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Greek Models of Mind and Self
Av A. A. Long
Inbunden, 2015
419 kr
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This lively book offers a wide-ranging study of Greek notions of mind and human selfhood from Homer through Plotinus. A. A. Long anchors his discussion in questions of recurrent and universal interest. What happens to us when we die? How is the mind or soul related to the body? Are we responsible …
Orientalizing Revolution
Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age
Häftad, 1998
342 kr
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The splendid culture of the ancient Greeks has often been described as emerging like a miracle from a genius of its own, owing practically nothing to its neighbors. Walter Burkert offers a decisive argument against that distorted view, pointing toward a balanced picture of the archaic period “in …
Craft of Zeus
Myths of Weaving and Fabric
Av John Scheid, Jesper Svenbro
Häftad, 2001
401 kr
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The fundamental gesture of weaving in The Craft of Zeus is the interlacing of warp and woof described by Plato in The Statesman—an interweaving signifying the union of opposites. From rituals symbolizing—even fabricating—the cohesion of society to those proposed by oracles as a means of …
From Shame to Sin
The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity
Av Kyle Harper
Häftad, 2016
204 kr
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When Rome was at its height, an emperor’s male beloved, victim of an untimely death, would be worshipped around the empire as a god. In this same society, the routine sexual exploitation of poor and enslaved women was abetted by public institutions. Four centuries later, a Roman emperor commanded …
Invention of Jane Harrison
Av Mary Beard
Häftad, 2002
343 kr
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Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) is the most famous female Classicist in history, the author of books that revolutionized our understanding of Greek culture and religion. A star in the British academic world, she became the quintessential Cambridge woman--as Virginia Woolf suggested when, in A Room …
End of the Past
Ancient Rome and the Modern West
Häftad, 2002
373 kr
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This searching interpretation of past and present addresses fundamental questions about the fall of the Roman Empire. Why did ancient culture, once so strong and rich, come to an end? Was it destroyed by weaknesses inherent in its nature? Or were mistakes made that could have been avoided—was there …
Ruling the Later Roman Empire
Häftad, 2006
315 kr
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In this highly original work, Christopher Kelly paints a remarkable picture of running a superstate. He portrays a complex system of government openly regulated by networks of personal influence and the payment of money. Focusing on the Roman Empire after Constantine's conversion to Christianity, …
Mosaics as History
The Near East from Late Antiquity to Islam
Inbunden, 2006
315 kr
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Over the past century, exploration and serendipity have uncovered mosaic after mosaic in the Near East--maps, historical images, mythical figures, and religious scenes that constitute an immense treasure of new testimony from antiquity. The stories these mosaics tell unfold in this brief, richly …
New Heroes in Antiquity
From Achilles to Antinoos
Inbunden, 2010
482 kr
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Heroes and heroines in antiquity inhabited a space somewhere between gods and humans. In this detailed, yet brilliantly wide-ranging analysis, Christopher Jones starts from literary heroes such as Achilles and moves to the historical record of those exceptional men and women who were worshiped …
Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine
Av Zeev Weiss, Weiss
Inbunden, 2021
621 kr
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Public Spectacles in Roman and Late Antique Palestine introduces readers to the panoply of public entertainment that flourished in Palestine from the first century BCE to the sixth century CE. Drawing on a trove of original archaeological and textual evidence, Zeev Weiss reconstructs an ancient …
Hypatia of Alexandria
Häftad, 1996
280 kr
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Hypatia—brilliant mathematician, eloquent Neoplatonist, and a woman renowned for her beauty—was brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415. She has been a legend ever since. In this engrossing book, Maria Dzielska searches behind the legend to bring us the real story of Hypatia's …
Magic in the Ancient World
Av Fritz Graf
Häftad, 1999
332 kr
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Ancient Greeks and Romans often turned to magic to achieve personal goals. Magical rites were seen as a route for direct access to the gods, for material gains as well as spiritual satisfaction. In this fascinating survey of magical beliefs and practices from the sixth century B.C.E. through late …
Pompeii
Public and Private Life
Av Paul Zanker
Häftad, 1999
359 kr
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Pompeii's tragedy is our windfall: an ancient city fully preserved, its urban design and domestic styles speaking across the ages. This richly illustrated book conducts us through the captured wonders of Pompeii, evoking at every turn the life of the city as it was 2,000 years ago.When Vesuvius …
Spartacus
Inbunden, 2013
188 kr
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Spartacus (109?–71 BCE), the slave who rebelled against Rome, has been a source of endless fascination: the subject of myth-making in his own time, and of movie-making in ours. Hard facts about the man have always yielded to romanticized tales and mystifications. In this riveting, compact account, …
From Shame to Sin
The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity
Av Kyle Harper
Inbunden, 2013
426 kr
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When Rome was at its height, an emperor’s male beloved, victim of an untimely death, would be worshipped around the empire as a god. In this same society, the routine sexual exploitation of poor and enslaved women was abetted by public institutions. Four centuries later, a Roman emperor commanded …
Kinship Diplomacy in the Ancient World
Inbunden, 1999
714 kr
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Heroic figures such as Heracles, Perseus, and Jason were seen by the Greeks not as mythical figures but as real people who in a bygone age traveled the world, settled new lands, and left descendants who, generation after generation, could trace their ancestry back to the "time of heroes." From the …
