting the complexity and fascination of the Greek imagination. The volume will long remain an indispensable tool for the study of Greek mythology and it is of great interest to anyone interested in the development of Greek culture and civilisation and the nature of myth.; 294 pages; The volume's fundamental concern is with how the Greeks conceptualized the experience of poetry and debated the values of that experience. The book's organizing theme is a recurrent Greek dialectic between ideas of poetry as on the one hand a powerfully enthralling experience in its own right a kind of 'ecstasy' and on the other a medium for the expression of truths which can exercise lasting influence on its audiences' views of the world. Citing a wide range of modern scholarship and making frequent connections with later periods of literary theory and aesthetics Halliwell questions many orthodoxies and received opinions about the texts analysed. The resulting perspective casts new light on ways in which the Greeks attempted to make sense of the psychology of poetic experience - including the roles of emotion ethics imagination and knowledge - in the life of their culture . 1987. 0709932707 . Croom Helm hardcover
1993rif. 37307The Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Very light shelfwear to book. Scholar's name to ffep Bonnie Maclachlan née Ward. Dustjacket has tears chipping and creasing. Rear panel of DJ has some dampstaining.; 836 pages; Early Greek Myth is a much-needed handbook for scholars and others interested in the literary and artistic sources of archaic Greek myths -- and the only one of its kind available in English. Timothy Gantz traces the development of each myth in narrative form and summarizes the written and visual evidence in which the specific details of the story appear. . 1993. 080184410X . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
1987rif. 37317Croom Helm. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Minor sheflwear to book. Scholar's name to ffep Bonnie Maclachlan née Ward. DJ has some dampstaining; Interpretations of Greek Mythology first published in1987 builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The contributors to this volume present a variety of approaches to the Greek myths all of which eschew a monolithic or exclusively structuralist hermeneutic method. Specifically the notion that mythology can simply be read as a primitive mode of narrative history is rejected with emphasis instead being placed on the relationships between mythology and history ritual and political genealogy. The essays concentrate on some of the best known characters and themes – Oedipus Orpheus Narcissus – reflecting the complexity and fascination of the Greek imagination. The volume will long remain an indispensable tool for the study of Greek mythology and it is of great interest to anyone interested in the development of Greek culture and civilisation and the nature of myth.; 294 pages; The volume's fundamental concern is with how the Greeks conceptualized the experience of poetry and debated the values of that experience. The book's organizing theme is a recurrent Greek dialectic between ideas of poetry as on the one hand a powerfully enthralling experience in its own right a kind of 'ecstasy' and on the other a medium for the expression of truths which can exercise lasting influence on its audiences' views of the world. Citing a wide range of modern scholarship and making frequent connections with later periods of literary theory and aesthetics Halliwell questions many orthodoxies and received opinions about the texts analysed. The resulting perspective casts new light on ways in which the Greeks attempted to make sense of the psychology of poetic experience - including the roles of emotion ethics imagination and knowledge - in the life of their culture . 1987. 0709932707 . Croom Helm hardcover
1988rif. 37326Routledge. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear Scholar's name to ffep Bonnie Maclachlan née Ward.; 236 pages; In antiquity a considerable number of books of prophecies went under the general title of "Sibylline Oracles". Rulers as significant as Augustus consulted them in time of danger or crisis for advice and prognoses. Increasing numbers of "ex post facto" prophecies laying a particular interpretation on facts of recent history came to be attributed to one of the mysterious Sibyls. Perhaps the most famous of these is the Cumaean Sibyl who guides the hero in the sixth book of Vergil's "Aeneid" . In fact she was somewhat unusual in her similiarity to other oracular prophetesses such as the Pythia. For where the latter prophesied in response to particular inquirers one of the distinguishing characteristics of Sibyls was that they composed discursive verses for distribution to the world at large. This Professor Parke's last book which was virtually complete on his death in 1986 is an account of a subject both rarely treated in recent decades and difficult to access for all but the most expert. In its pursuit of the sometimes elusive Sibyls it ranges from Heraclitus to Eusebius from Archaic Asia Minor to Christian Rome. This book should be of interest to undergraduates postgraduates and academics of classics. . 1988. 0415003431 . Routledge hardcover
