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Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy: Volume I (1985)

Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient...

Author: John J. Cleary ,  Gary M. Gurtler, S.J.
ISBN: 9780819151322
Format: Hardback
$98.95

Volume I contains papers and commentaries presented to the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy during academic...  Read More >>

Catullan Questions Revisited

Catullan Questions Revisited

Author: T. P. Wiseman (University of Exeter)
ISBN: 9781009235716
Format: Paperback
$51.72

A new insight into the brilliant poet who loved an aristocratic girl, attacked Julius Caesar and became a satirical...  Read More >>

Palatine: An Alternative History of the Caesars

Palatine: An Alternative History of the Caesars

Author: Peter Stothard (former editor of The Times [of London] and of The Times Literary Supplement, former editor of The Times [of London] and of The Times Literary Supplement)
ISBN: 9780197781326
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Palatine, the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome, was the heartbeat of Roman imperial power. This book provides...  Read More >>

Women in Martial: A Semiotic Reading

Women in Martial: A Semiotic Reading

Author: Ilaria Marchesi (Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, Hofstra University)
ISBN: 9780198920304
Format: Hardback
$161.95

This book systematically examines the portrayals of women in Martial's Epigrams, proposing a new method of exploring...  Read More >>

Die Neuen Bilder Des Augustus: Macht Und Medien Im Antiken ROM

Die Neuen Bilder Des Augustus: Macht Und Medien Im Antiken...

Author: Prof Dr Annette Haug ,  Andreas Hoffmann
ISBN: 9783777440484
Format: Hardback
$118.80

Augustus markiert einen Wendepunkt in der r�mischen Geschichte: den �bergang von der Republik zum Principat. Als...  Read More >>

Managing Emotion in Byzantium: Passions, Affects and Imaginings

Managing Emotion in Byzantium: Passions, Affects and...

Author: Margaret Mullett ,  Susan Ashbrook Harvey
ISBN: 9781032340470
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This volume is the first to look at the constellation of Byzantine emotions. Originating at an international colloquium...  Read More >>

Religious Identifications in Late Antique Papyri: 3rd—12th Century Egypt

Religious Identifications in Late Antique Papyri: 3rd—12th...

Author: Mattias Brand (University of Zürich, Switzerland.) ,  Eline Scheerlinck (Leiden University, The Netherlands.)
ISBN: 9781032263502
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This volume provides novel social-scientific and historical approaches to religious identifications in 3rd-12th...  Read More >>

Exploring the Mid-Republican Origins of Roman Military Administration: With Stylus and Spear

Exploring the Mid-Republican Origins of Roman Military...

Author: Elizabeth H. Pearson
ISBN: 9780367745547
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This volume demonstrates the development of Roman military bureaucracy during the Middle Republic, expanding on...  Read More >>

The Merovingians: Kingship, Institutions, Law, and History

The Merovingians: Kingship, Institutions, Law, and History...

Author: Alexander Murray
ISBN: 9781032054247
Format: Paperback
$83.99

The studies collected here cover a period of about 33 years, from 1986 to 2019, and represent a sustained effort...  Read More >>

The Friar and the Philosopher: William of Moerbeke and the Rise of Aristotle’s Science in Medieval Europe

The Friar and the Philosopher: William of Moerbeke and...

Author: Pieter Beullens
ISBN: 9781032305226
Format: Paperback
$83.99

William of Moerbeke was a prolific medieval translator of Aristotle and other ancient philosophical and scientific...  Read More >>

Ritual in Deuteronomy: The Performance of Doom

Ritual in Deuteronomy: The Performance of Doom

Author: Melissa D. Ramos
ISBN: 9780367764074
Format: Paperback
$83.99

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The Athenians and Their Graves (1000–300 BC)

The Athenians and Their Graves (1000–300 BC)

Author: Elena Walter-Karydi
ISBN: 9783110714975
Format: Hardback
$335.25

This book offers the first in-depth study of Attic funerary monuments during the geometric, archaic, and classical...  Read More >>

Oneness, Essence, and Self-Identity: A New Interpretation of Avicenna’s Henology

Oneness, Essence, and Self-Identity: A New Interpretation...

Author: Damien Janos
ISBN: 9783111389523
Format: Hardback
$406.53

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Imperial Women of Rome: Power, Gender, Context

Imperial Women of Rome: Power, Gender, Context

Author: Mary T. Boatwright (Professor of Classical Studies, Emerita, Professor of Classical Studies, Emerita, Duke University)
ISBN: 9780197777008
Format: Paperback
$52.95

Using all available sources, Boatwright explores the constraints and activities of the women of Rome's imperial...  Read More >>

To the Ends of the Earth: How Ancient Conquerors, Explorers, Scientists, and Traders Connected the World

To the Ends of the Earth: How Ancient Conquerors, Explorers,...

Author: Raimund J. Schulz (Professor of Ancient History, Professor of Ancient History, University of Bielefeld) ,  Robert Savage (Translator and Author, Translator and Author)
ISBN: 9780197668023
Format: Hardback
$66.95

To the Ends of the Earth is a major history of ancient exploration, one that fully incorporates evidence from Greco-Roman...  Read More >>

Models, Methods, and Morality: Assessing Modern Approaches to the Greco-Roman Economy

Models, Methods, and Morality: Assessing Modern Approaches...

Author: Sarah C. Murray ,  Seth Bernard
ISBN: 9783031582097
Format: Hardback
$580.77

This edited volume presents a multi-perspectival inquiry into the models that have shaped the study of ancient economies...  Read More >>

The Mystery of Ovid's Exile

The Mystery of Ovid's Exile

Author: John C. Thibault
ISBN: 9780520414846
Format: Hardback
$157.95

Toward the end of the year A.D. 8, the emperor Augustus publicly sentenced the poet Ovid to exile in remote and...  Read More >>

Artificial Intelligence in Greek and Roman Epic

Artificial Intelligence in Greek and Roman Epic

Author: Dr Andriana Domouzi (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece) ,  Professor Silvio Bär (University of Oslo, Norway)
ISBN: 9781350260696
Format: Hardback
$180.00

This is the first scholarly exploration of concepts and representations of Artificial Intelligence in ancient Greek...  Read More >>

Female Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean World

Female Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean World

Author: Greg Gilles ,  Karolina Frank
ISBN: 9781802071856
Format: Hardback
$297.56

Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative. Female agency in the ancient...  Read More >>

Greek Tragedy, Education, and Theatre Practices in the UK Classics Ecology

Greek Tragedy, Education, and Theatre Practices in the...

Author: David Bullen ,  Christine Plastow
ISBN: 9781032256788
Format: Hardback
$103.00

Through a series of case studies, this book explores the interrelations among Greek tragedy, theatre practices,...  Read More >>

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