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1974DJ is price-clipped. Light spotting to DJ. Slight sticker remnants to back panel. Very light foxing to textblock. ; 246 pages; Dispatched to Sicily in 344 BC as an elderly man at the head of a small, motley band of mercenaries, Timoleon had no experience of the island. Yet, in less than eight years Timoleon overthrew tyrants, expelled the Carthaginians, and introduced peace, prosperity and constitutional government to an area which for decades had known only disorder. The peace he had brought was broken after his death, and tyranny returned in 317 BC; but the prosperity which he had set in motion continued to increase well into the third century. Dr Talbert has deliberately avoided the temptation to write a biography, and has confined himself to coverage of those aspects of Timeleon's work for which some evidence survives. He examines closely the uneven and frequently eulogistic accounts left by ancient writers. He also discusses fully the light thrown on Timoleon's revival by the discovery of numerous silver coin hoards in Sicily, and by archaeological excavations undertaken there since the Second World War. His studies add up to a most thorough investigation of Timoleon's work.
1991Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Former book price on ffep has been rubbed out. ; First full-length interpretation of the foundation sets out a completely new methodology for analysing large inscriptions, and challenges some of the basic assumptions scholars have made about the origins and significance of the "Second Sophistic". Argues that Ephesians used their past to define their present during the Roman Empire, and his study sheds new light on how second-century Greeks established and maintained their identities in relation to Romans, Christians and jews. ; 1 x 9 x 6 Inches; 192 pages
1992Bottom corner is slight bumped. ; Clarendon Paperbacks; 0.97 x 9.23 x 6.24 Inches; 440 pages; In 338 BC Philip II of Macedon established Macedonian rule over Greece; he was succeeded in 336 by his son Alexander the Great, whose conquests in the twelve years that followed reached as far as the Russian steppes, Afghanistan, and the Punjab, and created the Hellenistic world. The study of Macedonia is now a growing point in ancient history. The first ever history of ancient Macedonia has now been completed in three volumes by N. G. L. Hammond, helped by G. T. Griffith and F. W. Walbank. On the basis of that work Professor Hammond now provides in one volume a history of the Macedonian state and its institutions both in Europe and in the Hellenistic kingdoms in Asia and Egypt, on which much new light has been shed by epigraphic and archaeological discoveries. Those institutions have had a profound influence on subsequent history. Full references are given to the ancient sources of information and to archaeological, numismatic, and epigraphic articles.
1972Slight edgewear to DJ. Bumping to corners. ; A guide to ten of the most important sites in Greece, including Athens, Sounion, Eleusis, Delphi, Aegina, Corinth, the Mycenaean Argolid, Epidauros, Bassae and Olympia. Through the writings, drawings and paintings of many travellers - from Hesiod in the seventh century BC to the nineteenth century archaeologists ... The reader sees these sites as the visitors saw them; 324 pages
1990Very minor shelfwear to wraps. ; Centre De Recherches D'Histoire Ancienne; 470 pages
1994Pencil notes to back blank endpaper else Fine. ; 127 pages; A guide for those wishing to follow the steps of the Apostle Paul in Greece.
1995Slight sticker residue to back board otherwise fine. ; Publications of the Netherlands Institute At Athens; 1 x 10 x 6.75 Inches; 328 pages; Contents: Ruijgh, C. J. : D’Homère aux origines proto-mycéniennes de la tradition épique. Analyse dialectologique du lange homérique, avec un excursus sur la création de l’alphabet grec. Bakker, E. J. : Noun-epithet Formulas, Milman Parry, and the Grammar of Poetry. Jong, I. J. F. De: Homer as Literature: Some Current Areas of Research. Wees, H. Van: Princes at Dinner: Social Event and Social Structure in Homer. Singor, H. W. : Eni Prôtoisi Machesthai: Some Remarks on the Iliadic Image of the Battlefield. Crielaard, J. P. : Homer, History and Archaeology: Some Remarks on the Date of the Homeric World. Stampolidis, N. C. : Homer and the Cremation Burials of Eleutherna. Crouwel, J. H. : Chariots in Homer and in Early Iron Age Greece. Crielaard, J. P. : A ‘Dutch’ Discoverer of Homer’s Tomb.
