Sherrard,Philip (ed)MareMagnum
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1964A journey around Greece reflected in the words of writers, journalists and poets from all places and periods. "Travellers, poets, artists, even scholars, still go to Greece in search of something they feel that no land quite offers them. Partly no doubt this is a by-product of the enormous prestige the world of ancient Greece acquired subsequent to the Renaissance; partly, too, it is due to the sheer physical beauty with which Greece presents one at practically every step. For Philip Sherrard the enigma of Greece was virtually a lifelong preoccupation. In this anthology he explores its various aspects through the writings of those who over the centuries have found in Greece not simply an object of study or a romantic haven but a challenge, an incitement and a reciprocity that have stirred the wellsprings of both heart and imagination".291p. plates. bibliography. index. Book
1999Dustjacket shows light shelfwear and faint creasing. Book has very minor shelfwear. Boards very slightly bowed. ; In this book, James Sickinger explores the use and preservation of public records especially laws and decrees, in the ancient Athenian democracy of the archaic and classical periods. This book challenges the growing orthodoxy in classical scholarship that characterizes Athenian literacy and record keeping as crude and primitive before the fourth century B. C. It argues instead that the practical use and preservation of laws, decrees, and other state documents were hallmarks of Athenian society from the earliest times. ; Studies in the History of Greece and Rome; 1.03 x 9.59 x 6 Inches; 274 pages
1999Dustjacket shows shelfwear and minor creasing along top edge. Book has very minor shelfwear. ; In this book, James Sickinger explores the use and preservation of public records especially laws and decrees, in the ancient Athenian democracy of the archaic and classical periods. This book challenges the growing orthodoxy in classical scholarship that characterizes Athenian literacy and record keeping as crude and primitive before the fourth century B. C. It argues instead that the practical use and preservation of laws, decrees, and other state documents were hallmarks of Athenian society from the earliest times. ; Studies in the History of Greece and Rome; 1.03 x 9.59 x 6 Inches; 274 pages
1955From Germany a book full of vintage (1950's) black and white photographs of Greece - all before the onslaught of mass tourism. 239p. map. Text in English. Exceptionally crisp, clean tight copy Book
(New - will be sent to you direct from the publisher in Greece) Angelos Sikelianos (1884- 1951) was one of the major Greek poets of the 20th century. There are two main aspects to his poetry: the lyrical affirmation of the natural world and the vision of the seer who knows that the natural world is doomed to tragic suffering. Bilingual edition. Book
1997Translation of 'Les Chats du Soleil" by Emily Lane. Cats are as much part of the scenery of Greece as the mountains and the monuments, and Hans Silvester ....spent three years carefully tracking, observing and recording these creatures, penetrating their private world and capturing their attitudes in every situation and mood. 144p. of wonderful colour photographs. A delightful gift book for fans of felines! NOTE: Large format [29x25x2 cm] Book
1971Shelfwear to book. Faint creasing to wraps. Spine sunned. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Light pencilling to a few pages. ; Xxii, 364pp, illustrated. The Africans who came to ancient Greece and Italy participated in an important chapter of classical history. Although evidence indicated that the alien dark- and black-skinned people were of varied tribal and geographic origins, the Greeks and Romans classified many of them as Ethiopians. In an effort to determine the role of black people in ancient civilization, Mr. Snowden examines a broad span of Greco-Roman experience--from the Homeric era to the age of Justinian--focusing his attention on the Ethiopians as they were known to the Greeks and Romans. The author dispels unwarranted generalizations about the Ethiopians, contending that classical references to them were neither glorifications of a mysterious people nor caricatures of rare creatures. Mr. Snowden has probed literary, epigraphical, papyrological, numismatic, and archaeological sources and has considered modern anthropological and sociological findings on pertinent racial and intercultural problems. He has drawn directly upon the widely scattered literary evidence of classical and early Christian writers and has synthesized extensive and diverse material. Along with invaluable reference notes, Mr. Snowden has included over 140 illustrations which depict the Negro as the Greeks and Romans conceived of him in mythology and religion and observed him in a number of occupations--as servant, diplomat, warrior, athlete, and performer, among others. Presenting an exceptionally comprehensive historical description of the first major encounter of Europeans with dark and black Africans, Mr. Snowden found that the black man in a predominantly white society was neither romanticized nor scorned--that the Ethiopian in classical antiquity was considered by pagan and Christian without prejudice. ; 364 pages
1990" Beginning with Sappho in the seventh century B. C. And ending with Hypatia and Egeria in the fifth century A. D., Jane McIntosh Snyder listens carefully to the major women writers of classical Greece and Rome, piecing together the surviving fragments of their works into a coherent analysis that places them in their literary, historical, and intellectual contexts.;Beginning with Sappho in the seventh century BC and ending with Hypatia and Egeria in the fifth century AD" 199p. bibliography ,index.0550410375 Book
1999245x165 mm. XII+311 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. DJ yellowing, slightly rubbed and slightly worn. Spine edges bumped. Few pages slightly stained - no damage to text. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
1823THIS VOLUME ONLY. 11x17 cm. xxiv+294 pages. Hardcover. Cover is chafed. Spine is missing. Sticker on inner cover. Pen writing on title page and last white page. Several pages slightly age stained. Else in good condition.