1969rif. 35130Greenwood Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Very light shelfwear. Glue Stains along inner hinges. Textblock has one small stain.; With an Introduction containing Outlines of the History of the Legend of Merlin. Also Essays on Merlin the Enchanter and Merlin the Bard & Arthurian Localities. O. S. 21 & 36. Pp 189-776; Early English Text Society; 2; 587 pages . 1969. Greenwood Press hardcover
1951rif. 34328Librairie C. Klincksieck. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Pages browned. DJ has tears and chipping.; 136 pages . 1951. Librairie C. Klincksieck hardcover
1961rif. 34322Urs Graf-Verlag. Very Good. Softcover. Chipping along upper edges of wraps.; Bibliotheca Helvetica Romana IV; 91 pages . 1961. Urs Graf-Verlag paperback
1970rif. 34326Very Good. Softcover. Spine a bit yellowed. Light creasing to corners of wraps. Scholar's name to ffep Jenifer Neils.; Bibliotheke Tes En Athenais Archaiologikes Hetaireias Ar. 69; 158 pages . 1970. paperback
1990rif. 34305Konrad Triltsch Verlag. Near Fine. Softcover. Beiträge Zur Archäologie 19; 453 pages . 1990. 3878250428 . Konrad Triltsch Verlag paperback
1981rif. 34661Hirmer Verlag. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover Slater & Dunbabin. Else very minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Includes plain slipcase.; 391 pages . 1981. 3777432202 . Hirmer Verlag hardcover
1995rif. 32987Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ Spine is sunned and very discolored. Very light shelfwear to book.; This book offers a series of in-depth studies of the beliefs attitudes and rituals surrounding death in ancient Greece from the Minoan and Mycenean period to the end of the classical age. Drawing on a wide range of evidence--from literary texts to inscriptions to images in art--Sourvinou-Inwood sheds light on many key still problematic aspects of Greek life myth and literature. She also looks at the problem of "reading" this material within the context of our own culturally-determined beliefs.; 512 pages . 1995. 019814976X . Oxford University Press hardcover
1995rif. 33331Oxford University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Review of book tipped in. Dustjacket has faint creasing; 0.85 x 9.32 x 6.32 Inches; 240 pages; Theseus is celebrated as the greatest of Athenian heroes. This work explores what he meant to the Athenians at the height of their city-state in the fifth century B. C. Assembling material that has been scattered in scholarly works Henry Walker examines the evidence for the development of themyth and cult of Theseus in the archaic age. He then looks to major works of classical literature in which Theseus figures exploring the contradictions between the archaic primitive side of his character and his refurbished image as the patron of democracy. His ambiguous nature as outsider flouting accepted standards of behavior while at the same time being a hero-king and a representative of higher ideals is analyzed through his representations in the work of Bacchylides Euripides and Sophocles. This is the only work of scholarship that examines the literary representation ofTheseus so thoroughly. It brings to life a literary character whose virtues flaws and contradictions belong in no less a degree to his creators the people of Athens. . 1995. 0195089081 . Oxford University Press hardcover
1982rif. 33379Konrad Triltsch Verlag. Very Good. Softcover. Spine sunned. Clipped review of book affixed to ffep.; Beiträge Zur Archäologie 14; 198 pages . 1982. 3878250371 . Konrad Triltsch Verlag paperback
1980rif. 33377Giorgio Bretschneider. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. Softcover. Pages tanned. Minor shelfwear. DJ has some chipping and a couple of tears.; 30 pages of plates at end.; Archaeologica 14; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 156 pages . 1980. 888500735X . Giorgio Bretschneider paperback
