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Relative Clauses In Proto-Indo-European - A Study In Syntactic Reconstruction

by Krishnan J. (Radley College) Ram-Prasad

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 Reconstructs relative clause structure in Proto-Indo-European, examining evidence from a wide range of archaic Indo-European languages and employing the framework of generative linguistic theory. Will appeal to classicists interested in the Indo-European context of Greek and Latin, as well as to comparative philologists and historical linguists.
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Relative Clauses In Proto-Indo-European - A Study In Syntactic Reconstruction

by Krishnan J. (Radley College) Ram-Prasad

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 Reconstructs relative clause structure in Proto-Indo-European, examining evidence from a wide range of archaic Indo-European languages and employing the framework of generative linguistic theory. Will appeal to classicists interested in the Indo-European context of Greek and Latin, as well as to comparative philologists and historical linguists.
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Impaired Consciousness In Ancient Medical Texts

by Andres (Hebrew University Of Jerusalem) Pelavski

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 Employs a contemporary medical perspective to explore ancient ideas about the workings of the body, the soul and the mind â€"which underpin the notion of consciousnessâ€" challenging, thereby, some established ideas about mental illness in antiquity. All the ancient texts are translated and the theoretical concepts clearly explained.
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Impaired Consciousness In Ancient Medical Texts

by Andres (Hebrew University Of Jerusalem) Pelavski

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 Employs a contemporary medical perspective to explore ancient ideas about the workings of the body, the soul and the mind â€"which underpin the notion of consciousnessâ€" challenging, thereby, some established ideas about mental illness in antiquity. All the ancient texts are translated and the theoretical concepts clearly explained.
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Technologies Of The Marvellous In Ancient Greek Religion

by Tatiana (Australian National University, Canberra) Bur

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 For the first time investigates the ways that technological, and especially mechanical, strategies were integrated into ancient Greek religion. Presents in full the evidence from the fifth century BCE to the second century CE, thereby revealing the shifting matrices of agency between technical objects, mechanical knowledge, gods, and mortals.
Technologies Of The Marvellous In Ancient Greek Religion

by Tatiana (Australian National University, Canberra) Bur

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 For the first time investigates the ways that technological, and especially mechanical, strategies were integrated into ancient Greek religion. Presents in full the evidence from the fifth century BCE to the second century CE, thereby revealing the shifting matrices of agency between technical objects, mechanical knowledge, gods, and mortals.
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Proclus On Aristotle On Plato - A Case Study On Motion

by Rares Ilie (University Of Toronto) Marinescu

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 Refutes the often-held view that Proclus â€" in line with other Neoplatonists â€" adheres to the idea of an essential harmony between Plato and Aristotle. Enables a reassessment of the reception and authority of Aristotle in late antiquity, a crucial period for the transmission of Aristotelian thought.
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Proclus On Aristotle On Plato - A Case Study On Motion

by Rares Ilie (University Of Toronto) Marinescu

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 Refutes the often-held view that Proclus â€" in line with other Neoplatonists â€" adheres to the idea of an essential harmony between Plato and Aristotle. Enables a reassessment of the reception and authority of Aristotle in late antiquity, a crucial period for the transmission of Aristotelian thought.
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Cretan Hieroglyphic

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 Comprehensive account of the earliest undeciphered script from the Aegean, indeed the earliest writing in Europe, which was used on Crete nearly 4000 years ago. Leading experts analyses it through an array of lenses, from archaeology and linguistics to cognitive studies and decipherment theory.
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Orthographic Traditions And The Sub-Elite In The Roman Empire

by Nicholas Zair

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 Makes use of digital corpora to give in-depth details of the history and development of the spelling of Latin. Focusses on sub-elite texts in the Roman empire, and reveals that sophisticated education in this area was not restricted to those at the top of society.
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Orthographic Traditions And The Sub-Elite In The Roman Empire

by Nicholas Zair

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 Makes use of digital corpora to give in-depth details of the history and development of the spelling of Latin. Focusses on sub-elite texts in the Roman empire, and reveals that sophisticated education in this area was not restricted to those at the top of society.
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Markers Of Allusion In Archaic Greek Poetry

by Thomas J. Nelson

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 Challenging established narratives of literary history, this book explores how the earliest known Greek poets signposted their debts to their predecessors and prior traditions. Such signposting has been considered the preserve of later bookish cultures, but Thomas Nelson shows that these devices were already ingrained in oral archaic Greek poetry.
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Markers Of Allusion In Archaic Greek Poetry

