Greece & the Hellenistic World

ISBN: 9783110258073
Published by : Walter de Gruyter
Using the abundant documentation and material record from post-classical Athens as a case study, the essays in this volume explore the ways in which the roles of priests and priestesses were constructed in social and political terms. The approa... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780500051665
Published by : Thames and Hudson
This beautifully produced book is a real tour de force, providing a comprehensive overview to the art of the Greek world in its entirety from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic era. Richard Neer takes an archaeological as well as art-historical ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780300159073
Published by : Yale University Press
Written in the style of a modern travel guide, Neil Faulkner here provides a light-hearted, but informative introduction to the ancient Olympics, bringing to life all of the sights and smells of the games. As well as describing the events thems... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780470674253
Published by : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
This volume presents a comparative analysis of several sophisticated systems of overland transport and communication networks across premodern cultures. Featuring contributions from an international team of scholars, these readings delve deeply... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781405186049
Published by : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
This well illustrated two-volume set offers a comprehensive, authoritative account of the development of Greek art through the 1st millennium BC. While there is no shortage of introductory handbooks on Greek art the current publication takes a ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783110267570
Published by : Walter de Gruyter
The inscribed text referred to as the sacred law of Andania contains almost 200 lines of regulations about a mystery festival and the sanctuary in which it took place. This examination of the inscription includes a new and accurate edition of i... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781107014411
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book gives a structured account of Egypt's transition from Ptolemaic to Roman rule by identifying key relationships between ecology, land tenure, taxation, administration and politics. It introduces theoretical perspectives from the social... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004209312
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
This book collects eighteen previously published papers which make contributions to the study of the inscribed laws and decrees of the city of Athens, 352/1-322/1 BC. The papers, which are based on fresh comprehensive autopsy of the stones and s... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783895008757
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: palilia
Volume: 25
The territory of the rural Latin town of Tibur (Tivoli) constituted one of the most important sites of Roman villa culture in the Republican period. In the summertime, Roman senators were attracted by the cool atmosphere of the Tiburtine slope... .... Learn More