1966Light shelfwear to DJ and book. Former owner's bookplate and inked name on ffep. Minor browning to DJ spine. Small brown dot stain to ffep. ; 176 pages; The principal theme is the process of consolidation of the Graeco-Roman world under the first Princeps.
1966DJ is price-clipped. Former owner's bookplate on ffep. Slight edgewear to DJ. Light discoloration to DJ spine. ; A history of the Ionian and Aeolian Greeks, from Mycanaean age to the failure of their great revolt from Persia at the beginning of the fifth century B. C. Covers the intellectual achievments of the early Ionian thinkers and the political tenacity of the Ionian and Aeolian aristocracy. ; 220 pages
1969DJ Spine is browned and rubbing to bottom of spine. ; The first of the modern biographies of great Hellenistic kings is surely W. W. Tarn's Antigonos Gonatas, originally published in 1913. Tarn's book is biography on a grand scale; he aims not only to recount Antigonos' political career, but to bring to life the man and his times, and there is no missing his genuine admiration for his subject. ; 501 pages
19962 Small tears to DJ at spine (1cm) (repaired with cellotape). Former bookseller's plate on inner cover. ; 0.54 x 8.5 x 5.5 Inches; 218 pages; In this study, Bosworth looks at Alexander the Great's activities in Central Asia and Pakistan, drawing a bleak picture of massacre and repression comparable to the Spanish conquest of Mexico. He investigates the evolution of Alexander's views of empire and concept of universal monarch, and documents the representation of Alexander by historians of antiquity. The book is directed to specialists and general readers alike.
1973Upper Corners are lightly bumped. DJ is price-clipped. Rubbing to DJ extremities. ; 228 pages; A study of the literary and archaeological (especially artistic) evidence for developments in the warfare of early Greece. Greenhalgh considers in particular the military history of the chariot and mounted horse, both as they were represented in poetry and art and as they were used in reality from about 1100 to 500 B. C.
1972Minor browning to wraps. Rubbing to extremities. Minor wear to corners. Base of spine is bumped. Spine wrap is slightly torn along one side (3cm) ; Essays on: Kleisthenes as Politician; an Exploration; leobotes Alkmeonos and Alkmeon Aristonymou; Kallias Kratiou; Perikles' Wife; Isagoras I and Isagoras II; Isodike; Alkibiades of Phegous; Double representation in the strategia at Athens; ; Historia : Einzelschriften ; Heft 19; 112 pages
1981Dustjacket has a few small tears along top edge now protected in mylar. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. ; 1 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 344 pages; Traces the political history of Megara from its founding to its conquest by Philip and Alexander of Macedon in the fourth century BC.
1975Dustjacket is protected in mylar. One closed tear along front corner of dustjacket. Rubbing to DJ. Minor rubbing to boards. ; 250 pages; Themistocles (ca. 525 BC-460 BC) was a leader in the Athenian democracy during the Persian War. Themistocles favored the expansion of the navy to meet the Persian threat and persuaded the Athenians to spend the surplus generated by their silver mines on building new ships - the Athenian navy grew from 70 to 200 ships. Despite the importance of this enigmatic figure in Greek history, our knowledge still largely comes from the ancient accounts of Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plutarch. Podlecki provides the first modern comprehensive assessment of Themistocles, based on literary and archaeological evidence.
1996Top of spine is lightly bumped. Back corner of wraps is creased. ; Hellenistic Culture & Society , No 9; 0.9 x 8.8 x 6 Inches; 293 pages; In a 1988 conference, American and British scholars unexpectedly discovered that their ideas were converging in ways that formed a new picture of the variegated Hellenistic mosaic. That picture emerges in these essays and eloquently displays the breadth of modern interest in the Hellenistic Age. A distrust of all ideologies has altered old views of ancient political structures, and feminism has also changed earlier assessments. The current emphasis on multiculturalism has consciously deemphasized the Western, Greco-Roman tradition, and Nubians, Bactrians, and other subject peoples of the time are receiving attention in their own right, not just as recipients of Greco-Roman culture. History, like Herakleitos' river, never stands still. These essays share a collective sense of discovery and a sparking of new ideas--they are a welcome beginning to the reexploration of a fascinatingly complex age.
