Society & Culture

ISBN: 9780292726413
Published by : University of Texas Press
This volume contains eleven law court speeches ascribed to Demosthenes, though modern scholars believe that only two or three of them are actually his. Most of the speeches here concern inheriting an estate, recovering debts owed to an estate, ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781853997426
Published by : Bristol Classical Press
A Greek doctor serving at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II in the fifth century BC, Ctesias met travellers and visitors from the far eastern reaches of the Persian Empire, merchants from along the Silk Road and Indians from near the ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904675839
Published by : Bristol Phoenix Press
The text of the Periplous or 'circumnavigation' that survives under the name of 'Skylax of Karyanda' is in fact by an unknown author of the 4th century BC. It describes the coasts of the Mediterranean and Black Sea, naming hundreds of towns wit... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199772681
Published by : Oxford University Press
In Classical times, the polis was a key social and civic unit, and the boundaries between Greeks and barbarians were, if not impermeable, certainly well defined. The coming of the Hellenistic era saw these absolutes begin to dissolve. Daniel ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199588039
Published by : Oxford University Press
In this beautifully written book, summing up a life-time's research, Christian Meier enquires into the origins of the Greek achievement, asking what the factors were which enabled such a remarkable cultural, social, political and scientific ef... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714122724
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
Amongst the countless
introductions to the ancient
Olympics which inevitably
appear each time the modern
games roll around it is nice to
see someone doing something
a bit different. David Stuttard
uses inscriptions, vic... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904955955
Published by : Signal Books Ltd
In this detailed and well argued study Malcolm Cross explores the Classical and Hellenistic achievement of Crete's city states, arguing that in many respects, not least their longevity they surpassed that of the more famous city states of mainl... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407307831
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
One of the significant problems in studying ancient Greece is that surviving literary and artistic evidence strongly emphasises élite values and activities, leaving the commonplace relatively untreated. The purpose of this work is to attempt re... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780226405094
Published by : University of Chicago Press
In this fresh look at antiquity, Steven Johnstone explores the way democracy and markets flourished in ancient Greece not so much through personal relationships as through trust in abstract systems - including money, standardized measurement, r... .... Learn More