Greece & the Hellenistic World
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Ceramics, Cuisine and Culture: The archaeology and science of kitchen pottery in the ancient mediterranean world [Paperback]
Michela Spataro (Editor); Alexandra Villing (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789253412
Published by : Oxbow Books
The 23 papers presented here are the product of the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and approaches to the study of kitchen pottery between archaeologists, material scientists, historians and ethnoarchaeologists. They aim to set a vital but lon... .... Learn More -
Glass of the Roman World [Paperback]
Justine Bayley (Editor); Ian Freestone (Editor); Caroline Jackson (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789253399
Published by : Oxbow Books
Glass of the Roman World illustrates the arrival of new cultural systems, mechanisms of trade and an expanded economic base in the early 1st millennium AD which, in combination, allowed the further development of the existing glass industry. Glass... .... Learn More -
The Plague of War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece [Paperback]
Jennifer Roberts (Author)
£12.99ISBN: 9780190940881
Published by : Oxford University Press
Series: Ancient Warfare and Civilization
In 431 BC, the long simmering rivalry between the city-states of Athens and Sparta erupted into open warfare, and for more than a generation the two were locked in a life-and-death struggle. The war embroiled the entire Greek world, provoking year... .... Learn More -
Pantalica in the Sicilian Late Bronze and Iron Ages: Excavations of the Rock-cut Chamber Tombs by Paolo Orsi from 1895 to 1910 [Paperback]
Robert Leighton (Editor); Rosa Maria Albanese Procelli (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789253023
Published by : Oxbow Books
Pantalica is a large limestone promontory in southeast Sicily known chiefly for a series of extensive cemeteries comprising thousands of chamber tombs cut out of the rock, dating mainly between the 13th and 7th centuries BCE. A UNESCO World Herita... .... Learn More -
Tell Me Who You Are: Labeling Status in the Graeco-Roman World [Paperback]
Maria Nowak (Editor); Adam Łajtar (Editor); Jakub Urbanik (Editor)
£21.95ISBN: 5550210059
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
This volume is a contribution to the discussion regarding identities and identification in history, specifically in the ancient world. The following twelve articles focus on various issues surrounding personal identification from the classical per... .... Learn More -
Greek Colonization in Local Contexts: Case Studies in Colonial Interactions [Paperback]
Jason Lucas (Editor); Carrie Ann Murray (Editor); Sara Owen (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789251326
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: University of Cambridge Museum of Classical Archaeology Monographs
Volume: 4
Greek Colonization in Local Context takes a fresh look at Greek colonies around Europe and Black Sea. The emphasis is on cultural interaction, transformation and the repercussions and local reactions to colonization in social, religious and cultur... .... Learn More -
Religion and Classical Warfare: Archaic and Classical Greece [Hardback]
Matthew Dillon (Author); Christopher Matthew (Author); Michael Schmitz (Author)
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ISBN: 9781473834293
Published by : Pen & Sword
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Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Greeks were certainly no exception. No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Ares, god of War)... .... Learn More -
Ascending and descending the Acropolis: Movement in Athenian Religion [Hardback]
Søren Handberg (Editor); Troels Myrup Kristensen (Editor); Wiebke Friese (Editor); Erin Warford (Other); Maria Salta (Other)
£30.00ISBN: 9788771844672
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens
Ascending and Descending the Acropolis – Mobility in Athenian Religion provides new perspectives on religious mobilities within the geographically limited region of Attica in Greece from the Late Bronze Age to the second century AD. Attica is a pa... .... Learn More -
The Story of Myth [Hardback]
Sarah Iles Johnston (Author)
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ISBN: 9780674185074
Published by : Harvard University Press
Greek myths have long been admired as beautiful, thrilling stories but dismissed as serious objects of belief. For centuries scholars have held that Greek epics, tragedies, and the other compelling works handed down to us obscure the "real" myths ... .... Learn More -
Antipater's Dynasty: Alexander the Great's Regent and his Successors [Hardback]
John D. Grainger (Author)
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ISBN: 9781526730886
Published by : Pen & Sword
Antipater was a key figure in the rise of Macedon under Philip II and instrumental in the succession of Alexander III (the Great). Alexander entrusted Antipater with ruling Macedon in his long absence and he defeated the Spartans in 331 BC. After ... .... Learn More
