Tragic Pleasure from Homer to Plato
This book develops an embodied model of aesthetic engagement derived from Greek poetry and...
EAN: 9781107184442
Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700
A thoroughly revised, greatly expanded edition of the most important documentary history of...
EAN: 9780812217513
Human Condition in Hilary of Poitiers
This study examines the theology of the fourth-century bishop, Hilary of Poitiers, concentrating...
EAN: 9780198806646
Lost Voices of the Nile
A fascinating exploration of the lives of normal people in ancient Egypt. Full of their own...
EAN: 9781445660271
Pax and the Politics of Peace
The concept of Roman peace (pax) did not just denote the absence of war but formed part of a much...
EAN: 9780198805632
Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda
This book compares two successful, elite women, Empress Adelheid (931-999) and Countess Matilda...
EAN: 9781137590886
Resilience and Vulnerability of Ancient Landscapes
EAN: 9781119016731
Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery
Classical slavery provides fascinating, complex, and engaging, albeit sometimes grim, topics for...
EAN: 9781405188050
Visual Style and Constructing Identity in the Hellenistic World
This book provides a new interpretation of Nemrud Dag, a key Hellenistic monument with both Greek...
EAN: 9781107141971
Roman Way
Drawing on the greatest writers of its civilization, Hamilton vividly depicts the life and spirit...
EAN: 9780393354454
Greek Way
Edith Hamilton buoyantly captures the spirit and achievements of the Greek civilization for our...
EAN: 9780393354447
Minoan Architecture and Urbanism
Nearly 4,000 years ago some of the very earliest towns of Europe appeared on the Mediterranean...
EAN: 9780198793625
Rethinking Recarving
A collection of essay, which reexamine the Wu Family Shrines pictorial carvings from Han dynasty...
EAN: 9780300137040
Wall
Hadrian’s Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monument...
EAN: 9781780274553
Rome and the Classic Maya
In this detailed comparative study, Rebecca and Glenn Storey examine the cultural changes marking...
EAN: 9781629584584
Rome's Revolution
A lively, engrossing history of the downfall of the Roman Republic.
EAN: 9780190663469
Epilegomena to the Study of Greek Religion
Originally published in 1921, this book was written by Jane Ellen Harrison (1850–1928). A...
EAN: 9781316633434
Prudentius, Spain, and Late Antique Christianity
This book sets Prudentius' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of...
EAN: 9781107149601
Child of a Dream
The first novel in Manfredi's outstanding trilogy of brutal passion and grand adventure in...
EAN: 9781509853519
