Strauss, Barry S.MareMagnum
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1997Some scuffing to textblock and front wrap. Tiny crease to lower corner of wraps. Else minor shelfwear. ; Xv, 283pp. Father-son conflict was for the Athenians a topic of widespread interest that touched the core of both family and political life, particularly during times of social upheaval. In this vivid account of the intermingling of politics and the private sphere in classical Athens, Barry Strauss explores the tensions experienced by a society that cherished both youthful independence and paternal authority. He examines father-son relations within the Athenian family and the way these relations were represented in a wide variety of political and literary texts. His inquiry reveals that representations of patricide, father beating, and son murdering did not necessarily coincide with actual instances but rather served as metaphors for intergenerational tensions fueled by democracy, the sophists, and the Peloponnesian War. ; 283 pages
1997Very minor shelfwear. ; Xv, 283pp. Father-son conflict was for the Athenians a topic of widespread interest that touched the core of both family and political life, particularly during times of social upheaval. In this vivid account of the intermingling of politics and the private sphere in classical Athens, Barry Strauss explores the tensions experienced by a society that cherished both youthful independence and paternal authority. He examines father-son relations within the Athenian family and the way these relations were represented in a wide variety of political and literary texts. His inquiry reveals that representations of patricide, father beating, and son murdering did not necessarily coincide with actual instances but rather served as metaphors for intergenerational tensions fueled by democracy, the sophists, and the Peloponnesian War. ; 283 pages
1970A collection of essays examining Homer's epics for evidence of the Mycenean and Dark Age periods in ancient Greek history. 115p. illus Book
1974Unchanged Reprint of 1932. Contents: I. Characteristics and Value of The Evidence Derived from Inscriptions; II. Inter-State Arbitration in the Greek World; III. Clubs and Societies in the Greek World. ; 9.5 x 0.5 x 6.25 Inches; 96 pages
1959"..masterly and comprehensive book...surveys the development of Hellenism - Graeco Roman culture - from its earliest beginnings ..until its decline. 255p.map.bibliography.index. Name of previous owner, else fine. Book
1979Slight wear to DJ; In the 1790s and into the early nineteenth century, Lord Byron described himself and other travellers in Greece as 'Levant lunatics,' and here are some of their stories. Clearly his description was apt! ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 194 pages
1979"Here are the splendours and hardships awaiting travellers in Greece from the end of the eighteenth century to the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence." An intriguing array of visitors who vsiited ottoman Greece : Fauvel, Lady Craven, John Sibthorp, John Hawkins, John Morritt, John Tweddell, Lord Elgin, Edward Clarke, Edward Dodwell, Byron, John Cam Hobhouse, Charles Cockerell, Henry Whittington, Louis Dupre. Vicomte de Marcellus. John Fuller, and others. 194p. illus .bibliography. Ffep missing, library sticker and stamps, otherwise a crisp tight copy Ex-Library
2014New English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (32 x 23 cm). In English and Turkish. 21, [26] p. Sami Efendi's jali ta'liq poetic chronogram commemorating the reconquest of Yenisehir (Larissa).= Yenisehir'in yeniden fethine düsülen Sami Efendi hattiyla celi ta'lik tarih manzumesi. Prep. by Muhittin Serin. Translated by Irvin Cemil Schick. Sami Efendi, (1837-1912) was an Ottoman calligrapher. The Tughra found its definitive shape in the era of Abdulhamid II in the hands of Sami Efendi.
193524x16 cm. 148 pages. Softcover. Pages uncut. Spine edges worn. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
1988[(Harlequin Intrigue Series # 101] Canadian advertising executive Nadia Roberts immediately boarded a plane to Athens when told her beloved brother, Gerald, had been found. Murdered. Next to a marble quarry in northwestern Greece. The case was supposed to be open and shut. To avoid scandal, the government let Nadia join crack detective Lukas Stylianos on his investigation northward Sparks at first flew, cooled by growing trust as they encountered hostile villagers, old war wounds and traps set by a man nicknamed the Wolf. Corrupt and evil, he was intent on hiding secrets that cost Gerald his life and which now imperiled Nadia and Lukas. 253p. (Freda Vasilos and Tina Vasilos are both pseudonyms of Freda Vasilopoulos,a Canadian writer) Book
1973Two novels and thirteen stories about Greeks in exile : a triptych. All from the regime of the Junta.Translated into English by Barbara Bray. 246p. .Contents clean and neat except for one library stamp and missing end papers. Ex-Library
198228x21.5 cm. 51 pages. Softcover. In good condition.