1963Dustjacket is protected in mylar. DJ has rubbing and edgewear to corners. 2 closed tears along DJ spine. ; Signed by author on ffep to Paul Fenimore Cooper, jr. ; 350 pages; Explores rhetorical theory and practice from the fifth to first centuries B. C. Begins with the practical, creative rhetoric of the pre-Socratic era, progresses through the time of Aristotle and the Attic orators, and concludes with the ossification of rhetoric into a sterile, pedantic discipline during the Hellenistic period. ; Signed by Author
1997Former owner's name on ffep. One small bump to top corner. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 9.75 x 1 x 6.5 Inches; 220 pages
2000Small black marker to bottom of textblock-- remainder? Else fine. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; Between 279 and 229 B. C. , the Aitolian koinon, a federation of mountain cantons in west central Greece, expanded to incorporate many of the neighboring lands and peoples lying between the Adriatic and Aegean Seas. This new political configuration contributed to the development of modern systems of federal democracy based on proportional representation. Despite these institutional advances, the Aitolians and their polity are reviled in the ancient historical tradition, which views them as backward, semi-barbarous brigands. The Politics of Plunder is the first English-language book in over a century to examine the political history of the Aitolian koinon in its era of expansion. Joseph Scholten presents a chronological reconstruction of the koinon's course of expansion, synthesizing a number of recent studies covering Aitolian topography, epigraphy, and institutional development that help to compensate for deficiencies in the ancient narrative record. His study is the first to ask how a people and a polity so detested by their contemporaries succeeded in making such fundamental contributions to their regional political culture. Scholten's careful investigation charts a middle course that neither whitewashes the Aitolians nor credulously accepts the biased ancient tradition. This balanced approach provides a much-needed fresh perspective on the Aitolians and their koinon. Discussing the history of the ancient Aegean Greek world and the political, economic, and social history of the Hellenistic Era, this book will interest anyone concerned with those subjects or fascinated by the development of ancient Greek political institutions and theories, particularly federalism. ; Hellenistic Culture and Society; 2.72 x 9.31 x 7.94 Inches; 339 pages
1975Minor shelfwear to book. DJ has edgewear with light chipping. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. ; Tells the story of the First Persian Expedition and their defeat by the Athenians on the plain of Marathon in which 9000 Greek part-time warriors defied 30,000 Persians under Darius--popular history. ; 191 pages; Book Club Edition.
1997Minor scratches to front wrap else Fine ; 0.77 x 8.5 x 5.46 Inches; 320 pages; The papers collected in this volume present a systematic survey of the struggles of Athens, Sparta and Thebes to dominate Greece in the fourth century - only to be overwhelmed by the newly emerging Macedonian kingdom of Philip II. Additionally, the situation of Greeks in Sicily, Italy and Asia is portrayed, showing the geographical and political diffusion of the Greeks in a broader historical context. This is a book that will provide the reader with a clearly drawn and vivid picture of the main events and leading personalities in this decisive period of Greek history.
1988Bumping to bottom corners and spine ends. Minor shelfwear. ; The Aim of this study is to build up an accurate picture of the soldier and politician by scrutiny of the main sources -- Livy, Plutarch and Polybius (the last of whom worked under the direct patronage of Paullus). Contents: Polybius and the Image; Livy and the Image; Plutarch and the Image; Another Look. ; 8vo; 171 pages
1953Worn corners. Rubbing to boards. Edgewear to bottom boards. Former classics scholar's name on ffep (W. P. Wallace). Pencil underlining in text passim. Very minor pencil marginalia on a few pages. ; 324 pages; Sets out to examine the claim that Herodotus is the 'father of history' in the light of his aims and methods, and his literary style.
1991Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear to top corner else Fine. ; First full-length interpretation of the foundation sets out a completely new methodology for analysing large inscriptions, and challenges some of the basic assumptions scholars have made about the origins and significance of the "Second Sophistic". Argues that Ephesians used their past to define their present during the Roman Empire, and his study sheds new light on how second-century Greeks established and maintained their identities in relation to Romans, Christians and jews. ; 1 x 9 x 6 Inches; 192 pages
1984Very light shelfwear. ; Aspects of Greek and Roman Life; 10.5 x 0.75 x 7.25 Inches; 272 pages