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12 produkter
12 produkter
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Theories of Mythology provides students with both a history of theories of myth and a practical 'how-to' guide to interpreting myth, the most elementary form of narrative. Both a history of theories of myth and a practical ‘how-to’ guide to interpreting myth.Introduces the major theories of myth from the nineteenth century to the present day.Covers comparative approaches, psychoanalysis, ritual theories of myth, structuralism, and ideological analysis.Supplies readers with the theoretical tools for imitating each method.Features detailed exemplary readings of familiar myths.
550 kr
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Theories of Mythology provides students with both a history of theories of myth and a practical 'how-to' guide to interpreting myth, the most elementary form of narrative. Both a history of theories of myth and a practical ‘how-to’ guide to interpreting myth.Introduces the major theories of myth from the nineteenth century to the present day.Covers comparative approaches, psychoanalysis, ritual theories of myth, structuralism, and ideological analysis.Supplies readers with the theoretical tools for imitating each method.Features detailed exemplary readings of familiar myths.
1 420 kr
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In Food in the Ancient World, a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking. Explores a millennium of food consumption, from c.750 BC to 200 AD. Shows the pivotal role food had in a world where it was linked with morality and the social order. Concerns people from all walks of life – impoverished citizens subsisting on cereals to the meat-eating elites. Describes religious sacrifices, ancient dinner parties and drinking bouts, as well as exotic foods and recipes. Considers the role of food in ancient literature from Homer to Juvenal and Petronius.
501 kr
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In Food in the Ancient World, a respected classicist and a practising world-class chef explore a millennium of eating and drinking. Explores a millennium of food consumption, from c.750 BC to 200 AD. Shows the pivotal role food had in a world where it was linked with morality and the social order. Concerns people from all walks of life – impoverished citizens subsisting on cereals to the meat-eating elites. Describes religious sacrifices, ancient dinner parties and drinking bouts, as well as exotic foods and recipes. Considers the role of food in ancient literature from Homer to Juvenal and Petronius.
584 kr
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The second edition of Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World updates Donald G. Kyle’s award-winning introduction to this topic, covering the Ancient Near East up to the late Roman Empire.• Challenges traditional scholarship on sport and spectacle in the Ancient World and debunks claims that there were no sports before the ancient Greeks• Explores the cultural exchange of Greek sport and Roman spectacle and how each culture responded to the other’s entertainment• Features a new chapter on sport and spectacle during the Late Roman Empire, including Christian opposition to pagan games and the Roman response• Covers topics including violence, professionalism in sport, class, gender and eroticism, and the relationship of spectacle to political structures
365 kr
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Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C. Represents the first overview of Babylonian medicine utilizing cuneiform sources, including archives of court letters, medical recipes, and commentaries written by ancient scholarsAttempts to reconcile the ways in which medicine and magic were relatedAssigns authorship to various types of medical literature that were previously considered anonymousRejects the approach of other scholars that have attempted to apply modern diagnostic methods to ancient illnesses
1 254 kr
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This wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought shows what ancient political texts might mean to citizens of the twenty-first century. A provocative and wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thoughtDemonstrates what ancient Greek works of political philosophy might mean to citizens of the twenty-first centuryExamines an array of poetic, historical, and philosophical texts in an effort to locate Greek political thought in its cultural contextPays careful attention to the distinctively ancient connections between politics and ethicsStructured around key themes such as the origins of political thought, political self-definition, revolutions in political thought, democracy and imperialism
472 kr
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This wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thought shows what ancient political texts might mean to citizens of the twenty-first century. A provocative and wide-ranging history of ancient Greek political thoughtDemonstrates what ancient Greek works of political philosophy might mean to citizens of the twenty-first centuryExamines an array of poetic, historical, and philosophical texts in an effort to locate Greek political thought in its cultural contextPays careful attention to the distinctively ancient connections between politics and ethicsStructured around key themes such as the origins of political thought, political self-definition, revolutions in political thought, democracy and imperialism
426 kr
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459 kr
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Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C. Represents the first overview of Babylonian medicine utilizing cuneiform sources, including archives of court letters, medical recipes, and commentaries written by ancient scholarsAttempts to reconcile the ways in which medicine and magic were relatedAssigns authorship to various types of medical literature that were previously considered anonymousRejects the approach of other scholars that have attempted to apply modern diagnostic methods to ancient illnesses
474 kr
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Spartans: A New History chronicles the complete history of ancient Sparta from its origins to the end of antiquity. Helps bridge the gap between the common conceptions of Sparta and what specialists believe and dispute about Spartan historyApplies new techniques, perspectives, and archaeological evidence to the question of what it was to be a SpartanTakes into account new specialist scholarship and research published in Greek, which is not readily available elsewherePlaces Spartan society into its wider Greek context
590 kr
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This agenda-setting text has been fully revised in its second edition, with coverage extended into the Christian era. It remains the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sexual cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. Covers a wide range of subjects, including Greek pederasty and the symposium, ancient prostitution, representations of women in Greece and Rome, and the public regulation of sexual behaviorExpanded coverage extends to the advent of Christianity, includes added illustrations, and offers student-friendly pedagogical featuresText boxes supply intriguing information about tangential topicsGives a thorough overview of current literature while encouraging further reading and discussionConveys the complexity of ancient attitudes towards sexuality and gender and the modern debates they have engendered