Search Results: Authors starting with G from Ancient World Books

Harvard University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0674995848 . Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). Else very minor shelfwear. ; This volume begins with Samia (The Woman from Samos) , which has come down to us nearly complete. Here too are the very substantial extant portions of Sikyonioi (The Sicyonians) and Phasma (The Apparition) as well as Synaristosai (Women Lunching Together) , on which Plautus's Cistellaria (The Casket Comedy) was based. The volume also includes a selection of papyrus fragments attributed to Menander. ; Loeb Classical Library No. 460; Vol. 3; 656 pages .

Harvard University Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0674995066 . Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). Else book is fine. ; Volume II contains the surviving portions of ten Menander plays. Among these are the recently published fragments of Misoumenos ("The Man She Hated") , which sympathetically presents the flawed relationship of a soldier and a captive girl; and the surviving half of Perikeiromene ("The Girl with Her Hair Cut Short") , a comedy of mistaken identity and lovers' quarrel. ; Loeb Classical Library No. 459; Vol. 2; 528 pages .

The Book Guild Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0863325475 . Minor shelfwear to book with light knocking to 2 places. Foxing to textblock. ; 8.7 X 5.2 X 0.4 inches; 84 pages .

Basil Blackwell. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0631171509 . Former owner's name on ffep. Very minor shelfwear else fine. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Book describes Marius' army reforms in 107 BC onward to the political significance of the Roman army in the last century of the Republic. Analyzes the Social War and Sertorius' Spanish revolt. Further chapters on Drusus' tribunate programme and recruitment to Senate and Sulla 's attitude to the Equites. ; 282 pages .

Routledge. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0415018994 . Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear. ; 0.5 x 8.69 x 5.55 Inches; 88 pages; Blunt, honest and tenacious, Antigonus II Gonatas assumed the title King of Macedonia in 283 BC and reigned for more than forty years. Pragmatic and occasionally ruthless, he was a well-educated man with a keen interest in philosophy. He gathered about him poets, philosophers and historians; his long reign, despite vicissitudes, re-established Macedonia as a nation. Janice J. Gabbert portrays the eventful life of this enigmatic king in a lively and engaging manner. Her aim is to trace the political career of a man about whose life almost no official records survive. Taking into account the most recent epigraphical evidence, the author brings to life a fascinating political figure. This is the first study entirely devoted to Antigonus for over eighty years. .

Routledge. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0415018994 . Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear. ; 0.5 x 8.69 x 5.55 Inches; 88 pages; Blunt, honest and tenacious, Antigonus II Gonatas assumed the title King of Macedonia in 283 BC and reigned for more than forty years. Pragmatic and occasionally ruthless, he was a well-educated man with a keen interest in philosophy. He gathered about him poets, philosophers and historians; his long reign, despite vicissitudes, re-established Macedonia as a nation. Janice J. Gabbert portrays the eventful life of this enigmatic king in a lively and engaging manner. Her aim is to trace the political career of a man about whose life almost no official records survive. Taking into account the most recent epigraphical evidence, the author brings to life a fascinating political figure. This is the first study entirely devoted to Antigonus for over eighty years. .

Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 3534087852 . Minor discoloration to boards. ; 232 pages .

Brill Academic Publishers. Fine with no dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 9004165401 . Unwrapped in Plastic. ; Handbook of Oriental Studies/handbuch Der Orientalistik; Vol. 95; 0.6 x 9.6 x 6.4 Inches; 304 pages; The present work supplements the original volume of The Arabic Manuscript Tradition (AMT) , both its glossary of technical terms and bibliography. It includes new entries of technical terms, additional definitions of, and/or citations for, the entries already found in AMT, and recent publications on various aspects of Arabic manuscript studies arranged by subject. Among additional features there are illustrations of various Arabic letterforms and an alphabetical index of all works cited in both AMT and its supplement. .

Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1983. Second Edition. Hardcover. Foxing to spine. Scholar's name to ffep. ; Isbn: 3534014863; Wege Der Forschung 9 (IX) ; 544 pages .

Felix Meiner. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 378740578X . Very minor shelfwear. ; Isbn: 3787405785; 190 pages .

Adolf M. Hakkert. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1987. Second Revised Edition. Paperback. 9025609066 . Bump to top of spine and rear upper corner. Foxing to top of textblock and spine. ; 224 pages .

