Burkert, Walter; Peter Bing (Trans. )MareMagnum
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2001DJ spine sunned. ; We often think of classical Greek society as a model of rationality and order. Yet as Walter Burkert demonstrates in these influential essays on the history of Greek religion, there were archaic, savage forces surging beneath the outwardly calm face of classical Greece, whose potentially violent and destructive energies, Burkert argues, were harnessed to constructive ends through the interlinked uses of myth and ritual. For example, in a much-cited essay on the Athenian religious festival of the Arrephoria, Burkert uncovers deep connections between this strange nocturnal ritual, in which two virgin girls carried sacred offerings into a cave and later returned with something given to them there, and tribal puberty initiations by linking the festival with the myth of the daughters of Kekrops. Other chapters explore the origins of tragedy in blood sacrifice; the role of myth in the ritual of the new fire on Lemnos; the ties between violence, the Athenian courts, and the annual purification of the divine image; and how failed political propaganda entered the realm of myth at the time of the Persian Wars. ; 0.63 x 9.32 x 6.3 Inches; 152 pages
1996Some pencil notes and marginalia (Jenifer Neils). Some edgewear with laminate lifting along lower edge of rear wrap. Faint creasing. ; This book challenges the widely held view that Greek pottery vases were objects of great value in antiquity, commissioned by rich patrons from the greatest artists of the day. Instead, they are shown to have been simply low cost versions of tableware originally made in silver and gold. Vickers and Gill demonstrates how Greek pottery first came to be regarded as a high value commodity in the eighteenth century thanks to clever, if not fraudulent, sales techniques. They explore the ways in which work in gold and silver influenced painted pottery, and examine the primary sources, both literary and epigraphic, to find what materials the ancients did consider to be important. ; 0.58 x 9.67 x 7.46 Inches; 254 pages
1976Light bump to 1 corner. Light wear to base of spine. Front endpaper tanned. Very Minor shelfwear to book. Former owner's name in pencil to ffep. Dustjacket has edgewear with chipping and small tears. DJ spine slightly sunned. ; One-volume source of information on sites that show remains from the Classical period. Starts from the mid eighth century B. C. Which marks the expansion of Classical culture to the west, with the Hellenic colonization of Sicily and South Italy, and to the eastern shore of the Aegean. Ends with the Sixth century CE but excludes Early Christian sites of the fourth and fifth centuries. ; 1019 pages
1994Dustjacket has edgewear with a couple of small tears. Book has very minor shelfwear. ; The artistic genius of Athens in the fifth century BC reached its peak in the sculpted marble reliefs of the Parthenon frieze. Designed by Phidias and carved by a team of anonymous masons, the frieze adorned the temple of Athena on the Acropolis and represents a festival procession in honour of the Olympian gods. Its original composition and precise meaning, however, have long been the subject of lively debate. Most of what survives of the frieze is now in the British Museum or the Acropolis Museum in Athens; the rest is scattered among a number of European collections. This book reconstructs the frieze in its entirety according to the most up-to-date research, with a detailed scene-by-scene commentary, and the superb quality of the carving is vividly shown in a series of close-up photographs. In his introduction Ian Jenkins places the frieze in its architectural, historical and artistic setting. He discusses the various interpretations suggested by previous scholars, and finally puts forward a view of his own.; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 119 pages
1973Front hinge a bit strained. DJ spine dampstained. Old price sticker to front panel. Minor creasing to DJ. ; Oblong 8vo.; 154 pages
1967Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). DJ has some tears and chipping. ; With 50 four-colour plates, 71 halftone plates, 77 line illustrations, map and chronological table. Looks at the period from 500 to 325 B. C. ; 288 pages
2004Very faint shelfwear. Faint bump to top of spine. ; Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum; 8.2 X 5.3 X 0.5 inches; 144 pages
1968Book has minor shelfwear. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Includes slipcase in VG+ condition (minor scuffing). ; Illustrated. ; Art of the World XXV; 224 pages
1990Underlining and notes in pencil to a few pages. Else minor shelfwear. ; 8.5 X 5.6 X 0.8 inches; 194 pages
2003Gift inscription in pen to ffep: "For Peter, with best wishes, John" [Pollini? ]. Else book is fine. ; 9.9 X 7.1 X 0.5 inches; 85 pages
1985Initial in ink to front inner cover 'N' (Jenifer Neils). Very faint dampstaining to front cover. ; Cincinnati Classical Studies New Series Volume V. ; 119 pages
1970Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; Large 8vo. 281pp, illustrated. Looks at the The Myth of Theseus and the reception of the myth from Bronze Age Greece to the Medieval era. ; Large 8vo; 281 pages
2000Some underlining and notes by Jenifer Neils to some pages. Handwritten pages and review of book by Neils tipped in. Else VG. Light edgewear to DJ. ; 0.77 x 8.57 x 6.23 Inches; 212 pages; Margaretha Lagerlöf provides a complete overview of current knowledge of the sculptures of the Parthenon and offers new interpretations of the ancient temple`s sculptural creations in this book. She considers what the sculptures reveal about the Greek sense of democracy, the nature of women`s lives, and the relationship between human beings and the gods.
