Elliott, Vernon VasMareMagnum
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1992Hilarious survey of the habits and behaviour of modern Greeks! A tongue-in-cheek approach to the culture shock. Politics; Driving & Transportation; Shopping; Buying postage stamps; The work ethic & the ego; The law; afterthoughts. Book
2001"The Cultural Influence Of The Ottoman Empire Is The Unifying Factor In This Collection Of Paintings, Drawings, Photographs And Decorative Objects. Subjects Include: Turkish Baths; Ottoman Inspired Western Interiors; Carpets; Silks; Turbans; Iznik Tiles; Coffee; And Tobacco" Book
198296p. Illus (col) Book
1994Facsimile of the Greek portion of the German work 'Das Leben der Griechen und Römer ' [which had been originally published in English by Chatto & Windus 1878]. In its day it was described as "Superbly illustrated with woodcuts from various authoritative sources, the authors have uncovered myriad aspects of Greek life - whether it be the architectural ground plan for one of the oldest Greek temples, or Greek music and education - and have produced a thoroughly researched instructive and entertaining book which will appeal to scholar and layman alike." 293+9p. illus.(B & W) Book
1982This delightful little book, designed in the shape of a gravestone by Jane Knights, contains a new assembly of epitaphs by Fritz Spiegl (flautist, humourist and linguist) some probably fictional, but others - possibly factual- displaying inadvertant humour.Unpaginated paper age-toned, else fine. Book
1980397p. bibliography, index Book
2002319p. plates notes index. As new except for remainder mark Book
1971Good student text - some underlinings, 197p. illus.index Book
1976Wide range of topics relating to ancient Greek life and culture: Greeks in Settlement/ The Plow and the Mind/ Who Bought What and Why/ War/ More War/ Greeks and Myth/ Proper Conduct and Sexual More/ Myth and the Womb of Philosophy/ Magic Science and Disease/ On the Poetic and the Sublime.312 p. maps. bibliography.index Book
1975Sarah Pomeroy has consulted archaeological data, documents, historical writing, and the literature of the high civilization of Greece and Rome with minute attention. Her book is free of anachronistic speculation about what women must have felt, speculation projected back from our age to the past. She does not draw large conclusions or form sweeping generalizations, but the details she has gathered here speak for themselves and do not readily leave the mind. Included are photographs, endnotes, a bibliography, and an index. Wide ranging examination of the evidence for the various roles and perceptions of women in Greek and Roman society. 265p. plates.bibliography.index Book
1971Facsimile of the edition first published by Richard Bentley in 1842 NOTE: This is part 3 of a 3 volume set - and will NOT be sold separately. . Volume 3 is stuffed with fascinating details on such things as "smiths, cutlers, armourers, mining, charcoal making. house-builders, cabinet-makers, turners, musical instrument makers, potters, glass-workers. druggists, collectors of simples. weavers, glovers, sock-makers, cordwainers, tanners, hatters, dyers of purple. fishermen" 475p. Book
1971Facsimile of the edition first published by Richard Bentley in 1842 NOTE: This is part 2 of a 3 volume set - and will NOT be sold separately.Volume 2 is stuffed with fascinating details on such things as " Marriage, women, dress, housing, furnishing, food, entertainment and also of rural life including gardens, orchards, vineyards,,agriculture, pastoral life." 433p. Book
1971Facsimile of the edition first published by Richard Bentley in 1842 NOTE: This is part 1 of a 3 volume set - and will NOT be sold separately.Volume 1 is stuffed with fascinating details on such things as " People and their customs, places Athens, Sparta, children,toys, education,sports, hunting, philosophy, arts, literature, religion" 424p. Book
1999"Four well-known classicists have taken the traditional chronology of Greek history texts and written a much-needed overview for modern students. By means of a chapter structure that is well designed and logical, they take us through each period of Greek history . Each chapter begins with a discussion of the sources for that period and includes annotated endnotes that deal extensively with recent scholarship. Unlike many other histories, the book goes into depth on the Hellenistic period, as well as the Bronze and Dark Ages. Although the Spartans and Athenians naturally dominate, the authors consider Sparta before Athens, reflecting the order in which the moderns have admired them. An appropriate balance is found between political, social, and cultural history, and the authors display no outlandish prejudices to derail this noble effort" 512p. illus. bibliography.index Text clean and neat, but some minor scuffing to paper wraps Book
2004"Four well-known classicists have taken the traditional chronology of Greek history texts and written a much-needed overview for modern students. By means of a chapter structure that is well designed and logical, they take us through each period of Greek history . Each chapter begins with a discussion of the sources for that period and includes annotated endnotes that deal extensively with recent scholarship. Unlike many other histories, the book goes into depth on the Hellenistic period, as well as the Bronze and Dark Ages. Although the Spartans and Athenians naturally dominate, the authors consider Sparta before Athens, reflecting the order in which the moderns have admired them. An appropriate balance is found between political, social, and cultural history, and the authors display no outlandish prejudices to derail this noble effort" 512p. illus. bibliography.index Text clean and neat, but some minor scuffing to paper wraps Book
