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Path Planning of Motion-Constrained Vehicles
Av David Casbeer, Swaroop Darbha m. fl.
Inbunden, 2027
1604 kr
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Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction
Amazing Antiquity
Av Ross Clare
Inbunden, 2023
2087 kr
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Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction introduces and analyses the reception of classical antiquity in contemporary science fiction. By using up-to-date methods from classical reception theory, science-fiction analysis and fictional-world studies, the book will help furnish the reader’s …
Roman Verse Satires
Spleen and Ideal
Av John Godwin
Inbunden, 2024
1691 kr
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Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative.The Romans claimed to have invented satire—one of the most enduring and certainly one of the most entertaining genres of literature bequeathed to posterity from the ancient world. Modern satire aims generally to …
Roman Verse Satires
Spleen and Ideal
Av John Godwin
Häftad, 2026
411 kr
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Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative.The Romans claimed to have invented satire—one of the most enduring and certainly one of the most entertaining genres of literature bequeathed to posterity from the ancient world. Modern satire aims generally to …
Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction
Amazing Antiquity
Av Ross Clare
Häftad, 2024
580 kr
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Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction introduces and analyses the reception of classical antiquity in contemporary science fiction. By using up-to-date methods from classical reception theory, science-fiction analysis and fictional-world studies, the book will help furnish the reader’s …
Televising Ancient Rome in the Twenty-First Century
Av Lisa Maurice
Inbunden, 2025
2223 kr
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Ever since HBO-BBC’s Rome burst onto screens in 2005, Rome has appeared on television screens in a variety of dramatic productions. These utilise many of the elements of ancient Rome that were familiar to audiences from big screen epic movies, but adapt them for a television genre, in a manner that …
Julius Caesar
Häftad, 2004
417 kr
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Julius Caesar was, as this book maintains, quite simply the most famous Roman who ever lived. His influence endures to the present day: in our 'Julian' calendar of 365.25 days, which he introduced; in the geographical entity we call France, whose boundaries he established; and, thanks to his …
Augustine
The Confessions
Häftad, 2005
393 kr
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Augustine's 'Confessions', written at the close of the fourth century CE, is a highly significant text in the history of European culture. Augustine explains just how and why he came to abandon a successful career and the personal enjoyments of a largely secular existence to follow a life of prayer …
Gruesome Deaths and Celibate Lives
Christian Martyrs and Ascetics
Häftad, 2004
474 kr
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From the ranks of the early Christian faithful emerged colourful personalities who seized the imagination and held the attention of the rest of their community. This they achieved either by their readiness in times of persecution to die for their faith as martyrs or by their sometimes extravagant …
Augustus, First Roman Emperor
Power, Propaganda and the Politics of Survival
Häftad, 2010
557 kr
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Rome's first emperor, Augustus, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, has probably had the most lasting effect on history of all rulers of the classical world. This book focuses on his rise to power and on the ways in which he then maintained authority throughout his reign. It is often assumed that the …
The Politics of Greek Tragedy
Av D.M. Carter
Häftad, 2007
580 kr
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This book addresses the political aspects of fifth-century Athenian tragedies, setting them in their immediate historical context. It is an important topic and one that only rarely and sporadically finds its way into accessible accounts of Greek tragedy. Carter sets out to elucidate to a student …
Hadrian's Wall and its People
Häftad, 2006
488 kr
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Hadrian’s Wall – one of the most prominent monuments of the Roman period in Britain – has a special place in the public imagination. It offers a tangible reminder of our ancient past and a concrete link with the Roman occupation. Visitors can stand amid the remains, knowing that they tread in the …
Greek Tyranny
Av Sian Lewis
Häftad, 2009
387 kr
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The tyrants of Greece are some of the most colourful figures in antiquity, notorious for their luxury, excess and violence, and provoking heated debates among political thinkers. Greek Tyranny examines the phenomenon of autocratic rule outside the law in archaic and classical Greece, offering a new …
Ancient Rome at the Cinema
Story and Spectacle in Hollywood and Rome
Häftad, 2010
519 kr
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'Ancient Rome at the Cinema' is a lucid study of the worlds created in Roman historical epics. Based on analysis of the visual and narrative fabric of seven films set in Ancient Rome, 'Ancient Rome at the Cinema' demonstrates how cinematic versions of Ancient Rome have been able to captivate us, …
Hannibal
Rome's Greatest Enemy
Av Dexter Hoyos
Häftad, 2008
417 kr
