Language & Literature
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Iphicrates, Peltasts and Lechaeum [Hardback]
Nicholas Sekunda (Editor); Bogdan Burliga (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9788375311679
Published by : Akanthina
Series: Monograph Series
Volume: 9
The works assembled in this volume complement the article written on the battle of Lechaeum by Andreas Konecy inChrion 31 (2001), which is here translated into English by Brian Bertosa. Konecy not only reconstructs the location and phases of the b... .... Learn More -
The Antigonid Army [Hardback]
Nicholas Sekunda (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9788375312669
Published by : Akanthina
Volume: 8
This book deals with the Macedonian army under the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled Macedon from 294 BC until 168 BC. The representational evidence is mainly dealt with in the first two chapters. Chapter 1 deals with the Tomb of Lyson and Kallikles, a... .... Learn More -
Aratus and the Astronomical Tradition [Hardback]
Emma Gee (Author)
Regular Price: £58.00
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9780199781683
Published by : Oxford University Press
Why were the stars so important in Rome? Their literary presence far outweighs their role as a time-reckoning device, which was in any case superseded by the synchronization of the civil and solar years under Julius Caesar. One answer is their use... .... Learn More -
Sophocles’ Jebb [Hardback]
Chris Stray (Editor)
£52.50Click here for ebook buying options
ISBN: 9780956838131
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume
Volume: 38
Sir Richard Jebb (1841–1905) was the most celebrated classical scholar in late Victorian Britain: his edition of Sophocles, which remains a classic, brought him a knighthood. Professor of Greek at Cambridge from 1889, and MP for the University fro... .... Learn More -
At the Limits of Art: A Literary Study of Aelius Aristides' Hieroi Logoi [Hardback]
Janet Downie (Author)
Regular Price: £65.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9780199924875
Published by : Oxford University Press
Aelius Aristides' Hieroi Logoi present a unique first-person narrative from the ancient world-a narrative that seems at once public and private, artful and naive. While scholars have embraced the Logoi as a rich source for Imperial-era religion, p... .... Learn More -
Helen of Troy [Paperback]
Bettany Hughes (Author)
Regular Price: £16.99
Special Price: £5.95
ISBN: 9781400076000
Published by : Jonathan Cape
As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject. Hesiod, a poet born around 700BC and one of the first named authors in history, called her 'the most beautiful woman in the world' and the description endured. Even though we ha... .... Learn More -
From Polypragmon to Curiosus: Ancient Concepts of Curious and Meddlesome Behaviour [Hardback]
Matthew Leigh (Author)
Regular Price: £79.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9780199668618
Published by : Oxford University Press
From Polypragmon to Curiosus is a study of how Greek and Latin writers describe curious, meddlesome, and exaggerated behaviour. Founded on a detailed investigation of a family of Greek terms, often treated as synonymous with each other, and of the... .... Learn More -
Menander: Eleven Plays [Paperback]
Colin Austin (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780956838124
Published by : Cambridge Philological Society
Series: Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Volume
Volume: 37
Colin Austin, Professor of Greek at Cambridge University 1998–2008, was one of the world’s foremost experts in the reconstruction and interpretation of Greek comedy. When he died in August 2010, he was working towards a new edition of Menander for... .... Learn More -
Relative Chronology in Early Greek Epic Poetry [Hardback]
Oivind Andersen (Author)
Regular Price: £67.00
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9780521194976
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book sets out to disentangle the complex chronology of early Greek epic poetry, which includes Homer, Hesiod, hymns and catalogues. The preserved corpus of these texts is characterized by a rather uniform language and many recurring themes... .... Learn More -
Cosmology and the Polis [Hardback]
Richard Seaford (Author)
Regular Price: £77.00
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ISBN: 9781107009271
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book further develops Professor Seaford's innovative work on the study of ritual and money in the developing Greek polis. It employs the concept of the chronotope, which refers to the phenomenon whereby the spatial and temporal frameworks exp... .... Learn More