Brill Academic Publishers. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 9004155155 . Very light shelfwear else book is fine. ; The volume explores how Greek and Latin authors perceive and present their own (real or metaphorical) exile and employ exile as a powerful trope to express estrangement, elicit readerly sympathy, and question political power structures. ; Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum 87; 300 pages .

University of California Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0520056787 . Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Else book has very minor shelfwear. ; 165 pages; Drawing on the evidence of anthropology as well as ancient literature and inscriptions, Gagarin examines the emergence of law in Greece from the 8th through the 6th centuries B. C. , that is, from the oral culture of Homer and Hesiod to the written enactment of codes of law in most major cities. .

University of California Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0520029437 . Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). DJ has a bit of chipping. Some scuffing to rear panel of DJ. ; 264 pages .

Oxford University Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2010. Hardcover. 0195170725 . Books range from VG to Near Fine. Vol. 1 has bump to upper corner of front board. Vol 7 has a few small spots to textblock. ; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome is the clearest and most accessible guide to the world of classical antiquity ever produced. This multivolume reference work is a comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world--Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman--from the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE. It also covers the legacy of the classical world and its interpretation and influence in subsequent centuries. The Encyclopedia brings the work of the best classical scholars, archaeologists, and historians together in an easy-to-use format. The articles, written by leading scholars in the field, seek to convey the significance of the people, places, and historical events of classical antiquity, together with its intellectual and material culture.… Read More

Abingdon Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0687206316 . Book has minor shelfwear. Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears. Former institution stamp on title-page-- no other markings. ; Society of Biblical Literature, Monograph Series, Vol. 16; 173 pages; Moses' Religious Traits Prior to Jewish - Christian Influence. Dr. Gager focuses upon the positive and negative attitudes toward Moses as lawgiver and upon the central area of conflict between pagan culture and the Jews. In addition to the literary aspects, Dr. Gager examines documents in the area of magic and alchemy in which Moses enjoyed considerable renown. .

Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2012. Hardcover. 0199645787 . Very minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; The first English volume dedicated specifically to the topic of aniconism in Greek antiquity since 1903 Challenges the perception and place of non-figural objects in Greek religious art and is likely to become the standard work on the subject of Greek aniconism Fully illustrated throughout with 94 in-text illustrations; Oxford Studies In Ancient Culture & Representation; 9.8 X 7.5 X 0.9 inches; 456 pages .

Paris: Editions E.G.P.. Very Good. 1977. Softcover. Small tear to head of spine (2 cm). Some minor rubbing and creasing. ; 142pp, illustrated. Front cover has: "Essai pour servir a la comprehension d'un chef - d'oeuvre" ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 142 pages .

Carl Winter Universitätsverlag. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Softcover. 3533026205 . Scholars' bookplate to half-title. Small stain to rear wrpa. Spine lightly browned. Minor wear to corners of wraps. ; Abhandlungen Der Heidelberger Akademie Der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Jahrgang 1977 - 1. Abh. ; 504 pages .

Oxford At the Clarendon Press. Fair with no dust jacket. 1814. Hardcover. Books rebound in 1/2 leather binding with marbled endpapers and boards. Boards rubbed with colour loss. Spines covers are torn and will need to be rebacked. Boards edgeworn. Spine hinges and joints crudely repaired with tape in places (now yellowed and cracking). Former owner's name in ink to titlepage. Foxing and browning to pages. Boards detached but present. Some boards crudely affixed with tape. ; Vol. 1: (1814) 671 pp; Vol. 2: (1816) 430 pp; Vol. 3: (1920) 551 pp; missing Volume 4. ; 3 Volumes Only. ; Vol. 1/3/2024; V. I. Hesiodi Opera et dies. Theogonia, Scutum Herculis, Fragmenta. Theognis. Archilochi fragmenta. Solonis fra´gmenta. Simonidis fragmenta. Mimnermi fragmenta. Callini fragmentum. Tyrtæi fragmenta. Phocylidis fragmenta. Naumachius. Lini fragmenta. Panyasidis fragmenta. Rhiani fragmenta. Eueni Parii fragmenta. Pythagoræ Aurea carmina. 1814.--v. II. Theocriti, Bionis et Moschi… Read More