Thomas, RosalindMareMagnum
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1992Very minor shelfwear else Fine. ; Despite its written literature, ancient Greece was in many ways an oral society. This is the first serious attempt to study the implications of this view. Dr Thomas stresses the coexistence of literacy and oral tradition in Greece and examines their character and interaction. Concentrating on the plentiful evidence from Classical Athens, she shows how the use of writing developed only gradually and under the influence of the previous oral communication. Drawing on anthropological discussion, the author isolates different types of Athenian oral tradition, building up a picture of Athens' traditions about its past and examining why they changed and disappeared. This study provides crucial insights into the methods and achievements of the Greek historians. It also has major implications for the interpretation of ancient literacy. ; Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 321 pages
1968Former owner's embossed seal on ffep and titlepage. Light foxing to textblock. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and small tears now protected in mylar. Light browning to DJ. DJ is price-clipped. ; This book is written in the belief that a proper understanding of Greek civilization in antiquity requires some knowledge of its background of seafaring. A knowledge of nautical practice is required for an understanding of some passages of Greek poetry and prose writing, and for a correct interpretation of numerous historical events. This is an attempt at a thorough study of the evidence, both literary and archaeological. Modern reference books tend to repeat the misconceptions of nineteenth-century scholars. In contrast, Mr Morrison and Mr Williams have written a scholarly and scientific study of the subject. They collect in this volume evidence for Greek oared ships between 900 and 322 BC. The book is primarily a catalogue of decorated pottery and quotations from literature and from naval inventories. The pottery is illustrated by diagrams and plates; and the quotations are given in full. ; 356 pages
1968First 9 pages are loose but present. Former classics scholar's name on ffep (T. D. Barnes) ; Begins with the foundation of the city in the tenth century B. C and covers gradual expansion of Spartan authority in the Peloponnese until her collapse and eventual Roman Roman conquest of 195 BC. ; Classical History and Literature; 160 pages
1936Former classics scholar's name on ffep (Mary E. White). Spine cover is split along one side but still holding. Chipping to top of spine. Spine is faded. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; Survey of Greek history from the end of the Persian wars to the death of Alexander the Great. ; Methuen's History of the Greek and Roman World; 492 pages
1926Former owner's name on ffep. Pencil underlining and marginalia on a few pages. Chipping to head and heel of spine. Spine is faded. ; With 32 full page illustrations from photographs. Looks at the archaeology, culture and history of Minoan Crete. ; 315 pages
1962Author knows the background, the culture and the history of Greece, and packs an amazing amount of into his account of his visit to Greece. ; 203 pages
1970DJ is price-clipped and has minor shelfwear. One discolored spot on front board. ; 76 Photographs, 46 Line Drawings, 7 Maps. An introduction to the social and cultural history of the Eastern Greeks. ; Ancient Peoples and Places; 268 pages
1964Laminate slightly lifting along DJ spine. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear with chipping in a couple of places and rubbing. DJ is price-clipped. ; 66 Photographs, 67 Line Drawings, 4 Maps and 3 tables. Examines the literary and archaeological evidence of the Mycenaean civilization until their decline after the invasion of the Doric tribes in 1300 BC. ; Ancient Peoples and Places; 243 pages
1968Laminate slightly lifting along DJ spine. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear with a couple of small tears and edgewear to corners as well as light rubbing. DJ is price-clipped. ; 67 Photographs, 22 Line Drawings, 1 map. Discusses the city of Constantinople from the first colonization of the site by the Greeks to about the year 1700, when it was the center of the Ottoman Empire with special emphasis between AD 330 and 1453.; Ancient Peoples and Places; 198 pages
1997Explores the religious motivations for pilgrimage and reveals the main preoccupations of worshippers in Ancient Greece. Dillon examines the main sanctuaries of Delphi, Epidauros and Olympia, as well as the lesser known oracle of Didyma in Asia Minor and the festivals at the Isthmus of Corinth. He discusses the modes of travel to the sites, means of communication between pilgrims and the religious and ritual practices at the sanctuaries themselves. A unique insight into pilgrimage in ancient Greece is presented, focusing on the diverse aspects of pilgrimage; the role of women and children, the religious festivals of different ethnic groups and the colorful celebrations including music, athletics and equestrian events; 308 pages
1914Slightly worn corners. Slight chipping to top of spine. Minor tanning to pages. ; Handbuch Der Klassischen Altertumswissenschaft, III Band, 4. Abeteilung; 377 pages
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.