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1962Former owner's name and blindstamp to half-title. Bumping and edgewear to corners. Some soiling to boards. Spine a bit browned. ; Illustrated. ; 224 pages
1997Scholar's initial to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). Else very faint shelfwear. ; 0.92 x 9.18 x 6.11 Inches; 320 pages; Cheese, wine, honey and olive oil--four of Greece's best known contributions to culinary culture- -were already well known four thousand years ago. Remains of honeycombs and of cheeses have been found under the volcanic ash of the Santorini eruption of 1627 BC. Over the millennia, Greek food diversified and absorbed neighboring traditions, yet retained its own distinctive character. In Siren Feasts, Andrew Dalby provides the first serious social history of Greek food. He begins with the tunny fishers of the neolithic age, and traces the story through the repertoire of classical Greece, the reputations of Lydia for luxury and of Sicily and South Italy for sybaritism, to the Imperial synthesis of varying traditions, with a look forward to the Byzantine cuisine and the development of the modern Greek menu. The apples of the Hesperides turn out to be lemons, and great favour attaches to Byzantine biscuits. Fully documented and comprehensively illustrated, scholarly yet immensely readable, Siren Feasts demonstrates the social construction placed upon different types of food at different periods (was fish a luxury item in classical Athens, though disdained by Homeric heroes? ). It places diet in an economic and agricultural context; and it provides a history of mentalities in relation to a subject which no human being can ignore.
1964Minor staining to Dustjacket. Light shelfwear to DJ. Scholar's name to ffep (Philippa Goold née Forder). ; Contents: Equipment for Hunting; Breeds of hounds; care of hounds; Hare Hunting; Antlers and Horns; Other Game. Xenophon's Cynegeticus; Onomasticon of Julius Pollux; Arrian's Cynegeticus. Includes a catalogue of animals.
1950DJ is present but is split and in poor condition. Minor shelfwear to book. Pages slightly tanned. Former owner's name on ffep. ; 174 pages
1991Jerome Lectures 11; 108 pages; A survey of how Greek historians explained the conditions of a state's success and the dangers of power.
1970Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Minor shelfwear. ; 155pp, 10 line-drawings, + 4pls. ; Ancient Culture and Society; 155 pages
1970Upper corners a bit bumped. Else minor shelfwear. ; An account of the Spartans' political and military achievements from the time of the great migrations until the beginning of the Persian wars before 490 BC; 164 pages
1972Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Minor shelfwear. ; Describes the region & country of Argos; the relationship between the Argives and their neighbours; and the role of the Argives as the leaders of a 'third force' in mainland Greek history, where they challenged the supremacy of the Spartans in Peloponnesian affairs. ; States and Cities of Ancient Greece; 289 pages
1990Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Old price sticker to ffep. ; 0.88 x 8.75 x 5.69 Inches; 214 pages; The Greeks had a word for it, and the word was demokratia, a compound of demos (`the people') and kratos (`power or rule'). But it is significant that the first occurrence of the word in surviving Greek literature is in Herodotus' History, which he was writing during the third quarter of the fifth century BC. It was perhaps coined in the period following the reforms of the last decade of the sixth, which later won fame for Cleisthenes as `the man who gave the Athenians their democracy'. In 431 BC Pericles could claim that the Athenian system of government was unique, and an example to every other society in Greece. It is the object of this book to explain to the modern reader what the institutions of the classical Athenian democracy were, how they worked, and what assumptions underlay them. It is principally concerned with the fully developed democracy of the post-Ephialtic period; but a chapter is devoted to tracing the broad development of the Athenian constitution from the reforms of Solon in the early sixth century to those of Ephialtes in the late 460s, so that the developed democracy can be seen in its proper historical context. Stockton incorporates recent important work by historians, epigraphists, and archaeologists into his study.
1970Scholar's bookplate to ffep (Jenifer Neils). DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and a couple of small tears. ; 925 pages
1986Dustjacket has edgewear with minor chipping and a couple of small tears. Minor discoloration to DJ spine. Slight spine slant. ; With a foreword by Bernard Knox. ; 392 pages; The black hunter travels through the mountains and forests of Greek mythology, living on the frontier of the city-state, of adulthood, of class, of ethics, of sexuality. Taking its title from this figure, The Black Hunter approaches the Greek world from its margins and charts the elaborate system of oppositions that pervaded Greek culture and society: cultivated and wild, citizen and foreigner, real and imaginary, god and man. Organizing his discussions around four principle themes -- space and time; youth and warriors; women, slaves, and artisans; and the city of vision and of reality -- Pierre Vidal-Naquet focuses on the congruence of the textual and the actual, on the patterns that link literary, philosophical, and historical works with such social activities as war, slavery, education, and commemoration. The Black Hunter probes the interplay of world view, language, and social practice "to bring into dialogue that which does not naturally communicate according to the usual criteria of historical judgement.
