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1930577p. Small 8vo. Original cloth. Spine faded. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W120
1987Very minor shelfwear to book. Minor pencilling to a couple of pages. DJ has a couple of small tears. DJ has light staining to rear panel. ; Xviii, 202pp, illustrated. A leading authority on classical games here provides a comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Describing and analyzing the sports of boxing, wrestling, stick-fighting, and pankration, Michael B. Poliakoff discusses such topics as the function of competition and violent games in ancient society; on the social background of the participants, showing the broad spectrum of Greek athletic personnel; on the significance of the appearance of combat sport in myth and literature; and on the alleged cultic functions of the ancient combat sports. The book is copiously illustrated with photographs of numerous objects rarely or never before published. ; 202 pages
1959The people and village of Perachora, from the first time Humfry Payne excavated the Heraeum to their situation after the Nazi Occupation the Civil war in Greece "An unforgettable evocation of a country and its people .hailed as a classic when it was first published more than forty years ago, and still regarded as one of the most outstanding books on Greece ever written. Dilys Powell spent many years in Greece before World War II, returning there in 1945 after the tragic early death of her husband. In this personal odyssey, she not only gives a deeply moving account of her journeys, but draws us in to share her joy in a timeless land and its gallant, indestructible people." 252P. Book
1959Originally published as "Ancient Greek Religion" (1946) and" Ancient Roman Religion" (1948) A few pages with light underlining Book
1963" Rollicking, picaresque sensual tale of lechery and intrigue set in the ancient city-state of Thebes , ses"(Thebes) Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee are better known under another pseudonym - Ellery Queen) Vintage paperback Book
1993Small stain on top cover, else a nice copy. Light rubbing to wraps. Faint yellowing to edges of pages. ; 89pp, profusely illustrated. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 89 pages
1981Complete guide to archaeological and other interesting sites in Athens & Attica. Street atlas of Athens and 14 maps and plans by John Fowler 189p +14 pages of maps. index. Book
1960Vintage locally produced book about the island - not just a glossy tourist list of attractions and amenities... Printed by F. Constantinidis & C. Michalas. Hotel brochure laid in.104p. illus. col.plates No date (1960 ?) [Only 2 copies found in WorldCat] Book
1982Light spotting to rear board. Else very light shelfwear with a bit of pencilling. Minor shelfwear to DJ with light sunning to DJ spine. ; Identifies and analyses the main themes of classical literature against their historical background. Study of Ancient criticism in English. ; 219 pages
1981Very light shelfwear to book. Scholar's name to ffep (R. E. Fantham). DJ has minor edgewear with light chipping. ; Identifies and analyses the main themes of classical literature against their historical background. Study of Ancient criticism in English. ; 219 pages
1982Top corner of book is bumped. General shelfwear and rubbing to DJ. Book has former owner's signature. ; Identifies and analyses the main themes of classical literature against their historical background. Study of Ancient criticism in English. ; 219 pages
1981light shelfwear to book. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). DJ has minor shelfwear. ; Identifies and analyses the main themes of classical literature against their historical background. Study of Ancient criticism in English. ; 219 pages
1992The great stories of Greek and Roman mythology specially arranged to be read aloud. 264p. Small remainder mark, else fine Book
2015(Liveright Classics)"A compact and accessible introduction to Aristotle, whose thought, together with that of his teacher Plato, constitutes the bedrock of much of Western civilization. [Portions of this were previously published in" On Politics: A histor of political thought from Herodotus to Aristotle" ] 216p. Book
2000Fine English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 75 p. Yunanistan'in etnik yapisi ve Bati Trakya Türklügü.
1966Selections from a wide range of classical texts on philosophy, ranging from Epicureans and Stoics to Early Christian works. 372p. bibliography.index. Book
1952contains blocks in black-white. 18.5x12 cm. 25+48 pages. Hardcover in dust jacket. In good condition.
1979"Sunflower, code name for the most dangerous operation ever attempted by the CIA: the kidnapping of four-year-old Anne Easton - the President's daughter. A suspense novel moving at speed from Scitland to Athens, tp Washimgtpm to Vienna and to Drete - and back again to Washington for th climax" Book clean and crisp. Bookplate on ffep, but the metallic paper of dj is scuffed and some sun fading along the spine. Book
1973A "wide-ranging and entertaining review of Greek mythology using the well known story of Peleus and Thetis .. for an explanation of the Greek myths as legends, as folktales and as pure myths. 114p. illus. maps. index.Neat tight copy, paper cover slightly scuffed Book
1990Drama and revenge planned by Constantin Demiris - a Greek billionaire shipowner - a sequel to "The Other Side of Midnight". Book
1999Eleven stories, all set in different places and cultures "The Distance to Delphi " (pp117-144) is set in the Greece of the Colonels. 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
1987Set amid the arid landscape and stony resentments of Greece in the aftermath of its bloody civil war, this electrifying novel unfolds a series of interconnecting modern-day fables about childhood and family, love and betrayal. God's Snake is the story of the inventive, courageous Anna, a young girl who has inherited both the skepticism of classical Athens and the fierce stoicism of Sparta. It is also the story of Anna's parents: her mother, a woman as remote as she is seductive, and her father, a misogynist army officer who, when Anna cries, tells her, "we are not born to be comforted." As Anna picks her way through this emotional minefield, she encounters people and animals that possess the revelatory powers of figures in a dream: the snakes her father's adjutant kills as emissaries of the Devil, a poetry-loving general; a haunted girl whose mother dies of tuberculosis; a frozen crow that miraculously comes back to life, God's Snake is a work filled with passion, magic, and terror, conceived by a novelist of visionary authority 252p. Publicity photograph of author laid in Book
1990Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Old price sticker to ffep. ; 0.88 x 8.75 x 5.69 Inches; 214 pages; The Greeks had a word for it, and the word was demokratia, a compound of demos (`the people') and kratos (`power or rule'). But it is significant that the first occurrence of the word in surviving Greek literature is in Herodotus' History, which he was writing during the third quarter of the fifth century BC. It was perhaps coined in the period following the reforms of the last decade of the sixth, which later won fame for Cleisthenes as `the man who gave the Athenians their democracy'. In 431 BC Pericles could claim that the Athenian system of government was unique, and an example to every other society in Greece. It is the object of this book to explain to the modern reader what the institutions of the classical Athenian democracy were, how they worked, and what assumptions underlay them. It is principally concerned with the fully developed democracy of the post-Ephialtic period; but a chapter is devoted to tracing the broad development of the Athenian constitution from the reforms of Solon in the early sixth century to those of Ephialtes in the late 460s, so that the developed democracy can be seen in its proper historical context. Stockton incorporates recent important work by historians, epigraphists, and archaeologists into his study.
1984Gazetteer of Greek places as described by poets and writers through the ages. 321p. bibliography. index Paper age-toned. Book