1999"In search of long-lost attitudes to love, lust, passion and desire." Film maker Christopher Miles and historian John Julius Norwich tour the Mediterranean Basin, looking at how ancient civilizations regarded sex and sexuality. They take in European cave paintings, Eygptian cosmologies, the teachings of Plato, and the histories of Plutarch.176p. illus (col) bibliography.index Book
1964"A fascinating study of love customs - both in and our of wedlock - in a land where sex was never called a sin" Exceptionally clean and crisp vintage pbk 159p. Book
1984Five works by Plato recording the remembered dialogues of Socrates and his friends, and of his trial and death. Translated and with an introduction by Hugh Tredennick. 199p, Neat,tight unmarked pages Book
1969Series Ancient Culture and Society A survey of labour, agriculture and manufacturing in the ancient world. Translated from the French by Janet Lloyd. 126p. maps, plates. .bibliography .index Neat tight copy with some underlining. Book
1997"In search of long-lost attitudes to love, lust, passion and desire." Film maker Christopher Miles and historian John Julius Norwich tour the Mediterranean Basin, looking at how ancient civilizations regarded sex and sexuality. They take in European cave paintings, Eygptian cosmologies, the teachings of Plato, and the histories of Plutarch.176p. illus (col) bibliography.index Book
1992The ancient Athenians were "quarrelsome as friends, treacherous as neighbors, brutal as masters, faithless as servants, shallow as lovers--all of which was in part redeemed by their intelligence and creativity." Thus writes Philip Slater in this classic work on narcissism and family relationships in fifth-century Athenian society. Exploring a rich corpus of Greek mythology and drama, he argues that the personalities and social behavior of the gods were neurotic, and that their neurotic conditions must have mirrored the family life of the people who perpetuated their myths. The author traces the issue of narcissism to mother-son relationships, focusing primarily on the literary representation of Hera and the male gods and showing how it related to devalued women raising boys in an ambitious society dominated by men. "The role of homosexuality in society, fatherless families, working mothers, women's status, and violence, male pride, and male bonding--all these find their place in Slater's analysis, so honestly and carefully addressed that we see our own societal dilemmas reflected in archaic mythic narratives all the more clearly." 513p. bibliography. index. Clean,neat tight copy but with pencilled notes and underlinings Book
1964239p. illus plates bibliography. index Crisp tight copy, tiny mark and slight scuffing at spine, else fine Book
2002The story of an unspoiled island and an English family making a home by the Aegean Sea. In the early 1960s Emma Tennant's parents, on a cruise, spotted a magical bay and decided to build a house there. This book is the story of that house, Rovinia, set above the bay in Corfu where legend has it Ulysses was shipwrecked and found by Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous. It is also the story of the couple who have been at Rovinia since the feast in the grove that followed the roof-raising-Maria, a miraculous cook and the presiding spirit of the house, and her husband, Thodoros-and of the inhabitants of the local village, high on the hill above the bay. Tennant offers us the delights of quotidian adventures-salt water in the well, roads to nowhere, collapsing walls-all hilariously presented. That the house is still lived in and loved, with new generations coming to understand the delights of Corfu, is a tribute to the people and a special landscape which is distinctly Greek. Full of color and contrast, A House in Corfu shows the huge changes in island life since the time of the Tennant's arrival, and celebrates, equally, the joy of belonging to a timeless world: the world of vine, olive, and sea205p. Book
1988"The scent of oranges and almonds.The luxurious sheen of fresh-pressed olive oil.The intoxicating sweetness of a cake called "the Triumph of Greed".Criminals who gun down entire convoys of police. Religious festivals at which celebrants tidy up their family tombs and make archangels dance in the village piazza. Tales like these, along with all the myriad sights, flavors and fragrances of Sicily, burst from the pages of this gem of contemporary travel writing " 334p. bibliography index. Fine but for name of previous owner Book
1965"Here at last is a knowledgable, entertaining and thoroughly practical introduction to Greece for the ordinary visitor." As well as the usual information for tourists it has informed observations on Greek culture and customs, and is written with charm and the local knowledge of a long term resident Philhellene. 258p. illus bibliography. index. Dj price clipped, slight sunning d along spine. Obituary and signed letter from author laid in. Book