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Entre lignes de partage et territoires de passage: Les identités religieuses dans les mondes grec et romain. «Paganismes», «judaïsmes», «christianismes»
edited by N. Belayche and S.C. Mimouni
English summary: This volume collects essays on polytheistic and monotheistic realities in antiquity for studying the subject of "religious identities" - the perception of the self or others as singular based on the representation of a reference viewed as superior. French text.

French description: Les chercheurs qui ont participé à ce dialogue entre réalités polythéites et monothéistes ...
Paperback. Price US$109.00

The Panathenaic Games
edited by Olga Palagia and Alkestis Spetsieri-Choremi
The papers in this volume were presented at an international conference organised in Athens on May 11-14, 2004, and focus on the study of the Panathenaic Games, a Panhellenic athletic event that lasted for nearly a millennium. An international assembly of archaeologists, art historians, ancient historians, epigraphists and classical scholars contributed to the discussion of the origins and the historical development of the Panathenaic Games in ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$90.00, Our Price US$29.98

The Clothed Body in the Ancient World
edited by Liza Cleland, Mary Harlow and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Studies of the nude body have been around for many years, but rarely has scholarship looked at the clothed body. Yet the way we clothe ourselves says a great deal about the society we live in and our place within it. The papers in this volume provide fascinating snapshots of the clothed body in the ancient world. Once collected together, these snapshots reveal common themes in scholarship and allow a comparison of methodologies across disciplines ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$60.00, Our Price US$40.00

Body Language in the Greek and Roman Worlds
edited by D L Cairns
A distinguished international cast of scholars discusses models of gesture and non-verbal communication as they apply to Greek and Roman culture, literature and art. Topics include dress and costume in the Homeric poems; the importance of looking, eye-contact, and face-to-face orientation in Greek society; the construction of facial expression in Greek and Roman epic; the significance of gesture and body language in the visual meaning of ancient ...
Hardback. Price US$69.50

Gardens of Pompeii
by Annamaria Ciarallo
A study of Pompeiian frescoes reveals that the Vesuvian landscape of 79 AD included a vast and beautiful variety of fauna and flora. This lavishly illustrated volume combines botanical images depicted in Pompeiian art with present-day photographs of gardens in the region to give a complete understanding of the fruits, vegetables, pollens, seeds, and other plants of Pompeii. An appendix of botanical Latin names helps readers identify the plants ...
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The Classical Cookbook
Andrew Dalby and Sally Grainger
Marrow Alexandria-style, fish in coriander crust or pancakes with honey and sesame seeds - all types of food are represented here. This is an exploration of Mediterranean cuisine from 750 BC to AD 450 which allows the modern cook to recreate the varied diet of the classical world, from the banquets of the rich elite to the simpler meals of soldiers, farmers and slaves. Translations of the 50 original recipes are followed by a version specially ...
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Cultural Messages in the Graeco-Roman World: Acta of the BABESCH 80th Anniversary Workshop Radboud University Nijmegen, September 8th 2006
edited by O. Hekster and S.T.A.M. Mols
This volume presents the outcome of the workshop 'Cultural Messages in the Graeco-Roman World', which marked the 80th anniversary of BABESCH. It takes as its premise that looking at modes to analyse cultural messages in the classical world is a valuable approach to the study of antiquity. The main purpose of the volume is therefore to explore ways in which (and the extent towards which) one can answer substantial questions about Greek and Roman ...
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Bedingungen menschlichen Handelns in der Antike: Gesammelte Beiträge zur Historischen Anthropologie
by Jochen Martin, edited by Winifried Schmitz
This volume contains the most important journal articles and book contributions by Classical Historian Jochen Martin, whose research is characterized by his historical-anthropological approach. The selected essays deal with methodological questions of historical anthropology, comparative perspectives of Greek and Roman society, the application of historical-anthropological approaches to Roman family research and classical state definition, Late ...
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Graeco-Roman Slave Markets - Fact or Fiction?
by Monika Trümper
This book critically examines the existence and identification of purpose-built slave markets in the Graeco-Roman world from a cross-cultural perspective. It investigates whether certain ancient monuments were designed specifically for use as slave markets and whether they required special equipment and safety precautions, allowing them to be clearly distinguished from other nonspecific commercial buildings and marketplaces of the Graeco-Roman ...
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Organised Crime in Antiquity
edited by Keith Hopwood
The nine papers in this edited book derive from an international conference on organised crime held at Lampeter, 1996. They illustrate the antiquity of violence and crime and the need to put evidence for criminal activities into their social context. Studies include 'The Mafia of early Greece', (Hans van Wees); Workshops of villains' (Nick Fisher); Condottieri and clansmen (Louis Rawlings); 'The revolt of the Boukoloi' (R Alston); Native ...
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