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Legare Street Press Troja Und Ilion
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Legare Street Press Assyrian Texts Extracts From The Annals Of
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Legare Street Press A Primer of Mayan Hieroglyphics
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Legare Street Press Researches Into The Physical History Of Mankind
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Legare Street Press Egeria
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ancient History from Below
Book SynopsisIf ancient history is particularly susceptible to a top-down approach, due to the nature of our evidence and its traditional exploitation by modern scholars, another ancient historyfrom below'is actually possible. This volume examines the possibilities and challenges involved in writing it.Despite undeniable advances in recent decades, our slowness to reconstruct plausible visions of almost any aspect of society beyond the top-most strata of wealth, power or status' (as Nicholas Purcell has put it) remains a persistent feature of the field. Therefore, this book concerns a historical field and social groups that are still today neglected by modern scholarship. However, writing ancient history from below' means much more than taking into account the anonymous masses, the subaltern classes and the non-elites. Our task is also, in the felicitous expression coined by Walter Benjamin, to brush history against the grain,' to rescue the viewpoint of the subordinated, the traditions oTrade Review"This trail-blazing volume...offers an innovative bottom-up perspective on the Ancient World. ...This book aims to rewrite not only the past from an innovative perspective, but also the future of the discipline on the key value of intersectionality, reminding the entire scientific community that a writing history is a political act: it has always been an act of power, but it could also become an act of social justice." - New England Classical Journal"[This book] contributes to advancing the movement to re-evaluate ancient popular cultures that has been underway for two decades, following what has been taking place for longer in other periods in line with the work of Howard Zinn among others. Their study is also a manifesto for a "bottom-up" approach to ancient history, whereas the nature of our sources, the context of writing and the social identity of historians have long favored a top-down approach. Brent D. Shaw offers in his preface a historiographical panorama shedding light on the difficulties of such a history but also its perspectives and its challenges."-Clément Bur, AnabasesTable of ContentsList of figures; List of contributors; Foreword: What is This History to Be?, Brent D. Shaw; Acknowledgements, Cyril Courrier and Julio Cesar Magalhães de Oliveira; Abbreviations; Introduction 1. Ancient history from below: an introduction, Julio Cesar Magalhães de Oliveira and Cyril Courrier; Part 1: Who is below? Subaltern conditions, languages and communities; 2. Subaltern community formation in antiquity: some methodological reflections, Kostas Vlassopoulos; 3. Southern Gaul from below: the limits and possibilities of epigraphic documentation, Cyril Courrier and Nicolas Tran; Part 2: Experiences of poverty, dependency and work; 4. Poverty, debt, and dependent labour in the ancient Greek world: thinking through some issues in doing ancient history from below, Claire Taylor; 5. Destitute, homeless and (almost) invisible: urban poverty and the rental market in the Roman world, Cristina Rosillo-López; 6. Roman agriculture from above and below: words and things, Kim Bowes; Part 3: Gender, ethnicity and subalternity; 7. Hellenicity from below: subalternity and ethnicity in classical Greece and beyond, Gabriel Zuchtriegel; 8. Subaltern masculinities: Pompeian graffiti and excluded memories in the early Principate, Renata Senna Garraffoni; Part 4: Politics from below: subaltern agency and collective action; 9. Metics, slaves and citizens in classical Athens: rethinking the polis from below, Fábio Augusto Morales ; 10. What is below? The case of the Athenian riot of 508/7 BC, Alex Gottesman; 11. Slave agency in Livy’s history of Rome: between rebellion and counterconspiracy, Fábio Duarte Joly; 12. The crowd in late antiquity: problems and possibilities of an inquiry, Julio Cesar Magalhães de Oliveira; Epilogue Agency, past, present and future, Pedro Paulo A. Funari; Index
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Taylor & Francis Egypt Greece and Rome
Book SynopsisHistorical events literally took place in specific contexts; 'where things are' shapes 'how things are'. In this book, Corinna Rossi examines how three different ways of interacting with the surrounding world were shaped by their physical context in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome.Following a discussion on the relationship between history and geography, Rossi delves into the geographical settings of these three civilisations, analysing human mobility within them and how cultural development was shaped by these movements. Rossi also identifies three possible models to describe the three different approaches specific to each of these ancient societies.Egypt, Greece, and Rome: A History of Space and Places is suitable for students and scholars with previous understanding of these three civilisations and an interest in the relationship between history and geography.
