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1967Former owner's signature on fly page. Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears. Soiling to DJ. ; An important guide around Greece with anecodotes. Includes 50 photographs. ; 260 pages
1992Top corners very light rounded. ; 0.88 x 9.31 x 6.27 Inches; 268 pages; This wide-ranging book locates the origin of political science in the everyday world of ancient Greek life, thought, and culture. Arlene Saxonhouse contends that the Greeks, confronted by the puzzling diversity of the physical world, sought a force that would unify, constrain, and explain it. This drive toward unity did more than value the mind over the senses: it led the Greeks to play down the very real complexities--particularly regarding women, the family, and sexuality--in both their political and personal lives. Saxonhouse opens up fresh understandings of such issues as the Greeks' fear of the feminine and their attempts to ignore the demands that gender, reproduction, and the family inevitably make on the individual.
2000Light shelfwear to DJ. Small remainder mark to bottom of textblock. ; 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
1975Dustjacket is protected in mylar. One closed tear along front panel of dustjacket. Edgewear to head of DJ. Back panel has one small piece missing of DJ. ; 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.
1982Dustjacket's spine is faded. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing.; States and Cities of Ancient Greece; 196 pages; Examines the political and military history of Thebes, and also investigates a number of other aspects of life in the city: its physical layout, cults, poetry and music, arts and crafts, philosophy, and the interpretation of the proper role of women. Includes a chapter on Pythagoreanism in thebes.
1969Book has shelfwear and rubbing. Light edgewear to spine ends. ; Examines Herodotus and his Histories. ; 301 pages
1973Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Dustjacket and book have very minor shelfwear. ; Illuminates the diplomatic narrative of the period covered (403-336 B. C. ). Each of the translations have a commentary in order to supply needed background information and narrative continuity. ; Greek Historical Documents; 129 pages
1968Top Corners are lightly bumped. Small tear to top of spine. DJ has edgewear and rubbing. DJ is price-clipped. ; Looks at the history of Archaeology and the discovery of Mycenaean civilization. ; 476 pages
1968Former owner's signature on front free-page. Very light soiling. ; A study of the Hellenistic world from the death of Alexander the Great and the rise of his successors to the defeat of Hannibal in the Second Punic War. ; Delacorte World History VI; 418 pages
1974Rubbing on back cover else Fine ; Big names contribute articles to this volume: A. G. McKay, T. Robert S. Broughton, Malcolm F. McGregor, C. D. Gordon, Frank W. Walbank, Mary E. White, Maurice Lebel, Emilio Gabba, M. James Moscovich, E. Badian, G. Hermansen, H. H. Scullard, K. H. Waters, c. M. Wells, E. A. Judge, J. A. S. Evans. ; 317 pages
1996Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society; 0.69 x 8.45 x 5.46 Inches; 216 pages; The Roman Empire in its early centuries was a world of cities, dominated by landowning elites and conforming to a common pattern in their institutions, buildings and culture. In The City in Late Antiquity archaeologists and historians bring together their two disciplines to discuss what became of these cities, after the crisis of the third century and the later collapse of the Empire. While the classical city has often been portrayed as in decline everywhere by the fourth century, this book shows this picture to be too simplistic. In some regions, such as Africa, old customs were still vigorous, while elsewhere, for example in Britain, urban life disappeared and the cities survived only as fortresses, if at all. This book pays particular attention to the impact of the Christianization of the Empire on the cities.
1962Minor pencil notes. Former owner's name on ffep. A little bit of colour loss to lettering on spine. ; Vol. 1; 1.38 x 9 x 6 Inches; 558 pages; All volumes of Professor Guthrie's great history of Greek philosophy have won their due acclaim. The most striking merits of Guthrie's work are his mastery of a tremendous range of ancient literature and modern scholarship, his fairness and balance of judgement and the lucidity and precision of his English prose. He has achieved clarity and comprehensiveness.
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
1967Top of spine is lightly bumped. Former owner's name on ffep. Minor shelfwear. ; Unchanged reprint of 1933 Edition. Looks at the population of Athens in order to answer some fundamental questions as: How was the population distributed? How did it fluctuate? What was the net loss due to the Peloponnesian War? Did the population increase again during the fourth century, between 400 and 322, and how quickly did it decline after that? If the assertion of the oligarchs in 411 that no more than 5000 ever attended the ecclesia, what proportion was that of the whole number? ; 87 pages
1967Former institution stamps on end-papers. No other ex-lib markings. ; The first volume in Harvard Series of Legal Bibliographies edited by Eldon James, then the Law School's librarian, who provides a general preface. Unchanged Reprint of 1927; Harvard Series of Legal Bibliographies; 8vo; 144 pages
1945Text unopened. Boards have light staining. ; Contents: Thucydides and the writing of history; Thucydides' Athens; The Setting; Thucydides Narrative; The History: Attitude toward Science, Economics, Digressions, Thucydides' Style, Character Sketches, Mind of Thucydides; Thucydides and the World War. ; Martin Classical Lectures; 300 pages
1995Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology; 10.25 x 1 x 6.5 Inches; 286 pages; The Athenian sophist Philostratus completed a romanticised biography of Apollonius of Tyana in the second or third decade of the third century A. D. One of the most striking aspects of the presentation of this firstcentury Pythagorean sage and miracleworker in the Vita Apollonii (VA) is his role as ‘politically active philosopher’. Not only does the protagonist of the VA regularly intervene in situa-tions of conflict in Greek cities and instruct their citi-zens on how they ought to live together, but he also appears in contact with Parthian and Indian kings and Roman emperors. The present study deals with this promi-nent facet of Philostratus’ portrait of the Tyanean sage. There are three main issues. The first is the question of the extent to which the Apollonius tradition provided support for the image of the contacts of the protagonist of the VA with cities and monarchs. The second is consideration of how the author dealt with and elaborated these elements in his source material. The third is the question of to what extent the protagonist of the VA may be regarded as a spokesman for the explicit political views of Philostratus. In other words, the aim is to analyse the image of the protagonist of the VA as a ‘politically active philosopher’ as the result of the interaction between the traditions associated with a sage and miracleworker who was regarded as a representative of Pythagorean wisdom, on the one hand, and the paideia, cultural baggage and mentality of a sophist, on the other.
