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On Roman Religion - Lived Religion And The Individual In Ancient Rome

by Jorg Rupke

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 Was religious practice in ancient Rome cultic and hostile to individual expression? Or was there, rather, considerable latitude for individual initiative and creativity? JÃ¶rg RÃ¼pke, one of the worldâ€™s leading authorities on Roman religion, demonstrates in his new book that it was a lived religion with individual appropriations evident at the...
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Knowledge And The Ends Of Empire - Kazak Intermediaries And Russian Rule On The Steppe, 1731-1917

by Ian W. Campbell

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 In Knowledge and the Ends of Empire, Ian W. Campbell investigates the connections between knowledge production and policy formation on the Kazak steppes of the Russian Empire.
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Culture And National Identity In Republican Rome

by Erich S. Gruen

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 A compelling account of the assimilation and adaptation of Greek culture by the Romans during the middle and later Republic.
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The Life Of Alcibiades - Dangerous Ambition And The Betrayal Of Athens

by Jacqueline De Romilly

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 This biography of Alcibiades, the charismatic Athenian statesman and general (c. 450â€"404 BC) who achieved both renown and infamy during the Peloponnesian War, is both an extraordinary adventure story and a cautionary tale that reveals the dangers that political opportunism and demagoguery pose to democracy. As Jacqueline de Romilly brilliantly...
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The Mind Of Thucydides

by Jacqueline De Romilly

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 First published in France in 1956 and now available in English for the first time, this narratological analysis of Thucydides's "History of the Peloponnesian War" highlights the power and sophistication of the Greek historian's rhetoric.
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Euripides' Revolution Under Cover - An Essay

by Pietro Pucci

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 In this provocative book, Pietro Pucci explores what he sees as Euripides's revolutionary literary art. While scholars have long pointed to subversive elements in Euripidesâ€™s plays, Pucci goes a step further in identifying a Euripidean program of enlightened thought enacted through carefully wrought textual strategies.
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On Roman Religion - Lived Religion And The Individual In Ancient Rome

by Jorg Rupke

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 Was religious practice in ancient Rome cultic and hostile to individual expression? Or was there, rather, considerable latitude for individual initiative and creativity? JÃ¶rg RÃ¼pke, one of the worldâ€™s leading authorities on Roman religion, demonstrates in his new book that it was a lived religion with individual appropriations evident at the...
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Libanius The Sophist - Rhetoric, Reality, And Religion In The Fourth Century

by Raffaella Cribiore

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 Raffaella Cribiore draws on her unique knowledge of the entire body of Libaniusâ€™s vast literary output to offer the fullest intellectual portrait yet of this remarkable thinker.
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Origin Of Sin - An English Translation Of The "Hamartigenia"

by Prudentius

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 The first English translation in more than 40 years of Prudentius's "Hamartigenia," which considers the origin of sin in the universe and its consequences, culminating with a vision of judgment day.
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Space That Remains - Reading Latin Poetry In Late Antiquity

by Aaron Pelttari

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 In The Space That Remains, Aaron Pelttari offers the first systematic study of the major fourth-century poets since Michael Robert''s foundational The Jeweled Style. It is the first book to give equal attention to both Christian and Pagan poetry and the first to take seriously the issue of readership.As Pelttari shows, the period marked a turn towards forms of writing that privilege the reader''s active involvement in shaping the meaning of the text. In the poetry of Ausonius, Claudian, and Prudentius we can see the increasing importance of distinctions between old and new, ancient and modern, forgotten and remembered. The strange traditionalism and verbalism of the day often concealed a desire for immediacy and presence. We can see these changes most clearly in the expectations placed upon readers. The space that remains is the space that the reader comes to inhabit, as would increasingly become the case in the literature of the Latin Middle Ages.
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Theater And Spectacle In The Art Of The Roman Empire

by Katherine M. D. Dunbabin

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 Theater, spectacle, and performance played significant roles in the political and social structure of the Roman Empire, which was diverse in population and language. A wide and varied range of entertainment was available to a Roman audience: the traditional festivals with their athletic contests and dramatic performances, pantomime and mime...
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The Two-Headed Boy, And Other Medical Marvels

by Jan Bondeson

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 A successor to his popular book A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, this new collection of essays by Jan Bondeson illustrates various anomalies of human development, the lives of the remarkable individuals concerned, and social reactions to their...
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Rebels Without Borders - Transnational Insurgencies In World Politics

by Idean Salehyan

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 Salehyan examines transnational rebel organizations in civil conflicts, utilizing cross-national datasets and case studies: Nicaraguan Contra bases in Honduras and Costa Rica; the Rwandan civil war's impact on Congo; and the Kurdish PKK.
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On Greek Religion

by Robert C.T. Parker

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 A provocative and wide-ranging entrÃ©e into the world of ancient Greek religion.
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Ammianus Marcellinus And The Representation Of Historical Reality

by Timothy D. Barnes

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 Barnes explores the historian's biases and personal prejudices, documenting seemingly intentional distortions and demonstrating that Ammianus advanced a pessimistic and anti-Christian interpretation of the Roman Empire.
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The Song Of Songs In The Middle Ages

by Ann W. Astell

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 The Song of Songs in the Middle Ages is a wide-ranging and insightful book that is carefully researched and gracefully written. It is of importance alike to those interested in mysticism, Middle English, the twelfth century, the fourteenth century...
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Culture And National Identity In Republican Rome

by Erich S. Gruen

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 A compelling account of the assimilation and adaptation of Greek culture by the Romans during the middle and later Republic.
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On Greek Religion

by Robert C.T. Parker

101,39€ + 10% CARD

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 A provocative and wide-ranging entrÃ©e into the world of ancient Greek religion.
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The Mind Of Thucydides

by Jacqueline De Romilly

39,19€ + 10% CARD

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 First published in France in 1956 and now available in English for the first time, this narratological analysis of Thucydides's "History of the Peloponnesian War" highlights the power and sophistication of the Greek historian's rhetoric.
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The Care Of The Dead In Late Antiquity

by Eric Rebillard

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 In this provocative book Ã‰ric Rebillard challenges many long-held assumptions about early Christian burial customs. For decades scholars of early Christianity have argued that the Church owned and operated burial grounds for Christians as early as the...
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The Origin Of Sin - An English Translation Of The "Hamartigenia"

by Prudentius

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 The first English translation in more than 40 years of Prudentius's "Hamartigenia," which considers the origin of sin in the universe and its consequences, culminating with a vision of judgment day.
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The Mourning Voice - An Essay On Greek Tragedy

by Nicole Loraux

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 Loraux presents a radical challenge to what has become the dominant view of tragedy in recent years: that tragedy is primarily a civic phenomenon.
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The Soldier'S Choice - City And Soul In The Life Of Classical Athens

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The Space That Remains - Reading Latin Poetry In Late Antiquity

by Aaron Pelttari

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