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Taylor & Francis Aristotle and the Animals
Book SynopsisWith a novel approach to Aristotleâs zoology, this study looks at animals as creatures of nature (physis) and reveals a scientific discourse that, in response to his predecessors, exiles logos as reason and pursues the logos intrinsic to animalsâ bodies, empowering them to sense the world and live.The volume explores Aristotleâs conception of animals through a discussion of his ad hoc methodology to study them, including the pertinence of the soul to such a study, and the rise of zoology as a branch of natural philosophy. For Aristotle, animal life stems from the body in the space of existence and revolves around sensation, which is entwined with pleasure, pain, and desire. Lack of human reason is irrelevant to an understanding of the richness of animal life and cognition. In sum, the reader will acquire knowledge of the animal as such, which lay at the core of Aristotleâs agenda and required a study of its own, separate from plants and the elements.This book is intend
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Taylor & Francis The Women of Antioch
Book SynopsisThe Women of Antioch is both a biography of four womenâConstance, Alice, Constance II, and Maria, all connected through marriage or birth to the crusader principality of Antiochâand an analysis of the political cultures within which they maneuvered, including eleventh-century France, Norman Italy, Antioch and Byzantium.The bookâs comparative perspective facilitates the discernment of differences and commonalities in these womenâs experiences, identifying elements conducive to their exercise of authority as well as limitations they encountered. Its insight into the intersection of gender and political culture demonstrates how, at certain times and places, female rule was so frequent and widely accepted that it was not viewed as an aberration in the system of governance, but rather as a safeguard ensuring its ability to function. This is especially evident in the volatile regions of Norman Italy and the Latin East, which witnessed unusually high rates of male mortality a
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Taylor & Francis The Sustainability and Development of Ancient
Book SynopsisDrawing on modern economic theory, this book provides new insights into the economic development of ancient economies and the sustainability of their development. The book pays particular attention to the economics of hunting and gathering societies and their diversity. New ideas are presented about theories of the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture, including Childeâs theory of this development. The Agricultural Revolution was a major contributor to economic development because in most cases, it generated an economic surplus. However, as shown, income inequality was a necessary condition for the use of this surplus to promote economic development and to avoid the Malthusian population trap. This inequality was evident in the successful operation of the palatial economies of the Minoan and Mycenaean states. Nevertheless, some post-agricultural economies proved to be unsustainable, and they mysteriously disappeared. This happened in the case of the Silesian ÚnÄtice culture and population. Economic and ecological reasons for this are suggested. The nature of economic development altered with increased trade, the use of barter, and subsequently the supply of money to facilitate this trade. These developments are examined in the context of the palatial economies of Mesopotamia and Egypt. Elsewhere, multinational business made a substantial contribution to the economic growth of Phoenicia, where international trade was not determined by its natural resource endowments. Thus, Phoenician economic exchange and development provides a different set of insights. The book makes an important contribution to the understanding of the evolution of human societies and will therefore be of interdisciplinary interest including economists (especially economic historians), anthropologists and sociologists, some archaeologists, and historians.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Carpocrates Marcellina and Epiphanes
Book SynopsisCarpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes is the definitive study of the early Christian theologian Carpocrates, his son Epiphanes, and the leader of the Carpocratian movement in Rome, Marcellina.It contains the first full-length study of and commentary on the fragments of Epiphanes, the earliest reports on Carpocrates and Marcellina, as well as the Epistle to Theodore (containing the so-called Secret Gospel of Mark). Readers also encounter an up-to-date history of research on the Carpocratian movement, and three full profiles of all we can know from the earliest Carpocratian leaders. Written in an accessible style, but based on the most careful historical and linguistic research, this volume is a landmark, helping to redefine the field of early Christian history.Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes is a welcome addition to the libraries of all students of early Christian theology, researchers investigating early Christian diversiTrade Review"'Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes: three early Christian teachers of Alexandria and Rome' impressively documents the diversity of Christian schools in the 2nd century… Reconstructing the characters and their theology and thinking from heresiological treatises written many years after the events is a difficult matter. I would at least argue that various interpretations are possible – Litwa has presented a quite convincing one." - Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction, 1. Text, translation, and commentary on Epiphanes, On Justice, 2. Commentary on the earliest Carpocrates reports, 3. Carpocratianism in the Epistle to Theodore, Conclusion: Contextualizing Carpocrates, Epiphanes, and Marcellina: An Attempt at a Profile.
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Taylor & Francis A Compendium of World Sovereigns Volume I Ancient
Book SynopsisThe Compendium of World Sovereigns series contains three volumes: Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern. These volumes provide students with easy-to-access âwhoâs whoâ with details on the identities and dates, ages and wives, where known, of heads of government in any given state at any time within the framework of reference. The relevant original and secondary sources are also listed in a comprehensive bibliography.Providing a clear reference guide for students, to who was who and when they ruled in the dynasties and other ruler-lists for the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern worlds â primarily European and Middle Eastern but including available information on Africa and Asia and the pre-Columbian Americas. The trilogy accesses and interprets the original data plus any modern controversies and disputes over names and dating, reflecting on the shifts and widening of focus in student and academic studies. Each volume contains league tables of rulersâ ârecordsâ, and an extensive bibliographical guide to the relevant personnel and dynasties, plus any controversies, so readers can consult these for extra details and know exactly where to go for which information. All relevant information is collected and provided as a one-stop-shop for students wishing to check the known information about a world Sovereign. The Ancient volume begins with the Pharaohs in Egypt and moves through Greece, Classical and Early Medieval Armenia, Crimea, Syria, Jordan, Israel and Judah, Persia, India and ends with the Roman World in the east and west. A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume I Ancient provides students and scholars with the perfect reference guide to support their studies and to fact check dates, people, and places.
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Taylor & Francis The Making of Syriac Jerusalem
Book SynopsisThis book discusses hagiographic, historiographical, hymnological, and theological sources that contributed to the formation of the sacred picture of the physical as well as metaphysical Jerusalem in the literature of two Eastern Christian denominations, East and West Syrians.Popa analyses the question of Syrian beliefs about the Holy City, their interaction with holy places, and how they travelled in the Holy Land. He also explores how they imagined and reflected the theology of this itinerary through literature in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, set alongside a well-defined local tradition that was at times at odds with Jerusalem. Even though the image of Jerusalem as a land of sacred spaces is unanimously accepted in the history of Christianity, there were also various competing positions and attitudes. This often promoted the attempt at mitigating and replacing Jerusalemâs sacred centrality to the Christian experience with local sacred heritage, which is also explored