1976Light foxing to boards. Minor edgewear to DJ. DJ spine is sunned. ; Photographs; 9.9 X 8.1 X 1.1 inches; 183 pages
2016The extraordinary story of the loss and rediscovery of the city that fought Troy, told through archaeology, literature, and poetic black-and-white photographyThe Mycenaean civilization flourished more than 800 years before the classical Greeks, with a complex society, strong artistic tendencies, and a distinct system of writing. Famous for its lion gate and citadel, Mycenae was long believed to be the city that fought Troy in Homer’s epic, the Iliad. But after flourishing nearly three thousand years ago the society vanished, becoming nothing more than a legend. Mycenae: From Myth to History brings readers into the heart of this mystery, as it was being solved, through lively text, stunning photographs, and an original take on Greek history and mythology. ; 10.8 X 8.8 X 1.3 inches; 288 pages
1975Rear Hinge cracked. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Some pencil underlining. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 577 pages
1984Pages tanned. Faint underlining in ink and pencil to a few pages. ; Fontana History of the Ancient World; 0.88 x 8.25 x 5.42 Inches; 328 pages; The art of classical Greece and its political and philosophical ideas, have had a profound influence on Western civilization. It was in the fifth and fourth centuries BC that this culture reached its zenith, and it is this period that is examined in this book. The art of classical Greece, and its political and philosophical ideas, have had a profound influence on Western civilization. It was in the fifth and fourth centuries BC that this culture - material, political and intellectual - reached its zenith, and it is this period that is examined in this book.
1986Pages tanned. Minor ink notes and underlining. Spine sunned. ; Fontana History of the Ancient World; 320 pages; Within the space of 300 years, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple society into a sophisticated civilization which dominated the shores of the Mediterranean. This book places the development of Greece in the context of Mediterranean civilization. Within the space of three centuries, up to the great Persian invasion of 480BC, Greece was transformed from a simple peasant society into a sophisticated civilization which dominated the shores of the Mediterranean from Spain to Syria and from the Crimea to Egypt - a culture whose achievements in the fields of art, science, philosophy and politics were to establish the canons of the Western world. The author of this book places this development in the context of Mediterranean civilization, providing an account of the transformation that launched Western culture.
1995Review of book tipped in. Dustjacket has faint creasing; 0.85 x 9.32 x 6.32 Inches; 240 pages; Theseus is celebrated as the greatest of Athenian heroes. This work explores what he meant to the Athenians at the height of their city-state in the fifth century B. C. Assembling material that has been scattered in scholarly works, Henry Walker examines the evidence for the development of themyth and cult of Theseus in the archaic age. He then looks to major works of classical literature in which Theseus figures, exploring the contradictions between the archaic, primitive side of his character and his refurbished image as the patron of democracy. His ambiguous nature as outsider, flouting accepted standards of behavior, while at the same time being a hero-king and a representative of higher ideals, is analyzed through his representations in the work of Bacchylides, Euripides, and Sophocles. This is the only work of scholarship that examines the literary representation ofTheseus so thoroughly. It brings to life a literary character whose virtues, flaws, and contradictions belong in no less a degree to his creators, the people of Athens.
1977Book and DJ has minor shelfwear. ; An illustrated account of the Thrace and the Thracian world from an artistic and archaeological perspective. ; 160 pages
1974Light edgewear. ; 116pp, well illustrated. Revised edition of Brief Guide to the department of ancient art. ; 116 pages
1979Light tanning to pages. Faint crease to ffep. DJ has very minor shelfwear. ; “This study explores a neglected aspect of history: the precautions upon which depended the existence of city-states, great and small, and even of a few rustic communities. Social as well as political stresses impelled the ancient Greeks to build innumerable fortifications of astonishing diversity; the book refers, merely for points of special interest, to hundreds of remains still visible in the homeland, many along the Turkish and the Italian coasts, and some in countries as remote as Spain and Afghanistan. ”; 552 pages
1986Old price sticker to front inner cover. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; 208 pages; This authoritative study of Greek insects treats not only the obvious questions of their identity--in modern terms of species and genera--but also such topics as the etymologies (both formal and popular) of the various insect names, the folklore, religious and other signficant associations, and the differences in attitude shown toward them by the ancient and modern world. Patterned after two famous studies by D'Arcy Thompson--A Glossary of Greek Birds and A Glossary of Greek Fishes--this volume provides a meticulous survey of the topic, examining the ancient literature and the enormous secondary literature connected with it, as well as the most recent scientific findings. Like Thompson's glossaries, this work focuses primarily on evidence from literature and art, with later evidence brought in only when needed for a full understanding of the facts. Compiled by a classics scholar working with a zoologist, this glossary provides alphabetically-arranged entries on such common insects as the ant, the louse, the butterfly, the wasp, the bedbug, the cricket, and the praying mantis. The first comprehensive study on this subject, Greek Insects belongs on the bookshelf of every Greek scholar, and it will be of considerable interest to educated readers.