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Hannibal’s enduring reputation as a man and as a general is due to his enemies’ fascination with him. The way his legend was shaped in the Greek and Roman consciousness is one of the book’s main themes. Under Hannibal’s leadership, Carthage came close to dominating the western Mediterranean; his …
Greek Tyranny
Av Sian Lewis
Inbunden, 2009
2126 kr
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The tyrants of Greece are some of the most colourful figures in antiquity, notorious for their luxury, excess and violence, and provoking heated debates among political thinkers. Greek Tyranny examines the phenomenon of autocratic rule outside the law in archaic and classical Greece, offering a new …
Reading Catullus
Av John Godwin
Häftad, 2008
545 kr
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Of all the Roman poets Catullus is the most accessible for the modern reader. His poems range from the sublimely beautiful to the scatologically disgusting, from the world of heroic epic poetry to the dirt of the Roman streets. This accessible book, which assumes no prior knowledge of the poet or …
The Tragedies of Sophocles
Häftad, 2008
545 kr
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This book provides separate discussions of each of Sophocles’ seven plays: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. It sets these between an essay that outlines modern approaches to Greek tragedy and a final chapter that spotlights a key …
The Classical Greek House
Inbunden, 2010
2126 kr
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This book offers an illuminating re-appraisal of the domestic space in classical Greece. Starting from the premise that we must cease to view the classical Greek house through the lens of contemporary Western notions of the household, Janett Morgan provides a fresh evaluation of what ‘home’ meant …
The Classical Greek House
Häftad, 2010
519 kr
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This book offers an illuminating re-appraisal of the domestic space in classical Greece. Starting from the premise that we must cease to view the classical Greek house through the lens of contemporary Western notions of the household, Janett Morgan provides a fresh evaluation of what ‘home’ meant …
Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture (Revised second edition)
Häftad, 2008
519 kr
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This revised and expanded second edition responds to new developments in the reception of Greece in contemporary popular culture, and particularly the impact of the film "300" (2006). Why, in a century of film-making, have so few versions of the story of Alexander the Great - or that of Troy's fall …
Augustine
The Confessions
Inbunden, 2005
2064 kr
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Augustine's 'Confessions', written at the close of the fourth century CE, is a highly significant text in the history of European culture. Augustine explains just how and why he came to abandon a successful career and the personal enjoyments of a largely secular existence to follow a life of prayer …
Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture
Inbunden, 2006
2064 kr
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This book explores the changing fortunes of the heroes of Greek myth and history in the melting pot of popular culture. Using little-known examples, classicist and film fan Gideon Nisbet charts the hidden history of Greece in the twentieth-century imagination, from film to science fiction and …
Augustus, First Roman Emperor
Power, Propaganda and the Politics of Survival
Inbunden, 2010
2126 kr
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Rome's first emperor, Augustus, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, has probably had the most lasting effect on history of all rulers of the classical world. This book focuses on his rise to power and on the ways in which he then maintained authority throughout his reign. It is often assumed that the …
Hadrian's Wall and its People
Inbunden, 2006
2126 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Hadrian’s Wall – one of the most prominent monuments of the Roman period in Britain – has a special place in the public imagination. It offers a tangible reminder of our ancient past and a concrete link with the Roman occupation. Visitors can stand amid the remains, knowing that they tread in the …
Hannibal
Rome's Greatest Enemy
Av Dexter Hoyos
Inbunden, 2008
2191 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Hannibal’s enduring reputation as a man and as a general is due to his enemies’ fascination with him. The way his legend was shaped in the Greek and Roman consciousness is one of the book’s main themes. Under Hannibal’s leadership, Carthage came close to dominating the western Mediterranean; his …
The Politics of Greek Tragedy
Av D.M. Carter
Inbunden, 2007
2374 kr
Tillfälligt slut
This book addresses the political aspects of fifth-century Athenian tragedies, setting them in their immediate historical context. It is an important topic and one that only rarely and sporadically finds its way into accessible accounts of Greek tragedy. Carter sets out to elucidate to a student …
Reading Catullus
Av John Godwin
Inbunden, 2008
2374 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Of all the Roman poets Catullus is the most accessible for the modern reader. His poems range from the sublimely beautiful to the scatologically disgusting, from the world of heroic epic poetry to the dirt of the Roman streets. This accessible book, which assumes no prior knowledge of the poet or …
The Tragedies of Sophocles
Inbunden, 2008
2374 kr
Tillfälligt slut
This book provides separate discussions of each of Sophocles’ seven plays: Ajax, Women of Trachis, Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. It sets these between an essay that outlines modern approaches to Greek tragedy and a final chapter that spotlights a key …
