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Religion and the Greeks
Häftad, 1998
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
321 kr
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No areaof Greek life was wholly untouched by religion, and a basic knowledge ofthis aspect of life is essential to anyone seeking a proper understanding ofthe classical world. In this engaging survey Robert Garland brings out theunique quality of Greek religion - its practical and worldly approach …
Plays of Sophocles
Av A. F. Garvie
Häftad, 2016
318 kr
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The emphasis throughout this book, ideal for sixth form and early university students, is on Sophocles' tragic thinking, on the concept of the 'Sophoclean hero', and on the dramatic structure of the plays. The seven extant plays, Ajax, Women of Trachis, Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra, …
Women in Classical Athens
Av Sue Blundell
Häftad, 1998
314 kr
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This book takes as its starting-point the images of women in the Parthenon sculptures, in order to investigate two levels of feminine experience in Classical Athens, the human and the divine. The inter-play between women's religious prominence and their domestic obscurity is examined in relation to …
Periclean Athens
Av PJ Rhodes
Häftad, 2018
256 kr
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In the second and third quarters of the fifth century BC, when Athens became both politically and culturally dominant in the Greek world, Pericles was the leading figure in the city’s public life. At this time Athens developed an empire of a kind which no Greek city had had before, and its politics …
Periclean Athens
Av PJ Rhodes
E-bok, 2018
267 kr
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In the second and third quarters of the fifth century BC, when Athens became both politically and culturally dominant in the Greek world, Pericles was the leading figure in the city''s public life. At this time Athens developed an empire of a kind which no Greek city had had before, and its …
Periclean Athens
Av PJ Rhodes
E-bok, 2018
273 kr
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In the second and third quarters of the fifth century BC, when Athens became both politically and culturally dominant in the Greek world, Pericles was the leading figure in the city''s public life. At this time Athens developed an empire of a kind which no Greek city had had before, and its …
Music in Ancient Greece
Melody, Rhythm and Life
Häftad, 2021
300 kr
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Life in ancient Greece was musical life. Soloists competed onstage for popular accolades, becoming centrepieces for cultural conversation and even leading Plato to recommend that certain forms of music be banned from his ideal society. And the music didn’t stop when the audience left the theatre: …
Music in Ancient Greece
Melody, Rhythm and Life
Inbunden, 2021
1104 kr
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Life in ancient Greece was musical life. Soloists competed onstage for popular accolades, becoming centrepieces for cultural conversation and even leading Plato to recommend that certain forms of music be banned from his ideal society. And the music didn’t stop when the audience left the theatre: …
Music in Ancient Greece
Melody, Rhythm and Life
E-bok, 2021
312 kr
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Life in ancient Greece was musical life. Soloists competed onstage for popular accolades, becoming centrepieces for cultural conversation and even leading Plato to recommend that certain forms of music be banned from his ideal society. And the music didn''t stop when the audience left the theatre: …
Music in Ancient Greece
Melody, Rhythm and Life
E-bok, 2021
303 kr
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Life in ancient Greece was musical life. Soloists competed onstage for popular accolades, becoming centrepieces for cultural conversation and even leading Plato to recommend that certain forms of music be banned from his ideal society. And the music didn''t stop when the audience left the theatre: …
Roman Poetry of Love
Elegy and Politics in a Time of Revolution
E-bok, 2013
404 kr
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The Roman Poetry of Love explores the formation of a key literary genre in a troubled historical and political setting. The short-lived genre of Latin love elegy produced spectacular, multi-faceted and often difficult poetry. Its proponents Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius and Ovid remain to this day …
Roman Poetry of Love
Elegy and Politics in a Time of Revolution
E-bok, 2013
400 kr
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The Roman Poetry of Love explores the formation of a key literary genre in a troubled historical and political setting. The short-lived genre of Latin love elegy produced spectacular, multi-faceted and often difficult poetry. Its proponents Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius and Ovid remain to this day …
Homer: The Iliad
E-bok, 2012
377 kr
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This book offers a clear and stimulating introduction to Homer''s Iliad , the greatest poem of Western culture. It discusses central aspects of the work (including the tradition of oral poetry, the style and structure of the epic, and its depiction of the gods, heroism, war, and gender roles) and …
Homer: The Iliad
E-bok, 2012
365 kr
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This book offers a clear and stimulating introduction to Homer''s Iliad , the greatest poem of Western culture. It discusses central aspects of the work (including the tradition of oral poetry, the style and structure of the epic, and its depiction of the gods, heroism, war, and gender roles) and …
Studying Roman Law
E-bok, 2014
385 kr
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Studying Roman Law is an introductory guide aimed at sixth-formers, students and those with a general interest wishing to obtain a basic overview of Roman private law during the first three centuries of the Common Era. It is not meant to be a replacement for more comprehensive and technical manuals …