1996Large stamp to verso of dedication page for the John Deyell company with number written in. Else book is fine. ; An important contribution to social history, linking the life and nature of the polis with its festivals and rituals and the legends which went with them and used for the elucidation of a state's self-identity. ; Phoenix Supplementary Volume; 1 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 287 pages
1986Small bump to lower edge of front board. DJ has chipping and small tears along top edge. Minor creasing to DJ. ; 446pp, illustrated.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 882 pages
1995Minor pen underlining to about 4 pages or so. Minor shelfwear. ; From 'daily life' to 'demography' / Beryl Rawson --Ideology and 'the status of women' in ancient Greece / Marilyn A. Katz --Approaching women through myth : vital tool or self-delusion? / Ken Dowden --Signifying difference : the myth of Pandora / Froma I. Zeitlin --The cults of Demeter and Kore / Lucia Nixon --Women's ritual and men's work in ancient Athens / Lin Foxholl --Women's identity and the family in the classical polis / Sarah B. Pomeroy --Some Pythagorean female virtues / Voula Lambropoulou --Self-help, self-knowledge : in search of the patient in Hippocratic gynaecology / Helen King --Women who suffer from a man's disease : the example of satyriasis and the debate on affections specific to the sexes / Danielle Gourevitch --Re-reading (Vestal) virginity / Mary Beard --Male power and legitimacy through women : the domus Augusta under the Julio-Claudians / Mireille Corbier --Women and elections in Pompeii / Lisa Savunen --A women's voice - Laronia's role in Juvenal Satire 2 / S. H. Braund --Aemilia Pudentilla : or the wealthy widow's choice / Elaine Fattham --Female sancity in the Greek calendar : the Synaxarion of Constaninople / Anna Wilson. ; 271 pages
19951 page is miscut by publisher and is corner creased. Scholar's name to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). Else minor shelfwear. ; Greece and Gender is the title of two interdisciplinary workshops given at the then newly inaugurated Norwegian Institute for classics, archaeology and cultural history at Athens. The first workshop, held in February 1990, brought together people who are interested in the gender aspects of Greek past or present. The next workshop took place a year later, focussing more specifically on the transgressions and ambiguities of gender. Both workshops were initiated by Brit Berggreen, whose fields encompass cultural history, regional ethnology and gender perspectives, but who is a novice to the empirical materials of ancient Greece. From an early stage, Nanno Marinatos took part as a co-organizer, representing ancient archaeology, philology and religion. Without this close cooperation it would not have been possible to produce this publication. ContentsPreface1. BRIT BERGGREEN : Gendering Greece : IntroductionPART I. BATTLE AND HARMONY: GENDER ROLES AND GENDER INVERSION AS AFFIRMATION OF SOCIAL ORDER2. NANNO MARIN ATOS : Battle and harmony. The women in the Odyssey3. HELENE WHITTAKER: Gender roles in the Odyssey4. ANNE-BRITT HØIBYE: A joke with the inevitable: Men as women and women as men in Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazousai and Ekklesiazousai5. SYNNOVE DES BOUVRIE: Gender and the games at Olympia6. BRIT BERGGREEN : Realities and wishful thinking: On the women's celebration of 8th January in contemporary GreecePART II. FANTASY: HERMAPHRODITES AND APHRODITE IN ARMS7. AILEEN AJOOTIAN: Monstrum or Daimon: Hermaphrodites in ancient art and culture8. JOHAN FLEMBERG: The transformations of the armed AphroditePART III. CROSS DRESSING AND GENDER CONFUSION9. JOHN C. B. PETROPOULOS: Transvestite virgin with a cause: The Acta Pauli et Theclae and late antique proto-'feminism'10. KARI VOGT. The "Woman Monk": A theme in Byzantine hagiography11. VOULA LAMBROPOULOU: Reversal of gender roles in Ancient Greece and Venezuela12. M. -G. LILY STYLIANOUDI: On transvestism13. MARIANNE GRODUM: Performance of womanhood: Women contesting gender ideas in modern Greece14. NANNO MARINATOS: Greece and Gender: A synthesis; Papers from the Norwegian Institute At Athens 2; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 184 pages