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29 produkter
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages
Inbunden, 2004
5138 kr
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages is the first comprehensive reference work treating all of the languages of antiquity. Clear and systematic in its approach, the Encyclopedia combines full linguistic coverage of all the well documented ancient languages, representing …
The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology
Häftad, 2008
653 kr
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Professor Roger Woodard brings together a group of the world's most authoritative scholars of classical myth to present a thorough treatment of all aspects of Greek mythology. Sixteen original articles guide the reader through all aspects of the ancient mythic tradition and its influence around the …
The Ancient Languages of Europe
Häftad, 2008
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838 kr
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This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Europe, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of …
The Ancient Languages of Asia Minor
Häftad, 2008
838 kr
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This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Asia Minor, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set …
Indo-European Sacred Space
Vedic and Roman Cult
Inbunden, 2006
667 kr
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Explaining the survival of Proto-Indo-European cultic spaces in Vedic India and ancient Rome
Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer
A Linguistic Interpretation of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet and the Continuity of Ancient Greek Literacy
Inbunden, 1997
3697 kr
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This text examines the origin of the Greek alphabet and treats the advent of the alphabet script as a point which lies along an unbroken continuum of Greek literacy. Woodard argues that those persons responsible for adapting the Phoenician consonantal script for Greek use were scribes accustomed to …
Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer
A Linguistic Interpretation of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet and the Continuity of Ancient Greek Literacy
E-bok, 1997
2322 kr
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Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer examines the origin of the Greek alphabet. Departing from previous accounts, Roger Woodard places the advent of the alphabet within an unbroken continuum of Greek literacy beginning in the Mycenean era. He argues that the creators of the Greek alphabet, who …
Indo-European Sacred Space
Vedic and Roman Cult
E-bok, 2010
585 kr
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In Indo-European Sacred Space, Roger D. Woodard provides a careful examination of the sacred spaces of ancient Rome, finding them remarkably consistent with older Indo-European religious practices as described in the Vedas of ancient India. Employing and expanding on the fundamental methods of …
The Ancient Languages of Asia and the Americas
Häftad, 2008
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838 kr
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This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Asia and the Americas, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some …
The Ancient Languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum
Häftad, 2008
838 kr
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This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in …
The Ancient Languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia
Häftad, 2008
838 kr
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This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Syria-Palestine and Arabia, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some …
The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology
Inbunden, 2007
1274 kr
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Professor Roger Woodard brings together a group of the world's most authoritative scholars of classical myth to present a thorough treatment of all aspects of Greek mythology. Sixteen original articles guide the reader through all aspects of the ancient mythic tradition and its influence around the …
Divination and Prophecy in the Ancient Greek World
Inbunden, 2023
1322 kr
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This volume examines the phenomena of ancient Greek prophecy and divination. With contributions from a distinguished, international cast of scholars, it offers fresh perspectives and interpretations of key aspects of these practices. Considering issues such as comparativism, ethnography, cognitive …
Aeolic and Aeolians
Origins of an Ancient Greek Language and its Community of Speakers
E-bok, 2024
2014 kr
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Aeolic and Aeolians
Origins of an Ancient Greek Language and its Community of Speakers
E-bok, 2024
2014 kr
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Aeolic and Aeolians
Origins of an Ancient Greek Language and its Community of Speakers
Inbunden, 2024
1895 kr
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Aeolic and Aeolians explores the origin of an ancient Greek language and the beginnings and evolution of the community of its speakers – the Aeolians. Roger Woodard argues that the starting point for both is situated in Asia Minor during the period of the Late Bronze Age, and that the ancestral …
Myth, Ritual, and Society in Mycenaean Anatolia
Identifying Asian Influences
E-bok, 2025
1511 kr
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Myth, Ritual, and Society in Mycenaean Anatolia
Identifying Asian Influences
Inbunden, 2025
1493 kr
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Despite the Mycenaean Linear B script having been deciphered some seventy years ago, much has remained uncertain regarding the ritual ideology of Mycenaean society that the Linear B documents reveal. Roger Woodard here explores this problem by investigating a new range of sources from the Late …
Myth, Ritual, and Society in Mycenaean Anatolia
Identifying Asian Influences
E-bok, 2025
1511 kr
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The Cambridge World History of Mythology and Mythography: Volume 2
Inbunden, 2027
2146 kr
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The Cambridge History of Mythology and Mythography offers a comprehensive overview of the history, theory, and practice of mythic analysis. From antiquity to the present day, and from the Americas to Africa, Eurasia, and Oceania, it demonstrates how mythic traditions have played a seminal role in a …
The Cambridge World History of Mythology and Mythography: Volume 1
Inbunden, 2027
2054 kr
Kommande
The Cambridge History of Mythology and Mythography offers a comprehensive overview of the history, theory, and practice of mythic analysis. From antiquity to the present day, and from the Americas to Africa, Eurasia, and Oceania, it demonstrates how mythic traditions have played a seminal role in a …
Myth, Ritual, and the Warrior in Roman and Indo-European Antiquity
Inbunden, 2013
1947 kr
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This book examines the figure of the returning warrior as depicted in the myths of several ancient and medieval Indo-European cultures. In these cultures, the returning warrior was often portrayed as a figure rendered dysfunctionally destructive or isolationist by the horrors of combat. This mythic …
The Textualization of the Greek Alphabet
Inbunden, 2014
2054 kr
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In this book, Roger D. Woodard argues that when the Greeks first began to use the alphabet, they viewed themselves as participants in a performance phenomenon conceptually modeled on the performances of the oral poets. Since a time older than Greek antiquity, the oral poets of Indo-European …
Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology
E-bok, 2007
638 kr
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Professor Roger Woodard brings together a group of the world''s most authoritative scholars of classical myth to present a thorough treatment of all aspects of Greek mythology. Sixteen original articles guide the reader through all aspects of the ancient mythic tradition and its influence around …
Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology
E-bok, 2007
624 kr
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Professor Roger Woodard brings together a group of the world''s most authoritative scholars of classical myth to present a thorough treatment of all aspects of Greek mythology. Sixteen original articles guide the reader through all aspects of the ancient mythic tradition and its influence around …
Textualization of the Greek Alphabet
E-bok, 2014
2230 kr
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In this book, Roger D. Woodard argues that when the Greeks first began to use the alphabet, they viewed themselves as participants in a performance phenomenon conceptually modeled on the performances of the oral poets. Since a time older than Greek antiquity, the oral poets of Indo-European …
Textualization of the Greek Alphabet
E-bok, 2014
2182 kr
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In this book, Roger D. Woodard argues that when the Greeks first began to use the alphabet, they viewed themselves as participants in a performance phenomenon conceptually modeled on the performances of the oral poets. Since a time older than Greek antiquity, the oral poets of Indo-European …
Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages
E-bok, 2004
5123 kr
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World''s Ancient Languages is the first comprehensive reference work treating all of the languages of antiquity. Clear and systematic in its approach, the Encyclopedia combines full linguistic coverage of all the well documented ancient languages, representing …
Aeschylus
Aspects of Power and Violence
Inbunden, 2026
2193 kr
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Violence and power are fundamental ideas to Aeschylean poetry. This work is an original examination of particular ways in which Aeschylus inculcates into his tragedies expressions of the exercise of power and the purveying of violence. The seven contributions in this volume are the work of a team …
