Greece & the Hellenistic World
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Class in Archaic Greece [Hardback]
Peter W. Rose (Author)
£70.00ISBN: 9780521768764
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Archaic Greece saw a number of decisive changes, including the emergence of the polis, the foundation of Greek settlements throughout the Mediterranean and Black Sea, the organisation of panhellenic games and festivals, the rise ... .... Learn More -
Sparta's German Children: The ideal of ancient Sparta in the Royal Prussian Cadet-Corps, 1818-1920, and in National-Socialist elite schools (the Napolas), 1933-1945 [Hardback]
Helen Roche (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781905125555
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
From the eighteenth century until 1945, German children were taught to model themselves on the young of an Ancient Greek city-state: Sparta. From older children, from teachers in the classroom, and from higher authority first in P... .... Learn More -
Greek and Roman Consolations: Eight studies of a tradition and its afterlife [Hardback]
H Baltussen (Editor)
£50.00ISBN: 9781905125562
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
In the Ancient World death came – on average - at a far earlier age than in today’s West, and without the authoritative warnings given by modern medicine. Consolation for the trauma of loss had, accordingly, a more pro... .... Learn More -
Menander: Eleven Plays [Paperback]
Colin Austin (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9780956838124
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: Cambridge Classical Journal Supplementary
Volume: 37
Colin Austin, Professor of Greek at Cambridge University 1998–2008, was one of the world’s foremost experts in the reconstruction and interpretation of Greek comedy. When he died in August 2010, he was working towards ... .... Learn More -
The Poetics of Consent: Collective Decision Making and the Iliad [Hardback]
David F. Elmer (Author)
£28.50ISBN: 9781421408262
Published by : Johns Hopkins University Press
The Poetics of Consent breaks new ground in Homeric studies by interpreting the Iliad's depictions of political action in terms of the poetic forces that shaped the Iliad itself. Arguing that consensus is a central theme of the ep... .... Learn More -
Hunters, Heroes, Kings: The Frieze of Tomb II at Vergina [Hardback]
Hallie M. Franks (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9780876619667
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: ANCIENT ART & ARCHITECTURE IN CONTEXT
Volume: 3
This monograph considers the painted frieze on the facade of Tomb II at Vergina (ca. 330-280 B.C.) as a visual document that offers vital evidence for the public self-stylings of Macedonian royalty in the era surrounding the reign of Alexander ... .... Learn More -
Tragedy and Archaic Greek Thought [Hardback]
D.L. Cairns (Editor)
£50.00ISBN: 9781905125579
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
Eight leading contemporary interpreters of Classical Greek tragedy here explore its relation to the thought of the Archaic Period. Prominent topics are the nature and possibility of divine justice; the influence of the gods on hum... .... Learn More -
New Epigrams of Palladas: A Fragmentary Papyrus Codex (P.CtYBR inv. 4000 [Hardback]
Kevin Wilkinson (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9780979975851
Published by : American Society of Papyrologists
Series: AMERICAN STUDIES IN PAPYROLOGY
Volume: 52
P.CtYBR inv. 4000, owned by Yale University's Beinecke Library, is a fragmentary papyrus codex that comprises parts of six bifolia (24 pages) and contains Greek elegiac epigrams. Of the approximately 60 epigrams that are partially... .... Learn More -
Moral Awareness in Greek Tragedy [Hardback]
£75.00ISBN: 9780199659753
Beginning with a definition of morality and examining the implications of analysing the moral performance of fictional characters, Lawrence considers concepts of the self and the problem of autonomy and personal responsibility in ... .... Learn More -
Archaeological Survey and the City [Paperback]
Paul Johnson (Editor); Martin Millett (Editor)
£36.00ISBN: 9781842175095
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE MUSEUM OF CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY MONOGRAPHS
Volume: 2
In the past 30 years archaeological field survey has become central to the practice of Classical Archaeology. During this time, approaches have developed from the systematic collection of artefacts to include the routine deployment of various ... .... Learn More