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Taylor & Francis Mediterranean Timescapes
Book SynopsisThis book, built around the study of the representation of age and identity in 23,000 Latin funerary epitaphs from the Western Mediterranean in the Roman era, sets out how the use of age in inscriptions, and in turn, time, varied across this region.Discrepancies between the use of time to represent identity in death allow readers to begin to understand the differences between the cultures of Roman Italy and contemporary societies in North Africa, Spain and southern Gaul. The analysis focuses on the timescapes of cemeteries, a key urban phenomenon, in relation to other markers of time, including the Roman invention of the birthday, the revering of the dead at the Parentalia and the topoi of lifeâs stages. In doing so, the book contributes to our understanding of gender, the city, the family, the role of the military, freed slaves and cultural changes during this period. The concept of the timescape is seen to have varied geographically across the Mediterranean, b
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Byzantine Greece Microcosm of Empire
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a structured presentation of the progress of research into the internal history of a part of the Byzantine world Greece in the centuries before the multiple changes induced or accelerated by the Fourth Crusade. Greece is a large area (several Early andMiddle Byzantine provinces), with records, archival, literary, archaeological, architectural, and art-historical, most of which are unequalled in terms of their density and range. This creates opportunities for useful synthesis, and for dialogue with those now engaged in the rewriting, or writing, of the inner history of Byzantium, from Italy to the Caucasus, who have been stimulated by, or involved in, the editing of archives and inscriptions (including sigillographic), and in the publication of monuments, excavations, and surveys (for all of which the Greek space', the elladikê khôra, is a particular, and fertile, focus of activity, as the conference showed).Much of the material presented here can usually Table of ContentsDunn, Introduction / Part I: Late Antique Greece / 2. Zisimou, The institutional Church in Early Christian Greece / 3. Sdrolia and Didioumi, The Early Byzantine fortress of Velika on the coast of Kissavos, Thessaly / 4. Tzavella, Urban and rural settlement in Early Byzantine Attica (4th-7th centuries) / Part II: Greece in the transitional period / 5. Zanini, The “Byzantine District” of Gortyn (Crete) and the end of a/the ancient Mediterranean city / 6. Poulou-Papadimitriou, Maritime routes in the Aegean (7th-9th centuries): The archaeological evidence / 7. Raptis, The seventh-century restoration of the Acheiropoietos Basilica and its significance for the urban continuity of Thessalonike during the “Dark Age” / 8. Feist, Some remarks on the “Dark Age” architecture of Hagia Sophia, Thessalonike / Part III: Urban and rural revival / 9. Sanders, Bridging the Grande Brèche: Rethinking coins, ceramics, Corinth, and commerce in the centuries following AD 500 / 10. Vroom, Byzantine Butrint vis-à-vis “Dark-Age” Athens: A ceramic perspective / 11. Kontogiannis and Heslop, The defences of Middle Byzantium in Greece (7th-12th centuries): The flight to safety in town, countryside, and islands / 12. Izdebski, The demographic and economic history of Byzantine Greece in the longue durée: The contribution of the pollen data / 13. Tsanana, Middle Byzantine Hierissos: Archaeological research at the entrance to Mount Athos / Part IV: Patronage and sacred space / 14. Kalopissi-Verti, Patronage of religious foundations in Middle Byzantine Greece (867-1204): The evidence of inscriptions and donor portraits / 15. Makris, Art, architecture and the function of a Middle Byzantine church in Thrace / 16. Papadaki, Church-building in the Peloponnese: Reflections of social and economic trends in the countryside in the Middle Byzantine period / 17. Sigala, Hermits, monks, and nuns on Chalke, a small island of the Dodecanese from Early Christian to Middle Byzantine times / Part V: The bureaucrat, the bishop, the farmer and the merchant / 18. Shawcross, Loving the poor: Charity and justice in Middle Byzantine Greece / 19. Harvey, Economic strategies of landowners and peasant farmers during the eleventh and twelfth centuries in Greece / 20. Gerolymatou, The merchant in Middle Byzantine Greece
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Taylor & Francis GrecoRoman Waters
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The World of the Oxus Civilization
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays presents a synthesis of current research on the Oxus Civilization, which rose and developed at the turn of the 3rd to 2nd millennia BC in Central Asia. First discovered in the 1970s, the Oxus Civilization, or the BactriaMargiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC), has engendered many different interpretations, which are explored in this volume by an international group of archaeologists and researchers. Contributors cover all aspects of this fascinating Bronze Age culture: architecture; material culture; grave goods; religion; migrations; and trade and interactions with neighboring civilizations, from Mesopotamia to the Indus, and the Gulf to the northern steppes. Chapters also examine the Oxus Civilization's roots in previous local cultures, explore its environmental and chronological context, or the possibly coveted metal sources, and look into the reasons for its decline.The World of the Oxus Civilization offers a brTrade Review"The World of the Oxus Civilisation brings to life one of the great ‘lost civilisations’ of the ancient world, lost only because, while extraordinarily rich and extensive in its reach, its story has long been hidden from the broader world of scholarship by extreme political and linguistic barriers. This volume, telling the full story of the Oxus Civilisation for the first time, is a magnificent gift for anyone interested in the rich complexity of the ancient world and the early rise of internationalism across Asia. Its comprehensive coverage, presented as a series of specialist essays by a range of international scholars, will be warmly welcomed as a much needed authoritative work of reference filling a critical gap in the early history of Old World development." - Alison Betts, University of Sydney, Australia."This ambitious book provides a comprehensive overview by many experts of the remarkable Bronze Age Civilization of the Oxus including detailed description of the settlement systems, the archaeological evidence for a complex and unique culture as well as discussions of relations with neighboring civilizations in Iran, the Indus Valley and Mesopotamia. The astounding richness of the burials at the site of Gonur are testimony to the wealth and sophistication of this culture which flourished as part of the expansive network of trade and exchange that linked the riverine cultures of the Near East from Troy to the Indus valley." - Holly Pittman, University of Pennsylvania, USA.Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I: THE OXUS CIVILIZATION BACKGROUND 1. Questioning the Oxus Civilization or Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Culture (BMAC): an Overview 2 The Oxus Civilization and Mesopotamia: A Philologist’s Point of View 3. Environmental Changes in Bactria and Sogdiana (Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan) from the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age: Interaction with Human Occupation 4. The Rise of the Early Urban Civilization in Southwestern Central Asia (from the Middle Chalcolithic to the Middle Bronze Age in Southern Turkmenistan) PART II: THE "CORE AREA" 5. The Architecture of the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Culture 6. Some Thoughts on the Imaginary Representations in the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Culture 7. Myths and Gods in the Oxus Civilization 8. BMAC Glyptics: Typology, Context, Function, and Background 9. Chlorite Containers from the Oxus Civilization: Between Technical Choices and Iconographic Codes 10. The "Royal Necropolis" at Gonur Depe: an Attempt at Systematization (Plan, Constructions, Rituals) 11. Polychrome Inlayed and Painted Mosaics from Gonur Depe (Turkmenistan) 12. Animal Burials at Gonur Depe 13. Funerary Rituals and Archaeothanatological Data from BMAC Graves at Ulug-Depe (Turkmenistan) and Dzharkutan (Uzbekistan) 14. Bioarchaeology of the BMAC Population: A Short Review 15. Animal Exploitation at Gonur Depe 16. Life in the Countryside: the Rural Archaeology of the Sapalli Culture 17. Who Interacted with Whom? Re-Defining the Interaction between BMAC People and Mobile Pastoralists in Bronze Age Southern Turkmenistan 18. The End of the Oxus Civilization PART III: THE "SURROUNDING AREAS" 19. The BMAC Presence in Eastern Iran: State of Affairs in December 2018. --Towards the Greater Khorasan Civilization? 20. The Relationship between the Oxus Civilization and the Indo-Iranian Borderlands 21. Interaction between the Worlds of South Asia and Central Asia 22. The Oxus Civilization/BMAC and its Interaction with the Arabian Gulf: A Review of the Evidence 23. The Formation of the Oxus Civilization/BMAC in Southwestern Tajikistan 24. The Zeravshan Regional Variant of the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex: Interaction between Two Cultural Worlds 25. The "Classical Vakhsh Culture": a Bronze Age Culture of the 3rd and early 2nd Millennium BC in Southern Tajikistan 26. The Oxus Civilization and the Northern Steppes PART IV: METALS AND METAL DEPOSITS 27. Archaeometallurgical Studies on BMAC Artifacts 28. Metal Sources (Tin and Copper) and the BMAC 29. The Acquisition of Tin in Bronze Age Southwest Asia APPENDIX: Radiocarbon Dates Related to the BMAC/Oxus Civilization
