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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
1988rif. 36444Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Scholar's name to ffeps D. Gerber. Vol. 2 has light bumping to 1 corner. Djs have a few tiny tears.; A three-volume commentary compiled by an international team of scholars includes an introduction discussing previous research on the Odyssey its relation to the Iliad the epic dialect and the transmission of the text. Vol. I: 1988 396 pp ISBN: 0198140371; Vol. II: 1989 300 pp ISBN: 0198140479; Vol. III: 1992 447 pp ISBN: 0198140487;; 3 Volume Set COMPLETE. Commentary on Homer's Odyssey.; 1-3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1143 pages . 1988. Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
2010rif. 36752Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Some pencilling. DJ has some creasing along upper edge. DJ spine sunned.; 9.3 X 1.2 X 6.5 inches; 224 pages . 2010. 0195339363 . Oxford University Press hardcover
1921rif. 36800Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Endpapers lightly browned. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber. Very solid condition.; 1970 Reprint of 1921 edition.; The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in the Year 1920; 434 pages . 1921. Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
1990rif. 36828Walter De Gruyter. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Very minor shelfwear.; Untersuchungen Zur Antiken Literatur Und Geschichte - Band 35; 6.14 X 0.75 X 9.21 inches; 301 pages . 1990. 3110122316 . Walter De Gruyter hardcover
1989rif. 36827Routledge. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Very faint shelfwear to book and DJ. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber.; 8 X 2 X 10 inches; 256 pages . 1989. 0415012635 . Routledge hardcover
1982rif. 36890University of Toronto Press. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Dampstaining to lower corners of last few pages. Does not affect text.; 272 pages; The Myth of Orpheus shaman and teacher musician and lover is the subject of this study. Contents: Orpheus of Virgil and Ovid: flebile nescio quid. W. S. Anderson; Songs of Orpheus and the New song of Christ Eleanor Irwin ; Sparagmos: Orpheus among the Chrisitians Patricia Vicari ; Orpheus and Ficino Warden ; Myth of Orpheus in Italian Renaissance Art 1400-1600 Scavizzi ; Orfeo and Euridice the first two operas Timothy J. McGee ; Orpheus and the Devil in Calderon's El Divino Orfeo c. 1634 Pedro Leon ; Triumph of Art of Death: Orpheus in Spenser and Milton Vicari. . 1982. 0802055184 . University of Toronto Press hardcover
1990rif. 36912Oxford Clarendon Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Scholar's name to ffep Bonnie Maclachlan née Ward. DJ has 1 tiny tear 1 cm and faint edgewear.; In the sixth century B. C. Pherekydes of Syros the reputed teacher of Pythagoras and a contemporary of Thales and Anaximander wrote a book about the birth of the gods and the origin of the cosmos. Considered one of the first prose works of Greek literature Pherekydes' book survives only in fragments. Drawing on these fragments as well as the ancient testimonies Schibli here reconstructs the theo-cosmological schema of Pherekydes. From the mythopoeic creation account colorful narratives of a divine marriage and a battle of the gods and his remarks on the soul Pherekydes emerges as a figure who moved between myth and philosophy and as an important witness to early Greek thought in its various manifestations.; 0.82 x 8.62 x 6.18 Inches; 240 pages . 1990. 0198143834 . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
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
1986rif. 36227Oxford Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers and pocket. Corners a bit rounded.; 400 pages; The Romans saw an analogy between the ordered workings of the natural universe and the proper functioning of their own expanding empire between orbis and urbs. Philip Hardie's new work explores Virgil's poetic and mythic transformation of this imperialist ideology with reference to such traditions as the poet/cosmologer the use of allegory to extract natural-philosophical truths from mythology and poetry poetic hyperbole and the "universal expression." . 1986. 0198140363 . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
1994rif. 35513Oxford University Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Light bumping to corners. Light shelfwear to dustjacket.; The first full history of ancient Georgia ever to be written outside Georgia itself this book also serves as a valuable introduction to the substantial archaeological work that has been carried out there in recent decades. Designed to open up ancient Georgia for the world of scholarship at large it is not only a history of a neglected region but also a sustained attempt to inform topics and issues that are more familiar to the historians of antiquity. Examples include myths of the periphery; Caucasian mountains and their passes; Greek colonization; the Persian Athenian and Selecuid empires; Pompey's conquest of Mithridates' empire; the development of the Roman frontier in the eastern Black Sea region; Roman diplomacy in Iberia; the Christianization of Iberia; Sassanian ambitions in Transcaucasia; and Byzantine warfare there.; 9.75 x 1 x 6.5 Inches; 359 pages . 1994. 0198144733 . Oxford University Press hardcover
1997rif. 36084British Archaeological Reports. Very Good. Softcover. A bit of waviness to some plate pages. Else minor shelfwear.; British Archaeological Reports B. A. R. International Series 671; 11.7 X 8.3 X 0.8 inches; 276 pages . 1997. 0860548627 . British Archaeological Reports paperback
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
1969rif. 34776Argonaut Inc. Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Pages tanned. Foxing to textblock.; 131 pages . 1969. 0824401352 . Argonaut Inc. , Publishers hardcover
1994rif. 34771University of Arizona Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Some Foxing to DJ flaps and textblock and boards. A bit of colour loss along top edge of boards.; This volume gathers diverse views of Apollo's origins and his far-reaching influences. It provides a fresh multifaceted portrait of Apollo through essays that explore such topics as the etymology of his name his association with religious cults and sacred groves his appearances in Greco-Roman literature and his iconography in the visual arts. Also included are bibliographies of ancient and modern sources.; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 190 pages . 1994. 0816513899 . University of Arizona Press hardcover
1994rif. 34762Routledge. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Light Foxing to DJ flaps and textblock. Else very minor shelfwear. Book in plastic sleeve. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock.; 292 pages; The Mesopotamian influence on Greek mythology in literary works of the epic period is considerable - yet it is a largely unexplored field. In this book Charles Penglase investigates major Mesopotamian and Greek myths. His examination concentrates on journey myths. A major breakthrough is achieved in the recognition of the extent of Mesopotamian influence and in the understanding of the colourful myths involved. . 1994. 0415083710 . Routledge 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
