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2000rif. 793University of California Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Light shelfwear to DJ.; 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 . 2000. 0520201876 . University of California Press hardcover
8vo, cloth in dj, pp. xx-450, 8 color plates. 74 halftones. 4 tables. 9 maps. . Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart's first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues, concubines, and mysterious death. But until now no modern historian has recounted the full story of Mithradates, the ruthless king and visionary rebel who challenged the power of Rome in the first century BC. In this richly illustrated book - the first biography of Mithradates in fifty years - Adrienne Mayor combines a storyteller's gifts with the most recent archaeological and scientific discoveries to tell the tale of Mithradates as it has never been told before. "The Poison King" describes a life brimming with spectacle and excitement. Claiming Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia as ancestors, Mithradates inherited a wealthy Black Sea kingdom at age fourteen after his mother poisoned his father. He fled into exile and returned in triumph to become a ruler of superb intelligence and fierce ambition. Hailed as a savior by his followers and feared as a second Hannibal by his enemies, he envisioned a grand Eastern empire to rival Rome. After massacring eighty thousand Roman citizens in 88 BC, he seized Greece and modern-day Turkey. Fighting some of the most spectacular battles in ancient history, he dragged Rome into a long round of wars and threatened to invade Italy itself. His uncanny ability to elude capture and surge back after devastating losses unnerved the Romans, while his mastery of poisons allowed him to foil assassination attempts and eliminate rivals. "The Poison King" is a gripping account of one of Rome's most relentless but least understood foes.
1985313 p, bibliography.index. Book
8vo 229 x 152 mm. pp.xi-313. "The Poetics of Consent" breaks new ground in Homeric studies by interpreting the Iliad's depictions of political action in terms of the poetic forces that shaped the Iliad itself. Arguing that consensus is a central theme of the epic, David Elmer analyzes in detail scenes in which the poem's three political communities - Achaeans, Trojans, and Olympian gods-engage in the process of collective decision making. These scenes reflect an awareness of the negotiation involved in reconciling rival versions of the Iliad over centuries. They also point beyond the Iliad's world of gods and heroes to the here-and-now of the poem's performance and reception, in which the consensus over the shape and meaning of the Iliadic tradition is continuously evolving. Elmer synthesizes ideas and methods from literary and political theory, classical philology, anthropology, and folklore studies to construct an alternative to conventional understandings of the Iliad's politics. "The Poetics of Consent" reveals the ways in which consensus and collective decision making determined the authoritative account of the Trojan War that we know as the Iliad.
1993rif. 36666Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber. Very light shelfwear to book and DJ.; 0.8 x 9.36 x 6.38 Inches; 220 pages; Tales of archaic Greek city foundations continue to be told and retold long after the colonies themselves were settled and this book explores how the ancient Greeks constructed their memory of founding new cities overseas. Greek stories about colonizing Sicily or the Black Sea in the seventh century B.C.E. are no more transparent no less culturally constructed than nineteenth-century British tales of empire in India or Africa; they are every bit as much about power language and cultural appropriation. This book brings anthropological and literary theory to bear on the narratives that later Greeks tell about founding colonies and the processes through which the colonized are assimilated into the familiar story-lines metaphors and rituals of the colonizers. The distinctiveness and the universality of the Greek colonial representations are explored through explicit comparison with later European narratives of new world settlement. . 1993. 0195083997 . Oxford University Press hardcover
1985"Besides Homer, there is Hesiod." These words still contain much truth today. Hesiod is a very important poet, and for this reason his two surviving poems, Theogony and Works and Days, deserve to be presented as accurately and attractively as possible. R. M. Frazer has done this: His new translations are faithful to the matter and spirit of the originals, and his commentary makes the poems understandable and enjoyable.Hesiod : Theogony, Works and Days translated with introduvtion and comments by R.M.Frazer. 150p. bibliography.index . Name of previous owner, else as new Book
22x14.5 cm. 137 pages. Hardcover. Cover stained. Cover end spine edges worn. Binding visible between few pages. Else in good condition.
1985xi + 200pp., in the series "Philosophia Antiqua. A series of monographs on ancient philosophy" volume 42, 24cm., softcover (slightly sunfaded), text and interior clean and bright, good condition, F105235
Well illustrated tourist souvenir guide to the Minoan site of Knossos in Crete. Main text in English, captions to illustrations in Greek, French, German, Italian and English. No date (c.1980 ?) 30p.text + 19 leaves of plates, illus (col) diagrams.Large format fold out plan of the site Book
Well illustrated tourist souvenir guide to the Minoan site of Knossos in Crete. Main text in English, captions to illustrations in Greek, French, German, Italian and English. No date (c.1970 ?) 16p. text + 14 leaves of plates, illus (col) diagrams. map Book
1925415p, frontis. with tissue guard, plates bibliography.index. Text neat and clean. Some shelf wear with slight damage to head of spine Book
1925415p, frontis. with tissue guard, plates bibliography. index. Neat tight copy, Spine sun faded, else fine. Donor inscription on ffep. Book
rif. 63096BBAthens., Bernier / Eliades Gallery - Agra Publications., 2016. 21 x 14 cm. 30 S., 1 Blatt. OKarton., 63096BB Erste Auflage. Gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar.
1956x + 255pp., 23cm., publisher's hardcover, dustwrapper (with two repaired tears at backcover), text clean and bright, good condition, F105151
1962xii + 189pp., 23cm., publisher's hardcover in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, dustwrapper (with two small tears), text and interior clean and bright, good condition, F105073
1991rif. x-0792313496Kluwer Academic Pub 1991. Hardcover. New. 746 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.50 inches. Kluwer Academic Pub hardcover
1938THIS VOLUME ONLY. 32x25.5 cm. 320 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly chafed, slightly stained. Spine slightly chafed. Binding slightly visible on title page. Several pages slightly age stained. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
1939xiv + 406pp., 1st edition, 24cm., publisher's hardcover in cloth, text and interior clean and bright, good condition, F105327
1956ix + 347pp. + 8pp. of publisher's advertising, 22cm., publisher's hardcover with gilt lettering on spine, dustwrapper with some signs of wear, text and interior clean and bright, good condition, F105343
1898In-8 p., tutta tela con piccoli strappi, titolo oro al dorso, pp. X,308. Tracce d’uso. Intonso. (text good condition).
1970vii + 222pp., original 1970-edition, in the series "Philosophia Antiqua, A series of Monographs on Ancient Philosophy" volume 17, 25cm., softcover (slghtly sunfaded), pages still uncut, good condition, F105030
1963Selection, Introduction & Commentary By Renford Bambrough. Selections from : Metaphysics, Logic, Physics, Psychology, Ethics, Politics, Poetics. 432p. Crisp, tight copy, name of previous owner. else fine. Book
1971192 p. plates bibliography. index Book
1977"The efforts of the British philhellenes in the Greek War of Independence have never been forgotten by the Greeks. The British themselves, however, have been slow to honour their fellow-countrymen who fought for the first of the new nation states to achieve independence in the nineteenth century. In this account of the movement at home and in the field, Mr. Woodhouse shows that it did not consist merely of Byron plus an entourage of eccentrics, ruffian, and romantics, though there were plenty of all three. They were part of an international movement of protest in which nationalism, religion, radicalism and commercial greed all played a part, as well as sentiment and pure heroism. This is an attempt to widen the context." 264p. bibliography. index Book
