Tarn, William WoodthorpeMareMagnum
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1969Some foxing to textblock. Former owner's name to ffep. ; 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
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
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
1978Light shelfwear to book. Pages slightly tanned. DJ has light shelfwear with faint browning to spine. Small chip to base of DJ spine. 1 small tear to DJ corner. ; Gelzer, T. Klassizismus, Attizismus und Asianismus. --Bowersock, G. W. Historical problems in late Republican and Augustan classicism. --Flashar, H. Die Klassizistische Theorie der Mimesis. --Russell, D. A. Classicizing rhetoric and criticism. --Lasserre, F. Prose grecque classicisante. --Görler, W. Ex verbis communibus kakozelia. --Maurer, K. Boileaus U¨bersetzung der Schrift Peri hypsous. --Preisshofen, F. Kunsttheorie und Kunstbetrachtung. --Zanker, P. Zur Funktion und Bedeutung griechischer Skulptur in der Romerzeit. ; Entretiens Sur L'Antiquité Classique Tome XXV; 325 pages
1989Dustsoiling to top of textblock. Minor shelfwear. ; This book is an exploration of the process and consequences of the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedon (who reigned from 336 to 323 BC) , focusing on the effect of his monarchy upon the world of his day. A detailed running narrative of the actual campaigns from the Danube to the Indus is complemented and enlarged upon by thematic studies on the reaction in Greece to Macedonian suzerainty, the administration of the empire, the evolution of the Macedonian army and its role as the instrument of conquest, and on the origins of the ruler cult. ; Canto Series; 330 pages
1970Light Rubbing to wraps. Creasing to spine. ; 265 pages
1971Very Minor shelfwear to book. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Dustjacket has light shelfwear. ; This edition includes ninety-five texts covering the period from 750 B. C. Through the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 B. C. ; 308 pages
1901Minor shelfwear to book. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Former owner's name to ffep. ; 341 pages
1977Dustjacket is price-clipped, and rubbed. ; 8.75 x 0.75 x 5.75 Inches; 162 pages
1999The subject of scholarly investigation since Valesius in 1634. This book focuses on relations between colony and mother city from the eighth to the fourth century BC, and also, subsequent relations using archaeological and especially epigraphical & literary evidence discussing the cities of Thasos, Miletus, Corinth, Argos and Athens. ; Reprint Editions of Manchester University Press; 259 pages
1997Very light shelfwear. ; The eighth century dawned on a Greek world that had remained substantially unchanged during the centuries of stagnation known as the Dark Age. This book is a study of the economic and cultural upheaval that shook mainland Greece and the Aegean area in the eighth century, and the role that poetry played in this upheaval. Using tools from political and economic anthropology, David Tandy argues that between about 800 and 700 B. C. , a great transformation of dominant economic institutions took place involving wrenching adjustments in the way status and wealth were distributed within the Greek communities. Tandy explores the economic organization of preindustrial societies, both ancient and contemporary, to shed light on the Greek experience. He argues that the sudden shift in Greek economic formations led to new social behaviors and to new social structures such as the polis, itself a by-product of economic change. Unraveling the dialectic between the material record and epic poetry, Tandy shows that the epic tradition mirrored these new social behaviors and that it portrayed the stresses that economic change brought to the ancient Aegean world. Tandy brings in comparative evidence from other small-scale communities beset by changes, spotlighting the specific plight of one community, Ascra in Boeotia, on whose behalf Hesiod sang his Works and Days. The result is a lively, moving account of a human dilemma that, many centuries later, is all too familiar. ; Classics and Contemporary Thought; 9.5 x 1.25 x 6.5 Inches; 296 pages
1990This book is a new reading of Euripides' Hippolytos, a central play for the study of both Euripides and Greek tragedy. Professor Goff approaches the play through the techniques of modern literary criticism, including deconstruction and feminism, bringing new light to this influential text through her analysis of the play's language. She organizes her study around five critical issues: gender, desire, violence, language, and the status of poetry and drama. Throughout she takes care to situate the play within the historical and cultural context of fifth-century Athens. This provocative book will interest classicists and students of drama and literary theory; transliteration of Greek words and a glossary of key terms make it accessible to all. ; 154 pages
1974Minor shelfwear. Former owner's signature. ; Livre en français (Book is in French); 300 pages
1972Former owner's name to inner cover. General soiling and wear to dustjacket. DJ is edgeworn. DJ spine sunned. ; Unlike the first edition, Shipp examines the language of the Iliad and the Odyssey. ; Cambridge Classical Studies; 392 pages
1972Ex-Library book with pocket, and stamp (blacked out). Without markings, book would be NF. ; Archaeological discoveries in the past generation have enhanced our knowledge of the Ancient Medes and Persians. The glories of Persepolis and Pasargadae, the home capitals of the Persian kings, now stand revealed to in a grandeur that staggers the imagination. This book recounts the contributions of the ancient Medes and Persians and tells their tale from their perspective rather than the Greeks. ; Early culture series; 176 pages
1973Corners lightly bumped otherwise Fine Condition ; First published 1956. ; Columbia papyri : Greek series; 342 pages
1927Ex-library copy with usual withdrawn stamps, call numbers and pocket. Also has bookplate of former owner. Spine is sunned. ; Contents: The Homeric world, The world after Homer, The age of Pericles, The decline of democracy, The rise of the prince, The Achaean league, The early days of Rome, The ascendancy of the Roman Senate, The end of the republic, Children of nature and fortunate isles, Index; 263 pages
1953Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Dustjacket is price-clipped and protected in library protective sleeve which has been taped to book leaving tape stains on inner covers. Mark on text-block in red felt marker. ; Greek Exclusiveness & the Political Ideals of Alexander the Great; The Hellenistic Age; The Earliest Greek Contact with Egypt; Alexander in Egypt; The Papyri & their Value; The Hellenization of Egypt; Alexandria; The Earliest Hebrew Contact with Egypt; The Jews in Egypt in later Times; The Question of Jewish Citizenship at Alexandria; The Greek Contact with the Jews: Anti-Semitism; Hellenism; The Roman Attitude to Race-The Republic; The Empire. ; 176 pages
1961Light edgewear. Spine ends are lightly worn. Former Gift inscription and marker dot to fly-page. Otherwise Near Fine. ; 18 pps text by Charles Mitchell, 10 tipped in colour plates with accompanying text by Plutarch. Humanistic culture of early fifteenth century Florence is brilliantly exemplifiedby the colorful illuminations from this Latin translation of ten of Plutarch's Lives Accompanied by English translations describing the scenes. ; The Library of Illuminated Manuscripts; 40 pages
1929Spine is rubbed and top of spine show wear. Corners are bumped and worn. ; Presents in popular form the chief accounts of magical practices in the writings of ancient Greek and Roman authors. Appears to be signed by author on title page in pencil. ; 135 pages; Signed by Author
1853Former owner's signature on inner cover. Sunning to spine. Light foxing. Top of spine cover is torn on one side from top until halfway down. Book is still solid and tight. ; 662 pages
1974First published 1911. Text is in French and Greek. 2 plates. ; 266 pages
1927Former owner's signature on inner cover. Traces of removed bookplates as well. Some of the gilded title on the spine has rubbed off. Wear to spine ends. ; The first volume in Harvard Series of Legal Bibliographies edited by Eldon James, then the Law School's librarian, who provides a general preface. ; Harvard Series of Legal Bibliographies; 8vo; 144 pages
1937Corners are lightly bumped. ; 98 pages