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Greek and Roman Society

Orator in Action and Theory in Greence
Wooten, Cecil W
Nine essays, delivered at a colloquium held in honour of George Kennedy in North Carolina in 1998, examine the role and art of the orator in Greece and Rome. Written from literary, philological and historical perspectives, the papers consider the Greek ...
Price GB £49.00

Parchments of Gender
Wyke, Maria
This study builds up a source of interdisciplinary information for the study of gender and the body in ancient history. The central and unifying theme is the body's relation to gender. With essays covering the ancient communities of Greece, Rome and ...
Hardback. Price GB £54.00

Pity Transformed
Konstan, David
This, the only study of pity in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, explores how pity was understood and expressed in various different contexts: in law, war, in religion, in relation to emotion, self-pity and love. The introduction wrestles with defining ...
Paperback. Price GB £12.99

Prality, Literacy, Memory in the Ancient Greek and Roman World
Mackay, E Anne
These essays deal with memory and its role in the production of literature, all but one looking at Greece. Classical authors frequently quote from memory, poets write about personal experiences, and orators and historians attempt to reconstruct the past ...
Hardback. Price GB £104.00

Sex in the Ancient World from A to Z
Younger, John
Instead of focusing on one aspect of Greco-Roman sexuality or on the habits of one gender, this A to Z looks at them all. The factual, and purposefully inoffensive entries, reflect the lack of inhibition that Greeks and Romans felt about sex although it ...
Paperback. Price GB £20.00
Hardback. Price GB £70.00

Sklaverei in der Antike
Schumacher, Leonhard
A well-illustrated and detailed study of the everyday life and fate of slaves in the Greek and Roman worlds. Following a discussion of the slave market and the often violent means by which slaves were captured, Schumacher considers the varied tasks of ...
Price GB £28.95

The Sleep of Reason
Nussbaum, M. C.
Ancient philosophers agreed that the sexual appetite was most difficult to manage and they frequently struggled with ethical issues of sexual experience, love and desire. These fifteen essays from a conference held at the Finnish Institute in Rome in ...
Paperback. Price GB £18.50
Hardback. Price GB £47.50

Sport in Classic Times
Butler, Alfred J.
Hardback. Price GB £5.00

Sports and Games of the Ancients
Craig, Steve
A general introduction to the traditional, indigenous sports and games of ancient Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and Oceania. Many games, such as wrestling, running and archery, are common to many different cultures ...
Hardback. Price GB £32.25

Stoic Warriors: Ancient Philosophy Behind the Military Mind
Sherman, Nancy
This book looks at the relevance of ancient stoic philosophy to military endeavour both ancient and contemporary. Anger and the importance of controlling it are key themes, as are ancient concepts of how to deal with fear and grief. 242p (Oxford UP ...
Paperback. Price GB £9.99