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Calderon: The Painter of his Dishonour, El pintor de su deshonra
edited and translated by Alan K G Paterson
Alan Paterson presents Calderon's original text, from manuscript and printed sources, with a skilful verse translation into English of a remarkable play, in which Calderon develops the motif of marital honour in quite original ways. The blending of deep pathos and humour anticipates the modern theatre of the absurd, though Calderon is pushing to the limits the license gained by Lope de Vega to mingle tragedy with comedy. The play incorporates ...
Paperback. Price GB £15.00

Jersey in Prehistory
Patton, Mark
Hardback. Price GB £15.00

The Reign of Ramesses IV
by A J Peden
Peden draws on a range of sources, including inscriptions, monuments and ostraca, to present 'a compact and comprehensive history of the reign of Ramesses IV, who ruled Egypt at a point of transition between the last days of the her greatness under Ramesses III and her political and economic decline under Ramesses IV's successors'. Includes translations of selected texts. 130p (Aris and Phillips 1994)
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £18.00, Our Price GB £4.95

Gizeh and Rifeh
Petrie, W. M. F.
A reprint of Petrie's 1907 report on the work of the British School of Archaeology in Egypt at the cemeteries of Gizeh and Deir Rifeh. 56p, 40 b/w pls (Aris & Phillips 1971)
Hardback. Price GB £14.95

Dogs in Antiquity: Anubis to Cerberus
by Douglas J Brewer, Terence Clark and Adrian Phillips
Unlike cats which have remained almost uniform in shape throughout their history, dogs have developed into a myriad of different breeds, ranging from the diminutative Chihuahua to the massive Irish Wolfhound. This book traces the origins of the domestic dog from its first beginnings as a wolf and then explores how the many varieties came about. The most complete information on the origins of breeds comes from Egypt and the Middle East, which saw ...
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Aeschylus: Eumenides
Edited with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary by A. J. Podlecki
This edition of Aeschylus' triumphantly reconciliatory final play of the Oresteian trilogy presents a newly constituted text that diverges substantially from Page's OCT of 1972. The translation is in prose, with literary and historical commentary, and an introduction dealing with myth, historical background and suggested staging of the play. There are also several appendixes. Greek text with facing-page translation, commentary and notes. 232p ...
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Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound
Edited with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary by A.J. Podlecki
The play's title figure has long held a central place in the 'libertarian' stream of Western culture, but controversies continue to swirl about the work and its hero. What are we to make of Prometheus's extravagant claims? Was he, as he insists, the only force that stood between the human race and extinction? Can Zeus really have been as misanthropic as his adversary paints him? Are we, in short, to think of Prometheus as a genuine hero, or ...
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Hardback. Price GB £40.00

Artefacts of Complexity: Tracking the Uruk in the Near East
by Nicholas Postgate
The late 4th millennium in South Mesopotamia is universally known as the Uruk Period because it is at Uruk that the German excavations have exposed the most remarkable manifestations of this complex society. Although the Uruk period in Iraq itself remains little understood, in recent decades artefacts and entire settlements have been discovered in places as far apart as the Mahi Dasht in Iran and the Euphrates in South-eastern Turkey. This volume ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £55.00, Our Price GB £40.00

Societies and Languages of the Ancient Near East
Dandamayev, M. A.
A collection of essays in English, German and French on the Ancient Near East and its languages. Contents include: Property rights and functional tenure in Mesopotamian rural communities (Robert McC Adams); Terms for slaves in Ancient Mesopotamia (J Gelb); Your money or your life! A portrait of an Assyrian businessman (Morgens Trolle Larsen); Gold, silber und blei als wertmesser in Mesopotamien wahrend der zweiten halfte des ...
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Cicero: Laelius on Friendship and the Dream of Scipio
by J. G. F. Powell
Cicero's essay On Friendship (Laelius de amicitia) is of interest as much for the light it sheds on Roman society as for its embodiment of ancient philosophical views on the subjects of friendship. The Dream of Scipio was excerpted in late antiquity from Cicero's De Republica, a dialogue in six books which now only survives in fragmentary form. In the excerpt, which probably formed the conclusion to the dialogue, Cicero describes his vision of ...
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