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Ancient Greece on British Television by Fiona Hobden 9781474412599
RRP: £95.00£86.45Ancient Greece has inspired television producers and captivated viewing audiences in the United Kingdom for over half a century. By examining how and why political, social and cultural narratives of Greece have been constructed through television's... -
Epic Heroes on Screen by Antony Augoustakis 9781474454636
RRP: £28.99£26.91Since 2000, numerous heroes of the ancient world have appeared on film and TV, from the mythical Hercules to leaders of the Greek and Roman worlds. This collection brings together a range of perspectives on twenty-first century cinematic representations... -
Archaic Greece: The Age of New Reckonings by Brian M. Lavelle 9781405198592
RRP: £65.95£59.05An introductory guide to the Archaic period in ancient Greece--the people, their society, and their culture. Excerpts from literary and other texts give voice to the interests, concerns, and emotions of the Archaic Greeks themselves. This book provides... -
A History of Greece, 1300 to 30 BC Victor Parker (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) 9781405190343
RRP: £78.95£69.72A History of Greece: 1300-30 BC, offers a comprehensive introduction to the foundational political history of Greece, from the late Mycenaean Age through to the death of Cleopatra VII, the last Hellenistic monarch of Egypt. Introduces textual and... -
The Hellenistic Period: Historical Sources in Translation by Roger S. Bagnall 9781405101325
RRP: £112.95£98.03Thousands of documents surviving on stone and papyrus help us to understand the complex society that took shape after the death of Alexander the Great. This book presents some of the most revealing of these documents in translation, allowing readers to... -
The Thucydidean Turn: (Re)Interpreting Thucydides' Political Thought Before, During and After the Great War by Benjamin Earley 9781350123717
£109.68The emergence of Thucydides as an influential political thinker in the first half of the twentieth century has been astonishingly neglected by modern scholars. This volume examines how, why, and when the Athenian historical came to occupy such a... -
Quintus of Smyrna's 'Posthomerica': Writing Homer Under Rome by Silvio B r 9781474493598
RRP: £29.99£27.79Offers a literary and cultural-historical analysis of the Posthomerica Connects Quintus with a far wider range of ancient literature: historical, philosophical, dramatic, and rhetorical genres; and prosaic and poetic works Moves away from the... -
Processions: Studies of Bronze Age Ritual and Ceremony presented to Robert B. Koehl by Judith Weingarten 9781803275338
£59.65Robert Koehl has long considered processions to have played an integral role in Aegean Bronze Age societies. Therefore, when assembling a volume to honor his retirement from Hunter College, contributing authors were asked to focus attention on this... -
The Family, Women and Death: Comparative Studies by S.C. Humphreys 9781032594668
RRP: £81.99£71.30Originally published in 1983 and as a second edition in 1993, this book deals with 3 universal but culturally variable phenomena: the family, women and death. The book poses questions about our own ways of looking at the family and private life, at sex... -
Greek Religion in Tauric Chersonesos by Tetiana Shevchenko 9781803275628
£41.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803275628Author Tetiana ShevchenkoFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint ArchaeopressPublisher ArchaeopressWeight(grams) 1506g -
Heroines of Olympus: The Forgotten Women of Greek Mythology by Ellie Mackin Roberts 9781802795233
RRP: £10.99£7.40Cunning, monstrous, virtuous. Rediscover the overlooked women of Greek myth.Goddesses and mortals, warriors and muses, women are at the heart of ancient Greek folklore, but their stories have long been eclipsed by those of men. Heroines of Olympus tells... -
Tracing Prehistoric Social Networks through Technology: A Diachronic Perspective on the Aegean Ann Brysbaert (University of Leicester, UK) 9781138802308
RRP: £53.99£46.87This volume investigates smaller and larger networks of contacts within and across the Aegean and nearby regions, covering periods from the Neolithic until Classical times (6000-323 BC). It explores the world of technologies, crafts and archaeological... -
Greek Education: 450-350 B.C. by Frederick G. A. Beck 9781138778443
RRP: £49.99£43.50This study, first published in 1964, presents a highly readable but scholarly account of Greek education as exemplified by Athenian practise in the period 450-350 B.C. In a substantial introductory chapter the story of Greek education is traced from its... -
Hunters, Heroes, Kings: The Frieze of Tomb II at Vergina by Hallie M. Franks 9780876619667