Studying Roman Law
E-bok, 2013
385 kr
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Studying Roman Law is an introductory guide aimed at sixth-formers, students and those with a general interest wishing to obtain a basic overview of Roman private law during the first three centuries of the Common Era. It is not meant to be a replacement for more comprehensive and technical manuals …
Plays of Aeschylus
Av A. F. Garvie
E-bok, 2013
266 kr
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Aeschylus is the oldest of the three great Greek tragedians. Born probably in 525 or 524 BC, he lived through the end of tyranny at Athens and the restitution of democracy. He took part in the battle of Marathon in 490 and probably also in the battle of Salamis in 480, the subject of his Persians. …
Plays of Aeschylus
Av A. F. Garvie
E-bok, 2013
260 kr
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Aeschylus is the oldest of the three great Greek tragedians. Born probably in 525 or 524 BC, he lived through the end of tyranny at Athens and the restitution of democracy. He took part in the battle of Marathon in 490 and probably also in the battle of Salamis in 480, the subject of his Persians. …
Greek Literature in the Roman Empire
Av Jason König
E-bok, 2013
421 kr
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In this book Jason Konig offers for the first time an accessible yet comprehensive account of the multi-faceted Greek literature of the Roman Empire, focusing especially on the first three centuries AD. He covers in turn the Greek novels of this period, the satirical writing of Lucian, rhetoric, …
Greek Literature in the Roman Empire
Av Jason König
E-bok, 2013
430 kr
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In this book Jason Konig offers for the first time an accessible yet comprehensive account of the multi-faceted Greek literature of the Roman Empire, focusing especially on the first three centuries AD. He covers in turn the Greek novels of this period, the satirical writing of Lucian, rhetoric, …
Ovid
A Poet on the Margins
E-bok, 2016
359 kr
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The Latin poet Ovid was famously exiled by the Emperor Augustus to the shores of the Black Sea for his self-confessed crimes of ''a poem and a mistake''. Throughout his poetry, he discusses his exile and embraces the themes of marginality and alterity. This core motif is explored throughout this …
Ovid
A Poet on the Margins
E-bok, 2016
351 kr
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The Latin poet Ovid was famously exiled by the Emperor Augustus to the shores of the Black Sea for his self-confessed crimes of ''a poem and a mistake''. Throughout his poetry, he discusses his exile and embraces the themes of marginality and alterity. This core motif is explored throughout this …
Augustan Rome
E-bok, 2018
267 kr
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Written by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, one of the world''s foremost scholars on Roman social and cultural history, this well-established introduction to Rome in the Age of Augustus provides a fascinating insight into the social and physical contexts of Augustan politics and poetry, exploring in detail …
Ovid
A Poet on the Margins
Häftad, 2016
335 kr
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The Latin poet Ovid was famously exiled by the Emperor Augustus to the shores of the Black Sea for his self-confessed crimes of 'a poem and a mistake'. Throughout his poetry, he discusses his exile and embraces the themes of marginality and alterity.This core motif is explored throughout this …
Augustan Rome
E-bok, 2018
264 kr
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Written by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, one of the world''s foremost scholars on Roman social and cultural history, this well-established introduction to Rome in the Age of Augustus provides a fascinating insight into the social and physical contexts of Augustan politics and poetry, exploring in detail …
Augustan Rome
Häftad, 2018
253 kr
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Written by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, one of the world's foremost scholars on Roman social and cultural history, this introduction to Rome in the Age of Augustus provides a fascinating insight into the social and physical contexts of Augustan politics and poetry, exploring in detail the impact of the …
Early Greek Lawgivers
Av John Lewis
E-bok, 2013
337 kr
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Designed for students and teachers of Ancient History or Classical Civilisation at school and in early university years, this series provides a valuable collection of guides to the history, art, literature, values and social institutions of the ancient world. "Early Greek Lawgivers" examines the …
Early Greek Lawgivers
Av John Lewis
E-bok, 2013
337 kr
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Designed for students and teachers of Ancient History or Classical Civilisation at school and in early university years, this series provides a valuable collection of guides to the history, art, literature, values and social institutions of the ancient world. "Early Greek Lawgivers" examines the …
Roman Frontiers in Britain
E-bok, 2013
337 kr
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Hadrian''s Wall and the Antonine Wall defined the edge of the Roman Empire in Britain. Today, the spectacular remains of these great frontier works stand as mute testimony to one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen. This new accessible account, illustrated with 25 detailed photographs, …
Roman Frontiers in Britain
E-bok, 2013
337 kr
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Hadrian''s Wall and the Antonine Wall defined the edge of the Roman Empire in Britain. Today, the spectacular remains of these great frontier works stand as mute testimony to one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen. This new accessible account, illustrated with 25 detailed photographs, …