2005Minor creasing to first few pages. ; This book is a focused study on the Greek tripod cauldron, the most revered religious symbol in Greek culture, and its multiple dimensions. At the core of its analysis is the visual apparatus of the early bronze tripods, which, as early as the 8th century, take the form of spear-brandishing warriors and, later in the 7th century, as handle holding youths. Traditional interpretations of these bronze images have neglected their original function on top of tripods. This study examines for the first time the iconography of these attachments in light of two considerations: first, the function of the tripod as symbol of authoritative discourse and political power in Early Greek culture and second the communicative role of images in the preliterate contexts of Early Greek sanctuaries, the specification of which informs the analysis in the last three chapters. The Visual Poetics of Power: Warriors, Youths, and Tripods in Early Greece has far-reaching implications for contemporary scholarship of early Greek culture: the performative contexts of epic poetry, the social function of early Greek works of art, and the communicative function of figurative art in preliterate contexts. ; Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches; 8.9 X 5.8 X 0.7 inches; 312 pages
1950Chipping and creasing to edges of wraps. Light browning to wraps. ; 68pp, 14pls, + folding plans.; 68 pages
1881Bound in 1/4 leather, decorative boards. Profusely illustrated. Backstrrip worn, chipped at bottom with some loss at head. Some minor smudging and small stains on a few pages. Corners creased on a few pages. Front hinge starting to crack. ; Reprint of the 1846 ed. ; 371 pages
1964Upper corners lightly bumped. Long note to ffep (gift inscription to scholar Emmett Robbins) in pen. ; Reprint of the 1964 ed. 160pp, illustrated.; 135 pages
1904Front board detached but held with small strip of binding tape. Rear hinge cracked. Tears along spine joints with some loss to head of spine. Front board has some cloth cover torn. Corners edgeworn. Reading copy only; Greek Text with English Introduction and Commentary, and translation. ; 252 pages
1971Very Minor shelfwear to book. Former owner's name stamped to ffep (J. D. Fitton). ; 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
1992Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Minor creasing lower corner of DJ. ; The purpose of this book is to acquaint a wider audience with an archaeological project that could hardly be more revolutionary: the effective discovery and excavation, from 1952 onwards, of the first Greek establishment in the West, Euboean Pithekoussai on the island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples. This vast trading settlement is not at all typical of the Western colonial scene. Pithekoussi is very large and very early, and it marks the northern limit of Greek South Italy; furthermore, the earliest immigrants may not all have been Greek. This book about Pithekoussai and its implications is based on Giorgio Buchner's excavations there, which have revealed a variety of component sites so far without parallel in the contemporary Greek homeland. The cemetery, the acropolis dump and suburban industrial quarter each shed light on a different aspect of everyday life at one of the great crossroads of antiquity. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 200 pages
1973Minor shelfwear. Former owner's name on ffep. Book does not lie flat. ; 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
1982Small tear to head of spine. ; Xviii, 202pp, illustrated. A leading authority on classical games here provides a comprehensive study of the practice of combat sports in the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, and the Near East. Describing and analyzing the sports of boxing, wrestling, stick-fighting, and pankration, Michael B. Poliakoff discusses such topics as the function of competition and violent games in ancient society; on the social background of the participants, showing the broad spectrum of Greek athletic personnel; on the significance of the appearance of combat sport in myth and literature; and on the alleged cultic functions of the ancient combat sports. The book is copiously illustrated with photographs of numerous objects rarely or never before published. ; Beiträge Zur Klassischen Philologie Heft 146; 202 pages
1937Scholar's name to ffep (T. J. Dunbabin). Faint rounding to upper corners. Light rubbing to boards. ; 576 pages; Traces the diffusion of the Greek city as a political institution through the lands of the Roman Empire bordering on the eastern Mediterranean over a period extending from Alexander's conquest to the sixth century. Chapters: Thrace, Asia, Lycia, the Gauls, Pamphylia, Pisidia and Lycaonia, Bithynia and Pontus, Cappadocia, Cilicia, Mesopotamia and Armenia, Syria, Egypt, Cyrenaica, Cyprus.
1901Minor fraying to head of spine. Endpapers foxed. Light bumping along lower edges of boards. ; 341 pages
1965Light shelfwear to book. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). DJ spine a bit browned. DJ has some chipping and a few small tears. Some scuffing to DJ. ; 176 pages; The principal theme is the process of consolidation of the Graeco-Roman world under the first Princeps.