1987rif. 33530Croom Helm. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Bmp to upper edge of rear board. Scholar's name to ffep Jenifer Neils. Else Minor shelfwear. DJ has minor shelfwear.; Interpretations of Greek Mythology first published in1987 builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The contributors to this volume present a variety of approaches to the Greek myths all of which eschew a monolithic or exclusively structuralist hermeneutic method. Specifically the notion that mythology can simply be read as a primitive mode of narrative history is rejected with emphasis instead being placed on the relationships between mythology and history ritual and political genealogy. The essays concentrate on some of the best known characters and themes – Oedipus Orpheus Narcissus – reflecting the complexity and fascination of the Greek imagination. The volume will long remain an indispensable tool for the study of Greek mythology and it is of great interest to anyone interested in the development of Greek culture and civilisation and the nature of myth.; 294 pages; The volume's fundamental concern is with how the Greeks conceptualized the experience of poetry and debated the values of that experience. The book's organizing theme is a recurrent Greek dialectic between ideas of poetry as on the one hand a powerfully enthralling experience in its own right a kind of 'ecstasy' and on the other a medium for the expression of truths which can exercise lasting influence on its audiences' views of the world. Citing a wide range of modern scholarship and making frequent connections with later periods of literary theory and aesthetics Halliwell questions many orthodoxies and received opinions about the texts analysed. The resulting perspective casts new light on ways in which the Greeks attempted to make sense of the psychology of poetic experience - including the roles of emotion ethics imagination and knowledge - in the life of their culture . 1987. 0709932707 . Croom Helm hardcover
1993rif. 33573The Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Very light shelfwear to book. Dustjacket has tears chipping and creasing. DJ not sitting square.; 836 pages; Early Greek Myth is a much-needed handbook for scholars and others interested in the literary and artistic sources of archaic Greek myths -- and the only one of its kind available in English. Timothy Gantz traces the development of each myth in narrative form and summarizes the written and visual evidence in which the specific details of the story appear. . 1993. 080184410X . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover
1995rif. 33577E. J. Brill. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Minor creasing and edgewear to DJ. Very light wear to book.; Religions in the Graeco-Roman World; 473 pages; The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history. The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth century up to the impact of structuralism. Topics included are nineteenth-century historiography and the interest in linguistics. The second section sheds new light on the culture of archaic Greece offering a coherent assessment of literary and visual representations. Taking mythical narrative as a form of oral storytelling it shows the emergence of the Amazon motif and its meaning in the world of epic. Iconographical analysis reveals how the visual arts have made a contribution of their own to the imaginary presence of the Amazons. . 1995. 9004100776 . E. J. Brill hardcover
1968rif. 33639Éditions E. De Boccard. Very Good. Softcover. Very faint shelfwear. Scholar's name to ffep Jenifer Neils.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 350 pages . 1968. Éditions E. De Boccard paperback
2002rif. 33744Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Minor pencil marginalia to some pages by Jenifer Neils.; Stories take time to tell; Greek and Roman artists had to convey them in static images. How did they go about it How could they ensure that their scenes would be recognized What problems did they have How did they solve them This generously illustrated book explores the ways classical artists portrayed a variety of myths. It explains how formulas were devised for certain stories; how these inventions could be adapted developed and even transferred to other myths; how one myth could be distinguished from another; what links there were with daily life and historical propaganda; the influence of changing tastes and problems still outstanding. Examples are drawn from a wide range of media--vases murals mosaics sarcophagi sculpture--used by the ancient Greeks and Romans. The myths are mostly those that are also easily recognized in later works of art. No previous knowledge of the subject is assumed all examples are illustrated and all names terms and concepts are fully explained. Susan Woodford teaches Greek and Roman art at the University of London and is engaged in research for the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum. A former Fullbright Scholar and Woodrow Wilson Fellow she and is author of The Parthenon Cambridge 1981 The Art of Greece Cornell 1993 An Introduction to Greek Art Cornell 1986 and The Trojan War in Ancient Art Cornell 1993.; 10.2 X 7.2 X 0.9 inches; 332 pages . 2002. 0521782678 . Cambridge University Press hardcover
1970rif. 33768Wilhelm Fink Verlag. Near Fine with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Münchener Archäologische Studien 1; 116 pages . 1970. 3770504348 . Wilhelm Fink Verlag hardcover
