Language & Literature
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A Bestiary of Monsters in Greek Mythology [Paperback]
Spyros Syropoulos(Author)
$35.00ISBN: 9781784919504
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
Greek myths abound in images of beauty and perfection: charming gods, attractive goddesses, and handsome heroes, all of them standards of physical and spiritual flawlessness. However, the ancient Greeks were not fond of absolutes. ... .... Learn More -
Word and context in Latin poetry: Studies in memory of David West [Hardback]
A. J. Woodman (Editor); J. Wisse (Editor)
$80.00ISBN: 9780956838155
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: Cambridge Classical Journal Supplements
Volume: 40
This volume of essays is intended to commemorate the eminent Latin scholar David West, best known for his work on Lucretius, Horace, Virgil, and Shakespeare. The contributors – Francis Cairns, Ian Du Quesnay, Bruce Gibson, Alex Hardie, Stephen Har... .... Learn More -
El Sur de la Península Ibérica y el Mediterráneo Occidental: relaciones culturales en la segunda mitad del II milenio a.C. [Paperback]
Juan Manuel Garrido Anguita (Author)
$130.00ISBN: 9781784916442
Published by : Archaeopress Access Archaeology
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In ancient times, the first communities, societies, and civilizations in the Iberian peninsula, according to archaeological evidence, began to develop following a progressive local evolution tempered by the... .... Learn More -
Xenophon’s Ephesiaca: A Paraliterary Love-Story from the Ancient World [Hardback]
Aldo Tagliabue (Author)
$110.00ISBN: 9789492444127
Published by : Barkhuis
Series: Ancient Narrative Supplements
Volume: 22
After many decades of neglect, the last forty years have seen a renewed scholarly appreciation of the literary value of the Greek novel. Within this renaissance of interest, four monographs have been published to date which focus on individual nov... .... Learn More -
Understanding Relations Between Scripts: The Aegean Writing Systems [Paperback]
Philippa Steele (Editor)
$55.00ISBN: 9781785706448
Published by : Oxbow Books
Understanding Relations Between Scripts examines the writing systems of the ancient Aegean and Cyprus in the second and first millennia BC, principally Cretan ‘Hieroglyphic’, Linear A, Linear B, Cypro-Minoan and the Cy... .... Learn More -
Gestures: Essays in Ancient History, Literature, and Philosophy presented to Alan L Boegehold [Paperback]
Geoffrey W. Bakewell (Author); James P. Sickinger (Author)
$49.99ISBN: 9781785707834
Published by : Oxbow Books
These thirty essays were presented to Alan L Boegehold, a distinguished philologist and an inspirational teacher, on the occasion of his retirement and his seventy-fifth birthday. The contributions fall into two categories, each o... .... Learn More -
Archaeology and the Homeric Epic [Paperback]
Susan Sherratt (Editor); John Bennet (Editor)
$49.99ISBN: 9781785702952
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archaeology
The relationship between the Homeric epics and archaeology has long suffered mixed fortunes, swinging between 'fundamentalist' attempts to use archaeology in order to demonstrate the essential historicity of the epics and their background, and out... .... Learn More -
Ancient Historiography on War and Empire [Hardback]
Timothy Howe (Editor); Sabine Müller (Editor); Richard Stoneman (Editor)
$75.00ISBN: 9781785702990
Published by : Oxbow Books
In the ancient Greek-speaking world, writing about the past meant balancing the reporting of facts with shaping and guiding the political interests and behaviours of the present. Ancient Historiography on War and Empire shows the ways in which the... .... Learn More -
Spinning Fates and the Song of the Loom: The Use of Textiles, Clothing and Cloth Production as Metaphor, Symbol and Narrative Device in Greek and Latin Literature [Hardback]
Giovanni Fanfani (Editor); Mary Harlow (Editor); Marie Louise Nosch (Editor)
$55.00ISBN: 9781785701603
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 24
Textile imagery is pervasive in classical literature. An awareness of the craft and technology of weaving and spinning, of the production and consumption of clothing items, and of the social and religious significance of garments is key to the ap... .... Learn More -
Splendide Mendax: Rethinking Fakes and Forgeries in Classical, Late Antique, and Early Christian Literature [Hardback]
Edmund P. Cueva (Editor); Javier Martínez (Editor)
$105.00ISBN: 9789491431982
Published by : Barkhuis
Scholars for centuries have regarded fakes and forgeries chiefly as an opportunity for exposing and denouncing deceit, rather than appreciating the creative activity necessary for such textual imposture. But should we not be more curious about wha... .... Learn More
