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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Translation, Commentary, and Interpretive Essays by Helene P. Foley
RRP: €53.55€42.03The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late seventh or early sixth century B.C.E., is a key to understanding the psychological and religious world of ancient Greek women. The poem tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess... -
Disability Studies and the Classical Body: The Forgotten Other by Ellen Adams 9780367765965
RRP: €47.59€41.72By triangulating the Greco-Roman world, classical reception, and disability studies, this book presents a range of approaches that reassess and reimagine traditional themes, from the narrative voice to sensory studies.It argues that disability and... -
The Vandals Andrew Merrills (University of Leicester, UK) 9781118785096
RRP: €35.64€31.67The Vandals is the first book available in the English Language dedicated to exploring the sudden rise and dramatic fall of this complex North African Kingdom. This complete history provides a full account of the Vandals and re-evaluates key aspects of... -
Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare, 527-1071 by Brian Todd Carey
€18.04In August 1071, the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenese led out a powerful army in an attempt to roll back Seljuk Turkish incursions into the Anatolian heartland of the Empire. Outmanoeuvred by the Turkish sultan, Alp Arslan, Romanus was forced to... -
Ancient Empires: From Mesopotamia to the Rise of Islam by Eric H. Cline
RRP: €55.92€49.35Ancient Empires is a relatively brief yet comprehensive and even-handed overview of the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean and Europe, including the Greco-Roman world, Late Antiquity and the early Muslim period. Taking a focused and thematic approach,... -
Great Women of Imperial Rome: Mothers and Wives of the Caesars Jasper Burns 9780415408981
RRP: €65.44€57.26Drawing from a broad range of documentation this book vividly characterizes eleven royal women who are brought visually to life through photographs of over 300 ancient coins and through the author's own illustrations.Spanning the period from the death of... -
Memorable Deeds and Sayings: One Thousand Tales from Ancient Rome by Valerius Maximus 9780872206748
RRP: €23.79€19.56Popular in its day both as a sourcebook for writers and orators and as a guidebook for living a moral life, this remarkably rich document serves as an engaging introduction to the cultural and moral history of ancient Rome. Valerius' "thousand tales" are... -
The Cambridge Companion to Horace by Stephen Harrison
RRP: €36.88€32.33Horace is a central author in Latin literature. His work spans a wide range of genres, from iambus to satire, and odes to literary epistle, and he is just as much at home writing about love and wine as he is about philosophy and literary criticism. He... -
The Variae: The Complete Translation by Cassiodorus
RRP: €35.70€28.19Cassiodorus-famed throughout history as one of the great Christian exegetes of antiquity-spent most of his life as a high-ranking public official under the Ostrogothic King Theoderic and his heirs. He produced the Variae, a unique letter collection that... -
Greek and Latin Letters: An Anthology with Translation by Professor Michael Trapp
RRP: €35.69€31.74The 78 letters in this Anthology (41 Greek, 36 Latin and 1 bilingual, with facing English translation) are selected both for their intrinsic interest, and to illustrate the range of functions letters performed in the ancient world. Dating from between c... -
The Cambridge Companion to Catullus by I. M. Le M. Du Quesnay
RRP: €30.93€26.17Catullus is one of the most popular poets to survive from classical antiquity. Above all others he seems to speak to modern readers with a modern voice. The distinguished contributors to this Companion discuss the principal subjects which drew Catullus'... -
Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Collection of Ancient Texts by Georg Luck
RRP: €36.30€33.05Magic, miracles, daemonology, divination, astrology, and alchemy were the arcana mundi, the "secrets of the universe," of the ancient Greeks and Romans. In this path-breaking collection of Greek and Roman writings on magic and the occult, Georg Luck... -
Aurelian and Probus: The Soldier Emperors Who Saved Rome by Ilkka Syvänne 9781399021456
€21.72This is a narrative military history of the emperors Lucius Domitius Aurelianus ('Aurelian', reigned 270-275) and Marcus Aurelius Probus (276-282) which also includes the other reigns between the years 268 and 285. It shows how these two remarkable... -
