Fordyce W. Mitchel Memorial Lecture Series – serie
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Greek Sport and Social Status
Av Mark Golden
Häftad, 2009
283 kr
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From the ancient Olympic games to the World Series and the World Cup, athletic achievement has always conferred social status. In this collection of essays, a noted authority on ancient sport discusses how Greek sport has been used to claim and enhance social status, both in antiquity and in modern …
Alexander's Veterans and the Early Wars of the Successors
Häftad, 2012
313 kr
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This first focused analysis of veterans’ experiences in ancient Greece offers a fresh, “bottom-up” perspective on important military and political aspects of early Hellenistic history.Runner-up, PROSE Award, Classics and Ancient History, 2013From antiquity until now, most writers who have …
Herodotus and the Question Why
Inbunden, 2019
716 kr
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In the 5th century BCE, Herodotus wrote the first known Western history to build on the tradition of Homeric storytelling, basing his text on empirical observations and arranging them systematically. Herodotus and the Question Why offers a comprehensive examination of the methods behind the …
Democratic Law in Classical Athens
Inbunden, 2020
471 kr
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The democratic legal system created by the Athenians was completely controlled by ordinary citizens, with no judges, lawyers, or jurists involved. It placed great importance on the litigants’ rhetorical performances. Did this make it nothing more than a rhetorical contest judged by largely …
Herodotus and the Question Why
Häftad, 2021
511 kr
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In the 5th century BCE, Herodotus wrote the first known Western history to build on the tradition of Homeric storytelling, basing his text on empirical observations and arranging them systematically. Herodotus and the Question Why offers a comprehensive examination of the methods behind the …