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Taylor & Francis Enheduana
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Tyrants of Corinth
Book SynopsisThe Tyrants of Corinth is the first monograph in English devoted to the archaic tyranny of Corinth and the engaging legends of Cypselus and Periander, which embrace such themes as hidden babies, animal helpers, arbitrary violence, necrophilia and vengeful ghosts.This detailed study of the ancient sources for the Corinthian tyrants analyses the tales associated with them comprehensively from the perspective of folklore and traditional narrative, including the miraculous birth and deliverance of Cypselus, Perianderâs consultation of the ghost of his wife, Melissa, at the Acheron Oracle of the Dead and the saving of the bard Arion from the sea by a dolphin. Any lingering notions that the tales retain historical content are dispelled; Ogdenâs radical approach considers all the major episodes associated with both men to be entirely fictive. This allows for reinterpretation of individual details in the tales and for the recovery of lost storylines and symbolism lurking beneath the narrative that our ancient sources preserve for us. All the major sources are supplied in new translations in a convenient appendix, and brief consideration is also given to the talesâ modern reception.The Tyrants of Corinth is suitable for scholars working on Greek tyranny, Greek history and mythology more broadly, and folklore, while also speaking accessibly to undergraduates encountering the history of Archaic Greece for the first time.
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Taylor & Francis Perspectives on Public Space in Rome from
Book SynopsisThis volume provides readers interested in urban history with a collection of essays on the evolution of public space in that paradigmatic western city which is Rome. Scholars specialized in different historical periods contributed chapters, in order to find common themes which weave their way through one of the most complex urban histories of western civilization. Divided into five chronological sections (Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Modern and Contemporary) the volume opens with the issue of how public space was defined in classical Roman law and how ancient city managers organized the maintenance of these spaces, before moving on to explore how this legacy was redefined and reinterpreted during the Middle Ages. The third group of essays examines how the imposition of papal order on feuding families during the Renaissance helped introduce a new urban plan which could satisfy both functional and symbolic needs. The fourth section shows how modern Rome continued to exp
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Taylor & Francis Ground and Fundamentality in Plato and Aristotle
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Cambridge University Press Claudian and the Roman Epic Tradition
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Cambridge University Press Hellenistic and Biblical Greek A Graduated Reader
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Cambridge University Press Classical Victorians Scholars Scoundrels and Generals in Pursuit of Antiquity Classics after Antiquity
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Cambridge University Press The Urbanisation of Rome and Latium Vetus From the Bronze Age to the Archaic Era
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Cambridge University Press The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean
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Cambridge University Press The Hellenistic World
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Cambridge University Press Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics Book X
Book SynopsisAccompanied by a new translation of Aristotle''s Nicomachean Ethics X, this volume presents a hybrid between a traditional commentary and a scholarly monograph. Aristotle''s text is divided into one hundred lemmata which not only explore comprehensively the content and strength of each of these units of thought, but also emphasise their continuity, showing how the smaller units feed into the larger structure. The Commentary illuminates what Aristotle thinks in each lemma (and why), and also shows how he thinks. In order to bring Aristotle alive as a thinker, it often explores several possible ways of reading the text to enable the reader to make up their own mind about the best interpretation of a given passage. The relevant background in Plato''s dialogues is discussed, and a substantial Introduction sets out the philosophical framework necessary for understanding Book X, the final and most arresting section of the Ethics.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Analytical table of contents; Translation; Commentary; Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press Ceramics in Circumpolar Prehistory
Book SynopsisThroughout prehistory the Circumpolar World was inhabited by hunter-gatherers. Pottery-making would have been extremely difficult in these cold, northern environments, and the craft should never have been able to disperse into this region.However, archaeologists are now aware that pottery traditions were adopted widely across the Northern World and went on to play a key role in subsistence and social life. This book sheds light on the human motivations that lay behind the adoption of pottery, the challenges that had to be overcome in order to produce it, and the solutions that emerged. Including essays by an international team of scholars, the volume offers a compelling portrait of the role that pottery cooking technologies played in northern lifeways, both in the prehistoric past and in more recent ethnographic times.Trade Review'The book is well illustrated, and the references that follow each chapter are up to date. The book will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students in archaeology as well as researchers in the field.' M. J. O'Brien, Choice'This is an excellent book on a little-known archaeological fact that prehistoric and ethnographically known hunter-gatherers who lived in circumpolar regions produced pottery … The book is well illustrated, and the references that follow each chapter are up to date. The book will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students in archaeology as well as researchers in the field. It's written and edited to appeal to general readers with some knowledge of archaeology.' M. J. O'Brien, ChoiceTable of Contents1. Cold winters, hot soups and frozen clay: understanding the emergence of ceramic traditions across the Circumpolar North Kevin Gibbs and Peter Jordan; 2. Why did northern foragers make pottery?: Investigating the role of incipient Jomon ceramics within wider hunter-gatherer subsistence strategies in prehistoric Japan Junzo Uchiyama; 3. Vessels on the Vitim: 'Neolithic' ceramics in eastern Siberia V. M. Vetrov and P. N. Hommel; 4. Maritime nomads of the Baltic Sea: ceramic traditions, collective identities and prehistoric cuisine Sven Isaksson, Kevin Gibbs, and Peter Jordan; 5. The paradox of pottery in the remote Kuril Islands Erik Gjesfjeld; 6. Understanding the function of container technologies in prehistoric SW Alaska Marjolein Admiraal and Rick Knecht; 7. Ethnographic and archaeological perspectives on the use life of Northwest Alaskan pottery Shelby Anderson; 8. An exploration of arctic ceramic and soapstone cookware technologies and food preparation systems Liam Frink and Karen Harry; 9. Ceramic use by middle and late woodland foragers of the Maritime Foragers Michael Deal, Thomas Farrell, Latonia Hartery, Alison Harris and Michael Sanders; 10. Prestige foods and the adoption of pottery by Subarctic foragers Mathew Boyd, Megan Wady, Andrew Lints, Clarence Surette and Scott Hamilton; 11. Use of ceramic technologies by circumpolar hunter-gatherers: current progress and future research prospects Brian Hayden.
