Society & Culture

ISBN: 9781905125517
Published by : Classical Press of Wales
Sociable Man , which celebrates the work of Nick Fisher, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at Cardiff University, contains essays by leading classicists, ancient historians and archaeologists on the theme of ancient Greek social behaviour. ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842174227
Published by : Oxbow Books
This volume of 15 papers is a tribute to Petros Themelis for his significant contribution to Greek archaeology and especially to the excavation, study and conservation to the ancient site of Messene in the Peloponnese. An international cast of ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842173763
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Studies in Funerary Archaeology
Volume: 5
This volume investigates the archaeology of death and commemoration through thematically linked case studies drawn from the Classical world. These investigations stress the processes of burial and commemoration as inherently social and designed... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781849162524
Published by : Quercus
With the London Olympics drawing nearer, sport and its place in society are very much in the news at the moment. This engaging study takes a look at the role of sport in the ancient world. It begins by looking at the emergence of competitive sp... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521453370
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This study makes use of new developments in economic history to analyse the role played by money in the economy of the ancient world. Amongst other topics the author considers the development of monetary networks, the use of credit and the prom... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521459525
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This study makes use of new developments in economic history to analyse the role played by money in the economy of the ancient world. Amongst other topics the author considers the development of monetary networks, the use of credit and the prom... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515092654
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
In the hellenistic period the Greek city-states are thought to have lost their independence and thereby also their possibilities of democratic government. This study shows that interstate relations among the Greek cities of coastal Asia Minor w... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780674035584
Published by : Harvard University Press
The iconoclast of Classics, Page duBois refuses to act as border patrol for a sometimes fiercely protected traditional discipline. Instead, she incorporates insights from postcolonial, psychoanalytic, and postmodern theories into her nuanced cl... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780674035867
Published by : Harvard University Press
In this detailed, yet brilliantly wide-ranging analysis, Christopher Jones starts from literary heroes such as Achilles and moves to the historical record of those exceptional men and women who were worshiped after death. He asks why and how mo... .... Learn More