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1978Sunning to part of rear board and spine. Very faint shelfwear. ; Oversized. ; Deutsches Archäologisches Institut; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 56 pages
2007Bumping to corners. Else very light shelfwear. ; Weiner Forschungen Zur Archäologie Band 10; 259 pages
2001Scholar's initial to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). Else minor shelfwear. ; 9.5 X 6.3 X 1.4 inches; 476 pages
1976Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). DJ has a couple of small tears and creasing. ; 150 pages
2001Gift inscription from author to Jenifer [Neils] on titlepage. ; Xii, 288pp. The elaborate and inventive slaughter of humans and animals in the arena fed an insatiable desire for violent spectacle among the Roman people. Donald G. Kyle combines the words of ancient authors with current scholarly research and cross-cultural perspectives, as he explores* the origins and historical development of the games* who the victims were and why they were chosen* how the Romans disposed of the thousands of resulting corpses* the complex religious and ritual aspects of institutionalised violence* the particularly savage treatment given to defiant Christians. This lively and original work provides compelling, sometimes controversial, perspectives on the bloody entertainments of ancient Rome, which continue to fascinate us to this day. ; 288 pages; Signed by Author
1999Creasing to front wrap. Underlining in pen to 1 page. ; Life, Death, and Entertainment gives those with a general interest in Roman antiquity a starting point, informed by the latest developments in scholarship, for understanding the extraordinary range of Roman society. Family structure, slavery, gender identity, food supply, religion, and entertainment---all crucial parts of the Roman world---are discussed here, in a single volume that offers an approachable guide for readers of all backgrounds. The collection unites a series of general introductions on each of these topics, bringing readers in touch with a broad range of evidence, as well as with a wide variety of approaches to basic questions about the Roman world. ; 353 pages
1992A few pen and pencil markings to a few pages. From the library of Jenifer Neils. Lower part of spine cover torn and missing (6 cm). Tears to head of spine cover. Creasing to spine cover and wraps. ; While the Olympics, because of their modern revival, enjoy the greatest fame today, in ancient Greece other religious festivals were equally elaborate and impressive spectacles. The lavishly illustrated Goddess and Polis is the first work devoted to the Panathenaia, the most significant of these festivals to be held in ancient Athens. Founded in 566 B. C. , this complex ritual performed for the goddess Athena vied with other Greek festivals in grandeur and importance and was particularly distinguished by the works of art commissioned in its service. Among these were the painted vases known as Panathenaic amphoras, each of which contained forty liters of olive oil, awarded to athletic and equestrian victors. The contests depicted on these vases are the best extant illustrations of Greek sport. Although women were excluded from the competitions, they had an important role to play in the weaving of the peplos, an elaborate textile that took nine months to produce. The culmination of the festival was a long procession bearing this new robe to the cult statue of the goddess; the procession in turn was the subject of another great work of art, the Parthenon frieze. Combining art, spectacle, and civic consciousness, the Panathenaia contributed to the development of the high classical style of Periklean Athens. This book deals with every aspect of the festival and produces a vivid portrait of the worship of the patron goddess of the city. Essays by eminent classical scholars examine in depth the musical and poetic competitions, the athletic and equestrian contests, the peplos, and the evolving image of Athena as documented in sculpture from the Acropolis. Jenifer Neils, the curator of the exhibition Goddess and Polis, held at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, has contributed an introduction to the Panathenaia, an essay on the prize amphoras, and detailed entries for the seventy objects exhibited.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 232 pages
1973Pages tanned. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). ; 8.2 X 5.7 X 0.8 inches; 216 pages
2003Creasing along top edge of DJ. DJ spine sunned. ; 9.4 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 416 pages
1971E Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Front hinge cracked but holding. Minor rubbing to boards. ; This book is about Roman religion in the age of Caesar, beginning with the ancestral cults of the Gens Julia at Bovillae and ending with the new cult of Divus Julius all over the Roman Empire. It deals with the old gods, politico-religious ideas, and ruler cult. Caesar is at the centre, as religious reformer rather than modern rationalist. This aspect of him, though remote and unfamiliar, rounds out the portrait of Caesar as the founder of the Empire of which one may get an occasional glimpse in the later writings of Mommsen but which has since been too seldom presented. ; 490 pages
1996Scholar's initial to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). ; 8.9 X 6.0 X 0.4 inches; 149 pages
1994Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Slight soiling to DJ. DJ has a few small tears and creasing. ; 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
2010Very minor shelwfear to book. DJ has 1 tiny tear. ; Edinburgh Leventis Studies 5; 448 pages; The Greek gods are still very much present in modern consciousness. Although Apollo and Dionysos, Artemis and Aphrodite, Zeus and Hermes are household names, it is much less clear what these divinities meant and stood for in ancient Greece. In fact, they have been very much neglected in modern scholarship. This book brings together a team of international scholars with the aim of remedying this situation and generating new approaches to the nature and development of the Greek gods in the period from Homer until Late Antiquity. The book looks at individual gods, but also asks to what extent cult, myth and literary genre determine the nature of a divinity. How do the Greek gods function in a polytheistic pantheon and what is their connection to the heroes? What is the influence of philosophy? What does archaeology tell us about the gods? In what way do the gods in Late Antiquity differ from those in classical Greece? This book presents a synchronic and diachronic view of the gods as they functioned in Greek culture until the triumph of Christianity.
1959Scholar's name to inner cover (Cedric Boulter). Dustsoiling to top of textblock. Light yellowing to DJ and edgewear. ; 116 pages
2010Slight colour fading to part of rear panel. ; Brill's Companions To Classical Studies; 9.7 X 6.5 X 1.2 inches; 454 pages
1997Book is fine. DJ has very minor shelfwear. DJ spine very lightly sunned. ; 194 pages
20049.3 X 6.2 X 0.8 inches; 212 pages
2000Faint rubbing to DJ. ; 9.6 X 6.1 X 1.0 inches; 256 pages
1998Pencil and pen underlining and notes to a few pages. Else minor shelfwear. ; 9.2 X 6.2 X 0.5 inches; 208 pages
2014Very light shelfwear to book and DJ. Book has 1 minor bumped corner. ; 11.2 X 8.7 X 0.9 inches; 200 pages
2003Very light edgewear along top of DJ. ; 9.3 X 6.2 X 1.0 inches; 316 pages
20049.1 X 6.1 X 1.1 inches; 413 pages
2001Faint shelfwear and minor pencilling to book. DJ has light creasing along upper edge. ; 9.4 X 6.1 X 1.2 inches; 448 pages
2006Very minor bump to head of spine else book is fine. ; Malta Insight Heritage Guides; 9.3 X 6.5 X 0.2 inches; 48 pages
1996Faint creasing to wraps. Minor shelfwear. ; Heavy book ; 302 pages