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Greek Athletics in the Roman World
Victory and Virtue
Av Zahra Newby
E-bok, 2005
3040 kr
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The enduring importance of Greek athletic training and competition during the period of the Roman Empire has been a neglected subject in past scholarship on the ancient world. This book examines the impact that Greek athletics had on the Roman world, approaching it through the plentiful surviving …
Material Dynamics of Festivals in the Graeco-Roman East
Av Zahra Newby
E-bok, 2023
1227 kr
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The Material Dynamics of Festivals in the Graeco-Roman East explores the various ways in which the experience of civic festivals in the Graeco-Roman East was created and framed by material culture. By the second and third centuries AD, Greek festivals were thriving across the eastern Mediterranean. …
Material Dynamics of Festivals in the Graeco-Roman East
Av Zahra Newby
E-bok, 2023
1227 kr
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The Material Dynamics of Festivals in the Graeco-Roman East explores the various ways in which the experience of civic festivals in the Graeco-Roman East was created and framed by material culture. By the second and third centuries AD, Greek festivals were thriving across the eastern Mediterranean. …
The Material Dynamics of Festivals in the Graeco-Roman East
Av Zahra Newby
Inbunden, 2023
1373 kr
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The Material Dynamics of Festivals in the Graeco-Roman East explores the various ways in which the experience of civic festivals in the Graeco-Roman East was created and framed by material culture. By the second and third centuries AD, Greek festivals were thriving across the eastern Mediterranean. …
Greek Athletics in the Roman World
Victory and Virtue
Av Zahra Newby
Inbunden, 2005
4631 kr
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The enduring importance of Greek athletic training and competition during the period of the Roman Empire has been a neglected subject in past scholarship on the ancient world. This book examines the impact that Greek athletics had on the Roman world, approaching it through the plentiful surviving …
Materiality of Mourning
Cross-disciplinary Perspectives
Häftad, 2020
704 kr
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Tangible remains play an important role in our relationships with the dead; they are pivotal to how we remember, mourn and grieve. The chapters in this volume analyse a diverse range of objects and their role in the processes of grief and mourning, with contributions by scholars in anthropology, …
Art and Inscriptions in the Ancient World
Av Zahra Newby, Ruth Leader-Newby
Inbunden, 2006
1677 kr
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The ancient visual environment was packed with instances where words and images appeared side by side: statues with dedicatory inscriptions, labels on paintings or mosaics, or complex juxtapositions of images and engraved texts on funerary monuments. In the past these elements have often been …
Materiality of Mourning
Cross-disciplinary Perspectives
Inbunden, 2018
2504 kr
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Tangible remains play an important role in our relationships with the dead; they are pivotal to how we remember, mourn and grieve. The chapters in this volume analyse a diverse range of objects and their role in the processes of grief and mourning, with contributions by scholars in anthropology, …
Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture
Imagery, Values and Identity in Italy, 50 BC-AD 250
Av Zahra Newby
Inbunden, 2016
1887 kr
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Images of episodes from Greek mythology are widespread in Roman art, appearing in sculptural groups, mosaics, paintings and reliefs. They attest to Rome's enduring fascination with Greek culture, and its desire to absorb and reframe that culture for new ends. This book provides a comprehensive …
Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture
Imagery, Values and Identity in Italy, 50 BC-AD 250
Av Zahra Newby
Häftad, 2020
687 kr
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Images of episodes from Greek mythology are widespread in Roman art, appearing in sculptural groups, mosaics, paintings and reliefs. They attest to Rome's enduring fascination with Greek culture, and its desire to absorb and reframe that culture for new ends. This book provides a comprehensive …
Materiality of Mourning
Cross-disciplinary Perspectives
E-bok, 2018
807 kr
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Tangible remains play an important role in our relationships with the dead; they are pivotal to how we remember, mourn and grieve. The chapters in this volume analyse a diverse range of objects and their role in the processes of grief and mourning, with contributions by scholars in anthropology, …
Materiality of Mourning
Cross-disciplinary Perspectives
E-bok, 2018
831 kr
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Tangible remains play an important role in our relationships with the dead; they are pivotal to how we remember, mourn and grieve. The chapters in this volume analyse a diverse range of objects and their role in the processes of grief and mourning, with contributions by scholars in anthropology, …
Athletics in the Ancient World
Av Zahra Newby
Häftad, 2006
312 kr
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The athletic competitions that took place during festivals like that at Olympia, or within the confines of city gymnasia, were a key feature of life in ancient Greece. From the commemoration of victorious athletes in poetry or sculpture to the archaeological remains of baths, gymnasia and stadia, …
Experiencing Festivals in Ancient Greece
Sensations, Emotions, Memories, Mediations
Av Xavier Buxton, Eric Csapo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1730 kr
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What did it feel like to participate in a Greek festival? How did smells, sights, and sounds engage ordinary citizens in the proceedings? How was such experience incorporated in the textual and material representation or commemoration of festivals? This book addresses these questions, partly with …