RRP: £62.00£58.79This monograph considers the painted frieze on the facade of Tomb II at Vergina (ca. 330-280 B.C.) as a visual document that offers vital evidence for the public self-stylings of Macedonian royalty in the era surrounding the reign of Alexander the Great... -
Terracotta Lamps II: 1967-2004 by Birgitta Lindros Wohl 9780876619308
RRP: £122.50£116.25This volume catalogues more than 400 lamps and lamp fragments dating from the Late Archaic to the Byzantine periods found over several decades at the Isthmian Sanctuary of Poseidon. These come from excavations undertaken by UCLA from 1967 to 1987 under... -
Women in the Athenian Agora Susan I Rotroff 9780876616444
RRP: £5.00£4.94Using evidence from the Athenian Agora, the authors show how objects discovered during excavations provide a vivid picture of women's lives. The book is structured according to the social roles women played: as owners of property, companions (in and... -
The Mycenaean Settlement on Tsoungiza Hill by James C. Wright 9780876619247
RRP: £122.50£116.25A hill dominating the Nemea Valley, Tsoungiza is located only 10 kilometers northwest of the citadel of Mycenae. Excavations there have uncovered the remains of a Late Helladic settlement that stood at its southern end. This volume presents the results... -
Crete in Transition: Pottery Styles and Island History in the Archaic and Classical Periods by Brice L. Erickson 9780876615454
RRP: £62.00£58.79This work presents a classification system and absolute chronology for black-gloss wares from Crete, establishing the first local and regional ceramic sequences during the period from 600 to 400 B.C. This new chronological foundation of datable pottery... -
Ceramicus Redivivus: The Early Iron Age Potters' Field in the Area of the Classical Athenian Agora by John K. Papadopoulos 9780876615317
RRP: £62.00£58.79This volume presents selected material associated with potters' workshops and pottery production from some 14 Early Iron Age contexts northwest of the Athenian Acropolis that range in date from the Protogeometric through Archaic periods. Located in the... -
Athens: The Acropolis. All You Need to Know About the Gods, Myths and Legends of This Sacred Site by Jill Dudley 9780993537820
£3.14Jill Dudley writes about the earliest myths regarding the Acropolis, the strange birth of the goddess Athena, and the contest between her and Poseidon, god of the sea, for the patronage of the city. She explains the reason for the Panathenaia festival,... -
Law, Rhetoric and Comedy in Classical Athens by D. L. Cairns 9780954384555
RRP: £62.00£59.27A substantial collection of original work from an authoritative international cast. Main themes are: the detail and development of Athenian law; the life and work of the Attic orators in their political contexts; the implications of recent papyrus... -
The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: The Greek Lamps and Offering Trays by Nancy Bookidis 9780876611876
RRP: £122.50£116.25This volume continues the publication of excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens in the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth. It incorporates two bodies of material: Greek lamps and offering trays. The lamps... -
The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: The Greek Pottery by Elizabeth G. Pemberton 9780876611814
RRP: £82.50£78.43Situated on the slopes of Acrocorinth, which rises to the south of the main part of the ancient city, the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore was the focus of excavations from 1961 through 1973. This is the first volume of final publication and presents... -
Archaeodiet in the Greek World: Dietary Reconstruction from Stable Isotope Analysis by Anastasia Papathanasiou 9780876615492
RRP: £62.00£58.19The analysis of stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in bone collagen provides a powerful tool for reconstructing past diets, since it provides the only direct evidence of the foods that were actually consumed. The chapters that comprise this... -
The Birth of Democracy by Josiah Ober 9780876619506
RRP: £20.00£18.81This is the catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Archives in Washington D.C. to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the beginnings of democracy in Athens, interpreted as the implementation of Cleisthenes' governmental reforms. This... -
Plutarch and the Persica by Eran Almagor 9780748645558
RRP: £100.00£90.92Bridges the gap between Plutarch Studies and Achaemenid Studies through analysis of key texts This book addresses two historical mysteries. The first is the content and character of the fourth century BCE Greek works on the Persian Achaemenid Empire... -