1997Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Archaia Hellas; 360 pages; Salamis and the Salaminioi for the first time provides a thorough investigation of the people of the island of Salamis and their status in the Classical period. The first part of the work surveys the sixth-century history of the island, and challenges the communis opinio that Salamis was a klerouchy. Part II considers the setting and organization of the Classical community on the island - here called an “unofficial” demos. Part III investigates the demos during the tumultuous third century. Salamis and the Salaminioi will be an invaluable addition to the libraries of all those interested in Athenian history and citizenship, the Kleisthenic deme system, Hellenistic Athens, and rural Attica.
1994Unwrapped in Plastic. ; 10 x 1 x 6.75 Inches; 340 pages; The Professor Emeritus of Greek at Berkeley offers six original papers, the titles of which are indicative of the contents: - The Alleged Battle of Oinoa. - The General's Exhortations in Greek Warfare. - The General on the Battlefield. - Thucydides and Pylos. - The Roads of Akarnania. - Circumventions of the Thermopylai Pass. These studies are a by-product of Pritchett's studies on Greek military practices and Greek topography, and will be of interest to students of Greek historiography, since all involve problems of text and the veracity of the historians. The three topographical chapters, which are based on extensive autopsy and include some new discoveries, are accompanied with photographs and sketchmaps.
1964One small stain to boards. Minor shelfwear and rubbing to boards. ; 288 pages; This book assembles for the first time the archaeological data for the whole of Greece and the Aegean - and for certain adjacent areas - during the twelfth and eleventh centuries B. C. With 24 b/w plates.
1953Minor discoloration from shelfwear to boards. Light browning to inner covers. Very light edgewear to corners. Solid copy. ; Contents: Greek Lands and Greek People; Value of Ancient history; ancient geography in modern education; geography in relation to history and literature; geographical study of Greek and Roman culture; geographical aspect of greek colonization; geographical distribution of the greek city-states; causes of rise and fall in the population of the ancient world; position of the greek kingdom in the eastern mediterranean; marmara region; islands of the aegean; dodecanese. ; 381 pages
1990Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear else Fine. ; Two more books of military history written for general audiences. Strauss and Ober discuss strategic failure in the classical world in terms of defeated generals and political leaders from Xerxes of Persia to Julian the Apostate. These losers share a common incapacity to consider and overcome unexamined assumptions about themselves and their enemies, say the authors. But the authors go on to defend good decision-making in relentlessly Clausewitzian terms that overlook the essential differences between the state systems of 19th-century Europe and the ancient Mediterranean. Such presentmindedness is unlikely to liberate the study of ancient history from its specialist ghetto. Karl proposes to describe situations from Thermopylae to Dien Bien Phu in which "an elite unit of soldiers stands to the last men with little hope of victory. " His definition of "elite" is extremely broad. The mixed bag of Germans and other Europeans that defended Berlin in 1945 hardly qualifies as an elite in the sense of the Theban Sacred Band. Moreover, instead of concentrating on the composition, motivation, and behavior of these doomed units, Karl writes generalized campaign history, with the last stand itself sometimes dismissed in a few paragraphs. The Anatomy of Error is flawed by a restrictive analytic structure; Glorious Defiance fails to progress beyond descriptive narrative. Neither can be recommended except as supplements for large collections. ; 8.5 x 1 x 5.75 Inches; 272 pages
1981Pencil underlining in text. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Light browning along top edge of DJ. ; States and Cities of Ancient Greece; 237 pages; Presents a new assessment of the art, literature, and philosophy of the Asia Minor Greeks -- the Ionians -- in the eighth to the sixth centuries B. C.
2000Still in plastic. ; The ideas of circumnavigation suggested by the title of this volume of essays, presented to one of the world's leading Classical archaeologists, conjures up the sense of excitement associated with a voyage of discovery. Over 40 friends and former doctoral students whose work was supervised by John Boardman during his time as Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at Oxford University (1978-1994) have contributed essays on topics close to his heart. Now holding academic posts worldwide, they all recall with pleasure the enthusiasm and encouragement of their former teacher. ; 1.65 x 10.57 x 7.73 Inches; 416 pages
1990Studies in Ancient Civilization; 0.76 x 7.86 x 6.08 Inches; 244 pages; Athenian Politics examines the limitations and problems attendant upon the use of traditional sources to understand Athenian history. Presenting, in translation, virtually all the sources from which scholars have drawn their conclusions about ancient Athenian society--from contemporary accounts and stone inscriptions to Egyptian papyri--Stanton challenges the way scholars have viewed ancient Athens. Covering the period from the reforms of Solon to the constitutional changes of Kleisthenes, Athenian Politics explores democracy's paradoxical emergence from the actions of an undemocratic noble elite.