Platonic Drama and its Ancient Reception, Hardback - ***

This book studies the reception of Plato's dialogues as performance texts both by his original audience and by his readers down to late antiquity. ...

In the sleepy Avon village of Stanton Drew stand the forgotten remains of the third major neolithic temple complex of Southern Britain after Stoneh...

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Focusing on British women writers' knowledge of ancient Egypt, Youngkin shows the oftentimes limited but pervasive representations of ancient Egypt...

This newly updated second edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, whi...

This book, organised into 14 well-crafted chapters, charts the archaeology, folklore, heritage and landscape development of one of England's most e...

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Ancient Egypt was a rich tapestry of social, religious, technological, and economic interconnections among numerous civilizations from disparate la...

Ancient theater has always caught contemporary interest, despite the eclectic nature of the surviving evidence. Provides, in modern English transla...

This volume presents the visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino. His Platonic evangelizing was successful and influent...

Publisher: British Museum PressAuthor(s): Kate MortonIllustration(s): Illustrated in colour throughoutNumber of pages: 36Publication date: 2009Dime...

This Element discusses the relations between Egypt and its African neighbours. The setting and historical dynamics are discussed, as well as the di...

Five thousand years ago, an ancient civilisation rose up in eastern China, on the flood plains of the Yangtze River delta. Until recently, its hist...

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Platonic love is a concept that has profoundly shaped Western literature, philosophy and intellectual history for centuries. This wide-ranging work...

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Unii au definit traditia filosofica europeana drept „o serie de comentarii pe marginea lui Platon“, in timp ce altii recunosc, desi cu amaraciune, ...

This landmark volume in the Teachings of the Buddha series translates the Suttanipata, a text that matches the Dhammapada in its concise power and ...

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