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1967DJ has sunning and some discoloration. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). ; The Mycenaean Age / C. W. Blegen --Prologue to Parmenides / G. Santillana --Greek historical studies / B. D. Meritt --Byzantium and Byzantinism / R. Jenkins --The classical ideal in Greek sculpture / B. Ashmole --Twentieth century approaches to Plato / W. K. C. Guthrie --Ammianus Marcellinus, soldier-historian of the late Roman Empire / H. T. Rowell --Homer and the Homeric problem / G. F. Else. ; University of Cincinnati Classical Studies, 1; 365 pages
1946Foxing to top of textblock. Very Slight spine slant. Faint sunning to spine. Scholar's name to inner cover (Cedric Boulter) with some bibliographical notes. Endpapers tanned. ; There are over 140 illustrations including pull-out diagrams of theatre remains. ; 288 pages; Chapter titles include: The Theatre Before Lycurgus: Evidence of the Plays; Special Problems of The Theatre Before Lycurgus; the Lycurgean Theatre; The Hellenistic Theatre; The Theatre in the Roman Period
1994Minor pencilling to a few pages. ; Reprint of the 1994 ed. Xiv, 250pp. This is a study of Greek myths in relation to the society in which they were originally told. It does not re-tell the myths; rather, it offers an analysis of how myths played a fundamental role in the lives of the Greeks. The relation between reality and fantasy is discussed by means of three case studies: the landscape, the family, and religion. Most of all, this book seeks to demonstrate how the seemingly endless variations of Greek mythology are a product of its particular people, place, and time. ; 250 pages
1971Upper corners slightly rounded. Minor shelfwear. ; 40 pl. ; The Athenian Agora. Volume XX; 44 pages
1995Tear to pastedown covering rear inner hinge (6 cm). Rear hinge still strong. Else fine. ; The Athenian Agora. Volume XXVII; 12.5 X 8.9 X 1.1 inches; 269 pages
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