Classical history & classical civilisation books

This book offers a historical-materialist reading of the opening chapters of the book of Genesis, in an attempt...  Read More >>

This book explores the theological significance of horror elements in the works of Hesiod and in the Homeric Hymns...  Read More >>

This illustrated study lifts the veil on the gladiators of ancient Rome, who provided a bloody spectacle for the...  Read More >>

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Recent decades have seen a marked rise in intertextual approaches to early Greek literature. Encompassing the period...  Read More >>

Readable new history of the explosion of Latin literature from relatively humble beginnings to global status. All...  Read More >>

This multidisciplinary volume examines the ongoing effects of James G. Frazer’s The Golden Bough in modern Humanities...  Read More >>

What makes a demagogue? A much more friendly touch, or more importantly, a perception of a friendly touch, than...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates how the Romans constructed garden boundaries specifically in order to open up or undermine...  Read More >>

The sea is omnipresent in the ancient cultures of the Mediterranean basin. It is an inexhaustible source of food,...  Read More >>

This book is a collective reflection on the relationship between theory and methods, as practiced by American archaeologists...  Read More >>

This volume provides a systematic analysis of the role of mathematical examples in Plato’s dialogues. Through a...  Read More >>

This is one of the first single-authored books to utilise Critical Disability Studies and the lens of embodiment...  Read More >>

The doubts about the letters mostly come from the fact that the Romance of Alexander is considered a sort of epistolary...  Read More >>

This is the first book-length exploration of the ways art from the edges of the Roman Empire represented the future,...  Read More >>

This volume enhances our understanding of the many readings and metamorphoses Telamonian Ajax has undergone in the...  Read More >>

This collection brings together twenty eight chapters written by Stephen Harrison's colleagues from around the globe...  Read More >>

The result is a lively tour of the Roman year—sometimes thoughtful, sometimes tragic, sometimes triumphant or even...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1932, this book is based on a series of lectures delivered in Cambridge in 1931. The views...  Read More >>

Der Band schafft eine Grundlage, um im Zusammenwirken der Disziplinen die Präsenz und die Bedeutung von Mythos und...  Read More >>

This book forms an excellent introduction to a courageous and captivating figure who paid with his life for the...  Read More >>

Politics and diplomacy have always been as much about the social and cultural contexts within which political actors...  Read More >>

This volume includes a range of disciplinary responses to issues surrounding the legacy of Greek political thought,...  Read More >>

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The fifteen contributions to the multilingual volume together chart Cicero’s presence in the cultural history of...  Read More >>