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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 (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 ...
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The Clothed Body in the Ancient World
edited by Liza Cleland, Mary Harlow and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
The recent renaissance of interest in the history of dress and its cultural importance is celebrated in this collection of interdisciplinary essays. The sixteen contributors present on-going research into the study of the clothed body in ancient Egypt and the Aegean, Classical Greece, Rome and Late Antiquity. Through literary and artistic evidence and film, they discuss how dress articulates and defines an individual within his or her given ...
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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 ...
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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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Piracy in the Graeco-Roman World
by Philip de Souza
Pirates, piracy, banditry and warfare were very much part of the Greco-Roman world and were well instilled in ancient Greek literature by c.800 BC. Philip de Souza presents a detailed account of the origins and development of piracy and pirates from the Archaic period through to Late Antiquity. Laid out chronologically and based purely on literary sources, this study presents a different perspective on piracy, showing it to be diverse, evolving ...
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Cambridge World History of Slavery, Volume 1: The Ancient Mediterranean World
edited by Keith Bradley and Paul Cartledge
Volume 1 in the new Cambridge World History of Slavery surveys the history of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world. Although chapters are devoted to the ancient Near East and the Jews, its principal concern is with the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. In twenty-two chapters, leading scholars explore the centrality of slavery in ancient Mediterranean life using a wide range of textual and material evidence. 620p b/w illus (Cambridge ...
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A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds
edited by Beryl Rawson
Gatherng together scholars from four continents, and with an impressive range of disciplines and approaches represented, this large volume aims to reflect the current vibrancy of research into the ancient family, and demonstrates the centrality of the family in the Graeco-Roman world. Contributors were asked not to provide comprehensive coverage of their respective fields, but to highlight current areas of enquiry and controversy, and to outline ...
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Cosmopolis: Imagining Community in Late Classical Athens
by Daniel S. Richter
In Classical times, the polis was a key social and civic unit, and the boundaries between Greeks and barbarians were, if not impermeable, certainly well defined. The coming of the Hellenistic era saw these absolutes begin to dissolve. Daniel Richter begins this thoughtful study by examining intellectual responses to this change, and considering Plato and Aristotle's work and the early political theory of the Stoics. These thinkers began to ...
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Everyday Writing in the Graceo-Roman East
by Roger S. Bagnall
In this volume, based on his Sather Classical Lectures delivered at Berkeley in 2005, Roger Bagnall here argues that ordinary people in the ancient world used writing in their daily lives to a far greater extent than has been thought. He examines a newly-discovered collection of graffiti in Smyrna as well as considering informal writing from other regions. The role of Aramaic and other local languages in addition to Latin and Greek is duly ...
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Reading Ancient Slavery
edited by Richard Alston, Edith Hall and Laura Proffitt
This volume provides a sustained discussion of the theory and practice of handling ancient poetry and images in order to enhance our understanding of the way that slavery was experienced by both slaves and their owners in the ancient world. Twelve essays by an international team of specialists develop a variety of theoretical positions, reading practices and interpretive strategies for recovering the psychological, emotional and social impact of ...
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