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Cambridge University Press Early and Late Latin Continuity or Change
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Cambridge University Press Learn Latin from the Romans
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Cambridge University Press Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion Cambridge Classical Studies
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Cambridge University Press Ancient Theatre and Performance Culture around
Book SynopsisThis 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 disciplines, especially archaeology, drama and history. In that way the wealth of material found around these great coasts is brought together with the best methodology in all fields of study. This landmark book broadens the whole concept and range of theatre outside Athens. It shows ways in which the colonial world of the Black Sea may be compared importantly with Southern Italy and Sicily in terms of theatre and performance. At the same time, it shows too how the Black Sea world itself can be better understood through a focus on the development of theatre and performance there, both among Greeks and among their local neighbours.Table of ContentsPart I. Approaches: 1. Introduction – embarking on a voyage around Black Sea theatre David Braund; 2. The spread of Greek theatre to the West – and to the North-East? Oliver Taplin; 3. The northward advance of Greek horizons Stephanie West; Part II. Places: 4. The tragedians of Heraclea and comedians of Sinope Edith Hall; 5. The Phanagoria Chous – comic art in miniature in a luxury tomb in the Cimmerian Bosporus Jeffrey Rusten; 6. Theatre and performance in the Bosporan Kingdom David Braund; 7. Ancient theatre in Tauric Chersonesus Sergey Saprykin; 8. Theatre at Olbia in the Black Sea Valeriya Bylkova; 9. Celebrating Dionysos in Istros and Tomis – theatrical manifestations and artistic life in two Ionian cities of the Black Sea Madalina Dana; 10. Ancient theatres and theatre-art of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and Thracian Hinterland Alexander Minchev; Part III. Plays: 11. Space, place and the metallurgical imagination of the Prometheus trilogy Emmanuela Bakola; 12. Fragmentary Greek tragedies set in the Black Sea Rosie Wyles; 13. Black Sea back story – Euripides' Medea Edith Hall; 14. Mind-games in the Crimea – Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris Felix Budelmann; 15. Visualising Euripides' Tauric Temple of the Maiden Goddess Edith Hall; Part IV. Performative Presences: 16. Music and performance among Greeks and Scythians Marina Vakhtina; 17. A new mask and musical instruments from the Eastern Bosporus Vladimir Bochkovoy, David Braund, Roman Mimokhodov and Nikolay Sudarev; 18. The Cult of Dionysus in Ancient Georgia Manana Odisheli; 19. Paratheatrical performances in the Bosporan Kingdom – the evidence of terracotta figurine Maya Muratov; 20. Historiography and theatre: the tragedy of Scythian King Skyles David Braund; 21. Life trajectories – Iphigenia, Helen and Achilles on the Black Sea Froma Zeitlin; Epilogue: dancing around the Black Sea – Xenophon, Pseudo-Scymnus and Lucian's bacchants David Braund.
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Cambridge University Press Comedy and Religion in Classical Athens
Book SynopsisThis book opens up a new perspective on Aristophanic drama and its relationship to Greek religion. It focuses on the comedy Wealth, whose fantasy of universal enrichment is structured upon a rich and largely unexplored framework of traditional stories of Greek religious experiences, such as oracles, miracle cures, and the introduction of new gods. The book examines the form and function of these stories, and explores how the playwright adapts them for his own comic purposes, grounding his comic fantasy on stories of philanthropic divinities who dependably respond to the needs of their worshippers. The collaboration of these deities, who act in tandem with their worshippers, achieves the comic fantasy. Francisco Barrenechea also addresses the larger question of how comedy participated in the religion of its time by imagining and dramatizing beliefs, and reveals the salutary bond that can exist between humor and religion in general.Trade Review'Barrenechea's book will make you change your mind. Barrenechea has chosen as a touchstone of his deep analysis the relationship between comedy and religion, scrutinized through three significant elements of the story, namely divination, incubation, and epiphany.' Simone Beta, Religious Studies ReviewTable of Contents1. Numinous wealth; 2. An Apollonian beginning; 3. A healing story; 4. A household shrine; 5. A new god arrives; Conclusion: comic miracles.
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Cambridge University Press Guarding the Periphery
Book SynopsisBased around the Pacific Islands Regiment, the Australian Army''s units in Papua New Guinea had a dual identity: integral to Australia''s defence, but also part of its largest colony, and viewed as a foreign people. The Australian Army in PNG defended Australia from threats to its north and west, while also managing the force''s place within Australian colonial rule in PNG, occasionally resulting in a tense relationship with the Australian colonial government during a period of significant change. In Guarding the Periphery: The Australian Army in Papua New Guinea, 195175, Tristan Moss explores the operational, social and racial aspects of this unique force during the height of the colonial era in PNG and during the progression to independence. Combining the rich detail of both archival material and oral histories, Guarding the Periphery recounts a part of Australian military history that is often overlooked by studies of Australia''s military past.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. An 'experimental establishment': the re-raising of the Pacific Islands Regiment, 1951–1957; 2. A 'fools paradise': the disturbances, 1957–1961; 3. 'Real duty': confrontation and the creation of PNG Command, 1962–1966; 4. From 'native' to national: Papua New Guinean soldiers, 1960–1975; 5. 'A new task': laying the foundations of a national army, 1966–1970; 6. The 'Black Handers': Australian soldiers and their families in PNG; 7. 'A different world': the rush to independence, 1970–1975.
