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Our knowledge of ancient Greece has been transformed in the last century by an increased understanding of the cultures of the Ancient Near East. This is particularly true of ancient religion. This book looks at the relationship between the religious systems of Ancient...
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OUP Oxford
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2020-09-23
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Gothic literature imagines the return of ghosts from the past. But what about the ghosts of the classical past? Spectres of Antiquity is the first full-length study to describe the relationship between Greek and Roman culture and theGothic novels, poetry, and drama of...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-09-10
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The book presents the discoveries made by the Polish archaeological mission in Saqqara, the central part of the largest ancient Egyptian royal necropolis.The area adjacent to the Pyramid of King Djoser on the monument’s west side, so far neglected by archaeologists,...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2020-09-08
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Everyone wants to live a meaningful life. Long before our own day of self-help books offering twelve-step programs and other guides to attain happiness, the philosophers of ancient Greece explored the riddle of what makes a life worth living, producing a wide variety of...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-09-01
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The Augustan period in Rome was a golden age for poetry, and also the age in which the cult of the author began in the west. By examining some early poetic understandings of what it might have meant to be Vergil, Ovid, and Tibullus, Constructing Authors and Readers in...
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OUP Oxford
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2020-08-27
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The Augustan period in Rome was a golden age for poetry, and also the age in which the cult of the author began in the west. By examining some early poetic understandings of what it might have meant to be Vergil, Ovid, and Tibullus, Constructing Authors and Readers in...
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OUP Oxford
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2020-08-27
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Follows the military lives of three soldiers across the Roman world, providing interesting, historical insight into the Roman military from the late republic to the end of antiquity in the west This book introduces readers to three historical Roman soldiers—Titus Pullo...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2020-07-29
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Beyond Alexandria aims to provide a better understanding of Seleucid literature, covering the period from Seleucus I to Antiochus III. Despite the historical importance of the Seleucid Empire during the long third century BCE, little attention has been devoted to its...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-07-07
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A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home.'The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.'Samuel Johnson,...
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Robinson
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2020-07-02
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A COMPANION TO ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN MUSICA comprehensive guide to music in Classical Antiquity and beyond Drawing on the latest research on the topic,A Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Music provides a detailed overview of the most important issues raised by the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2020-06-29
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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The study of the Roman Empire has changed dramatically in the last century, with significant emphasis now placed on understanding the experiences of subject populations, rather than a sole focus on the Roman imperial elites. Local experiences, and interactions between...
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OUP Oxford
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2020-06-10
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The study of the Roman Empire has changed dramatically in the last century, with significant emphasis now placed on understanding the experiences of subject populations, rather than a sole focus on the Roman imperial elites. Local experiences, and interactions between...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-06-10
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Worshippers of the Gods tells how the Latin writers who witnessed the political and social rise of Christianity rethought the role of traditional religion in the empire and city of Rome. In parallel with the empire's legal Christianisation, it traces changing attitudes...
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Oxford University Press
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2020-05-29
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Ancient Rome is the only society in the history of the western world whose legal profession evolved autonomously, distinct and separate from institutions of political and religious power. Roman legal thought has left behind an enduring legacy and exerted enormous...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-05-26
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Ancient Rome is the only society in the history of the western world whose legal profession evolved autonomously, distinct and separate from institutions of political and religious power. Roman legal thought has left behind an enduring legacy and exerted enormous...
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OUP Oxford
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2020-05-26
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Adonis, the beautiful youth, born of the myrrh tree, loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone, hardly needs any introduction. His legend, of Oriental origin, spread early and rapidly to Greece and Italy. In Athens, his cult is attested as early as the 5th century, though...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-05-13
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A COMPANION TO GREEKS ACROSS THE ANCIENT WORLD An innovative, up-to-date treatment of ancient Greek mobility and migration from 1000 BCE to 30 BCEA Companion to Greeks Across the Ancient World explores the mobility and migration of Greeks who left their homelands in the...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2020-05-07
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
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Demetrius the Besieger offers the first historical and historiographical biography ofDemetrius Poliorcetes (336-282 BC) to be published in English. Also known as 'The Besieger of Cities',Demetrius is an outstanding, yet enigmatic figure who presided over the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-04-29
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Demetrius the Besieger offers the first historical and historiographical biography ofDemetrius Poliorcetes (336-282 BC) to be published in English. Also known as 'The Besieger of Cities',Demetrius is an outstanding, yet enigmatic figure who presided over the...
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OUP Oxford
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2020-04-29
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What is commonly called the kingdom of Pontos flourished for over two hundred years in the coastal regions of the Black Sea. At its peak in the early first century BC, it included much of the southern, eastern, and northern littoral, becoming one of the most important...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-04-22
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