Ethnicity and Culture in Late Antiquity by Stephen Mitchell 9780715630433
RRP: £62.00£59.27The period 300-600 AD saw huge changes: the Graeco-Roman city-state was first transformed then eclipsed; much of the Roman Empire broke up and was reconfigured; new barbarian kingdoms emerged in the Roman West. Above all, religious culture moved from... -
The Ancient Greeks at War Louis Rawlings 9780719056574
RRP: £85.00£69.28The ancient Greeks experienced war in many forms. By land and by sea, they conducted raids, ambushes, battles and sieges; they embarked on campaigns of intimidation, conquest and annihilation; they fought against fellow Greeks and non-Greeks.Drawing on a... -
The Origins of Citizenship in Ancient Athens by Philip Brook Manville 9780691630724
RRP: £100.00£89.11In this unusual synthesis of political and socio-economic history, Philip Manville demonstrates that citizenship for the Athenians was not merely a legal construct but rather a complex concept that was both an institution and a mode of social behavior... -
The Structure of Thucydides' History by Hunter R. Rawlings 9780691614915
RRP: £40.00£31.53In a new and controversial interpretation of the literary structure of Thucydides history of the Peloponnesian War, Hunter Rawlings contends that Thucydides consciously divided the war into two parallel ten-year conflicts with a period of nominal peace... -
War in the Hellenistic World: A Social and Cultural History by Prof. Dr. Angelos Chaniotis 9780631226079
RRP: £115.95£100.58Exploiting the abundant primary sources available, this book examines the diverse ways in which war shaped the Hellenistic world. It presents an overview of war and society in the Hellenistic world. It highlights the interdependence of warfare and social... -
Exploring Greek Manuscripts in the Gennadius Library (Modern Greek) by Maria Politi 9789608696075
RRP: £62.00£57.79Among the collections of the Gennadius Library in Athens are over 300 Greek manuscripts, ranging in date from the 13th to the 19th century. This book presents a collection of studies of various aspects of the collection written by leading paleographers,... -
Cure and Cult in Ancient Corinth: A Guide to the Asklepieion Mabel Lang 9780876616703
£4.50Hundreds of life-size human limbs made from terracotta, including the remains of at least 125 human hands, testify to the efficacy of the medicine practiced at the Aklepieion, on the hillside north of ancient Corinth. Made as votive gifts to thank the... -
The Priority of Locomotion in Aristotle's Physics by Sebastian Odzuck 9783525253069
RRP: £90.99£74.06The work deals in depth with Aristotles thesis that the change of location is in many ways the most important and fundamental form of change and therefore has priority over all other types of change. In a first step, the author asks about the relevance... -
The Dispute concerning Rhetoric in Hellenistic Thought by Yosef Z. Liebersohn 9783525252949
RRP: £71.99£58.15This study reconstructs the Hellenistic philosophical debate on rhetoric. In the heterogeneous source situation, Liebersohn succeeds in distinguishing two phases in the debates about the value of rhetoric and two types of debates: one within philosophy... -
House X at Kommos: Pt. 1: House X at Kommos Architecture, Stratigraphy, and Selected Finds by Maria C. Shaw 9781931534642
RRP: £90.00£85.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931534642Author Maria C. ShawFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Institute for Aegean PrehistoryPublisher Institute for Aegean Prehistory -
The The Hagia Photia Cemetery: Volume 2: The Hagia Photia Cemetery II The Pottery by Costis Davaras 9781931534635
RRP: £78.00£73.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931534635Author Costis DavarasFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint Institute for Aegean PrehistoryPublisher Institute for Aegean Prehistory -
KE-RA-ME-JA by Dimitri Nakassis 9781931534765
RRP: £78.00£74.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931534765Author Dimitri NakassisFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Institute for Aegean PrehistoryPublisher Institute for Aegean Prehistory -
Monastiraki Katalimata: Excavation of a Cretan Refuge Site, 1993-2000 by Krzysztof Nowicki 9781931534246
RRP: £75.00£70.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931534246Author Krzysztof NowickiFormat HardbackPage Count 275Imprint Institute for Aegean PrehistoryPublisher Institute for Aegean Prehistory -
The Prehistory of the Paximadi Peninsula by Tracey Cullen 9781931534703
RRP: £78.00£73.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931534703Author Tracey CullenFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Institute for Aegean PrehistoryPublisher Institute for Aegean Prehistory