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ISBN: 9781780932064 - Greek Political Imagery from Homer to Aristotle Greek Political Imagery from Homer to Aristotle
Roger Brock

ISBN10: 1780932065  ISBN13: 9781780932064
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 23 May 2013
A comprehensive study of political imagery in archaic and classical Greek literature and history. The great helmsman, the watchdog of the people, the medicine the state needs: all these images originated in ancient Greece, yet retain the capacity... More

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ISBN: 9781405198752 - A Companion to Terence A Companion to Terence
Antony Augoustakis, Ariana Traill

ISBN10: 1405198753  ISBN13: 9781405198752
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 10 May 2013
A Companion to Terence is a useful research tool for the growing number of scholars, students and critics of Terence and Roman comedy. A comprehensive collection of essays by leading scholars in the field that address, in a single volume... More

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ISBN: 9780674073234 - Homeric Durability Homeric Durability
Lorenzo F Garcia, Jr

ISBN10: 0674073231  ISBN13: 9780674073234
Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 May 2013
Homeric Durability investigates the concepts of time and decay in the Iliad. Through a framework informed by phenomenology and psychology, Lorenzo Garcia argues that, in moments of pain and sorrow, the Homeric gods are themselves defined by human... More

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ISBN: 9780674996816 - Stichus. Three-Dollar Day. Truculentus. The Tale of a Traveling-Bag. Fragments Stichus. Three-Dollar Day. Truculentus. The Tale of a Traveling-Bag. Fragments
Titus Maccius Plautus

ISBN10: 067499681X  ISBN13: 9780674996816
Publisher: Harvard University Press Loeb Classical Library
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 03 May 2013
The comedies of Plautus are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and are cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. This fifth volume of a new Loeb edition of all twenty-one of Plautus's... More

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ISBN: 9780231136730 - Double Agents Double Agents
Erin G Carlston

ISBN10: 0231136730  ISBN13: 9780231136730
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 May 2013
Why were white bourgeois gay male writers so interested in spies, espionage, and treason in the twentieth century? Erin G. Carlston believes such figures and themes were critical to exploring citizenship and its limits, requirements... More

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ISBN: 9781444332728 - A Companion to the Neronian Age A Companion to the Neronian Age
Martin Dinter, Emma Buckley

ISBN10: 1444332724  ISBN13: 9781444332728
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Apr 2013
A Companion to the Age of Nero is an up-to-date, interdisciplinary and comprehensive collection of essays on the literature, history, archaeology and the reception of the Neronian Age. An authoritative overview and helpful resource for students... More

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ISBN: 9781405199667 - A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Republic A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Republic
Jane DeRose Evans

ISBN10: 1405199660  ISBN13: 9781405199667
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Apr 2013
A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Republic offers a diversity of perspectives to explore how differing approaches and methodologies can contribute to a greater understanding of the formation of the Roman Republic. A Companion to the... More

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ISBN: 9780674067035 - Paideia and Cult Paideia and Cult
Daniel L Schwartz

ISBN10: 0674067037  ISBN13: 9780674067035
Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Apr 2013
Schwartz's analysis of the Catechetical Homilies of Theodore of Mopsuestia explores the role of education and worship in the complex process of conversion and Christianization. Catechesis emerges here as invaluable for comprehending clergy's... More

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ISBN: 9781442613430 - Thalia Delighting in Song Thalia Delighting in Song
Emmet Robbins, Bonnie Maclachlan Bonnie MacLachlan

ISBN10: 1442613432  ISBN13: 9781442613430
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 28 Mar 2013
Thalia Delighting in Song ensures that the next generation of Classicists will continue to benefit from the insights of one of the foremost scholars in the field. Emmet I. Robbins earned an international reputation as a scholar of ancient Greek... More

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ISBN: 9781472504951 - Ovid's Myth of Pygmalion on Screen Ovid's Myth of Pygmalion on Screen
Paula James

ISBN10: 147250495X  ISBN13: 9781472504951
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 28 Mar 2013
Why has the myth of Pygmalion and his ivory statue proved so inspirational for writers, artists, philosophers, scientists, and directors and creators of films and television series? The 'authorised' version of the story appears in the epic poem of... More