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. Book
1978245x175mm. 249 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket slightly stained and tattered. Cover edges slightly rubbed and age-stained. Stamp on first whitepage. Else in good condition.
Illustrations of Hellenic National Costumes by Nicolas Sperling (1881-1940) were published by the Benaki Museum in 2 large format portfolios of coloured plates 1948-1954. This is an undated, unattributed large format facsimile of the painting of a woman's costume from PELION [Size17.5 x11.5" ] Printed on card stock suitable for framing. Book
Illustrations of Hellenic National Costumes by Nicolas Sperling (1881-1940) were published by the Benaki Museum in 2 large format portfolios of coloured plates 1948-1954. This is an undated, unattributed large format facsimile of the painting of a KARAGOUNA costume from THESSALY [Size17.5 x11.5" ] Printed on card stock suitable for framing. Book
199023x16 cm. 288 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly stained and dis-formed. Writing in pencil on several pages. Else in good condition.
1942Moving account by an American journalist who was an eye-witness to the suffering of the ordinary people and the devastation caused in the Balkans and Greece by the German invasion in 1941.353p.. Book
2001Dimitris and Damocles both desire Nana ".what follows is the story of a contest, as each sets out to conquer Nana's willing palate by ourperforming his rival in the kitchen. It is a bizzare and comic duel fought with sea-urchin salads, stuffed vine leaves octopus and other delicacies of Greek cuisine." Translated into English by Anne Marie Stanton-Ife.105p. Book
1986244p. illus.bibliography.index Book
2000What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals that O'Dwyer spent his life haunted by a secret Maori curse.243p. Book
1987The various travellers - antiquarian, archaological, architectural, acquisitive, artistic, the pilgrims and philhellenes or the merely curious, who visited and described what they saw and found in Greece. 364p.+ plates, maps bibliography, index. maps on end papers , Book
1998Some ink underlining and marginalia, 2 small tears to front wrap. ; 140pp, illustrated. ; Hesperia Supplement 29; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 140 pages
2001(Flipguides) This publication book charts s an overall view of the Ancient World, showing the various developments and explaining the evolution from Homer to Constantine the Great. Originally published in Germany. Translated into English by Guy Laurie. It is issued in a unique format comprising a fan folded, double sided chart (equivalent to 19 page) together with a 19 page stapled brochure listing people and events. All as purchased - new and complete. [9 copies found in Worldcat] Book
2015Originally issued by Themelio in 1976. Translation Katerini Astrachas, bibliographic guide Spyros I. Astrachas,Katerini Astrachas,184p. index. Book
1965Life of people in the Aegean seen close up from the travels on a tradititional Caique through the Greek Islands with the irrepressible Captain Manoli and his family.175p.Crisp copy. Donor inscription. Book
1967Innocent hero unravels the plot of a clever Soviet espionage and intrigue in Greece. Witty and clever and showing the author's extensive knowledge of Athens. (Similar in plot, but with MUCH better writing, to the book by Dennis Wheatley called "Mayhem in Greece') [4 copies found in WorldCat] Book