Studying Gender in Classical Antiquity by Lin Foxhall 9780521557399
RRP: €27.36€23.28This book investigates how varying practices of gender shaped people's lives and experiences across the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. Exploring how gender was linked with other socio-political characteristics such as wealth, status, age and... -
Early Aegean Warrior 5000–1450 BC by Dr Raffaele D’Amato 9781780968582
RRP: €17.84€14.70The mainland and islands of Greece were extensively settled by peoples moving from Asia Minor in c.5000 BC, while a further wave in c.5000 BC introduced bronze-working to the region. It is form this point on that it is possible to discern a distinct... -
Abusir: The Necropolis of the Sons of the Sun by Miroslav Verner 9789774167904
RRP: €47.60€39.48At the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the nearby village of Abusir. Long overshadowed by the more familiar pyramids at Giza and Saqqara, this area has... -
Intellectual Life in the Roman Republic by Elizabeth Rawson 9780715622254
€45.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780715622254Author Elizabeth RawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Bristol Classical PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams) 490g -
Roman History, Volume V: Civil Wars, Books 3-4 by Appian
RRP: €29.69€27.83Rome's internal conflicts, from the Gracchi to the Empire.Appian (Appianus) is among our principal sources for the history of the Roman Republic, particularly in the second and first centuries BC, and sometimes our only source, as for the Third Punic War... -
Ancient Greek Divination Sarah Iles Johnston (Ohio State University) 9781405115735
RRP: €32.07€27.88The first English-language survey of ancient Greek divinatory methods, Ancient Greek Divination offers a broad yet detailed treatment of the earliest attempts by ancient Greeks to seek the counsel of the gods. Offers in-depth discussions of oracles,... -
Pericles and the Conquest of History: A Political Biography by Loren J. Samons
RRP: €29.74€23.79As the most famous and important political leader in Athenian history, Pericles has featured prominently in descriptions and analysis of Athenian democracy from antiquity to the present day. Although contemporary historians have tended to treat him as... -
Domitian: Tragic Tyrant by Pat Southern 9780415555067
RRP: €52.35€45.74This is the first ever study to assess Emperor Domitian from a psychological point of view and covers his entire career from the early years and the civil war AD through the imperial rule to the dark years and the psychology of suspicion. Pat Southern... -
Western Aristocracies and Imperial Court AD 364-425 by John Matthews 9780198144991
RRP: €77.35€67.90The central theme of this book is the relationship between the `public' and `private' lives of the men who were involved in the politics of the western Roman Empire in the later fourth and early fifth centuries. A postscript updates the book with regard... -
Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture: III. The Conflict of Cultural Ideals in the Age of Plato by Werner Jaeger 9780195040487
RRP: €52.94€36.68This book is intended for Prizes won etc.Book InformationISBN 9780195040487Author Werner JaegerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Oxford University Press IncWeight(grams) 526g -
Homer, Hesiod and the Hymns: Diachronic Development in Epic Diction by Richard Janko 9780521035651
RRP: €36.88€33.65This book investigates the history of the ancient Greek tradition of oral epic poetry which culminated in the Iliad and Odyssey. These masterpieces did not exhaust the tradition, and poems were composed in the same style for several generations... -
Abu Simbel: A Short Guide to the Temples by Nigel Fletcher-Jones
RRP: €11.89€9.72The three-thousand-year-old rock-cut temples at Abu Simbel and the story of their rescue from the rising waters of Lake Nasser in the 1960s are almost as familiar worldwide as the tale of the gold funerary mask and brief life of the boy king Tutankhamun... -
The Oasis Papers 9: A Tribute to Anthony J. Mills after Forty Years in Dakhleh Oasis by Gillian E. Bowen 9781789253764
€93.47This new volume in the Oasis Papers series marks the 40th anniversary of archaeological fieldwork in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt's Western Desert under the leadership of Anthony J. Mills and presents a synthesis of the current state of our knowledge of... -
Emperors and Gladiators by Thomas Wiedemann
