Religion
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The Road to Delphi: The Life and Afterlife of Oracles [Hardback]
Michael Wood (Author)
$41.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780701165468
Published by : Pimlico Publishing Ltd
We may think that consulting oracles was an activity that died out many hundreds of years ago but, as Michael Wood demonstrates, there are many different types of oracle, both past and present, existing in many different cultures. This book, now a... .... Learn More -
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A Sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Hymettos [Paperback]
Merle K Langdon (Author)
Regular Price: $15.00
Special Price: $6.98
ISBN: 9780876615164
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: Hesperia Supplement
Volume: 16
This is the final publication of a small open-air sanctuary of Zeus, on Mt Hymettus above Athens, excavated between the Wars by Carl Blegen and Rodney Young. The finds reflect two periods of activity: 950-575 B.C. (many domestic cups and jugs, ... .... Learn More -
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Gods and Heroes in the Athenian Agora [Paperback]
John McK. Camp II (Author)
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ISBN: 9780876616239
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: Agora Picture Books
Volume: 19
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Ascetic Behavior in Greco-Roman Antiquity [Hardback]
Vincent Wimbush (Author)
$55.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780800631055
Published by : Continuum International Pub.
In presenting a selection of twenty-eight texts in translation with introductory essays, Vincent L. Wimbush and his co-authors have produced the first book on asceticism that does full justice to the varieties of ascetic behavior in the Greco-R... .... Learn More -
Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece [Paperback]
Robert A. Brooks (Author)
$24.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780807865002
Published by : University of North Carolina Press
This beautifully illustrated wallchart (48' x 36') is a comprehensive family tree of the Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines from the time of Creation through the generation of the Trojan War. In addition to complete genealogical inform... .... Learn More -
Sons of the Gods, Children of Earth: Ideology and Literary Form in Ancient Greece [Paperback]
Peter W. Rose (Author)
Regular Price: $17.95
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ISBN: 9780801499838
Published by : Cornell Univ Press
Penetrating new readings of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey , Pindar's Tenth Pythian Ode , Aeschylus' Oresteia , Sophocles' Philoktetes , and Plato's Republic using the insights of Marxist philosophy. .... Learn More -
Greek Legends and Stories [Paperback]
M. V. Seton-Williams (Author)
Regular Price: $19.95
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ISBN: 9780948695223
Published by : Stacey International
This book provides a brief description of almost fifty classical and medieval Greek myths and legends, including the beginings of the World and the coming of Man, and the stories of the Argonauts, Perseus, Oedipus, the Trojan War and the Odysse... .... Learn More -
Consolatory Rhetoric: Grief, Symbol and Ritual in the Greco-Roman Era [Hardback]
Donovan J. Ochs (Author)
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ISBN: 9780872498853
Published by : University of South Carolina Press
Consolatory Rhetoric explores Greco-Roman funeral rituals to reveal how opposing symbols functioned rhetorically to comfort communities afflicted by the death of one of their members. While the bulk of rhetorical criticism interprets written te... .... Learn More