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Aphrodite's Tortoise
The Veiled Woman of Ancient Greece
Inbunden, 2003
1092 kr
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Greek women routinely wore the veil. That is the unexpected finding of this major study. The Greeks, rightly credited with the invention of civic openness, are revealed as also part of a more eastern tradition of seclusion. From the iconography as well as the literature of Greece, Lloyd …
Approaches to Homer
Ancient and Modern
Inbunden, 2005
977 kr
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Ten essays, from a distinguished cast of (mainly) North American scholars, approach Homer with insights gained from the modern disciplines of psychology and anthropology, narratology, oral theory and cognitive research. But the contributors also attend to ancient modes of approach to the Homeric …
Epic Facework
Self-Presentation and Social Interaction in Homer
Av Ruth Scodel
Inbunden, 2008
977 kr
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Homer's characters are often very far from an unreflecting struggle for status at others' expense. Rather than being a 'zero-sum game', their negotiations can be of an impressive delicacy, designed to protect the 'face' of the other. Gifts and visible deference are important measures of honour, but …
Greek History and Epigraphy
Essays in Honour of P.J.Rhodes
Av Lynette Mitchell, Lene Rubinstein m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
904 kr
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This important volume collects essays on topics in Greek history and epigraphy by an international cast of highly respected historians and epigraphers. Contributions include new and authoritative papers on Athenian politics and political institutions, the language and significance of honorific …
War and Violence in Ancient Greece
Av Hans Van Wees, Hans van Wees
Häftad, 2000
514 kr
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The study of Greek warfare should involve much more than reconstructing the experience of combat or revisiting the great wars of the classical period. Here, a distinguished cast of international scholars explores beyond the usual thematic and chronological boundaries. Ranging from the heroes of …
What Is a God?
Studies in the Nature of Greek Divinity
Häftad, 2009
358 kr
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In recent study Greek religion has often dissolved itself into many religions. The eleven original essays here focus both on extremes of the Greek world and on its classical 'centre'. Distinguished scholars examine the earliest traces of religious thought in the Minoan and Mycenaean cultures. …
Sociable Man
Essays on Ancient Greek Social Behaviour in Honour of Nick Fisher
Av S. D. Lambert, S.D. Lambert
Inbunden, 2011
947 kr
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Sociable Man, which celebrates the work of Nick Fisher, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at Cardiff University, contains essays by leading classicists, ancient historians and archaeologists on the theme of ancient Greek social behaviour. Fifteen original papers reflect the diversity and the …
Sport and Festival in the Ancient Greek World
Av David Phillips, David Pritchard m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
514 kr
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How did sport and festival affect the ancient Greek city? How did the values of athletics pervade Greek culture? This collection of fifteen new studies from an international cast took its inspiration from the exceptional Sydney Olympics of 2000. The focus here is on the ancient world, but …
Power of Individual and Community in Ancient Athens and Beyond
Essays in Honour of John K. Davies
Av Zosia Archibald, Jan Haywood
Inbunden, 2018
1020 kr
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The pioneering ideas of John Kenyon Davies, one of the most significant Ancient Historians of the past half century, are celebrated in this collection of essays. A distinguished cast of contributors, who include Alain Bresson, Nick Fisher, Edward Harris, John Prag, Robin Osborne, and Sally …
Worshipping Virtues
PersonifIcation and the Divine in Ancient Greece
Häftad, 2022
428 kr
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The Greeks, in Dr Johnson's phrase, 'shock the mind by ascribing effects to non-entity'. The culture of ancient Greece was thronged with personifications. In poetry and the visual arts, personified figures of what might seem abstractions claim our attention. This study examines the logic, the …
Archaic Greece
New Approaches and New Evidence
Häftad, 2023
586 kr
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The study of archaic Greece (c. 750-480 BC) is being transformed by exciting discoveries and interpretations. In fourteen original studies from a distinguished international cast, this book explores many aspects of a rapidly changing Greek world. Detailed re-interpretation of archaeological …
Panhellenism and the Barbarian in Archaic and Classical Greece
Häftad, 2024
514 kr
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This is the first book in English to provide a systematic treatment of Panhellenism. The author argues that in archaic and classical Greece Panhellenism defined the community of the Hellenes and gave it political substance. Panhellenism also responded to other needs of the community, in particular …
Women's Dress in the Ancient Greek World
Häftad, 2023
441 kr
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The clothing and ornament of Greek women signalled much about the status and the morality assigned to them. Yet this revealing aspect of women's history has been little studied. In this collection of new studies by an international team, ancient visual evidence from vase-painting and sculpture is …
