Society & Culture

ISBN: 9780691140070
Published by : Princeton University Press
"The Cattle of the Sun" ranges over a wealth of sources, both textual and archaeological, to explore why these animals mattered to the Greeks, how they came to be a key element in Greek thought and behavior, and how the Greeks exploited the sym... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780691138992
Published by : Princeton University Press
takes an in-depth look at how the physical body first emerged in the West as both an object of knowledge and a mysterious part of the self. Beginning with Homer, moving through classical-era medical treatises, and closing with studies of early ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780691142678
Published by : Princeton University Press
This is the first modern edition and first English translation of one of the earliest and most important works in the history of geography, the third-century "Geographika of Eratosthenes". Duane Roller collates the more than 150 fragments of th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780748634903
Published by : Edinburgh University Press
Sport was, as this collection of important papers shows, central to Greek life, and there are a corresponding number of avenues of enquiry. Among topics discussed are the religious aspects of sports and festivals, as well as their role in prov... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780674996403
Published by : Harvard University Press
This is the ninth volume in the Loeb Classical Library's ongoing edition of Hippocrates' invaluable texts, which provide essential information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning the human body. Here ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781405122917
Published by : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
The Classical world is regularly invoked both as the home of sexual freedom (Greece, in particular with reference to homosexuality), and as a haven for wanton acts of sexual perversity (Rome). This volume examines the profound impact that sexu... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780195394009
Published by : Oxford University Press
A lead tablet found at Selinus, and a block of marble from Cyrene, are both inscribed with 'sacred laws' from their city of origin. There has been fierce scholarly debate over how to read and interpret each one, and Noel Robertson advances a ne... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521195188
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book contributes to the history of classical rhetoric by focusing on how key terms helped to conceptualise and organise the study and teaching of oratory. David Timmerman and Edward Schiappa demonstrate that the intellectual and political ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780715638927
Published by : Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd.
Law and Drama as Athenian institutions saw extremely high levels of participation from its citizens,and both tragedy and comedy depict interactions with the law, and use extensive legal terminology and frameworks. This collection of essays exam... .... Learn More