by Thomas J. Nelson

55,65€ + 10% CARD

 Challenging established narratives of literary history, this book explores how the earliest known Greek poets signposted their debts to their predecessors and prior traditions. Such signposting has been considered the preserve of later bookish cultures, but Thomas Nelson shows that these devices were already ingrained in oral archaic Greek poetry.
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Traditional And Cosmic Gods In Later Plato And The Early Academy

by Vilius Bartninkas

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 Sheds new light on Plato's cosmology in relation to Greek religion by examining the contested distinction between the traditional and cosmic gods, which play a particularly important role in the later dialogues. This theological distinction ultimately collapsed as a result of debates about these ideas in the Early Academy.
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Traditional And Cosmic Gods In Later Plato And The Early Academy

by Vilius Bartninkas

43,73€ + 10% CARD

 Sheds new light on Plato's cosmology in relation to Greek religion by examining the contested distinction between the traditional and cosmic gods, which play a particularly important role in the later dialogues. This theological distinction ultimately collapsed as a result of debates about these ideas in the Early Academy.
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The Sanctuary At Bath In The Roman Empire

by Eleri H. (Lancaster University) Cousins

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 For academic audiences interested in the history or archaeology of religion in the Roman Empire, or in the Roman provinces, in particular Roman Britain. Offers an important new interpretation of a key archaeological site and provides new ways of thinking about religious places in imperial contexts.
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The Undeciphered Signs Of Linear B - Interpretation And Scribal Practices

by Anna P. (Gonville And Caius College, Cambridge) Judson

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 Provides valuable insights into the development and use of the Linear B writing system and important methodological advances in investigating the Linear B texts' chronology and the activities of their writers. Of value to classicists, Mycenaean Greek archaeologists, and linguists working on writing systems.
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Orthographic Traditions And The Sub-Elite In The Roman Empire

by Nicholas (University Of Cambridge) Zair

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 Makes use of digital corpora to give in-depth details of the history and development of the spelling of Latin. Focusses on sub-elite texts in the Roman empire, and reveals that sophisticated education in this area was not restricted to those at the top of society.
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Orthographic Traditions And The Sub-Elite In The Roman Empire

by Nicholas (University Of Cambridge) Zair

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 Makes use of digital corpora to give in-depth details of the history and development of the spelling of Latin. Focusses on sub-elite texts in the Roman empire, and reveals that sophisticated education in this area was not restricted to those at the top of society.
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A Web Of Our Own Making - The Nature Of Digital Formation

by Anton (Deep Springs College, California) Barba-Kay

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 This book offers the first comprehensive philosophical account of digital technology. It provides a detailed explanation of how the internet and digital technology are transforming culture, politics, aesthetics, and human relationships. It argues that digital technology is different from all prior technologies: the first 'natural technology.'
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Traditional And Cosmic Gods In Later Plato And The Early Academy

by Vilius (Vilniaus Universitetas, Lithuania) Bartninkas

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 Sheds new light on Plato's cosmology in relation to Greek religion by examining the contested distinction between the traditional and cosmic gods, which play a particularly important role in the later dialogues. This theological distinction ultimately collapsed as a result of debates about these ideas in the Early Academy.
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Traditional And Cosmic Gods In Later Plato And The Early Academy

by Vilius (Vilniaus Universitetas, Lithuania) Bartninkas

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 Sheds new light on Plato's cosmology in relation to Greek religion by examining the contested distinction between the traditional and cosmic gods, which play a particularly important role in the later dialogues. This theological distinction ultimately collapsed as a result of debates about these ideas in the Early Academy.
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Antiochus And Peripatetic Ethics

by Georgia (Universitat Bern, Switzerland) Tsouni

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 Analyses afresh the naturalistic version of Peripatetic ethics preserved in Cicero's On Ends 5, our major source for the ethical system of the first-century BCE philosopher Antiochus of Ascalon. Shows how he grounds the 'Old Academic' conception of the happy life in natural appropriation (oikeiosis).
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Plato'S Timaeus And The Latin Tradition

by Christina (University Of Pittsburgh) Hoenig

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 The book explores the development of Platonic philosophy by Roman writers between the first century BCE and the early fifth century CE. Discusses the interpretation of Plato's Timaeus by Cicero, Apuleius, Calcidius, and Augustine, and examines how they contributed to the construction of the complex and multifaceted genre of Roman Platonism.
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