RRP: €52.35€45.74Of all aspects of Roman culture, the gladiatorial contests for which the Romans built their amphitheatres are at once the most fascinating and the most difficult for us to come to terms with. They have been seen variously as sacrifices to the gods or, at... -
Cleopatra: The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity by Alberto Angela
RRP: €15.46€10.09"The political machinations, betrayal, and battles may appeal to those fans of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series interested in a real-world game of thrones." -- Booklist One of Italy's most revered cultural figures... -
Women in Classical Antiquity: From Birth to Death Laura K. McClure (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 9781118413524
RRP: €45.16€40.17An introduction to women and gender in the classical world that draws on the most recent research in the field Women in Classical Antiquity focuses on the important objects, events and concepts that combine to form a clear understanding of ancient Greek... -
Impossible Histories: The Soviet Republic of Alaska, the United States of Hudsonia, President Charlemagne, and Other Pivotal Moments of History That Never Happened by Hal Johnson
RRP: €23.79€16.36What does women's suffrage have to do with the telephone? How could elephants have brought a thousand years of peace to the Middle East? Which Roman emperor might have saved the life of Louis XVI? Could Sophocles's least popular play have rescued the... -
Who's Who in the Roman World by John Hazel 9780415291620
RRP: €27.36€23.99Who's Who in the Roman World is a wide-ranging biographical survey of one of the greatest civilizations in history. Covering a period from the 5th century BC to AD 364, this is an authoritative and hugely enjoyable guide to an era which continues to... -
Ancient Theatre and Performance Culture Around the Black Sea by David Braund
RRP: €107.10€97.62This is the first study of ancient theatre and performance around the coasts of the Black Sea. It brings together key specialists around the region with well-established international scholars on theatre and the Black Sea, from a wide range of... -
Literary Texts and the Roman Historian by David S. Potter
RRP: €45.21€39.72Literary Texts and the Roman Historian looks at literary texts from the Roman Empire which depict actual events. It examines the ways in which these texts were created, disseminated and read.Beside covering the major Roman historical authors such as Livy... -
Caesar's Legacy: Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire by Josiah Osgood 9780521671774
RRP: €45.21€35.40In April 44 BC the eighteen-year-old Gaius Octavius landed in Italy and launched his take-over of the Roman world. Defeating first Caesar's assassins, then the son of Pompey the Great, and finally Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, he dismantled... -
Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization by Graham Hancock 9781400049516
RRP: €33.32€24.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400049516Author Graham HancockFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)... -
Year of the Four Emperors by Kenneth Wellesley
RRP: €45.21€39.72After Nero's notorious reign, the Romans surely deserved a period of peace and tranquility. Instead, during AD69, three emperors were murdered: Galba, just days into the post, Otho and Vitellius. The same year also saw civil war in Italy, two desperate... -
Blood of the Caesars: How the Murder of Germanicus Led to the Fall of Rome by Stephen Dando-Collins 9780470137413
RRP: €38.07€23.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470137413Author Stephen Dando-CollinsFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
Letters to Quintus, Brutus, Octavian and Letter Fragments: WITH Invectives AND Handbook of Electioneering by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: €29.69€27.83Private correspondence and dubious disquisitions.Cicero had an affectionate relationship with his only brother, Quintus, down to the closing years of their lives. The letters from Cicero to him in this collection offer an intimate look at their world... -
Myth and Tragedy in Ancient Greece by Jean-Pierre Vernant
RRP: €33.32€26.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780942299199Author Jean-Pierre VernantFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 794gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
The Cambridge Companion to Lucretius by Stuart Gillespie 9780521612661
RRP: €44.02€38.26Lucretius' didactic poem De rerum natura ('On the Nature of Things') is an impassioned and visionary presentation of the materialist philosophy of Epicurus, and one of the most powerful poetic texts of antiquity. After its rediscovery in 1417 it became a...