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Cambridge University Press Xenophon
Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive commentary on a section of Xenophon''s Anabasis in English for almost a century. It provides up-to-date guidance on literary, historical and cultural aspects of the Anabasis and will help undergraduate students to read Greek better. It also incorporates recent advances in Xenophontic scholarship and Greek linguistics, showcasing in particular Xenophon''s linguistic innovations and varied style. Advanced students and professional scholars will also profit from the sustained attention which this commentary devotes to Xenophon''s varied narrative strategies and to the reception of episodes from Anabasis III in antiquity. The introduction and commentary show that Xenophon is just as important (if not more so) to the development of Greek historiography, and of Greek prose in general, as Herodotus and Thucydides.Trade Review'The commentary of course covers much more than the language. Introductions are provided for individual sections and explain details of the march at each stage. Information is not gratuitously presented, so we are not treated to a full-scale discussion of Assyrians despite the army passing through their former territory. In short, the commentary and introduction are very helpful and informative, lucidly expressed and clearly presented. One of [the authors'] aims is to 'help students to read Greek better' and in this they surely succeed.' Alan Beale, Classics for All'This is a fine contribution to the 'Green and Yellow' series, and a valuable addition to the Anabasis' growing bibliography. It wholly succeeds in its ambition to demonstrate the important contribution that Xenophon made to Greek historiography and will be no doubt prove essential reading for students and scholars alike.' Jan Haywood, The Classical ReviewTable of ContentsList of maps and figures; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Cyrus and the Persian empire; 2. The Ten Thousand; 3. Xenophon's life; 4. The Anabasis; 5. Xenophon's diction; 6. Style: speech and narrative; 7. The textual tradition; Commentary; Appendix: chronology and topography.
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Cambridge University Press Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics Book X
Book SynopsisA hybrid between traditional commentary and monograph exploring the final, most arresting book of Aristotle's Ethics in a philosophically rigorous yet interpretatively open way. The new translation makes each argument clear, while the commentary explores Aristotle's motivations and methods and grounds his thinking in its intellectual context.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Analytical table of contents; Translation; Commentary; Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press Religious Networks in the Roman Empire
Book SynopsisThis innovative study applies cutting-edge network methodology to ancient religious data, and uses it to demonstrate that the spread of religious movements in the Roman Empire was the result of social networks, rather than 'inevitable progress'. An essential resource for students and scholars of ancient history, archaeology and religious studies.Trade Review'Particularly engaging.' History TodayTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The network approach; 2. Networks and religion in the Roman world; 3. Jupiter Dolichenus: military networks on the edges of empire; 4. The Jewish Diaspora in the West: the rabbinic reforms, ethnicity and the (re?)activation of Jewish identity; 5. Theos Hypsistos: God-fearers, the rabbinic reforms, the fiscus Judaicus and the redefinition of the Jewish-gentile relationship; 6. Religion and social networks in archaeology and ancient history: conclusions.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings
Book SynopsisThis first volume in the six-volume series The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings focuses on writings about God's nature and unity and the meaning of faith. An invaluable resource for students and academic researchers in early Christian studies, history of Christianity, theology, religious studies and late antique Roman history.
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Cambridge University Press Athenian Democracy at War
Book SynopsisClassical Athens perfected direct democracy and ancient theatre. These achievements are rightly revered. Less well known is the other side of this success story. Democratic Athens completely transformed warfare and became a superpower. This book puts the study of Athenian democracy at war on an entirely new footing.Trade Review'This comprehensive book by internationally respected Australian scholar Dr Pritchard - the first such, involving a new theory about democracy and warmaking in ancient Athens - addresses the relationship between the fact of Athens' democracy and the fact of its transformational military record. Classical Athens is famous for its direct democracy and innovative culture, but less well understood is that it was its democracy that caused this military success.' Paul Cartledge, A. G. Leventis Professor (Emeritus) of Greek Culture and Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge'Pritchard's book gives stunning insights into Athenian democracy's attitude to war. Did the Persian Wars influence the development of Athenian democracy? Why were wars so important for the prestige of Athenian citizens? How did the Athenians finance and organise their wars? In answering these fundamental questions his book analyses brilliantly the mutual impact that Athenian democracy and war had on each other.' Claudia Tiersch, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin'David Pritchard has written the definitive account of classical Athenian warfare. He offers astute analyses of the Athenian armed forces, military finance, the ideology of war, war and sport, and the relationship between warfare and democracy. His arguments are careful; his documentation is meticulous. It will be essential reading for all serious students of Athens, democracy, and warfare.' Josiah Ober, Stanford University, California'A masterful, debatable and elegantly crafted analysis of the world's first democratic empire and why it was no protagonist of 'democratic peace'.' John Keane, University of Sydney and Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung'… this thought-provoking and vital book (aimed at 'students and teachers, interested general readers and scholars alike') is a must for anyone interested not just in classical Greek warfare and politics but in what this can tell us about the relationship between democracies in general and the military.' David Stuttard, Classics for All'… this intelligent, thought-provoking book … is an extremely useful tool for a reader interested in a comprehensive, critical overview …' Matteo Zaccarini, The Classical Review'… an excellent work of scholarship …' Anthony Papalas, Choice'This is an excellent, up-to-date discussion of the composition and methods of conscription and remuneration of hoplites, sailors, archers and horsemen …' Kostas Vlassopoulos, Greece & Rome'I greatly admire and have benefitted from Pritchard's scholarly program, and he is an essential author for those working on Athens and war in any respect. The volume here under review contains many up-to-date references and facts about a great many topics pertaining to classical Athens at war.' Matthew Sears, Bryn Mawr Classical Review'Athenian Democracy at War is highly recommended for any scholar of Athens and democracy in the ancient world, because it successfully fills a gap underlining the reasons for the effectiveness of Athens in war, and how it could train professional armies and launch huge fleets which ruled the Aegean with utter dominance. It does not only analyse the role war played in Athenian culture and democracy, but also the role democracy played in the development of warfare in form and scale …' Tomás Bethencourt, Global Intellectual HistoryTable of Contents1. Athenian democracy at war; 2. The armed forces; 3. Naval matters in old comedy; 4. Costing festivals and wars; 5. The cost of the Peloponnesian War; 6. Public finance and war in Ancient Greece; 7. Sport and war; 8. War and Panhellenic sporting victory.
