Rulers and Ruled in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China. New ed, Paperback - ***

Explores the creative potential of juxtaposing the cultural foundations of the Mediterranean world and ancient China. Embarking from the observatio...

DescriptionParting company with the trend in recent scholarship to treat the subject in abstract, highly theoretical terms, Magic in Ancient Greece...

"Comprehensive, reader-friendly, richly detailed, forthright, subtle, and very clear, Controlling Desires is the only handbook on ancient sexuality...

DescriptionIf you want to discover captivating stories of people and events of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome then keep reading... Three captivatin...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Ross (University of Liverpool, UK) ClareIllustration(s): 25 bw illusNumber of pages: 240Collectio...

Reducere. Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 2000The roots of European witchcraft and magic lie in Hebrew and other ancient Near...

In a companion to the best-selling Stories from Ancient Egypt, Joyce Tyldesley re-tells some of the most interesting and entertaining myths and leg...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mary R. LefkowitzAuthor: Maureen B. FantNow in its fourth edition, this highly acclaimed sourcebook examines the public and...

DescriptionIn the ancient world, magic was everywhere. The supernatural abounded, turning flowers into fruit and caterpillars into butterflies. In ...

Reducere. DescriptionExplore the History and Mythology of Egypt, Greece and Rome ** 3 Books In 1 - Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome **Ancient Egyp...

An Environmental History of Ancient Greece and Rome - Lukas Thommen

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Reducere. This book surveys the cities of the Ancient Near East, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds, with a focus on their physical appearance, on urban f...

Visual culture was an essential part of ancient social, religious, and political life. Appearance and experience of beings and things was of paramo...

Reducere. DescriptionDespite a common perception that most writing in antiquity was produced by men, some important literature written by women during this p...

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DescriptionJourney through 30, 000 years of human history and explore the ideas, discoveries and technology that shaped the human race at the begin...

Cave and Worship in Ancient Greece brings together a series of stimulating chapters contributing to the archaeology, and our modern understanding o...

DescriptionEgypt, Greece, and Rome is regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world. It is written for the general reader and ...

Reducere. This superbly illustrated volume traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds between 1600 B.C. and A.D. 800, from the ...

DescriptionReception studies have transformed the classics. Many more literary and cultural texts are now regarded as 'valid' for classical study. ...

Reducere. The search for evidences of the "Ancient Aliens, UFOs, and Extraterrestrial Events" bring us to the most unlikely and inaccessible of sources: the ...

Provides a new and broader perspective on ancient theater by focusing on its origins and development in Sicily and southern Italy, especially in co...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Lionel CassonIn Everyday Life in Ancient Rome, Lionel Casson offers a lively introduction to the society of the times. Inst...

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Elizabeth WyseIllustration(s): Hardback with jacketNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimension...

Reducere. In The Ancient City, Fustel de Coulanges hands us the skeleton key unlocking classical civilization: the Indo-European domestic cult. With a formid...

Collects the primary texts on homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome that are translated into modern English. Covering a period - from the earlie...

This book will appeal to readers interested in the history of human reflection on demons, angels, and other transmundane powers, as well as the dif...

Reducere. DescriptionExplore the History and Mythology of the Ancient Greeks There are few things as fascinating and exciting as the world of Ancient Greece,...

Reducere. Historian and author M. B. Synge tells the reader the greatest and most compelling stories of antiquity; those of ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and I...

Contributor(s): Author: Thomas R. MartinIn this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilizati...

If you want to discover the captivating history of Classical Antiquity, then keep reading...From about the 9th to 5th centuries BCE, the population...

Sets out for the first time the ancient views and debates about productive knowledge or techne through the whole period of antiquity, covering all ...

Reducere. Jean Andreau and Raymond Descat break new ground in this comparative history of slavery in Greece and Rome. Focusing on slaves' economic role in so...

Quoting hundreds of passages from Greek and Roman authors, this light-hearted book gives a vividly direct picture of the origins of modern medicine...

A social history of Greek civilization, its culture, arts and beliefs, with 180 magnificent images.Publisher: Anness PublishingAuthor(s): Rodgers N...

Reducere. What do you know about Greek history?The ancient Greeks loom large in legend and lore. In ancient myth, names such as Hercules, Achilles, and Prome...

Investigates posthuman transformation (becoming angels and demons) among poets, philosophers, and theologians of the ancient Mediterranean world. B...

Reducere. Slavery in ancient Greece was commonplace. In this book Sara Forsdyke uncovers the wide range of experiences of slaves and focuses on their own per...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking study, Jean-Pierre Vernant delineates a compelling new vision of ancient Greece. Myth and Society in Ancient Greece takes us...

Wherever the idea of a world appears, there is an expression of cosmography. Cosmography, here, is defined as the rhetoric of cosmology: the art of...

Explore the History and Mythology of the Ancient Greeks There are few things as fascinating and exciting as the world of Ancient Greece, and in the...

DescriptionThis text explores the ancient cultures that shaped human history and civilization. It vividly portrays key periods from the past, with ...

Reducere. Is our Greek and Roman heritage merely allusive and illusory? Or were our founders, and so our republican beginnings, truly steeped in the stuff of...

Reducere. From fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from Jason and his golden fleece to Oedipus and his mother, this collection of class...

Organizing Against Democracy illuminates answers to the question of how far-right parties try to establish roots in democratic societies. Ellinas e...