Search Results: Titles starting with R from Ancient World Books

Adolf M. Hakkert. Fine with no dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 902560868X . Contents: A note on Agamemnon 1656; Choephoroe 66-7; Blind Wealth and Aristophanes; an Aspect of Greek Mythology in a Dramatic context; Law code of Gortyn. II. Translation; Some Characteristics of Archaic Greek Writing; Amyklai; Homeric Doors; A Note on Plato Lg. 773b; Making of a Cretan Fixed Metaphor; Action and Character in the Ion of Euripides; Cretan Koinon; Neoi and Neotas; Cretan system of maintaining Armed forces; Cretan Law and Early Greek Society; What's in a Name? Herodotos IX 85, 1-2; Archaic Greece and Utopian tradition; Bee-Keeping and Bee-Cults (mallia and Ephesos). ; Vol. 1; 294 pages .

Adolf M. Hakkert. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 9025609384 . One corner bumped else Fine. ; Contents: Dimensions and Historiography; Homer and History- Once More; Dance in Ancient Crete; Crane Dance; Armed Dances; Economy and Society (with...ref. To Western Crete) ; Early Greek in Cyprus; Militarism in Early Greek Society; Graeco-roman city; Helliotis Transformed. ; Vol. 2; 294 pages .

Brill Academic Publishers. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 9004146431 . New in plastic wrapping; Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 157; 9 x 2.5 x 5 Inches; 447 pages; This study deals essentially with the knowledge of the Palestinian Rabbis concerning paganism in the days of Mishna and Talmud. The Late Professor Saul Lieberman wrote that "Many isolated items on idolatry and idol worshippers are scattered all over rabbinic literature. It would require a large volume to treat this topic". This valuable and exhaustive study proves methodically that the Rabbis had deeper knowledge about Syrian, Arabian, Anatolian and Graeco-Roman Pagan cults than is commonly believed. Clear, accessible and displaying considerable scholarship this work will undoubtedly provide an important challenge to both historians, archaeologists, and scholars of Rabbinic texts. Cette étude traite essentiellement du niveau de connaissances des Rabbins de Judée et de Galilée… Read More

Methuen & Company. Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Dustjacket is price-clipped and protected in library protective sleeve which has been taped to book leaving tape stains on inner covers. Mark on text-block in red felt marker. ; Greek Exclusiveness & the Political Ideals of Alexander the Great; The Hellenistic Age; The Earliest Greek Contact with Egypt; Alexander in Egypt; The Papyri & their Value; The Hellenization of Egypt; Alexandria; The Earliest Hebrew Contact with Egypt; The Jews in Egypt in later Times; The Question of Jewish Citizenship at Alexandria; The Greek Contact with the Jews: Anti-Semitism; Hellenism; The Roman Attitude to Race-The Republic; The Empire. ; 176 pages .

Munshiram Manoharlal. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears. DJ is sliced along front panel. ; 134 pages; Traces the origins of the different tribes inhabiting North India. .

Rome: Editalia. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. Book has very light shelfwear. DJ has edgewear with chipping and a few small tears. ; 247pp, profusely illustrated.; Vol. 1; Large 8vo; 247 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0521806607 . Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; Wilson examines the nature of compensation--ransom and revenge--in the Iliad, offering a fundamentally new reading of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles. She presents a detailed anthropology of compensation in Homer, located in the wider context of agonistic exchange, to demonstrate how the struggle over definitions is a central feature of elite competition for status in the zero-sum and fluid ranking system of Homeric society. The study thus asserts the integral role of compensation in the traditional, cultural and poetic matrix of this foundational epic. ; 1.25 x 9.75 x 6.75 Inches; 250 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0521800749 . Very light shelfwear to DJ else Fine. ; Cambridge Classical Studies; 0.8 x 8.7 x 5.5 Inches; 260 pages; Were acts of sex which we would call rape and regard as a criminal offence similarly regarded in classical Athens? That is the main question posed in this book, the first in-depth study of the topic ever to be undertaken. It considers the legal terminology for rape and discusses exactly what these different terms describe. It also examines literary stories where rape and/or seduction feature as plot devices and looks at different characters' responses to them. The book's presentation makes it accessible to a wider readership of non-classicists. .