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Cambridge University Press Rome China and the Barbarians
Book SynopsisThis book addresses a largely untouched historical problem: the fourth to fifth centuries AD witnessed remarkably similar patterns of foreign invasion, conquest, and political fragmentation in Rome and China. Yet while the Western Roman Empire was never reestablished, China was reunified at the end of the sixth century. Following a comparative discussion of earlier historiographical and ethnographic traditions in the classical Greco-Roman and Chinese worlds, the book turns to the late antique/early medieval period, when the Western Roman Empire ''fell'' and China was reconstituted as a united empire after centuries of foreign conquest and political division. Analyzing the discourse of ethnic identity in the historical texts of this later period, with original translations by the author, the book explores the extent to which notions of Self and Other, of ''barbarian'' and ''civilized'', help us understand both the transformation of the Roman world as well as the restoration of a unifiedTrade Review'Rome, China, and the Barbarians is a genuinely innovative work … Highly recommended.' S. M. Burstein, Choice'… a sweeping and highly informative survey that reaches back to the Homeric and Western Zhou traditions … painstaking and nuanced analysis … [Ford's] rich study is doubly rewarding, by showing what sustained comparative approach can accomplish but also how much more remains to be done … For now, we are very much in [Ford's] debt for unveiling new vistas. Following his lead is bound to be a challenge: collaboration among area specialists will be essential for making this line of research take off.' Walter Scheidel, The Classical Review'With the comparison of a Greco-Roman and a Chinese historical work from the period of transition between late antiquity and the early middle ages, Ford's work is groundbreaking in comparative studies. This is accomplished on the basis of an impressive double competence in the study of classical antiquity and Sinology and a comprehensive consideration of multilingual secondary scholarship … the book as a whole represents a remarkable achievement which calls for further research.' Fritz-Heiner Mutschler, Historische Zeitschrift'… This is a valuable and innovative contribution to the relatively new subfield of Rome-China comparative studies … Ford writes with admirable clarity … anyone venturing to [revisit the polemical and political agendas of the Jin shu chronicles and colophons] should now use Ford's fascinating and groundbreaking book as a starting point.' Shao-yun Yang, Journal of Asian Studies'The volume published by Randolph Ford is an excellent study, very well documented, and useful as much for its analyses and reflections about the Jinshu as for the perspective provided by the comparison with Procopius. Its strong point is to highlight, with textual evidence, the rhetorical and political conservatism of Chinese historians from the beginning of the Tang dynasty.' Damien Chaussende, T'oung Pao'With the comparison of a Greco-Roman and a Chinese historical work from the period of transition between late antiquity and the early middle ages, Ford's work is groundbreaking in comparative studies. This is accomplished on the basis of an impressive double competence in the study of classical antiquity and Sinology and a comprehensive consideration of multilingual secondary scholarship … the book as a whole represents a remarkable achievement which calls for further research.' Fritz-Heiner Mutschler, Historische ZeitschriftTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Ethnography in the Classical Age; 2. The Barbarian and Barbarian antitheses; 3. Ethnography in a post-Classical Age: the ethnographic tradition in the Wars of Procopius and in the Jin shu 晉書; 4. New Emperors and ethnographic clothes: the representation of Barbarian rulers; 5. The confluence of ethnographic discourse and political legitimacy: rhetorical arguments on the legitimacy of Barbarian kingdoms; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Pliny the Elders World
Book SynopsisPliny''s World offers readers a translation of the Natural History''s opening books unprecedented for its completeness, accuracy and accessibility. Here, in quirky, often breathless style, Pliny lays the foundation of a hugely influential encyclopedia with coverage of the universe, stars, planets and moon, followed by earth''s climate and then its physical and human geography. From Rome as ruling centerpoint, Pliny surveys the known world and its countless peoples in a vast arc from the Atlantic to Sri Lanka, embracing the Danube, Euphrates and Nile lands, Atlas and Caucasus mountains, Germany, Africa, Arabia, India. Passages from later books further illustrating his geographical grasp are appended, on topics as varied as wine, water, trees, birds and fish. Throughout, Pliny''s frank expression of strong opinions about religion, distorted human values, abuse of the environment (and more) reveals uncannily modern preoccupations. His work remained an inspirational resource through the ReTable of ContentsIntroduction; Book 1 Pliny's detailed table of contents; Book 2 The Universe, astronomy, climate; Book 3 Europe: Spain to Italy; Book 4 Europe: East, North; Book 5 Africa, Levant, Asia Minor; Book 6 The East, India; Books 7-37 Notable geographical passages; Appendix 1 Titles and technical terms; Appendix 2 Units of measurement; Appendix 3 Latin editions translated (books 2 to 6).