1960Vintage. locally produced pictorial guide for tourists. 67p.+ plates (B &W) & W] Fold out map at rear. Text neat and tight, slight shelf wear to covers Book
1950DJ is present but is split and in poor condition. Minor shelfwear to book. Pages slightly tanned. Former owner's name on ffep. ; 174 pages
1950Description of the the author's experiences in Greece as it started to emerge from the disruptions of WWII, though with a deliberate decision NOT to comment on the political stresses of the Civil war period . 174p. plates map. index.Contents neat and complete, some library marks, DJ now in protective sleeve. Ex-Library
1981Vintage Mills & Boon Romance where heroine encounters masterful Greek. 187p. Neat tight copy ,missing end papers, library "discard" stamp on title page, but no other marks. Book
1945Now [2011] a movie by director/producer Ruggero Dipaola ' (Appartamento ad Atene). ". in this story about a Greek couple in Nazi-occupied Athens who must share their living quarters with a German officer, Wescott stages an intense and unsettling drama of accommodation and rejection, resistance and compulsion--an account of political oppression and spiritual struggle that is also a parable about the costs of closeted identity. a moving novel about effect of the Nazi occupation on the Athenians." Book
1966Young Historians series "Not only a vivid account of these ancient people but also of the work of the modern scholars who have given us back a lost page of history" 112p. illus index. Neat copy except for the library stamps > ILLUS 97p.plates. bibliography.index Ex-Library
1989a "fascinating and scholarly overview " of the world in the 6th.C. BC. " .the time of Xenophanes, Cyrus, Solon the Lawmaker, Sappho,The Buddha ,Aeschylus,Pythagoras, Confucius, Lao-Tzu, and Nebuchadnezzar." 260p. bibliography.index Bookplate inside front cover. else fine Book
1977"The efforts of the British philhellenes in the Greek War of Independence have never been forgotten by the Greeks. The British themselves, however, have been slow to honour their fellow-countrymen who fought for the first of the new nation states to achieve independence in the nineteenth century. In this account of the movement at home and in the field, Mr. Woodhouse shows that it did not consist merely of Byron plus an entourage of eccentrics, ruffian, and romantics, though there were plenty of all three. They were part of an international movement of protest in which nationalism, religion, radicalism and commercial greed all played a part, as well as sentiment and pure heroism. This is an attempt to widen the context." 264p. bibliography. index Book
1996Lucy Flecker, a widow and grandmother, sets her family into disarray when it is unexpectedly revealed that she has been left a beautiful house in Greece, by famous archaeologist Oliver Lussom, who it is alleged, has been her lover. Her family assumes that she will sell her legacy, but against their wishes the sixty-three-year-old woman decides to return to Greece and, in the process, irrevocably changes her life. Book
1992". a profound and passionate epic chronicling six generations of the Mani family... "it ranges in time and place from Athens in 1848, through a village in Poland, Crete in 1944, Jerusalem in 1918 and eventually to a contemporary kibbutz in the Negev. Translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin Book
1977Moving story of the Nazi occupation of Greece and the children who resisted the Nazis .Repont of 1st. ed. 247p.Text clean and neat. Minimal marks of library ownership, original wraps a little scuffed Ex-Library
1990[Insight City Guides series] Vintage travel guide to Athens which "mixes excellent photography with hard hitting text to introduce you to the glory that was Greece and the complexities which are the present" In the form of a collection of essays on different aspects of the city - the people and the places - by informed residents and writers. Useful tips for tourists added. 268p. illus. maps. Usual library marks. Ex-Library
1978(134) p., nombreuses illustrations n/b et couleurs, hors-texte. catalogue d'exposition, Bruxelles, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, du 26-11-1977 au 12-2-1978. Inv. 17026.