Encounter Books. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1893554864 . Very minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; Exposes the charlatanry that fuels much academic art history today and leaks into the art world generally. ; 9.0 X 5.9 X 0.9 inches; 200 pages .

Oxford Clarendon Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0198126387 . DJ is protected in plastic sleeve that has been taped down to boards. ; Donaldson examines the possible origins of the story, and the many ways in which, over the centuries, it has been interpreted, criticized, elaborated and transformed. The changing fortunes of the story reflect changing attitudes to suicide, republicanism, and the concept of heroism ; 216 pages .

New York University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 081470476X . Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. ; The Wrightsman Lectures; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 303 pages .

Cambridge Philological Society. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2011. Hardcover. 0956838111 . Cambridge Classical Journal Supplementary Volume 36; 296 pages; Since 1966, when James Diggle was elected to his Fellowship at Queen's College, Cambridge, his teaching and scholarly example have inspired many of his pupils to embark on their own academic careers. In this volume fourteen former pupils have contributed essays to mark his retirement. The contributions cover many of the diverse disciplines of Classics: Greek literature, Greek language, Latin literature, Textual Criticism, Greek and Roman Culture and the History of Scholarship. James Diggle has always excelled in the teaching of Greek and Latin composition and included are two offerings in Greek verse by former pupils. The volume concludes with a bibliography of the honorand's published writings. Contributors: Lyndsay Coo, Timothy e. Duff, John Wilkins, Jo Willmott, R. J. E. Thompson, Roy K. Gibson, Tom Murgatroyd, Roger Rees, David… Read More

Oxford University Press. Near Fine. 1999. Softcover. 0198250029 . This book, a collection of specially written essays by leading international scholars, reexamines ancient ideas of reason and rationality. The application of changing notions of rationality down the ages has led to consistent misinterpretation of standard ancient philosophical texts: the distinguished contributors here redress the balance, clarifying how the great thinkers of antiquity themselves conceived of rationality. ; 353 pages .

La Fotometalgrafica Emiliana. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1984. Paperback. 8871936604 . Creasing to 1 corner of wraps. ; Text is in Italian ; 160 pages .

Adolf M. Hakkert. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Faint foxing to front inner cover. ; Reprint of the 1936 edition. The purpose of this biography is to explain the situation in the Levant during the years preceding the fall of Jerusalem. This is done by an analysis of the character of Raymond III of Tripolis, and by an interpretation of his motives and actions, and those of his associates in a time of crisis. Includes a detailed description of the battle of Hattin. ; 177 pages .

British Archaeological Reports. Very Good+. 1981. Softcover. 0860541266 . Minor shelfwear. Light foxing. ; Contributors: A. Desbat, S. Walker, R. Turcan, J. -F. Reynaud, J. -P. Vallat; British Archaeological Reports BAR International Series 108; 339 pages .

University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. 0806107413 . Spine and part of front board sun-faded. Else minor shelfwear. ; 272 pages; Contains more than one hundred poems by such poets as Vergil, ovid, Horace, Seneca, martial, Catullus, and Sappho. Notes to facilitate reading accompany the poems and individual chapters consider meter, language, and imagery as well as organization of a Latin poem. Text has latin text and extensive English commentary. .

John Hopkins University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 080183984X . Book is fine. DJ has 1 small closed tear and light edgewear. ; 190 pages .

University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. 0806107413 . Small sticker stain to front board. Small checkmarks in pen to a few pages. Light Writing in pen to 1 page. Pencil notes to about 5 pages. ; Contains more than one hundred poems by such poets as Vergil, ovid, Horace, Seneca, martial, Catullus, and Sappho. Notes to facilitate reading accompany the poems and individual chapters consider meter, language, and imagery as well as organization of a Latin poem. Text has latin text and extensive English commentary. ; 272 pages .

Duckworth. Very Good. 2001. Softcover. 0715629816 . Pencilling passim. By Elaine Fantham. Upper corners of wraps slightly creased. ; 190.5 X 0.56 X 9.25 inches; 272 pages .