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Greek Customs
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The Games at Athens
by Jenifer Neils, Stephen Tracy
A general introduction to the Greater Panathenaia, the week-long religious and civic festival held at Athens every four years in honor of the city's patron goddess Athena. The highlight of the city's festival calendar, with its musical, athletic, and equestrian contests, tribal events, processions, sacrifices and other activities, the Greater Panathenaia involved all the residents of Athens-not just adult males but also women, children, metics ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$4.95, Our Price US$1.00
Plants and Plant Lore in Ancient Greece
by John Raven
In 1976 John Raven presented four Grey Lectures at Cambridge University which sought to reappraise long-accepted identifications of ancient names for modern plants. These lectures, plus another given in 1971, form the main focus of this book and many of the issues raised within them are discussed further by William Stearn, Nicholas Jardine and Peter Warren, taking account of more research. Also includes an additional two papers by Alice Lindsell, ...
Hardback. Price US$45.00
Haunted Greece and Rome: Ghost Stories from Antiquity
by Debbie Felton
Stories of ghostly spirits who return to this world to warn of danger, to prophesy, to take revenge, to request proper burial, or to comfort the living fascinated people in ancient times just as they do today. In this innovative, interdisciplinary study, the author combines a modern folkloric perspective with literary analysis of ghost stories from classical antiquity to shed new light on the stories' folk roots.The author begins by examining ...
Paperback. Price US$14.95
Greek Athletics and the Genesis of Sport
by David Sansone
`One of the most provocative interpretations of the origins and nature of early and all sport to appear in decades Journal of Sport History. `Sansone traces the vivid details of sports culture back into prehistory... His style mixes speculation, history, common sense, and personal experiences... into a continually provocative argument.' Now available in paperback. 136p with 24 figs. (California UP 1992) Pb
Paperback. Price US$13.00
Lament: Studies in the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond
edited by Ann Suter
Lament seems to have been universal in the ancient world. As such, it is an excellent touchstone for the comparative study of attitudes towards death and the afterlife, human relations to the divine, views of the cosmos, and the constitution of the fabric ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$74.00, Our Price US$19.98
Die 'Opferrinne-Zeremonie': Bankettideologie am Grab, Orientalisierung und Formierung einer Adelsgesellschaft
by Erich Kistler
Study of the development of the Athenian aristocracy by means of the analysis of archaic offering cups/channels? found in the Hagia Triada area in the Kerameikos, the Athenian cemetery. The author discusses the possible types of ceremony for which the ...
Hardback. Price US$74.00
Sporting Success in the Greek and Roman World
by Audrey Briers
The history of early athletics and competitive sports, from local city events to the Olympic games. In three sections , the book covers training, athletics, competitions and chariot racing, with a final chapter on the circus Maximus and the Colosseum in ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$9.95, Our Price US$4.98
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