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Cambridge University Press Diodoros of Sicily
Book SynopsisDiodoros of Sicily (c.90c.30 BC) spent thirty years producing an encyclopedic compendium of world history from its mythical beginnings to his own day. His is the only surviving, connected account of Greek affairs from 480/79 to 302/1. The books translated in this volume cover the years from the end of the Peloponnesian War to the aftermath of the Battle of Mantineia in 362/1. These were crucial years in the struggle for supremacy in Greece amongst the Greek states, Sparta, Athens and Thebes, before they were overtaken by the unexpected rise of Macedon. Diodoros also provides the only extant account of the career of Dionysios I of Syracuse and the Cypriot war between Persia and Evagoras of Salamis. The translation is supported by extensive notes and the Introduction examines Diodoros'' moral and educational purpose in writing, the plan of his work, his sources, and his qualities as a historian.Table of ContentsPreface; Abbreviations; List of Maps; Introduction; Book 14; Book 15; Glossary; Appendix: Chronological Outline; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World Volume 1 From the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Age
Book SynopsisThe Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the religions of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world from the third millennium BCE to the fourth century BCE. Its essays, written by leading scholars, are accompanied by introductory essays by the General Editor and Volume Editor as well as maps, illustrations and detailed indexes.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Volumes 1 and 2 Michele Renee Salzman; Introduction to Volume 1 Marvin A. Sweeney; Part I. Mesopotamia and the Near East: 1. Sumerian religion Graham Cunningham; 2. Assyrian and Babylonian religions Tammi J. Schneider; 3. Hittite religion Gary Beckman; 4. Zoroastrianism P. Oktor Skaervo; 5. Syro-Canaanite religions: a construct of metaphors David Wright; 6. Ancient Israelite and Judean religions Marvin A. Sweeney; Part II. Egypt and North Africa: 7. Egyptian religion Denise M. Doxey; 8. Phoenician and Punic religion Philip C. Schmitz; Part III. Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean: 9. Minoan religion Nanno Marinatos; 10. Mycenaean religion Ian Rutherford; 11. Religion in the Greek world, c.750–400 BCE Emily Kearns; Part IV. The Western Mediterranean and Europe: 12. Etruscan religion Nancy T. de Grummond; 13. Archaic Roman religion through the Early Republic Jörg Rüpke; 14. Celtic religion in western and central Europe Dorothy Watts; Suggestions for further reading.
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Cambridge University Press The Moon in the Greek and Roman Imagination
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Cambridge University Press A History of Latin Literature From its Beginnings
Book SynopsisReadable new history of the explosion of Latin literature from relatively humble beginnings to global status. All the major writers are covered, as well as fragmentary but still key authors. Latin literature is set in its Roman context, but is also revealed as witty, charming, frightening, profound and fun.
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Cambridge University Press Catullus and Roman Comedy
Book SynopsisIn the past century, scholars have observed a veritable full cast of characters from Roman comedy in the poetry of Catullus. Despite this growing recognition of comedy''s allusive presence in Catullus'' work, there has never been an extended analysis of how he engaged with this foundational Roman genre. This book sketches a more coherent picture of Catullus'' use of Roman comedy and shows that individual points of contact with the theatre in his corpus are part of a larger, more sustained poetic program than has been recognized. Roman comedy, it argues, offered Catullus a common cultural vocabulary, drawn from the public stage and shared with his audience, with which to explore and convey private ideas about love, friendship, and social rivalry. It also demonstrates that Roman comedy continued to present writers after the second century BCE with a meaningful source of social, cultural, and artistic value.Trade Review'Recommended.' R. Withers, Choice MagazineTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Through the Comic Looking-Glass; 2. The Best Medicine: Comic Cures for Love in the 1st Century BCE; 3. Heroic Badness and Catullus' Plautine Plots; 4. Naughty Girls: Comic Figures and Gendered Control in Catullus; Epilogue. The Show Goes On: From Roman Comedy to Latin Love Elegy; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Religious Violence in the Ancient World
Book SynopsisMuch like our world today, Late Antiquity (fourth-seventh centuries CE) is often seen as a period rife with religious violence, not least because the literary sources are full of stories of Christians attacking temples, statues and ''pagans''. However, using insights from Religious Studies, recent studies have demonstrated that the Late Antique sources disguise a much more intricate reality. The present volume builds on this recent cutting-edge scholarship on religious violence in Late Antiquity in order to come to more nuanced judgments about the nature of the violence. At the same time, the focus on Late Antiquity has taken away from the fact that the phenomenon was no less prevalent in the earlier Graeco-Roman world. This book is therefore the first to bring together scholars with expertise ranging from classical Athens to Late Antiquity to examine the phenomenon in all its complexity and diversity throughout Antiquity.Table of Contents1. General introduction Jitse H.F. Dijkstra and Christian R. Raschle; I. Methodology: 2. Sacred prefigurations of violence: Religious communities in situations of conflict Hans G. Kippenberg; 3. Priestesses, pogroms and persecutions: Religious violence in antiquity in a diachronic perspective Jan N. Bremmer; II. Religious Violence in The Graeco-Roman world: 4. Ancient Greek binding spells and (political) violence Esther Eidinow; 5. The expulsion of Isis worshippers and astrologers from Rome in the late republic and early empire Christian R. Raschle; 6. Religious violence? two massacres on a Sabbath in 66 CE: Jerusalem and Caesarea Steve Mason; 7. Religion, violence and the diasporic experience: The Jewish diaspora in Flavian Rome and Puteoli Andreas Bendlin; 8. Animal sacrifice and the Roman persecution of Christians (Second–Third Centuries) James B. Rives; 9. The great persecution and imperial ideology: Patterns of communication on Tetrarchic Coinage Erika Manders; 10. The violent legacy of constantine's Militant Piety Elizabeth Depalma Digeser; III: Religious violence in late antiquity: 11. Religious violence in late antiquity: Current approaches, trends and issues Wendy Mayer; 12. Coercion in late antiquity: A brief intellectual history Peter Van Nuffelen; 13. Crowd Behaviour and the Destruction of the Serapeum at Alexandria in 391/392 CE Jitse H.F. Dijkstra; 14. Violence and Monks: From a Mystical Concept to an Intolerant Practice (Fourth–Fifth Centuries) Fabrizio Vecoli; 15. The discipline of domination: Asceticism, violence and monastic curses in Theodoret's Historia Religiosa Chris L. De Wet; 16. Suffering saints: Shaping narratives of violence after chalcedon Christine Shepardson; 17. Fighting for Chalcedon: Vitalian's rebellion against Anastasius Hugh Elton; 18. The Emperor, the people and urban violence in the fifth and sixth centuries Geoffrey Greatrex.
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